Bleach: The Path to Transcendence

Just as Grand Fisher opened his blood-red maw and lunged towards him, Ichigo Kurosaki realized that this was no little girl who had thrown herself into the river, but a terrifying and chilling monster.

"Ichigo, watch out!"

Having lost her powers, Masaki Kurosaki could only watch helplessly as the Hollow viciously attacked her son. Her maternal instincts exploding, she didn't hesitate to shield Ichigo with her own body, trying to use her back to block the large claws that were about to grab her son.

At that moment, fragmented memories flooded her mind. She never imagined that she, a pure-blooded Quincy, would lose her power at such a critical moment, and even more deadly, might die at the hands of a mere Hollow she could normally have instantly killed.

In an instant, her thoughts drifted away, thinking that she would never again be able to walk hand in hand with her husband, until their hair turned white. Thinking that she would never be able to watch her son and two daughters grow up and see them become adults and start families. At this thought, a crystal tear quietly slid from the corner of her eye.

However, at this critical moment, a crisp sound of metal clashing suddenly rang out.

"Clang!"

Somewhat dazed, Masaki Kurosaki turned her head and saw a tall and straight figure come into view.

This person was wearing overalls, had medium-length hair, and looked to be about twenty years old. At this moment, he was holding a long sword, steadily protecting them.

"Phew~ Finally made it in time."

Shukuro Tsukishima said with a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Grand Fisher's eyes were full of doubt. He couldn't understand how his full-strength claw attack could be so easily blocked by this seemingly insignificant human. So, he looked at Shukuro Tsukishima in confusion.

"You can actually see me, it seems your spiritual pressure isn't low either. I didn't expect to be able to eat three humans with such high spiritual pressure all at once today, this is so great."

Obviously, as a powerful Hollow, he couldn't sense the peak Fourth Level spiritual pressure on Shukuro Tsukishima.

Twenty years ago, a wisp of Ye Chuan's divided soul descended into the human world with Fifth Level spiritual pressure and obtained a Fullbringer clone.

Time flies, twenty years have passed, and his spiritual pressure has grown to the extreme of the Fourth Level, only one step away from the Captain-level Third Level.

It should be known that this is the human world, which is barren of spiritual particles. In such an environment, it is truly commendable to have made such rapid progress in twenty years.

Although Shukuro Tsukishima's spiritual pressure has not yet reached the Captain-level, his unparalleled swordsmanship, rich and exquisite combat skills, and the Bug-like abilities granted by the Book of the End, combined, allow his Fullbringer clone to display a combat power far beyond that of an ordinary Captain-level.

Therefore, dealing with a Grand Fisher who can't even be considered a Menos Grande is as simple as crushing an ant for him.

With Grand Fisher's meager spiritual pressure, he naturally couldn't sense Shukuro Tsukishima's powerful strength, and naively thought that he was just a human with a naturally high spiritual pressure, and even planned how to play with him and cruelly devour him.

However, Shukuro Tsukishima didn't even look at Grand Fisher, but turned around and looked at Masaki Kurosaki, who had a look of doubt on her face, and Ichigo Kurosaki, who was already frightened and crying. He bent down and asked the two of them with a gentle expression.

"Are you hurt?"

At the same time, he stretched out his hands and slowly helped them up.

Masaki Kurosaki and Ichigo Kurosaki had never seen this handsome, long-haired young man before, but for some reason, they both felt a strange sense of intimacy from him, as if he were an elder they had not seen for many years. This feeling made them not resist Shukuro Tsukishima.

Grand Fisher, who was on the side, was furious that Shukuro Tsukishima dared to underestimate him so much, and roared loudly:

"Base human, how dare you ignore this great one!"

Shukuro Tsukishima only turned his head with a indifferent expression and glanced at Grand Fisher's unbridled rage.

This simple glance instantly scared Grand Fisher so much that his legs went weak, and a fear from the depths of his soul arose spontaneously, just like a humble ant facing a true dragon soaring above the nine heavens.

Instantly, he was so frightened that his whole body stiffened, and he didn't dare to move.

Shukuro Tsukishima bent down with a gentle expression, reached out and gently stroked Ichigo Kurosaki's little head, and then opened his mouth with a faint smile:

"Ichigo, your mother was almost killed by a monster because of your willfulness. As a man, what should you do?"

"I want to defeat the monster… This way I can protect Mom from getting hurt!"

A stubborn look suddenly appeared on Ichigo Kurosaki's immature face. Seeing this scene, Shukuro Tsukishima nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad, then next, I'll only teach you once, Ichigo, you have to watch carefully!"

Shukuro Tsukishima picked up an ordinary stone from the ground, and then used his Fullbringer power to draw out the soul of the stone.

In an instant, wisps of green light lingered on the unremarkable stone. Then, he threw the stone attached with Fullbringer power out fiercely.

"Whoosh!"

The stone attached with Fullbringer power shot out like a cannonball with great power, directly smashing through the mask on Grand Fisher's face and embedding itself deeply into his big face.

"Ah!"

Grand Fisher, who was originally stunned in place and shivering, woke up like a dream, realizing that Shukuro Tsukishima was an existence he couldn't provoke at all. So, he greased the soles of his feet and wanted to take the opportunity to slip away.

Shukuro Tsukishima wasn't in a hurry, and gently swiped the long sword transformed by the Book of the End on the ground. Instantly, the originally neat asphalt road turned into a square giant arena, tightly enclosing the entire venue.

"Did you learn it?"

Immediately, Shukuro Tsukishima turned his head again to look at Ichigo Kurosaki. In his words, he also handed a small stone to him.

Ichigo Kurosaki took the small stone and gently stroked the surface of the stone, imitating Shukuro Tsukishima.

After a while, a very faint green light slowly emerged on the surface of the stone.

Then, under the shocked gaze of Masaki Kurosaki, Ichigo Kurosaki put on a small face and threw the stone in his hand towards Grand Fisher with all his strength.

Although this blow did not cause any substantial damage to Grand Fisher.

But Ichigo Kurosaki did successfully guide out the soul of the stone and learned the most basic ability of Fullbringer after only watching it once.

"As expected of the protagonist of destiny, not bad, not bad!"

Obviously, Shukuro Tsukishima was very satisfied with Ichigo Kurosaki's performance. Immediately, he waved his long sword, and the road instantly returned to its original state.

Grand Fisher, who was on the side, thought that he had regained his freedom, and immediately ran away frantically. But Shukuro Tsukishima just stood in place and just swung his knife lightly!

In an instant, Grand Fisher, who had run more than ten feet away, was directly hit by a blade of light and instantly turned into spiritual particle fragments and dissipated in the air!

"Thank you for saving us, you are…"

Seeing that the Hollow had been completely destroyed, Masaki Kurosaki carefully looked at Shukuro Tsukishima in front of her.

Just as she wanted to continue to ask, Shukuro Tsukishima suddenly slashed at Ichigo Kurosaki with his sword.

"Bang!"

Ichigo Kurosaki was caught off guard and fell straight to the ground.

"Ah! What did you do?"

Masaki Kurosaki screamed in horror when she saw this. But when she lowered her head to check, she found that there were no wounds on Ichigo Kurosaki on the ground.

"What's going on…"

Just as Masaki Kurosaki was full of doubts, Shukuro Tsukishima swung his sword again and slashed at Masaki Kurosaki with lightning speed.

With a slash of the sword, the memories and past that had been modified more than ten years ago flooded Masaki Kurosaki's mind like a tide. She finally remembered the small family that she had forgotten for many years.

"So my grandfather, father, and mother are still alive in this world…"