"Chirp!"
Kurosaki Nan shot another arrow, and Little Hiro tilted his head slightly to dodge it.
From another direction, Ishida Zongyu also made his move. He condensed spirit particles into a composite bow-shaped spirit bow in his hand and stood in Little Hiro's blind spot, directly firing three arrows in quick succession.
"Hmm?"
Little Hiro looked back and found that this kid, Ishida Zongyu, had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but his technique was exceptionally tricky.
Little Hiro covered his right leg with Blut Vene, then turned around and delivered a roundhouse kick, sending the three Holy Arrows flying.
"Hmm, this weight isn't right!"
While kicking away the three Holy Arrows shot by Ishida Zongyu, Little Hiro noticed that the Holy Arrows, which should have been incredibly light, had become incredibly heavy.
"Is this the self-awakening of a portion of the Sacred Letter's power, without having received Yhwach's blood?"
According to Little Hiro's research into Quincy power over the past eight years, he confirmed that Yhwach's blood's fundamental function was not to directly bestow Sacred Letter power upon Quincy, but rather to guide it.
It acted as a catalyst to draw out the special power deep within each Quincy. The so-called Holy Text Power was the most direct manifestation of each Quincy's power source.
This was similar to a Shinigami's Zanpakuto release or an Arrancar's Resurreccion form.
Therefore, there must exist Quincy with exceptional talent who, without the guidance of Yhwach's power, could independently develop Holy Text Power.
However, this probability was extremely low, even much lower than the probability of a Squad Captain Shinigami mastering Bankai appearing among countless ordinary Shinigami, or a Vasto Lorde being born from a massive group of Hollows.
But this kid, Ishida Zongyu, just happened to be one!
"Good kid, to have such talent!"
Feeling the strange gravity emanating from each of Ishida Zongyu's arrows, Little Hiro grinned. At this moment, Little Hiro's gaze towards Ishida Zongyu completely changed, as if he wasn't looking at a person, but at a rare treasure.
Feeling Little Hiro's gaze, Ishida Zongyu immediately felt a chill down his spine and had an ominous premonition.
"Hiro's gaze is so terrifying!"
"Come, let me see… the path of spirit particles flowing within your body!"
Little Hiro, seeing his prey, immediately put away his playful thoughts and activated Move Blood Garment. Little Hiro instantly felt the spirit particles in his blood vessels boiling.
His speed surged, and he directly lunged towards Ishida Zongyu.
Seeing the menacing Little Hiro, Ishida Zongyu swallowed hard in fear and quickly shot several arrows, but the rapidly accelerating Little Hiro easily dodged them.
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Just as Ishida Zongyu was about to be caught by Little Hiro, seven arrows, arranged in the Big Dipper constellation, directly nailed themselves into the floor, completely sealing off the area around Little Hiro.
"Brother, aren't you being a bit too careless?"
Kurosaki Nan, holding a spirit particle crossbow behind him, looked at Little Hiro with a proud expression.
"Snap!"
The next moment, the girl snapped her fingers.
The spirit particle arrows stuck in the ground in the shape of the Big Dipper began to burn with a sky-blue flame, completely engulfing Little Hiro.
Kurosaki Nan's timing was extremely tricky, precisely choosing the moment when Little Hiro, having already activated full-power Move Blood Garment, was unable to simultaneously switch to Blut Vene for defense.
Therefore, Little Hiro had no choice but to leap high with Hirenkyaku to avoid the incredibly dense spirit particle flames below.
Unexpectedly, Ishida Zongyu, who had recovered, directly used Hirenkyaku to flash directly above him, aiming a barrage of shots at Little Hiro.
"Rain of Light!"
Ishida Zongyu's incomplete Sacred Letter ability was somewhat similar to Kira Iziru's Wabisuke; the arrows became heavier with each shot. However, he was much smarter than Kira Iziru and knew to stack attack speed for himself.
His Rain of Light completely abandoned the power of individual arrows, instead firing a dense barrage of arrows from above Little Hiro's head, the scene truly resembling a downpour.
Thus, with gravity arrows above and spirit particle flames below, Little Hiro seemed to be forced into a desperate situation.
Ishida Mist, watching from outside the arena, had a sharp glint in her old eyes, and her face even flushed a little. She hadn't expected these younger generations to be so formidable in combat. Any one of the three pure-blood Quincy in the arena possessed combat power not inferior to a Vice-Captain-Level Soul Reaper.
Ishida Soken, observing the scene, had an expression mixed with excitement and a hint of bitterness. He was excited that the three younger siblings in the arena were all not inferior to him in strength, but bitter that he was born ten years earlier than these younger siblings, yet couldn't surpass them.
"Little Hiro is good at everything, but he's too arrogant. This loss will be a good lesson for him. It seems the one who ultimately obtains Holy Text Power will be born between Little Nan and Zongyu!"
A pure-blood Quincy with a mustache commented.
The next moment, he was proven wrong.
Little Hiro took out a Soul Cutter, infused it with spirit particles, and used it as a long sword.
He first cut open the spirit particle flames below, then quickly swung his sword, blocking every single dense arrow above his head.
"This thing is still easier to use. But fortunately, Ishida Zongyu's gravity arrows have a constant weight and don't have the gravity-doubling characteristic of Wabisuke, otherwise even he would have a hard time dealing with them."
"Whoosh!"
The moment the spirit particle arrow rain ended, Little Hiro used Hirenkyaku to appear behind Ishida Zongyu, throwing the Soul Cutter in his hand like an arrow. It grazed his left shoulder, pierced through his clothes with inertia, and pinned him directly to the wall.
However, Ishida Zongyu only suffered a slight scrape on his shoulder; this was already Little Hiro's gentlest fighting style.
Almost at the same time, Little Hiro reappeared directly in front of Kurosaki Nan, his two fingers brought together to tap Kurosaki Nan's brow.
"Little Nan, you lost!"
Because Little Hiro's speed was too fast, Kurosaki Nan didn't even react for a while, only slowly speaking after a long moment of stunned:
"You're so strong, Big Brother!"
Kurosaki Nan looked at Little Hiro with starry eyes.
Kurosaki Tomohiko, below the arena, consistently looked at the arena with a joyous expression. Among the three pure-blood Quincy, two were his children. Whichever of them obtained Yhwach's blood, it would be a victory for his Kurosaki Family.
Now that Little Hiro had won decisively, and Kurosaki Nan had also displayed extraordinary Quincy talent, it meant that his Kurosaki Family's future was smooth sailing.
"Perhaps, one day, my Kurosaki Family can truly return to Wandenreich!"
Seeing this, Kurosaki Tomohiko looked at his excellent son and daughter with renewed vigor and great satisfaction.
And Little Hiro turned his head and also saw the gaze of his convenient, obsessed father, sighing softly. He knew that ever since Little Hiro miraculously recovered from his illness, returning to Wandenreich had become his lifelong pursuit.
A moment later, the old, blurry-eyed Ishida Mist slowly rose from the sofa and walked to Little Hiro's side, raising his right hand.
"The winner of this selection is Kurosaki Hiro! I announce that he will fuse with the last portion of His Majesty's blood!"
"Little Hiro, all you need to do now is go to the Human World, hunt one hundred Hollows, and then you can officially return to absorb His Majesty's blood and gain Holy Text Power!"
"Hunt Hollows? There's this process? What is this, a processing fee before the loan?"
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