Chapter 163: Return to the Great Void Forest (Ch 163)

July pulled out a glowing thorn from her backpack.
His spiritual sense could sense that it contained a rich amount of virtual spirit particles.
Some of them look like the remains of voids, and they are very powerful voids.
Shifengyuan Yoruichi scratched her face with her index finger, recalling what happened in Hueco Mundo: “This is something I found deep in the Great Hollow Forest. I don’t know what it is…”
“We sometimes organize people to explore the Great Hollow Forest.”
“Once when I was on a mission, I encountered some accidents and got separated from my companions.”
“I lost my way while searching for my companions and mistakenly entered the depths of the Great Void Forest.”
“There I encountered something that was emitting a dazzling light.”
“As we got closer, we found that they were some glowing thorn bushes.”
“The thorn bushes were so big, like a small hill.”
“I don’t know why, but when I stood in front of the thorn bush, I had an inexplicable urge and desire. I wanted to pounce on the thorn bush like crazy.”
“When I was awakened by the ‘God-given Armor’… I found that my skin had been pierced by thorns.” Shifengyuan Yoruichi showed a look of fear on her face, “If I had walked a few more steps inside, I might have been pierced into a hedgehog by those thorns!”
“The Great Hollow Forest is really dangerous!” Zaraki Kana exclaimed, “Then these thorns…”
“Of course, it’s the ones that pierced my skin. I broke them off and brought them back.” said Yoruichi Shifeng.
“These glowing ‘thorns’ could be a kind of Hollow, or the remains of a Hollow.” July’s expression changed slightly, as he remembered the story of the future Arrancar Ulquiorra.
Ulquiorra achieved the Half-Arrancar state by passing through a glowing bush of thorns.
July knew of only three ways to break a Hollow’s surface: the Hogyoku, the spiritual pressure reaching a certain limit of the ‘Vastold’ level Great Hollow, and the glowing thorn bushes in the Great Hollow Forest.
If the glowing thorns that Yoruichi Shihouin brought back were really taken back from Ulquiorra’s Arrancar land, then these glowing thorns are also something worth exploring.
“Yeyi, can you still find that place?” Qiyue asked.
“No problem, that place is very strange. I also thought that I might come here again in the future, so I made a mark when I left!” Shihouin Yoruichi said affirmatively.
Qiyue nodded slightly. He planned to let Yeyi take him there to take a look. The glowing thorn bush might hide some secrets.
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A few days later, Nanazuki and Yoruichi Shihouin arrived at the Great Hollow Forest.
July wants to go and see the glowing thorn bush that Yoruichi discovered.
They have already gone deep into the Great Hollow Forest, and the cries of the Great Hollow can be heard everywhere.
“Ah——” Killian opened his mouth wide, and a red flash of light condensed in his mouth.
Zi——
A flash of lightning passed by, and the figure of Shifengyuan Yoruichi appeared behind Killian.
Lightning was wrapped around her body, and the spiritual pressure surging from her shoulders was entwined with the lightning, looking like a pair of lightning wings.
Killian’s movements came to an abrupt halt, and a crisp sound came from the mask.
Snap——
There was a neat cut on the mask, and the entire large mask was cut in half.
boom–
The flash in Killian’s mouth lost control and exploded directly in his mouth.
Shihouin Yoruichi’s figure turned into lightning again and shot towards the top of a rock tree.
Nanyue was standing on this tree, examining the results of Shihouin Yoruichi’s training.
The lightning dissipated, and the figure of Shifengyuan Yoruichi appeared in front of Nanayue.
“Teacher——” Shifengyuan Yoruichi said excitedly, “I’m awesome!”
Qiyue rubbed her head and said with a smile: “Very impressive, you are becoming more and more proficient in using “Instant Hoarseness”, and you have combined it with the power of your Zanpakutō, which makes your speed almost beyond a level. I’m afraid most of the vice-captains are no match for you.”
Shihouin Yoruichi now has a very good relationship with ‘Meow Cat’ and can already integrate the thunder power of her Zanpakutō into ‘Shun Hong’.
It is even stronger than the “Instant Boom” released by the lightning-type ghost technique, which greatly increases Shihouin Yoruichi’s strength.
Shifengyuan Yoruichi said with a grin, “Thanks to the teacher, otherwise I might not have reconciled with ‘Meowing Cat’.”
“You have grown a lot. The teacher is very pleased.” July nodded and continued to ask, “How far is this place from the glowing thorn bush?”
“Let me take a look. Before leaving that place, I marked the location with the tools of the Secret Mobile Team.” Shifengyuan Yoruichi took out a stick-like object, unscrewed the lid on the top, and some dyed spirit particles floated out of the stick-like object and floated to the right.
After a moment, the floating spirit particles changed from blue to dark red, and the dyed spirit particles in front had reached the marked area.
Shifengyuan Yoruichi glanced at the stick-like object in his hand. There was a scale on it, which showed how many spirit particles were emitted. He could estimate the distance based on this information.
“It’s very close, still about 3,600 meters away.” said Shifengyuan Yoruichi.
“Then let’s continue on our journey.” July said.
The two followed the direction in which the dyed spirit particles floated, and quickly traveled, and soon arrived at the destination guided by the dyed spirit particles.
On an ordinary rock tree, there was something that looked like a nail stuck in it. When the dyed spirit particles came into contact with this marking tool, they turned dark red.
July didn’t pay attention to this thing, his attention had been attracted by the light not far away.
In front of the two people, there was a translucent object emitting dazzling light.
July discovered that the spirit particles in this area were abnormally active, causing great interference to spiritual perception.
But as a captain-level strongman, July still sensed the spiritual pressure fluctuations from the glowing translucent object, and that the spiritual pressure fluctuations were coming from deep underground.
July’s eyes narrowed. This thing should be alive!
It’s just that due to the interference of the environment, it is impossible to confirm the strength level of the creature.
“Teacher, the glowing thorns were broken off from this thing. They are very hard. I used all my strength to break the thorns that pierced my body.” said Yoruichi Shifeng.
“Be careful, this thing should be alive, maybe it’s a big virtual.” July reminded.
The two slowly approached the light source.
As you get closer, the glowing object becomes clearly visible.
Densely packed thorn spikes, emitting dazzling light, form a thorn jungle.
Standing in front of the thorny jungle, July felt a strong urge in his heart – wanting to pounce on these thorny spikes.
“This thing is affecting my mind!” July’s spiritual pressure surged in his body and he suddenly woke up.
July turned her head and saw that Shifengyuan Yoruichi’s golden eyes had lost focus. Her mind had been controlled and she slowly approached the sharp thorns.
Nanatsuki stretched out her hand, pressed it on Shihouin Yoruichi’s back, and injected spiritual pressure into her body.