I Am a Heroic Spirit

After a long silence, Urahara Kisuke said uncertainly.

"He replaced himself with a replica of himself, using the power of the Soul-Slaying Sword to deceive Unohana Retsu, Zaraki Kenpachi, and Chojiro Suzu. He then used the black cloak and the 26th Binding Ward Light, which concealed his spiritual pressure, to conceal his body. Finally, he used the Soul Object Extraction Technique, a technique for removing objects from Shinigami or ordinary spirits without causing harm, to obtain the Hogyoku from Rukia Kuchiki."

“This is the most effective way.”

Kisuke Urahara came up with the most convincing plan to steal the Hogyoku.

"Damn it! The Black Cloak and the Soul Object Extraction Technology were clearly developed by you, but now they are helping that bastard Aizen! And why did you leave the Black Cloak and the Soul Object Extraction Technology in Soul Society!"

Shihouin Yoruichi naturally believed that what Urahara Kisuke said was correct, because she could not think of a more perfect plan than this, and then she complained to Urahara Kisuke. Because both the black cloak and the soul foreign body extraction technology were developed by Urahara Kisuke.

"I didn't expect that." Urahara Kisuke said helplessly.

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it... What should we do now? Do you think that if Aizen attacks, the Shinigami and Heroic Spirits who have just experienced a great battle can resist him? Besides, no one can break Aizen's Soul-Zanking Sword. I can't, and neither can you." Shihouin Yoruichi walked back and forth in her seat anxiously.

"We can only let nature take its course. Things will work out in the end. Don't forget, our little ally hasn't appeared yet, and he hasn't sent out any stronger Heroic Spirits." Urahara Kisuke said casually, but of course he couldn't put all his hopes on Zhang Luo.

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"Lily, just wait and see. This time, I will definitely let the guy on the other side know the horror of death and help you vent your anger."

On the other side, unlike the oath-taking members on the Death side, Nero held the Red Dragon Lily's arm, rubbed his head next to the Red Dragon Lily's head, and blew air on the Red Dragon Lily's neck ambiguously.

"No need, my revenge was taken right here and then."

Red Dragon Lily blushed, leaned outward, distanced herself from Nero, and spoke seriously.

"How can that be considered revenge? The guy over there killed you once, so naturally you have to kill him back. Even if you don't kill him, it can't end like before with a whimper." Nero said indignantly, but his actions were not as serious as he said. He stuck his whole body to Red Dragon Lily. Although Red Dragon Lily had turned into a red dragon, she also remembered the virtues of chivalry and naturally would not be violent towards Nero, making it easy for Nero to take advantage of Red Dragon Lily.

After hearing Nero's words, Red Dragon Lily's face showed anger. It was clearly a one-on-one match, but those Death Gods intervened at the last moment. If her final transformation had not failed, those Death Gods would have attacked her.

"Everyone, listen to me. Duels are sacred and cannot be interrupted. If the opposing Death Gods attempt to disrupt the match again, please take action and stop them."

Red Dragon Lily spoke righteously. Although everyone knew that this was her selfish motive, no one could find any fault with it. Interfering with the sacred duel was not encouraged and was even despised, whether in Rome, Great Britain, or Japan.

Miyamoto Musashi, Sasaki Kojiro, and Okita Souji were the first to agree, and Shuten Douji and Elizabeth also jokingly agreed to the request of Red Dragon Lily.

"Captain of the 6th Division of the Gotei 13, Byakuya Kuchiki."

Kuchiki Byakuya appeared on the stage using Flash Step, pointed his Soul Zanken at Nero, and introduced himself coldly.

"You already know my name. So, try your best and use your abilities to please me. Perhaps I will let you live."

Hearing Byakuya Kuchiki's voice, Nero turned his head and saw Byakuya Kuchiki pointing the tip of the knife at him. With a sneer, Nero let go of Red Dragon Lily's hands, jumped down from the audience seats, crossed his arms, and spoke arrogantly to Byakuya Kuchiki.

Although he did not call Nero a bastard, Nero at this time had some of Gilgamesh's style. This was not surprising. After all, Nero was a famous tyrant. We should not ignore her reputation as a tyrant just because she did not show it in her daily life.

"Humph."

Byakuya Kuchiki snorted softly, and then his body instantly disappeared from where he was, drawing an invisible arc at an extremely fast speed, and appeared behind Nero. The soul-slaying sword in his hand had already slashed towards Nero's neck as he passed by him.

This is Flash Flower, a special instant move with a rotation, which allows you to quickly turn behind the opponent to pierce and destroy their locks and soul sleep. Last night, Ichigo Kurosaki and Ryuki Arisawa were hit by this move.

However, this is a sure-kill move.

Chapter 267 The Emperor's Privilege

Kuchiki Byakuya's heart moved, and he realized that he had discovered Nero's weakness. Emperor Nero was not a warrior, nor a famous strongman, so he would not have any outstanding strength or speed.

Byakuya Kuchiki swung the Soul-Slaying Sword and slashed at Nero. He didn't use any advanced techniques, just quick and powerful strikes. The unstoppable attack didn't go around in circles and slashed straight at Nero's head.

The heavy force was enough to make up for the difference in skills. What's more, Nero had no skills at all. He relied entirely on his intuitive skills to intercept Kuchiki Byakuya's soul-slaying sword.

Under the powerful blows of Byakuya Kuchiki, Nero had to take a step back every time he blocked a sword. After five swords, he had retreated more than five steps.

The emperor's privilege is activated and magic power is released!

But Nero was not stupid. He immediately activated the emperor's privilege again and gained the skill of releasing magic power.

"Up!"

Nero shouted and raised the Primordial Fire, swinging it at the Soul-Slaying Sword that Byakuya Kuchiki was slashing down. The heavy sword force, carrying a blazing fire, hit Byakuya Kuchiki's Soul-Slaying Sword.

The scorching heat burned the blade red, and the palm of Kuchiki Byakuya's hand, which was gripping the handle, was also burned and stung, almost forcing Kuchiki Byakuya to drop the Soul-Slaying Sword.

Kuchiki Byakuya's body shook, and he felt a huge force coming from the Soul-Slaying Sword, which knocked him back repeatedly.

Nero took advantage of the situation and shook his legs on the ground. The recoil force pushed Nero's body to crash rapidly into Byakuya Kuchiki. The primordial fire continued to chase Byakuya Kuchiki, slashing him with one flaming slash after another, making Byakuya Kuchiki unable to fight back for a while.

Kuchiki Byakuya finally showed a look of surprise on his face, because Nero's behavior was too strange for him to understand at all.

It was obvious that at the beginning, even his stance was not up to standard, but he was able to block his sudden attack. Later, his strength was far inferior to mine and he was completely suppressed by me. But now he has such a powerful strength, even better than me.

Comparing before and after, the difference is huge.

Byakuya Kuchiki seemed to be thinking about something, but he did not show any hesitation. His straightforward and unskillful tactics had become ineffective, so Byakuya Kuchiki used his superb swordsmanship to fight with Nero.

Byakuya Kuchiki is very strong. Among the Gotei 160, excluding Aizen and Captain Yamamoto, his spiritual pressure can be ranked in the top five. His strength is not much different from Nero who has magical powers. Moreover, he has been learning kendo from his grandfather since he was a child. He has superb swordsmanship. Although he is not as good as Unohana Retsu, there are not many people in Soul Society who can compare with him.

Therefore, even if Nero possessed the skill to release magic power and the intuition that could replace techniques, he would not be able to defeat Byakuya Kuchiki when Byakuya Kuchiki exerted his full strength.

And Nero noticed this too.

"I'm quite good at it. So, how about this?"

Nero sneered, his aura changing, becoming violent, fiery, and intimidating.

The emperor's privilege is activated, canceling the release of magic power and obtaining the demon of ghost seed.

Violent flames rose from Nero's body. The flames of the primordial fire were three times stronger than before. As Nero swung his sword, the raging flames blasted towards Kuchiki Byakuya.

The demon of the demon species, which possesses the skills of natural demon, magic release, super strength, leadership, etc., is almost twice as strong as the simple magic release, which also makes Nero's strength improved again. At this time, Nero's full-strength slash was not easily resisted by even Byakuya Kuchiki.

Kuchiki Byakuya's upper body leaned backward, a burst of spiritual pressure erupted from under his feet, and he flew backwards in an instant.

"boom!"

Because of Byakuya Kuchiki's retreat, the bombardment of the primordial fire fell on the ground. The extremely powerful force broke the earth apart, and the hot flames burned the ground into a charred black.

The emperor's privilege is activated, intuition is cancelled, and the shrinking of the earth is obtained.

Nero pulled out the Primordial Fire from the crack in the ground. Seeing that Byakuya Kuchiki had retreated nearly a hundred meters, he activated the Emperor's Privilege again, obtained Okita Souji's skills, and discarded his intuition that he was no longer interested in.

Nero's figure flashed and disappeared from his original place. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Byakuya Kuchiki, only two meters away, which was within the attack range of the Primordial Fire. So Nero raised the Primordial Fire with both hands and chopped it down at Byakuya Kuchiki.

"what?!"

The sword pressure of the Primordial Fire made Byakuya Kuchiki breathe heavily. Byakuya Kuchiki never thought that Nero not only possessed powerful strength, but also had a speed comparable to Instant Step, which resulted in Byakuya Kuchiki failing to draw his sword in time to block it.

Just as the Primordial Fire was about to chop down Byakuya Kuchiki's head, Byakuya Kuchiki suddenly disappeared from under the sword of the Primordial Fire, and his body appeared farther away. Nero's attack missed again.

"Flame Rush!"

Nero made up a name at random, and then mobilized the power of the primordial fire and the demon of the demon seed. The double flames erupted from the sword, spinning and making a roaring sound, and flew towards Kuchiki Byakuya.

The two flames intertwined as they moved forward and turned into an eight-headed fire dragon. Eight dragon roars could be heard faintly, and the momentum became increasingly magnificent. The moisture on the ring had been evaporated by the heat waves emanating from the fire dragon.

The eight-headed fire dragon is very fast and has a large attack range. At least Kuchiki Byakuya, who just used instant step to stop, may not be able to avoid it.

"Duan Kong!"

Byakuya Kuchiki stood there calmly. In a flash, a huge ghost wall appeared in front of him, separating the eight-headed fire dragon and him into two spaces.

"Which way do you use it?"

Nero's wild laughter rang out, and Kuchiki Byakuya's eyes suddenly widened. He saw that the eight-headed fire dragon that was rushing towards him suddenly separated in front of the Ghost Wall, turning into eight fire dragons, bypassing the Ghost Wall and attacking him from all directions.

The eight circling fire dragons heated the ground into an oven, but Kuchiki Byakuya still stood on the ground and did not run away. He just held the Soul-Slaying Sword upright in front of him, and when the eight fire dragons approached, he turned the blade to the side.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura!"

The snow-white blade reflected Kuchiki Byakuya's face. As he finished speaking, the blade slowly disappeared from head to tail, turning into cherry blossoms flying all over the sky.

The cherry blossoms were as dense as a snowstorm, converging like several rivers and swirling around Kuchiki Byakuya. The eight fire dragons crashed into the protective circle of the cherry blossom river, making a violent collision sound, but failed to break through the defense of the cherry blossom river.

"Wu Ming Three-Stage Thrust!"

As the eight fire dragons gradually dispersed, Nero suddenly appeared outside Sakura's protective circle, holding the primordial fire in both hands and using Okita Souji's skills.

With a "bang", the protective circle formed by countless cherry blossoms collapsed. Kuchiki Byakuya, who was inside the protection of the cherry blossoms, looked at the sharp sword stabbing towards him in shock.

"The third of the four maples - empty cicada!"

"Puch!"

The blade of the primordial fire tore through Kuchiki Byakuya's haori, and the haori was stained with flames and quickly burned to ashes.

However, Byakuya Kuchiki was not attacked by the Primordial Fire. Facing this magic sword, Byakuya Kuchiki used the same method as Soi Fong to avoid the opponent's attack.

However, this was also because Nero did not unleash the full power of the Three-Stage Thrust of Ignorance, which allowed Kuchiki Byakuya to escape so easily.

"Okita Souji's three-stage blind thrust! The previous way of moving was the footwork used by Okita Souji!" Soi Fong stood up from her seat and said in shock as she looked at Nero who had just used the anti-human demon sword on the ring.

"The flame just now was Shuten Douji's ability. I recognize the aura of that flame." Ukitake Jushiro also spoke.

"The power that suddenly suppressed Captain Kuchiki came from Artoria. At the beginning of the fight, Artoria's strength was minimal, but later on she became able to withstand my power," Ichimaru Gin paused before continuing, "The ability to accurately grasp the enemy's attack direction despite lacking sufficient combat experience is also Artoria's ability."

"In other words, Emperor Nero was able to possess the power of others. Was it by imitation? Or borrowing?" Unohana Retsu guessed.

Now, not only the Death Gods, but even the audience of the live broadcast recalled the various familiar abilities that Nero had used before from the magic sword he used, and judged that Nero had the ability to use the skills of other heroic spirits.

And Kuchiki Byakuya naturally understood this.

"Imitate? Copy? Or borrow?" Kuchiki Byakuya asked directly.

"I am an omnipotent genius, the emperor of the Roman Empire. As long as I want, there is nothing I cannot comprehend. This is my privilege as an emperor." Nero turned around and said proudly to Byakuya Kuchiki.

"The Emperor's privileges grant you access to all the abilities you desire. No, it's only skills. You can't acquire other people's Noble Phantasms. This skill probably comes from your identity. I've learned a little about the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, the Emperor was the equivalent of a Roman god, and a god was naturally omnipotent."

Kuchiki Byakuya was very attentive and quickly found the most crucial point from Nero's words. He also analyzed the purpose of Nero's skills and the source of these skills.

"Interesting, you have a good brain," Nero couldn't help but exclaim in admiration with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"However, brains alone are not enough to escape from my hands."

As soon as he finished speaking, Nero used the technique of shrinking the earth to appear in front of Byakuya Kuchiki and swung his sword at Byakuya Kuchiki.

This time, Byakuya Kuchiki did not retreat, but used Flash Flower, turned his feet, and instantly disappeared from in front of Nero. He went around behind Nero and slashed at Nero's neck with a knife.

Remembering the instant step that Byakuya Kuchiki often used, and feeling the chill on the back of his neck, Nero immediately twisted his wrist and swung his sword backwards to block Byakuya Kuchiki's slash.

Byakuya Kuchiki's Soul-Severing Sword pressed on Nero's Primordial Fire, continuously increasing the force, making it impossible for Nero to turn around for a while. He could only resist Byakuya Kuchiki's Soul-Severing Sword in this awkward posture. However, with the power of the Demon Seed, Byakuya Kuchiki's slash could only consume some of Nero's physical strength, and Nero would turn the tables in a few seconds.

However, Byakuya Kuchiki never thought of depleting Nero's power in this way.

The half-broken Soul-Severing Sword silently disintegrated, turning into a colorless blade that floated in the wind and fell beside Nero.

The colorless blade seemed transparent, so Nero failed to notice it in time. If her intuition was still there, it would be a different story. Unfortunately, Nero has always been short-lived, and coupled with the double influence of headaches, she had long forgotten her intuition.

Nero only noticed this when the blade surrounded Nero and the blade refracted light as it flew, revealing a thousand withered cherry blossoms. But it was too late. Countless cherry blossoms swept towards Nero, leaving countless tiny scars on his body.

For a moment, Nero's whole body was drenched in blood. From the outside, he looked very scary, but it was not a serious injury.

Nero exerted force with his hands, shocking Byakuya Kuchiki back two steps, then turned around and sprayed a mouthful of the fruit's alcoholic flavor at Byakuya Kuchiki.

When Byakuya Kuchiki saw Nero making a move, he remembered the charm of Shuten-doji and immediately used Flash Step to move away from Nero, making Nero's attack miss.

"Turning the Soul-Slaying Sword into countless blades, is that your Soul-Slaying Sword Shikai? It's a good ability, but the attack power is too weak. It's better to surrender as soon as possible. This level

Chapter 268 The Ever-Changing Battle

"Witness my talent! Hear the thunderous applause! Then praise [to this golden theater [the magnificent empire sung by the virgins (LausmwSaint·Claudius)]!"

With Nero's words of liberation, the Primordial Fire finally exerted its strongest power. The blazing flames spread from the tip of the scarlet Primordial Fire. Even the air was ignited wherever the sword touched. The distorted vision was caused by the high temperature causing the space to shift.

For a moment, Kuchiki Byakuya thought he saw Captain Yamamoto's Ryujin Jakka.

Like a volcanic eruption, a torrent of red flames emanated from the primordial fire and surged towards Byakuya Kuchiki. The cherry blossom rivers along the way were like flying catkins, scattered by the torrent of red flames, and even melted into molten iron and evaporated. From the looks of it, Byakuya Kuchiki's Soul-Slaying Sword would not be usable for a while.

"Duankong! Duankong! Duankong!"

The torrent of flames came with great force, giving people an unstoppable feeling. Kuchiki Byakuya immediately used the Kidō, and three consecutive Kidō walls were erected in front of Kuchiki Byakuya.

Although the Kidō without chanting is weaker than the original version, Byakuya Kuchiki has a very deep attainment in Kidō. Even if he abandons chanting, the three consecutive Kidō walls he releases are enough to block the full force attack of an ordinary captain's Bankai.

However, what shocked Byakuya Kuchiki was that the ghost path he released was as fragile as paper in front of the torrent of flames. Without even a second of resistance, it was directly broken into spirit particles and rushed towards him.

"The third of the four maples - empty cicada!"

Byakuya Kuchiki disappeared again, and this time, what replaced Byakuya Kuchiki was the silver-white wind flower veil worn around Byakuya's neck. The silver-white wind flower veil, which was at least as valuable as ten luxurious houses in Soul Society, just disappeared in the torrent of flames.

"It's very fast."

A provocative voice sounded from behind Byakuya Kuchiki, and before Byakuya could even find his footing, he quickly rushed forward. Nero, who had used Shukuchi to approach Byakuya, also flashed and chased after him.

"The instant step just now should be at the cost of a piece of clothing, allowing yourself to withstand the damage, just like the wooden stake substitute in ninjutsu."