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

Chapter 295 Ancient Artifacts

"She's alive..."

"The Grim Reaper's abilities are just too useful..."

"Thank you, Lord Shikatori!"

With treatment in July, the Animal Trio's injuries improved rapidly.

The awe in the eyes of the animal-like trio intensified.

Even Halibel couldn't defeat the Vasto Lorde Hollow, yet this Shinigami kicked him to death!

They couldn't help but feel envious; Harribel's teacher was such a powerful expert!

After treating Heribel and the Animal Trio, the group prepared to leave.

Nilu and Heribel need to find a place with a high concentration of spiritual energy and a relatively peaceful environment to cultivate.

“That Red Shark King’s territory is a nice place; that area is a spiritual land.” Nel took out the map Yoruichi had given her and started looking for a suitable location.

This map also records the approximate concentration of spirit particles, with some areas having relatively high and low concentrations marked.

“The Red Shark King is a Vasto Lorde Hollow and has the strength to occupy a good territory.” July glanced at the map. The spiritual particle concentration in the Red Shark King’s territory was already very close to that of Las Noches. There was no higher concentration nearby. Nel and Harribel were very suitable to stay here to cultivate.

“That place is now unclaimed land, which is perfect for you.”

Let's go there!

The group set off for the territory of the Red Shark King.

The terrain of the virtual circle is mainly desert and Gobi, but it is not only desert and Gobi.

The territory of the Red Shark King is a barren mountain.

Everyone looked up at the top of the mountain pass, where wisps of white smoke were rising, making it look like an active volcano.

"Is this a volcano? The concentration of spiritual particles over there is so high!"

Nilu said.

"The Great Void Forest is right below, there's no volcano here."

July chuckled.

"I'll go take a look at the top of the mountain."

Nilu was curious and flew to the crater to take a look.

"It's not lava inside, it's not a volcano!"

Nilu shouted loudly.

The others followed.

Looking in from the mountain pass in July, you can see a lake.

The lake was steaming, and the wisps of white smoke they saw from outside were coming from the lake.

The concentration of spiritual particles in this area is very high, and many small animals live here.

When the Red Shark King was here, these small animals were its food reserves, so it did not damage the local ecosystem.

"This place is really nice!" Nilu's eyes lit up, very satisfied with the environment. "Little He, let's stay here!"

“It is indeed a good place…” Harribel also liked this place very much. She had wandered in Hueco Mundo for a long time and traveled to many places, but none of them could compare to this place.

Why is the water here steaming?

July felt something was off and reached out to feel the water temperature.

The water temperature was quite high, probably around 60 or 70 degrees Celsius.

"This feels so nice, is this a hot spring?"

Nilu also put her hand in, and given her ethereal spiritual strength, the water temperature didn't feel too hot to her.

"Water doesn't rise in temperature for no reason."

A hint of inquiry flickered in July's eyes.

He extended his spiritual perception downwards, carefully sensing the situation beneath the water.

"I didn't sense anything..." July only sensed some small animals on the surface.

Further down, the perception becomes inaccurate; the concentration of water particles in the lake is high, causing significant interference.

"I'll go down and take a look."

In July, I became interested and decided to go down and investigate why the water temperature had increased.

"Me too!" Nilu quickly followed her teacher into the water.

Seeing this, Heribel and the others also jumped into the water.

After entering the water, Halibel felt a faint sense of pleasure.

Her virtual form is a humanoid shark, and the aquatic environment makes her feel very comfortable. Unfortunately, aquatic environments are very rare in Hueco Mundo and are hard to come by.

Entering the water in July disturbed the small group of fish swimming below.

These fish spirits are small animal spirits that have not yet developed their intelligence. Their intelligence is no different from that of fish in the real world. When they see unfamiliar spiritual creatures approaching, they are all frightened and run away.

They are among the spiritual life forms at the very bottom of the Hueco Mundo ecosystem.

The food consists of mud and sand in the water, or some smaller, ethereal creatures.

A piece of seaweed floated in front of Nilu. She reached out and pinched it with her fingers. Some small tentacles suddenly emerged from under the seaweed, spraying water and quickly moving away from Nilu.

This algae-like thing is also an illusion.

It is quite large, about one or two meters wide, and is considered a predator in this lake, feeding on schools of fish.

But the spiritual pressure from Nel and the others was too terrifying, so it didn't dare to move and simply pretended to be dead, disguising itself as seaweed.

After diving a little further in July, they saw faint red lights below.

What is glowing?

July was puzzled. The red light was in patches, and it looked like some kind of strange virtual group gathered together.

As they continued to descend, the temperature rose higher and higher, but for most people, there was little difference between soaking in boiling water and soaking in a hot spring.

"This is... lava?" July raised an eyebrow.

Lava flows at the bottom of the lake, and the red light he just saw was from the lava at the bottom of the lake.

The water temperature here is very high, probably due to the influence of these lava flows.

"Why is there lava in this water..." July wondered.

The others swam down as well, all amazed to see lava appearing underwater.

Beneath the desert layer of Hueco Mundo lies the Great Forest of Hollows, which itself extends downwards and overlaps, reaching its deepest point at the bottom.

The lakes in these desolate mountains are not even as deep as the Great Hollow Forest, so the presence of lava is clearly not a natural phenomenon in Hueco Mundo.

Just as July was about to swim along the flow of lava at the bottom of the lake, she sensed a spiritual pressure fluctuation coming from beneath the lava.

The spiritual pressure fluctuations became increasingly pronounced, as if something was awakening.

At the same time, the direction of the lava flow at the bottom of the lake also changed.

The lava is flowing to both sides.

Immediately afterwards, the lava cracked open, creating a deep trench in the middle. Instead of flowing into the trench, the lava flowed to both sides.

The changes continue, and the width of the trench is rapidly increasing.

It was as if an earthquake had occurred at the bottom of the lake.

The creatures in the lake were also frightened and swam upstream.

On the lake, some fish leaped out of the water and became stranded on the sandy shore before burrowing back into the sand.

A moment later, July saw what was protruding from the deep ditch.

"These are...eyes?!"

The cracks at the bottom of the lake are actually an eye that is opening!

The lava didn't flow into my eyes; it felt like a layer of "skin."

"The spiritual pressure fluctuations are strange... They're quite different from those of Hollows and Shinigami... They're more like the spiritual pressure of Quincy?"

In July, she raised her vigilance to the highest level, ready to enter combat at any moment.

Chapter 296 Quincy

"Nilu, Heribel, go upstairs and wait for me."

In July, she used a demonic technique that could transmit sound through water to warn Nel and Halibel to stay away from the area.

The strength of what lies at the bottom of the lake is unknown, and if a battle breaks out, he may not be able to protect his disciples.

Nilu and Halibel looked worried, but they still obeyed their teacher and left.

“Teacher… glug… be careful… glug…” Nilu’s voice mingled with the water.

After Nel and Halibel left, July continued to observe the movements at the bottom of the lake.

The large eyeball hadn't shown any hostility yet, so July wanted to see if she could communicate with this strange spirit.

In July, after observing for a while, I couldn't discern any emotional fluctuations in Shen Gou's eyes.

Immediately afterwards, the eyes in the deep magma trench began to move.

Golden pupils locked onto July's location.

"My Lord..."

July was slightly taken aback, and a strange voice suddenly came from the depths of his heart.

"My lord...you may concentrate your mind within...and communicate with me..."

That unfamiliar voice echoed in my heart once again.

The voice was cold and hollow, as if it came from an emotionless machine.

"Can I communicate with it using my thoughts?"

July realized that it must be the big eyes communicating with him.

Those big eyes don't seem to have any malice.

But July also had many questions: why did this big-eyed creature call itself "My Lord"?

He didn't remember when he had acquired such a "servant".

"What are you? Why do you call me 'My Lord'?" July focused her attention and silently asked herself.

"I am a creation of the Spirit King...and therefore a servant of the Spirit King..."

A voice came from the big eyeball.

“It’s actually a creation of the Spirit King…” July raised an eyebrow. “But I am not the Spirit King.”

July couldn't find any information about this big eyeball in her mind.

Whether it's information from his past life or information currently available in Soul Society, the content related to the Soul King is rather vague. Most of the information and content leans towards grand narratives, while there are very few records of what the Soul King actually did.

"You are the Spirit King's...shadow...and also my lord..."

A voice came from the big eyeball.

"Can you see the true nature of my spirit?"

July's eyes narrowed, and he began to believe that the large eyeball was a creation of the Spirit King.

The moment July crossed into the shadow of the Spirit King was equivalent to the consciousness being born from the shadow of the Spirit King.

After he was cut off and sewn into the remains of Lu Qu Bayunzhai, he became an independent individual, just like the other spirit king bodies that had gained self-awareness.

But over the years, apart from the Zero Division, who personally sewed him into Shikatori Hakunsai's spirit body, no one in Soul Society could tell that he was the Shadow of the Soul King.

But the large eyeball in front of them sensed the shadow of the Spirit King within July's spirit body.