I Am a Heroic Spirit

Soi Fong's instant step was too fast and her movements were too strange. If it weren't for the reminder from her mind, Okita Souji would have been hit again. So after knowing that, Okita Souji didn't dare to continue to fight with Soi Fong. When Soi Fong used instant step, she also used the technique of shrinking the earth to avoid Soi Fong and not fight with her in a short distance.

The two of them moved quickly on the competition field, leaving dozens of afterimages. Almost every second, one or two Soi Fongs and one Okita Souji would appear on the competition field, and they would slowly disappear after a while.

Both of them were speed-type fighters, and with the bonus of their movement skills, it was impossible to see where their true bodies were for a while. Only the sound of weapons clashing continued to be heard. However, no one could judge the position of the two from the sound, because the sound of weapons clashing could be heard in every corner of the competition field.

Looking down from above, one could only see dozens of figures confronting each other on the playing field, and then slowly dissipating. The two of them hardly stopped for a moment, so the dissipated figures would be replenished immediately.

"call……"

Souji Okita paused for a second, standing there gasping for breath, her body almost unable to take it anymore.

When Souji Okita stopped, Soi Fong appeared beside him and pointed her finger at his arm.

Okita Souji's body shuddered at the deadly sense of crisis and he ran away. Soi Fong's fingertips only pierced a shadow.

"I'm almost catching up to you."

The murmured words dissipated in the wind, and Soi Fong's figure gradually disappeared from the spot.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."

The chase between the two figures continued. In order to save energy, Okita Souji gave up counterattacking and just used the technique of shrinking the earth to move quickly, leaving behind countless afterimages while letting the sound of breaking air replace the sound of weapons colliding.

"It's still a little off. The order of the first and second strikes is reversed."

In a corner of the audience seats, Urahara Kisuke watched the chase on the field and commented.

"The most important thing about Soi Fong's Soul-Zan Dao, Jaquebee Shikai, is the second strike. She could have landed the first strike in a head-on confrontation with Okita Souji, then lay low and wait for the right moment to unleash the second strike."

Although Urahara Kisuke didn't know much about the fighting style of the Xingjun, he was very familiar with Soi Fong's Shikai. The usual way of using it was to imprint the Bee Pattern Flower as the first attack in battle, and then imprint the second attack when the opponent was off guard.

"Not necessarily. Okita Souji has an ability to predict danger. Every time Soi Fong is about to hit her, she can sense it keenly. She also realized the danger of Honeybee Monka. If Soi Fong had not lurked and hit her the first time, Okita Souji would not have allowed Soi Fong to successfully imprint Honeybee Monka." Kuroneko Yoruichi made a completely different comment. Urahara Kisuke was not comparable to her in research and kido, but in terms of combat in the criminal army, Urahara Kisuke was far inferior to her.

"You don't understand us, the Punishment Army. In fact, the Shinigami of the Punishment Army are different from other Shinigami. They are like ordinary swordsmen or ninjas. They don't rely on spiritual pressure, but on their tempered bodies and hard-trained killing skills. Even without spiritual pressure, they can still kill officials who haven't achieved Shikai with shuriken."

Kuroneko Yoruichi explained as he observed the competition venue.

"Sounds a lot like those swordsmen." Urahara Kisuke thought thoughtfully.

"The training methods of the Criminal Army are originally the training methods of ancient swordsmen and ninjas in the modern world. Through these trainings, the members of the Criminal Army have more or less a certain ability to sense danger, just like Okita Souji and Sasaki Kojiro before. Because they have no spiritual pressure protection, they can easily die, so they must avoid being attacked in the vital parts, so that they gradually gain keen intuition during training." Kuroneko Yoruichi continued.

"If the criminal army has it, then human swordsmen naturally have it too. After all, humans are much more fragile than the gods of death." Urahara Kisuke said knowingly.

"That's right, so Soi-Fong's current fighting method is the most correct. The first step is to use the technique of lurking and assassinating to imprint the bee pattern on Okita Souji's body. The second step is to fight with Okita Souji and use the super physical strength trained by the criminal army to wear down Okita Souji. The third step is to use Shunkai to burst out all the power when Okita Souji's physical strength begins to decline, suppress Okita Souji, and then the second strike will definitely...

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Chapter 256 I can’t cut it anymore. I can’t cut it anymore.

Soi Fong missed the first attack and did not launch a second attack immediately. She exerted force with her fingers and tapped on Okita Souji's Kikuichimonji, causing a shock. Her body shot out several meters, turning in a gorgeous trajectory and blocking Okita Souji's way forward.

"Open it for me!"

Soi Fong roared, and extremely powerful spiritual pressure burst out from her body, like white lightning, wrapping around her arms and back.

Looking at the power displayed by Soi Fong, Kuroneko Yoruichi nodded with satisfaction, and the outcome of this game was already determined.

"what?!"

Souji Okita felt the pressure coming from Soi Fong, and his heart was shocked. He raised his foot and stepped back.

"Be prepared to face defeat. Although I haven't mastered this move well enough, it's enough to deal with you."

Soi Fong squatted down like a cheetah, leaning forward, the white spiritual pressure making a noisy chirping sound behind her, and she watched Okita Souji moving away calmly.

"Oh!"

Soi Fong finally moved, and like a fired cannonball, she suddenly rushed towards Okita Souji. The air made a loud noise as Soi Fong charged, and the hard ground cracked into a crater under the force of Soi Fong's explosion.

Soi Fong is very fast, even faster than the current Souji Okita. Even if he keeps using the technique of shrinking the earth, Souji Okita cannot avoid Soi Fong's pursuit. In less than ten seconds, Soi Fong catches up with him.

Seeing that Soi Fong was only two meters away from him and the distance was getting closer and closer, Okita Souji's face tightened. He knew that it was impossible to avoid her and he could only defeat Soi Fong head-on. Otherwise, in another two minutes, even if Soi Fong didn't catch up with him, he would not be able to run away.

Okita Souji made up his mind, stood firm, stopped retreating, and raised his sword to meet Soi Fong.

Although Soi Fong couldn't figure out what Okita Souji was thinking, she wouldn't miss this good opportunity. Her arms were like guns and her hands were like blades, and she attacked Okita Souji one after another.

Okita Souji used the blade to the side, and used various techniques such as Karatake, Kassa-slash, Right Pheasant, Left Cut Up, and Right Cut Up like flowing water. The sword light was like an afterimage, and it collided with Soi-Fong's fists.

"Qiang Qiang Qiang..."

Soi Fong used her fists to fight against Okita Souji's Kikuichimonji Norimune. Although they were just flesh and blood, the strength and toughness they displayed were no weaker than steel. The fierce punches made Kikuichimonji Norimune scream continuously. Even though Okita Souji used the technique to relieve the force, he could not resist Soi Fong's extraordinary strength. While fighting against Soi Fong, his body involuntarily retreated backwards.

Soi Fong leaped up, did a roundhouse kick in mid-air, and used a windmill kick towards Souji Okita.

Before his feet even reached him, Okita Souji felt a strong gust of wind blowing towards him, and subconsciously put Kikuichimonji in front of him.

"Oh!"

With a dull thud, Soi Fong's spinning kick accurately hit Okita Souji's Kikuichimon Norimune. The powerful force kicked Okita Souji away, and he fell heavily to the ground dozens of meters away. He rolled several times before standing up with one hand on the ground.

At this time, Soi Fong had already caught up. Before Okita Souji could stand firm, he saw a cold light flash across his retina. For a moment, his arms were covered with goose bumps.

Okita Souji didn't have time to think and swung his sword to cut, but was hit on the wrist by Soi Fon's Hanging Persimmon. His arm felt painful and numb, and he almost fell to the ground.

Seeing that Soi-Fong's finger knife was about to touch the bee pattern on the top of his arm, driven by a strong sense of crisis, Okita Souji took a step back and slammed into Soi-Fong's arms. Soi-Fong didn't expect Okita Souji to do this. She was caught off guard and was knocked back two steps by Okita Souji. Just as she was about to stand firm, she stepped on the gravel that was splashed when she stepped on the ground before. Then her body tilted, and she fell to the ground with Okita Souji.

“Ugh…!?”

Okita Souji immediately tried to get up and flee, but he didn't realize he was nearby, right next to the crater created by Soi Fong's stun action. After tumbling twice, the two of them tangled together and landed squarely inside. The rubble and Soi Fong's sharp fingertips inflicted significant damage on Okita Souji. Fortunately, the two were so tightly entangled that Soi Fong couldn't accurately strike the target of the beemonka during her tumble. Overcoming the discomfort, Okita Souji reached out and gave Soi Fong a firm push, using the force to return to the surface of the crater. He then retrieved the fallen Kikuchimonji Norimune and quickly assumed the stance of a blue-eyed warrior.

Although the development is a bit wrong, this ending is exactly what Okita Souji expected, the most perfect ending Qv

Okita Souji thought to himself, with a look of relief on his face.

The second after Okita Souji supported himself and ran away, Soi Fong jumped out of the pit and landed on the flat ground, but her feet did not even raise any dust.

Faced with the unique posture of Okita Souji, Soi Fong's expression changed, and she thought of Sasaki Kojiro before. He had never put up any posture in the game, but he put up a posture at the final moment of the decisive kill.

"I'll let you taste the brilliance of my secret sword!"

Okita Souji said calmly.

If you can't avoid it, then break her attack head-on, just like Captain Unohana did.

Soi Fong thought to herself, if the Three-Stage Thrust is a sword technique involving space like Sasaki Kojiro's Swallow Return, then the only option is a head-on confrontation.

Stronger spiritual pressure gathered and compressed on Soi Fong's shoulders. Soi Fong took a step forward, and blood burst out from her body and spilled in the air. It was the damage caused by the unbearable wind pressure.

"One step of supersound, two steps of no gap, three steps of absolute sword! Three steps of Wuming's thrust!"

Although it was said to be three steps, facing Soi Fong who crossed a distance of more than ten meters in an instant and came to him, Okita Souji, who could have rushed out a hundred meters in one second with high-intensity shrinking technology, only walked less than one meter. His body suddenly stopped, and the sharp blade in his hand pierced through the space and pointed directly at Soi Fong's heart.

No! This is... you have to avoid it!

Before Soi Fong's finger knife was about to hit Okita Souji, her eyes suddenly widened, her pupils filled with bloodshot, veins popped out on her forehead, making her look extremely ferocious and terrifying, and crackling sounds came from her body.

"Oops! Misjudgment! That move is different from Sasaki Kojiro's Swallow Return!"

In the audience, Kyoraku Shunsui stood up suddenly and said in annoyance that although the speed of this move was the same as Yan Fan, unlike Yan Fan which could block the possibility of dodging, this move could be dodged.

"What kind of intel was that Kyoraku guy providing?!"

Kuroneko Yoruichi was also angry. Now, everyone can see the difference between Mu Ming's Three-Stage Stab and Swallow Return, but no one knew it before. Everyone thought that Okita Souji's Three-Stage Stab was the same as Sasaki Kojiro's Swallow Return, including Soi Fong who heard Kyoraku Shunsui explain the information.

However, they all overlooked one crucial point, which is that stabbing and slashing are completely different methods of attack.

They just thought that they were three simultaneous slashes, but they ignored the fact that Sasaki Kojiro's slashes could attack from three sides at the same time, but the thrusts could only attack from one direction, and if there was only one direction, it could be avoided as long as the reaction speed was fast enough.

On the competition field, the fourth battle has ended.

"Ahem, cough, cough..."

Souji Okita bent over, supported her body with her sword, and coughed loudly as if she was going to cough out her lungs. In just a few seconds, the ground in front of her was covered with blood.

Further ahead on the ground was a pool of blood, and Captain Yuri fell on that pool of blood.

Behind Souji Okita, Soi Fong, whose lower right chest was almost pierced by the sharp blade, lay on Souji Okita's back with a pale face, the blade on her finger pointing at Feng Wenhua on the back of Souji Okita's arm, and she stood there in a daze.

The Shinigami in the audience looked at Ukitake Toshiro with complicated eyes. They originally thought that Ukitake Toshiro was the only weirdo like him who was so powerful but often got sick and vomited blood. Who knew that they would meet another one today.

"You gave up?"

Soi Fong asked Okita Souji, who looked like a dying patient in front of her, with some annoyance.

It was obvious that she was only one move away from killing Okita Souji, but Okita Souji admitted defeat. Now, unless she ignored Captain Yamamoto's orders and insisted on breaking up with him, she could not kill Okita Souji under any circumstances.

"Cough cough cough... In this state, can Miss Okita continue to fight? Or does Miss Soi Fong want to beat the patient?" Souji Okita coughed up two mouthfuls of blood and asked Soi Fong back.

"What's wrong with you?" asked Soi Fong, recalling the battle just seconds ago.

Okita Souji's three-stage blind thrust was very fast and dangerous. Soi Fong might have been stimulated by the danger at that time and suddenly reacted and realized that she could completely avoid Okita Souji's three-stage blind thrust. Although speed represents strength, it is impossible for the katana to quickly turn back when it is moving at supersonic speed.

So, when the tip of the katana was only two millimeters away from her, Soi Fong finally activated the advanced instant step Kūchan, discarded her outermost ornament, the captain's haori, and teleported behind Okita Souji like a cicada escaping from its shell.

But he was still a step too late. Okita Souji's speed was too fast. Just when the blade had pierced the skin, Okita Souji's blade shook for some reason. Although it was only for a moment, Soi Fong seized the opportunity and successfully used instant step, which eventually deviated Okita Souji's attack from its original direction and only caused a serious injury to the lower right side of his chest.

Then, before she could make a move on Okita Souji, Okita Souji admitted defeat and fell forward. If she hadn't reached out and grabbed Okita Souji in time, Okita Souji would have fallen in a pool of blood.

The sudden change scared Soi Fong, and she initially thought someone had done something shady.

"Ah, I can't cut it anymore. Captain Soi-Fong, I can't cut it anymore." Souji Okita said weakly with a pale face.

"It's tuberculosis! The disease he had in his lifetime is still there after he became a Heroic Spirit?" Kyoraku Shunsui explained Okita Souji's behavior, and raised his voice to ask Okita Souji loudly.

"Perhaps my illness has become too well-known," Okita Souji replied to Kyoraku Shunsui with a wry smile.

"It's an innocent monster."

"Not necessarily. Okita Souji died of illness in the first place. It's not impossible that he fell ill during the battle. After all, the cause of death of the Heroic Spirits is their weaknesses."

"It's the innocent monster. There's a story about Okita Souji where she violently coughed up blood and collapsed during the battle at Ikedaya. But in reality, her illness wasn't severe enough to cause her to cough up blood at that time. It's probably because this legend became so deeply ingrained in people's minds that Okita Souji developed the innocent monster skill, which is why she suddenly coughed up blood and collapsed."

While people were speculating on the internet about Okita Souji's situation, Kyoraku Shunsui also told everyone the story that was once recorded in the Shinsengumi Chronicle.

"That is to say, even if I don't fight you head-on, you will fall down soon. What a pity, you have such a fragile body." Soi-Fong sighed for Okita Souji from the bottom of her heart. No warrior would be willing to have such a body. This is basically a fatal weakness. No wonder there is a saying that knowing the true name of the Heroic Spirit will give you a chance to defeat it.

"No need to lament, even if I don't have weak skills, I can't beat you in a one-on-one match. I am not good at fighting with

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Chapter 257 A Piece Missing in My Heart

"Uh...yes, that's it."

After listening to Unohana Retsu's analysis, Okita Souji was stunned for a moment, then agreed with admiration.

"Because we can't block the enemy's evasive route, as long as they're fast enough, they have a chance to escape. Although they're not much faster than my Three-Step Absolute Blade, if they dodge before I make a move, I can't do anything about it."

Okita Souji was very distressed. She also understood the flaws of her Unknown Three-Stage Thrust. As long as she was seen once and her opponent's speed was comparable to hers, her Unknown Three-Stage Thrust would not be effective. Unless her opponent wanted to personally witness the power of her Unknown Three-Stage Thrust, otherwise, blindly dodging would completely drag her down. Even if she used the flag of sincerity to summon the Shinsengumi members, it would be useless. After all, they could not keep up with the speed and would only be beaten.

It is for this reason that Okita Souji is interested in Sasaki Kojiro's unavoidable magic sword Swallow Return. If there is a secret sword that is both unavoidable and undefended, wouldn't it be invincible in the world?

Unohana Retsu also thought of this at this time, but did not speak out. After all, the positions of both camps are not clear at the moment, and there is no possibility of learning those two skills. He can only wait until the positions are clear and see if there is such an opportunity.

After the treatment, both sides returned to their respective camps. At this time, the gap between the two sides had widened. The Death side had two wins, one loss, and one draw. In other words, as long as the Death side won two more games, the outcome of this game would be decided.

Sitting in the middle back row between the Shinigami and Heroic Spirit sides were a group of reporters, photographers, and government officials, as well as Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryu Ishida, Ryuki Arisawa, Orihime Inoue, and Rukia Kuchiki further back.

Unlike the Shinigami and Heroic Spirits who don't actually care about the final victory of the match, Arisawa Ryuki, Kuchiki Rukia and the others are extremely anxious about this match. Because of the difference in levels, they only think that this match is mainly to determine Kuchiki Rukia's guilt, and this is the only thing they care about.

"We lost another game. Now it's one to two, and there's one draw. If this goes on, if we lose twice more, we won't have a chance to turn the tables." Ichigo Kurosaki said worriedly.

"Ryuki, what should we do?" Orihime Inoue asked Ryuki Arisawa anxiously.

"Really? What the hell is going on?" Arisawa Ryuki was also a little anxious, his brow furrowed, and his mood became very bad. Didn't Luo Ge have powerful Heroic Spirits like Nezha and Tang Sanzang among his Servants? Their strength should be far greater than Sasaki Kojiro and Okita Souji. Even their relationship with Japan is much closer than that of other countries. Why hasn't he sent them out? What on earth is he thinking?

Thinking of Zhang Luo's strange look when he left home earlier, Arisawa Ryuki became more and more worried. Although she didn't know much about the hidden story, she knew one thing: Zhang Luo, who was well-informed about the intelligence of Soul Society, and Urahara Kisuke, the former captain of Soul Society and current defector, must be planning something against Soul Society, and Kuchiki Rukia was part of their plan.

After taking a look at the Knight of the White Stork who had been silent for a while not far away, Arisawa Ryuki licked his lips, reached into his pocket, took out his mobile phone, turned on the screen, clicked into the address book, and his finger hesitated on Zhang Luo's name.

In the end, Arisawa Ryuki did not make a phone call, but sent a text message instead.

The score of the game is now one to two. Luo Ge, what are you planning?

On the other side, a handsome man in white with a face that looked nothing like a human was sitting in an extremely conspicuous seat, one hand resting on his thigh, his palm supporting his head, leisurely watching the game within the barrier.

However, the man's figure did not appear in the pupils of everyone in the barrier, even though their eyes just passed by him.

"Well?"

Suddenly, the man in white hummed softly, straightened up, and took out a cell phone from somewhere on his body.

"Have you discovered it yet?"

Looking at the text message on his phone, the man in white chuckled and danced his fingers on the screen.

Arisawa Ryuki had just sent a text message, and before the phone screen went black, it vibrated with the sound of an incoming text message.