Chapter 92

When I was young, I once kept two goldfish; both fish were very cute, so I liked them.

But one day, the slightly larger one died, leaving the other alone; looking at it, even I felt lonely!

From that day on, I thought this fish wouldn't grow any bigger, but the smaller one gradually grew, became more active; seeing it lively in the water, I finally felt relieved, and couldn't help thinking, ah, how wonderful...

The larger fish died…… How great!

……

Boom!

When Fuchu released the 'God Hang' from within his body! He sat slumped on the ground with a blank expression, and around him two fish seemed to swim continuously, one of them beginning to slowly die……

Hey hey hey! You're kidding… this is…… the Spirit King's right hand?

'Sword God' Wang Yue, seeing the immense power released from Fuchu's body, had sweat beading on his forehead; he first sent the collapsed bodies of 'Kyōraku', 'Shitan', and 'Yichi' into his own palace, then turned to confront whatever existence lay within Fuchu.

……

The blackish existence spreading from within Fuchu's body writhed, gradually forming before Wang Yue; soon a black large hand appeared before him, its center bearing an eyeball reflecting double pupils, the hand gazing at Wang Yue with endless mockery in its eyes.

Could this hand possibly still harbor the lingering will of the Spirit King?

Wang Yue gazed at the center of that hand, where a distinctly human eye lay, and beads of fine sweat unbidden appeared on his forehead.

Now we're in trouble—is the Spirit King planning to revive just like this?

Wang Yue had no idea what would happen next; he only knew that once the Spirit King emerged from the crystal, the Three Realms would cease to exist.

……

Just as Wang Yue was hastily pondering why the Spirit King's right arm had suddenly been unsealed, that arm suddenly turned its gaze to Wang Yue's right side.

Huh?!

Wang Yue frowned, not knowing what the Spirit King's right arm 'Mimihagi' meant.

Looks like you've run into some trouble, Wang Yue!

Just as Wang Yue was puzzled, Arashi's voice suddenly rang in his ear.

Arashi?! Wang Yue stared at Arashi beside him, his pupils contracting sharply, then he immediately realized: 'Not good! Mimihagi's target isn't the Spirit King's Inner Palace, but you!'

Hehe~

The instant Wang Yue's words fell, Mimihagi instantly showed a pleased expression, and the next second turned into a black bolt of lightning lunging at Arashi.

Huh?!

Arashi frowned slightly at Mimihagi lunging at him, preparing to dodge.

But seeing that after releasing Mimihagi, Fuchu's spiritual body was about to dissipate, Arashi hesitated a moment!

Damn! Before cowards, every obstacle is a pit; before a fierce tiger, there are no ravines.

Gazing at the incoming Mimihagi and then at the dying Fuchu Jūshirō, Arashi's pupils first contracted, then he made a decision.

ROOM!

Arashi directly activated his ability; with his current power, he couldn't move Mimihagi, but he could move Wang Yue and Fuchu Jūshirō.

Fuchu could obviously no longer hold on; Arashi swiftly swapped the positions of Wang Yue and Fuchu, and in an instant, the one beside Arashi changed from Wang Yue to Fuchu……

Hang in there!

Arashi looked at Fuchu's pained face; first he used soul and spirit particles to gather Fuchu's dissipating spirit particles, then he activated a spirit-body restoration surgery on 'Fuchu'!

When Arashi's blade passed through Fuchu's body, the internal injuries were instantly cleared away, and the lungs he had sacrificed, along with the damaged parts of his spirit body, were completely replaced by Arashi……

Boom!

Exactly as Arashi finished surgery on Fuchu, Mimihagi fell onto Arashi's body, and that endless black power instantly spread along Arashi's spirit body……

Almost in the blink of an eye, half of Arashi's body was covered in black patterns.

Next!

Arashi ignored his own body possessed by Mimihagi, and instead threw the recovered Fuchu toward the distant Wang Yue.

Oh… okay…… Wang Yue first caught Fuchu in one hand, then asked Arashi: 'Hey! You really okay like this?!'

No big problem……

Arashi gave Wang Yue an easy smile, then gripped his Zanpakutō and simply sat down on the ground.

So then, let me see what our Spirit King is up to—what kind of show is this?!

Arashi said this while closing his eyes.

In the sky,

Inside the 'Spirit King's Inner Palace'!

Arashi! Actually, the last time you were in 'Risan-dō', I wasn't able to fully remodel you; although the power within you is no longer mottled and chaotic, it's still far from sufficient to succeed the Spirit King.

Your body lacks neither Shinigami power nor 'Fullbring' power; after you subdued 'Iji Jiji Ba' with your Zanpakutō, you even gained Hollow power, but…… Arashi! You still lack the Spirit King's crucial power, that is 'Annihilation Power'.

When you brought Fuchu Jūshirō from the ground to the Spirit King Palace, I already guessed what the Spirit King intended to do with you! Now the Spirit King will fuse his 'Annihilation Power' into your body! You will completely gain the qualification to replace the Spirit King; the future has already been disrupted by you, and the Spirit King needs more trump cards to meet the final liberation……

'Monk' sat inside the 'Spirit King's Inner Palace', gazing at the Spirit King sealed in the crystal, muttering to himself.

Wait…… Then the monk suddenly thought of something, his face drastically changing: 'If it were someone else, not being able to guess the Spirit King's scheme would be normal! But if it's you, Arashi, you should be able to guess the Spirit King's plans! Since 'Mimihagi' is something you personally brought up from the ground, are you saying you're using the Spirit King to achieve your own goals?!'

No, I have to go down and see……

Thinking this, the monk intended to run down to Wang Yue's detached palace to see what's going on.

Boom!!

Just as the monk was thinking that, a huge tremor erupted from the ground, terrifying power shaking the entire 'Spirit King's Inner Palace' three times!

Not good! The situation is very bad……

Right now, even the 'Spirit King's Inner Palace' isn't safe!

Cold sweat poured from the monk's forehead; he first walked around the 'Spirit King' inside the inner palace two or three times, then he made a decision,

Right! First go to the mortal world to hide!

Thinking this, the monk hurriedly escaped from the "Spirit King's inner palace", and ran down the stairs.

A moment later…

When the monk arrived at Wang Yue's detached palace, he saw Huangmu with his eyes tightly closed, holding his Soul-Cutting Sword in his arms, sitting atop a lotus flower made of transparent, pure glass.

"Monk, what's going on?!!"

Wang Yue looked at the monk rushing over in a hurry, and couldn't help but ask.

"The Spirit King intends to bestow the power of Extermination upon Huangmu! This is the commotion produced by the fusion of Extermination power with Huangmu!"

The monk looked at Wang Yue and explained.

"Your scheme?!!"

Wang Yue looked at the monk and asked again.

"No! I don't have the ability to scheme against both the Spirit King and Huangmu at once! It's the Spirit King's own plan!"

The monk earnestly spoke to Wang Yue.

"That's right!"

Wang Yue gave a slight nod; the monk indeed lacked that ability.

"But I saw through it, yet I didn't tell Huangmu..."

Immediately after, the monk added another sentence.

"You..."

Upon hearing that, Wang Yue was indeed somewhat speechless.

"What are you going to do next?!!"

Wang Yue looked at the monk and asked.

"The Spirit King's scheming against Huangmu—actually Huangmu himself knows it, he did it on purpose! He schemed against the Spirit King, plotting the Extermination power from within the Spirit King's own body; as for me… the 'Spirit King's inner palace' is no longer safe either, so I plan to hide in the mortal world for a while!"

Saying that, the monk ran toward the "Transcendent Gate".

"This fake monk!"

Wang Yue looked at the monk's hurried back and thought helplessly.

On the other side…

After "Mimi Haji" entered Huangmu's body, he froze…

All he saw was Huangmu's inner world a void, completely different from what he had imagined.

"Foolish child! Why do you cling to delusion?!!"

Just as Mimi Haji was at a loss, a colossal "Turning Wheel Holy King" gradually manifested in the sky and came crashing down upon him.

"Huh?!!"

At that moment, Mimi Haji's huge eyes were filled with a sea of doubt.

Yes, Huangmu had long been prepared, just waiting for this fish named Mimi Haji to take the bait!

"Boom!!"

As that great palm came down, what entered Mimi Haji's skull was a flood of Buddhist law, countless sutras, the Twelve Great Vows! In an instant, his consciousness was directly scattered…

After Mimi Haji's consciousness was shattered by the Holy King's palm, all that remained of him was boundless power—the Extermination power that had been transmitted from the Spirit King within the Spirit King's inner palace!

"Merge with me!"

After Huangmu confirmed that Mimi Haji's consciousness inside him had been destroyed by his own Soul-Cutting Sword, he began to fuse within himself the Extermination power from the Spirit King, the spiritual pressure of Youhabake absorbed by his Soul-Cutting Sword during their battle, the blood of Exterminators derived from the hearts he had collected on the battlefield, and Mimi Haji's power, completely merging them into one within his body.

At the moment when this blood, cleared of Youhabake's consciousness and the Spirit King's consciousness, spread throughout Huangmu's body, he suddenly felt his body differentiate into countless fine threads, which linked tightly with those whose hearts he had taken, and who, after Youhabake's defeat, fled to the mortal world and the Formless Empire as Exterminators! Moreover, Huangmu could even further sense their bloodlines…

"So this is what Youhabake feels like?!!"

In that brief moment, Huangmu altered the first command in those people's bloodlines, changing it from Youhabake to himself! In other words, for these Exterminators, Youhabake is not their ancestor; Huangmu is! That is to say, just now Huangmu successfully NTR'd Youhabake~

Immediately after…

Huangmu suddenly felt the power from the Devil Fruit within him continuously dissipating…

The fruit's power was completely divided in one gulp by the Exterminator power, Fullbring power, and Soul Reaper power within his body!

The healing ability of the Surgery Fruit was swallowed into his belly by the Soul Reaper power within Huangmu's body! Further enhancing the healing ability of his Soul-Cutting Sword!

The spatial ability of the Surgery Fruit was seized by Fullbring; although Huangmu can still use those spatial abilities as before, from now on when he activates spatial ability it is no longer the Devil Fruit within him, but the Fullbring power within him…

Finally, after the Surgery Fruit conformed to the rules of the Bleach world, the power born that can stitch everything together completely spliced together Huangmu's patchy Exterminator power within him!

Thus…

On Huangmu's panel, a line of letters appeared.

Holy Script: A-actofGod (Irresistible Force)

Huangmu's Holy Script differs clearly from Youhabake's; Youhabake's Holy Script, aside from the fake V imagined by true V Greym·Tomyu, consists of single words granted directly by Youhabake, whereas Huangmu's Holy Script is more like a phrase forcibly stitched together from many powers…

act is what Huangmu seized from Youhabake during their battle, when Youhabake forced open Huangmu's Bankai and broke the 'Twelve Great Vows', taking from Youhabake the right to continue exercising omniscience and omnipotence! In other words, Huangmu plundered Youhabake's right to act in the future, while the word God, Huangmu must thank old iron Mimi Haji for deliberately sending him the divine power from the true God, the Spirit King!

Finally, the two forces were linked together by the sacrificed Fruit ability within Huangmu's body, forming Huangmu's Holy Script A-actofGod (Irresistible Force).

At the same time, Huangmu's character panel also underwent certain changes.

Character: Huangmu

…

Exterminator Power:

Spiritual Particle Consolidation: LV10

Soul Bestowal: LV10

…

Normally, Spiritual Particle Consolidation and Soul Bestowal would not appear together in a single Exterminator, just as Haswold cannot consolidate surrounding spiritual particles while possessing the same bestowal ability as Youhabake…

But Huangmu is different: first, he is not an Exterminator; second, Soul Bestowal was granted by old iron Youhabake, while Spiritual Particle Consolidation was bestowed by the great Spirit King himself.

If that's the case, it seems I can form my own Star Cross Knights like Youha did?!

I might accidentally become the founder of the Quincy?!

Huangmu stared at his own panel, falling into deep thought.

Years later, when Huangmu demonstrated his Quincy power, stronger than Youha's, right in front of Youha Bahe, Youha froze on the spot.

Only seeing Huangmu addressing the Quincy behind Youha, he spoke sorrowfully: "Foolish child! I am your true father! I am the true founder of the Quincy!"

"Huangmu!!!" Youha Bahe heard Huangmu's words, his eyes turned blood-red, and he roared: "A thousand years ago, you not only brought people to stab me in the back, but you also hid those traitors who stabbed me, and a thousand years later you stabbed me again!"

Moreover, you've raised a whole bunch of Vasto Lorde-class Grande Hollows specifically to deal with us Quincy! You keep these things that could be called poison to us—who are they meant for? You know it yourself! Now you even want to take my identity?! Won't you raise your own children? What are you doing stealing my son?

Also! What exactly did you do to my father? Why do I feel his power inside you?!

Youha was utterly bewildered at this moment, questions surging from his heart, he kept asking Huangmu.

"Don't rush, Youha! I am your father, I have always regarded you as my own son. For this I have prepared three paths for you: 'Soul King', 'Joker', and the 'Wedge' that maintains the Three Worlds! And I will become the sole king of the 'Three Worlds' (Human World/Hueco Mundo/Soul Society) among the 'Shinigami', 'Quincy', and 'Hollow'...

When Huangmu looked at the broken-defense Youha Bahe and gave a faint smile, he not only returned the words Youha had spoken to him a thousand years ago, but also thoughtfully prepared three paths for Youha, although these three paths are actually no different.

Third watch, sixteen thousand! Continue laying the groundwork for Youha Bahe's defense-breaking! By the way, give me some votes~

(End of chapter)