While Kyōraku and Picaro were locked in fierce combat, Ukitake quickly rushed down to the bottom of the Soul King Palace. This was something Kyōraku and Ukitake had agreed upon: Ukitake would create an opportunity for Kyōraku to get close, then Kyōraku would use his Bankai the enemy, while Ukitake would go check if the Old Man Yama was still alive.
Following the lingering Reiatsu downwards, Ukitake saw the bald old man lying diagonally on the boulder. From the slight rise and fall of his chest, Ukitake knew he was still alive.
"Teacher! Captain Unohana is engaged in fierce combat with the enemy. Let me take care of her first."
Shunpo Ukitake beside the old man and began to treat his injuries. His right wrist was missing and his left calf was missing, but because of the extensive burns, he did not lose too much blood.
"Jushiro?"
Feeling the power of the Kaido enter his body, Yama-jii opened his blurry eyes, speaking with great difficulty... He had thought it would be Unohana came, but it turned out to be his own disciple, and even Unohana was fighting with all her might...
But let alone Unohana, even if the Original Gotei 13 were to be resurrected, they might not be able to win at this point. The only key to victory was the seed that Hyosube entrusted to him to implant in his body, for which he fought with all his might...
As soon as Yama-jii closed his eyes, he recalled the first time he met Nangong Ling. At that time, he thought that Nangong Ling was just a very talented young man who might become the successor of Kuruyashiki in the future.
He didn't take the subsequent clamor about replacing him to heart. He only felt that the only suitable candidate for Captain-Commander was Kyōraku, while Nangong Ling brute force and lacked the ability to use his skills behind the scenes.
Unexpectedly, more than a hundred years later, Nangong Ling's ambition revealed that he was not without wisdom, and was even capable of breaking the world's order and overturning the world... If only I could have killed him then!
It's too late to say anything now. At this point, all we can do is hope for our Captains to fight back desperately...
As soon as Yama-jii opened his eyes, he said softly, "Ukitake, don't worry about me, go ahead!"
Yes! Thank you for your guidance!
Ukitake's eyes were resolute. After getting up, he didn't go to assist Kyōraku, but flew towards the Soul King's Inner Palace... Yama-jii understood the meaning of farewell in his words.
On the other side, Kyōraku and Picaro fought for more than ten rounds, each bearing wounds inflicted by the other, and their battlefield drifted further and further away from the center.
"Black!"
In another clash, Kyōraku was struck by Picaro, his body flying backward amidst splattering blood. Picaro grinned as he chased after him... Having already grasped the rules of the game, Picaro loved this style of play even more than Kyōraku.
"Isn't the distance far enough?"
This was half of the shattered Zero Division Detached Palace, swept to the edge of the Soul King Palace. Sensing that Picaro had arrived, he no longer hesitated. "Bankai - Katen Kyōkotsu Black Pine Hearts!"
When the scientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi's poison approached Baraggan, it was blocked by his powerful Reiatsu and could not get close. After the 'Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo' let out a chilling scream, it rushed over, and the 'Death Breath' also circled around it.
When Mayuri Kurotsuchi modified his Zanpakuto, he also incorporated Spatial Distortion Device into his Bankai. After his retreat, he had planned to secretly return to Baraggan Hueco Mundo Experimental Subject, but he simply didn't have the time.
Kisuke Urahara watched from the sidelines, waiting for his chance... Spatial abilities were indeed good against Baraggan's abilities, but he was still far from being able to defeat him.
Beep beep! The communicator rang. Urahara answered, "Hello, Miss Yoruichi? How did it go? Was everything alright?"
"That's good, that's good. I'll locate them for you right away. I hope I'm right. Hmm, no problem, Zero Division is wiped out."
"That's not all, there's something even worse..." Urahara's expression suddenly darkened as he spoke into the phone, which was beeping incessantly. "The Captain-Commander has also been defeated. I counted; the Captain-Commander in his Bankai state lasted five rounds, less than a minute..."
After shutting down the communication, Mayuri Kurotsuchi who was fighting Baraggan, Urahara began to take out four wooden-shaped fixing devices, and then muttered to himself...
He lied at first, saying he wanted Yoruichi and the others to investigate the reason for the existence of Hell energy in the mortal World of the Living, but in reality, he wanted them to prepare for the Soul King's death afterward.
Therefore, after Yoruichi and Tessai finished their investigation, they went directly back to the Shihoin Family and took a lot of things. Then they had Urahara use the Garganta to pick them up.
Sizzle! The space where the four pillars were fixed opened, revealing Garganta, but the two people had not yet arrived.
The distance between the Soul King Palace and the Seireitei is quite far. Even if the Garganta can shorten the spatial distance, Yoruichi and the others would still have to run quite a distance...
"If I hadn't been here to help, we wouldn't have been able to find the location of the Soul King Palace!"
Urahara glanced at the barrier in the sky. The Seventy-Two Barriers could originally even Sealing space, but after the series of battles, all the buildings of the Soul King Palace were displaced and severely damaged. This may have caused problems with the barrier itself, which is why he was able to easily bring people in again.
His guess was correct; the Zero Division Detached Palace was indeed at the heart of the formation, and now nearly half of it was destroyed, with the barrier also severely damaged...
Unbeknownst to Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the 'Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo' had already reached Baraggan's side. It opened its massive jaws and bit down on Baraggan, who was swinging his giant axe but couldn't hurt it.
"Now!"
Just as the giant mouth is about to touch Baraggan's body, the 'Spatial Distortion Device' will inevitably stop, and Baraggan will simultaneously unleash even more 'Death Breath'.
"Waaaaah..."
The Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo let out a strange cry, then was corrupted and exploded, dying...
"Hateful!"
Mayuri Kurotsuchi was furious, but his cold eyes were fixed on several round, bead-like objects that had fallen—who knows how much he had hidden in his Bankai?
"Bankai too, yours Bankai Respira, what are you going to do now? By the way, where's your companion from earlier...?"
Baraggan walked slowly forward, believing that Mayuri Kurotsuchi was no longer able to fight, and turned to look for Urahara's figure.
"Hmph, I don't need anyone to share my experimental materials."
Snap! Crack!
Seeing that Baraggan had walked to the beads on the ground, Mayuri Kurotsuchi took out a device, pressed it casually, and a burst of sound was heard, from which ice emerged.
"What is this?" Baraggan exclaimed in surprise as he realized his feet were frozen and he couldn't draw his Reiatsu out of them.
"Haha, this is ice that can even freeze time. I call it Spatial Freezing Agent. Your abilities are completely useless. It's over!"
As the Spatial Freezing Agent instantly rose to Baraggan's abdomen, Mayuri Kurotsuchi couldn't help but burst into laughter again...
When Baraggan's giant axe cleaved down, a large chunk of ice shattered, but the ice spread even faster, freezing the axe as well. Baraggan quickly transformed into a giant ice sculpture.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi pulled out a strip of cloth. "Hmm, then let me use this..."
Click! Click!
Before he could finish saying "completely seal you," the ice crystal shattered. Baraggan's blazing purple Reiatsu completely destroyed the ice crystal, and the Death Breath surged forth like Sky Cover.
Sizzle!
Unable to Mayuri Kurotsuchi's left hand was stained. He quickly tore off his left hand and activated the Spatial Distortion Device beside him again, avoiding Baraggan's angry axe blow.
"Heh, you insignificant ant thinks you can defeat me with tricks? There's a theory of our boss that I agree with: absolute Reiatsu is everything."
Baraggan held a Great Axe in one hand and controlled the Death Breath in the other, completely surrounding the area where Mayuri Kurotsuchi was located. Three layers inside and three layers outside, a sphere of death with a diameter of twenty meters was formed, the end of which was connected to Baraggan's left hand like a thread.
The Spatial Distortion prevented Mayuri Kurotsuchi's location from being eroded, but Baraggan did so anyway.
The reason was simple: Baraggan felt that even a machine, no matter how well it operated, should have its limits, especially one that was constantly distorting space under the pressure of an attack of his own magnitude. Sooner or later, that machine would collapse.
As it turned out, Baraggan's guess was inaccurate, but not far off... The Spatial Distortion device required Reiryoku to operate, and after the energy prepared inside was exhausted, Mayuri Kurotsuchi could only inject it with her own Reiryoku.
At this moment, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's expression was very bad. Losing an arm was a minor matter; he was definitely no match for Baraggan in terms of total Reiryoku. If he couldn't hold on any longer, he would definitely be killed here.
A wise man doesn't fight a losing battle. Determined to share his findings, he quickly dialed the security camera he had secretly placed inside Urahara's cloak during the chaos. Urahara's voice came through the camera:
"Mr. Mayuri Kurotsuchi? How are you? Did you manage to kill him?"
"Kisuke Urahara, don't you have eyes? This monster's Reiatsu is too high; it's difficult to even get close. Didn't you say it was a 2-on-1 fight? Where did you go?"
"Wait, didn't you say you didn't need me to share any materials?"
"That damn guy even installed a camera on me... Never mind that, hurry up and help me restrain him."
"It's not a good tone to ask for help like that! But I'm picking someone up right now and can't leave for the time being, and even if I got there, I wouldn't be able to do anything about his abilities... If you feel you can't handle it, you can stop the Spatial Distortion for 0.1 seconds and then turn it on to maximum power in the opposite direction..."
Urahara began to share his unique insights into Spatial Distortion, and at this crucial moment, Mayuri Kurotsuchi instantly understood what he meant.
A sudden reversal of direction can tear space apart, giving you a chance to fall into an endless Dangai and escape.
Without much hesitation, seeing the little Reiryoku left in his body after the battle, Mayuri Kurotsuchi immediately stopped and then immediately activated the reverse-direction distorted space, causing the space to collapse, just as Kisuke Urahara had instructed.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi immediately entered it. Baraggan reacted quickly enough, but only part of the Death Breath entered, while Mayuri Kurotsuchi was lost in the boundless Dangai.
"Damn it, such a complete defeat! That bastard Urahara must be laughing all the way to the bank! I shouldn't have let him help me. Looks like my preparations weren't enough. To deal with an enemy like this, I need a lot more tricks up my sleeve..."
The method he used only created Dangai, not Garganta. It couldn't provide a foothold, Mayuri Kurotsuchi was in free fall, while the shattered space had already returned to normal...
"Hmph, fallen into the Dangai? Never mind that for now. These guys over here have actually opened the Garganta. Are they getting reinforcements?"
Baraggan turned to look in Kisuke Urahara's direction, where he saw a tiny Garganta continuously opening. He raised his hand and unleashed a burst of Death Breath.
As Urahara turned around and inwardly cursed his bad luck, two Reiatsu came from behind him, and a thick wall of Kidō suddenly appeared, blocking Baraggan's casual attack.
"Get out of the way!"
Yoruichi appeared first, instantly pulling Urahara away. Then Tessai appeared; his Kidō had been completely corrupted, so he had to create another Barrier to block him before dodging.