Baraggan

Time flies, and a month has passed since that incident. In the past month, the team members have been completely obedient to him, and nothing like what happened before has occurred again. Members from other regiments who heard about this were also very impressed and wished they were in the Second Corps.

As a result, Ye Yang's prestige within the Expeditionary Force soared, transforming him from a newly arrived vice-captain into Hueco Mundo Legion Commander Ye Yang, second only to the Grand Commander. Now, whenever he goes out and sees someone, they make way for Ye Yang and greet him. This dramatic change left Ye Yang completely bewildered...

The Expeditionary Force has gradually returned to normal, but for some reason, even the surrounding voids have disappeared in the past few days, and the calm seems somewhat abnormal.

Ye Yang was sitting alone in the tent, drinking sake, when the door suddenly opened and Shusuke Amagai slowly walked in, saying, "Oh, Ye Yang, you seem to be in a good mood, but why are you drinking alone?"

Ye Yang looked at Shusuke Amagai with a feigned resentment. "There's nothing I can do about it. Amagai, you won't drink with me, who am I supposed to drink with? Am I supposed to drink with the Commander-in-Chief?"

That resentful look in his eyes was practically a carbon copy of Kisuke Urahara's, instantly silencing Shusuke Amagai. He quickly waved his hand. "No, I don't drink. You know I get drunk easily, so please don't look at me like that, Ye Yang- kun."

Ye Yang's face immediately changed, replaced by a look of disdain. "How dare you say that? You're a grown man who can't drink? Aren't you ashamed?"

He immediately deflated and said in a low voice, "Can't we just not bring this up?" Not being able to drink is an indelible stain on Shusuke Amagai perfect life...

"Haha, okay, let's not talk about that anymore. You didn't come here just to tell me this, did you?" Ye Yang invited him to a seat and continued, "Let's sit down and talk."

Shusuke Amagai nodded, sat down, and looked at Ye Yang: "Indeed, nothing can be hidden from you, Ye Yang. Let me ask you, don't you think things have been a bit too calm lately? That's not a good sign."

Ye Yang frowned. Indeed, things had been unusually calm lately. Ye Yang had noticed this long ago. He didn't know what kind of turbulent undercurrents lay behind this calm, or perhaps he was just being paranoid, but he couldn't be too careful.

"That's right, I noticed that too. I have a feeling this is the calm before the storm, but what can we do with the unknown besides being more vigilant? We can only do our best to defend ourselves. By the way, we're in a camp here, so I suppose you've already made preparations for evacuation."

Shusuke Amagai gave a wry smile, "You really can't hide anything from me. Our Expeditionary Force always leaves an escape route beforehand when we migrate. Hopefully, we won't need to use it this time."

"Actually, it's possible that we're overthinking it," Ye Yang suggested.

"I hope so..."

After Shusuke Amagai left, Ye Yang lay down on the bed to sleep. Actually, Hueco Mundo doesn't have night; it's always a gray, hazy place. The only thing that changes is the crescent moon in the sky. It goes through phases throughout the day, with the full moon usually being considered daytime and the waning moon being considered nighttime.

It was already night, and Ye Yang lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He felt restless, as if something was about to happen. Ye Yang felt this way once before, on the night of the Hollowfication Incident. How similar the two situations were!

Since he couldn't sleep, Ye Yang immediately got up and went outside for a walk. When he got dressed and went outside, most people were already asleep, leaving only the people on night watch. Seeing Ye Yang approaching, they quickly greeted him, "Commander Ye Yang, aren't you asleep so late?"

Ye Yang shook his head. "It's nothing, I just couldn't sleep and came out for a walk. The night watch is a tough job, you've all worked hard."

The successor quickly replied, "Yes! For the safety of the Expeditionary Force, it's no trouble at all."

He waved them back, saying, "You all go back to your places first, I'm just taking a walk."

"Hi!"

Unbeknownst to him, Ye Yang had already reached the border, but the closer he got, the faster Ye Yang heart pounded. It was this palpitation that made Ye Yang step out of the barrier. Suddenly, he sensed a faint Spiritual Pressure. "Who's there? Show yourself!"

There was no mistake just now; someone must have been nearby. Ye Yang didn't dare to be careless and drew his Zanpakuto, saying, "Who is it? If you don't come out, I won't be polite."

But still no one appeared. Without hesitation, Ye Yang released his Zanpakuto, and instantly two Spatial Rifts shot forward. Sure enough, the space there distorted, and the person inside... oh no, the Hollow immediately revealed his face.

The surrounding space turned a deep purple, and the aura of death rushed in. A sense of danger filled Ye Yang's heart. Suddenly, a huge Spiritual Pressure soared into the sky. Ye Yang estimated that the intensity of this Spiritual Pressure was about the same as his own at his peak. At this moment, a deep purple figure landed in front of Ye Yang.

Ye Yang's first impression was of the image of the Grim Reaper from his previous life in Europe. It was so similar: a white skull with a golden crown on top, and a dark purple outfit that looked particularly sinister. However, the symbolic scythe of death had been replaced by a black giant axe, and the body was surrounded by an aura of death.

It's Vasto Lorde! There's no mistake. This oppressive aura isn't from a newly promoted Vasto Lorde like Ulquiorra; it's from a Vasto Lorde at his peak! Ye Yang's first impression was one of immense power! At the same time, Ye Yang vaguely guessed his identity.

Even so, Ye Yang still asked, "Who are you?"

His ethereal voice echoed from the sky, "I've already arrived, and you still don't know who I am? How utterly laughable!"

"You must be that so-called Great Emperor," Ye Yang said, revealing his guess and triggering the alarm in the camp, while trying to stall for time.

"That's right!" He pointed his giant axe at Ye Yang: "I am the King of Hueco Mundo — the Skeleton Emperor Baraggan Ruizenbond! You should know why I'm here, you foolish Shinigami, you will pay the price for your actions."

"Oh?" Ye Yang said without changing his expression, "I understand, but I'm curious how you found this place. Can you tell me?"

Perhaps he felt Ye Yang was already dead and wanted to make sure Ye Yang died knowing why. "This place is indeed hard to find, and it has a device to isolate Spiritual Pressure, but you have a fatal flaw, and that is that you are here!"

Ye Yang pointed to himself. "Me?"

"That's right, among the Menos Grande you killed was a very special Hollow. It implanted a special Spiritual Pressure on the person who killed it. By sensing this Spiritual Pressure, finding this place was incredibly easy!" The Skeleton Emperor pointed at Ye Yang: "You are the culprit!"

Ye Yang frowned. Who would have thought there would be such a special Void? After thinking for a moment, Ye Yang said, "If that's the case, you would have found this place long ago. There's no need to wait a month to come back. I guess you can't find my exact location, only my general area of activity, which is why it has taken you so long to search."

At this point Baraggan remained silent, which was tantamount to acknowledging Ye Yang's words. For a moment, the two were speechless. Finally, Baraggan broke the silence. "I know you're stalling for time, but I'm stalling for time too. The massacre should have already begun..."

As if to confirm Baraggan's words, a scream suddenly broke the silence of the night in the camp, followed by a series of screams. Ye Yang looked at Baraggan with a livid face and exclaimed, "How is this possible? When..." Ye Yang paused here, as if he suddenly remembered something.

Baraggan replied, "That's right. Just as I unleashed my Spiritual Pressure, I used it as a cover to send all my subordinates inside."

Ye Yang turned to leave, but Baraggan reappeared before him. "Do you think you can escape from me?"

"You think you can stop me?" Ye Yang returned the same question to him, and by the time he finished speaking, he had already disappeared. Ye Yang had pushed his Shunpo to its limit, and with the addition of Silver Rend, his speed was in no way inferior to Yoruichi's.

When Ye Yang arrived, the scene was already in complete chaos. At least fifty Adjuchas- class Menos Grande, leading a thousand Gillian Menos Grande, were fiercely attacking the Expeditionary Force! With so many Menos Grande, plus a peak Vasto Lorde- class Menos Grande outside, this was absolutely a devastating blow.

Not only were the combat legions fighting, but even the usual Logistics Corps and medical units were providing support using Kidō. All the legion commanders and vice-commanders were involved in the battle, and even the Commander-in-Chief had unleashed his Zanpakuto to fight an Adjuchas!

Ye Yang spotted Shusuke Amagai in the crowd. Shusuke was wielding Raika to slay the Menos Grande in front of him, while simultaneously launching red fireballs from the tips of his Raika to support his teammates. Ye Yang immediately Shunpo to his side, effortlessly finishing off the Gillian was fighting, and then asked, "How's it going?"

Shusuke Amagai smiled bitterly, "You've finally arrived. The situation is extremely dire. This must be the biggest disaster since I joined the Expeditionary Force. There's no way we can win against so many Menos Grande. Now, our only option is to retreat. I didn't expect my words to come true so quickly. Whether we can even escape this time is now a question!"

"Has the direction of retreat been confirmed?" Ye Yang asked.

Shusuke Amagai pointed to where Ye Yang had come from and said, "This is their weakest point in the attack. We're going to break out from here!"

Ye Yang's expression changed immediately. It turned out that the reason why Baraggan didn't come after him was because he had planned it all out in advance. He deliberately left a path open for his men, while he waited there for the enemy to walk into his trap.

Seeing that Ye Yang looked unwell, Shusuke Amagai asked, "What's wrong?"

"There's a Vasto-class Menos Grande guarding that place..." Ye Yang slowly uttered these words, words that Shusuke Amagai with utter despair...

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