Death God: Sunny and Cheerful Boy

"Arrancar?" It was the first time that Asido heard this word today.

"It can be regarded as a special kind of virtuality." Lin said bluntly.

Dang clang——

Sure enough, after hearing this, Asido and the others raised their knives more cautiously.

Nellielu glared at these guys fiercely at this time...

However, Lin said in a gentle voice: "Don't be nervous. The mission of the God of Death is to maintain balance, not to destroy the void... We are not the voids that destroy the balance. I personally hate those who devour the whole everywhere. There is no conflict between us."

These words were not enough to make Asido and the others let down their guard, but they were enough to make them breathe a sigh of relief - because let alone the ignorant Lin, just a Nellielu was not something they could handle at the moment!

Asido was only a vice-captain thirty years ago. Although he was the vice-captain of the combat squad and had undergone intensive training for thirty years, he was at most comparable to a weaker captain, such as the captain of the 9th squad...

What Lin said does make some sense - in theory, the enemies of the God of Death are not the Hollows, but the "Hollows that destroy the balance", the most typical of which are those who devour "the whole". As for those who spend their entire lives swallowing in the Hueco Mundo, in theory, they have nothing to do with the God of Death.

But there is a biggest loophole here!

Xu is the transformation of the "whole" with strong obsession, and can be said to be the reserve force of "hell" - most of them are evil people whose sins are not enough to enter hell, and they will become Xu. Another small part are those who had extremely heavy obsessions and had become perverted during their lifetime.

They are all "hollow" and generally have a strong desire for destruction and no rationality at all. Devouring "the whole" is also their instinct...

"This is the place where the balance is most disrupted." Asido said at this time - in the past thirty years they have discovered that the Great Hollow Forest will produce a large number of Great Hollows, and black chambers will appear that travel to the human world.

"I admire your courage, but... I have some different opinions on Hollows, Shinigami, and the whole thing. Can we discuss it?"

Lin's attitude was very polite, and they even felt that he was full of rationality, like a wise man, rather than a violent and crazy giant...

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Dongdong: Oh my god, this is such a long one, I will be drowned by this monthly ticket...

(End of this chapter)

208. Chapter 207 Responsibilities

208.

2023-10-07

If someone had told Ashido before, he would have seen the brilliance of a wise man in the "Hollow", and discussed with him the "duties of the God of Death", and even the "meaning of the existence of the God of Death", and the "true balance of the three realms"...

Asido would definitely think that man is crazy!

Even if Kuriyashiki told him that there was such a "hollow", he would only believe it half at most.

However, such an incredible thing actually happened more than 30 years after Asido came to Hueco Mundo.

After a long talk with "Lin", Asido became more aware of his "true responsibility" as the god of death.

After that, Asido stopped hunting those "harmless" Killians - the brainless Killians would indeed cause huge damage if they appeared in the "real world", but... in the Hueco Mundo, they were just a spiritual pressure container.

Whether devouring its own kind or being devoured, before becoming "Yachucas", it is just a "harmless" prop.

Asido's attention began to focus on those "random black cavities" that were opened - allowing the Hollow to enter the Rukongai in Soul Society or the Jureichi in the real world is truly "harmful"!

When a "random black cavity" appears, Asido will stay there and kill all the "Hollows" that want to pass through.

Originally, Asido and his comrades could not move freely in the "Great Hollow Forest", but...

"Lin" provides them with a solution!

"The body is the prison of the mind, the world is the prison of the body, madness is bound, desires are suppressed... To obtain absolute freedom of will, one must break the cage, indulge desires, maintain rationality, and step into madness..."

Under the instruction of "Lin", Asido was the first to transform into [Mask]!

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the first [Mask] born in the Three Realms since the Soul King fell into sleep.

Compared to letting a Hollow perform an Arrancar on its own, it is much easier for a Death God to perform a Mask on his own...

And the Mask is not entirely the counterpoint to the Arrancar...

The Reiatsu of a Hollow after [Arrancar] is just more stable, but one can still feel that it is a "Hollow". After [Return to Blade], it is even more hollow than a Hollow!

As for a Shinigami who has mastered the transformation of [Mask], his normal spiritual pressure is no different from before. When he transforms into [Mask], his spiritual pressure feels more hollow.

In other words, it is much easier for the "Death God" to become a "Hollow" than the other way around.

This also made Yilong believe that the Hollow was the representative of "spiritual life" and the Death God was just a specialization...

Over the next two hundred years, the six remaining companions of Asido gradually mastered the power of the [Mask].

In this way, they relied on the power of Hollowization to avoid being besieged by the unconscious "Kilian" who were only sensing spiritual pressure in the Great Hollow Forest. As for the conscious ordinary Hollows, even if they knew that they were Death Gods, they were no match for them!

From then on, in the two hundred and eighty years, the number of Asido's companions never decreased...

This is also one of the reasons why Asido and others are grateful to "Lin".

At this time, hearing Yoruichi playfully say the name "Lin", Asido turned to look at her.

When facing Ashido, Yoruichi's attitude is more serious - this has nothing to do with strength, but is a respect for the senior Shinigami with noble character.

Being willing to guard a place like the "Great Void Forest" for more than two hundred years, it is more than enough to be called a person of "noble character".

"Mr. Asido, do you know who Lin is?" Ye Yi used the neutral word "person".

Asido also understood what Yoruichi meant and said directly: "Death."

"Eh?" Ye Yi was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect... Mr. Asido would lie to him so blatantly?

It seems that the identity of Shihouin Ichiryuu is only a thin layer of window paper away, and now he still calls him the "God of Death"?

"The former head of the Shifengyuan family, right? You should know what the god of death is, right?" Asido asked back.

"Of course I..." Ye was about to answer instinctively, but suddenly paused, vaguely understanding what Asido meant.

"That's right. The spiritual life that maintains the balance of the three realms is the god of death." Asido said calmly and firmly.

It was because of this idea that Asido was willing to transform into a mask.

As for the nature of spiritual pressure and even bloodline, they are just minor details.

At this time, Soi-Feng kept frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about something...

"As expected of Mr. Asido..." Yoruichi praised with a hint of embarrassment - Asido's words just now made him seem to be of a low level.

Of course, what Yoruichi and Urahara have always wanted to know, the ability to truly judge who is the enemy and who is friendly, is also Ichiryu's goal.

Otherwise, Urahara would not have rescued the Shinigami who were framed by Aizen's "Hollowification experiment", which even led to him and Yoruichi having to defect from the Soul Society - after all, the noble lords could not stand such a dirty power as the "Hollowification power".

If one already has the "power of virtualization" in the body, [Mask] is a means of controlling virtualization, which is easier than "self-mask"...

But if he fails, the god of death will completely turn into "void", and it will be a void that loses consciousness!

"Recently, there are Arrancars sent by the Kyonyaku in the Great Hollow Forest. I don't know why, but they can even control other Killians." Asido said to Yilong.

Normally, although the [Arrancar] can come in, they should not be able to control the "Kilion" here.

Ye Yigeng felt that his realm was too low - look at Ashido, the first "important thing" he wanted to talk about was the changes in the Great Hollow Forest, not distinguishing between friend and foe.

"I already know. The Great Hollow Forest... does not need to be guarded for the time being. You can come with me to attack the army." Yilong also said in a businesslike manner.

"Okay." Asido seemed to have been prepared for this.

Faced with Asido's attitude towards Yilong, Ye Yi had to waver a little...

After all, the "merits" of the Asido Expeditionary Force are obvious to all. Although there are only seven people, the role they played is worth a hundred!

Three hundred years ago, nine... no, eight important spiritual sites could not be managed by simply sending one or two lower-ranking officials to guard them on a daily basis.

There is also a heavy spiritual land that was formed within three hundred years. It was at that time that Asido and Yilong discovered that the area of ​​the Great Void Forest would increase, and... it corresponds to the "present world's heavy spiritual land"!

If the organization of Seireitei had not been rigid enough, after Asido and his men had established a foothold in the Great Hollow Forest, the personnel quota of the 13th Division, also known as the "Purification Division", could have been greatly reduced, and there would have been no need for it to be "second only to the 11th Division."

even……

In the eyes of Asido and others, people like themselves and "Lin" are the real "Gods of Death", and the Soul Society are just a bunch of people who are indifferent to the affairs of the world. This is a natural feeling of looking down on others.

After Asido reconnected with the Seireitei, the bad news about Kenpachi Kuriyashiki and Asido's uncertainty about his own "Hollow Power" made them not want to return to the Seireitei...

However, Asido trusted Ichilong much more than Seireitei, and he immediately agreed to join the expedition against the army.

At the same time, Yoruichi discovered that Soi-Fong was whispering something to Ichiryuu...

"Your power as a Hollow is extremely poisonous to Quincies, right? So...your body as a Hollow has not been tasted yet?" Soi-Fong said, licking her lips.

Yoruichi: ...

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Dongdong: Although I went out during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I still went out

(End of this chapter)

209. Chapter 208 Attacked from both sides?

209.

2023-10-08

After Yilong contacted the Asido Expeditionary Force, he returned to the base of the expeditionary army with them...

Although there are only seven people, the Asido Expeditionary Force is the strongest existing expeditionary force that Yilong knows of.

The expeditionary force is not large in size. If there are dozens of people, it’s because you came late. Otherwise, it’s actually normal for there to be only a dozen or a few left.

Moreover, Asido and his seven companions have been stationed in a place like the "Great Hollow Forest". Asido himself now has the strength of a captain, and the other six are also at the third or fourth level of spiritual power. It's just... their premature transformation into [Masks] prevented them from mastering "Bankai".

A normal Shinigami cannot hear the sound of his Zanpakutō when he transforms into a mask. Even if he has mastered Bankai before transforming into a mask, he will not be able to release the power of Bankai when he displays the power of the mask.

If one has not yet mastered Bankai but has already started trying to transform into a Mask, it will greatly increase the difficulty of mastering Bankai. If one passively transforms into a Hollow and then uses Mask to tame the power of the Hollow, it will be almost impossible to master Bankai afterwards.

After self-masking, there is still a possibility of successfully performing "Bankai" - the prerequisite is to also hollowify the [Zanpakutō]!

For Asido and the others, when fighting in the "Great Hollow Forest", they can transform themselves into a "Mask" that is regarded as a "Hollow", which is more convenient than "Bankai".

Naturally, he became more and more familiar with the [Mask] system, while the "Zanpakuto" was gradually abandoned.

Of course, [Zanpakutō] is just a power system of the Shinigami. It doesn't matter if it is abandoned because there are more convenient powers of its own. After all, sometimes the weaknesses of [Zanpakutō] are still very obvious, such as now...

Just as the "Subjugation Army" was stationed in the "Hueco Mundo", except for the "Guardian Army", all the troops focused their work on supporting the "Subjugation Army"...

On that day, "Zen Shui Yin" used his own [Zanpakuto] ability to carve out a substitute of "Bihuo Tiger" and kept it in the "Prison Team". Even Komamura didn't notice anything unusual.

At this time, the "Tail Fire Tiger" came to the "Mirror Lake" - a huge lake in the center of East 71 Liuhun Street [Mirror Lake Bank]. Since more than 200 years ago, the whole area was forbidden to approach the Mirror Lake...

Although the Rukongai at the back means that the public security is very poor, but... even if it is a criminal, as long as you kill enough people, he will always become obedient.

After arriving at the deserted lakeside, Weihuohu threw one end of a chain into the lake, pulled the other end himself, and stirred it on the shore!

Soon, the huge lake surface began to boil disproportionately...

The Chaos Spirit Chains, one of the "God-given weapons" of the Shihouin family, were lost in the chaos during the "Soul Hunter Rebellion" due to the "chaos caused by Kyōraku's evacuation order."

The effect is to disrupt the isolation between the "inner world" and the "outer world". If used in combat, it can invade the opponent's "inner world" and strike deeply...

And now, Tail Fire Tiger is using the power of [Chaos Spirit Chain] to disrupt the seal here!

Soon, Weihuohu put away the chains and left without further observation.

Weihuohu didn't know what would happen, he only knew... these were the orders of Lord Yilong!

Yilong knew about the "Mirror Lake" from the secret records of the Kuchiki family - this was the place where the Kuchiki Xianghe was sealed.

According to the official records of the Seireitei, Kuchiki Hibiki, the son-in-law of the Kuchiki family, went mad and killed people indiscriminately nearly three hundred years ago, and was killed by Kuchiki Ginrin and Yamamoto Shigekuni.

However, it is clearly recorded in the Kuchiki family's secret records.

Kuchiki Hibiki's [Zanpakuto] has special abilities. If he hadn't been spotted by the Kuchiki family early on and taken in as a son-in-law, he probably wouldn't have had a chance to grow.

However, after he mastered Bankai, the threat posed by Hibiki became impossible to ignore, so Yamamoto transferred him from the Sixth Division and brought in the special forces of the First Division to watch over him under his own eyes.

Even so, conspiracies against Kuchiki Hibiki continued to emerge, not only from the emerging nobles, but even the Tsunayashiro family, which was one of the five great nobles, was also targeted.

Even with the support of the Kuchiki family, the young Kuchiki Hibiki also received a lot of criticism...

The methods taught by Xiumu Yinling were indeed not suitable for young people. Xianghe, who wanted to retaliate after being tricked, could not adapt to the method of keeping a low profile.

In the end, the young and energetic Kuchiki Hibiki, after being imprisoned, escaped from prison with the power of his Zanpakuto and killed several nobles who framed him, including a direct descendant of the Tsunayashiro family.

Although she knew the truth, as the matter became more and more serious, Kuchiki Ginling accepted the "best of both worlds" deal under the persuasion of Yamamoto Shigekuni.

The Kuchiki Hibiki was completely wiped out, and the Tsunayashiro family also completely faded out of the 6th Division - the Shiba family was already in decline at that time, the Shihouin family had their ancestral 2nd Division, and the Yagyu family was not interested in the Gotei 13... If the Tsunayashiro family withdrew, the "Noble Division" would be like the Kuchiki family's private armed forces.