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Anyway, when they usually practiced against each other, they would occasionally hit each other and beat each other badly. Last time, Kisuke got too excited and didn't stop, but he actually broke her right arm. But she still fought back and continued to practice instant movement with Kisuke the next day.
Therefore, when Yoruichi punched Urahara Kisuke's head, she did not feel any psychological burden.
But what Shihouin Yoruichi didn't expect was that even though it was just a normal "greeting", Kisuke was actually scared. His face was so pale that he looked as if he had just been dug out of the ground.
[Could this be a fake? Has Kisuke been replaced? ]
Shihouin Yoruichi retracted her punch in time, but there was a hint of sharpness and suspicion in her eyes as she looked at Urahara Kisuke.
Urahara Kisuke didn't have time to observe Yoruichi's reaction, so he quickly opened the small bag on his back and confirmed that the transparent crystals inside were not cracked. Only then did he relax and the color returned to his face.
The spiritual power sealed in these crystals will generate the dangerous spiritual power of the Sin Chain upon contact. The hardness of the crystals themselves is not high. If Ye Yi's punch really hits him, although he will definitely not be seriously injured, he will most likely be knocked away and hit the wall, crushing these crystals.
By then, he and Ye Yi will probably have to go to hell to reminisce about the past.
At this time, Shihouin Yoruichi also roughly understood what was going on. She came over, looked curiously at the transparent crystals containing dark red spiritual power, and raised her eyebrows at Urahara Kisuke.
"Kisuke, please introduce yourself. What kind of dangerous item is this that can scare you like that?"
Chapter 172: Chicken Soup is Here
The curiosity in Yoruichi Shihouin's eyes made Urahara Kisuke tremble with fear. He quickly closed the lid of the small bag to prevent Yoruichi from taking these dangerous goods away and playing with them if he was not paying attention.
"Yoichi, just treat it as a poison that will kill you if you touch it. Don't touch it carelessly. I just got this thing and haven't had time to carefully study the 'antidote'. If you get infected, I can't save you."
Shihouin Yoruichi is just lively and curious, not ignorant of the seriousness of the matter. Urahara Kisuke said it so seriously that she immediately gave up the idea of stealing one to play with and nodded slightly.
"Tsk tsk, Kisuke, you tinker with such dangerous things every day, be careful that you might get yourself into trouble one day. Okay, I wanted to beat you up, but now I'm not interested anymore. Come on, have a couple of drinks with me."
It had been a while since he had a drink, and after hearing what Yoruichi said, Urahara Kisuke really felt craving for it. He nodded immediately and followed Yoruichi to the side hall. Then he saw at a glance the huge wine barrel that was a head taller than him and several times fatter than him placed in the middle of the room. His eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
"Respected Master Yeichi, I would like to ask, in your original plan, after beating me down, did you intend to enjoy these by yourself?"
"What nonsense are you talking about, Kisuke!"
Shihouin Yoruichi opened the lid of the wine barrel, picked up the large bowl next to it, filled it with wine and handed it to Urahara Kisuke.
"I was only planning on breaking your legs, not dismantling your jaw."
Ha, ha, ha, it’s great that I don’t have to drink with a broken leg.
Urahara Kisuke laughed dryly twice, and with the help of his spiritual power, he barely prevented the wine from spilling out of the bowl, which was already full to the brim. He resigned himself to drinking it down with his head tilted back. As soon as he put down the empty bowl, the second bowl was handed to him.
"Don't just drink, the snacks will be served soon, let's drink slowly, you've taken so many days off anyway, you don't mind sleeping in tomorrow, let's drink all night tonight."
Urahara Kisuke knew that he had been busy with research in the past few years and had not spent much time with Yoruichi. He finally came out of the laboratory, saying that he was going to study in Mao, but he ran back to the human world a few days later. Yoruichi must have been quite resentful in her heart, so she took the wine bowl without any bargaining and drank it down with a fearless attitude.
While Urahara Kisuke was being forced to drink, Gu Shi from Hueco Mundo was urging him to drink.
"Come on, here's the chicken soup. Don't be polite. Just drink it all in one gulp!"
As he spoke, Gu Shi pried open Killian's head with one hand, forced him to open his mouth by brute force, then picked up a large basin filled with milky white liquid and poured all the liquid into him in one breath.
Poor little Killian wanted to struggle, but the ferocious Erlang held his hands and feet tightly. He could not struggle at all and could only swallow the milky liquid in his mouth reluctantly.
When the last drop of liquid disappeared in Killian's throat, Gu Shi immediately let go and stepped aside. Erlang also let go and retreated. Suddenly, Killian, who regained his freedom, twisted and struggled wildly on the ground.
At first, its twisting was limited to the scope of "struggle", and its hands and feet were scratching the ground randomly, but in the blink of an eye, the situation became weird, and its limbs and neck began to twist and deform irregularly.
Its neck stretched strangely and grew fluffy mane, its left arm shrank and shrank, and a crab-like claw grew on the front end. The joints of its right leg seemed to have increased by dozens at once, becoming extremely flexible and twisting around like a snake. The black robe on its belly was torn, and large pieces of feathers and scales grew out, as well as a big mouth full of sharp teeth, similar to that of a starfish.
At the same time, the spiritual pressure of Killian, who had turned into a monster, was also expanding rapidly. In just a few breaths, it increased by more than one level.
"Wow, this effect is a bit unexpected, isn't it?"
Gu Shi gently kicked the pale callus at his feet with a look of surprise.
After sending Urahara Kisuke away, he immediately returned to Hueco Mundo to verify his conjecture. He caught a rooster-shaped Hollow and made it break its face. After the Hollow formed a bone cocoon and its body melted, he immediately opened a hole in the cocoon and poured out all the liquid inside. Then he stuffed another hen-shaped Hollow in it.
Now, the changes in the bone cocoon have not yet ended. In the spirit of thriftiness of not wasting any resources, Gu Shi simply grabbed Killian back and poured all the liquid taken out of the bone cocoon into him, wanting to see what would happen.
As a result, the effect of these liquids was unexpectedly good.
Logically speaking, the blue crystal (degraded semi-finished Houyuk) does contain a lot of spiritual power. After all, when Stark was refining it, he added at least one Achukas to the raw materials. However, most of this spiritual power should be consumed in "breaking the boundary between Death God and Hollow". After the little Hollow breaks its mask, its spiritual power level is about the same as that of an ordinary Killian.
But now, after taking the liquid, not only did the spiritual power of that Killian increase several times that of the ordinary Killian, but there were also obvious signs of evolution. Those feathers and scales were clearly characteristics that would only appear when it evolved into an Achukas and took on an animal appearance.
However, during the normal Killian evolution process, Killian's body should, under the guidance of instinct, transform into the animal appearance that best matches his own consciousness. Those with explosive personalities tend to be beasts, those who are insidious tend to be snakes, lizards, and octopuses, and those who yearn for freedom tend to be birds.
But this Killian that Gu Shi caught casually had no self-awareness at all. Without consciousness as a reference, its evolutionary direction inevitably became chaotic. The characteristics of multiple animals were mixed together, and the final evolution would most likely end in failure.
If it were a self-aware Killian, he might have completed his evolution and become Yachukas by now?
As Gu Shi was thinking this, the spiritual pressure of Killian finally expanded to the limit that his body could contain at the current stage. However, the evolution was delayed and his body failed to evolve into a more superior form. Finally, he could not hold on any longer and let out a loud explosion. The spiritual power in his body began to escape violently.
Soon, only a broken fragment of the mask, which could not even be called a wreckage, was left on the ground, falling into the pale desert beneath their feet. Perhaps in a few days, it would completely blend into the sea of sand, further contributing to the deterioration of the environment in the Hueco Mundo.
Gu Shi didn't care much about the disappearance of that Killian. What he was curious about was that until its death, the spiritual pressure of that Killian was far inferior to that of Nilu whom he had seen before.
It is true that Nilu has high talent and is a veteran Achuka with rich accumulation of spiritual energy. However, under normal circumstances, is the final spiritual energy reserve of this Killian really enough for evolution?
Or is it that, although the liquid produced by the melting of the small Hollows when they transformed into Arrancar lost the ability to break the "boundary between Hollows and Shinigami" again, its characteristics such as "breaking the rules" still remained in part, and played a role in the "boundary" between low-level Hollows and mid-level Hollows, accelerating and advancing the evolution that should have not yet arrived?
Similar to the Boundary Breaking Pill in fantasy novels?
Perhaps, I can ask Tianpeng to use this liquid as the raw material to make medicine later.
Chapter 173: Dual Swords
"So, this liquid can speed up evolution, or make us evolve earlier?"
Erlang blinked his eyes, and after listening to Gu Shi's summary, he accurately extracted the most meaningful part of it.
"It's possible, but there might be some hidden dangers or flaws. Next, maybe we should capture a self-aware Killian and repeat the experiment a few more times."
Gu Shi shook his head and held down the excited Erlang.
Although he is not as brutal as ordinary Hollows, Erlang obviously has some characteristics common to all Hollows, such as the respect for strength.
In the past, Erlang was much stronger than Tianpeng and had no desire to fight against Gu Shi, so Erlang's mentality was relatively stable. But ever since Tianpeng completed his Breaker, Erlang could no longer defeat Tianpeng. Over time, it was inevitable that his mentality was a little unbalanced. He was able to develop a set of martial arts so quickly, and it was hard to say that this was not an effort to defeat Tianpeng.
Therefore, it is understandable that Erlang was a little excited when he heard that he could accelerate his evolution into Achucas. However, understanding is understanding, evolution is a big deal after all, and Gu Shi did not intend to let Erlang eat anything randomly to avoid any hidden dangers.
Although Erlang was a little anxious, he did not lose his mind. He could understand Gu Shi's kindness, so he nodded slowly.
"Well, let's wait a little longer, but..."
Erlang blinked and suggested a possibility that Gu Shi had not thought of.
"If this liquid is too irritating to take internally, can it be applied externally?"
In martial arts stories, besides the rare treasures that can be consumed to improve one's martial arts skills, aren't there also various medicines for external use when training the body?
Even if you don't eat it directly, isn't it okay to apply it on your body so that it can be absorbed slowly?
Gu Shi was stunned when he heard this, and realized that he had fallen into the inertial thinking that all virtual people have. When he sees something good, the first thing he thinks of is eating it. Even if he thinks carefully, he only thinks about whether it is harmful to eat it. He actually forgot that medicine can also be used for external application.
"...Maybe, we can give it a try?"
Gu Shi nodded slowly with some uncertainty, then quickly shook his head.
"Wait, let's just grab the head of Killian and try it out first."
"No problem! I'll catch it right away!"
As soon as Gu Shi finished speaking, Erlang shouted and ran out. After a while, there was some commotion in the group of Killians in the distance. Then, Erlang pinched the neck of a Killian, covered its mouth, and forcibly pulled it out of the group of Killians.
Gu Shi shook his head helplessly, picked up the lifeless bone cocoon on the ground, and looked inside the small hole. The little creature that was stuffed in there had obviously not suffered any harm, but at this moment it had lost its voice and died in the bone cocoon.
It seems that this simple and crude method doesn't work. Next time, maybe I should try to break the two small hollows at the same time, and then swap part of the liquid in the two cocoons.
Gu Shi was thinking about what other attempts he could make next. He broke off a piece of the bone cocoon that had begun to slowly dissipate into spirit particles, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and then spit it out decisively.
Sure enough, whether it is the bone cocoon condensed when breaking the mask, or the white bone mask that appears when turning into a hollow, these bone fragments condensed from the white liquid that gushed out of the hollow hole are all 100% dregs and filth to the great hollow who wants to maintain the purity of consciousness and fight against the instincts of the hollow.
Even though he only chewed it a few times and didn't swallow it at all, Gu Shi clearly felt that his appetite had increased, and a little irritation arose in his heart without warning.
If this stuff is collected, maybe it can be used as poison? Unfortunately, all the containers with good spiritual sealing effect are used to store pills. It is not cost-effective to make a special box for such a small amount of poison.
In the end, Gu Shi just watched quietly as the huge bone cocoon completely dissipated, turned into spirit particles and returned to the atmosphere of the Hueco Mundo.
Not long after the bone callus completely disappeared, Erlang ran out.
When Erlang rushed out, Tianpeng followed him out silently, but was a little later than Erlang and ran back carrying two Xiaoxu.
Unlike the Killians that were everywhere, the small virtual ones were still hard to find. After all, the small virtual ones had complete self-awareness, and through word of mouth, they had long known that there were several large virtuals in this area, and from time to time they would capture small virtuals to eat, so the small virtuals that wanted to survive had already run away, and if you wanted to catch them, you had to go to a farther place.
Of course, Gu Shi and the others would not use Xiaoxu to satisfy their hunger. They had no interest in consuming such a small amount of spiritual power. But compared to other big Xu who completely ignored Xiaoxu's existence, Tianpeng and Gu Shi did capture Xiaoxu for experiments quite frequently. It was not surprising that it became an urban legend among the Xiaoxu.
Taking the unconscious Xiaoxu from Tianpeng, Gu Shi didn't say much and fed them two blue crystals. He watched them turn into big bone cocoons in a coma. He counted silently in his heart. When he counted to thirty-seven, he decisively opened the eggs, poured out some liquid from each and gave them to Erlang, asking him to smear it on Killian's body, then began to swap the liquid in the two bone cocoons.
In the end, both cocoons retained about 50% of their own liquid and 30% of the other's liquid. Although their auras had weakened a little, at least they both survived, and the process of becoming a hollow was still proceeding steadily.
After glancing at Erlang and seeing that Killian had no reaction after being smeared with the liquid, Gu Shi turned his gaze back and continued to observe the changes in the two bone cocoons.
After about a minute or two, the liquid in the two bone cocoons became viscous at almost the same time, and squirmed to form a vague human shape. At the same time, two long, hard objects slowly emerged around the human shape.
...Double blades? Both?
Unlike the Shinigami, the Arrancar's Zanpakutō has a "combat posture" sealed in it. Once released, it can not only greatly increase the strength, but also transform into some of the body structures before the Arrancar to increase combat capabilities, such as wings, tentacles, and horns.
If one has two Zanpakutō, can both Arrancar change into two fighting stances, one that one originally possesses, and one that the opponent possesses?
Gu Shi's eyes flickered, and after a moment of thought, he decisively took out the Zanpakuto that was taking shape in one of the bone cocoons, and then stuffed a shallow one into it.
Because the original progress of the two bone cocoons was similar, by comparing them with each other, it can be seen that after the bone cocoon inserted into Shallow Beat was inserted, although the viscous liquid was still wriggling, the changes had obviously stagnated, as if the system had been stuck with a bug and crashed. After a long while, a part of the liquid that made up the body of the hollow was separated to wrap Shallow Beat, and then continue the unfinished hollowing process.
Gu Shi immediately became excited. Could this Arrancar, who was about to take shape, really possess the Zanpakutō of the god of death? Could he release his Zanpakutō? What about Bankai?
Chapter 174: The Nature of Seeking Death
As Gu Shi expected, the changes in the two bone calluses finally ended one after another.
The first Arrancar to emerge from his cocoon had fragments of a mask that looked like glasses left on his eye sockets. He looked gentle and elegant, but he actually had two Zanpakutō on his waist, and both of them could be released.
The combat posture obtained after a knife is released is an ant-like armament that can greatly increase the body's strength. It comes from the original small hollow posture of this bespectacled Arrancar.
The fighting posture brought by the other sword is similar to the armament of a camel, which greatly improves the energy reserve of the Glasses Hollow after being released, greatly improving his combat endurance. This is the characteristic of another Hollow.
If the two knives could be used at the same time, the improvement would definitely be more than 1+1. Unfortunately, the two knives can only be released separately and cannot be used at the same time.
Considering that this Arrancar looked relatively rational and did not think he was invincible as soon as he came out of the cocoon, shouting that he wanted to kill everyone, and seemed like he could communicate properly, Gu Shi simply handed him over to Tianpeng, letting Tianpeng talk to him slowly, and then continued to guard the other bone cocoon that was about to complete its transformation.