I Am a Heroic Spirit

It is not so difficult to understand that one can deceive the enemy's eyes by using extremely fast speed, but Unohana Retsu did not think that was the case, because the three swords actually hit his body.

"Why, it's not some remarkable skill. It's just something I picked up naturally when I occasionally wanted to kill a swallow."

Sasaki Kojiro picked up the long sword from the blood with his left hand and raised it slightly, as if he was imitating the movement of the magic sword that had just struck Unohana Retsu and made her tremble.

"Kill the swallow? Your swallow is back?" Unohana Retsu reacted immediately after hearing these two sentences, but soon a look of doubt appeared on his face.

About three or four hundred years ago, the legend of the Swallow Return began to spread in Soul Society. The great swordsman Sasaki Kojiro used a certain technique to cut down swallows flying in the sky, hence the name Swallow Return.

Cutting down a swallow flying in the sky is not an easy task, but it is not a difficult problem either. At least a Death God at the level of a chief officer can cut down a swallow with a soul-severing sword. However, they use brute force, relying on speed and strength far exceeding that of the swallow to forcibly cut down the swallow. This is what Kenpachi Zaraki did. He didn't even use the sword pressure. With just a wave of the sword, the swallow flying in the sky was torn apart.

However, Unohana Retsu understood that this sword technique called Swallow Return was not that simple. At least after using the artificial body and the eye mask to restrict his spiritual pressure, Unohana Retsu could not rely on his skills to cut down the swallows flying in the sky. Because he had tried too many times without success, Unohana Retsu, as the captain of the Fourth Division, could not stay in the real world for long and had to give up his research on Swallow Return.

"Well, did you see that? Unohana Retsu, the swallows can withstand the wind and dodge the blades, and it has nothing to do with how fast or slow they are. No matter what kind of knife it is, it can't be swung without vibrating the air, right? They sense the vibration and change the direction of flight. So, no matter what kind of attack, you can't cut down the swallow. The knife is just a line. It makes sense that you can't catch the swallow flying back and forth in the air!" Sasaki Kojiro said softly, his right arm was almost fully grown.

Unohana Retsu listened to what Sasaki Kojiro said and nodded in agreement. It was because of this characteristic of the swallow that she spent several years and not only failed to research the Swallow Return, she couldn't even imagine what kind of swordsmanship the Swallow Return was.

The Death Gods also held their breath and listened attentively. Legend has it that no one except Sasaki Kojiro could use the Swallow Return, and even they had studied it.

The Internet fell silent again. Not many people were willing to miss hearing the creator of Yanfan, Sasaki Kojiro, talk about the practice method of Yanfan in person.

"Then, we just need to block its retreat. One sword will attack the swallow, and the other sword will block the retreat of the swallow that is dodging with the wind. But they are very agile. This long sword cannot catch up with the second sword. To succeed, the two swords must be executed almost simultaneously in an instant, but that is no longer within the reach of humans. Although I have known that it is impossible, but--" Sasaki Kojiro said, pausing slightly.

Whether it was Unohana Retsu, Aizen, or Kenpachi Zaraki, they all showed expressions of surprise.

Sasaki Kojiro's words clearly implied that the Swallow Return technique relied on skill to launch multiple attacks in a split second. However, this was utterly impossible. Even the so-called instantaneous movement of Shunpo only compressed a distance that would take five or ten minutes to travel into a second. Even Shunshin Yoruichi could only compress time to half a second at best. At this point, even a fraction of a millisecond faster would require a miracle, far from a split second. The commonly used term "a split second" is merely an adjective to describe extreme speed, not actually instantaneous.

If you want to swing the sword at this speed, and swing it three times at the same time, it will be even more difficult.

"The Buddhist scriptures say that twenty recitations are equal to a moment. Twenty moment are equal to a snap of the fingers. Twenty snaps of the fingers are equal to a loyu. Twenty loyu are equal to a moment. When the day is extremely long, there are eighteen moments, and when the night is extremely short, there are twelve moments. When the night is extremely long, there are eighteen moments, and when the day is extremely short, there are twelve moments. This means that there are 30 moments in 24 hours, 1.2 snaps of the fingers, 24 moments, and 480 million moments. Therefore, one moment is 0.018 seconds. One moment is 20 moments, which is 0.36 seconds. In other words, to master the Swallow Return technique, you must swing your sword twice within 0.36 seconds."

"No, it's three sword strikes. Sasaki Kojiro just launched three slashes. In other words, to master the Swallow Return, you must swing the sword three times within 0.36 seconds, and each strike takes 0.12 seconds."

"0.12 seconds? That doesn't sound that difficult. Wasn't there a kendo master who claimed to be able to decapitate a person in 0.1 seconds a while ago?"

“Let’s not talk about this 0.1 second.

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Chapter 254 The Third Game

Unohana Retsu was certain that, at that moment, three of Sasaki Kojiro's long swords existed. As Sasaki Kojiro's opponent, Unohana Retsu remembered the battle vividly, and what happened at that moment was etched in her mind for a long time.

So, rather than saying it was in an instant, it would be more appropriate to say it was in a moment as described in the Buddhist scriptures, or even faster, because with her eyesight she could only catch the flash of the sword in an instant, and she could not catch a faster speed even if she was fighting Sasaki Kojiro face to face, and at that moment, she did not see Sasaki Kojiro sheathing his sword and swinging it out again, she could only see three snow-white long swords slashing towards her.

Unohana Retsu was silent for several minutes, memories of the previous battle replaying in his mind. Sasaki Kojiro's stance, his long sword, the movements he made as he swung it, were thoroughly analyzed by Unohana Retsu before he spoke. "That move wasn't about speed, nor was it about three almost instantaneous slashes. It was about the first strike from the hand, followed by two simultaneous overlapping strikes that disregarded the concepts of time and space, creating a three-dimensional slash. It was a unique skill that transcended speed, dexterity, and feints, compressing two attacks from parallel worlds, past and future, into the demonic sword of the present."

Unohana Retsu's voice was very heavy. Although she was not a pure swordsman, her attainments in kendo were not inferior to Sasaki Kojiro, and her understanding of various swordsmanship was far superior to anyone else. She even had some understanding of the forbidden ghost techniques of space and time. Relying on her eyesight, understanding of swordsmanship, and complex knowledge, Unohana Retsu finally saw the truth about Yan Fan.

"Well, maybe that's it." Sasaki Kojiro calmly shook his right arm. After confirming its flexibility, he switched the long sword in his left hand to his right hand, with the tip of the sword facing down, hanging it down without any posture.

"Parallel world interference technology? Multi-dimensional bending phenomena! This kind of fantasy black technology was actually completed by an ancient swordsman!"

Some scientific researchers used scientific terms to explain the meaning of the conversation between Sasaki Kojiro and Unohana Retsu, which shocked countries around the world. Although the concept of parallel worlds has been deeply rooted in people's minds, no one has ever been able to truly crack the secret of parallel worlds - except Shiran.

"Oh, how interesting! A mere swordsman can actually do this. Should I say, he's worthy of being a world-renowned swordsman?"

On the bustling streets of Tokyo, lights illuminate the city at night. A white-haired man stands in the crowd, looking at the huge screen on the building on the street with interest.

The white-haired man was none other than Bai Lan Jie Suo, who had restrained the Demon King. After using three parallel worlds that were about to be destroyed to restrain the Demon King, Bai Lan returned to the main world on the way.

"He's catching up again, he's really fast."

Suddenly, Bai Lan's expression shifted, and she looked up at the empty night sky. In just over ten minutes, had she transformed those three parallel worlds into magic?

"...The only exception is infinite evolution... The survival of the universe depends entirely on the Main World. I hope you can hurry... I can't hold on much longer..."

After taking a last look at the heroic spirits and the god of death on the screen, Bai Lan disappeared from the crowded crowd. Not only did he not cause any panic, but no one even noticed his departure.

In the endless starry sky, Bai Lan appeared on a star. However, as soon as he appeared, he faced a seemingly weak small magic bullet. It was obviously just like a marble, and the magic bullet didn't even have much magic reaction, but it made Bai Lan's face serious. Black wings grew out from behind him, and black and golden flames gathered in his hands, constantly rotating and compressing, and then he roared and blasted out the flames at the same time as the magic bullet arrived.

A deafening roar sounded at any moment, and the impact of magic completely annihilated the nearby cosmic meteors. Bai Lan was shot out like a sword, his body covered with blood and scars.

At this time, the figure of the Demon King appeared behind Bai Lan, stretched out a finger and pointed it at Bai Lan, and the fluctuations of magic power gathered at the fingertips.

"Ok!"

Bai Lan's heart was filled with warning signs, and she disappeared from this world without waiting for the Demon King to launch an attack.

"You run very fast, little ant." The Demon King let out a low roar, put down his hand, glanced at the earth below, and disappeared from this world.

Inside the Karakura Town barrier.

"You actually admitted it!?"

"How could it be a forbidden technique!"

"Are you kidding me? Performing a forbidden technique with pure swordsmanship!"

The Shinigami all showed surprise on their faces. If it was a technique designed to deal with time and space, it could have been included in the forbidden techniques. For example, time stopping and space transfer were both ghost techniques banned by the Central Forty-Six Chambers. They were also the only two ghost techniques designed to deal with space and time. In the thousands of years of history of Soul Society, there were only these two that could be called forbidden techniques.

"It is indeed a forbidden technique, and it is not driven by spiritual pressure. It is pure swordsmanship." Kisuke Urahara whispered in the corner.

"Are you sure?" Kuroneko Yoruichi asked in disbelief. Even if he used the spiritual pressure to release the No. 1 Hado, she would not be so unconvinced. But how could it be possible that he could interfere with time and space with swordsmanship alone without using any spiritual pressure?

"Although I am not as good as Goryū Tessai in terms of ghost arts, I am not much weaker. Did I use my spiritual pressure? Did I really interfere with time and space? I can still be sure of these two points." Urahara Kisuke said.

On the stage, Sasaki Kojiro conceded defeat due to the damage to his weapon, and Unohana Retsu retracted his Bankai, ending the match. Mary, Shakespeare, and Elizabeth then unleashed their magic to repair the damaged arena.

So far, both sides have one win, one loss and one draw, and neither side has much advantage. The final outcome of the game can only be determined by the next five games, or perhaps four games.

"I'll take action in this fight." Soi Fong stood up and said to Chojiro Suzuki.

Captain Suzuki Chojiro thought about it. Although Soi Fong's strength was not weak, her spiritual pressure was not strong among the captains who came to the world this time. However, her ability of Shikai was very advantageous, and her instant step was unmatched except for Shunshin Yoruichi. If she played, there might be a great chance of winning the next game.

"I'll leave this round up to Captain Soi-Feng."

After careful consideration, Chojiro Suzuki nodded and agreed to Soi Fong's request to fight.

Before Chojiro Suzuki finished his words, Soi Fong's figure slowly faded away, and her true form appeared in the center of the stage.

"Soufen, captain of the 2nd division of Soul Society's Gotei 13, who wants to challenge me?" Soifen shouted coldly to the audience seats where the Heroic Spirits were.

"It's Soi Fong. I wonder if she has made any progress in the past hundred years." Hearing the voice, Kuroneko Yoruichi looked towards the center of the competition venue, at the towering figure, and spoke with a smile and nostalgia.

"Then you'd better be careful and don't let that kid find out, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with if you get entangled by him." Urahara Kisuke teased the black cat Yoruichi with a smile. As Yoruichi's best friend, he understood Soi Fong's deep feelings for Yoruichi better than anyone else.

"Captain of the Shinsengumi's First Division, Okita Souji, please give me your guidance." A cherry-colored figure descended from the audience and greeted Soi Fong politely.

"Okita Souji, captain of the First Division of the Shinsengumi, the slashing group that rocked the capital at the end of the shogunate, was a master of the Tennen Rishin-ryu swordsmanship. His swordsmanship was among the best in the First Division, which was filled with sword masters. His swordsmanship was not much inferior to Sasaki Kojiro's. If there were no exceptions, he probably didn't have a Noble Phantasm, just like Sasaki Kojiro."

In the audience, Kyoraku Shunsui was telling everyone important information about Okita Souji and his speculations, but when he said the last sentence, he paused, and the expressions of the other Shinigami also became solemn.

"You mean, Okita Souji is very likely to know forbidden swordsmanship like Sasaki Kojiro." Kuchiki Byakuya asked with a frown.

"That's right, Okita Souji's most famous swordsmanship is the three-stage thrust. It is said that this move is extremely fast and invincible, making it impossible to avoid it." Kyoraku Shunsui nodded and continued.

"Oh, he really looks like Sasaki Kojiro. This swordsmanship sounds similar to Sasaki Kojiro's Swallow Return. Could it be the same type..." Ichimaru Gin said frivolously with a smile on his face.

"If that's the case, then Captain Soi-Fong's greatest advantage will be gone?" Ukitake Jushiro asked worriedly.

Soi Fong's biggest advantage is her speed. If Okita Souji's swordsmanship is really as fast as Sasaki Kojiro's, then Soi Fong's advantage will be eliminated.

While everyone was discussing, the battle below was about to begin.

Soi-Fong did not release the Soul Zanken immediately, but just raised the Soul Zanken, appeared in front of Okita Souji in an instant, and slashed at Okita Souji.

Although Souji Okita's mind is different from Kojiro Sasaki's, they are the same in terms of foreseeing danger, so he was not hit by Soi Fong's sudden attack without a sound. Instead, the moment Soi Fong appeared, he slightly shifted his body and swung his sword to slash at Soi Fong from the side.

Soi Fong has been receiving assassination training for many years, and her evasion rate, hit rate, mobility, and reaction ability are all among the best. Naturally, she would not be killed by Okita Souji so easily. While Okita Souji was swinging her sword, Soi Fong made a slight adjustment to her body posture. Before she passed Okita Souji's original position, she turned around and swung her sword from bottom to top, colliding with the sword that Okita Souji had cut down.

"clang!"

As a crisp sound rang out, Okita Souji took five steps back under the power of Soi Fong before he could stand firm.

Soi Fong showed surprise on her face. Even she herself had not thought that Okita Souji would be so weak that he was directly defeated by her.

In fact, Soi Fong's physical strength and power are not weak among the captains. The brutal secret mobile training has greatly enhanced her physical fitness. She can lift the extremely heavy Bankai nuclear bomb with ease. Moreover, the God of Death has not used spiritual pressure to enhance her attack and defense power, it is like releasing magic power.

Having said that, although he is an assassin, his strength and stamina are not lower than B. Are all assassins nowadays unparalleled assassins who believe that killing all witnesses is the perfect assassination?

"Ah, it seems I need to increase my strength." Okita Souji said so. As soon as he finished speaking, Soi Fong saw that Okita Souji had a light green haori draped over his back, and the long sword in his hand also underwent some changes.

"Shikai? Captain Haori?"

Soi Fong couldn't help but say, it was too vivid, from the surface, the change that happened to Okita Souji at this moment was just like the captain of the Shinigami releasing his Soul Zankai and then putting on a haori, right?

"Ah? No, this is my Noble Phantasm, the Shinsengumi's oath's haori, which can increase my ability parameters. Kiyomitsu will also be upgraded to Kikuichimonji Norimune through this Noble Phantasm 3.7, which was regarded as my favorite sword by later generations. Of course, the sword I carried with me during my lifetime was not Kikuichimonji Norimune." Okita Souji explained.

"Hmm, so there is a Noble Phantasm." Kyoraku Shunsui touched his chin and muttered to himself.

"This is not difficult to understand, right? Okita Souji is different from Sasaki Kojiro. Although Sasaki Kojiro is a world-renowned swordsman, his most famous thing is the creation of the unique skill called Swallow Return and the duel with Miyamoto Musashi. Apart from that, there are no other detailed records in history. However, Okita Souji has...

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Chapter 255: Speed ​​and Endurance Competition

"Dang~~"

Amid the buzzing sound of metal clashing, faint sparks appeared between Soi Fong's Soul-Zanking Sword and Okita Souji's Kikuichimonji. Taking advantage of the shock of the conflicting forces between the two sides, Soi Fong stepped on the ground and moved her body quickly backwards.

Souji Okita used the technique of shrinking the earth and followed closely behind, chasing after Soi Fong. When Soi Fong stopped, he also appeared in front of Soi Fong. The snow-white blade flashed with cold light, drew a graceful arc, and fell towards Soi Fong's head.

"So fast!" Soi Fong's pupils suddenly shrank. She didn't expect that Okita Souji could catch up with her speed.

"That technique... has no spiritual pressure reaction, it's not Shunpo." Kuroneko Yoruichi said in surprise in the dark.

"Are these techniques similar to Shunpo? That's amazing! These Heroic Spirits, when they were still humans and didn't have strong spiritual pressure, they created all sorts of terrifying techniques that could be compared to the skills of Shinigami. It's incredible." Urahara Kisuke exclaimed in admiration from the bottom of his heart. Secret techniques that could be used solely by relying on skills had never appeared in the thousands of years of history of Soul Society. No matter what kind of skills a Shinigami had, in order to exert a powerful effect, they had to have enough spiritual pressure. There had never been any special skills that did not require spiritual pressure, or that could be performed with very little spiritual pressure.

Souji Okita's blade passed through Soi Fong's neck, splitting her head and body into two. The next moment, Soi Fong's figure slowly faded away. It was just the afterimage left by Soi Fong when she moved quickly. Souji Okita's reaction speed was extremely fast. At the moment the blade touched Soi Fong's clone, he found that Soi Fong had left. Because he could not see any trace of Soi Fong in front of him, Souji Okita moved his wrist slightly, and after the blade passed through Soi Fong's clone's body, it drew a strange arc and slashed backwards, and his body quickly turned around.

"Whoosh whoosh!!!"

Several shurikens were shot towards Souji from behind, and Soi Fong's figure flashed and disappeared.

Okita Souji waved the Kikuichimonji and knocked down 31 shurikens one by one. He was about to look for Soi Fong, but suddenly he heard the sound of wind coming from the side, and he subconsciously swung his sword to cut horizontally.

"Qiang!"

The sound of metal clashing was heard, but when Souji Okita wanted to draw his sword, he felt that the blade was restrained. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that the Soul-Slaying Sword in Soi Fong's hand had disappeared at some point, and was replaced by a finger knife on Soi Fong's fingertips, and his own Kikuichimonji Norimune had been stuck in the finger knife on Soi Fong's finger using some technique.

It took only two seconds for Souji Okita to swing his sword and discover that Kikuichimonji was stuck. Just as Souji Okita subconsciously twisted the sword to break Soi Fong's restraints, Soi Fong had already shot five shurikens at her.

Okita Souji hurriedly leaned back and dodged the three oncoming shurikens with a bridge move, then he swayed his body to dodge the remaining two shurikens.

By the time Okita Souji quickly straightened up, Soi Fong had already let go of Kikuichimonji and disappeared from the spot.

where?

Souji Okita looked around carefully, front, back, left, right, up and down, but he still couldn't find Soi Fong. This made Souji Okita's body more and more tense, and the posture of the Kikuichimonji in his hand never relaxed for a moment.

Souji Okita couldn't see it, but other people in the audience seats around him could see it.

A minute ago, when Souji Okita used three seconds to avoid Soi Fong's attack and straightened his body, Soi Fong let go of Kikuichimonji's Norimune in the second second, and used instant step to escape from Souji Okita's sight in the third second, and sneaked behind Souji Okita. Until now, no matter which direction Souji Okita explored, Soi Fong firmly grasped the direction and distance, and moved to a position where Souji Okita could not see her, making Souji Okita think that he had used some kind of magic to hide his body.

The distance between the two of them was well controlled by Soi Fong, neither too far nor too close. After using the criminal army technique to restrain her breath and murderous intent, it was enough to make Okita Souji unable to sense the danger and the airflow caused by Soi Fong's movement.

Her body is slightly bent, always ready to attack, like a hunting black panther. Once she seizes the opportunity, Soi Fong can explode instantly and let her finger knife hit Okita Souji accurately.

Time passed slowly, and soon a quarter of an hour was gone. Okita Souji began to feel a little tired. The high concentration of body and mind was energy-consuming, not to mention that Okita Souji's endurance was extremely low. The haori with the oath on was only D-level, and no matter how strong he was, it would not be much stronger.

However, Soi Fong did not consume much energy due to the long period of lurking. After all, she had gone through countless related trainings and still maintained the posture of being able to explode at any time.

Three minutes later, Souji Okita moved his knife-holding posture, and Soi Fong's eyes lit up. She instantly jumped up, and her whole body shot towards Souji Okita like a pitch-black cheetah.

"Sting and kill all enemies! Birds and wasps!"

The breath, murderous intent, and spiritual pressure all burst out at this moment. The blade at the tip of Soi Fong's finger flashed with golden light, silently cutting through the space and falling towards Okita Souji's neck.

The deadly sense of crisis stimulated Okita Souji's mind and body. Even captains like Unohana Retsu and Ukitake Jushiro would be assassinated by Soi Fong. However, the ability of his mind stimulated Okita Souji to turn around instantly, and the Kikuichimonji in his hand made a shrill sound of breaking through the air, and slashed towards the people coming from behind.

"Shh!"

The sound of a sharp weapon cutting through flesh was heard, and Okita Souji's Kikuichimonji Norimune cut a hideous wound on Soi Fong's body, from the left shoulder to the abdomen. The chest, which was originally very flat, was torn by Okita Souji's blow, and although the clothes in front of the body were torn, nothing could be seen there.

Soi-Fong endured the pain in her body and retreated fifteen meters before she could stand firm. The road was covered with blood.

Souji Okita did not pursue, but reached out to touch her arm near the shoulder. A millisecond before she swung the knife to injure Soi Fong, she felt something prick her right arm.

The Shinigami in the audience all wore expressions of relief. Okita Souji couldn't see, but they could. With their eyesight, they clearly saw a dazzling black butterfly emblem appear on the surface of the snow-white arm. It was Soi Fong's Shikai ability, a two-hit sure-kill. Where Soi Fong's initial strike landed, a black butterfly pattern, known as the Bee Emblem, would appear. If Soi Fong struck the center of the pattern again, the Bee Emblem would overlap and form an octagonal pattern, resulting in death. This was only possible if the Reiatsu was extremely powerful. And Okita Souji didn't appear to be a Heroic Spirit possessing powerful Reiatsu.

"what?"

Although he couldn't see or touch it, Souji Okita could feel something on his arm, and it was very deadly.

Soi Fong didn't respond, but used instant step to kill Okita Souji directly. After fighting with Okita Souji for a few times, she began to avoid Okita Souji's frontal attack, and went around behind Okita Souji, aiming at the black butterfly seal on the back of Okita Souji's arm near his shoulder.

Thanks to the reminder from his mind, Souji Okita also realized that there was something wrong with the place where Soi Fong hit him just now. If he was hit again, he would probably die.