Confronted by the offensive of the mysterious golden dragon, Shiraishi did not show a single trace of panic. The Amenonuhoko combined with the Core Punisher, slashing out a powerful blade of light.
With a rumbling explosion, the photons surged and transformed into a dazzling brilliance, continuously scattering within this space. Shiraishi was extremely surprised to find that the power of these photons had actually formed a special binding zone.
So that's how it is—light that devours darkness...
At this moment, the extreme cold flame and blue flame condensing in Shiraishi's palm abruptly shot toward the monster in the sky, only to see the latter release a rain of light, easily dissolving his offensive.
Concurrently, the dimension rift abruptly activated. Several black hole energies continuously intersected with the photon forces, constructing a dazzling shockwave of light in the sky.
The more Shiraishi fought, the more suspicious he became. The giant dragon before him seemed ferocious, but with every round of particle light surging from the photon torrent, it did not truly deliver a fatal blow to him, as if it were merely testing him.
As the light crisscrossed in this sky, a powerful slashing fluctuation condensed on the Amenonuhoko in Shiraishi's hand. After a single strike pulverized countless photon attacks, Shiraishi flashed with a Body Flicker and appeared right in front of the giant golden dragon in the sky.
Just as the giant dragon prepared to release a new round of photon fluctuations, Shiraishi halted all of his attacks, quietly staring at the massive phantom dragon in the sky.
"Human, why have you stopped fighting?"
The golden dragon's voice sounded like an electromagnetic synthesis, devoid of any emotional fluctuation or rise and fall.
"You are an illusion, and I am also an illusion. Why waste time here?"
Though it was merely a conscious dreamscape, Shiraishi could clearly sense that the monster before him was not a simple phantom, but rather the residual shadow of some immense power.
"Hahaha..."
The golden dragon let out a bizarre laugh which, combined with its synthesized electronic voice, gave off a spine-chilling illusion.
"I am not like those fools who would readily lend their power out. Originally, even if you obtained the card, you would not be able to utilize my power. But now, looking at you like this, I find you quite interesting."
From the moment the skill card obtained from Otsutsuki Ryushi appeared before Shiraishi, the golden dragon had used its projected consciousness to observe him.
When it discovered that Shiraishi possessed the ability to cross the barriers between two worlds and noted his posture of secretly guarding against the glasses system, the golden dragon decided to test Shiraishi.
"I don't understand what you mean..."
"There is no need to understand. Now, prepare to accept my grace."
The photon surge energy condensed into a single point, abruptly merging into Shiraishi's right eye and transforming into a special projection of light. Shiraishi felt the surging power of light within his body blend into his very being.
"I look forward to the day of our true meeting in the future."
The moment the words fell, Shiraishi's consciousness returned. It was merely a split-second distraction; the surrounding world had barely changed at all.
However, the proficiency of Photon Surge had directly reached 100%...
This was the first time he had mastered a skill so rapidly.
The golden dragon from just now had perfectly engraved the application of the power of light into his mind. During battle, he could easily unleash the Photon Surge simply by utilizing the circular pupil of his right eye.
The two strolled along the roadside. Kikyo was currently arranged by Shiraishi to live with Unohana Retsu. Since the two had similar origins, they would likely share many common topics.
Halfway through their walk, Kikyo finally could not help but speak: "Your Ladyship must not be a person of this world either, correct?"
After over a decade of Shiraishi's construction, the current Sunagakure was virtually the most prosperous metropolis of this era. As Kikyo and Unohana Retsu walked along the brightly lit streets of this grand city, Kikyo, in fact, felt highly hesitant and lost in the face of this unfamiliar era.
"Yes, I am also someone from another world."
Unohana Retsu smiled, looking at Sunagakure under the night sky with a faint curve of her lips: "To be precise, I am a Shinigami."
A Shinigami?
Looking at Unohana Retsu's appearance, Kikyo could not associate her with a god of death in any way. However, the unique spiritual energy flowing from her body proved that she was indeed a Shinigami who commanded life and death.
"So, a deity..."
Seeing Kikyo's thoughtful look, Unohana Retsu stepped forward and took Kikyo's hand: "In my original world, I suppose I was... but do you mind these matters so much? Including your perception of the Kazekage?"
For some reason, Unohana Retsu had an exceptionally good impression of Kikyo. Perhaps after so many years, she had never met someone with such clear, pure eyes.
Ace didn't count; he was merely a fool...
"That Kazekage—what I see most from him is a kind of ambition."
Kikyo had seen this kind of gaze far too often, so from the bottom of her heart, she held no small amount of reservation regarding the fact that Shiraishi had resurrected her.
"When ambition is proportional to talent, perhaps only such a person can change an era."
As Unohana Retsu spoke up to this point, she thought of Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto. A thousand years ago, when the old man founded the Gotei 13 and the entire Seireitei, he was also incredibly domineering.
He was completely different from his usual appearance as Captain-Commander a thousand years later. Environments can change a person. Although Shiraishi was incredibly ambitious, he did not possess terrifying desires like Aizen. Therefore, Unohana Retsu was still quite interested in the Kazekage, anticipating how he would change this era.
Unohana Retsu very much enjoyed this feeling of being a witness.
Unable to comprehend Unohana Retsu's line of thought, Kikyo was also unwilling to think too much about these things.
However, judging solely from the lives of the civilians in this village, this Kazekage was quite caring toward the ordinary people.
A year ago, Shiraishi had built a courtyard for Unohana Retsu in the Oasis Ring District. Although it could not compare to her past mansion in the Seireitei, it was still an exceptionally exquisite small courtyard.
After Kikyo moved in, Unohana Retsu's home became quite lively. However, Kikyo was quiet by nature, so most of the time she was just like when Unohana Retsu first arrived, flipping through various classics and book materials to understand this world as quickly as possible.
A few days later, Shiraishi sent someone to deliver a special wooden box, placing it before Kikyo and Unohana Retsu.
"This is..."
"It should be the weapon he prepared for you."
Kikyo's bow and arrows had not traveled to this era with her, so Shiraishi decided to craft a custom set of weapons for her.
Upon opening the wooden box, an exquisitely designed silver longbow and twelve arrowheads of completely different colors appeared before Kikyo's eyes. Gently picking up the bow, Kikyo could feel the formidable power contained within it.
Over the past few days, Shiraishi had specifically collaborated with the Shiroyama family to craft this bow, which was made by incorporating deep-sea mythril and a large quantity of rare materials.
However, compared to the bow, the twelve arrowheads were even more precious and rare. They were forged using Sunagakure's current highest level of craftsmanship to refine twelve distinct arrowheads for twelve different purposes.
The twelve arrowheads not only differed in color, but also possessed their own unique attributes and uses.
Among them, the golden arrowhead represented a vast amount of Yang attribute energy contained within, which was more suited for Kikyo's large-scale purification.
The silver arrowhead contained a special genjutsu, which could coordinate with Kikyo to release hypnosis, dream control, and similar methods.
Shiraishi called these twelve arrowheads the Twelve Rainbows of Demon-Bane...
With these twelve arrowheads, Kikyo could become an even stronger, almost-cheating archer. When the time came, she would possess an even greater purification and field-clearing capability against the Impure World Reincarnation army, making her their absolute nightmare.
Of course, apart from the twelve powerful arrowheads, Shiraishi had also prepared a large quantity of conventional arrowheads, their cold glints representing the current research and development standards of Sunagakure's military factories.
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