I Am a Heroic Spirit

When Kyoraku Shunsui raised his sword to block, he was shocked to find that his right half was covered with small but deep sword marks, and scarlet blood was seeping out of the Death Hatchet.

It’s too fast, I can’t react at all. Should I give up?

Kyoraku Shunsui had already planned to admit defeat. Although speed and strength could be compensated by other aspects, it was too troublesome. If he really wanted to continue, who knows how long the fight would take.

Even though he thought so, it was obvious that Kyoraku Shunsui was still unwilling to admit defeat. He moved quickly, and after slightly putting some distance between him and Miyamoto Musashi, he whispered, "The Twenty-Sixth Way of Binding - Qu Guang!"

Miyamoto Musashi swooped down towards Kyoraku Shunsui, but before he could attack, Kyoraku Shunsui disappeared from his sight. Then, a black shadow knife similar to the shape of Hanaten Kyōbone's knife suddenly emerged from under Miyamoto Musashi's feet and slashed at his body, but failed to cause any damage to him.

Miyamoto Musashi in the void state possesses extraordinary defensive capabilities. Coupled with two swords that have been cultivated for thousands of years, he is invincible in both offense and defense.

Miyamoto Musashi glanced around, but did not see Kyoraku Shunsui. Instead, he was hit by a black shadow sword that rose from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, several black shadow knives attacked from under his feet one after another. Although Miyamoto Musashi had extremely strong defense, he could not ignore so many close-range attacks. However, the attacks of the black shadow knives were silent and difficult to defend against. No matter how alert Miyamoto Musashi was, he could not stop the shadow knives before they hit him.

Where is it? This attack rises from underground, is it hiding underground?

Miyamoto Musashi withstood the attack of the black shadow knife, guessing in his heart, and his movements were not slow at all. The knife moved as his heart thought, and the two knives stabbed into the ground at the same time. The ground was like a shoddy construction under the blades of the two knives, and was penetrated into the ground by the two knives. Then Miyamoto Musashi twisted his body with force and spun it, and actually dug up the ground under him.

Unfortunately, Miyamoto Musashi's actions were completely useless. It was as if he was provoking Miyamoto Musashi. After Miyamoto Musashi dug the ground under his body, a black shadow knife slashed towards Miyamoto Musashi's waist, leaving a thin knife mark on it.

Veins bulged between Miyamoto Musashi's brows, she clenched her teeth, and her sharp and terrifying gaze slowly swept across every inch of the ground. Even when the black shadow knife attacked her, she no longer defended herself, and was determined to find Kyoraku Shunsui and teach him a severe lesson.

With Miyamoto Musashi's ability, it would not be difficult for her to find clues if she was determined. She soon discovered something wrong behind her.

The light is distorted there in a subtle way.

Although this phenomenon quickly disappeared from sight, it didn't matter anymore, because Miyamoto Musashi had already discovered Kyoraku Shunsui's trick.

The distortion of light is also an application of invisibility.

Just as another black shadow knife rose up, Miyamoto Musashi calmly turned the blade of the dagger backwards and stabbed it backwards with lightning speed, and then the sound of the blade being as sharp as flesh was heard.

Kyoraku Shunsui was seen half-crouching behind Miyamoto Musashi, with two swords in his hands stuck in the ground, and his left shoulder pierced by a short sword.

"Through the shadow attack? Because they didn't attack me personally, they had no killing intent against me. Plus, they used light to become invisible, so they were able to perfectly avoid my detection."

With his emptiness that allows him to see through everything, Miyamoto Musashi saw through the tricks Kyoraku Shunsui had been using.

I found out, this is a shadow ghost. The rules of the game are that whoever's shadow is stepped on loses. Who knew your defense would suddenly become so strong?"

Kyoraku Shunsui said calmly, quickly pulling his body away from Miyamoto Musashi's short sword and retreating into the distance, and then he was about to say the words of surrender, but Shadow Ghost's ability had been seen through, and he could no longer continue fighting.

However, Miyamoto Musashi, who saw that Kyoraku Shunsui wanted to surrender, would not watch Kyoraku Shunsui retreat like this. He swung his two swords and quickly caught up with Kyoraku Shunsui. The cold light of the sword blocked Kyoraku Shunsui's words.

With two swords, he slashed and stabbed, and all kinds of Niten Ichiryu sword techniques were displayed freely on Kyoraku Shunsui. The double sword technique was even more perfect than before, without any flaws. Kyoraku Shunsui was defeated again and again, and he couldn't even say the word of surrender. Even if Kyoraku Shunsui used Shadow Demon, Beautiful Demon, and Brand Demon in succession, he couldn't gain the upper hand against Miyamoto Musashi.

"No fight, no fight, I admit defeat."

When he was hit by the 130th sword, Kyoraku Shunsui took it head-on, did a backflip and retreated several meters. Without waiting for Miyamoto Musashi to chase him, he shouted loudly, and the two black swords in his hands also returned to their original shape. The only difference was that the two soul-slaying swords were covered with cracks and looked like they would break at any time.

After hearing Kyoraku Shunsui's voice, Miyamoto Musashi slammed on the brakes and stopped because he had vented enough.

"Give up? Are you sure?" Miyamoto Musashi stood not far from Kyoraku Shunsui. The distance between them was neither far nor near. If Kyoraku Shunsui wanted to use his skills again, Miyamoto Musashi could also severely injure Kyoraku Shunsui at the fastest speed.

"Well, there's no other choice but to admit defeat." Kyoraku Shunsui said lazily, then put the two swords back into the sheath, picked up the hat from the ground and put it on his head.

"I know that the Shinigami can increase his spiritual pressure tenfold after Bankai." Miyamoto Musashi saw that Kyoraku Shunsui had put his swords back into the sheaths, and knew that Kyoraku Shunsui really had no intention of continuing to fight, so he also put his two swords back into the sheaths and spoke about Kyoraku Shunsui's other choice.

"My Bankai is not suitable for use in this situation, so that's it." After the battle, Kyoraku Shunsui returned to his usual lazy look, as if the defeat just now had no effect on him.

"Since you said so." Miyamoto Musashi shrugged his shoulders, looking indifferent. Anyway, Kyoraku Shunsui had already tasted his power, so there was no need to continue to pester him. Then he turned around and walked towards the audience seats on the other side.

"Hey, wait a moment."

Seeing Miyamoto Musashi about to leave, Kyoraku Shunsui suddenly called her.

"What?" Miyamoto Musashi stopped, turned around and asked Kyoraku Shunsui.

"Your swordsmanship hasn't reached the realm of emptiness yet, has it?" Kyoraku Shunsui asked calmly. "I've studied your swordsmanship theory. If you truly reached the realm of emptiness, my Shadow Ghost wouldn't be able to work on you. So, your sword hasn't reached the realm of emptiness yet, right?"

Kyoraku Shunsui raised his head, his eyes became serious for the first time in a long time, and he looked at Miyamoto Musashi and spoke.

"Well, I remember I said it a long time ago, my sword is still the sword of emptiness, and it is still some distance away from emptiness." Miyamoto Musashi scratched his hair and asked curiously.

"...Yes, I told you that a long time ago."

Kyoraku Shunsui adjusted his hat, looked at his miserable appearance, and showed a wry smile on his face. He actually forgot that what Miyamoto Musashi said before was not emptiness, but emptinesslessness. Because of the volume of emptiness in the five-ring scroll, he subconsciously thought that Miyamoto Musashi had reached this realm. He didn't expect that he hadn't. With just the realm of emptinesslessness in the kendo, he could defeat himself without Bankai. It seems that he has to pick up the kendo again.

Slowly turning around and taking a step forward, Kyoraku Shunsui disappeared from where he was, and the next second he reappeared beside Unohana Retsu, seeking treatment from him.

"Captain Unohana, I'm counting on you."

Faced with the miserable appearance of Kyoraku Shunsui, Unohana Retsu should have treated him quickly to prevent Kyoraku Shunsui from collapsing.

However, Unohana Retsu is most interested in Miyamoto Musashi's state of emptiness now. He does not put much effort into treating Kyoraku Shunsui, but just keeps Kyoraku Shunsui's injuries from getting worse, and then blindly senses the sword intent on Kyoraku Shunsui's wounds.

If you just don't have time, you might gain something...

"Nothing empty? Empty? What does that mean? Is there any difference?"

"Isn't the difference obvious? Wukong is literally more powerful than Kong, but in reality it seems to be the other way around."

"Kong, that's a concept of the highest realm of kendo proposed by Miyamoto Musashi. You can understand it by looking up Miyamoto Musashi's records."

"Forget it, those records are too complicated and too general. Can someone explain it briefly and clearly?"

"I'm here. Didn't Miyamoto Musashi create a book on military strategy, The Book of Five Rings? The final volume, The Book of Void, isn't about military strategy, but rather Miyamoto Musashi's understanding of the highest realm of kendo. She believed the Sword of Void was the ultimate sword, the very essence of kendo."

"Miyamoto Musashi's Way of Emptiness is not the Way of the Void, but the Way of Emptiness and Clarity. Emptiness and Clarity is the state of mind that sees things clearly, sees oneself clearly, sees everything clearly, sees through the ends of all things and reaches their essence. When facing the enemy, not being blinded by the environment, not being blinded by the enemy's actions, not being blinded by one's own emotions, not being blinded by one's own thoughts, but being able to face everything as it is is the meaning of Emptiness."

"Miyamoto Musashi's swordsmanship is to explore the sword of life and connect to the source of life through swordsmanship."

"It looks very much like what Buddhism says about the absence of human form, self, sentient beings, and life, and what Taoism says about the unity of man and nature."

"Thinking about it carefully, it is true, but it seems a little different from the unity of man and nature."

"That sounds very high-end, what about Wukong?"

"Wukong? Literally, it means you haven't reached the realm of emptiness. Even when Miyamoto Musashi's swordsmanship was unrivaled, he couldn't break through to the realm of emptiness. Later, he tried to learn by studying painting, reading Chinese, and various books, but he still couldn't open that door."

"It's quite normal. The Taoist unity of heaven and man, the Buddhist non-personal form, non-self-form, non-being form, and non-life form, are only achieved by Zhang Sanfeng, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Sakyamuni, and other true masters and enlightened beings. If Miyamoto Musashi can reach the realm of emptiness, then he will not be much different from the Buddha and the Taoist ancestors."

The strength and the void state displayed by Miyamoto Musashi have triggered a huge craze. When void and void were discussed on the Internet, countless swordsmen got the news. Those who could use computers went online directly, while those who could not go to the streets to watch on the big screen, hoping to get a chance to improve their swordsmanship from Miyamoto Musashi. The local swordsmen of Japan have already boarded planes and trains, heading to Karakura Town in groups. You must know that a swordsman of Miyamoto Musashi's level cannot be compared with him in RJ, even if you search every piece of land in Japan. How can the swordsmen who have a fanatical pursuit of kendo not be crazy?

Only the Dark Order remained silent, merely assisting the Japanese government in maintaining order and preventing anyone from exploiting the chaos to cause major news. After all, Miyamoto Musashi's Master was their superior, so they didn't need to worry. As long as Zhang Luo remained a member of the Dark Order's leadership, there would always be opportunities for him to spar with Miyamoto Musashi.

Since then, the game progressed to 2-2, a draw, and three more games left.

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Chapter 260 Lily's Death

Lily has an extremely keen sense of emotions, and she noticed the inconsistency in Ichimaru Gin at first sight. However, Ichimaru Gin, who knew nothing about this, continued to disguise himself.

"The Sixty-third Way of Binding! Lock and Bind!"

At this moment, Gin Ichimaru stretched out his hand inconspicuously and chanted the spiritual words silently. His spiritual pressure formed a thick chain and extended towards Lily at lightning speed. Lily was a little surprised by Gin Ichimaru's unique attitude and was afraid that he would suddenly attack her. When she reacted, the thick chain had already arrived in front of her.

Just when the thick chains were about to bind Lily, Lily took a quick step diagonally forward and narrowly avoided the restraint of the thick chains.

"You..." After dodging the attack, Lily looked at Ichimaru Gin angrily and was about to accuse him, but she saw that Ichimaru Gin was still smiling, and he raised his hand and pointed at her.

Lily was startled and quickly jumped to the side again. Before she landed, she saw the thick chain passing through where she was standing.

If it weren't for the fact that her A-level intuition was close to the ability to see the future, Lily, who lacked combat experience, would have been caught. However, Lily's intuition talent focused on the perception of emotions, and in combat she could only exert B-level abilities at best.

"A scattering of beast bones, spires, red crystals, and steel wheels. Movement is wind, stillness is emptiness. The sound of lances clashing fills the Void City. Breaking the Dao: Sixty-three - Thunder Roar Cannon!"

While Lily was dodging, Ichimaru Gin slowly recited the words of the Thunder Roar Cannon, and raised his palm with the other four fingers except the index finger opened, turning the fingers into a palm, and a pillar of lightning shot out from the palm of his hand and attacked Lily.

"The sixty-twoth of the binding road, a hundred steps of railings."

Immediately afterwards, Gin Ichimaru used the 62nd binding technique.

The lightning column hit Lily at an extremely fast speed. Lily was trying to dodge it, but unexpectedly, the 31 chains created by the original No. 63 Binding Path wrapped around her again.

Lily spent two seconds thinking about whether to avoid the Thunder Roar Cannon or the Suo Shu Binding, but time waits for no one. The Thunder Roar Cannon had already bombarded Lily fiercely, but did not cause any damage.

At this time, Lily had no other choice, so she swung her sword hard and cut off the chains that were constantly entangled with her. With just one blow, she cut the chains off.

The second after Lily cut the chain, several beams of light descended from the sky and fell towards Lily. Although she had felt it a long time ago, her lack of combat experience meant that even if Lily noticed the attack, she had no time to defend herself. As a result, several beams of light pierced through her armor and fixed her to the ground, unable to move for a while.

"Oh, to be immune to the No. 63 Broken Path, it seems that the anti-magic power is at least C-level." The casual words sounded, and Lily's green pupils suddenly shrank, because the voice did not come from the front, but from behind. She could already feel the other party's breathing close at hand.

"Are you going to give up? It seems that magic cannot resist the direct attack of weapons." Ichimaru Gin put the dagger on Lily's neck and asked casually while thinking about other things in his mind.

He is immune to the Broken Path, but will be trapped by the Binding Path. It seems that this is a significant restriction on magic power. As long as it does not directly harm other spells, it cannot be ignored.

"Don't even think about it! The battle has just begun!"

Lily shouted loudly, and tightly grasped the golden sword with both hands, unleashing extremely powerful magic power, causing the golden sword to emit a brilliant golden glow, and slashing back behind her. The Hundred Steps Railing that trapped Lily had already collapsed in the explosion of Lily's magic power.

"Ah my, it turns out that he can't be easily dismissed." Saying this, Ichimaru Gin instantly disappeared behind Lily and returned to right in front of Lily, with the extremely short soul-slaying sword in his hand hanging down weakly.

"Take the move!"

Lily raised the golden sword with both hands, bent her knees, exerted force with her legs, and left a pair of footprints deep into the ground. Her petite body rushed towards Ichimaru Gin like a fired cannonball.

"It seems that I will have to put in some effort."

Gin Ichimaru still had a foxy smile on his face, and it was obvious that he was not paying much attention. He stood there without dodging or evading, waiting for Lily to arrive.

^Ha! "

Lily dove to within a meter of Ichimaru Gin, then leaped forward, wielding her golden sword like a mountain-splitting sword.

Gin Ichimaru slowly raised the dagger in his hand and blocked the golden sword that Lily was about to cut down. No matter how hard Lily tried, she could not defeat Gin Ichimaru.

"Is that all you have?"

Ichimaru Gin swung the dagger with force, and the dagger brought up a huge force, lifting Lily's golden sword. At the same time, he kicked out, kicking Lily's lower abdomen hard.

Lily felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen and was kicked away. However, she managed to adjust her posture before hitting the ground and landed on her feet in a half-squatting position.

"too slow."

Gin Ichimaru's lazy voice sounded from beside Lily. Lily turned her head and saw that Gin Ichimaru had been waiting there before she landed, stabbing at her with the dagger in his hand at an extremely fast speed.

"Qiang!"

Before the dagger could stab her, Lily raised the golden sword to block the attack of the dagger, but she was no match for Ichimaru Gin's strength and was knocked back repeatedly.

"Tsk, you're really an immature swordsman. Too weak. Just leave like this."

Gin Ichimaru had lost interest in continuing the fight. After yawning lazily, he began to exert force with his hand gripping the hilt of the sword, swinging out several consecutive slashes at an extremely fast speed. The powerful force chopped down on Lily's golden sword, forcing Lily to retreat continuously.

Lily's bold and powerful swordsmanship should have been able to restrain Ichimaru Gin's short sword. After all, there is a saying that an inch shorter is an inch more dangerous. Ichimaru Gin's short sword is only one meter long, and it seems a little weak in the face of Lily's golden sword.

However, in reality, it was Gin Ichimaru who completely suppressed Lily. Although he was using a short sword, he was able to repel the two-handed sword in a head-on confrontation. His occasional stabs were hard to defend against. Sometimes he slashed head-on, and sometimes he attacked the opponent's dangerous places. The weird and changeable short sword slashing technique made Lily unable to adapt.

At this moment, Lily was like an adult Altria, and Ichimaru Gin was like Sasaki Kojiro. The battle between the two was very similar to the duel between adult swordsmen. And Lily also felt the same sense of powerlessness that Altria felt when fighting Sasaki Kojiro.

Because her bold and aggressive swordsmanship had not been honed much, it was always seen through by the battle-hardened Gin Ichimaru. Lily was unable to adapt to the strange and changeable short knife slashing technique, and no matter what she did, she could not block all of Ichimaru Gin's attacks. After a few moves, a blade as thin as a cicada's wing passed by the golden sword, leaving a knife mark on Lily's face.

"I should have chosen that girl as my opponent earlier, but now Captain Ichimaru Gin has taken advantage of her." Kyoraku Shunsui said regretfully.

"They are all Heroic Spirits, but this one is a little too weak." Soi Feng said in surprise.

"Indeed, he was suppressed directly. Apart from his magic power and his sense of danger, there is nothing worth mentioning." Kuchiki Byakuya said with disdain.

In their eyes, there is no suspense in this game. It won't take long for Gin Ichimaru to win. If Gin Ichimaru had fought seriously, the game would have been over by now.

Although they were a little puzzled as to why Zhang Luo would send Lily, who was obviously the weakest Servant among the Heroic Spirits, to participate in the competition, Lily had not shown any strong abilities so far in the competition that they stopped paying attention to the game and just chatted and laughed among themselves.

"Well……"

Because of her injury, Lily subconsciously slowed down her movements, and then the golden sword in her hand was bounced up by Ichimaru Gin's dagger. She raised her hands high, and there was a gaping hole in front of her. Ichimaru Gin would naturally not let go of such an obvious flaw, but he couldn't really kill her with one blow, so he used the back of the knife to chop Lily's wrist, intending to knock Lily's golden sword out of her hand. Without her weapon, Lily naturally had no ability to continue fighting.

However, in some aspects, Lily was very persistent. Even though her wrist was hit by Gin Ichimaru, leaving a blue-black mark, she did not loosen her hands holding the golden sword.

"Oh!"

Seeing that Lily still refused to give up, Ichimaru Gin frowned and kicked Lily's waist with a sweeping kick with a strong wind. Although Lily discovered this long before Ichimaru Gin kicked, no matter how strong her intuition was, she could not ignore the gap in strength. She was kicked out in an instant and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"Are you ready to admit defeat? Don't waste time." Seeing Lily crawling up from the ground, Ichimaru Gin did not go forward to chase her. He stood there lazily and asked Lily.

"I can't... yet!" Lily stood firm and said firmly, "I will never fall down until my choice comes true."

"Your belief is good, but your strength is too weak. In this world, having belief is not enough, especially in battle." Kenpachi Zaraki glanced at Lily and commented casually.

"Belief is also a kind of power, but if it is too far apart from strength, it will be useless." Unohana Retsu said.

Lily took a sudden step forward, her feet making a dull sound on the ground. She faced Gin Ichimaru, gripped the golden sword tightly in both hands, and raised it high. A powerful force gathered on the sword.

"O Sword of the Chosen, grant me strength! Cut off... Ah!"

Just as Lily was about to release her Noble Phantasm, Ichimaru Gin disappeared from in front of Lily and appeared behind her, stabbing the dagger into Lily's heart, interrupting the release of Lily's Noble Phantasm.