I Am a Heroic Spirit

Although the Breath of the Red Dragon is not a light cannon Noble Phantasm, its actual effectiveness is no worse than other Noble Phantasms. In addition to the dragon's breath, it also possesses the dragon's might. The faint dragon roar emitted when the sword is swung has the ability to attack the spirit, which causes Ichimaru Gin to lose his composure at critical moments due to the deterrence of the dragon's might and always be a little step slower.

After being injured three times, Gin Ichimaru decided not to continue the close combat. Taking advantage of a gap, he stepped on the ground and flew back. He flashed several times on the wide arena and appeared dozens of meters away from the Red Dragon Lily.

This is the weakest point of Red Dragon Lily. She is too slow. Once the opponent uses techniques like instant step, she will be helpless and can only watch the opponent escape. She used to be able to use light cannon for long-range attacks, but her current Noble Phantasm does not have this function.

Just as the Red Dragon Lily rushed towards Ichimaru Gin, Ichimaru Gin stood still calmly, raised the short knife which was only slightly longer than a dagger, and pointed the tip of the knife at the Red Dragon Lily.

Red Dragon Lily did not react to Ichimaru Gin's posture. She still held the golden sword with both hands and leaned forward towards Ichimaru Gin.

Chapter 263: Divine Gun

"boom!"

As if hit head-on by a locomotive, Red Dragon Lily turned into a red afterimage and flew backwards. Her armor rubbed against the ground, leaving long grooves and splashing dust all over the sky. Red Dragon Lily herself slammed into the wall under the audience seats and was buried by a large amount of iron and stone.

"Captain Ichimaru Gin seems to be much stronger than before?"

Looking at Gin Ichimaru below, Soi Fong said in confusion that the divine spear attack just now was at least half as strong as usual, or even more.

"It seems so, but it's nothing surprising." Tosen Kaname looked nonchalant and helped Ichimaru Gin explain.

Soi Fong's gaze swept over Kenpachi Zaraki and Unohana Retsu, and then she nodded in sudden realization. It turned out that there were so many guys in the Gotei 13 who had hidden tricks up their sleeves. Could it be that the strength of Kuchiki Byakuya, Ukitake Jushiro, and Kyoraku Shunsui were also stronger than they usually showed?

As Soi Fong imagined this, she made a firm decision in her heart. After returning this time, she must perfect the Shunkai. Otherwise, she would probably become the last among all the captains in Soul Society.

"It feels a little wrong."

Ichimaru Gin held the Soul-Zanping Sword, which had turned back into a short sword, in front of his eyes with one hand, looking at it carefully, and with the other hand he fanned the dust.

Ichimaru Gin tilted his head and glanced at the tip of the Soul-Slaying Sword. There was no blood on it, but it had become flat. Yes, it had become flat. The original tip of the sword disappeared, and it became extremely flat and thick, like a polished piece of iron. If a short sword like this was placed in the hands of an ordinary person, there would be absolutely no possibility of it killing anyone.

"Oh!"

With a loud bang, the rubble and scrap metal that submerged the Red Dragon Lily splashed around, revealing the Red Dragon Lily crawling out from deep in the wall.

Although Red Dragon Lily looked a little disheveled, she did not have any obvious injuries. There was only a knife mark less than three centimeters deep on the armor over her heart. It was only two millimeters away from touching Red Dragon Lily's fair skin, but it was still just a little short of that.

Following the Dragon's Breath, Red Dragon Lily's second Noble Phantasm is the B-rank defensive Noble Phantasm Dragon Scale Armor, which is very similar to Siegfried's Dragon's Blood Armor. Although it is slightly weaker, it does not have the flaws of the Dragon's Blood Armor.

"Aren't you hurt? Really, you're getting more and more difficult to deal with after the transformation." Ichimaru Gin said with a troubled look.

"Roar!"

The Red Dragon Lily ignored Gin Ichimaru. After coming out from the wall, she roared, kicked her feet, and rushed towards Gin Ichimaru. Her full burst of speed left a red shadow behind her.

"Oh, I got it. I might as well surrender." Facing the Red Dragon Lily's fierce charge, Ichimaru Gin put the Soul-Slaying Sword into his sleeves, clapped his hands, and said words of weakness.

When Red Dragon Lily heard Ichimaru Gin's voice, her body couldn't help but pause. Although she had become Red Dragon Lily, the spirit of chivalry still remained in her heart. After all, it was instilled in her since childhood. When she heard Ichimaru Gin claiming to surrender, how could she continue to attack without hesitation?

Although she still had murderous intentions towards Ichimaru Gin in her heart, her chivalrous spirit made her feel conflicted.

"You're kidding! Shoot her! Sharpshooter!"

Seeing that Red Dragon Lily really stopped as he thought, a gleam of light flashed in Ichimaru Gin's eyes, and the dagger in his sleeve shot towards Red Dragon Lily at three times the speed of sound.

"what?!"

Red Dragon Lily saw a flash of white light and subconsciously tilted her head. Then she felt a pain on her face. A streak of blood flashed with the white knife light and bloomed in the air.

"Damn it! You despicable bastard! I will never trust you again until I completely defeat you!"

Feeling the pain from the knife wound on her right cheek, the Red Dragon Lily became furious. She raised the golden sword high and rushed towards Ichimaru Gin, her red eyes filled with violent murderous intent.

"It's not over yet!"

Ichimaru Gin swung the Soul-Slaying Sword with force, and the hundreds of meters long Soul-Slaying Sword cut towards Red Dragon Lily in half. The blade flashed with a desolate cold light, causing Red Dragon Lily to suddenly feel a tremor in her heart when the Soul-Slaying Sword approached.

"Qiang!"

Red Dragon Lily held the golden sword upright at her side and slashed the Soul-Slaying Sword at the golden sword. Although it did not cause any damage to the golden sword, the chill in Red Dragon Lily's heart had not yet subsided.

"You've fallen into a trap!"

The Soul-Slaying Sword used as a whip by Gin Ichimaru shrank fifty meters in 0.01 seconds. Dazzling flashes of light burst out from where the golden sword and the Soul-Slaying Sword met. At 0.02 seconds, the Soul-Slaying Sword, which had shrunk fifty meters, shot towards the Red Dragon Lily again at an incomparable speed.

The Red Dragon Lily, who had no time to react, was disfigured again. If it weren't for the beast's intuition that allowed the Red Dragon Lily to make the right choice at the most fatal moment, it would have been more than just a disfigurement.

"Damn, that knife."

Red Dragon Lily glared at Ichimaru Gin with gritted teeth. Because she didn't know much about Ichimaru Gin's Soul-Slaying Sword, she suffered repeated injuries.

Instant elongation for thrusting, free extension and retraction of length, stretching like a whip, anything else?

Red Dragon Lily recalled the two times she had been wounded, then gripped the golden sword with both hands and began to be cautious. This diverse attack method was simply too difficult to deal with.

Just as she was thinking about it, Ichimaru Gin's attack came again. The speed of the magic gun was as fast as lightning. Red Dragon Lily had no ability to see it clearly. However, if it was just to avoid brain damage, Red Dragon Lily could still do it with the beast's intuition and high vigilance.

In the charge towards Gin Ichimaru, the Red Dragon Lily swayed left and right, and through S-shaped movements, she dodged the shots from the divine gun three times in a row. Although she was inevitably hit, she was not injured again.

Seeing that the Divine Spear's Shikai had no effect on Red Dragon Lily, Ichimaru Gin extended the Divine Spear once and did not retract it. Instead, he used it as a whip, and the attack range covered almost the entire ring, slowing down Red Dragon Lily's forward speed again.

After all, the magic spear is not a whip, and it does not make any sound like a whip when attacking. The blade, as thin as a cicada's wing, blends into the air like the wind and slashes towards the red dragon Lily silently.

The Red Dragon Lily, who had no trace of the attack and could only detect danger through her beastly instinct, leaped up at the moment before the blade arrived, did a backflip and jumped several meters before landing. A crack less than one millimeter wide and unknown meters deep had appeared on the ground where she was originally standing.

Red Dragon Lily's face changed drastically, because not only did she not hear the sound of the blade attacking, she also did not hear the sound of the blade cutting through the ground. Such a sharp blade, with a flexible attack that is not much inferior to a whip, and an attack speed that is almost close to the speed of sound when swung, as long as the spiritual pressure is specifically restrained, it can be said to be the most suitable soul-severing sword for assassination.

"Captain Ichimaru Gin's Soul-Slaying Sword can be used like this? It's similar to my Snake Tail Pill." Abarai Renji said in surprise. He had never seen Captain Ichimaru Gin use his Soul-Slaying Sword like this. Usually he would shoot the divine spear at an extremely fast speed to kill with one blow.

"It's different." Kuchiki Byakuya denied it lightly.

"Hmm?" Abarai Renji turned his head and looked at Kuchiki Byakuya with a puzzled look on his face.

"Although both of you use the Soul-Slaying Sword as a soft whip to attack, your Snake Tail Ball's strength lies in its power, while Ichimaru Gin's Divine Spear's strength lies in its concealment and surprise. For an opponent of the same level, as long as you are hit by it the first time, you will not be hit by such an attack a second time. As long as you get close to Ichimaru Gin as soon as possible, the Divine Spear's Shikai will lose its original effect." Kuchiki Byakuya said calmly, explaining the difference between the two and the Divine Spear's flaws, which were not really flaws.

On the huge arena, the development at this time was just as Kuchiki Byakuya said. After seeing Ichimaru Gin's attack method, Red Dragon Lily did not get hit a second time. Every time, before the hundreds of meters long Soul-Slaying Sword arrived, she leaped up, rolled over to avoid it, or raised her sword to block it, making Ichimaru Gin's attack ineffective.

This is understandable. Although the attack method of the magic gun is very similar to that of a whip, it is still different after all. It can be extended and retracted freely, but it cannot quickly change the direction of attack and it does not make any sound. Naturally, its momentum is insufficient. The blade is extremely sharp, but its power is inferior. Although it is extremely fast, it cannot be compared with the speed of shooting.

By the time the entire arena had been scraped off several layers of skin by the divine spear and sunk more than ten centimeters, Red Dragon Lily had completely adapted to the divine spear's attack method and could quickly charge towards Ichimaru Gin under the attack of the divine spear.

The hundreds-meter-long divine spear shrank again and turned back into a short sword of only one meter. It was held in Ichimaru Gin's hand and did not extend again.

"Rain of gun yarn!"

Seeing that the Red Dragon Lily was only twenty meters away from him, Gin Ichimaru stopped wasting time and threw the dagger directly into the air.

As the pure white spiritual pressure emerged, the divine spear disappeared in the sky and turned into countless long spears, falling towards Red Dragon Lily. A sonic boom was emitted in the sky at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it covered the sky above Red Dragon Lily, pouring down like a flood, and was about to drown Red Dragon Lily.

This move is the strongest move after the divine spear was first released. It is more dangerous to Red Dragon Lily than other moves. After all, it comes from the sky. Unlike other attacks, as long as you adjust your posture at the critical moment, you can use the dragon scale armor to block it. Under the attack of the rain of gun yarn, Red Dragon Lily will be shot in the head if she is not careful. The dragon scale armor cannot protect her head.

Red Dragon Lily stopped in shock, and seeing the scene in the sky that seemed like thousands of arrows were shot at once, the sense of crisis in her heart became more and more intense.

Red Dragon Lily ran a few quick steps, trying to escape from the coverage of Gunshayu, but found that it was all in vain. Gunshayu's attack was manually controlled and would track her as she moved. It was a daydream to want to defeat Ichimaru Gin first. With her speed, once Ichimaru Gin avoided fighting, she would not be able to catch up with him. Otherwise, she would not have to wait until now.

In desperation, the Red Dragon Lily could only quickly resist the rain of gunfire falling from the sky.

The roar shook the air, and the flashes of the continuously exploding spirit particles were extremely dazzling.

Although the power of Ichimaru Gin's Gun Rain is far less than that of Ulquiorra Cifer's Thunder Lance, it is no weaker than ordinary missiles, and its advantage lies in its huge number. At first glance, it looks like hundreds of fighter jets carrying out carpet bombing in a modern war. It is unbelievable that it is just a cold weapon.

Countless divine spears fell like thunder, and the momentum seemed to blast Red Dragon Lily into pieces and turn the place where Red Dragon Lily stood into ashes.

However, the main target of the rain of gunfire, the red dragon Lily, showed no signs of being defeated.

"what!"

The red dragon Lily roared angrily, unleashed her magic power, and swung the golden sword in her hand with force. The red flames blasted towards the sharp rain of spears. The golden sword was swung wildly, slashing at the divine spears above her head, and the divine spears falling from the sky were bounced away one by one. The high temperature of the dragon's breath burned dozens of divine spears to ashes.

Sometimes the divine spear would penetrate the Red Dragon Lily's defense and hit the Red Dragon Lily's body, but it could not cause any damage to the Red Dragon Lily and was directly bounced off by the Red Dragon Lily's armor. After all, it was just the spiritual pressure of the divine spear.

Chapter 264 Red Dragon

Aizen, the famous good guy in Soul Society, openly said something to the not-so-good team of Ichimaru Gin, which greatly eased Kyoraku Shun's suspicion about Ichimaru Gin. If Kyoraku Shunsui had a very certain suspicion before, Ichimaru Gin, the former genius, the captain who had not seen much improvement in strength in the past hundred years, had hidden nearly half of his strength, and must have some ulterior motives, now people could only be half-believing and half-doubting, half maintaining the previous suspicion, and the other half believing that Ichimaru Gin was forced to perform exceptionally well.

From this we can see how important a good reputation is.

"He brought this upon himself. He could have surrendered before, but he chose to play dirty. Who knew that he would not only anger his opponent but also gain any advantage." Soi-Fong said with a sneer. Although she was also an assassin, she would never say one thing in front of others and another in private. After all, playing things this way was not the right way. Look, Gin Ichimaru had gotten into trouble. It was estimated that even if he wanted to surrender later, others would not agree.

Soi-Fong's unintentional interruption provided an assist to Ichimaru Gin. Kyoraku Shunsui no longer bothered to think about it and said with a lazy smile, "This is not a trick. Swordsmanship is the art of war, and deception is acceptable in war."

The battle continued, and the rain of gunfire continued to fall. Red Dragon Lily's physical strength could still hold on, but her violent temper made her unable to endure it any longer.

"Sleeping beneath Snowdon, the red and white dragons are sworn enemies. The red dragon symbolizes Britain, and the white dragon symbolizes the Saxons. Today, the red dragon of Great Britain, who defeated the Saxons, has reappeared!"

The third and final Noble Phantasm was activated by the Red Dragon Lily.

As the violent magic power surged, covering the entire barrier, the rain of gun yarns in the sky was dispersed into spirit particles, and the giant arena with a length and width of more than 100 meters disappeared. Instead, there was a ruin. A burly body as big as a hill appeared there, with a majestic body, hard scales, sharp claws, a flaming mouth and nose, a ferocious face, a red skin color, and two pairs of bat-like wings on the back. It was the red dragon that only existed in legends.

"That's! A dragon!"

"It's more than three times bigger than the one yesterday!"

"What a strong spiritual pressure!"

"T-T-T-How is this possible?! This is... a legendary creature, right?! And it's so huge!"

"Such a powerful spiritual pressure, it's impossible to move!"

The appearance of the red dragon caused great shock. The captains let it go, after all, they had seen a red dragon close to the level of Achucas yesterday. However, vice-captains such as Madarame Ikkaku, Abarai Renji, Hinamori Momo, etc. were not qualified to attend the captain's meeting, and naturally had never seen the red dragon. This was the first time they saw a red dragon, a creature that is considered a predator at the top of the food chain in Western legends. Its momentum alone was enough for them to bear.

"Lily has the bloodline of a red dragon and is known as the Red Dragon of Great Britain. There's no need to be so surprised, right?" Nero called the Red Dragon Lily's name in an intimate tone, looking at the shocked Grim Reapers, and said calmly.

"Having bloodline and being able to transform are two completely different things!" Soi Feng said incomprehensibly. Bloodline is just bloodline, not race.

In the ruins of the arena, the red dragon transformed by Red Dragon Lily carried immense power in every move. Just moving could cause destructive power like a natural disaster. The flames that spewed out of its mouth and nose from time to time turned the ground into scorched earth.

Seeing the power of the red dragon, Kenpachi Zaraki couldn't help but sigh, "What a powerful force! Is this a true dragon? It truly lives up to its infamous reputation. Compared to this one, the one from yesterday could be considered a giant lizard."

"King, can you also turn into a dragon?" Yatogami Tohka, who was sitting next to Arthur, looked at the red dragon in the ruins in surprise, then turned to look at Arthur and asked curiously.

Yatogami Tohka's voice was neither loud nor soft, but within this barrier, only masters were qualified to express their opinions, so they could naturally hear Yatogami Tohka's voice, even though the red dragon was still making noise in the ruins.

Unohana Retsu, Kyoraku Shunsui, Kuchiki Byakuya and other Shinigami all cast questioning glances at Arthur. Nero, Shuten-doji, Elizabeth and others also looked at Arthur.

Although what Nero said just now was simple, it is not very likely that someone with the bloodline of a red dragon can naturally turn into a giant dragon. After all, Shuten-douji also has the bloodline of Yamata no Orochi, but she has not been able to turn into Yamata no Orochi. Elizabeth also has the bloodline of the Thunder Blue Dragon, but she has not shown any signs of transformation.

"Unfortunately, I don't possess such an ability." Arthur paused for a moment, seemingly contemplating something. Then, he slowly shook his head and said sincerely, "Theoretically, I could transform into a red dragon, just like my uncle Vortigern transformed into a white dragon, the symbol of the Saxons. However, I haven't actually tried it. Even during the decisive battle with my uncle, I didn't realize I could transform into a red dragon."

"As for Altria, she's probably an exception. Because her evolution deviated from its original trajectory, she lost her defensive Noble Phantasm, Avalon, her barrier Noble Phantasm, Wind King Barrier, and her offensive Noble Phantasm, Sword of Promised Victory. As compensation, she gained the essential qualities of a red dragon: dragon breath, dragon scales, dragon might, and the Noble Phantasm that allows her to transform into a red dragon."

Arthur's words were concise and clear, and people could understand them at once. Yatogami Tohka and the other Heroic Soul Reapers soon realized what was going on.

"Roar!"

As the red dragon roared, red flames spewed out from its mouth, completely covering the place where Ichimaru Gin was. The extremely high temperature of the flames caused the ground to begin to crystallize.

"Swastika: Divine Killing Spear!"

However, the figure of Gin Ichimaru was heard beside the red dragon. After instantly moving to a safe place through the Thousand Anti-White Snake, he immediately used the Soul-Slaying Sword Bankai.

A powerful spiritual pressure rose from Gin Ichimaru's body, and even the red dragon's flames seemed to be suppressed. As Gin Ichimaru slashed with his sword, the column of fire spewing from the red dragon's mouth was cut off, and the silver-white sword light flashed.

"Roar!!!"

The red dragon let out a shrill roar. A deep knife mark could be seen on its leg. The knife mark broke through the dragon's scales, and hot blood was flowing from it.

The furious red dragon quickly turned around. Although it had an extremely huge body, its flexibility was not much worse than when it was a human. Its claws flashing with cold light grabbed towards Ichimaru Gin. The powerful force pressed the air under its claws into a solid state. Ichimaru Gin also felt the heavy pressure, and half of his legs were sunk into the ground.

"Wuda!"

Ichimaru Gin shouted loudly, and the God-Killing Spear in his hand extended out at an extremely fast speed, and then returned immediately.

"clang!"

When a heavy sound was heard on the red dragon's claws, the God-Killing Spear had already retracted. Others didn't even see how many times Ichimaru Gin launched attacks or when he retracted the God-Killing Spear, but a five-centimeter-deep hole appeared on the red dragon's claws.

Although the attack was rude, the red dragon did not hesitate for a moment. Its dragon breath turned into a pillar of fire, connecting its bloody mouth and the place where Ichimaru Gin was.

The red dragon's breath was very destructive, almost comparable to a cremation sword, but Ichimaru Gin did not escape the coverage of the dragon's breath. Although he was shrouded in the dragon's breath and it was impossible to see Ichimaru Gin inside, the white light that shot out from it from time to time and the scars that appeared on the red dragon's body in just a few seconds could verify this.

"What a formidable creature! Even if I use all my strength, I may not win. Besides, I don't know if my poison will be effective against a creature like a dragon."

In the dragon's breath, Ichimaru Gin was enveloped by white spiritual pressure and complained. The red dragon's flame was isolated by the spiritual pressure, but it was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye. After all, although spiritual pressure has a certain degree of defensive ability, it cannot last long against the flame of the level of dragon's breath.

Gin Ichimaru withstood the attack of the dragon's breath, his eyes searching for something on the red dragon's body, so that Gin Ichimaru did not escape from the dragon's breath immediately.

"Found it! The God-killing Gun!"

Time passed slowly, and just before the spiritual pressure protection of Gin Ichimaru was about to disappear, Gin Ichimaru's eyes lit up, and the God Killing Spear in his hand burst out with an aurora again, piercing out from the dragon's breath and accurately hitting a scale under the red dragon's neck.

It was a crescent-shaped white scale the size of a palm, and also the reverse scale of the red dragon.

Although Ichimaru Gin didn't have much knowledge of Western mythology, he did know that dragons have reverse scales. No matter where a dragon came from, it had this scale under its neck. The dragon's blood flowed from the main blood vessel in the heart and was distributed through this white scale to various blood vessels. Even the most good-tempered dragon, if this reverse scale was touched, would immediately emit infinite dragon power like a volcanic eruption. Relatively speaking, this was also the dragon's Achilles' heel...

It can be seen that the white scale under the red dragon's neck has been pierced by the God-Killing Spear, and an endless stream of blood is gushing out of it. The red dragon's life breath is also beginning to decline rapidly. However, on the other hand, although the dragon will die soon after being hit in the reverse scale, the dragon in this period is its strongest period.

The dragon has a reverse scale, and anyone who touches it will die. This applies not only to the dragon itself, but also to anyone who touches the scale.