However, at this moment Satoshi already had a clue that could help Tengen achieve Bankai. After the battle with Satoru, he received a system prompt, which turned out to be an unexpected surprise.

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One day ago.

[The borrower of the sword Satoru has completed Senbonzakura Bankai. The number of times you can extract abilities: *1.]

[The first person to achieve a borrowed-sword Bankai has appeared. Additional reward—clue for the creation of a Tenshintai.]

After the battle, Satoshi finally had time to look over the prompts given by the system.

Originally, what Satoshi looked forward to most was, of course, extracting Satoru's abilities. But when he saw the next prompt, his attention was completely drawn away.

In the world of Soul Reapers, the Tenshintai is extremely rare, yet it is a crucial factor in the process of achieving Bankai.

It can be considered an alternative path toward Bankai.

The main reason why Urahara Kisuke developed the Tenshintai was to allow himself and Shihouin Yoruichi to quickly achieve Bankai.

In the original timeline, Kisuke and Yoruichi indeed accomplished it.

The true effect of the Tenshintai is to forcibly create a materialized form of the Zanpakutō spirit and solidify it, serving as an essential tool to quickly obtain Bankai.

To truly achieve Bankai, one must materialize the true form of the Zanpakutō and bring it under full submission.

After Bankai, not only does the appearance of the Zanpakutō change, but its abilities also evolve, and even the clothing of the Soul Reaper may transform.

The changes in a Zanpakutō's abilities after Bankai generally fall into three categories.

The first is further strengthening its existing power, such as Senbonzakura evolving into Senbonzakura Kegoyoshi.

The second is gaining new abilities, as seen with Sode no Shirayuki's Hakka no Togame and Ichimaru Gin's Kamishini no Yari.

The third is a complete transformation into an entirely different power, like how Soi Fon's Suzumebachi evolves into Jakuhō Raikōben.

Some individuals may even experience a combination of these changes.

There has never been a Shikai and Bankai that were completely unrelated.

Even a Bankai like Jakuhō Raikōben, which differs greatly from Suzumebachi, still has a subtle connection between "two hits to kill" and "one hit to kill."

Furthermore, if a Zanpakutō grants multiple abilities after Bankai, those abilities never contradict one another.

Now, with these clues on creating a Tenshintai, Satoshi realized that in this world, he could also craft one.

Once the transformation into a Tenshintai is complete, he will be able to help every sword borrower achieve their own Bankai.

After all, the ones he selected as sword borrowers were already among the strongest in this world.

With this, there was basically no need to worry about Satoshi himself.

After materializing the Zanpakutō's spirit through the Soul Form, the sword borrower would be unable to defeat their own Zanpakutō spirit.

However, the only regret Satoshi felt was that the reward was just a clue for creating a Tenshintai, not a ready-made method.

Therefore, the path to crafting a Tenshintai still required time and exploration.

This extra reward for Bankai was well worth it. Even just the clue alone was a great prize. As for the Kido techniques he had comprehended during the battle, Satoshi was rather calm about them.

As for Kido, as his control over Reiryoku continued to improve, he believed there would come a day when he could master all of them.

Now, Satoshi began to anticipate what kind of ability he could extract from Satoru.

It turns out that karma really does come full circle. You absorbed my Cursed Energy in the past, and now I get to extract some power from you.

Satoshi smiled playfully.

Fortunately, this extraction only copies the ability instead of taking it away.

I wonder what ability will be extracted.

Will it be a Cursed Technique? Or Cursed Energy? Or a physical technique? Or something else? Maybe even something ridiculous like calligraphy, origami.

This was Satoshi's first time experiencing this process. He could not imagine what would come out, nor did he know what kind of ability the system would select.

He did not dare to set his expectations too high for this ability extraction that blended the dual nature of gods and demons.

[Hint: Do you want to use the extraction chance for the borrowed-sword Satoru?]

[Use.]

Satoshi nodded. In the next moment, his entire body froze, and he even doubted his own hearing.

[Extracted ability from Satoru: Limitless Technique]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Limitless Technique!]

What the hell is this?

Countless question marks filled Satoshi's mind. After confirming it again and again, Satoshi let out a long breath.

There was nothing wrong with the system's prompt. It clearly stated that the extracted ability was the Limitless.

Moreover, Satoshi could feel changes within his body. A "formula" had formed, giving him the method to use the Limitless Technique.

But can I really use the Limitless Technique?

Satoshi was skeptical.

There was no doubt that this Limitless Technique was the most precious ability Satoru possessed, apart from the Six Eyes.

If it were to be ranked, it would undoubtedly be classified as an SSR-level ability.

However, one of the prerequisites for using this technique is the ability to manipulate Cursed Energy.

The Limitless Technique is like a formula. You simply inject Cursed Energy into it, and you can achieve the corresponding result.

But without Cursed Energy, this technique is nothing more than decoration.

As someone with a Heavenly Restriction, Satoshi has no Cursed Energy at all.

So I pulled an SSR, but it's just a decoration that I cannot use?

Thinking about this made Satoshi hesitate. Yet he also believed that the system wouldn't deceive him. After all, this system existed to help him grow, not to trap him.

As this thought crossed his mind, another idea emerged.

The Limitless Technique requires the infusion of Cursed Energy to function. Although I have no Cursed Energy, I do have Reiryoku.

If I use Reiryoku to activate the Limitless Technique, could it work?

(To be continued.)

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