From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 359 The idea of the integration of body and soul!
In the nearly one month that followed, Bane did not study any forbidden techniques such as Flying Thunder God.

Instead, he was studying the Finger of Death and the secret art of spiritualization.

Bane lacked the knowledge base for many ninjutsu and found it difficult to master them. But for the spiritual art, although it was more complicated, because it involved the soul, he understood it more thoroughly and mastered it quickly.

It was completely done half a month ago.

The spiritual transformation secret technique is indeed good. It can slowly transform chakra into soul power. It is a secret technique that has both magic and methods. It can be used for cultivation, and it can also be used to cast spells and kill people.

However, for the Kato clan, soul power is difficult to master and obtain, so the focus is on casting spells to kill people, rather than practicing to strengthen the soul. Maybe after practicing for ten or twenty years, the soul will only be slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person, at most twice as strong.

This level of strength is already overwhelming for ordinary ninjas, because most ninjas cannot cultivate to the soul level. The spiritualization secret technique is to invade the opponent's soul, compete with the opponent at an advantageous position, and win the victory.

But for Bane, he could easily master the soul power that most people could not, so he focused more on the practice of spiritualization secrets rather than the art of killing.

While Bane was practicing these, Zoro and Waver didn't stay in the Ryuchi Cave for long at all. They left together and went to the Hidden Cloud Village to cause trouble.

The rest of the people also have their own arrangements.

Ain continues to develop her Shadow-Shadow Fruit and combines it with the Nara clan's shadow secrets to find her own path.

Robin went out alone to explore the ninja world. She wanted to learn more knowledge. To some extent, her pursuit was similar to that of Orochimaru. At the same time, she was looking for more interesting illusions to practice and obtain information from the outside world.

Nami has been obsessed with the Eight Gates Ninjutsu during this period. In just three days, she had forced open the first door. Her progress was rapid and she was in pain and joy every day. Others might only be able to practice the Eight Gates Ninjutsu once in a period of time, but as long as she had her physical strength not exhausted, she could practice it as many times as she wanted.

Nami had finally found a trick that she could master without any difficulty and would definitely bring her great rewards as long as she worked hard. She was full of energy and had no intention of stopping at all.

He is determined to be the fastest person in history to master the Eight Gates Ninjutsu.

As for Fubuki, she was originally going to the Sand Village, but she hasn't set off yet.

At this time, Bane was studying the secret art of spiritualization on the couch, while Fubuki was sitting on the other side of the cave, communicating with a cute little guy who looked only the size of a cat.

This cute little guy is naturally Shukaku.

Now Shukaku no longer has the huge chakra of the tailed beasts, and instead exists as a spirit.

This was undoubtedly Bane's transformation of it. After releasing this guy from the dark space, Shukaku wanted to escape. Then Bane cruelly sealed all of its tailed beast chakra in the dark space, leaving only a little chakra for it, and stored Shukaku's consciousness in this chakra.

Normally, Shukaku would soon dissipate because of this, but Bane injected Shukaku with the power of nature and soul in a similar way to how he created Homiz, making Shukaku a "perverted version" of Homiz.

Because of this, its life, death, and personal consciousness are completely in Bane's hands.

To some extent, it can be said that Bane has deprived the Six Paths Sage of his "right to create" the tailed beasts, and Shukaku no longer has anything to do with the Six Paths Sage.

At first, Shukaku was very angry about losing his huge chakra, but now, he just wants to say "It smells so good"!
Although it lost its terrifying power, it gained the hard-earned freedom and became Homies. As long as it does not intend to do anything to betray Bane, it can move freely on weekdays and has become Fubuki's little follower.

"So I'm telling you, you have mastered the natural power of this sandstorm, so you can consider sealing techniques in the next step. And it just so happens that I'm an expert in this area. When I was playing with sand, you..." Shukaku boasted to Fubuki in a very arrogant manner.

But the next second, Fubuki hit Shukaku on the head with a knife, and said with a dangerous look: "Pay attention to your identity, you are just my pet and follower now, if you dare to talk to me with this tone and title again, I will make you pay."

"I'm sorry, Lord Fubuki!" Shukaku immediately admitted his mistake.

"Hmph, you're quite sensible." Fubuki snorted, and then said: "Now tell me about the sealing technique you mentioned."

"Yes, Lord Fubuki, in fact, in addition to sealing techniques, you can also study wind-style ninjutsu, which is very suitable for the power of mad sand that you possess." Shukaku began to talk about his ideas in a torrent of words.

I have to say that although Shukaku seems to be very weak, as a tailed beast that has also lived for nearly a thousand years, it is still very capable. In particular, it is very proficient in wind escape and sealing techniques, and it works very well with Fubuki.

On the other side, Bane was also thinking about the secret art of spiritualization.

At this moment, Bane was sitting cross-legged on the couch, with his soul fluctuations flickering from time to time.

"The combination of spirit and flesh, with chakra as the medium." Bane slowly stretched out a finger, the soul power on his fingertips constantly condensed and slowly dissipated. In a trance, his fingertips seemed to gradually become transparent, as if he had truly 'spiritualized' his body.

"Perhaps the Kato clan can't do it, but I have the power of the soul. I can directly bypass the chakra and integrate the soul and the body. Is it feasible?" Bane thought to himself. The integration of soul and body is a new path that Bane thought of two days ago.

Although he is currently more focused on the development of his soul, there is no doubt that his strongest part is still his physical body. Looking at the ninja world, the five major ninja villages, as long as he gets serious, even the strongest Konoha will find it difficult to withstand his "Star Explosion Fist". It can be said that he can destroy the entire Konoha with one blow.

This is how strong his body is, so there is no way Bane would give up his body.

This caused a problem, which was some of his previous speculations. The reason why he was rejected by the Pure Land was probably because he had not died yet and his body was still anchored in the present world.

Both times he entered the Pure Land, he entered with a pure soul, while his physical body remained in the world. This might be a major factor in the Pure Land's rejection of him.

Even knowing this, Bane couldn't really die, let alone give up his extremely strong body.

Therefore, it is very necessary to study the integration of soul and body nowadays.

If the physical body could be completely transformed into a spiritual body, and if the physical body and spirit could be switched back and forth at will, perhaps it would not be rejected by the Pure Land.

It is obviously necessary to descend to the Pure Land in a complete state, which can increase Bane's risk resistance!
Just as Bane was thinking about this, his fingers, which were gradually becoming spiritual, suddenly trembled twice. With a bang, the power of the soul overflowed out, and then the fingers returned to their physical form.

"It's difficult," Bane frowned, but then he smiled and said, "But it's not impossible."

As soon as this thought came to an end, Ben stared at his fingers and whispered, "Resurrection, my fingers!"

The power of the Soul-Soul Fruit was activated, and Bane used pure soul power to give his fingers the power of 'Homiz', which was exactly the same as when Charlotte Linlin sacrificed her soul to enhance her physical fitness.

It's just that Bane gave part of his body tissue these soul powers, not to strengthen himself, but to "possess spirits".

After his fingers were endowed with soul power and transformed into the state of 'Homiz', Bane once again mobilized his own soul power, combined with some key points of the spiritualization secret technique, and restarted the attempt to integrate the soul and the body in the same way as before.

This time, perhaps because the nature of the fingers had undergone an essential change, in the form of Homies, absorbing the soul power became extremely smooth. Bane's fingers quickly entered the transparent state of the spirit body again, emitting a faint green energy glow.

Compared with the previous attempt, this time the stability was much higher, and it lasted for more than half an hour before showing signs of collapse.

"Compared with before, the time has improved by more than ten times, which shows that the idea is correct. Using the Soul-Soul Fruit to attach spirit to myself can better leverage the practice of the spiritualization secret art and transcend the chakra to achieve the integration of soul and flesh. It's just that there is still a time limit. However, this may be because most of my body tissues are still physical. If I keep going forward steadily, when I can truly spiritualize my body completely, maybe there will be no such limit." Bane thought to himself.

Moreover, he can use this 'Homiz' state as a switch to change his own form.

When needed, you can attach a spirit to your body, and with a move of consciousness, you can fully enter the spiritual body. When not needed, you can end this state and restore your physical body in a blink of an eye. If you can do this, it would be so convenient!

By then he will be able to become a true 'neither human nor ghost'.

Even in the spirit form, he maintains himself by absorbing the power of the soul and the power of nature, and his body does not age at all. In a sense, he can be said to have entered eternal life.

"I somehow feel like I've developed an incredible path," Bane thought with a little complacency.

Although it is only a preliminary idea now, it is indeed highly feasible. Thinking of this, Bane plans to make this matter a priority and develop it well.

"Spiritual Master." Princess Ichikishima appeared in the passage outside the cave at some point and called out softly.

Fubuki glanced back, but didn't care, and continued to communicate with Shukaku, while Ben collected his chaotic thoughts, looked at Ichikishimahime and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Orochimaru is here. He seems to be in a bad condition and wants to see the spiritual master. I said you were practicing, so I came to inform you first. What do you think?" Princess Ichikishima whispered.

"Let him in." Bane nodded in response, no longer pretending to be a practitioner. He leaned lazily on the couch, then picked up the exquisite pipe and started pretending to be practicing.

After getting Bane's approval, Orochimaru soon walked weakly into the cave.

This guy had his arms hanging at his sides, looking completely powerless. His already pale face was covered in sweat and his breath was very weak, obviously because he had been tortured by some kind of pain for a long time.

"It looks like you're in a bad condition, Orochimaru." Bane said, exhaling a puff of smoke.

Orochimaru forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry to have laughed at you, Rei-zun. I was seriously injured in the turmoil in Konoha. My dear teacher cut off the souls in both of my hands and sacrificed them to the god of death. I have tried many ways to recuperate during this period, but none of them succeeded. I have no choice but to come to you, Rei-zun, for help."

(End of this chapter)