Li Yu once again performed three Saint versions of Bankai in Yomotsu Hirasaka, successfully gaining 3.2 million Soul Power.
Combined with the Soul Power he previously obtained in the Bleach World, his attribute panel now looked like this:
[Name: Li Yu (World Hunter 003)]
[Strength: 11.53 million]
[Agility: 11.48 million]
[Spirit: 11.29 million]
[Constitution: 12.2 million]
[Divinity: 30]
[Soul Power: 4.2 million]
[Cosmo: Peak Seventh Sense Cosmo]
[Mysteries: Diamond Dust, Aurora Execution]
[Reincarnation Talents: World Shuttle Ability, Plunder Ability, Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Soul Purification Power]
Item Space:
[Credit Points: 3.96 million]
[essence crystal: 1]
[Divine Artifact: Gold Sagittarius Cloth]
[Epic Item: netherworld ring]
[Recovery Items: Life Potions x110, Time Hourglasses x2]
Li Yu felt the surging energy within him, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.
The golden light around him grew even more intense, dyeing even the gray sky of Yomotsu Hirasaka golden.
The low-level specters that had been lingering there shrieked in terror and scattered before he even got close.
This pressure, originating from the depths of his soul, left them without the courage to even look directly at Li Yu.
The specters' fleeing behavior significantly increased the difficulty for Li Yu to acquire Soul Power.
Seeing that the kill efficiency and the time spent were severely disproportionate, Li Yu snorted and let go of the scattered specters.
He gently waved the ice crystal longsword in his hand, tearing open a rift in space, then stepped through, returning to the Cancer Palace.
The Cancer Palace was now empty.
The Cancer Gold Cloth lay scattered on the ground, a large hole ripped through the palace ceiling, and Deathmask and Shiryu were nowhere to be seen.
Li Yu looked up and saw a blazing comet flying towards outer space, with the faint figures of Shiryu and Deathmask within its light...
Li Yu did not intervene to help Shiryu, because a ball of golden light was rapidly approaching the two from the direction of Five Old Peaks.
Presumably, Dohko couldn't bear to see his beloved disciple die tragically and directly sent the Libra Cloth to assist.
In the Taurus Palace, Seiya's Cosmo was expanding to an extreme degree, its momentum even surpassing Aldebaran's Cosmo.
Hyoga's ice-blue Cosmo and Aiolia's golden lightning clashed violently, the roar of ice and electricity echoing continuously.
In the Virgo Palace, Ikki's Cosmo and Shaka's unfathomable Cosmo were tightly intertwined.
Shun had already entered the Libra Palace!
Li Yu nodded slightly.
Indeed, with Athena's blessing, the Bronze Five would never fall.
Instead, one Gold Saint was already on the verge of death!
Just as he thought this, Li Yu saw Deathmask ablaze in the sky, heading straight for the sun.
Shiryu, protected by the Libra Cloth, plummeted towards Libra like a meteor!
Li Yu updated the data: 'Hmm, one Gold Saint is already dead!'
He no longer lingered and quickly rushed to the Scorpio Palace.
The suddenly appearing Ophiuchus Saint was not like this generation of Gold Saints, who more or less understood what was happening with the Bronze Five challenging the Twelve Gold Palaces and wouldn't kill them.
The resurrection of the undead was the authority of Hades.
Li Yu didn't even need to think; the mastermind behind the Ophiuchus Palace's reappearance must undoubtedly be Pandora.
By fate, the weakest of the Bronze Five, Shun, was at the forefront of the challenge.
If Shun were to enter the Ophiuchus Palace first, it would definitely be a dead end.
Thinking of this, Li Yu quickened his pace.
If it weren't for Sanctuary prohibiting all teleportation and flight abilities, he would have already arrived directly at the Ophiuchus Palace.
As soon as he entered the Leo Palace, Li Yu saw his beloved disciple, Hyoga, being sent flying high by Aiolia.
Hyoga spat out blood, landed headfirst, and fell with a thud in front of Li Yu.
Aiolia retracted his fist and said coldly, "Too weak.
You haven't even learned a thousandth of what your master knows."
"..."
Hyoga clenched his fists unwillingly.
"These Gold Saints, are they all crazy?
Why are they comparing me, a Bronze Saint, to the strongest Gold Saint of this era?"
As he climbed up from the ground, he saw an incredibly familiar figure: his master, Li Yu.
Li Yu wasn't wearing his Cloth, his black hair flying in the wind.
"Is Master here to help me because he saw me getting beaten?"
A warm current surged through Hyoga's heart.
Although his master was very strict with him on weekdays, he still cared about him at critical moments.
Hyoga stammered, "Ma-Master..."
"No need to help me, I can do it..."
Li Yu nodded slightly.
"Good, you can do it."
He showed no intention of stopping and walked into the depths of the Leo Palace.
Aiolia was also quite puzzled.
He stopped his attack and looked at Li Yu, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
Although Aiolia didn't speak, his meaning was very clear: "What's going on with you?
Should I fight your disciple or let him go?"
After the Grand Pope's Chamber incident with Aiolia, Aiolia now only trusted Li Yu.
If it weren't for Li Yu's disciple, Hyoga, challenging the palace, he would have long since blasted him to smithereens with Lightning Plasma.
Li Yu's expression was cold.
"You two continue.
Fight as you normally would.
I'm just passing through."
With that, Li Yu strode away, disappearing from their sight.
Hyoga's mouth opened, his body trembling slightly.
The solemn atmosphere of the Leo Palace instantly vanished without a trace.
Aiolia and Hyoga looked at each other, suddenly unsure how to face their opponent at this moment!
...The dome of the Virgo Palace was adorned with golden specks like stars.
Twelve Buddha statues stood along the walls, their palms holding never-extinguishing glazed lamps, their flames burning quietly in the windless hall, reflecting a warm golden light on the lotus platform within.
Shaka sat cross-legged in mid-air, his golden hair cascading like a waterfall over his shoulders, his eyes gently closed, a red cinnabar dot on his forehead faintly visible amidst the Buddha's light.
He gently waved his hand, recalling a string of blood-stained prayer beads from the void.
The man who called himself Ikki had, after all, been defeated by his Six Paths of Reincarnation and had not returned.
Shaka looked towards the void, where a colossal Buddha, reaching to the heavens and earth, was smiling serenely, looking down at him.
"World-Honored One, what joy is there in life, what suffering in death?
How can I transcend this endless sea of samsara?"
The Buddha pinched his fingers, smiling but remaining silent.
Shaka sighed and re-entered his meditative state.
Beneath him, a golden lotus quietly bloomed!
Suddenly, a blazing inferno ignited in the Virgo Palace!
The Phoenix bronze cloth was still stained with dust from the dimensional space, and Ikki's figure was reborn in the flames.
He raised his head, his eyes filled with indomitable fighting spirit, blood staining the corner of his mouth, yet carrying a resolute power.
"Shaka! Get out of the way! I'm going to save Saori!"
Ikki's voice carried a hint of hoarseness.
In the previous Six Paths of Reincarnation, he had been burned by raging fires in the Hell Realm, suffered hunger and thirst in the Hungry Ghost Realm, been torn by wild beasts in the Animal Realm, endured endless slaughter in the Asura Realm, experienced separation and death in the Human Realm, and witnessed eternal solitude in the Heavenly Realm.
He never wanted to experience that pain a second time.
But for Saori, for his comrades, he did not flinch in the slightest.
Ikki clenched his fists, the feathers of his Phoenix Cloth shimmering with dark red light in the flames.
His Cosmo surged wildly within him, even the glazed floor tiles beneath his feet were almost melting from the scorching heat!
"Ikki, if you want to pass here, then kill me first."
Shaka was expressionless, his eyes still closed.
He had already seen his future; dying now and dying in the future made little difference!
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