"Even with the world-tearing cracks and inherent replacement effects, retrieving these fragments is still quite exhausting..."
Gazing at the Void Night Palace slowly being raised, Tao Yu flexed his shoulders.
Then he lifted the hilt of his Soul Cutting Sword; countless illusory tendrils returned from the boundary of the Soul Reaper World in a mirrored fashion, merging once again into the ordinary Shallow Strike blade, which he then sheathed.
Currently, he had grasped the Initial Release of his Soul Cutting Sword; although not completely developed, the preliminary sense indicated it awarded him a straightforward ’world confrontation’ ability.
Not only involving barriers and formations, but he already possessed direct intervention abilities concerning World Fragments!
Combined with the energies from the Soul Reaper World he had originally analyzed, and leveraging the existence of the Pillars of Transference, he forcibly completed a grafting process within some significant fragments of the not-so-weak Soul Reaper World.
"If it’s fragments like the most ordinary Zombie World ones, perhaps I possess the ability to directly destroy them..."
Tao Yu estimated internally.
In essence, this ’world confrontation’ ability is more akin to interference and invasion, quite similar, in a sense, to the erosion of the Abyss.
The difference lies in the Abyss being akin to ocean sand-drip assimilation, lacking any targeting approach, while he could concentrate a certain degree of power, akin to a water gun shooting at sand...
Quickly shaking his head, discarding these thoughts, Tao Yu also sensed the abundance of spiritual particles in the air.
To say it’s more than the Current World, even more than the Soul Society, the spiritual density here at the Void Night Palace is excessive, though mixed with some Abyss Aura...
"Huh? Where is Lan Ran?"
Tao Yu stood in the sky, scanning the Void Night Palace below.
He could see dozens of broken faces all swarming out at this moment.
Besides, there was a large batch of Gillians breaking through the quicksand from the Great Void Forest beneath the desert to climb onto the surface.
The spiritual particle concentration was already higher in the Hollow Realm, and with the Abyss’s fortifying touch, the fragments caught amidst the ocean became thoroughly gloomy and ghastly.
One after another, strong yet ominous auras surged into the sky, and indeed the chaotic nature fit the Abyss’s vibe!
But even so, amongst these numerous powerful auras, Tao Yu failed to capture any sign of Lan Ran’s presence!
This shouldn’t be the case, especially given Tao Yu’s brief encounter with the Bengyu.
He quickly began shifting his finger joints continuously.
Indeed, even with the encirclement of the Void Night Palace and its inherently chaotic Hollow Realm information, everything was slowly being sorted out.
The entire fragment caught here lacked any Bengyu!
"Damn Lan Ran, where has he hidden himself!"
Originally thinking this confrontation would solve the problem, Tao Yu couldn’t fathom Lan Ran actually fled!
"But that fellow truly operates with caution, tch~, appeared too early, couldn’t finish him off in one swift move..."
Tao Yu, a bit frustrated, rubbed his forehead.
Lan Ran hid within the Guardian Court Thirteen Divisions for so long, only revealing himself when acquiring the Bengyu.
His individual strength wasn’t mediocre, yet he showed no interest in clashing directly with Yamamoto.
Until Yamamoto fell, only obtaining Bengyu brought him that slight sense of overconfidence, leading to his downfall.
And now, although Lan Ran had preemptively merged with Bengyu, encountering Tao Yu kept him from witnessing its power, and after that failed heart-extraction by Hei Jue, he grew careful once again.
"Foreseeing my targeting him is natural; I did show my hankering for Bengyu."
If Lan Ran abandoned the Hollow Realm, opting to flee, he might even choose to temporarily leave the Soul Reaper World to strategize!
"In that case, I can only contemplate visiting His Highness the Spirit King, and who knows what status Yohaba has now. I recall the Invisible Empire dwelled in Soul Cleansing Court’s shadow; hadn’t sensed it earlier, they hid well..."
Thinking of this, Tao Yu frowned slightly, considering the resistance Bengyu showed him earlier, the Spirit King, this peaceful gentleman, might not bear much goodwill towards him.
Having organized the Guardian Court Thirteen Divisions, unexpected complications could arise now.
Though possessing the Soul Cutting Sword upon arriving in this world certainly benefited him, given the treasure trove of the Spirit King, there was no justification for letting it slip...
"The enhanced Divine Transformation Body merits research; even the Great Monk might struggle to activate my Soul Cutting Sword’s Unsealing..."
Urahara Kisuke possessed a Divine Transformation Body capable of figurative manifestation of a Soul Cutting Sword, mastering Unsealing promptly.
Tao Yu tried, yet impaled the Divine Transformation Body, turning it into Black Mud.
Thus, considering the Great Monk likely incapable of resolving this matter.
By comparison, collaborating with Urahara Kisuke might provide the chance to craft a Divine Transformation Body bearing his Soul Cutting Sword, proving more feasible.
Now, an alluring veiled beauty, in provocative attire, rushed toward the sky.
Standing lightly in the sky through Spiritual pressure, glaring coldly at Tao Yu.
Her chest bound only slightly, exposing a perfect half-circle curve near the cleavage, showcasing the NO.3 mark.
After a glance, Tao Yu said somewhat disinterestedly,
"Enough, since Lan Ran is gone, let’s first collect some interests from him, won’t hurt knowing what these Big Voids might drop..."