After watching Ancient One leave.
"Hu..."
Lod took a long breath and wiped the sweat on his forehead. He said, "It was so dangerous. I almost exposed myself..."
At this moment, his heart that had been hanging in his throat finally slowly fell to the ground.
Just now, Ancient One seemed to believe his lie, but in fact, Lod knew very well that this sorceress was just too lazy to investigate.
Ancient One was not that easy to deceive.
Sorcerer Supreme, who sat wielding the Eye of the Agamotto, rarely had things in the world that could be hidden from her eyes. Coincidentally, Lod's existence was a small part of it.
If Ancient One was determined to ask what exactly was going on, even if he had a hundred mouths, he would not be able to explain it clearly!
Fortunately, Ancient One did not know why and did not investigate this matter. He even sent him a kind invitation before he left.
What was Ancient One's purpose?
No idea... no way to guess.
Sorcerer Supreme could observe the long river of time in the parallel universe, and no one could know what Ancient One was thinking in his heart!
"Forget it..."
Lod rubbed his sore temples, and his face showed a tired look. He sighed and said, "Who cares what she wants to do? I'm too tired to think."
There were too many things that happened tonight. He just wanted to have a good rest now.
However, before going home to rest, Lod still had one more thing to do.
"Book of Sins..."
Lod's eyes revealed a glint. This dangerous item that could summon Chthon could not be left outside!
If this thing were to be left outside and used by some villain characters to summon Chthone back to Earth, would he still have a good life?
Not to mention the fact that he had destroyed Chthon's return plan, the two of them were already mortal enemies.
Just a few minutes ago, he had even thrown the blame in front of Ancient One. If Chthon knew about this, Lod felt that he would not have a good ending!
Therefore, for the sake of his own safety, it would be the best for him to keep the Book of Sins!
...
Lod recovered a bit of his spiritual energy, and returned to the place where they had fought previously.
This place was almost completely destroyed. The ruins and traces of battle were everywhere, and the Book of Sins was only the size of an ordinary book. There was no way to tell where it was buried.
Lod turned his spiritual energy into ripples and spread out, planning to sense the location of the Book of Sins.
However, not long after the spiritual energy ripples spread out, Lod suddenly felt that there were two dying lives under the ruins!
"!"
The corner of Lod's eyes twitched. He suddenly remembered that the two employees he had just recruited seemed to still be here!
He slashed open the ruins with his sword and saw that Matt and Jessica were bound by Hado - Rikujōkōrō, Six Rods Prison of Light. They looked at him with resentment.
"Lord Haschwalth... You finally came to save us!"
Matt and Jessica wanted to cry but had no tears. Their voices were so sad that they sounded like angry little wives.
The two of them were bewitched by black magic. In the end, they were stopped by Lod using Hado. However, when they woke up, they found that Lod had already begun to fight with Chthon!
They wanted to run...
However, if they were bounded by Six Rods Prison of Light, let alone running away, even moving a finger was an extravagant hope!
The result was self-evident.
The two of them could only watch helplessly as the two big shots fought not far ahead, and then they were seriously injured by the shockwaves of the fight!
Next, they could only try to conserve their energy as much as possible and lie in the ruins, looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for Lod to come back and save them.
Lod removed them from Six Rods Prison of Light.
"Mr. Haschwalth..."
Matt said with a sad face, "Don't tell me you have forgotten us?"
"How... how can it be..."
Lod's face froze, and his eyes unconsciously drifted elsewhere. "Of course not, how could I forget you!"
Jessica and Matt, "Hehe... What a relieve"
However, there was good news.
Under the threat of death, Matt forcefully awakened the Quincy ability and absorbed surrounding Reishi to maintain his life.
This disaster was blessing in disguise?
Lod comforted the two of them and asked them to help search for the 'Book of Sins'.
However, the three of them had almost rummaged through this place, but they still could not find the 'Book of Sins'.
"Could it be Chthon?"
Lod rubbed his chin and pondered. "The moment the magic array was destroyed, he threw the Book of SIns somewhere else to avoid being found by Sorcerer Supreme and me?"
"Lord Haschwalth."
Jessica leaned over and asked, "Do you need me to expand the scope and search for that book?"
Lod thought about it and said, "Alright, you and Matt will go back to rest first, and then secretly gather information about the book."
"Yes, Lord Haschwalth!"
Matt and Jessica did not refuse, because they really needed to rest now.
"Wait, Lord Haschwalth!"
Jessica suddenly opened her mouth and said, "If we find that book, how should we inform you?"
"There is no need to inform."
"During this period of time, you should practice your abilities first. When the time is right, I will come to find you."
After saying that, Lod turned around and left.
...
Spirit Cleansing Pavilion.
"System, check the mission progress."
Lod lay comfortably on the bed, his eyes narrowed into a line as he lazily said.
Although there were constant notifications in his mind, he didn't have the time to watch the battle.
Now that he had returned home to relax, Lod could finally take a look at his harvest this time.
[Emergency Mission: Expel the Infernal Deity - Chthon]
[Details: Five fingers, under the temptation of the Book of Sins, summoned a projection of Chthon. Requesting the host to expel him from Earth's latitude before Sorcerer Supreme arrives! ]
[Status: Completed]
[Reward: Bankai - Daiguren Hyourinmaru]
...
[Random Mission: Sorcerer Supreme]
[Details: Facing Sorcerer Supreme, you only have two choices. Either deceive her or kill her... System suggests to deceive her, if you don't want to die. ]
[Status: Completed]
[Reward: Medium Soul * 100]
...
[Detecting unknown energy invasion. Can be converted into energy required for the 'Hollowfication' ]
[Conversion ongoing... 3... 2... 1... transformation successful! ]
[Trial Mission Activated: Break the boundary. ]
[Details: This is a gift from Chthon. You can only choose to accept or die! ]
[Status: Completed. ]
[Mission Reward: Special State 'Hollowfication' activated. ]
...
What a load of fat!
Lod couldn't hold back the ecstasy in his heart, and the corners of his mouth rose crazily!
As expected of the system, he was generous when he made a move!
Although the task of expelling the Infernal Deity, Chthon, was difficult, the reward he got was also generous!
It was just that he never expected that this reward was actually 'Bankai'!
Following the second stage after zanpakuto Shikai, it was also the final form of zanpakuto - Bankai!
In the state of Bankai, whether it is Spiritual Power or combat effectiveness, will have a qualitative leap, about 5 to 10 times compared to the state of Shikai, and only the Captain level death god can master the final trump card!
Daiguren Hyourinmaru is the original 10th Division Captain, Tōshirō Hitsugaya's Bankai.
Out of all of death god, his zanpakuto was the only one that possessed the ability Tensō Jūrin (Subjugation of the Heavens), Allowing him control all the water in the atmosphere and instantly freeze it into ice. It was the strongest among all the ice attributes zanpakuto!
As for the second reward, it was the 'present' from Chthon!
After he was forcefully transformed into the power of 'hollow' , he knew it was a double-edged sword for the current Lod!
'Hollowfication' was a rather dangerous power!
By fusing hollow's power into death god's body, he would be able to break through the 'boundary' in one fell swoop.
And if the two sides were not equal in strength, it was very likely that they would be devoured by the 'hollow' in their bodies, and then become a real hollow!
But no matter what, it was better than having one or not.
At the very least, he would be able to have an additional 'card' in the future!