Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy

“As a sinner imprisoned in the deepest hell, I can only enter a portion of it, even though I can go deep into the depths.” Saito Immortal shook his head. “After a certain distance, I will be blocked by an invisible force.”

"The light of 'Hellish Voice' is fading..." July noticed that the light emanating from the large conch shell in her hand was weakening. "The concentration of hellish spiritual particles here is decreasing!"

"Now is the time to chant the incantation and seal the Hell Spirit Particles into the 'Sound of Hell'!" Saito the Immortal said.

July nodded and began chanting the incantation: "With the soul of darkness as my guide, I connect to the abyss of darkness, and listen to the voice of hell..."

As the incantation was chanted, the dissipating hellish spirit particles converged on the large conch shell in July's hand.

The large snail shell suddenly glowed bright red.

A moment later, the red light on the outside of the giant conch shell receded, but the text symbols inside were now filled with red spiritual particles.

Glug glug glug—

A strange, unintelligible sound emanated from inside the large snail shell.

The giant conch shell has already made contact with a soul in hell.

Glug glug glug—

The large snail shell continued to emit strange, unintelligible sounds.

“The spirit we contacted this time shouldn’t be a highly intelligent one,” Saito said. “Hell, like Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, has a complete spiritual ecosystem, and not all spirits are highly intelligent beings.”

Chapter 197 Figures from a Thousand Years Ago

Glug glug glug—

Strange, unintelligible noises emanated from inside the large snail shell.

In July, after several attempts, 'Voice of Hell' only located low-intelligence creatures.

“It’s difficult to locate highly intelligent beings without using a specific frequency.” Saito, the immortal being, took the large conch shell and adjusted the ‘Hellish Voice’ to a specific spiritual pressure fluctuation. “I’ll try to locate Grandma’s spiritual pressure.”

Gudong Gudong——

A moment later, a series of noises came from inside the large snail shell, somewhat like the sound of an empty, open bottle being sunk into water.

"Grandma?" Saito, the immortal being, tried calling out to the opening of the giant conch shell.

After a while, a distorted voice came from the giant conch shell: "Immortal...immortal...ah..."

Somewhere in hell, a white-haired woman sits cross-legged on a rock floating in lava.

If July were here, she would think that Saito's ageless and immortal appearance was simply carved from this white-haired woman.

The white-haired woman listened intently for a moment, then extended her finger. Spiritual energy gathered at her fingertip, and she released a ghostly energy. The sounds she heard immediately became clearer.

The white-haired woman said, "You haven't contacted Grandma in a long time..."

At the same time, the distorted sounds that July and Saito, who were immortal, heard gradually became clearer.

"I was imprisoned in the Abyss, and my things were confiscated. If it weren't for Shikato-kun's help, I wouldn't be able to use 'Hell's Voice' right now." Saito Immortal breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the response. After not having contacted her for many years, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to reach her grandmother.

"How come you're locked up in the Abyss?! Aren't you the captain of the Sixth Division?!"

Then, Saito, who was immortal, recounted her grudges with the Tsuna Yayo family.

"The Tsunayoshiro family... they're even bullying my granddaughter..."

The white-haired woman in hell had a furrowed brow and her pupils shimmered with an unusual light, as if she were deep in thought.

Things haven't been peaceful in Hell lately either. The Lord of Hell is reviving, and she thinks she might be able to take advantage of his troubles to eliminate the Tsunayo family...

Unless the Tsuna-Yayo family is eliminated, Saito will remain imprisoned in Avici forever.

In the void, July felt that the sounds coming from the giant conch shell had become increasingly sinister.

Saito, who is immortal, said, "Grandma, I taught Shikatori-kun how to make 'Hell's Sound,' and he wanted to ask about some things related to hell."

The white-haired woman came to her senses. During their previous conversation, Saito Immortal had told her about Shikari Nanatsu. Knowing that Shikari Nanatsu was the only Shinigami who could communicate with Saito Immortal, she was willing to patiently answer Shikari Nanatsu's questions.

The white-haired woman said in a calm tone:

"You probably want to know about the 'Lord of Hell' in Hell, right?"

"I can tell you what I know."

"His level of resurrection is already quite high; discussing Him in Hell might be perceived by Him."

"To avoid being affected by His power, I stayed in a desolate place far from the center of hell."

"However, while staying in the desolate land can prevent me from being controlled by His power, it also makes me less informed. I don't know much about what has happened in the last ten years."

Hell is vast, and even the Lord of Hell, who has not yet fully recovered, cannot affect the entire hell.

The area affected by the power of the Lord of Hell is located in the center of Hell, and its area is no smaller than that of Soul Society.

But once you're far from the center of hell, it becomes extremely desolate, with a lower concentration of spiritual particles than in the real world.

Therefore, there are not many souls outside the center of hell; most of them are concentrated in the central area of ​​hell.

The white-haired woman's spirit had already reached the limit of her own bottleneck. For her, staying in the central area of ​​Hell would not allow her to continue to grow, and there was a possibility that she would be affected by the power of the Lord of Hell. Therefore, she chose to stay away from the center of Hell and stay in the desolate land outside the central area.

July thought for a moment and then asked, "Do you know how long it will be before the 'Lord of Hell' is fully revived?"

The white-haired woman replied, "I have also discussed this matter with others in hell, but there is still no conclusion on the timing."

"However, based on the actions of the 'Lord of Hell' over the past few decades, we can infer that as time goes on, His power will increase and His influence on the souls of Hell will become more profound."

“But His resurrection must require some conditions. You just said that He attempted to open the ‘Gates of Hell’ in Soul Society, which further confirms our guess—He wants more souls and spirit particles to flow into Hell.”

"His purpose in doing this was most likely to prepare for the resurrection."

July fell into deep thought, and after a moment of consideration, he also felt that this speculation was very reasonable.

The Lord of Hell opened the 'Gates of Hell' in Soul Society to seize the souls and spirit particles of Soul Society in preparation for his resurrection.

July recalled discovering Hell Spirits in the Abyss and continued, "When Ms. Saito and I were creating 'The Sound of Hell' just now, we accidentally discovered that Hell Spirits had appeared in the Abyss. We think this may be a huge hidden danger."

"There are Hellish Spiritual Particles in Avici?" The white-haired woman frowned. "This means Avici is connected to Hell, which is not a good thing. If the power of the Lord of Hell can influence Avici..."

Saito is immortal and imprisoned in the Avici Hell. If the power of the Lord of Hell can affect that place, it will not be a good thing for Saito's immortality.

While Saito's immortal left eye can help her remove some of the effects, there are limits to that.

With the resurgence of the Lord of Hell, His power to influence people's hearts will become increasingly stronger.

Saito, who is immortal, said, "I have been in the Abyss for so long, and I did not know that there were Hell Spirits here. Those Hell Spirits should have been emanating from the depths of the Abyss, but they have now dissipated. I think they were blocked by some kind of force."

In July, she recalled that before the appearance of the Hell Spirits, there were spirit remains being interrogated in the prison one level above the Avici Hell.

He speculated that perhaps the spirit body of the remains contained the power left behind by the Lord of Hell, which caused the strange disturbance in Wujian.

"That reminds me of a legend..." the white-haired woman recalled, "In the desolate land, there is a river with a huge whirlpool, which is called 'Eye of Hell'."

There is a legend about the 'Eye of Hell': as long as you can successfully enter the 'Eye of Hell', you can travel to the Three Realms.

"Avici is connected to Hell, so perhaps the 'Eyes of Hell' is the passage to Avici in Soul Society."

“I will go and find that river with the ‘Eye of Hell’.”

The white-haired woman is now in the desolate land, intending to find the legendary river and verify the legend herself.

Chapter 198 Craniotomy

After leaving the Abyss in July, she arrived at the floor where the spirit remains were imprisoned.

The two officers who interrogated Linghai have already gone to the Ninth Division to report that Linghai's brain has been destroyed, leaving only a few guards to watch over the cell.

During the interrogation, the spirit body suddenly showed signs of brain damage and was about to be taken to Kiryu's laboratory for examination. July wanted to examine the spirit body before it was taken away.

No one noticed that a shadow was moving along the corner of the wall.

July soon arrived at the cell where the spirit remains were imprisoned.

July moved into the shadow of the spirit corpse. The spirit corpse was in the same situation as he saw through the shadow's perspective: its eyes were wide open, but there was no consciousness in its pupils, and even cerebrospinal fluid was flowing out of its nostrils.

However, the moment July approached the remains of the spirit, he noticed that the large conch shell in his hand was moving.

July's heart stirred; there were remnants of hellish spiritual particles on the spirit corpse!

The 'Voice of Hell' in his hand emitted a faint red light, absorbing the hellish spiritual particles remaining on the spirit corpse!

When creating the 'Sound of Hell', you need to absorb Hell Spirit Particles. When you use it, you will consume the Hell Spirit Particles stored within it.

The consumed Hell Spirit Particles can be replenished when the 'Gates of Hell' open in reality.

"Is it a remnant of the hellish spirit particles from the recent upheaval, or were there hellish spirit particles on the spirit body to begin with?" July wondered to herself.

Judging from Linghai's appearance, it's obvious at a glance that something that can damage the brain has been implanted in his brain. The hellish spiritual particles on Linghai's body are likely remnants after the spell was triggered.

In July, I decided to visit another cell.

The spirit remains locked in another cell, and the interrogation has not yet begun; its brain is still intact.

These two spirit remains were captured together, so there's no reason why only one spirit remains would have the means to destroy a brain.

After arriving at the next cell in July, he took out the 'Voice of Hell' again.

As the 'Voice of Hell' approached the spirit remains, it emitted a faint glow, but it did not draw in the spirit particles of hell.

"As expected, this spirit corpse also contains hellish spirit particles, but they may be restricted by the spell, and the 'Sound of Hell' cannot draw them in," July thought to herself.

This new discovery was a pleasant surprise.

After he possessed the 'Voice of Hell,' he essentially gained the ability to directly locate the spirits affected by Hell.

We don't even need testing equipment anymore, because testing equipment is still very troublesome to use and not easy to carry around.

He can use the 'Voice of Hell' as a detector of hellish spirit particles. As long as he doesn't activate the 'Voice of Hell's' sound-receiving function, he won't be affected by the will of hell.

After confirming in July that the remains were connected to hell, he left the prison.

The spirit has a technique in its brain that can destroy the brain. To see it, one must perform craniotomy. He sneaked into the prison, so it's impossible for him to perform craniotomy on the spirit here.

However, this craniotomy will definitely be performed by Kiryu Hikifune himself. He only needs to pretend to go to the 12th Division to find Kiryu Hikifune, and he will have the opportunity to participate in the craniotomy. After all, he has the persona of being skilled in the Dao and having research capabilities. Given his relationship with Kiryu Hikifune, if they meet, there is a high probability that he will invite him to do the craniotomy together.

After leaving the prison in July, he went directly to the Twelfth Division.

In recent years, the 12th Division has come quite frequently in July, and many members of the division know him. He was not stopped when he entered.

In July, she randomly asked a member of the squad, "Is Kiryu-san in the squad right now?"

"Shikatori-sensei is here," the female Shinigami chuckled. "Quite a few people have come looking for the captain today. The prison squad just arrived too, and they seem to be in a hurry. She might not have much time~"

"Isn't the Prison Squad one of the most idle squads? Why would they need to trouble Kiryu-san with something?" July looked somewhat surprised.

"I heard some prisoners have run into trouble and they want the captain to go check on them." The female Grim Reaper pointed to the hall at the end of the corridor. "They're waiting for the captain in the hall right now."

"Thank you. I'll go over and see if there's anything I can do to help you, Miss Kiryu," July said gently.

July walked through the passage and entered the hall of the Twelfth Division, where he indeed saw several Shinigami who were not from the Twelfth Division.

The Shinigami who came to Kiryu Hikifune for help were Kensei Muguruma, the vice-captain of the Ninth Division, and two officers in charge of interrogating the spirit corpses.

"Teacher?" Kensei Rokusha was somewhat surprised to see Shichizuki.

"I've thought of a new dish and wanted to discuss it with Miss Kiryu." July greeted the vice-captain of the Ninth Division with a smile. "Vice-Captain Shinno, did Kensei cause you any trouble?"

In recent years, in order to keep track of when Hikifune Kiryu would be promoted, he often used the excuse of exchanging cooking skills to find Hikifune Kiryu, so his excuse would not attract attention.

"How could that be? Kensei's performance in the Ninth Division is outstanding, otherwise he wouldn't have been promoted to a seat officer so quickly," Vice Captain Shinno said with a smile.

As they were talking, Kirio Hikifune and his two assistants entered the hall.

"Shikatori-kun, I have some things to attend to today, so we'll probably have to wait until after we've finished what we're doing." Kiryu Hikifune had already learned through the messenger machine that Shikatori Nanatsuki had come to see him.

"We need to perform brain surgery to examine the internal condition of the spirit remains' heads. We might need your teleportation ability later, so come with me," Kiryu explained the situation. "The Eighth Division captured two spirit remains, but some unexpected things happened during the interrogation..."

While waiting in the lobby, the Death Squad of the prison team had already explained the situation to Kiryuki through the messenger machine.

"The Eighth Division actually captured a spirit body..." July nodded and accepted Kiryu Hikifune's invitation. "Spirit bodies are not easy to capture, and I am very interested in them."

July, Kiryu, and the others followed the prison squad to the Shin-O underground prison.

"This must be Shikatori-kun's first time visiting the Great Prison of the Shinigami, right? I personally designed the spirit particle barrier here, and its strength is no less than the Soul-Shielding Mesh of the Seireitei." Kiryu Hikifune said with some pride, "Even the Captain-Commander would need to expend some effort to break through this barrier. In terms of protective capabilities alone, it can be said to be the spirit particle barrier with the highest protective capabilities in Soul Society!"

The Soul-Shielding Membrane not only has excellent protective capabilities, but also possesses the ability to eliminate spirits; the two are not the same type of spiritual barrier.

July smiled and nodded: "Just from the concentration of spiritual particles on the spiritual particle barrier, we can see that this spiritual particle barrier is unbreakable and can resist powerful enemies."

This spiritual barrier can even withstand attacks from captain-level Grim Reapers, but unfortunately it couldn't stop July's invasion.