Chapter 334: Combination of Man and Knife 1

Chapter 334: Combination of Man and Knife 1

Chapter 334 Man and knife unite
"What's that look in your eyes? I just did something a little bit unruly in this matter of yours, and you don't want to thank me with a grateful heart?"

Ye Yi was somewhat unhappy with Lu Li's look.

"Thank you for saving my life, Yoruichi-san."

Lu Li said perfunctorily, "By the way, you still haven't explained why you don't use your Zanpakutō."

He felt that he had been misled by Yoruichi's words. He was originally just curious about the other party's Zanpakuto abilities.

"You have a really poor understanding."

Ye Yi sensed that there was indeed no one else near her room. Today, everyone was taken out by the deputy captain on a secret mission, so she was just taking a break from her busy schedule.

After confirming that it was safe, she said, "I've already said that the existence of the five nobles is necessary. Chamber 46 is not one of us, so what do you think is the purpose of our existence? Is it just to check and balance Chamber 46?"

Lu Li came back to his senses. Ye Yi had explained that the Forty-Sixth Chamber and the five great nobles were both enemies and friends, and their camps were in a semi-bound state. The purpose of the existence of the five great nobles was definitely not to play with such subtle power.

So what do the five nobles do? Could it be... He looked up at the ceiling.

"It's what you think. Our Shihouin family is quite far-sighted. Every generation of the family head will never use Zanpakutō normally. It's not that we can't learn Shikai and Bankai, but we must avoid using the power of Zanpakutō directly."

Ye Yi said vaguely, "Although I currently think that these rules are unfounded, but according to the elders in the family, checks and balances are necessary."

Lu Li was really surprised this time. According to Yoruichi, the existence of the five nobles was clearly to check and balance the Zero Squad!

To be specific, it was to counter the Zanpakuto system constructed by Nimaiya Oyue and Hyoshubu Ichibei!

In the Thousand Year Blood War chapter of the original work, we can see that the members of Squad Zero are all very powerful. Among them, Nimaiya Oyue, the creator of the Zanpakuto (Shōdachi), and 'Manamehu-san', the original namer of all things in Soul Society, have the most outstanding abilities.

The three terms "Zanpakuto", "Shikai" and "Bankai" were named by the monk. The moment Asauchi handed them into the hands of the God of Death, he knew their names.

The combined power of the two gave rise to the Zanpakuto system used by the Shinigami today, so from the source of the mechanism, it is hard to say for sure about Nimaiya Oyue, but all pure Shinigami could not be a match for the monk.

The two strong men of Team Zero possess such powerful strength, which obviously makes some people very worried, so some of the five nobles want to abandon the Zanpakuto system and develop a new system of power to check and balance Team Zero.

Although as far as the outcome of the comics is concerned, among the five nobles, except for Ichigo Kurosaki, there is no one with the strength to threaten the monk, but their idea is correct.

"This should be a secret among secrets. Is it really okay to tell me this?"

Lu Li's expression was solemn.

"It doesn't really matter. The higher-ups all know the truth, but they won't talk nonsense. You don't seem to be a big mouth."

Yoruichi said casually, "You should understand my explanation. It's not that I can't use Shikai and Bankai, but these two abilities are no longer meaningful to me."

Lu Li recalled the changes in Yoruichi's form when he fought with her before, and said thoughtfully: "Yruruichi...you have taken the power of the Zanpakuto into yourself, right?"

Ye Yi looked at Lu Li with some surprise this time. After a moment, she pulled out the short knife from her back and threw it at Lu Li, "You figured it out."

After Lu Li caught the short sword, he only took a glance at it and knew that he had guessed right. It was just an ordinary sword, not a shallow sword or a Zanpakuto.

Therefore, Yoruichi never uses it in battle. It is just a decoration. It may be used to pretend against weak Hollows, but it will probably be cut off when fighting against strong enemies.

"The combination of man and sword... is an interesting way to become stronger."

Lu Li said with interest, or rather, from the perspective of martial arts, he thought this was a new way of using the Zanpakuto that was superior to the general way.

The essence of Zanpakutō is to separate the power of the soul and materialize it. Communicating with Zanpakutō is to communicate with the power deep in one's soul. It can also be said to be a process of mutual understanding with the subconscious self.

In the final analysis, a person's strength does not change because of having a Zanpakutō or not having a Zanpakutō. The form of unity between man and sword is the source of the soul power system in the world of Death.

The reason why the monk and Nimaiya Oyue created the Zanpakuto system is because most people are unable to discover the power deep in their souls, and have no way to communicate with themselves. Therefore, the existence of Zanpakuto can be said to have lowered the threshold for most Shinigami to develop their powers.

But in fact, the power is originally one, and there is no need to separate the power of the Zanpakuto. Those who are qualified can also develop themselves.

Yoruichi probably hadn't used her resonance Asaochi since her school days, and had been training according to the training methods taught in her family, which was why she never used her Zanpakutō in a tense battle.

After all, from the very beginning, she didn't have a Zanpakuto, or it could be said that she was in a complete state of unity between human and sword.

"Is it interesting? I think the Zanpakuto system is quite convenient to practice."

Yoruichi stretched lazily, revealing her beautiful curves under the black tights. "You are only developing your own soul, and the excavation of power is really slow. I think you should just study Bankai honestly. The improvement will be very obvious."

Lu Lixin said, "If I could learn Bankai so easily, would I still come to you?"

"By the way, is your family's system for directly developing soul power a forbidden secret?"

Lu Li inquired.

There was a smile in the corner of Ye Yi's eyes, "Why, you want to learn? Don't you want your Zanpakuto anymore?"

Lu Li shook his head. "Why would I abandon my Zanpakutō? I just think that my Zanpakutō is such an inconvenient thing. I just want to broaden my horizons."

He just listened to Yoruichi's theory, and suddenly felt that there was no need for him to follow the conventional route to learn Bankai. It would be better to bypass the process of Zanpakutō communication and directly explore the power deep in his soul.

If Yoruichi's method was feasible, perhaps he could guide that power out and then inject it into the Prisoner, so that he would have learned Bankai.

"It's just a little more detailed than the regular spiritual pressure training system. It's not a secret. It just emphasizes persistence and talent."

Yoruichi said that she knew that the five major nobles all had corresponding research, and some old nobles who had been expelled from Seireitei also had similar training methods.

To put it simply, it is a method of training and improving spiritual pressure, as well as the ability to control spiritual pressure. It varies from person to person. Some people only become better at fighting in Rukongai after learning it, while some people can stimulate potential soul power after learning it, and can obtain the power of Shikai or even Bankai without using Zanpakutō.

"Then can you teach me?" Lu Li asked shamelessly.

"If you want me to teach you, it's not impossible, but you have to exchange your own skills for mine, and help me perfect the development of Shunhong."

Yoruichi smiled and said, "What was that ability you used before to temporarily increase your spiritual pressure and wrist strength?"

Lu Li thought that Ye Yi would make excessive demands, but it turned out that they just wanted to exchange secret techniques. He came to Ye Yi with this in mind, but he originally wanted to learn the instant coaxing technique.

"The Ghostly Tribute is an ability I developed while surviving in Hueco Mundo. It is a secret technique that stimulates the potential of the human body. I cannot guarantee that you can learn it."

Lu Li introduced.

"Tsk, who are you looking down on? I can't even guarantee that you can learn 'Man and Sword as One'."

Ye Yi used Lu Li’s previous words, although she was just one person and one sword.

"Then it's settled. We'll teach each other the techniques, and whether we can master them depends on our own understanding."

Lu Li grinned. He has always been confident in his understanding.

…………

Lu Li was in Ye Yi's room, and he and Ye Yi had sex from early morning till sunset.

The two men were sweating and panting as they looked at each other, both expressing their dissatisfaction.

Both parties did not hide anything when teaching their skills, but after most of the day, no one was able to master the secret.

Most of the problems with Ye Yi were because the Ghost Escape Technique was developed based on Lu Li himself, and the meridians of men and women are different, so she found it very difficult to learn. If she wanted to master it, she would need to add her own understanding to change the route of the power.

Lu Li fell into new troubles. He found that the new system taught by Ye Yi was indeed very mysterious and could directly develop the power in the soul.

But in conclusion, he only felt that this method was a new 'technique' that was superior to his previous spiritual pressure training method, and it could not release a large amount of power like Yoruichi.

According to Yoruichi, her Shunboki form was developed based on the concept of 'human and sword as one'. In essence, she would stimulate a large amount of power in her body before entering the Shunboki form, and the power of her external spiritual pressure would increase, similar to the Shikai of her Zanpakutō.

On this basis, with the addition of the power of Ghost Dao, a leap forward can be achieved in a short period of time, entering an extremely violent combined mode of White Fighting and Ghost Dao.

According to her theory, if she further developed the power of her soul, she could achieve an effect similar to her Zanpakutō's Bankai, and her ideal form would be to enter some kind of beastly state.

Lu Li knew that Yoruichi had really perfected her Shunhong in later generations, with the forms of Shunhong·Thunder God Battle Form, Shunhong·Thunder Beast Battle Form·Shunlong Black Cat Battle Girl, proving that Yoruichi's theory was correct.

In other words, he can understand Yoruichi's ability to transform into a cat form as a power similar to the symbolization of his Zanpakutō.

In essence, that is Yoruichi's Bankai, just like the materialized Bankai of an ordinary Shinigami's Zanpakutō.

After realizing this, Lu Li became even more excited. He felt that if he could comprehend this method and successfully stimulate the power deep in his soul, perhaps he could directly obtain a power higher than Bankai.

In the world of Bleach, there are many strong men who are evolving towards the direction of the unity of man and sword. For example, Ichigo Kurosaki, who is also one of the five great nobles, used the final Getsuga Tensho when he fought with Sosuke, which is a form of unity of man and sword, which is obviously more powerful than ordinary Bankai.

Ichigo Kurosaki's father, Isshin Kurosaki (Isshin Shiba), was the teacher who taught him the 'Last Getsuga Tensho'. Needless to say, as a father, he naturally knows how to do it, which proves that what Yoruichi said before was not false.

The existence of the five great nobles each has some means to fight against Squad Zero, and they do not rely too much on the conventional Zanpakuto system.

Lu Li felt that if he continued to study according to the method taught by Yoruichi, and finally achieved Bankai, it would most likely not be a huge, concrete form of Bankai, but a form similar to the unity of man and sword.

"It seems that this is not a move that can be learned overnight..."

Ye Yi sat down to rest and threw a towel to Lu Li. "What about you? Do you have any clues?"

"It's very difficult. How many years did it take you to stimulate the first level of power in your body by practicing this method?"

Lu Li inquired.

The method of tapping into power that Yoruichi taught him is not unrelated to the Zanpakuto system. At least there are some similarities. For example, according to Yoruichi's theory, people will encounter several barriers when tapping into power.

After the first barrier is broken, he will be able to obtain the soul power of "shallow water", similar to the Shikai of Zanpakutō.

Behind the second barrier is the soul power of the "deep water zone", which is comparable to Bankai in effect and power.

After the third barrier is broken, theoretically all the power deep in the soul can be released, achieving complete 'oneness of man and sword'. In this state, people may also be dominated by their inner nature, and only those who are skilled in using it can maintain their sanity.

As for whether there are deeper barriers behind, Ye Yi is not sure, but just from the system developed by the Shifengyuan family, she knows that the Shifengyuan family is really powerful.

This system theoretically exceeds the limits of ordinary Shinigami, and is a level higher than Bankai. However, in history, there seems to be only one person in the Shihouin family who could reach the third level, so it is difficult for ordinary geniuses to reach that realm.

Judging from the original work, Yoruichi had obviously reached the third level before the end of the comic, but she was not yet proficient in it, and that kind of power was obviously superior to the Bankai of the God of Death.

"Seventy years... That's why I told you not to think about it for the time being."

Yoruichi wiped the sweat from his neck and said, "How about you, how many years did it take you to develop this technique?"

While studying, Yoruichi also discovered the power and terror of this secret technique. It also taps into potential, but this technique not only taps into the power deep within the soul, but also taps into the potential of the spirit. In other words, she feels that this technique can be used not only by the gods of death, but by humans as well, and it can even be more powerful when used by humans.

Even she could not help but admire the exquisiteness of such a superb forbidden technique in her heart. She guessed that Lu Li had probably created it after traveling in Hueco Mundo for many years. It was also because of this technique that Lu Li successfully broke out of Hueco Mundo.

"Ah? Let me think..."

Lu Li looked up and recalled, "About a month or so."

(End of this chapter)