For the past ten days or so, Jiang Liu has devoted all his time to secluded cultivation, wishing he could stretch every minute into two, but he has only managed to recover the damage to his soul.
As for improving his natal flying sword, there was simply no time for it.
Once his soul recovered, Jiang Liu immediately rushed to "Sky City".
Sky City, as the name suggests, is a city located in the sky.
This city is built with a special material called levitation stone, which can easily counteract gravity and float in the sky. Therefore, the entire city is mobile.
Jiang Liu arranged a meeting place and time with Komatsu, one of the twelve up-and-coming chefs, and arrived on time.
Without having time to fully appreciate the beauty of Sky City, Jiang Liu rushed to the agreed-upon building, which resembled a bar.
As soon as Jiang Liu appeared and pushed open the door, several pairs of eyes looked over. In his palm, he was toying with a palm-sized golden fragment. Wisps of invisible golden energy were constantly being absorbed by his skin from the fragment, detectable only by the most acute senses.
The three wizards were alright, all being third-ring wizards. However, they seemed rather arrogant. This wasn't surprising; it's normal for wizards to look down on subordinate planes.
But Jiang Liu was stunned when he looked at this group of people.
"That can't be!"
"How is this possible?"
"I must be seeing things!"
A thousand thoughts raced through Jiang Liu's mind before he smiled and said, "Green, the third-ring wizard, which one of you is Mr. Xiao Song?"
"I...I..."
A short guy emerged from behind a group of immature teenagers. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a clean and neat appearance, but he was a bit short... Well, his strength was quite weak!
“My lord wizard, I am Chef Xiaosong. Thank you and everyone else for your help this time!” He bowed to Jiang Liu and said, “Let me introduce these three wizards to Mr. Green…”
"No need, we are dragonborn, the lone wizard Grimm. I hope that this time when we enter the Endless Abyss, you won't hold us back!" A young man with a pointed face and thin lips said with a wicked smile, his fingers rhythmically tapping on his wine glass. His eyes were vertical pupils like those of a dragon, not unlike the dragon eyes of his cheap teacher.
“Dragonborn?!” Jiang Liu looked at the badge on their chests, which featured a ferocious giant dragon head.
Jiang Liu had learned about the various organizations within the Wizarding Alliance and had some impression of this one. It wasn't particularly strong, ranking in the middle, at least in the official rankings, far inferior to "Seven Ring Tower," "Ouroboros," and "Mechanical Heart." This "Dragonborn" organization specialized in modifying dragon bloodlines and was also known as the Dragon Body Refining Wizards.
Moreover, this organization does not have a "time fortress".
Of the three, one woman and two men, according to Jiang Liu's perception, the mean-spirited young man was probably a wizard modified by the bloodline of some kind of poisonous dragon, the woman had an extremely cold power gathered on her body, and the remaining man seemed to have explosive power gathered in his body.
Looking at the three of them, Jiang Liu couldn't help but think of Smaug, the fire dragon he had put into his storage space. Although he wasn't very strong, he was still a dragon.
The mean-spirited young man was arrogant, but this man and woman, though proud, were not arrogant.
"Junior brother, you..." The woman wanted to say something, but Jiang Liu noticed that the man slightly touched her. The woman swallowed her words, then gave a bitter smile and said to Jiang Liu, "Dragon descendant Bai Qi, on behalf of your junior brother, I apologize..."
"Bai Qi, he's just a wild wizard. So what if he's a third-ringed wizard... He's still just a wild wizard..."
Jiang Liu immediately knew that this sarcastic young man was definitely the son of a high-ranking member of the "Dragonborn" organization. He was arrogant, haughty, and disdainful of others, exhibiting all the typical traits of a spoiled second-generation rich kid. Although he was a third-circle wizard, it was certain that he had amassed a fortune through massive resources and was now preparing to take a trip to the "Endless Abyss" out of boredom.
However, the two wizards, male and female, were quite powerful, especially the man who looked constipated. Jiang Liu sensed a trace of bloodthirsty aura from him, clearly someone who had crawled out of mountains of knives, seas of fire, and mountains of corpses.
"Dragonborn, Black One!"
Staring at Jiang Liu, the man finally spoke, his gaze fixed on the gold fragment in Jiang Liu's hand, a hint of solemnity appearing in his vertical pupils.
White 7, Black 1.
One can tell a thing or two from the name itself.
Jiang Liu smiled slightly and nodded at him. Of these three third-ring wizards, only this Black One was somewhat interesting.
Then he looked at Xiaosong and the group of chuunibyou (delusional) teenagers around him.
You can tell if someone is a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) just by looking at their hair color
None of these teenagers seem to be normal.
A blue-haired boy, his muscles seemed about to explode, his arms thicker than Jiang Liu's thighs. Moreover, the "gourmet cells" in Jiang Liu's body sensed the presence of a fellow human.
"This blue-haired guy comes from the world of gastronomy! And it seems... he possesses multiple types of gastronomic cells. Didn't the wizards' research say that fusing two types of 'gastronomic cells' would directly lead to genetic collapse? Could this blue-haired guy also be a protagonist? Possessing a protagonist's aura!"
Komatsu patted the blue-haired man's thick arm and said, "Master Grimm, let me introduce you. This is Toriko, my culinary partner..."
The blue-haired Toriko sniffed, then exclaimed in utter surprise, "Mr. Grimm, you've fused with 'Gourmet Cells'! I never expected to encounter a wizard who has fused with 'Gourmet Cells' here. My name is Toriko, and I come from the Gourmet World. My goal is to taste all the delicacies in the world and complete my life's menu."
Looking at the outstretched palm, as large as a prayer mat, Jiang Liu felt that he couldn't see through this person's strength. Moreover, the evolution of the gourmet cells in his body was far inferior to that of this person: "Soul Wizard, you can call me Jiang Liu!"
"Soul Wizard?"
"He's a soul wizard... I misjudged him!" The sarcastic young man picked up his wine glass, took a small sip, and tried to cover his embarrassment.
"Master Wizard, Kurosaki Ichigo greets you!" With short orange hair, a black Shinigami robe, and a large sword on his back, the young man approached Jiang Liu, bowed, and said, "I have a favor to ask, and I wonder if you, sir, could grant me this request? Ichigo Kurosaki is willing to repay you with my life!"
“Ichigo…” A deformed hand landed on Kurosaki Ichigo’s shoulder, and then a black-haired boy walked out from behind. Although he was gnawing on a beast bone with great enthusiasm, Jiang Liu could sense a natural kingly aura from him.
Jiang Liu pursed his lips, feeling that this world was becoming more and more interesting.
"Luffy, this is my chance. If I miss it, who knows when it will come again!"
"Ichigo, are you really ready?" a fox-faced blond boy shouted.
“Perhaps, when we become strong enough, we can revive Orihime…” This is Super Saiyan Goku from “Dragon Ball,” Jiang Liu was quite certain.
Shaking his head, Ichigo produced a pair of light blue hair clips with six petals in his hand: "Toriko, Luffy, Naruto, Goku, we can't wait any longer. You've all sensed it too, Orihime's soul is getting weaker and weaker!"
Jiang Liu looked at the hairpin, frowned, and said, "There's a woman's soul inside... Do you need me to free her from the seal?"
"My lord... is it alright?" Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly.
"Breaking the seal and rescuing her is easy, but without a body, rescuing her would be harming her. You need to prepare a body for her first. However, it seems that her soul is somewhat special and an ordinary body cannot contain it."
"In the end, it still won't work!" The "Dragonborn" wizard made another sarcastic remark.
The wizard's power was too overwhelming, leaving the group of teenagers gritting their teeth in frustration.
Jiang Liu pondered for a moment. Although he wasn't very familiar with Kurosaki Ichigo, he did have some impression of him. He was the protagonist of "Bleach," and the huge sword behind him was his Zanpakuto, "Zangetsu."
They're all main characters! What do we do?
"How about this? I'll create a suitable space for the soul to survive, then I'll break the seal, and I'll give you three minutes of communication time each day, how about that?"
Thank you so much!
In the adjacent private room, Jiang Liu created a dark aura suitable for the existence of souls, used to protect the souls that had left their bodies.
The soul is both strong and weak. Without the protection of a physical body, the soul exists directly in the mortal world, and even a gust of wind can disperse it.
With the protection of the shadow aura, the soul can be released from the hairpin artifact unaffected.
"What a miserable couple!" Jiang Liu closed the door behind him.
"However, that girl's soul is truly special... Is this a special ability of the Bleach world?"
Instant Shield Rikka!
Jiang Liu wasn't entirely clear on the details, but that didn't prevent him from understanding the soul sealed within the hairpin.
Ichigo Kurosaki from Soul Society, Naruto Uzumaki from the Ninja World, Monkey D. Luffy from the New World, Goku from Dragon Ball, and Toriko and Komatsu from the Gourmet World...
This is a main character team!
"Hmm! Could that second-generation wizard be the protagonist of some wizarding novel?"
Jiang Liu shook his head and thought to himself, "Probably not. If any protagonist were like him, they would probably be doomed!"
Three minutes passed quickly. Kurosaki Ichigo pushed open the door, bowed to Jiang Liu, and said, "My lord, in the endless abyss, Ichigo will protect your safety with his life!"
"It's just a small measure, you don't need to thank me so much. The Endless Abyss is still in the midst of war, extremely dangerous, only by working together can we ensure safety. Your little girlfriend, if the problem of her soul dissipating cannot be solved, will one day be completely destroyed. Here's what I'll do! I'll mix some shadow energy every day, and with my soul power, that should be enough to keep her from dissipating further. However, you also need to build her a physical body as soon as possible. If you don't have any ideas, I'll think of a way for you after this trip to the Abyss!"
Ichigo Kurosaki bowed deeply once more: "My lord, please accept my bow!"
Chapter 305 Endless Abyss
Passionate young people are not cunning.
Toriko is a super gourmet and heavy drinker who strictly adheres to the self-discipline of "not killing unless it's for food, and if you kill, you must eat." His reason for leaving the culinary world and entering the wizarding world is simple: to taste all the world's delicacies with his partner, Komatsu, and complete his life's menu.
Therefore, the culinary world is fortunate.
According to Naruto, after the ninja world was conquered by wizards, he came to the wizard world alone in order to find a way to break free from the wizards' control and for the revival of the ninja world.
Luffy is the same, as is Ichigo Kurosaki, and even Goku is no exception!
Pirates, Bleach, Naruto... all became subsidiary dimensions of the wizard.
They are a group of protagonists who have lost their homes and are chosen ones of this world who have lost their great destiny.
Jiang Liu quickly became one of them.
Meanwhile, the "Shura" space-time fortress set off on time, heading towards the "Endless Abyss".
During this time, the main characters also came to accept Jiang Liu, even though he was a wizard and theoretically their enemy.
In order to save his girlfriend "Orihime", Kurosaki Ichigo has finally found a way to save her, and now that he is in Jiang Liu's hands, he naturally becomes his loyal subordinate.
Every day, Jiang Liu either absorbed fragments of the Saint Cloth or fought against several main characters. Jiang Liu discovered that among these five main characters, the most powerful was naturally Sun Wukong.
Although he didn't undergo a Super Saiyan transformation, Jiang Liu had already figured some things out. In his normal state, his strength was no weaker than a second-ring wizard; if he transformed, he'd easily reach the third ring. As for the second and third stages of Super Saiyan, Jiang Liu felt that Goku couldn't do that yet.
Ranking second is Toriko, whose strength is also unfathomable. The Gourmet Demon within him grants him immense power. Moreover, no matter how severe his injuries, he can recover quickly as long as he has enough food.
Jiang Liu also learned a unique technique from Toriko: to unleash multiple punches in an instant. The continuous blows would be like nails, causing destructive force that pierces deep into the body. The more punches thrown, the greater the destructive force.
Jiang Liu incorporated the Nail Fist technique into the "Six-Character True Technique of Destruction," thus comprehending the "Stab Technique."
As for Luffy, Naruto, and Ichigo, their strengths are roughly equal.
The Gum-Gum Fruit, combined with Haki, can even withstand Toriko's spike punch, and Conqueror's Haki is a powerful tool for clearing out weaker enemies.
With various ninjutsu and the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki power, Naruto's strength, though not yet at its peak, should not be underestimated when he uses the Giant Rasengan.
With the Shikai of his Zanpakuto, combined with Shinigami skills and Quincy abilities, Ichigo Kurosaki is not weak.
Jiang Liu only used his martial arts and lightning techniques, but did not use his natal flying sword. This was his trump card, and he would not easily reveal it.
Jiang Liu finally absorbed the Saint Cloth fragments, and all the essence within them was fused with his natal flying sword. The "Thunder Tribulation Sword" also successfully advanced to the level of a low-grade immortal artifact of the human realm.
There is a difference between immortals and mortals. The "Thunder Tribulation Sword" after fusing with the Saint Cloth fragments is ten times more powerful than before.
Through training and sparring, the "Asura" fortress finally broke through the space-time barrier and appeared in the "Endless Abyss".