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Secretly raising his guard in his heart, Gu Shi's mouth cracked, and he swallowed the Xu Shan again, raised his head and spit out a huge area of ​​golden light rain.

"It's meaningless. Your attack can't keep up with my speed. In that case, why don't you just listen to me quietly..."

The big starfish shuttled easily between the light rain, without getting a single leaf on it, while still chattering on to persuade Gu Shi.

Suddenly, the rain of light that was about to fall from the sky suddenly changed direction. Part of it shot straight towards the sea star, while part of it blocked the direction in which he might escape in advance.

My movements were seen through? How is that possible?

As soon as this thought arose in the sea star's mind, the next moment, a large amount of light rain hit his body, turning into a large number of golden light ropes that tied him up tightly.

First, the spider web of No. 12 "Fuhuo" was modulated to amplify the dynamic capture of the object in the web. Then, the light rain of No. 4 "This Rope" was modulated to perform preliminary binding. Then...

A large number of golden light cones were spit out from Gu Shi's mouth, accurately nailing each tentacle of the sea star firmly into the ground.

Number 30 tied up and said, "The mouth suddenly flashed three times."

Compared to the hollows who have only one method, the Shinigami who have mastered a wide variety of ghost methods and effects have an enormous advantage.

With a secret sigh in his heart, Gu Shi instantly flashed to the side of the sea star, and swung the sickle whose fire-killing effect had not yet been eliminated quickly, cutting off all eight tentacles of the sea star in the blink of an eye. Then he chopped it vigorously from top to bottom thirteen times, cutting the main body of the sea star in half along the center line.

[…The battle is over? Isn’t this a bit too easy?]

Looking at the corpse at his feet, Gu Shi tilted his head in confusion.

[However, the Yachukas of the farming faction may not have seen a bloody battle for hundreds of years, so it is not surprising that they are a little weak. ]

To be on the safe side, Gu Shi swung his knife again and smashed the mask that had already been cut in half into pieces.

Chapter 189: The Spiritual King is poaching people?

"Ji Lang, come over and have dinner!"

After making sure that the big starfish would not suddenly come back to life and jump up to give him a hard blow, Gu Shi felt relieved and shouted to Erlang and the others who were watching the battle in the distance.

Soon, Jiro and Ulquiorra rushed over. Jiro's expression was a little dazed. He had never thought that Hollow could change into various shapes. Gu Shi had never said that he had such an ability before, which caused his head to be a little confused for a while, and he took a long time to react.

Although Ulquiorra's expression did not change, it was not difficult to tell from his fluctuating eyes that his heart was not completely calm either.

Seeing the two people's reactions, Gu Shi rarely felt like showing off, and introduced his "virtual flash modulation" with a smile.

After listening to Gu Shi's introduction, Jiro still felt it was incredible, but at least he calmed down. However, Ulquiorra's emotional fluctuations seemed to become even more intense, and he took off his left eye with his backhand.

This eyeball records the entire process of Gu Shi using the Hollow Flash to modulate the battle. As long as it is crushed, the battle just now can be reproduced in the form of a video. After thinking for a moment, Ulquiorra swallowed the eyeball in one gulp.

The spiritual power in the eyeball originally belonged to Ulquiorra, so it was not difficult to digest it. However, after swallowing it, Ulquiorra tried hard to suppress his digestion speed, trying to introduce some of the spiritual power into his body before the eyeball was digested into pure spiritual particles.

This process was not easy. Even though Ulquiorra deliberately delayed, the eyeball was completely digested in the blink of an eye. He did not feel disappointed. He took out his eyeball again and swallowed it, and repeated the process after digestion.

Gu Shi observed for a while and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with Ulquiorra's mental state and that he was just conducting an experiment. He felt relieved and began to share the huge starfish with Jiro.

Ulquiorra has super-fast regeneration, so things like eyeballs can be dug out and grown back immediately. There's nothing to worry about.

Soon, the eight tentacles of the sea star were eaten up by Gu Shi and Erlang. At this time, Noitra, who was far behind them, finally caught up. Seeing the sea star that had been eaten, he looked at Gu Shi with even more admiration.

However, at this moment, no one had the time to pay attention to the little mantis. Everyone was busy with their own things. The little mantis didn't feel that it was being looked down upon. It obediently ran to Ulquiorra and began to practice its spiritual power control.

Although it is hunting time, there is no need to rush the hunt.

"Ji Lang, how do you feel?"

Gu Shi swallowed the last tentacle, closed his eyes and felt it carefully for a moment before asking Erlang about how he felt.

Erlang also knew that the focus of the first hunt in Yachukas was not on eating, but also on carefully experiencing the changes in the body. After hearing Gu Shi's question, he shook his head slightly.

"It feels like there is indeed some kind of restriction and repression that I didn't notice before that has been alleviated, but the extent is very slight. If that is the fear of regression, I'm afraid the delay will be a few days at most, less than half a month."

Gu Shi’s experience was similar to Erlang’s. He nodded slightly in agreement and turned his gaze to the starfish mask that he had smashed.

If you eat a whole Achuka, you can only relieve the fear of degeneration for less than a month. Considering the number of Achukas in Hueco Mundo, this is undoubtedly unreasonable. The safety period that can be guaranteed by a single hunt should be longer.

So, is the answer really the mask?

Gu Shi picked up a piece of mask fragment and stuffed it into his mouth. Suddenly, his body shook slightly. The oppressive feeling that symbolized the fear of degeneration subsided greatly. In terms of physical sensation, it was at least three to five months long. The effect was several times that of the tentacles just now.

Sure enough, if just devouring flesh and blood can avoid the fear of degeneration, then as long as a few Achukas get together and regularly share each other's flesh and blood, wouldn't the bug be solved?

Anyway, even if he didn't have the talent for super-fast regeneration, Daxu's self-healing ability was strong enough. If he only lost some flesh and blood, he could easily recover by eating a little. There was no need to fight for it.

Therefore, the only thing that can delay the degradation of Yachukas is the mask.

The mask is extremely important to Yachukas. Once it is damaged, he will no longer be able to evolve. However, "evolution" at this stage of Yachukas not only means more powerful strength, but also means the opportunity to completely get rid of the fear of degeneration. It can be regarded as a kind of crucial redemption.

So, the Yachukas may not mind sharing each other's flesh and blood, but they will never allow anyone to take advantage of their masks.

This means that if the Yachukas want to delay the arrival of the degradation deadline, they can only hunt each other, and there is no possibility of peaceful mutual assistance.

Gu Shi had anticipated this possibility and was not surprised. He divided the mask fragments on the ground, gave half to Erlang, and then ate his own half while frowning in thought.

A long time ago, Tianpeng had tried to peel off the flesh and blood of Daxu from the mask. The elixir he refined was purer and of better quality. Therefore, he made the guess that "the mask is probably the most 'dirty and dirty' part of Daxu's body."

Moreover, Gu Shi had already determined long ago that long-term consumption of Tianpeng's elixirs (pure spiritual energy crystals) instead of directly eating Daxu's flesh and blood could indeed eliminate Daxu's various negative instincts to a great extent.

On this basis, even if they occasionally eat some Daxu's meat, their instincts will not rebound. However, if they eat Daxu's mask, Daxu's instincts will show signs of rising within a period of time. Therefore, they have not eaten Daxu's mask for a long time.

But now, after becoming Achukas, in order to avoid degenerating back into Killian and becoming zombies, they must actively eat the masks of other Hollows every once in a while, and actively activate and enhance their own Hollow instincts.

Gu Shi couldn't help but feel a little worried.

[Perhaps, before we evolve into Vastod and no longer need to eat masks, Jiro and I should avoid going to the real world to avoid stimulating our cannibalistic instincts.]

but……

Judging from this phenomenon, if Yachukas wants to evolve, what he needs to accumulate may not only be the amount of spiritual power, but also something that only exists in the mask and can strengthen the instinct of the Great Hollow?

Xu is created from the fall of souls, and their origins are varied. Their predecessors may be humans, birds, animals, or even fish and insects that are born with powerful souls.

And the essence of the evolution of the virtual class may be to constantly eliminate these "native" characteristics from their predecessors and constantly strengthen the concept of "virtual" in the soul?

The Yachucas stage devours each other, which means they are plundering and accumulating this "empty" characteristic?

Perhaps, although Vastod, who stands at the end of the virtual category, still looks like a soul, in essence, there is no longer any "soul" in their concept, but pure "virtuality"?

Then, perhaps the Arrancar who broke the boundary between the Shinigami and the Hollows are re-endowing the "Hollows" with the concept of belonging to the soul?

…If I think about it this way, why does it feel like the Arrancar is the product of a game between some great will and the concept of “Hollow”?

You know, pure "void" is an existence that can devour the world, and the Spirit King is most likely the one born by the world to deal with the first void.

...So, this great will is the Spirit King?

He saw a future where souls were immortal and the Hollows would not completely disappear, so in order to avoid the extreme salvation path of destroying all souls, he gave up the Quincy path of destroying the Hollows and instead lived in seclusion behind the scenes, supporting the God of Death, and then secretly undermined the Hollows?

The Soul King did not resist the betrayal of his noble ancestors because he wanted to make the Shinigami stronger, and then wait for someone with enough curiosity to create the Hogyoku and the Arrancar. Then, let the Arrancar, who is strong enough but no longer a pure "Hollow", become the top of the Hueco Mundo, and completely cut off the possibility of the purest "Hollow" appearing?

If this speculation is true, then in the plot of "Bleach", Stark, who is closest to the concept of pure "Hollow", and Ulquiorra, who has unlimited potential, is born a Vashtod, is born pure, and can return to the second stage of Blade after Arrancar, their inexplicable autonomous Arrancar may also be the result of the intervention of the Soul King?

Especially the process of Ulquiorra's Hollowing. He saw the white bushes and walked into them, then he automatically Hollowed. It was really confusing. If there was someone helping him from behind, it would seem a lot more reasonable, right?

...Tsk, it is reasonable, but without evidence, it is just a guess after all.

However, since I have this guess, I must hold on until I evolve before I break my body.

After all, the stronger the concept of "hollow" in the body when breaking the car, the stronger the concept of "soul" cast by the Soul King will definitely be. The opportunity to fleece the Soul King cannot be missed.

Chapter 190: Senior, You Don’t Have to Be “Alone”

"Senior is indeed a genius. The power of your Zanpakuto is so useful."

Urahara Kisuke had a sour fruit in his mouth and was praising someone in a sarcastic tone. Aizen raised his eyebrows at his sarcasm and threw the fruit in his hand onto Urahara Kisuke's head.

"Kisuke, it's not a good habit to mock a senior. I'll get angry."

He said that he would be angry, but as soon as he finished speaking, Aizen couldn't help laughing.

"Forget it, let's have an impromptu quiz, Kisuke. Tell us about the different types of Zanpakutō and their corresponding personality traits. If you answer all of them correctly, I won't mind what you said just now."

Urahara Kisuke rubbed his head, glanced at the dozen or so little Hollows digging hard below, and was happy to play a quiz game with Aizen to pass the time. He sat up straighter and said with a smile.

"Let me make it clear in advance that I have absolutely no intention of mocking you. I was really praising you sincerely. Your misunderstanding has really made me very sad. Wait, stop smashing it, stop smashing it. I'm going to start answering the questions now.

"Ahem, first of all, it's the strengthening type Zanpakutō, whether it's strengthening physical functions or strengthening mental perception, in short, this type of Zanpakutō that is directly used in combat, the wielders are mostly straightforward and warlike."

After talking about the reinforcement department, Urahara Kisuke paused and waited for teacher Aizen to "mark the test paper". Aizen also nodded and made comments in cooperation.

"Simple-minded."

Urahara Kisuke couldn't help but rolled his eyes, slapped himself on the forehead and let out a wail.

"Damn it, Senior, do you have to be so vicious? Where did the gentle and kind senior go? Come back to me now!"

Ever since returning from his "around the world" trip, Aizen has become more and more straightforward and more and more sharp-tongued day by day. To be honest, Urahara Kisuke doesn't dislike such Aizen, but the problem is that every time Aizen "turns bad", everyone thinks it's his fault!

Before he asked for leave this time, even Yoruichi's mother, the current captain of the second squad, heard about his "feat" and teased him during dinner, saying that everyone in the Seireitei was talking about a kid named Urahara Kisuke who had led a super good student astray. If anyone wanted to send their children to study in Mao in the next six years, they must remind them to stay away from a guy named Urahara Kisuke.

He was suddenly blamed for nothing and became the public enemy of all parents and prospective parents. Even when he passed by the gates of some noble houses, if there were children playing outside, the servants would quickly pull the children back home to hide when they saw him passing by.

Don't be so exaggerated!

Urahara Kisuke's heart exploded, but the smile on Aizen's lips widened a little. He casually threw out a number one broken path "Charge" and hit Urahara Kisuke on the forehead, reminding him to continue answering the questions.

Urahara Kisuke rubbed his forehead and helplessly continued to recite the personalities of the owners of each type of Zanpakuto. Every time he mentioned a type, Aizen would smile and give a sarcastic and poisonous evaluation, and Urahara Kisuke could only roll his eyes to protest.

"…Finally, there is the indirect weakening type. This type of Zanpakutō does not directly contact the opponent, nor does it directly cause damage to the opponent. Instead, it interferes with and weakens the opponent through various special methods. The owners of this type of Zanpakutō are mostly calm and cautious. They will not easily join the battlefield before they are fully prepared."

Aizen nodded slightly and gave another pungent comment.

"Weak and cowardly."

"…Senior, you said that yourself. I definitely didn't mean that."

Urahara Kisuke's expression was stiff, but Aizen still smiled. He touched the Zanpakutō that was inserted beside him and looked at the Hollows below who were digging hard in the mist. There seemed to be some kind of ambiguous sarcasm in his eyes.

"Mirror Flower Water Moon, a water-type Zanpakuto, can create illusions through the reflection of fog and water, interfere with and control the enemy, and induce the enemy to kill each other. Zanpakuto is a reflection of the mind. This ability means that I do not have the courage and determination to fight the enemy head-on. I can only hide in a safe place and watch the battle, which shows my cowardice and timidity."

Urahara Kisuke was silent for a moment, then took another bite of the sour fruit. His whole face was suddenly distorted by the sourness, and he smiled and teased with a wink.

"Is that so? But if I were to interpret it, I would think that Kyoka Suigetsu's ability symbolizes that you are arrogant and think that all enemies are just pawns that you can manipulate at will, and are not worthy of fighting face to face with you. Interpreting the personality of the owner through Zanpakutō is something far-fetched, similar to fortune-telling. You don't have to take it too seriously, senior."

After saying that, Urahara Kisuke paused for a moment, patted the Zanpakutō on his waist, and smiled an exaggeratedly bright smile.

"Did someone in school say something bad about your Zanpakutō? Why don't you tell me their names so that I, a first-year student, can judge whether these 'brave and strong' seniors really have the strength to live up to their courage?"

If you don't have the strength, just shut up. Even the most timid elephant can easily crush a brave and warlike toad to death.