Chapter 150

Boom!

At this moment, Gengmu's spiritual pressure seemed to be free, continuously pouring out, spreading between heaven and earth.

The icy broken blade in his hand shone with a gleaming white light at this moment.

The terrifying spiritual pressure even caused the space of the 【Hollow Circle】 to begin twisting, beginning to collapse...

"Hey hey hey! You're joking, right?"

Ku Wushu stared wide-eyed at Gengmu, who really intended to sever his Complete Release in one strike.

Originally, in Ku Wushu's view, after his Complete Release, this battle should have ended; with his six-month cooldown, what he gained was the absolute power of his own Soul-Cutting Sword...

In the face of this absolute power, whether it be a Vasto Lorde-level Hollow or a top captain of the Pure Spirit Court, Ku Wushu had confidence to crush the opponent!

Even as strong as Gengmu, facing this absolute power, he should have chosen to retreat, but he guessed wrong! Gengmu would absolutely not retreat; he is a madman, a madman who revels in the thrill of battle and slaughter!

The wounds on Gengmu's body, the blood flowing from them, would not make him feel fear or terror; they would only make this madman, who knows only battle, fight even more frenziedly!

"Boom!!"

When Gengmu staked all his spiritual pressure and physical strength, swinging his ultimate strike at the abyssal maw summoned by Ku Wushu! An astonishing scene appeared: the abyssal maw summoned by Ku Wushu unexpectedly split open a huge gash horizontally, and the blood spurting from it dyed half the sky red on its own.

"Roar!!"

The next second, an angry roar issued from that maw.

This tremendous roar made Ku Wushu's mind tremble; it was the first time he had ever heard his Complete Release emit a sound.

"Boom!"

Before Ku Wushu could think further, the abyssal maw formed by his Complete Release suddenly unleashed endless suction, frantically sucking toward Gengmu in the sky!

"Hahaha..."

"Ahahaha..."

"Just like this, just like this! Bring it on, give me more!"

"This exhilarating feeling really makes one go wild!"

After sensing Ku Wushu's Complete Release counterattack, Gengmu suddenly burst into wild laughter; his Soul-Cutting Sword flashed again, and one slash after another shot down toward the maw below.

"Hey hey hey..."

"After witnessing my Complete Release like this, you still dare to think of resisting?"

"Just this much already makes me inferior to you!"

Ku Wushu watched as Gengmu, seemingly possessed, continuously attacked the abyssal maw formed by his Complete Release, his eyelids twitching as he muttered.

"Die!!"

Just as Ku Wushu had imagined, Gengmu was now completely possessed, his Soul-Cutting Sword waving nonstop, the blood on his body suffusing the surroundings like a crimson blood armor draped over him.

"Haha, hahaha..."

"Geez, I don't want to just lose to you like this!"

"Hey! Big guy! I know you can hear what I'm saying..."

"You and I both want to take down this bastard, am I right?"

"If you really want to beat that madman in the sky, then listen to my commands!"

Upon seeing Gengmu's increasingly frenzied demeanor, Ku Wushu suddenly broke into a wide grin; his battle lust, at this moment, was reignited by Gengmu once again.

Only saw Ku Wushu, after laughing wildly to the heavens, loudly calling out to his Complete Release beneath him...

"Roar!!"

It seemed as if to give Ku Wushu acknowledgment; this time his Complete Release finally responded to him.

"Alright! Let's go together then!"

At this moment, Ku Wushu's spirit seemed to fully merge with his Complete Release; only saw him wave a great hand at Gengmu in the sky, and the next second the maw that had been sunk in quicksand surged out of the sand, revealing part of his body, just as Ku Wushu's Initial Release, his Complete Release's body was also a featureless white torso with no visible organs, the torso round and bearing only a huge mouth! The overall impression of Ku Wushu's Complete Release was that it seemed to exist solely for that great maw.

Meanwhile, Ku Wushu himself stared at Gengmu in the sky with bloodshot eyes, wondering if it was his illusion, but he felt that his spirit had now completely fused with his Complete Release, no longer distinguishing between them! This high degree of spiritual unity between a Soul Reaper and his Soul-Cutting Sword! It boosted Ku Wushu's Complete Release's power, speed, and agility by several orders of magnitude.

"Bring it on!!"

The Gengmu standing in the sky, upon seeing Ku Wushu's Complete Release leap out of the sand, felt his spiritual particles boiling as if, and his spiritual pressure poured out like it was free...

"Then, die for me!"

This blade, Gengmu staked everything he had. Since even his current strongest strike could not completely annihilate the massive creature below, why not use a strike surpassing his strongest to destroy the opponent?

Yes, at this moment Gengmu surpassed himself, taking another step toward the true limit of a Soul Reaper!

Gengmu now is drawing ever closer to the realm of Yuan Liu Zhai (before entering the Zero Division)...

"The one who will disappear here is not me, but you!"

And Ku Wushu, at this moment, also staked everything he had.

It's not only Gengmu who can break through between life and death; this battle made Ku Wushu pay an enormous price, and Gengmu's recent barrage of slashes dealt his Complete Release a near-fatal blow...

Yet after Ku Wushu's Complete Release suffered damage, it finally acknowledged its wielder, Ku Wushu, and through a twist of fate, their bond grew even stronger!

"……"

When Ku Wushu's Complete Release collided with Gengmu's Complete Release, heaven and earth fell silent at this moment!

Filling heaven and earth was endless light of spiritual particles!

Then came a terrifying shockwave surpassing sound...

"Boom!!!"

Finally came endless rumbling!

The rumbling produced by Gengmu and Ku Wushu's ultimate strike sounded like a thunderclap explosion, accompanied by relentless winds sweeping outward and visible shockwaves that shattered trees and flung mountains; the three combined as one, as if with a single breath they would utterly destroy the entire 【Hollow Circle】!

The space of the 【Hollow Circle】 had now completely collapsed; on the gloomy, dim sky lay countless cracks like shattered glass, dense and dense, each black cavity gaping open, letting the shockwave continually shuttle through the fractured boundary, and even this immense power affected the scattered 【Calling Valley】s throughout the fracture.

Those countless small worlds were now trembling incessantly...

【Soul Society】

"Guard Court Twelve Squad" "Technical Development Bureau!"

Countless devices lit up red, and the annoying alarm kept blaring.

"Snap!"

As the current director of the Technical Development Bureau, Ye Zhou Tongshou hammered the table before him with force; the reactive force made his gorgeous chest quiver continuously. Yet this eye‑catching scene failed to draw anyone's attention in the Bureau; everyone was swamped, constantly tweaking the equipment and pondering solutions…

"What the chief commander is doing in the Void Circle, exactly!?"

"What kind of weapon could almost blast a hole through the Void Circle?"

Ye Zhou Tongshou spoke angrily, saying that ever since Araki appointed her as director of the Technical Development Bureau, her mind has never stopped worrying, and she's lost a lot of hair! Isn't there anyone who can feel a little sympathy for her?! She's tired too, you know!

Indeed, Gengmu and Ku Wuxi, the two monsters perched at the pinnacle of ordinary Shinigami, after unleashing their Bankai, generated a shockwave that nearly blasted a hole through the great world fashioned by the Five Noble Ancestors, the Spirit King, and the One King Five Lords of the Soul Society.

"Spirit King Palace."

"Ah…"

"No matter how you look at it, those two guys went a bit too far, right?!"

The monk felt his hair thinning. Oh, right! So much time had passed he was about to forget…

A million years ago, while serving His Majesty the Spirit King, he was already bald~

"Void Circle."

"Cough cough cough…"

About a hundred to eighty kilometers away, within a massive barrier, lies the area where Gengmu and Ku Wuxi are battling…

The members of the Eleven Squad were blasted in the face by the suddenly raised massive sandstorm.

Araki's barrier, while shielding the Eleven Squad's soldiers from the shockwave, did nothing for the sandstorm; he somewhat intended to teach this unruly bunch a lesson…

At this moment, Chief Commander Araki despised these new Eleven Squad soldiers as much as Yuan Liuzhai once despised the Eleven Squad led by Araki! In the end, Araki inevitably walked the same old path as his teacher~

"Hey hey hey! What exactly happened?"

"The wind is just too strong, we can't see anything!"

"Captain Gengmu and Ku Wuxi, they can't both be dead, can they?"

From the position of these Eleven Squad soldiers, they couldn't see Gengmu or Ku Wuxi at all.

With the raging wind and the ever‑rising sand, at that moment they couldn't see Gengmu or Ku Wuxi, not even Ku Wuxi's Bankai—a canyon‑like fissure lying quietly on the Void Circle's ground—anymore!

"What exactly happened?!"

At that moment, every soldier of the Eleven Squad had only this question in mind.

"The outcome has been decided."

High above, Yuan Liuzhai Chongguo said calmly.

This sandstorm might block the ordinary soldiers' sight, but it cannot block Yuan Liuzhai's eyes nor his perception of spiritual pressure.

"Alright! Everyone may return now~"

While the Eleven Squad soldiers, full of anticipation for the result between Ku Wuxi and Gengmu, were waiting, Araki casually opened the Super Realm Gate and, smiling, addressed the Eleven Squad soldiers.

"You all go back~"

"From now on, one person here is enough for me~"

After issuing the order, Araki told the Eleven Squad soldiers to return to the Pure Spirit Court immediately, and then added a remark urging Jing Le and the others to hurry back to the Pure Spirit Court as well.

"Um…"

"No way! Chief Commander Araki, this is a critical moment; how can we just leave like that?!"

The Eleven Squad soldiers, hearing that, immediately showed a look of unwillingness.

"Alright! You Eleven Squad soldiers, stop trying to bargain here with the chief commander! Listen to the chief commander and leave quickly~"

"Exactly! Exactly! Hurry back to your squad; just coming here to watch a match during work time is already enough! You've rested for so long, what more do you want! Before you think about Gengmu and Ku Wuxi's battle outcome, make sure you've finished your squad's duties! Seriously…"

However, before Araki could speak, Jing Le and Ye Yi, having received Araki's hint, already began organizing the Eleven Squad soldiers to return. As soon as Jing Le and Ye Yi arrived, they scolded the Eleven Squad soldiers, leaving them speechless.

"Um…"

Although the Eleven Squad soldiers were a rowdy bunch, when they saw Si Feng Yuan Ye Yi rolling up his sleeves, as if anyone who objected would be beaten, they reluctantly obeyed the command given by Jing Le and Ye Yi.

"We understand, we understand…"

The Eleven Squad soldiers said so and gradually entered the Super Realm Gate.

However, after entering the Super Realm Gate, these soldiers still cast lingering, reluctant glances back at the Void Circle; some cunning soldiers deliberately walked slowly, as if waiting for something…

"Heh, trying to outwit me, huh?!"

"You all stop stalling here! Get back quickly…"

Unfortunately, Ye Yi saw through those soldiers' schemes at once, and the slow‑moving soldiers were kicked one after another by Si Feng Yuan Ye Yi into the Super Realm Gate.

"Then, Teacher Araki, Mother Mao Zhihua Lie, and Master Yuan Liuzhai, we three will head back first."

The Eleven Squad soldiers were escorted by Ye Yi and others back into the Super Realm Gate.

Jing Le, Ye Yi, and Lan Ran, facing the Araki, Mao Zhihua Lie, and Shanben Yuan Liuzhai Chongguo in the sky, smiled and greeted them.

"You all go back~"

Araki, hearing that, casually waved at the three.

"Understood!"

Jing Le and the others, hearing that, immediately headed toward the Super Realm Gate behind them.

Only Lan Ran, before leaving the Void Circle, seemed to have tampered with something here.

As for the dishonest Lan Ran, Araki merely gave a light smile.

Araki isn't afraid of Lan Ran's deceit; he only fears the kid is too honest…

"Then, Master, and Lie, you both go back first!"

After Araki saw everyone off, he turned to Mao Zhihua Lie and Yuan Liuzhai, speaking.

"Hmm~"

Yuan Liuzhai lightly nodded and then left on his own.

As for Mao Zhi Hua Lie, he gave Huangmu a deep look and then said, "No stealing food, okay~"

"Eh, don't worry!"

Huangmu, hearing that, passively nodded; he always felt that Mao Zhi Hua Lie seemed to have uncovered some secret about him.

After all, Huangmu and Mao Zhi Hua Lie were like an old married couple; with Mao Zhi Hua Lie's understanding of Huangmu, it was entirely possible to guess some of Huangmu's schemes just by a sixth sense.

"Hmm..."

After receiving Huangmu's assurance, Mao Zhi Hua Lie vanished in an instant step before Huangmu's eyes.

"Then, next..."

After sending Mao Zhi Hua Lie, Yuan Liuzhai and the others away, Huangmu turned his gaze toward the distance.

"Swish!"

Accompanied by a roar, Huangmu's figure instantly vanished into the air.

"That guy Huangmu's ability just now, if I'm not mistaken, should be from a Vanisher Master, right?!"

On the other side, after Yuan Liuzhai left, he recalled the scene where Huangmu split the earth's spirit particles and used them for himself; he could conclude that this move must have come from a Vanisher Master, though Yuan Liuzhai was unsure whether Huangmu's Vanisher Master ability originated from his old nemesis—Youhabah.

"Never mind him~"

But Yuan Liuzhai merely muttered that and grew too lazy to care.

Anyway, he's no longer the captain of the Guardians' Thirteen Squad, and this isn't the first time he's seen Huangmu use abilities beyond a Death God; Huangmu even has Void abilities, so having Vanisher Master power is quite normal!

Moreover, Huangmu now, like him, is a member of the Zero Squad; he was directly promoted by Huangmu, and given their master‑disciple relationship and centuries of interaction, Yuan Liuzhai believes Huangmu's acquisition of these non‑Death God powers must have his own reasoning.

"I'll just take good care of my Spiritual Arts Institute, that's enough~"

"As for the peace of the Three Realms, let Huangmu worry about that alone~"

Yuan Liuzhai muttered to himself.

Meanwhile...

On the battlefield after Ku Wuxi and Gengmu's fight.

At this moment, dozens of miles around had turned into scorched earth.

"Well done!"

Ku Wuxi said that, and a huge wound suddenly split open in his chest, spraying countless streams of blood!

Immediately, Ku Wuxi smiled, lay on the ground, and completely lost consciousness.

Even though Ku Wuxi was too weak to fight and on the brink of death, he still laughed loudly!

This battle gave Ku Wuxi such exhilaration that he felt his life had no regrets!

"You're not bad either!"

Gengmu looked at the defeated Ku Wuxi and gave high praise.

Then, Gengmu's battered body suddenly exploded; his body had long been riddled with wounds, but he had been forcefully sealing them together with spiritual pressure!

Now Gengmu's spiritual pressure was exhausted, and the countless blood vessels in his body that had burst from his intense activity spouted blood like a fountain.

Gengmu himself stood there, having lost his consciousness. The victory of the Ku Wuxi–Gengmu fight unquestionably belonged to Gengmu, but his body had simply reached its limit at that moment.

"You all have done well enough~"

Just as Gengmu and Ku Wuxi both lost consciousness, a glaze‑colored light suddenly illuminated the sky; endless gentle light enveloped them, and their bodies were continuously healed at that moment.

Indeed, at the instant Gengmu and Ku Wuxi's outcome was decided, Huangmu had already arrived.

In just a moment, Gengmu and Ku Wuxi's near‑death bodies were fully healed by Huangmu...

However, because both Gengmu's and Ku Wuxi's spiritual pressure had been exhausted to the limit, they could not awaken in the short term.

"Buzz!"

Seeing this, Huangmu raised a massive protective shield for the two, keeping Ku Wuxi and Gengmu inside.

"Next..."

Huangmu said, his gaze turning toward the deeper Void Circle.

Indeed, Huangmu's visit was not merely for Ku Wuxi and Gengmu's battle; it was for his Great Voids! A few days ago, Bai Legang messaged him that his subordinates had discovered three Wa Shi Tuo De‑class Great Voids in the Void Circle.

This time Huangmu came to subdue these two Wa Voids.

Currently, the Great Voids Huangmu has subjugated are Yi Ji Si Ji Ba, Bai Legang, Liliniet, and Sa Er Abo Luo—four in total!

The target 'Twelve Divine Generals' still has a full eight slots empty for Huangmu~

But after today, he'll have gathered more than half of the Divine Generals~

For Huangmu, that's at least a somewhat good piece of news~

"Buzz!"

Thinking of this, Huangmu's figure had already arrived above Bai Legang's Xu ye gong.

"Your Majesty Huangmu, you have arrived!"

Bai Legang had been waiting here for a long time.

The moment Huangmu arrived, he respectfully bowed his head, his attitude quite humble.

"What about the three Wa Shi Tuo De you mentioned?!"

Huangmu descended from the sky, standing before Bai Legang; without any idle talk, he looked at Bai Legang and asked directly.

"The positions of those three Wa Shi Tuo De are already under my control..."

Bai Legang, after hearing Huangmu, smiled and replied.

"Very good."

Just as Huangmu spoke, he suddenly sensed something, looking toward the deep part of Bai Legang's palace, into the endless darkness.

"Oh! Bai Legang, I didn't expect that among your subordinates, a Vashitode‑rank Great Void has actually evolved!"

Araki, looking at the black depths of the palace, said in surprise to the Bai Legang at his side.

"Hehe, thanks to you, the kid Dihe Yela spent several hundred years and finally, with the help of the Evolution Pool, rose to Vashitode rank…"

Bai Legang, after hearing Araki's words, smiled lightly.

"Hehe."

Araki merely smiled in response.

Araki knows well the limits of his Evolution Pool; it can only develop a Great Void's potential, not add extra potential, so the Great Void Dihe Yela already possesses the potential to become a Vashitode.

Speaking of Dihe Yela, Araki had some recollection; he remembered that when he led the first Void Circle expedition to clear the Forest of Great Voids, Dihe Yela was already serving under Bai Legang, and had left a deep impression because such a death‑afraid Great Void was rare…

"Dihe Yela, come over!"

At the same time, Bai Legang lightly hooked his finger toward the black depths of the palace.

"Lord Bai Legang, Lord Araki, I'm here!"

Upon hearing Bai Legang's call, Dihe Yela immediately stepped out of the darkness into the light.

"Do you wish to become one of my Twelve Divine Generals?"

Araki looked at Dihe Yela and said plainly.

"Naturally, I am willing!"

Hearing that, Dihe Yela almost burst into tears; he had waited far too long for this moment.

As a Twelve Divine General under Araki, he can avoid Hell after death and be reborn in Araki's Eastern Pure Glass World; in other words, from today he finally entrusts himself to the death he feared.

"Very well, then your name shall be Mo Huo Luo!"

Araki said this and projected a crystal‑colored radiance toward Dihe Yela.

"Boom!!"

The moment Araki bestowed power on Dihe Yela, his soul was instantly drawn into the Eastern Pure Glass World, where he saw the supreme Holy King; Dihe Yela bowed without a word the instant he saw the Holy King.

"The youth is teachable!"

This caused the Holy King in the heavens to bestow Golden Jade Advice and grant power to Dihe Yela.

"My power has become stronger…"

Dihe Yela felt his power, his eyes slightly brightened; his specialty was speed for escape, now his speed is a step ahead, and he feels even Bai Legang's waning strength can no longer catch him.

"I bow and thank the Holy Sovereign!"

Dihe Yela said this and bowed forcefully toward Araki.

"Hmm."

Araki, hearing this, simply nodded lightly.

"Holy Sovereign, I have something to ask of you."

At the moment Araki gave a slight nod, Dihe Yela seemed to recall something and asked Araki.

"Ask."

Araki, hearing this, only uttered the word "Ask."

"Earlier, in the depths of the Void Circle, of the two Death Gods we fought, is one of them named Ku Wuxi?"

Dihe Yela looked at Araki and asked.

"How did you know?"

After hearing Dihe Yela, Araki's curiosity sparked and he asked.

"Replying, Lord Araki, when Ku Wuxi led the second Void Circle expedition to clear the Forest of Great Voids, my subordinate once fought Ku Wuxi! That fellow was a monster; with only a primal strike he suppressed me. Luckily I was fast, or I would have died there."

Dihe Yela, hearing this, replied to Araki with a lingering fear on his face.

"Um…"

After hearing Dihe Yela, Araki's eyelid twitched slightly, and after a long fuss, he said, "So the one Ku Wuxi mentioned, the Great Void of suspected Vashitode rank that he drove away with a primal strike, is you, kid?!"

"Kid, you really give your Vashitode peers a long face!"

"No, that's not right! At that thought, Araki seemed to recall something: the official Bleach novel SAFWY mentions that Ku Wuxi once killed an unnamed Vashitode; could that Vashitode be you, kid!?"

"This…"

For a moment, Araki truly didn't know whether blindly accepting this speed‑only (escape‑oriented) Great Void was right or wrong.

"Lord Araki, may I ask what's wrong with you?"

Dihe Yela, seeing Araki's embarrassed expression, asked puzzled.

"Nothing." Araki replied, his face brightening; he first waved at Dihe Yela, then turned to Bai Legang and asked, "Besides Dihe Yela, where are the other two Vashitode‑rank Great Voids?!"

"Replying, Lord Araki, the remaining two Vashitode Great Voids are not under my subordination; although I have tried to win them over, it's not a great loss—they both declined…"

Bai Legang, hearing Araki's question, answered immediately.

"They refused!?"

Though Araki's mouth pretended surprise, he was not at all surprised.

First, aside from the spineless Dihe Yela and the indifferent Sar Apollo, most Vashitode‑rank Great Voids have their own pride and generally will not submit to anyone.

"Do you know the names of those two Vashitodes?"

Araki continued to ask Bai Legang.

"I still know that…"

"One of them is called Nili Ailu·Du·Ode Xiu Fan Ke!"

"The other is named Ti Ya·He Li Bei Er."

"Honestly, given their personalities, I have no idea how they evolved from ordinary Voids all the way to Vashitode rank."

"They are even more unreasonable than that Lilinit fellow! Especially He Li Bei Er, after ascending to Vashitode, started preaching a theory of not killing lightly—truly a laughable stance…"

Bai Legang, after reporting the names of those two Tile Voids to Araki, spoke with a disgruntled expression.

Obviously, Bai Legang truly looked down on Lili Ni Te and He Li Bei Er.

"Ni Li Ai Lu and He Li Bei Er?"

Araki, after hearing Bai Legang's words, narrowed his eyes slightly.

Regarding the three Tile Voids Bai Legang mentioned, two of them are indeed Ni Li Ai Lu and He Li Bei Er, and he was not surprised—when he calculated the timing, it roughly matched.

At the same time, with the appearance of Ni Lu and He Li Bei Er, the Tile Voids inside Lan Ran's Ten Blades, except for the Xiao Wu who is still unknown where he's playing in the mud, have all been gathered.

"Then let me subdue them~"

Araki said, flashing a confident smile.

"Lord Araki, those two Wa Stod can barely communicate normally; I'm afraid they will choose death over surrender!"

Bai Legang's bare brow flashed with a hint of light; he seemed to furrow his eyebrows as he spoke helplessly to Araki.

"It's fine; they will choose to convert~"

Araki, after hearing Bai Legang's words, smiled gently.

Araki held a hundred percent confidence in his ability to subdue He Li Bei Er and Ni Lu, the two Tile Voids!

If you ask why…

"Hehe~"

While chuckling, Araki reached into his bosom and pulled out a notebook.

On it were recorded Lan Ran Zong You Jie's strategies for He Li Bei Er and Ni Lu…

Indeed, when Lan Ran was taking his apprenticeship exam, Araki gave him the written test question.

The content was how to subdue girls with personalities like He Li Bei Er and Ni Li Ai Lu~

Yes, Araki is not confident in himself; he is confident in Lan Ran.

When Lan Ran looked at the question, he was speechless for a while; he thought his teacher truly was unique in setting such a distinctive problem! Lan Ran probably didn't expect that the personalities and character designs of those two girls, which Araki gave him, came from Ni Lu and He Li Bei Er~

At the same time, Araki had already decided that when confronting Mao Zhi Hua Lie's arguments in the future, this method of pursuing girls was all taught to him by his disciple Lan Ran, not thought up by himself, so he shouldn't be blamed~

Lan Ran: "Truly worthy of being my master! I really thank you!"

"Walking the disciple's path, leaving one's own disciple with no way out~"

Deep within, Araki chuckled.

"Soul Realm".

"Hm?!"

Just after returning from the Jingling Court, Lan Ran suddenly furrowed his brows.

"I always feel that something belonging to me is drifting farther away! Is it an illusion?"

Lan Ran's brows tightened as he fell into deep contemplation, on duty.