The genius of Naruto is a bit ordinary.

In the dormitory, Xia Li looked at his Zanpakuto curiously.

According to the teacher in the Zanpakutō class, after the Shikai, the Zanpakutō will change back into its original form, and will only change its appearance again the next time the Shikai is used.

However, Xia Li is not using the Shikai now, and Mingjing Shisui's appearance still maintains the familiar look of Xia Li.

Moreover, Ming Jing Zhi Shui showed no sign of changing back.

"So, it turns out that the abilities of the teachers at the Shinō Spiritual Arts Academy are limited. There are many situations that even they themselves probably don't understand." Xia Li sighed, but this is indeed a good place for Xia Li to practice.

Xia Li had also learned about the Gotei 13, and he concluded that he did not want to join the Gotei 13 so soon.

Because joining the Gotei 13 means having a "job", and the work of each squad is different.

For example, the most famous 11th Division is the combat division, responsible for fighting against Hollows in Soul Society.

There is also a 4th division which seems to be a logistics division, responsible for some logistical and medical matters, and generally does not fight with Hollows.

And Shiba Mizu, who had previously buried Xia Li's soul in Soul Society, should be a member of Squad 13. The job of Squad 13 is to clean out the hollows in the real world and guide souls into Soul Society.

Xia Li said that there was no benefit in graduating early, and perhaps he could quickly obtain the later ghost path.

The most you can learn in the Shinō Spiritual Arts Academy is intermediate ghost arts. As for advanced ghost arts...I guess the teachers can't use them, so they can't teach them.

However, these did not have much use for Xia Li. The ghost way was there, and it did not matter whether he learned it earlier or later. His biggest task now was to improve his control over spiritual power to the point where he could fully control all of his spiritual power.

Xia Li could feel that no matter whether it was ghost art or slashing technique, the most fundamental thing was spiritual pressure. The strength of the spiritual pressure represented the power of your ghost art and the strength of your slashing attack. Even the health bar of the soul body was probably linked to the spiritual pressure.

As for cultivating spiritual pressure, Xia Li does not need to go to the 13th Division. He can just practice quietly in the Maou Spiritual Arts Academy.

Xia Li was not afraid of being exposed, but there was no need to do so. It would do Xia Li no good to rush in headfirst.

Therefore, Xia Li looked at his Zanpakutō and decided not to expose either his Shikai or Bankai. If he exposed his Shikai, he might be able to stay in the Shinō Academy and practice peacefully. However, if he exposed his Bankai, Xia Li would probably be defeated and graduate, and join the Thirteenth Division.

And he is not just an ordinary chief officer, but at least a deputy captain level. Even if a captain doesn't want to do his job anymore one day, Xia Li can be directly asked to take his place. This is how rare and precious Bankai is.

Xia Li didn't think any more at this time. He gripped the hilt of the knife, slowly closed his eyes, and slowly entered a state of calmness and stillness.

Soon, Xia Li opened his eyes, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

Since Xia Li did not have time to get to know Ming Jing Shisui better after calling out his real name, there were some abilities that Xia Li did not know about.

And now after careful experience, he found that entering the state of clear mirror and still water was of great help to Xia Li's cultivation, at least his control ability was directly improved to a higher level.

Although I didn't fully master it after withdrawing from Ming Jing Zhi Shui, now that I know the feeling, it becomes much easier to further master it.

As for Xia Li's Zanpakutō's Bankai.

Xia Li's eyes also showed a look of realization. No wonder he always felt that Ming Jing Zhishui was a little weak when fighting with him.

It turns out that the problem occurred here.

Bankai-complete severance.

When one's mind sees through it, there is no escape and no avoidance, it must be cut off absolutely.

This is the power of Bankai, absolute severance, which can be said to be a rule-based ability.

It seems to have nothing to do with the Zanpakutō's Shikai, but the prerequisite for Absolute Severance is that you need to see through the opponent's ability before you can initiate Absolute Severance. If you can't see through it, you can only make your Zanpakutō a little sharper...

Ming Jing Shisui had always wanted to see through Xia Li in the previous battles, but Xia Li was not so easy to be seen through, so Ming Jing Shisui was unable to fully exert her abilities and was defeated by Xia Li.

"It seems a bit useless." Xia Li murmured. With his spiritual pressure, who can't he cut directly? Does he need this ability to add it? It feels a little more troublesome...

Fortunately, Xia Li's Bankai still gathers all the power into himself, which is in line with Xia Li's idea.

It doesn't matter whether the Zanpakutō's Shikai and Bankai are powerful or not, what matters is that you yourself are strong enough.

If Mingjing Zhishui is given to others, it may not be a good ability, and it may not even increase the combat power much, because it is only an auxiliary ability. If the sword master himself is not strong enough, then this ability will be useless.

As for absolute severance? Rule-based abilities?

It just sounds very strong.

Even Xia Li felt that it was a bit useless. If someone was weaker, he could just kill them. If he really encountered a strong opponent, it would not be easy to see through him...

It was just like his battle with Ming Jing Zhi Shui, Ming Jing Zhi Shui was never able to see through him from beginning to end.

Xia Li was thinking that his Zanpakutō's Shikai and Bankai almost concentrated the power on himself, so the method of training the power of his Zanpakutō like others might not be suitable for him.

All Xia Li needs to do is improve his spiritual pressure and... create a more perfect sword shape.

The sword-type technical ability may not have much impact on other Zanpakuto, but it is perfect for Xia Li, who has a collection of abilities.

However, how easy is it to create a perfect sword shape?

"The first form - Thunderbolt Flash, can also be considered as the starting move." Xia Li murmured.

At this moment, Xia Li was also thinking about his previous "swordsmanship", which basically wouldn't work here. After all, those were actually created based on chakra, a combination of ninjutsu and swordsmanship.

Now Xia Li has no chakra, but spiritual power, which he naturally cannot use directly.

Xia Li was clear about the principles of those sword techniques, so if he encountered a suitable ghost technique in the future, he might be able to integrate it into it to form a new sword technique.

For example, Vacuum Cut, Sky Shattering Slash and... the final Dimension Slash.

However, the final Dimension Slash might not be completely unusable. It does not belong to the wind escape technique, but to the sword technique of time and space. Xia Li's current spatial ability has not decreased much, but the Flying Thunder God can no longer be used.

He is still able to use simple spatial abilities such as space portal.

"There are quite a lot of things to do." Xia Li smiled. It's better to be busy. Although his current strength in the world of Death is not as good as his strength in the world of Naruto, at least he is still getting stronger. This means that Xia Li's trip was not in vain.

In fact, on the side of the God of Death, Xia Li was not sure whether he could achieve the final breakthrough. Even if he couldn't, at least it would make him less bored.

After activating his own Zanpakutō, Xia Li also became clear about his future path, so he placed Mingjing Shisui on his legs again, entered a state of calmness, and began to practice.

In the days that followed, during Class A's sword-killing class, Xia Li would stand there completely motionless, holding the hilt of the sword.

Before, although Xia Li seldom fought with classmates in the sword-slashing class, he could at least complete some of the most basic sword-slashing moves. But now he has lost even these basics.

Even in some classes where students were forced to fight in groups, Xia Li would only use some ghost techniques, and he would easily win every time.

The strength of this kind of ghost technique makes those who fight against it admire it. After all, it is the same ghost technique, but the opponent uses it so powerfully, while the one they use is completely ineffective.

Most people also thought that Xia Li had completely given up practicing the art of killing and would choose to become a ghost.

No one looked down on Xia Li for this choice. After all, it was a good thing that he had figured out his own path so early.

In fact, every time Xia Li was in this state, he was actually doing basic combat exercises with Myoki Shisui inside his Zanpakuto. The improvement of two people fighting is much faster than that of one person.

As for the changes in the sword body of Meikyo Shisui, they are actually not that big. In addition, Xia Li rarely draws his sword, so if you are not someone who has a good relationship with Xia Li, you will not be able to notice that the appearance of Xia Li's Zanpakuto has changed.

Even Renci, who had a slightly better relationship with Xia Li, had not made any special breakthroughs since he was completely defeated that time, so naturally he had never challenged Xia Li to a fight, and he was not aware of the changes in Xia Li's Zanpakuto.

Perhaps only when Xia Li encounters an enemy that forces him to draw his Zanpakutō will people realize that Xia Li has completed his Shikai.

On this day, all the students of the Shinō Spiritual Arts Academy ran to the largest venue in the academy.

Moreover, the college was decorated with lights and looked very festive.

Xia Li, who didn't pay much attention to external things, looked at all this and felt a little confused. Is today some festival in Soul Society?

"Is there anything going on today?" Xia Li couldn't help but ask Abarai Renci.

Suddenly, Abarai Renji looked at Xia Li as if he were a freak and said, "You don't know anything about this?"

"Do I need to know?" Xia Li raised his eyebrows.

"Okay." Abarai Renji felt like he was about to be shocked, and then said, "You know the Gotei 13, right?"

Xia Li nodded. The Gotei 13 are very famous in the entire Soul Society and no one doesn’t know them.

"The captain and vice-captain of the 5th Division are coming over, so most of the people have gone there. Do you want to go over and see what the captain-level person is like?" Abarai Renji also said.

"Renci, you actually just heard this from your senior, right?" Rukia said without hesitation.

"Captain, and deputy captain?" Xia Li was a little surprised, then he thought about it and nodded. He was also a little curious about the strength of the captain level. He had never seen a captain until now, so he was not too sure.

Then, Xia Li, Abarai Renji, Kirai Tsuru and Rukia walked towards the crowd.

Soon, a man with short brown hair and brown eyes, who looked gentle on the surface, wore black-framed glasses, had eyes as gentle as the sun, and a smile on his lips walked in front.

Looking at the other person's black Shinigami suit and the white long-sleeved haori embroidered with the 5th Division number, this person should be the captain of the 5th Division.

Xia Li felt that this person was somewhat familiar, but what surprised Xia Li was that he could not see through the other party's spiritual power. He could only sense that the other party's spiritual pressure was very strong.

Is it just one of the captains that he cannot see through?

Unfortunately, Xia Li didn't know the other person's name. If he knew that the captain of the fifth division was called Aizen Sosuke, he wouldn't be so surprised.

After all, he is a boss-level figure among the Shinigami, and one of the five special combat forces in the name of spiritual pressure.

Even though Aizen is not as powerful as he will be in the future, his spiritual pressure is not something that Xia Li, who has not yet fully recovered his strength, can easily see through.

Then, Xia Li's eyes were fixed on the deputy captain behind the captain of the fifth squad.

The other person had short light purple hair, squinted eyes, was tall and thin, had a thin face, and was wearing a black death suit. He also had a smile on his face, but this smile seemed a little weird no matter how you looked at it...

Compared to the captain of the 5th Division, the vice-captain's spiritual pressure is not that strong.

However, it was still beyond Xia Li's expectations, and Xia Li couldn't help but carefully observe the captain and vice-captain of the fifth team, and put aside the arrogance that did not exist in his heart.

Just one captain and a vice-captain have this level of strength, and there are thirteen more of them in the Gotei 13...

Moreover, there is the legendary Captain-General and the Spirit King Guard.

"The overall strength of the God of Death may be even stronger than I thought..." Xia Li murmured, and then watched the captain and vice-captain of the fifth squad leave without any intention of stopping to communicate with the students.

But it's true, given his status, how could he possibly have a friendly conversation with a student who probably couldn't even get into the 13th Division?

"That's a captain-level Shinigami!" Renci exclaimed beside him, with a burning light in his eyes, and said, "Just by watching from the side, I can feel that the other party's spiritual pressure is completely not on the same level as ours."

"Yes, captain level, too powerful." Kirai Tsuru also sighed.

"One day, I will become a captain-level Shinigami!" Abarai Renji announced loudly.

"Captain..." Hinamori kept looking at the figure that had disappeared over there and was unwilling to look back. Then she made up her mind and said firmly, "I have decided. I will definitely become a god of death and join the 5th Division when I graduate!"

"Captain level, which is indeed not bad." Xia Li also said softly, but his voice was not heard by anyone.

Since you feel a little pressure, just keep working hard.