Chapter 202 : Ichibei's shock, Squad Zero's obstruction
A man in golden armor slowly walked towards the Soul King Palace, ascending a pristine white staircase that appeared out of thin air!
The sound of the Gold Cloth's soles striking the ice crystal steps echoed throughout the Seireitei.
"Who dares to be so audacious!"
"Are the steps beneath his feet made of ice power? But such distance and strength are simply unbelievable!"
There were many experts among the Gods of Death.
However, to wield ice power to such an extent, to create tens of thousands of meters of steps out of thin air, and to support a person's weight—this level of power and control was beyond the capabilities of ordinary people.
Even Toshiro Hitsugaya, who possessed the strongest ice-type zanpakutō, Hyōrinmaru, could never achieve this.
The Captains, Vice-Captains, and members of the various squads who had not gone to Karakura Town to capture Aizen all appeared on the roofs of the Gotei 13 barracks.
Their eyes were fixed on Li Yu, who was slowly walking in the high sky. Their spiritual pressure quietly rose, but they dared not act rashly.
The display of power by Li Yu filled them with dread from the bottom of their hearts.
However, there were also many hotheads eager to try their luck!
Unohana Retsu stopped the restless squad members and shouted sharply.
"Don't move! Consult the Captain Commander!"
Far away in Karakura Town, Captain Commander Yamamoto-Genryūsai Shigekuni's communicator suddenly blared a sharp alarm, and frantic reports from Gotei 13 members came through.
"Captain Commander! A powerful enemy has invaded the Soul Society and is about to enter the mysterious structure appearing above the Seireitei! Please instruct us on how to respond!"
Yamamoto's face instantly turned ashen, his wrinkled face creased tightly, and the hand holding Ryūjin Jakka trembled slightly.
He recalled the scene on the Karakura Town battlefield where Li Yu casually suppressed Aizen, and he remembered the legends in ancient texts about the Divine King establishing the Three Worlds and creating the sun and moon. In the end, he could only let out a heavy sigh.
"Let him be. That is not an enemy you can stop!"
Unohana Retsu's pupils constricted slightly. The Captain Commander's words made her quite surprised.
The Captain Commander, who had always dared to break through all obstacles with his zanpakutō, would actually choose to ignore all of this?
Just who exactly was this man?
... In the Soul King Palace, within the Squad Zero Detached Palace.
The violent tremors and the mournful wails of breaking seals instantly alarmed all Squad Zero members.
Tenjirō Kirinji was sitting by a medicinal pond, concocting the Kinpika solution.
The moment the tremors struck, he suddenly stood up, almost dropping the porcelain bottle in his hand.
The leisure on his face completely vanished, replaced by alarm and solemnity.
"Who... such barbaric and rude power! To disregard all rules of the Soul King Palace and force an entry!"
Senjumaru Shutara was currently in a workshop filled with threads.
Her eyes were sharp as knives, and her voice carried a metallic coldness.
"A powerful enemy has invaded the Soul King Palace! Immediately activate the highest defense and protect My Lord Soul King!"
Kirio Hikifune stood in the courtyard, her plump face devoid of its usual gentleness, and a powerful spiritual pressure emanated from her body.
"This aura is neither Hollow nor God of Death; it is an unseen power, so strong it is unsettling!"
Ichibei Hyosube and Ōetsu Nimaiya, who had previously met Li Yu, did not immediately appear.
Their figures were hidden in the shadows deep within the main hall, their faces grim.
Ōetsu's fingers unconsciously caressed the hilt of the zanpakutō at his waist, his eyes filled with apprehension.
In the spiritual particle mirror before them, the collapse of the Soul King Palace's outer seals was clearly reflected.
And that golden figure, forcing his way into the Soul King Palace as if entering an uninhabited realm.
He sensed that familiar yet strange powerful aura.
The oppressive power that transcended all rules, present when the Soul King first created the Three Worlds thousands of years ago, had now reappeared.
Ichibei slowly uttered the almost forgotten title, his voice heavy and filled with an indescribable complexity of emotions.
"I knew this day would come. My Lord Divine King has finally returned!"
Ōetsu's eyes darted nervously.
"If the Divine King knows about us..."
Ichibei shouted sternly.
"Silence! At this moment, we can only pray that the Divine King still remembers our past relationship."
...Li Yu's figure, like a falling leaf, gently appeared in the Soul King Palace's core plaza.
He could have easily reached the Soul King Palace, but he created such a grand spectacle to inform everyone in the Bleach World that this time, he would definitely save Ado, even if it meant causing a great flood!
If anyone wanted to stop him, they should step forward and speak with their strength.
He ignored the exquisite and magnificent halls and fountains of the Soul King Palace, walking directly towards the massive spiritual particle crystal located deep within the palace, which emanated a cold light.
Within the crystal, a blurry and incomplete figure quietly floated... The person in the crystal was his target for coming to the Bleach World: the Soul King, Ado!
In Li Yu's perception, he could clearly sense that Ado's spiritual pressure was so weak it was almost extinguished. Sealed in the crystal for thousands of years, he was already at his last gasp.
"Ado..."
Li Yu's voice was low, with a hint of an almost imperceptible tremor.
He slowly stepped forward, walking towards the spiritual particle crystal that sealed Ado.
"Stop! Take another step, and you will be killed without mercy!"
Three figures appeared between Li Yu and the crystal, blocking his path.
They were the other three members of Squad Zero: Tenjirō Kirinji, Senjumaru Shutara, and Kirio Hikifune.
"How dare you act so presumptuously in the forbidden grounds of the Soul King Palace! To attempt to desecrate My Lord Soul King is a crime punishable by death!"
Tenjirō Kirinji shouted, fiercely swinging his Kinpika. The scorching spiritual pressure hot spring, like a giant wave of lava, swept towards Li Yu, attempting to push him out of the Soul King Palace's range.
Senjumaru Shutara's mechanical arms danced, and countless celestial silkworm threads, imbued with powerful binding and spirit-shattering force, instantly wove into a vast net that covered the sky, engulfing Li Yu.
"Divine Sash Thousandfold Bind!"
Kirio Hikifune, with outstretched arms, transformed her vast and pure spiritual pressure into countless golden spiritual power orbs, which fell like stars, crashing towards Li Yu with purifying and annihilating power.
"Feast of Paradise Starfall!"
The three Squad Zero members, representing the top combatants of the Soul Society apart from Ichibei Hyosube, simultaneously launched their strongest attacks to protect the Soul King's body.
The torrent of spiritual pressure was enough to instantly annihilate Captain-level Gods of Death.
Facing this combined attack, powerful enough to destroy the Seireitei, Li Yu's eyes showed no ripple.
He didn't even shift his gaze from the figure in the crystal, merely uttering a single word indifferently.
"Seal."
Buzz!
Time and space were forcefully frozen at this moment!
The surging spiritual pressure hot spring giant wave instantly solidified into an ice sculpture, suspended in mid-air.
The sky-covering celestial silkworm net, as if paused, rigidly froze in its spreading posture.
The countless falling golden spiritual power orbs, like stars embedded in transparent amber, shone with stagnant light.
Kirinji, Senjumaru, and Hikifune maintained their attacking postures, their expressions of shock and resolve instantly frozen, their eyes filled only with boundless horror.
Their spiritual pressure, thoughts, and even life activities were completely frozen by an irresistible force!
They became three lifelike yet immobile statues in the plaza.
The entire core area of the Soul King Palace fell into absolute silence.
Only the faint glow emanating from Li Yu's aquarius god cloth remained...
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