Inside the royal palace of Las Noches, Yūsuke was carefully examining the newly obtained royal seal in his hand.
Standing behind him were his adjutants, Miroku and Yū, while Princess Rurichiyo of the Kasumiōji clan stood silently in the center of the hall with her head lowered.
The royal seal was a stamp made of an unknown material with a golden body. The bottom was square, and the top had a swastika-shaped carving.
Although this was a treasure symbolizing the authority of the Soul Society's Shinigami royal family, Yūsuke could not feel a trace of Shinigami's spiritual power from it at all. Instead, he discovered that it hid the aura of a Hollow.
In the original story, during the "Double Hyōrinmaru Incident", Sōjirō Kusaka, in order to avenge the Seireitei, released the power of the royal seal, releasing thousands of Gillian-class Hollows to attack the Seireitei. However, this was only the most basic way to use the royal seal.
The power of dispersion was far less powerful than the power of concentration. The power in the royal seal was evenly divided among thousands of Gillians, so what power was there to speak of?
In Yūsuke's view, this royal seal was very likely refined based on a "King Hollow", which was one of the reasons why it was named "Royal Seal".
Just then, Yūsuke's heart suddenly felt an extremely strong desire, constantly urging Yūsuke to fuse the power in the royal seal.
And the source of this desire was the Hollowfication power hidden in his body after Yūsuke absorbed and fused Hollow Yami.
Without warning, Yūsuke actually crushed the royal seal in his hand directly.
This action shocked Miroku and Yū behind him. Rurichiyo, who had been lowering her head in the hall, raised her head upon hearing the sound and could not help but exclaim when she saw the shattered royal seal.
As the royal seal shattered, a golden light ball floated in Yūsuke's palm.
Although this light ball did not look eye-catching, everyone present felt a terrifying spiritual pressure from it.
Countless Hollows of various shapes roared, wanting to rush out of the light ball, but they were firmly bound by the power of the light ball, and could only leave one hideous face of Hollows after another on the surface of the light ball.
"Rurichiyo, are there any records in the royal family's literature about the royal seal, such as the origin of the royal seal and how to use it?" Yūsuke asked with a smile.
At this time, Rurichiyo was staring at the light ball in Yūsuke's hand with an unbelievable gaze. She was slightly stunned after hearing Yūsuke's question, and frowned before answering: "The royal seals are passed down from each generation of the royal family's patriarch to the successor, and are kept by the royal family's patriarch on behalf of the Spirit King. As for the origin of the royal seal or how to use it, no one knows."
After speaking, Rurichiyo's face showed a hesitant look, but she quickly mustered up the courage to ask Yūsuke: "Lord Uchiha, the royal seal is so important, how could you just destroy it like that? What exactly is this ball of spiritual pressure floating in your hand?"
Hearing Rurichiyo's words, Yūsuke said with a smile: "The so-called royal seal is just a symbol, and has no practical significance. As long as the power is in hand, I can create hundreds or thousands of these symbols at will."
Speaking of this, Yūsuke propped up his chin and looked at Rurichiyo: "How about Rurichiyo as the symbol of Las Noches in the future? 'Princess' Rurichiyo, that sounds pretty good."
Rurichiyo's face turned red upon hearing this, and she immediately waved her hands in a panic to refuse.
It could be seen that Yūsuke's mood was very good at this time after the great victory, and he even had the mind to tease a little girl.
"Cough cough."
However, soon Yūsuke heard Yū's coughing sound in his ear. Receiving the reminder, Yūsuke put away his smile and said seriously:
"If I'm not mistaken, this ball of spiritual pressure in my hand should be a King Hollow, which was killed by the Spirit King and sealed in the royal seal. Although the King Hollow has been killed, its spiritual power is too vast. In the independent space of the royal seal, its spiritual power has spawned countless Great Hollows over the years."
"This power is an unparalleled tonic for Hollows!"
As Yūsuke's voice fell, a powerful spiritual pressure vortex suddenly appeared on his palm, constantly absorbing the power of the golden light ball into his body.
At this time, a black Hollowfication mask appeared on Yūsuke's face. As the power in the golden light ball continued to decrease, some dark golden patterns gradually appeared on the mask on Yūsuke's face, eventually forming an ornament similar to a crown on the forehead of the mask.
Throughout the entire process, there was almost no overflowing spiritual pressure on Yūsuke's body, which showed that his control over spiritual pressure had reached an extremely high level.
"So this is the power that the legendary King Hollow possesses? It is truly breathtaking."
After completely absorbing the spiritual pressure in the golden light ball, Yūsuke said with satisfaction.
Ichigo's Hollow White and the Hollow Yami in Yūsuke's body were both King Hollow-level Hollows, but because they were divided into two, they only retained the realm of a King Hollow, but did not have the power of a complete King Hollow.
At this moment, Yūsuke absorbed the power of the King Hollow in the royal seal, not only completing the spiritual pressure that the original Hollow Yami was missing, but even made a breakthrough on the original basis.
Even if Yūsuke did not use his spiritual pressure as a Shinigami now, he would already possess the power exceeding Ichigo's Bull-Head Hollowfication state after Hollowfying!
The Spirit King handed the royal seal to me, he must have known about the existence of Hollow Yami in my body, so he gave this part of the power to me.
I will remember this favor. When I fuse all the power, I will also give him a decent liberation according to his wishes, Yūsuke thought to himself.
Canceling Hollowfication, Yūsuke slowly condensed a crystal clear seal in his palm. The shape was completely the same as the royal seal, but it was not golden.
This seal was made by Yūsuke using the same spiritual power sealing as the "Spirit Coffin", and its strength was extremely high.
Without power exceeding Yūsuke's spiritual pressure, it would be almost impossible to destroy it.
"Rurichiyo, this is the new royal seal, still let you, as a member of the royal family, keep it!" Yūsuke said with a smile.
As a mature force, it should indeed have some symbolic items, which Yūsuke had not considered before.
Since the Spirit King had already handed the royal seal to him, then let the royal seal also become the symbol of the highest power in Las Noches. As for whether this royal seal was still the original one, no one would care at all.
Rurichiyo blankly took the new royal seal from Yūsuke's hand. At this moment, she understood that the status of her family in Las Noches would not change, and it would still serve as a symbol of power and a spokesperson for the king.
It was just that the former king was the Spirit King, and the current king had become Yūsuke in front of her.
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