Dong Shilang heard this and looked at Duke who was trapped in the iceberg, frowning and thinking hard. He was extremely confident in the ability of Hyorinmaru. Any enemy sealed by the Ice Flower Burial would have no chance of escaping, but the captain rejected his declaration of victory.
The strongest god of death in a thousand years! The captain of the Gotei 13! Toushirou did not dare and had no right to question the other party's judgment. In addition, he had suffered a lot from Duke several times in a row, so he immediately released his ultimate move again.
"Thousand-year ice prison!"
The water vapor in the air condensed into tiny ice particles, which gathered into towering icicles. Dozens of icicles slowly gathered together, piled up around the iceberg, and froze into a thick icicle that isolated all life. The dark blue icicles were so dense that light could not penetrate them. Only a vague human figure could be seen in the center.
"Is this the end?" Toushirou panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Hyorinmaru is a powerful Zanpakuto that ranks alongside Ryujin Jakka. Every time it is used, it consumes a lot of spiritual pressure. He has only mastered Bankai for a short time, and the continuous use of big moves has reduced his spiritual pressure a lot. He has not quit Bankai, so he can only rely on perseverance to support himself.
According to the age classification of Soul Society, Toshiro is at most a teenager. He can perform beyond his normal level because, on the one hand, he is indeed a genius, but on the other hand, he is holding a grudge in his heart and wants to prove himself.
However, the development of things has its objective laws and will not change due to personal will. When something is far beyond the ability and control of the parties involved, there is no other way but to be helpless.
"It's unique!" Unohana Retsu admired Duke's approach.
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"I... I won't... give up!" Dong Shilang said with difficulty. The massive blood loss made his vision blurred and everything in front of him became double.
"Matsumoto... I'm about to die... Shouldn't I be a little sentimental at this time?" Dong Shilang's breath was wandering, and he was obsessed with death and couldn't extricate himself.
"How could this be possible?" Dong Shilang's pupils suddenly shrank, and he stood there motionless like a wooden man as if struck by lightning.
"Matsumoto... I might have to break my promise..."
"Die!" Rangiku punched Toushirou on the head, completely waking him up.
"Okay, let's talk later. Just admit defeat, you have no chance of winning." Duke moved his wrist slightly, and the sharp blade left a bloody mark on Dong Shilang's neck.
"With your talent and Zanpakuto abilities, you will be able to pass the captain's assessment in less than ten years. Why do you have to fight to the death this time? Just admit defeat. Isn't it better to be alive?"
"How long are you going to sleep? You failed the captain's assessment! You idiot, when will my career as temporary captain end? I have so much official business to do every day, I want to die! You disappoint me so much, get up quickly and apologize to me!" Rangiku grabbed Toushirou's collar and shook him hard.
"This is not a difficult choice. If you fail the captain's assessment, you can start over. After all, you are still young! And you only have one life..." Duke taught and reminded Dong Shilang again and again, but was quickly denied by the other party.
"Ahem!" The captain pretended to cough twice, and after a long pause he said, "This is the most... most... special captain assessment I have ever seen. What do you three think?"
"Although the battle between Shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure, you are very unlucky. If it were someone else, even the captain, they would suffer under your ice. What a pity..." Duke shook his head with pity: "My physique is a bit special. You may not believe it, but I am not born to be afraid of the cold! Hyorinmaru is a powerful Zanpakutō, but unfortunately, it is ineffective against me!"
After waking up, Dong Shilang touched his uninjured chest and back and jumped up in surprise: "How could this be? I'm clearly dead!"
"Wow——" Dong Shilang spit out large mouthfuls of blood, holding the Hyorinmaru in one hand, using ice to stabilize himself from falling. Clang! The new moon cut through the void and touched Dong Shilang's heart. Duke said coldly: "I'll ask you for the last time, are you really risking your life? Think carefully before answering, it's not too late if you regret it!"
The revived spiritual pressure ignited fiercely, and the silent chill flowed along the new moon to Duke's arm and spread to half of his body. Dong Shilang's spiritual pressure once again climbed to the captain level, but this time he was only at the first release.
Duke walked out with a knife in one hand. His restrained spiritual pressure was so powerful that it seemed as if a sea was falling from the sky. All objects within his sight let out wails from the depths of their souls. Even the walls on all four sides of the secret room burst into fine cracks with a sound of grinding teeth.
Spiritual pressure! The indescribably powerful spiritual pressure swept over like an overwhelming force! The vast and boundless spiritual pressure in the iceberg was as vast as the abyss of the sea. It broke through the thousand-year-old ice prison in just a moment. Dong Shilang's extremely confident trick turned the ice sitting on the frost into powder in an instant.
“…”
Off the court.
Dong Shilang's pupils dilated, and the moment death came, his brain went blank. He could clearly feel the coldness in his heart.
You know, these walls are made of murderous stone, which can theoretically completely block the spirit particles and spiritual pressure.
Amid Rangiku's exclamation, Moon and New Moon pierced Toushirou's heart and came out from behind, the sharp tip of the knife shining brightly.
"Just like the protagonist, he made a breakthrough in the middle of a battle. He is indeed a genius!" Duke exclaimed in admiration, turning a blind eye to the ice that covered half of his body. "But you will pay a price for using me as a whetstone!"
Because the strength disparity is so great, even among the Shinigami, the difference in spiritual pressure is like heaven and earth.
"It can only be said that everything is interdependent and mutually exclusive. Although the Hyorinwan is strong, it is not absolute." Duke secretly said goodbye with a look of grief. You are still lucky. There are even more tragic ones! The thunder that can destroy the world at any time can't shake a rubber head, the supreme sword that can split the sky and the sea can't kill the clown in the circus, and the flame with no upper limit on temperature is pierced by magma. Where can you let them go to reason?
A huge amount of spiritual pressure was released in the secret room, and Toushirou, who was the first to bear the brunt of it, was suddenly unable to move. When he wanted to raise his arms, he felt as if they were a thousand pounds heavy.
Dong Shilang, who was lying on the ground, only saw Duke slowly put away his knife and turned away coldly. Then Rangiku ran in front of him, and a pair of white unknown objects blocked his vision.
There was a moment of silence in the arena as Duke waited for Toushirou's reply. Everyone on the sidelines also watched him quietly. Only Rangiku was so anxious that she jumped up and down. Due to the rules, she didn't dare to do anything. She was sulking and giving Duke the middle finger.
"How could it be..." Dong Shilang hadn't recovered from the blow yet. He was not as strong as the other party, so he had nothing to say. If he was given a hundred years, he was confident that he could catch up, but it was different that Hyorinmaru was ineffective. Zanpakutō was not just a weapon among the gods of death. Denying Hyorinmaru was equivalent to denying him himself.
Duke strolled towards Dong Shilang, his aura increasing with every step. When he stood in front of Dong Shilang, the accumulated aura was like a flowing galaxy, suppressing the latter so much that he couldn't even breathe.
"Idiot! This is a captain's assessment, not a duel. How could I die?" Rangiku cried, thinking about her bleak career as an acting captain. She felt a sinking pain in her chest. "I'm the one who wants to die!"
"Captain?" Seeing that the old man didn't speak for a long time, Duke raised his voice and shouted again. He was too old and had poor hearing and eyesight, and his reaction was slow.
"And Hinamori... obviously..."
Duke said, placing the Moon on Dong Shilang's shoulders: "From the beginning, you had no chance of winning."
"What a joke, this can be considered spiritual pressure?" Dong Shilang was exhausted and withdrew from Bankai, unable to believe the situation in front of him: "Besides, he doesn't have Bankai yet, why does he have such a strong spiritual pressure?"
"In that case, as you wish!"
"Impossible!" Dong Shilang held Duke's spiritual pressure, raised his stubborn head, grasped the moon, and said excitedly: "For this battle, I risked my life!"
"The assessment is completed, Captain-General." Duke ignored the strange looks from everyone, including his own captain Unohana Retsu, and said calmly to the Captain-General.
boom----
"Goodbye... Grandma..."
"Different!" Kuchiki Byakuya hesitated for a while.
"It's too bad!" Komamura Sajin shook his head.
"I think so too. It's too bad." The captain agreed with Big Dog's opinion and glared at Duke fiercely: "Although it is very effective in testing people's hearts, the method is too extreme... It will not happen again."
"Three captains, what do you think of Hitsugaya Toushirou who is taking the captain's exam?"
(End of this chapter)