13 Meeting Ray again (2/2)

”I guess I can't see the stats, oh well.” he said as he pulled out his zanpakutou

The legendary dragon-slaying blade turned into white motes of light as it was absorbed into the zanpakutou.

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The dinging that indicated levels continued until.

[LEVEL 100 HYORINMARU REACHED. UNABLE TO CONTINUE LEVELING UNTIL USER HAS PASSED LEVEL 100]

[SHIKAI UNLOCKED..... BANKAI UNLOCKED]

[CAN NOW CONVERT WEAPONS INTO MAGIC CORES INSTEAD OF EXPERIENCE]

Shiro's breath stopped for a moment as his excitement peaked and the first thing he did was yell out

”BANKAI!”

he immediately blacked out

∞

”Ugghh” Shiro awoke feeling like his body had no energy ”What happened?” he asked out loud

[Host attempted to use bankai without having enough Mana to support the form thus causing host to black out from complete mana exhaustion] the system explained

”Wait, but I thought I got a larger reserve after the dragon's blood thing.” he said as he slumped to a wall behind him

[Host indeed has much more mana than someone without a magic core should have. However it still isn't enough to support the Bankai form]

”Magic core?” Shiro recalled the system telling him he could find those in monsters

[For humans, when they reach level 100 it is called the First Awakening. It is the stage in which a human would form their magic core in their body to allow for a much larger amount of mana to be generated. Currently Host's body actually has mana comparable to a person with a magic core, but the Bankai requires more]

”So... basically I just need to get to 100. Got it.” He said tiredly as he took in his surroundings

it was incredibly dark but he could still see some holes that let a bit of moonlight in. He seemed to be surrounded by incredibly hard ice walls.

”How did I end up here?” he questioned

[Host's counterpart had to leave after Host passed out. So he placed the Host within an ice box for safety reasons]

”That makes sense but.... where's the exit?” There was no obvious exit. It was completely closed off on all sides

[Host should be able to escape by manipulating the ice with Hyorinmaru. A message from Ray for when Host is able to unlock shikai: ”Meditate with your sword”] it relayed to the shinigami

”Well, not like I have the energy to do anything else anyway” he said lethargically as he got in a lazy cross legged position with his sword on his lap.

He closed his eyes and his vision went from dark to white.

∞

”Incredible, I honestly didn't expect for you to receive help from your counterpart” Shiro heard a familiar voice as his vision began to clear up. He saw a familiar man wearing a blue robe, bunny slippers and a night cap.

”Ray! I didn't expect to see you again.” he admitted, he didn't feel tired anymore. Perhaps it was due to him being in his soulscape.

He took a look around and noted that his soulscape didn't exactly look like his counterpart. His soul was a snowy area. Nothing else, no mountain, no tree, no volcano. Just a snowy field.

”Well this place is unsurprisingly still blank.” Ray commented as he gazed around the shinigami's soulscape.

”Kind of depressing, will it always be like this?” he asked the deity

”Of course not. Your soul will change with you as you continue to live out your life. Don't look so down, this isn't completely blank. The fact that there's snow is something. Completely blank means it would just be a white void of nothingness” Ray said cheering up the albino-haired 14 yr old

”Well anyway, right now I'm here to pass onto you what you need to use your new powers. Come closer” he gestured as Shiro moved closer

Shiro wasn't able to react as Ray pulled out a stick out of nowhere and smacked him upside the head. He then fell to the ground as he felt an excruciating pain burn into his head. Like waves of information just flooding into his head and being seared into his mind.

To hid credit, after experiencing so much pain he had gained a sort of tolerance to it and didn't yell out much in the process.

Ray looked approvingly as the shinigami took it like a man.

”You should still be able to hear me so I'll continue speaking. In the world you are in, only few are actually able to use spiritual energy. However the main energy used is still mana. I doubt anyone will be able to use Spiritual energy as well as you in the future, for now you should be able to begin to use spiritual sense. It will allow you to feel out the area around you and in turn allow you to manipulate the moisture in the area.”

”Ofcourse this will require both mana and spiritual energy. In the future, try to practice with both. I even added kido spells for you to learn in there! It will take time, but you should know it will be worth it. Now I'll leave you here, as the information intake will take about another hour. Good luck” He waved as he disappeared leaving the shinigami writhing on the ground