From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 532 Bane: My existence is everything.

With the continuous infusion of spiritual essence, Hikifune Kiryu's complexion became better and better, and his face gradually became rosy.

The healing of her injuries made her feel the revival of vitality, and she couldn't help but let out a low moan.

However, what is a little embarrassing is that because of the recovery from the injury, the place that was originally not worth watching has become worth watching.

This made Bane not know where to put his eyes for a moment, so he just put them there.

"What are you looking at?" After Hikifune Kiryu recovered, he saw Bane staring at him silently, and his mouth twitched slightly.

"Ahem." Ben came back to his senses and cleared his throat pretentiously, saying, "As a doctor, I have to carefully observe the changes in your injuries while I am trying to help you."

"So have you come to any conclusion?" Hikifune Kiryu asked, slapping away Ben's hand that was still on her chest.

"The conclusion is that bigger is beautiful," Bane laughed.

"If it wasn't for the fact that you saved my life, would I let you take advantage of me? Hurry up and find me some clothes." Hikifune Kiryu sat up and covered his private parts with his hands.

Ben also casually took off the captain's haori of the 9th Division and threw it on Hikifune Kiryu and said, "So what's going on? Why are you in the 0th Division so weak? Just now when I entered the Soul King Palace, I saw Nimaiya Wang Yue being beaten to death. When I walked to the second floor of this inner chamber, I saw you hanging here like a mural. Where are the others? Were they all killed by Yhwach?"

"Didn't you see Kirinji Tenshiro on the first floor?" Hikifune Kiryu asked after putting on Bane's haori.

"No," Ben responded casually.

Hearing this, Hikifune Kiryu frowned and said, "It seems that he is already dead. He may be waiting to be resurrected, or he may have already been resurrected."

"If you've been resurrected, why don't you come over and help?" Bane said curiously.

Hikifune Kiryu then explained, "The reason why we were able to be resurrected is that after joining Squad Zero, we had to transform ourselves, channeling the power of the Soul King Palace throughout our bodies, turning our roots into a part of the Soul King Palace, the so-called 'King's Key', which is also the key to being able to freely enter and exit the Soul King Palace. By the way, how did you get up here?"

"Seventy-two barriers were broken through." Bane said calmly.

Hikifune Kiryu was speechless for a moment, and after a moment he said: "As expected of you. As always, you are unexpected."

After a short pause, Hikifune Kiryu continued, "We transformed into the King Key and merged with the Spirit King Palace. We created the Lingli Fan Palace. In essence, the Lingli Fan Palace is our origin. As long as it is not destroyed, we can be resurrected as long as our names are called. But we can only restore our strength to the point where we can walk. It will take some time to fully recover."

"Isn't that just useless?" Bane complained after hearing this.

If he had killed Hikifune Kiryu just now, even if Hikifune Kiryu was resurrected, he would not have much fighting power. Unlike now, he can be said to have recovered to his peak state.

The price was just that Bane lost a little spiritual pressure, and spiritual pressure was the least valuable thing to him. What's more, Hikifune Kiryu had just given him a reward.

"Only a guy as strong as you would think this is useless!" Hikifune Kiryu retorted.

After saying this, Hikifune Kiryu seemed to have finally adjusted his state completely. He stood up and said, "We can't waste any more time. Yan and Yuchi may not be able to withstand Yhwach. If something happens to the Soul King, we will all be doomed. Ugh."

She wanted to say that if the Spirit King died, the Three Realms would come to an end, but looking at this group of people in front of her, she suddenly felt that it didn’t seem that serious?
"Why are you looking at me? Let's go. I'm also quite interested in Yhwach. That Eye Monk is pretty good too. It seems that his abilities are somewhat similar to mine." Bane clapped his hands and stood up.

"Why are you clapping?" Hikifune Kirio couldn't help but ask after he stood up.

"I" Ben was told, and he glanced at his own haori involuntarily and said, "After this is over, don't forget to return the haori to me. It will be the treasure of the 9th Squad from now on."

"I always feel that you are more frivolous than before. Is it an illusion?" Hikifune Kiryu tightened his chest and looked at Ben with disgust.

Ban didn't respond. Instead, he walked out and said to himself, "If I become the Spirit King, wouldn't you become my direct subordinate?"

"Uh." Hikifune Kiryu paused for a moment before saying, "It is indeed so in legal terms."

"So be respectful to me, or you'll be punished." Bane said without turning his head.

There are four floors in the inner part.

The first three levels are of unclear significance and appear to be empty, but the fourth level, the highest level, contains the Spirit King's torso sealed within it, acting as a wedge to stabilize the Three Realms.

In fact, Bane felt something was wrong when he arrived at the first floor of the inner chamber.

Yhwach should be in this inner chamber, fighting with that Eye Monk.

But he did not sense any fluctuation of spiritual pressure in this huge inner chamber. Even when he reached the second floor, he did not sense any movement when he walked up the stairs to the third floor.

It was not until he and Hikifune Kiryu actually reached the third floor that they understood the situation.

The entrance to the third-floor hall has been stained with black ink, forming a curtain like a "water curtain cave".

All movement and sound were muffled by the pitch-black curtain and no sound could be heard from it.

At the same time, only when he got close to this extent did Bane realize that there were some fluctuations in the space inside. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the same as the underground prison. The third floor of this huge prison is an independent space in itself. No wonder the outside world has not been affected.

"It's not good. The Eye Monk has sealed this place. He is probably fighting a life-and-death battle with Yhwach in there. If he doesn't unseal it, we won't be able to get in, right?" Hikifune Kiryu said to the end, doubting himself again and using an unconfident tone.

After joining the Zero Squad, Hikifune Kiryu also had a detailed understanding of the members of the Zero Squad. In terms of strength alone, although she was also very strong, she was indeed a little worse than the other three. Among the three seniors, Kirinji Tenshiro was the weakest, but his return and healing skills were outstanding.

As for Nimaiya Wang Yue, as the God of Swords, he is very powerful. However, compared with the Eye Monk, Hyoshubu Ichibei, there is still a huge gap between them.

In Hikifune Kiryu's opinion, even if she, Nimaiya Oyue and Kirinji Tenshiro joined forces, they would not be able to defeat the oldest member of the Zero Squad, the Eye Monk, Hyoshubu Ichibei.

It is a special life form that has existed since ancient times when the Spirit King still had independent consciousness.

The man who claims to have given Soul Society everything its name and meaning!
So after noticing this sealing barrier, she instinctively concluded that it could not be opened. But before she could finish her words, she suddenly remembered that the guy next to her was a Higher-Level Spirit King. When she was promoted to Squad Zero, Monk Eyes had specifically asked her about this person.

It is obvious that the Monk with Eyes is quite wary of this person. Since he met him, Hikifune Kiryu has never seen anything that could stump him. He should be able to open the Monk with Eyes' barrier, right?
Bane reached out and touched the dark ink curtain. Under Kiryu Hikifune's surprised and expected gaze, he pierced the curtain with his index finger and reached inside.

Obviously, he could indeed uncover the "dark curtain" of the monk, and it seemed like he had no pressure at all.

However, after Bane's fingertips felt some agitation within the barrier, he quickly stopped his plan to 'lift the curtain'.

He took his finger out, glanced at the fourth step and asked, "Is the Spirit King up there?"

"Hmm, hm?" Hikifune Kiryu responded first, then looked at Bane in confusion.

And Bane didn't say much, he turned around and walked towards the fourth floor. Hikifune Kiryuu saw this and shouted: "Hey, what are you doing? You don't really want to replace the Soul King, do you? That's not a good place, believe me, if you see it."

"I should know more than you, Kiryu." Bane responded while stepping onto the fourth step.

However, as soon as he stepped onto the stairs, he felt a spiritual pressure suppressing him. The stairs under his feet suddenly shattered, and a wave of dark spiritual particles flowed down from the stairs. It was the ink of the monk with eyes.

Obviously, one cannot enter the fourth floor without the Eye Monk's permission, and that is why Yhwach fought with him to the death on the third floor.

However, before the ink soaked into Bane's feet, dark spirits emanated from Bane's body, rippling out from under his feet and merging with the ink wave. No one could tell the difference.

Then, he calmly walked up to the fourth floor.

Hikifune Kiryu looked at this scene with a shocked expression. Before she could recover from her emotion, Ben asked, "Have you been up there?"

"On the day I joined Squad Zero, I went to meet the Soul King once, and that was the only time." Hikifune Kiryu answered instinctively.

"Do you want to go take another look?" Bane turned around and asked casually.

"Wait for me!" Hikifune Kiryu quickly stepped onto the stairs.

But in the next second, she was almost suppressed by the powerful spiritual pressure of the Eye Monk, and fell on the stairs. Fortunately, Bane's spiritual pressure quickly helped her to cover up the suppression, and she followed Bane step by step.

"Do you really want to be the Soul King?" Hikifune Kiryu couldn't help but ask as he looked at Bane's back.

"At the beginning, I did think so and had such a pursuit." Bane said softly.

Without waiting for Hikifune Kiryu to speak, he quickly continued, "But then I lived in Soul Society for hundreds of years, and I suddenly realized that no matter whether I was the Soul King, the captain of the 9th Division, or the dean of the Kidōin Academy of the Shinō Academy, it was all the same to everyone. At this point in my life, identity is no longer a symbol. My existence is everything."

"Then why did you still want to go up?" Hikifune Kiryu asked after a moment of silence.

But when she thought carefully about what Ben had just said, she felt that he was right.

Now in Soul Society, even if Bane is not sitting on the position of Soul King, is there any big difference between him and the Soul King?
Power?

No, he just wasn't too keen on power. If he wanted to gain higher power, who could stop him, whether it was the captain-general, the Central 46th Office, or their Squad Zero?
status?

To this day, is there any substantial difference between the title of Spiritual Lord and the title of Spiritual King?
"Liberation." When Hikifune Kiryu was puzzled by this, Bane said with some pity in his tone.

"Liberation. Liberation?" Hikifune Kiryu murmured, as if he understood something.

After all, she was not stupid.

"Well, this time I came here, not for the name or position of the Spirit King, but to free a great man with the same status as me from the infinite and long misery." Bane said softly.

As he said this, Bane stepped over the last step and officially entered the fourth floor of the inner chamber.

The hall was still empty, without any unnecessary objects.

Only in the center of the hall, there was a seal that looked like an amber crystal, in which a figure with mutilated limbs was reflected.

Since ancient times, the Spirit King, who has been the cornerstone of the Three Realms, maintaining the stability and operation of the Three Realms and enjoying the title of Supreme, but is actually a pitiful wedge, is among them.

And, the prologue, the Soul King, who should have no consciousness, no spirit, and no concepts.

When Bane appeared on the fourth floor, a deep light suddenly flashed in his empty eyes.

He woke up.

(End of this chapter)