Tsunayashiro Tokinada, who collapsed on the ground with only his head left, turned his eyes with difficulty to look at Aiyan.
He didn't understand.
It was clear that he was the final winner with the last laugh, so why was the situation reversed in an instant?
He didn't understand.
Why was Aiyan immune to the influence of Kyōka Suigetsu?
He understood even less.
Holding the Enrakyoten, he should have been the strongest, so why was he not even a match for Aiyan?
Facing Tsunayashiro Tokinada's dying cry, Aiyan just glanced at him condescendingly and then withdrew his gaze.
He didn't even give it a second glance.
"The young clan leader."
"How should I answer you?"
"Should I tell you that my brother is not affected by Kyōka Suigetsu's Hypnosis at all, or should I tell you that you have been living in Kyōka Suigetsu's Complete Hypnosis from beginning to end?"
Tsunayashiro Tokinada's breathing weakened little by little, and his vision was swallowed up by darkness little by little.
Just when his Reiatsu was about to dissipate like a candle in the wind, an extremely familiar voice suddenly rang in his ears.
"Aizen..."
Tsunayashiro Tokinada tried his best to lift his heavy eyelids, trying to see clearly the figure that seemed to him to have been wiped out, but in the end he still couldn't do it.
He could only barely see his lower body and the Zanpakutō clearly before the boundless darkness swallowed his consciousness completely.
He recognized it.
Kyōka Suigetsu.
"Sorry, before you die, I have to let you know that you were just living in an illusion."
Aizen looked down at Tsunayashiro Tokinada's head and said "sorry," but his tone carried a mocking tone.
"Zanpakutō is good, but the Shinigami is not."
He bent down to pick up the Enrakyoten that had fallen on the ground, looked at the Zanpakutō that had been passed down from generation to generation in the Tsunayashiro family, and then handed it to Aiyan.
"Such a humble Reiatsu actually dares to control those Zanpakutō who have the reputation of being the strongest."
"Unbelievably stupid."
"No matter how similar the simulation is, it's just a counterfeit."
Aiyan took the Enrakyoten, and Reiatsu's consciousness spread out to carefully perceive the Zanpakutō in his hand, which had been passed down from generation to generation in the Tsunayashiro family.
"This knife is a bit interesting."
"Generally speaking, as long as a Shinigami falls, its Zanpakutō will also die with it. What is left behind is a sealed state. Even if it is taken by other Shinigami, it is just equivalent to getting a sealed state. Just like the sealed state received when entering the Shin'ō Academy, it is no different. Even if the soul essence of another Shinigami is rewritten, the abilities of Shikai and Bankai are no longer the same as before."
"Enrakyoten is very special. The Shinigami is dead, but he is alive, and he seems to be open to anyone. As long as he knows the release command and name, he can use its power."
Holding the Enrakyoten in one hand, he walked to the central control computer in the Great Spirit Book Gallery, and then called up the information about the Enrakyoten.
"You mean the power of this sword does not come from the soul essence of the Shinigami, but the power of the sword itself?"
After hearing this, Aizen was immediately interested.
"Hōgyoku!"
Suddenly, the two of them said in unison.
Yes.
The Enrakyoten is like the Hōgyoku. Anyone who obtains it can use its abilities.
At this time, a book also flew from the huge bookshelf.
It seems that because the information records about the Enrakyoten were too old, it took a while before the Great Spirit Book Gallery extracted it from the long history of Soul Society.
"The Zanpakutō Enrakyoten, forged by the ancestor of the Tsunayashiro family, was taken from the Soul King's Hakusui (Soul Sleep) and forged with the essence of his own soul."
"The wielder has the ability to imitate all Zanpakutō abilities known to him. He can imitate multiple Zanpakutō at one time and use multiple Zanpakutō abilities at the same time. However, the performance of the imitated Zanpakutō is directly proportional to the Reiatsu of the wielder."
"If you imitate a lower-level Shinigami's Zanpakutō, you will have stronger performance than the original holder. If you imitate a higher-level Shinigami's Zanpakutō, you will not be able to exert abilities comparable to the real thing."
"The price of using the Enrakyoten is to cut off the soul of the sword wielder moment by moment, never to be restored again."
After the book was opened, a picture similar to a holographic image emerged, introducing in detail the ability of the Enrakyoten.
"As expected."
After Aizen learned that the Enrakyoten originated from the Soul King's Hakusui (Soul Sleep), there was no surprise on his face.
He had come into contact with many fragments of the Soul King, and naturally knew that Soul Society could only create a Zanpakutō as powerful as the Enrakyoten if it came from the power of the Soul King.
"No wonder."
"Ichibe Hyōsube is still alive today, but the life or death of the founders of the five noble families is uncertain."
"It's hard to say about the other four, but the ancestor of the Tsunayashiro family most likely died at the cost of forging the Enrakyoten with Soul King Hakusui (Soul Sleep)."
Aiyan's eyes flashed with a hint of understanding.
Using the power of the Soul King is not without cost. The more powerful the power of the Soul King, the greater the cost of using it.
Yhwach, known as the son of the Soul King, needs to continuously absorb the souls of others, otherwise he will regress into the weak form he was born in.
"Brother, what are you going to do with this knife?"
Aizen asked suddenly.
Although there is a price to use it, there is no denying that this is an extremely powerful Zanpakutō.
If used well, it can completely reverse the overall situation.
"This is the Soul King's Hakusui (Soul Sleep)."
"Hōgyoku material delivered to my door unsolicited."
"What do you think we should do with it?"
Aiyan threw the Enrakyoten to Aizen with a backhand, not showing any nostalgia for the Enrakyoten that could stimulate all Zanpakutō abilities.
"Aren't you going to keep it for use?"
Aizen reached out and took the Enrakyoten.
"It's enough for me to have Kōfūin."
"Not to mention."
"I don't think that the Zanpakutō forged from my soul essence will lose to the mere Soul King's Hakusui (Soul Sleep)."
Aiyan smiled softly, his voice showing absolute confidence.
[Your Kōfūin is very happy with your words. As expected, she has been forgetting food and sleep, practicing hard, and successfully evolved Shikai and Bankai. In view of your trust, she decided to open her heart to you and fully entrust the evolved power of the Zanpakutō to you.]
Hearing the voice coming from his ears, Aiyan felt happy.
Zanpakutō will evolve — he naturally knows this.
For example, Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni's Zanpakutō.
Thousands of years ago, it was a sword of great fire that sealed all flames into the blade, burning everything it struck with pyrotechnic explosions.
Thousands of years later, just like the coming of the sun, it was enough to evaporate the water in Soul Society bit by bit.
The same goes for Byakuya Kuchiki's Zanpakutō.
Before heading to Squad Zero, his Senbonzakura Shikai was a sword that dispersed into thousands of blades.
After returning from Squad Zero, his Senbonzakura Shikai, the number of blades formed by dispersing the blade, was comparable to the Bankai of the past.
It is clear that before and after the Zanpakutō evolved, there were differences between Shikai and Bankai.
This also made Aiyan full of expectations for the evolved Kōfūin, and he couldn't wait to find someone to test the sword immediately.
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