Zanpakutō and Noble Phantasm Enhancement (Second Update, 3K)

Powerful Demonic Qi transformed into violet-black flames, wrapping around the gleaming demonic blade and making its sharpness even more pronounced.

"Oh? You recognized who I am, yet instead of running, you want to fight me?"

Bai Cangshu licked the corner of his lips. He was currently affected by a weakened status, but this powerful Swordplay System reincarnator still made his fighting spirit surge.

Clap, clap, clap.

He clapped his hands as though applauding, but the sound grew louder and louder.

Phantom Dragon also realized something. As he watched Mercenary Tao clap his hands together, the air began gathering like a raging gale.

The next instant, accompanied by an explosive clap, Blazing White airwaves erupted with a boom.

Phantom Dragon raised his demonic blade, stopped gathering black flames, and slashed fiercely.

Screech!

The black sword light was no longer sharp. Instead, it swept forth like a black flood dragon, instantly tearing apart the layer of airwaves—but no one stood before him anymore.

Phantom Dragon had keen combat instincts. He immediately halted his sword momentum, twisted his body, and slashed behind him.

Mercenary Tao, emerging from the wind, had indeed appeared less than two meters behind him. He threw a punch, and the air became like viscous liquid, collapsing completely as a huge bulge pressed toward Phantom Dragon.

The third eye on Phantom Dragon’s forehead opened, and his arms thickened by a full circle. His right hand pressed against the back of the hilt and pulled backward.

His returning slash happened to retract several dozen centimeters, its blade cutting toward the hand Mercenary Tao had reached out to grab his arm. Although the other man’s palm was covered in Armament Haki…

Evil King Flame Kill Sword!

Powerful Demonic Power turned into jet-black fire. This flame was extremely destructive and continued to burn; even if Mercenary Tao’s Armament Haki could resist it, it would steadily consume his Armament Haki.

Clang!

Bai Cangshu grabbed with his right hand, but the sword had already been withdrawn before it could strike his palm. Only flames and sword energy struck his hand.

Sizzle!

Amid the swirling flames, Phantom Dragon achieved his goal and drifted backward in an elusive retreat.

Naturally, Bai Cangshu would not let him escape. Ignoring the jet-black flames, he stepped forward, and Flame Dragon Scales appeared across his body.

Whoosh!

Radiant Flame ignited across Phantom Dragon’s body. His movements stalled for an instant before his Demonic Power extinguished the Radiant Flame. Yet in that instant, a figure had already smashed through the air and appeared domineeringly before him.

Bai Cangshu clenched his right hand into a fist as lightning flashed.

Dark Thunder Fist!

Boom!

The air detonated with an explosive roar. Before the fist momentum even touched his body, the electric current had already coursed through his entire body.

Phantom Dragon’s body went numb, and he could only watch as Mercenary Tao’s unavoidable punch came at him.

Damn it, this Mercenary Tao…

Phantom Dragon cursed inwardly, but he did not despair. He was not facing the enemy alone, and he trusted his companion completely.

The next moment, as expected, a sword thrust diagonally from beneath his armpit. The immense sword pressure only erupted when the blade was still some distance from his body.

Pfft!

A blue-white sword gleam passed through Bai Cangshu’s body, vanishing into the outer wall of a shop behind him with a pfft.

Then, accompanied by a thunderous boom, the shop behind them exploded.

Phantom Dragon and Chizha frowned at the same time. Mercenary Tao was not merely fast—he also possessed a special ability that seemed to render his body intangible. Because it activated so quickly, it looked as though attacks simply passed through him.

Bai Cangshu turned his head one hundred and eighty degrees, looking at the exploding shop behind him before shifting his gaze to the sword.

He was certain that the previous strike had not been a Flying Slash from the One Piece World, nor had it been Demonic Power. That strike… had been Spiritual Pressure!

A chilling divine light bloomed in Bai Cangshu’s eyes. Like an Evil Child who had suddenly found his favorite toy, he could no longer see anything else.

"Ha… Spiritual Pressure… Is this body a Gigai?"

The long black hair behind Bai Cangshu’s head suddenly fluttered without wind. Only now had he truly entered serious mode.

Phantom Dragon and Chizha exchanged glances, both somewhat alarmed. They were a moderately famous duo in the East District, both possessing combat power in the upper-middle range of the Strong-tier. Their coordination was excellent, and they had gone through several team battle missions, surviving almost every one with ease.

But this Mercenary Tao was indeed unlike any enemy they had encountered before. There was a strange sense of oppression about him.

Phantom Dragon vanished again, instantly using Six Powers: Soru. He raised his long sword as the Black Dragon Flame Kill Sword began gathering once more.

But the next moment, Bai Cangshu stared intently at the man in white robes and pointed behind him without even turning his head.

Buzz!

A golden Ki Blast suddenly shot forth. Phantom Dragon only had time to twist in midair before the Dodon Ray pierced his shoulder, sending him crashing awkwardly to the ground.

Bai Cangshu did not stop walking as he headed toward the man in white robes. The man was not particularly muscular, and the long sword in his hand was less than a meter long. Among reincarnators who wielded all manner of grand weapons, it was an exceptionally ordinary length and design.

Yet Bai Cangshu sensed a highly unusual fluctuation from that sword, as though another consciousness was hidden within it.

A Zanpakutō…

An enhancement unique to the Bleach World. Within the Infinite Dimensional Space, they were far rarer than Haki, Six Powers, Chakra, ninjutsu, and the like. It was not that reincarnators disliked them, but because… they were scarce.

The Bleach World appeared very rarely among Derivative Worlds. In terms of frequency, it only appeared slightly more often than worlds like Dragon Ball.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, Bai Cangshu had never seen an item in the Slum Area capable of transporting someone directly into the Bleach World.

Items such as Zanpakutō also appeared in the Slum Area pitifully few times.

Furthermore, quite a number of those possessing such enhancements had been recruited by the Throne of Illusion and Reality.

Buzz!

Buzz!

With only two swings, that Zanpakutō unleashed two Flying Slashes no weaker than those of a swordmaster. Judging only by the exertion involved, it was far easier than for a swordmaster.

Bai Cangshu merely shifted his body slightly and dodged both slashes. Chizha’s expression remained calm, but the instant he swung his blade, Bai Cangshu had already stepped in front of him.

Whoosh.

Shunpo!

He appeared behind Bai Cangshu at extreme speed, and his sword strike was even more astonishingly fast.

Clang! Pfft!

The two sounds rang out almost simultaneously. Bai Cangshu froze, then touched the back of his neck. There was indeed a trace of blood there.

It was as though everything before his eyes had slowed down. He clearly saw the scene of the other man passing by his side with Shunpo, his two swords slashing before and behind him near his collarbone.

However, Bai Cangshu’s reaction speed was equally terrifying. He raised his left hand and blocked the sword before him.

"Is this the so-called Senka?"

Chizha frowned. This body of his was not a Gigai at all. He had long paid a price to the Goddess to make his flesh incomparably transparent, so it would not hinder the release of his Spiritual Pressure. Thus, techniques like Senka could be unleashed without obstruction.

Yet Mercenary Tao had still completely blocked the strike. Not only had he blocked the sword in front, but the sword behind him had not struck a vital point either.

He used Shunpo again, retreating several dozen meters with a grave expression.

"Phantom Dragon, go kill Illya."

Phantom Dragon glanced at Chizha and understood that he had already resolved to release his Zanpakutō. Against this Mercenary Tao, there seemed to be no other option.

Intense Spiritual Pressure radiated from the white-robed man, and his eyes instantly turned silver-white.

Bai Cangshu stood where he was and did not intend to use Instant Kill against him. He merely watched as blue-white Spiritual Pressure continuously gushed from the other man’s body and poured into the seemingly ordinary Zanpakutō.

The next instant, the consciousness within that blade changed.

"Resound through the three realms, Heaven’s Cry, Earth’s Rupture!"

The powerful Spiritual Pressure rapidly liquefied in the air, producing cold white mist. When the mist dispersed, the man’s Spiritual Pressure had increased severalfold.

The plain Zanpakutō in his hand had changed completely as well, now resembling a ring-pommel saber. Three lightning-shaped golden rings hung at the blade guard, and as they clashed, translucent soundwaves spread outward.

Before Bai Cangshu could react, Chizha raised Heaven’s Cry, Earth’s Rupture and gripped it with both hands, slashing toward the street ahead.

Boom!

A sonic boom like roaring thunder exploded in an instant, and Shockwaves spread in every direction.

Bai Cangshu felt the powerful impact continuously shake his body.

Boom!

Chizha slashed out a second time.

Buzz!

Bai Cangshu felt the world before him distort in an instant. The next moment, blood began flowing from his nostrils.

This is… Infrasound?

Chizha stepped forward, raised the Zanpakutō high with both hands, and brought down the third slash fiercely.

Crack~

Something seemed to shatter in the air. The next moment, countless fragments of soundwaves turned into streams of light and shot in all directions.

At that moment, Bai Cangshu closed and reopened his eyes, his muscles twitching once as though spasming.

Everything around him moved in slow motion in his eyes.

The white-robed reincarnator who had used his Zanpakutō to unleash a powerful Killing Move, the night-clad reincarnator who looked reluctant but still slashed at Illya, and the silver-haired girl with ruby-red eyes, staring unblinkingly in his direction.

Instant Kill, activate!

Weng~ Boom!

A dull sonic boom suddenly erupted. Streams of soundwave light shot through the air, but Bai Cangshu moved like a ghost, his speed surpassing the speed of sound. The instant the sonic barrier cloud burst apart, he passed through the streams of soundwave light.

As if using Teleportation, he appeared behind the reincarnator holding the black-flame long sword. As he watched the man’s pupils tremble and his own figure slowly form in those eyes, Bai Cangshu raised his right hand and plunged it into the man’s chest in an instant.

Pfft!

Blood sprayed.

Phantom Dragon shuddered from head to toe as his strength instantly began draining away.

The black flames on his long sword continued to flow, his eyes filled with shock and unwillingness.

Lowering his head, he saw only an arm slowly withdrawing from his chest.

Damn it, I still haven’t used that move…

Bang!

Bai Cangshu shook his right arm, sending chunks of flesh flying. The bodies of Swordplay System reincarnators were generally not strong enough. Though this Man in Black had enhanced himself with some kind of monster bloodline, his body was still frail before Bai Cangshu.

Blood splashed across Illya’s face. The innocent-looking girl instinctively blinked, but there was no fear or disgust in her expression.

She looked like a pure and kind girl, and perhaps she truly was pure and kind. Yet beneath that exquisite shell, she likewise possessed no reverence whatsoever for life.

Illya watched Assassin rip an enemy’s heart out with his bare hand, and she suddenly smiled.

"Could an Assassin like this help me kill someone…?"

Countless Command Spells seemed to light up beneath her clothes, and Bai Cangshu began to sense a strange power.

Special Plot Character: Illya is attempting to make you her Servant. Do you accept?

Accept

You have received a supply of magical energy. Your weakened status has been removed.

You have received the support of immense magical energy. Class: Assassin has gained additional enhancement, and you may receive a Noble Phantasm enhancement.

Please select one of your abilities or items to receive a Noble Phantasm enhancement. The selected option will gain a powerful boost in this world.