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

Saito Hoshiko is now trying to verify this hypothesis.

July was also very interested in this, so she agreed to help.

"I've arrived at the Abyss." July used a snail shell to transmit the message to Saito Hoshiko.

In the other side of hell, Saito Hoshiko faced a surging river.

This river is exceptionally wide; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a lake.

In the middle of the rushing river, there is an enormous whirlpool.

This giant vortex is known as the 'Eye of Hell'.

A legend circulates in Hell that anyone who can successfully enter the 'Eye of Hell' in the desolate land can travel to the Three Realms.

If Saito Hoshiko were asked to find a place that might be connected to the Soul Society's Avici Hell, the only thing she could think of was this 'Eye of Hell' vortex.

“Then let’s begin the test.” Saito Hoshiko arrived in front of the vortex known as the ‘Eye of Hell’.

The 'Eye of Hell' is bottomless, and it's obvious that going in directly would be extremely dangerous.

She planned to throw something in first to test the waters.

Saito Hoshiko drew her Zanpakuto, which transformed into a giant pufferfish.

Like Retsu Unohana, Hoshiko Saito possesses a rare biological-type Zanpakuto.

The pufferfish in the air quickly expanded to more than ten meters wide, its back and belly both being white.

Its swollen, white belly makes it look like a giant white balloon.

The pufferfish opened its mouth and spat out some bizarre, hellish creatures.

If Shichiguri knew about Saito Hoshiko's abilities, he would find that her abilities were similar to those of Utako.

The pufferfish has a unique spiritual space inside its stomach, which allows it to absorb living organisms.

Furthermore, the spiritual space inside the pufferfish's belly was shrouded in black mist. This black mist, like the black mist released by Yama of the Yellow Springs, was the breath of the Yellow Springs transformed from Yellow Springs water, which had the ability to corrode the mind.

As a captain-level powerhouse, Saito Hoshiko's mastery of the Breath of the Underworld far surpasses that of Kagami. She can even use the Breath of the Underworld to control creatures whose minds have been corrupted by it.

The hellish creature spat out by the pufferfish entered the vortex of the 'Eye of Hell'.

For this test, Saito Hoshiko made some preparations in advance, capturing many hellish creatures.

These hellish creatures are native spirits of hell. Hell, like Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, has its own independent ecosystem.

Once the hellish creatures entered the center of the vortex, they continued to fall.

These hellish creatures are all controlled by Saito Hoshiko using the Breath of the Underworld, through which she can observe the situation within the vortex.

After falling continuously into the center of the vortex, the river water disappeared from sight, as if I had entered a black hole.

Once inside the pitch-black space, Saito Hoshiko could no longer control the movement of the hellish creatures and could only let them fall freely. However, she could still see the inside of the black hole through the hellish creatures.

After a long time, Saito Hoshiko saw a light source below through the hellish creatures she controlled.

Saito Hoshiko couldn't control the movement of the hellish creatures, but they were falling in the direction of the light source.

Saito Hoshiko's perspective is getting closer and closer to the light source.

Soon, hellish creatures arrived near the light source.

Saito Hoshiko saw the light source from the perspective of the hellish creatures.

It was a cluster of glowing words and symbols.

These glowing characters and symbols formed chains that coiled into a ball of light.

"There's actually a spirit particle spell within the vortex of the Eye of Hell?!" Saito Hoshiko exclaimed in surprise.

Her voice traveled through the snail shell to July, who then learned of the scene inside the vortex.

"Can you identify the type of technique?" July asked.

For Shinigami who are skilled in Kido (demon arts), identifying the type of technique is a basic ability.

“It’s still a bit far. We’ll be able to see it clearly once we get closer,” Saito Hoshiko replied.

Once the hellish creatures approached the light source, they seemed to merge into an orbit, revolving around the cluster of spiritual energy.

There are also many stones and debris sucked in by the river's eddies in this space, all of which are rotating around the light source.

After observing for a while, Saito Hoshiko quickly discovered that when the debris came within a few meters of the light source, it would be destroyed by an invisible force and broken down into hellish spirit particles.

This leaves Saito Hoshiko with very limited time; she must identify the type of spirit particle technique before the hellish creatures she controls are disintegrated by the invisible force.

As the hellish creatures controlled by Saito Hoshiko drew closer to the light source, circling it several times, Saito Hoshiko was finally able to see the text and symbols on the light source from the perspective of the hellish creatures.

“This must be some kind of sealing technique!” Saito Hoshiko recognized the characters and symbols on it.

The hellish creatures' perspective went black as several of the first hellish creatures to enter the vortex were decomposed into spiritual particles by the invisible power emanating from the seal.

"An extremely complex technique, I'm afraid even the Great Demon Master of the Soul Society's Kido Clan couldn't set it up!" Saito Hoshiko continued to observe the sealing technique from the perspective of other hellish creatures.

"Can you see what's sealed?" July asked.

“There’s a spherical object inside…it looks somewhat like an eye?” Saito Hoshiko said.

"Could the place name 'Whirlpool' be derived from this eye?" July frowned slightly, recalling that the place where Saito Hoshiko lived was called the Eye of Hell. "Is this the Eye of Hell?"

July had a premonition that these eyes were related to the Lord of Hell, and might even be the eyes of that Lord of Hell.

According to legend, there once existed a Lord of Hell, but He was defeated by the Spirit King and disappeared without a trace.

The sealed eye discovered by Saito Hoshiko may be the remains of the sealed Lord of Hell.

While Saito Hoshiko and Shikato Nanatsuki were pondering, the sealing technique showed new signs of movement.

Those spirits and debris sucked into the dark space by the vortex will be decomposed into spiritual particles containing the aura of hell by an invisible force once they approach the seal.

Therefore, the concentration of spiritual particles in this pitch-black space is extremely high.

Through the perspective of the hellish creatures, Saito Hoshiko saw the characters and symbols on the sealing formula shining brightly.

The dense, almost visible red spiritual particles transformed into a vortex, converging towards the sealing technique.

The sealing technique is absorbing the spiritual particles in the dark space.

Chapter 226 The Depths of the Abyss

“The sealing technique is absorbing those decomposed spirit particles,” Saito Hoshiko guessed. “Perhaps this is how these spirit particle techniques are maintained?”

Like Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, everything in Hell is composed of spirit particles.

However, the spiritual particles in hell contain the aura of hell.

Anything sucked into the vortex will be broken down into spiritual particles by the sealing technique.

Any spiritual particle spell needs spiritual particles to sustain itself in order to be maintained in the long term, and this sealing spell maintains its operation by absorbing these decomposed spiritual particles.

Saito Hoshiko told Shikatori Nanatsuki her guess, and Shikatori Nanatsuki also thought it made a lot of sense.

"It seems that the vortex exists to maintain the sealing technique," July said.

After the sealing technique absorbed the spiritual particles, new disturbances occurred in the Avici Hell where July was located.

He discovered that hellish spiritual particles were drifting out from the depths of the Abyss.

The runes on the Hellish Voice in July's hand grew brighter and brighter, indicating that Hellish Spiritual Particles had been detected.

"I've also made a discovery here... Hellish spirit particles are actually emanating from the depths of the Abyss." July told Saito Hoshiko about her discovery through the giant conch shell.

Avici is indeed related to hell!

Based on this situation, Wujian should be related to the seal in the vortex of the Eye of Hell.

July wanted to venture into the depths of the Abyss to find out what was going on, but he was an innocent man, and an invisible force would separate him from the depths of the Abyss.

In July, they tried to cover the area in front with shadow space to see if they could use the properties of shadow space to pass through this invisible force.

The shadow space continued to extend forward without being obstructed.

July was overjoyed as she crossed the barrier inside the shadow space.

As July moved forward, she noticed that the runes of 'Voice of Hell' were becoming brighter, indicating a higher concentration of hellish spiritual particles here.

"How did you get locked up here too?!"

A somewhat familiar voice came from behind me.

Looking back in July, they discovered that Saito was immortal.

Saito is immortal and wears instruments of torture to suppress her spiritual pressure, which is why Nanatsu couldn't sense that she was nearby.

Saito, who was neither old nor dead, was full of frustration. She had been imprisoned in the Abyss for so long, and finally, someone had come along who could help her carry things.

Not long after, Shikagori Nanatsuki was also imprisoned.

Only the guilty can enter the depths of hell, and this guilt or innocence is not just empty talk.

Those convicted of crimes punishable by death will be subjected to a kind of demonic ritual to label them as guilty.

Sinners afflicted by this kind of demonic magic can enter the depths of Avici Hell, but they cannot leave it.

Now that Saito is immortal and has met Shikatoshi Nanatsuki in the depths of Avici, he naturally assumes that he too has been sentenced to Avici.

“So it’s Miss Saito.” July scratched her head. “I wasn’t locked up, but the barrier of the Infernal Realm doesn’t seem to be able to restrain me.”

"You weren't imprisoned here?" Saito Immortal's spirits lifted, his frustration vanished. "By the way... the fact that you could enter the Central Prison Underground means you have the ability to pass through the spiritual barrier. But I still underestimated you; you can even pass through the Abyss."

"So you've come to visit me?" Saito Immortal's face was full of anticipation.

She made a promise with Shichiru Shikato that she would bring something over once a year. Although it hasn't been long since she last brought something, she has already finished all the snacks and wine that Shichiru brought last time.

"I came here to verify some things..." July spent a lot of time explaining to Saito Immortal the test he and Saito Hoshiko had conducted.

"They didn't come to see me..." Saito Immortal was slightly disappointed.

"Although I didn't come here specifically to see Miss Saito, I did prepare some things for her." July tossed a spirit space pocket to the immortal Saito.

Saito is immortal and all she wants are food and drink, so bringing her things won't cost much. Even though July knows she's coming to Wujian, she doesn't mind bringing her some things along the way.

"That's wonderful!" Saito Immortal was overjoyed. "Thank you, Shikato-kun!"

"It was nothing," July chuckled. "I still need to continue exploring the secrets of the Infinite."

"Then I'll go with you and take a look," Saito, the immortal being, said, indicating that she was also a little curious.

The two continued on their way, and after walking for a while, he was even able to perceive the dense hellish spiritual particles through his spiritual senses.

“I didn’t notice the Hell Spirits when I went inside before…” Saito Immortal was somewhat puzzled.

“This should be periodic. Only when the seal in the Eye of Hell vortex absorbs Hell Spirit Particles can we observe Hell Spirit Particles here,” July guessed.

“That’s true. There’s nothing inside. I explored it a few times but then stopped,” Saito Immortal said thoughtfully. “Perhaps when I entered, the seal in the Hell’s Eye vortex wasn’t absorbing Hell Spirit Particles.”

A moment later, the two found themselves blocked by an invisible barrier.

"This is the end of Avici Hell," Saito, the immortal being, said. "But it seems now that this is only the end I can reach..."

They saw dense hellish spiritual particles surging out from the 'end of the abyss'.

In July, he used the same trick again, using the Shadow Space to carry Saito through the 'End of the Abyss', making him immortal.

"So that's how you passed through the barrier? What a useful ability!" Saito Immortal was quite surprised that Shikari Nanatsuki could pass through the invisible barrier so easily.

"Then you could use that ability to take me out of the Abyss!" Saito, who was immortal, quickly dismissed his own idea. "No... the Tsuna-Yayo family is still around. Taking me out would only implicate you."

Saito Immortal and the Tsunayoshiro family can be considered mortal enemies. There is no room for reconciliation between them. As long as the Tsunayoshiro family remains a major noble family in Soul Society, it is almost impossible for Saito Immortal to be released from Muken alive.

After passing through the invisible barrier in the shadow space, the two arrived in front of a ball of light composed of countless spiritual energy spells.

They couldn't see the ball of light until they passed through the invisible barrier.

This ball of light is somewhat similar to the sealing technique described by Saito Hoshiko, but this is not the pitch-black space inside the Eye of Hell, and there is no eye sealed inside this ball of light.

The dense hellish spiritual particles here emanate from the ball of light.

The spiritual spells within the ball of light were far too complex; after a few glances, July realized that they were beyond her ability to decipher.

He began to observe the other things in the space.

Beneath the ball of light was a base, from which were connected a network of countless blue spiritual particles.

The sheer volume of spiritual particles contained within these veins was an eye-opener for July.