You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

With a flick of its tail, the young man was sent flying, and the Qing Canglong sank into the sea. Only a winding wave crest could be seen passing quickly on the water.

When Iori flew hundreds of meters, his body was bounced off the sea surface like a stone. The Azure Dragon had already split the ripples like an arrow, and when the boy was about to stabilize his body, he suddenly rushed out from under the sea surface.

Chi!

clang!

The dragon's upper jaw was pierced by Ame Murakumo's sword, but Iori's thigh was only lightly scratched by the sharp teeth, leaving a bloody wound.

At the critical moment, pillars of light as thick as gun barrels appeared beside him, and he was able to barely withstand the dragon's bite. These were the "Hundred-Step Railings" he summoned using the Binding Technique.

squeak--

The powerful bite force quickly crushed the hastily summoned light column, but fortunately Iori escaped from the dragon's mouth before that.

"Red Smoke Escape!"

As the young man flew out, he pointed his left hand at the dragon's head and released a large amount of red smoke from his palm with a light breath, instantly depriving Canglong of his vision - although it was only a low-level binding technique, it could play a huge role depending on the situation.

"cut!"

He instantly moved to the dragon's belly, and the white mist covered the sharp blade as if the sword had been lengthened out of thin air. He fell down decisively and coldly, immediately breaking the dragon's skin and spurting out a large amount of blood.

"Roar!!!"

The dragon felt pain and became angry. Sparks of lightning began to jump between the gaps between its scales. Iori was horrified when he saw this scene. Knowing what would happen next, he immediately changed his posture, stepped on the dragon's body with both feet and kicked it hard, then he rushed into the sea like a flying fish.

The next moment, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the dense rain clouds!

boom!

The giant dragon was roaring, and countless lightning bolts struck the sea surface, creating waves one after another. The high temperature detonated the decomposed hydrogen and oxygen, and the surrounding area suddenly fell into a sea of ​​fire!

The hell of thunder and fire lasted for a full ten breaths. After it calmed down, Qing Canglong looked down at the turbulent sea, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, it raised its body high, opened its mouth wide, and sent out invisible waves towards somewhere in the sea. Vacuum blades suddenly broke through the water surface, making the surroundings churn like boiling water.

Whoosh!

As expected, she couldn't hold it back and burst the water!

But Iori did not appear from the coverage of the vacuum blade, but launched a surprise attack from the blind spot of Qing Canglong's vision!

——Zheng!

The jade sword broke through the scabbed dragon skin and pierced through the flesh with ease, not stopping until a "clang" sound was heard.

"Wrong judgement!" Iori's eyes narrowed.

He originally wanted to attack the dragon's skull directly from its eye socket, but he didn't understand this kind of creature after all. The sword's piercing angle was wrong, and he didn't know which bone blocked it.

And this seemed to be the cause of his defeat. The Qing Canglong, who was enduring severe pain, did not miss this opportunity. His powerful dragon claws suddenly slashed across. Even though Iori tried hard to retreat, large pieces of his muscles were still torn and he was almost cut in half!

"Well!"

Iori fell into the sea dejectedly, feeling a large amount of blood flowing out of his waist and his body becoming weak.

But at this moment, the small gem at the end of the sword began to emit hazy green light, and a large amount of water essence was attracted to the surroundings, causing the blood to coagulate near the wound and not disperse, greatly slowing down the rate of blood loss in a peculiar way.

As Iori's mind moved, the buoyancy from the sea water increased, and his body was lifted back to the surface of the sea!

wow...

After shaking off the sea water, Iori felt like he was lying on a denser beach. He tried hard to control himself to stand up, but in the end he was too weak and could only half-kneel on the sea.

"Roar……"

The situation of the Izumo Qinglong was not very good either. Although the transverse bone in its skull saved its life, many of its important nerves and blood vessels were cut by Iori. The sharp sword energy caused secondary damage... If it was an ordinary dangerous species, it would probably be dead by now.

Even though he could still move, his body began to become uncontrollable, and even his intact eye was stained red from internal bleeding, like a bloodthirsty beast at the end of its rope.

It seems that you and I have reached our limits - the man and the dragon looked at each other for a moment.

Roar!

Suddenly, the Azure Dragon dived into the sea and swam towards the depths, but it was not trying to escape. Instead, it was gathering strength to bite Iori to pieces.

And it also understood that Iori would not miss this opportunity either, and would definitely concentrate his last bit of strength to give it a fatal blow!

"Huh...huh..."

Iori tried hard to gather his remaining spiritual pressure. Painful protests came from all parts of his body, and the wound on his waist was still robbing him of his life.

But at this moment his heart was extremely calm... Was it a last burst of energy or had he already accepted his fate?

Admit it, this is your limit.

No...at least he hasn't given up hope of winning.

[With this tattered body, can you kill the dragon with one sword? 】

How will you know if you don’t try?

[How foolish! You are risking your life for nothing. The sword is already in your hand, why do you still want to challenge it?]

Accepting the gift naturally means making a promise.

【ridiculous! 】

[You are not a person who keeps his promises. You just think this is fun and can satisfy your desire to show off.]

[Sometimes being cautious, and sometimes being so reckless as to duel with a dragon, this is neither bravery nor integrity, it is just stupidity! ]

...Maybe.

[Then you have brought this situation upon yourself! ]

Fallen? Am I in such a mess now?

Iori looked at the broken reflections rippling on the water with a relaxed expression.

'You are right, but I am smart, stupid, brave, and cowardly - but I will not deny my choice. No matter whether the result is good or bad, I will face it calmly and carry out my beliefs to the end.'

【Faith? What is your belief? 】

"Of course it is..."

Suddenly, countless fragments on the water surface integrated into the same face. Looking at the familiar face, the boy smiled happily. Instead of answering the question, he said something irrelevant.

"Sure enough, this face becomes more handsome the more I look at it!"

hum!

A flash of brilliant light passed by, and the jade sword suddenly transformed into a mercury-like luster, the stripe pattern also changed subtly, and then wonderful waves enveloped Iori.

Like fleeting light, countless mysteries appeared in Iori's mind naturally, as if he was born with them and he mastered them directly without any obstacles.

"Is that so... [Lan]!"

"Roar!!!"

From the deep sea, the majestic Dragon King, with lightning wrapped around his body, broke through the water surface. The sharp dragon claws cut off Iori, who was unable to dodge in time, from the left shoulder down, almost cutting off half of his body!

——!

However, there was no scene of blood bursting out as imagined. For some reason, the surface of the wound turned into a blurry and chaotic shadow, like mist that condensed and did not dissipate. Iori looked a little dazed, but did not seem to be in pain.

The lightning that rushed over immediately enveloped him, but Iori's whole body seemed to be covered with a hazy mist, and under such a fierce attack, he swayed like a reflection in the water.

"Roar!"

A giant dragon flew past and hovered in the air.

Iori was half-kneeling on the water, his originally blurry body became clear again, and the strange thing was that his left shoulder had returned to his body, but the wound on his waist had not healed as usual.

The giant dragon missed its first attack, but although it was surprised, it did not stop attacking. It gathered all its strength and swooped down again from above, wanting to crush Iori with pure violence like a mountain falling on his head!

At the critical moment, Iori quietly crossed the sword's edge, staring at a drop of water sliding down the sword's spine, falling from the tip of the sword into the sea, causing slight ripples.

"[Nagi]."

call!

This insignificant ripple spread out in an instant, calming all the turbulent waves, making them as smooth as a mirror in the blink of an eye.

And on this huge mirror, the reflections of Iori, Tenka, and Wang Long are clearly visible.

From the mirror, one can see that in just a short moment, the giant dragon has crossed the distance between the sea and the sky, and is ready to swallow and bite Iori to pieces at any time!

Then, he swung down his sword.

But it was not directed at the dragon in the sky, but at the "other dragon" in the mirror under his feet.

Zheng!

The crescent-shaped sword pressure swept across the mirror, cutting a straight cut and splitting the winding dragon's shadow into several sections.

call……

Iori put down his sword. The strong wind from above made the corner of his clothes sink into the water, but he said calmly: "Che."

KA!!!!

The mirror suddenly shattered into countless pieces, and all the reflections disappeared together. Just before the Azure Dragon was about to tear Iori to pieces, a straight sword mark suddenly swept across its huge body!

The hard scales and bones lost their meaning at this moment. The majestic body that had withstood thousands of years of wind and frost was cut into several pieces, and a heavy rain of blood poured down!

Iori stood up and dodged, and the dragon head fell into the sea, stirring up a raging wave dyed red...

The young man stood on the blood-red sea, his eyes fixed on the transformed long sword, and said softly:

"You are called... [Mingjing Zhishui]!"

Volume 45: The White Moonlight of the Seireitei: Chapter : Canglong Bailei, Sword Saint Wuzun

【Ding Jing Shi Shui】

Liberation words:

Reflecting the myriad things, flowing through the ten thousand voids;

All things are impermanent, and there is a limit to their fullness and emptiness;

Concentrate, be as clear as a mirror and as still as water!

·岚

After the initial release, the part of the knife holder that is hit by the enemy will temporarily turn into a free spirit state, and then recover into a spirit body, thus avoiding physical damage.

It is impossible to heal the damage received before the activation of the Shikai, and it will consume more spiritual pressure when responding to energy attacks, affecting endurance.

·凪

A field that can illuminate everything and see through illusions unfolds within a certain range, and enemies within the capture range will passively enter.

The sword wielder can perceive every subtle movement of the enemy within the field, including heartbeat and breathing. If he concentrates, he can even grasp the flow of spiritual pressure. He can achieve a kind of "short-term future vision" to predict the battle (requires targeted training).

·澈

First deploy "Nagi" to reflect the enemy's image in the mirror field, then use the sword to cut the image in the field. When the field is lifted, the damage suffered by the image will be equally fed back to the enemy.

The slashing of the image can be considered as the effect of reversing the "storm", causing the wound to disintegrate into free spirit particles, but there is no recovery step.

Generally speaking, the higher the spiritual pressure density, the higher the resistance to "Che", but if the spiritual pressure strength is similar to that of the person holding the knife, then the resistance is almost zero.

In addition: "Nagi" consumes a huge amount of spiritual pressure. According to the natural recovery rate, it cannot be deployed again within one day after the domain is broken.

Therefore, "Che" can be regarded as the finale move of the day.

-

On the day the battle ended, it rained heavily at sea, and even the island was covered by dark clouds, as if the world was crying for its children.

Iori did not skin and remove the tendons of the Izumo Blue Dragon's body, even though theoretically its entire body was full of treasures, but he did not want to disturb its peace after death, so he let its body return to the sea that nurtured it and become a part of the natural cycle.

...Of course, a large part of this is also because Iori no longer has the strength.

Naming his Zanpakutō broke Iori's original shackles, allowing him to increase his spiritual pressure limit in addition to the blessing of the "painting style value", and also greatly tap his potential. This is why he was able to complete the final blow to Azure Dragon.

But this kind of outburst is bound to cause weakness for a long time after the incident is over, and Iori is no exception. In fact, his condition at that time was just barely able to maintain his ability to move.

He himself did not make any movement, but after releasing the Shikai state, the sword blank [Sword of Ame Murakumo] returned to its original appearance, and actually actively absorbed the dragon blood that permeated the sea, thereby gathering a large amount of essence, causing the texture of the entire sword to undergo a transformation. When held under the light, it would be as clear as a gem, and the gem at the end of the hilt would accumulate a large amount of "spiritual energy".

This sword itself has already surpassed the Shikai of many Zanpakutō, and now it also houses [Mirror Shisui], so naturally the higher its strength is, the better. Iori is also very happy about this.

After that, the boy took his physical condition into consideration and the fact that Ama Murasaki could not be taken back to Soul Society directly, so he used "Shangri-La" to move to the designated location, temporarily placed the sword Ama Murasaki in the spirit particle conversion device, hid them together in a safe place, and then returned directly to "Bleach".

He was not afraid of losing it. Not only was the location he chose secretive enough, but secondly, the sword was connected to his soul and he would definitely be able to find it as long as he was in "Akazan".