"Human power… Fullbring power…"
"Names I've never even heard before…"
Ichigo looked like an eggplant hit by frost, gloomily staring at the black spirit bow in his hands.
He could already barely manage to fuse Quincy power and Death God power, creating this black spirit bow.
Under that condition, his Heilig Pfeil (Holy Arrow) absorbed not only external spiritual pressure, but also his own reishi.
Beyond that, he could also fuse Quincy power and Hollow power, creating a brand-new Hollowfied form.
But a perfect fusion of all three powers was simply impossible.
Not to mention—Cole had now researched "human power" and "Fullbring power." What the hell were those supposed to be?
He'd never even heard of them, okay?
"If you can't even do that, and you still want to go take revenge on Yhwach… aren't you thinking way too far ahead!?" Uryu stared coldly at Ichigo.
He wasn't the only one who wanted revenge on Yhwach. Uryu did too.
That was exactly why he was even more irritated by Ichigo's impatience.
Who doesn't want revenge?
The question is—where does the power come from?
After clashing with the Military Police Death Gods, they'd already clearly understood their own level.
Ichigo was basically mid-tier, maybe upper-mid-tier within the Military Police—at best someone who could trade blows with Cang Du.
But if he faced Jugram Haschwalth, he'd probably get hung up and beaten like a toy.
In that situation, trying to take revenge…
The ending would only be getting cut down.
And Uryu was the same. In pure strength, he was even worse than Yhwach.
Ichigo knew that too, but he was sick of it. He snapped in anger, "Then what—am I supposed to keep waiting forever?"
The enemy who killed his mother was right in front of him, yet all he could do was train, train, train.
If he couldn't do it, he had to keep training forever!?
At that moment, Ryuken spoke. He glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "Calm down. Even if you could get revenge, can you go over there right now and kill Yhwach? Don't forget—we still need him to become the artificial Soul King."
Out of the three, he was the calmest.
On one hand, he was cultivating the current Quincy abilities; on the other, he was continuously looking for opportunities.
Just like right now—thanks to his efforts, the Military Police had added many Sacred Soldier units, occupying sixty percent of the Invisible Empire.
If you didn't count the top-tier combat power…
The Invisible Empire was practically already split.
"Artificial Soul King…" Ichigo nearly ground his teeth to dust.
But there was nothing he could do about it.
Because he couldn't drag the entire world into the abyss of collapse just for his personal revenge.
While the three were arguing—
Inside the Military Police's most luxurious, and most sacred building, a shocking surge of spiritual power erupted.
A pair of sky-covering Quincy wings with sixteen feathers spread open like a god's canopy.
But on those Quincy wings, the color wasn't the blue Quincies usually had—
It was closer to black.
Compared to an ordinary Quincy's Complete Holy Form, these wings felt even more holy, untouchable, and awe-inspiring.
The three froze for two seconds, then nearly bulged their eyes out. Even Ryuken couldn't keep his composure anymore.
"What the hell is this!?"
It looked like the wings of a Quincy Complete Holy Form, but they were far too huge.
And that pressure…
It was like it was about to wipe the Invisible Empire off the map.
Those enormous wings didn't just cover the entire Military Police headquarters—Silbern City was wrapped inside them too.
In that instant, the entire Invisible Empire seemed to turn black.
Bazz-B and Cang Du, who were grinding their teeth training the modified Blut (Blood Armor), also widened their eyes in shock as they stared at the wings in the sky.
"What is that!? A Complete Holy Form!?"
"From the position… it looks like it bloomed from the Commander's office. Could it be the Commander's Complete Holy Form?"
"No way… it's way too big…"
Not just them.
Inside the Ice Palace, Jugram Haschwalth's face changed sharply, and he immediately rushed out.
"What's going on!?"
The moment he burst out the palace doors, he saw the sky-covering black wings.
His eyes unconsciously went blank for a beat.
"A Quincy's Complete Holy Form…"
He was the strongest in the Invisible Empire, so he was also the one who best understood the essence of Cole's power.
Those absurdly huge black wings—
They belonged to one person alone.
As Nödt swallowed with difficulty, his voice dry. "That guy… what the hell is he?"
In his field of vision, Cole hovered in midair, wearing a white robe. Behind him burst forth one thousand six hundred black wings.
And on those black wings, there were flowing sky-blue spiritual-power patterns.
A nearly berserk pressure crashed down from above.
It was like the whole world was suffocating because of it—just one glance made people feel fear, nearly despair.
Rather than calling it a Quincy…
It was more like some kind of god-devil.
Just then, Quilge Opie's expression changed drastically. He stared at his palm in alarm and said, "No—both of you, try it! Control the reishi in the world around us! Why can't I manipulate it anymore!?"
The Sternritter present froze, then turned pale as they tried.
After several attempts, As Nödt swallowed again and said with effort, "I can still control it, but it's thousands of times harder than before… like there's some kind of interference…"
As he spoke, he couldn't help looking up at the sky—at that vast, pitch-black pair of wings radiating a terrifying aura.
"His Complete Holy Form… can even interfere with the flow of reishi over this wide an area!?"
Jugram Haschwalth also tried, his face sinking. "It's definitely being interfered with. The reishi here has almost become his domain. We can only barely manipulate it…"
Saying that, his heart grew especially heavy.
A Quincy's power fundamentally came from the world's reishi. That was a Quincy's greatest innate advantage.
Yet Cole's Complete Holy Form could seize ownership of reishi across such an enormous range.
Meaning—under Cole's Complete Holy Form, other Quincies would be greatly weakened.
And that was for Sternritter like them.
If it were ordinary Sacred Soldiers, they probably wouldn't be able to draw even a trace of reishi at all. Their strength would drop to that of normal humans.
"He's practically the king of the Quincy race…" As Nödt said hoarsely.
If he'd once had confidence he could fight Cole, now he'd completely abandoned that thought.
With Cole able to seize reishi ownership across this scale, he'd become the Quincy race's king.
Ordinary Quincies…
Had no ability to oppose him.
As he thought that, As Nödt couldn't help glancing toward the black-robed man on the throne deep within the Ice Palace.
"Your Majesty…"
With such a powerful Quincy born…
Could the former Quincy King, Yhwach, really still keep the identity of "King of the Quincy"?
They weren't the only ones thinking it.
Bazz-B and Cang Du thought the same, and their hearts burned with excitement.
Their Commander was so strong—and so intelligent—how could he possibly be unable to resist His Majesty's Auswählen?
And setting Auswählen aside, speaking purely of power—
Their Commander might not be inferior to His Majesty at all.
The more they thought about it, the more excited they became, deciding to serve Cole properly.
Because in their eyes, working under Cole was tens of thousands of times better than working under Yhwach.
After all, under Yhwach, that king would kill them whenever he felt unhappy.
Under Cole… kidding—this Commander basically didn't manage them at all. You might not even see him once in a month.
It was freedom.
While the Invisible Empire fell into upheaval because of Cole's Quincy Complete Holy Form—
Cole had already withdrawn his Complete Holy Form, descended from the sky, returned to his room, and stared at his hands with a troubled look.
"As expected… it's still not successful enough."
Just now, he'd tried to fuse the essences of the several powers he possessed, creating an even higher-dimensional power essence.
But no matter what—
The powers simply couldn't fuse perfectly.
Because the gaps between the powers were too great, he could only barely manage the fusion of Quincy power, Death God power, and Hollow power.
Even that was only barely possible, because the three powers couldn't reach balance.
Not to mention the Fullbring power he'd just obtained.
That was yet another brand-new power.
For example—Orihime and Chad.
What they possessed was Fullbring power.
Fullbringers were mostly special humans who gained Hollow-type power because their mothers were attacked by Hollows before they were born; their abilities were of the same nature as Hollows.
Cole exhaled and said, "Looks like I still have to raise every power to the same level. Only in that state can I fuse them into one."
Yoruichi walked over, full of curiosity as she stroked his body, and said, "That state of yours… is honestly kind of terrifying. You clearly pulled all your power back in, but it still makes me feel afraid."
"Why? How did you do it?"
Cole couldn't help smiling. He reached out and ruffled her hair, then asked in return, "Do you remember? To break the seal inside the Soul King Palace and kill the Soul King—how many kinds of power must one person simultaneously possess?"
Yoruichi ignored the hand messing with her hair. She thought for a moment and answered seriously, "I remember… it should require human power, Death God power, Quincy power, and Hollow power…"
"Besides those, add one more," Cole continued with a smile. "Fullbring power."
He lifted his right hand, several power essences dancing in his palm, and said, "So why can these powers, once fused, break the seal and kill the Soul King?"
Yoruichi's pupils shrank as she thought of something shocking.
"No way…"
"That's exactly it!" Cole clapped his hands and laughed. "Based on my current guess, if these powers can be fused together, that's the power the Soul King can wield."
Just as he'd said before—
The Soul King was the source of all powers in this world. He created every supernatural ability.
So if someone gathered these abilities back together, and on a sufficiently powerful foundation fused them—
Wouldn't that let them reach the level of the Soul King?
Of course, this was extremely difficult.
Because it required raising every power essence to a level surpassing Yamamoto, or Yhwach.
Meaning:
In Death God power, surpass Yamamoto.
In Quincy power, surpass Yhwach.
In Hollow power, surpass Starrk.
In Fullbring, surpass Ginjo.
And in all of these, reach an ultimate equilibrium—then fuse them—only then would there be a chance to glimpse the Soul King's realm.
Yoruichi was dumbstruck.
She'd been worrying about the Invisible Empire, while Cole had already started advancing toward the Soul King.
As Yoruichi was still in shock, Cole noticed no one around and simply picked her up.
Yoruichi yelped, her face turning red instantly, legs kicking hard.
"Wait—what are you doing? Put me down! It's daytime! What if they come back!?"
Cole laughed loudly and carried Yoruichi toward the bedroom.
"Today's results are huge. I'm happy. Yoruichi-jou, nothing you say will work. Prepare yourself."
Inside the bedroom, Yoruichi was placed on the bed. She bit her lower lip, face flushed as she stared at the young man before her.
Then she shyly closed her eyes.
After quite a while, Rukia, Unohana, Soi fong, and Sode no Shirayuki all rushed back in a hurry.
They also wanted to know what power Cole had just displayed.
Why it was so terrifying.
Why it made them feel like they couldn't breathe.
But the moment they returned to the room, their faces turned red instantly. Following the sounds, they arrived at the doorway of a room filled with springtime warmth.
Their faces reddened even more, yet none of them left.
"..."
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, several more months went by.
The Invisible Empire underwent earth-shaking changes. The first and most obvious was the continuously expanding Military Police.
The Military Police used to occupy only one corner of the Invisible Empire.
But now, it had swallowed nearly two-thirds of the territory—and had gathered in massive numbers of strange soldiers.
Under the Sternritter's rule, there had once been over a hundred thousand Sacred Soldiers.
But now, nearly all of those Sacred Soldiers had been absorbed by the Military Police. Only around ten thousand remained under the Sternritter.
And the Military Police headquarters had become even more luxurious and dazzling than the Ice Palace.
On top of that, countless Sacred Soldiers had already abandoned the once-unseen, former Quincy King Yhwach—
And instead began to believe in the Military Police Commander, Cole.
At this moment, on the throne within the Military Police building, sat a black-haired youth. He looked toward the Ice Palace with interest, let out a soft chuckle, and said:
"So you finally reacted, Yhwach."
...…
(End of Chapter)
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