The Soul King Palace.
Thanks to the surveillance cameras that Urahara had set up throughout Soul Society, especially his former stronghold in West Rukongai, the Zero Division members were fortunate enough to witness Aizen's actions.
"Sōsuke Aizen has also appeared. No wonder I've felt something was off. Given Yhwach's personality, if he had truly regained his power, he wouldn't be going to the Hueco Mundo Alliance, but rather using his power to make Hueco Mundo submit." The Monk stared wide-eyed, suddenly realizing.
Ōetsu Nimaiya scoffed, "So what's he planning to do now? Use the souls of Soul Society as a medium to create the Ōken? Does he really think he can win right away?"
Urahara's expression was serious. "We still need to prepare. He has the Hōgyoku on him. As you all know, once you fuse with that thing, you can't be killed..."
The group began to make another plan around the Soul King Palace. This time it was not as simple as before. At least, apart from the Zero Division, no one would be able to find the Soul King's Inner Palace.
Sensing the defeat of the three Captains and finding their Reiatsu almost imperceptible, the Old Man Yama slowly opened his narrowed eyes.
He said in a deep voice, "To openly defy orders for a mere sense of honor, only to be defeated and cause the war to fall into a downward spiral, is utterly foolish."
As soon as he finished speaking, he walked forward slowly, completely ignoring the Squad Member around him who were still entangled with the Quincy Holy Soldiers and the Guards Corps.
Seeing the Captain-Commander advance, the Squad Members of the First Division fought fiercely and wiped out the Quincy them several times over.
The fastest to catch up with the Old Man Yama was Chōjirō Sasakibe, followed by less than half of the Squad Member the First Division. They had already defeated the third wave of opponents, but had also suffered heavy losses themselves.
Before long, four figures, carrying over a hundred Holy Soldier, surrounded the group of the First Division. This was the fourth wave.
Just as Chōjirō Sasakibe and several elite Seated Officers were about to step forward, the Old Man Yama slammed his cane into the ground and shouted, "All of you, stand back! Since Yhwach doesn't dare to come out and see me, I'll kill him until he does!"
The cane vanished, transforming into Zanpakuto in the Old Man Yama's hand. He drew the Zanpakuto, and the temperature of the entire area slowly rose... All Creation turned to ashes— Ryūjin Jakka.
The many Squad Members of the First Division retreated again and again, fearing that they would be drawn into the Captain-Commander's battle.
A bald, three-eyed man slowly said to the other three, "You've all made some gains, so let me have this old man! I'll take care of him for His Majesty."
Nianzol chuckled, sticking out his tongue. "Loyd, you want all the credit for yourself?"
To conceal his scars, Askin, now dressed in a different outfit, coldly declared, "I will use the Bankai of his subordinates to kill him."
The burly Wenlai remained silent, then turned and appeared before Chōjirō Sasakibe in a Shunpo.
Wenlai wasn't unwilling to participate in the siege, but rather felt it should wait for these fools to test the Captain-Commander's abilities first...
Apart from Loyd Lloyd, the other three had all defeated Captain-level opponents before arriving, in order to prove themselves in front of Yhwach.
We are all intelligent people, and we are all afraid of suddenly becoming the cornerstone of peace.
Loyd said calmly, "Since you insist on this, don't blame me when you get swept up in this mess."
Having said that, he slowly transformed into the appearance of the Old Man Yama, and the 'Ryūjin Jakka' also appeared in his hand.
The Old Man Yama asked in surprise, "Temperature, Reiatsu, and appearance are all the same? If you can imitate them so perfectly, then... how is their strength?"
The next instant, the Old Man Yama appeared in front of his replica and swung his fire knife at it fiercely.
Loyd parried with his sword, their Reiatsu clashing, flames shooting backwards from each other.
The scattered embers alone forced Askin to fly backward to dodge, while flames constantly twisted and flew towards Nianzol.
The two identical individuals exchanged several blows in quick succession. The Old Man Yama's aura and power surged instantly, sending Loyd flying.
On the other side, Askin, wielding the Quincy Medallion, instantly unleashed Byakuya's Bankai, sending countless blades flying as he attacked the Old Man Yama from the side.
But in an instant, the Old Man Yama appeared in front of him. With a single slash, he was transformed into an arc of fiery meteor in the sky, burning as he flew, until he fell thousands of meters away.
His clothes and Quincy Medallion were all destroyed, but the breathing on his chest indicated that he was still alive.
Loyd gritted his teeth and increased his Reiatsu, Ryūjin Jakka around him to burn even more intensely. However, this increased the drain on his power, and if he failed to kill his opponent before the transformation ended, it would mean he would be hacked to death.
The Old Man Yama's attention was not on Loyd at the moment; his gaze was fixed on Nianzol had just performed his Bankai.
"That woman can only use this Bankai twice a day? I can use it ten times a day without getting tired, it's too easy." Nianzol taunted as he raised the missile.
Just as he was about to make his move, the space around him tore open, and a huge Garganta suddenly opened.
Nianzol also stopped aiming and turned to look at the Garganta, where a blue-haired youth with even more contempt in his eyes walked out.
He didn't have a fake mask on his face, only a touch of blue eyeshadow at the corners of his eyes, but his abdomen had a hollow hole that only a fake would have.
Not far away, several equally enormous Garganta were also opening.
Ryūsaki, who was watching the battle between Gremmy and Kenpachi Zaraki outside Silbern, noticed the opening of the Garganta and laughed, "It's finally here."
Suddenly, Nianzol asked, "Are you an ally of our Arrancar?"
Seeing that the person opposite him remained silent, he continued, "If you had arrived any later, we wouldn't have needed you for this battle; you could have just come and helped collect the corpses."
Grimmjow ignored them and instead scanned the entire battlefield of the Wandenreich, where he saw more than twenty giant monsters constantly creating illusions in the distance.
The Old Man Yama below narrowed his eyes slightly: 'Since they are allies of the Quincy, they are naturally our enemies.'
The Old Man Yama's Reiatsu slowly rose again. This Arrancar... seemed to be the one who fought against Kenpachi Zaraki in his Shikai back then, and there were also...
Seeing that Grimmjow was ignoring him, Nianzol angrily shouted, "Hey, I'm asking you a question!"
Grimmjow turned his head slightly. "Huh?"
Nianzol's pupils contracted sharply; he instinctively sensed danger, but the next moment, a hand pierced through his chest.
Incredulous, Nianzol roared, "Die!"
Grimmjow snorted coldly and instantly tore off his right hand, which carried the 'Jakuhō Raikōben', throwing it along with the missile into the Garganta.
At the same time, he grabbed Nianzol's head and led him away in Sonído.
Bang!
Before the missile even entered the Garganta, it exploded due to the loss of Nianzol's Reiryoku to restrain it. A violent explosion was heard, and the entire sky was instantly brightened. A strong wind blew up the battlefield below, which was filled with Squad Member and Holy Soldier.
But it lasted less than ten seconds before a red laser beam suddenly streaked across the sky, striking the edge of the Wandenreich and continuing its momentum, penetrating the already fragile Shadow Domain and entering the Seireitei.
Through the breached spatial barrier, a red light suddenly rose from the Seireitei, and countless buildings were destroyed.
In the sky, Grimmjow, who had just unleashed Cero, casually tossed Nion's remaining head to the ground.
Wenlai could see clearly from below, was shocked: 'He forcibly distorted space with his own Reiatsu, negating Nianzol's ability... and that's not all, that Cero just now shattered space itself.'
He was being overly forceful, so he slowly took a few steps back.
After quickly dispatching the talkative fellow, Grimmjow landed slowly, grinning maliciously, "Today is the end of the Quincy."
One sentence left Loyd and Wenlai, who were still present, utterly shocked.
The Old Man Yama narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering the benefits of Hueco Mundo's actions.
Grimmjow wasn't going to explain any of that to them; he turned in mid-air and headed towards Silbern.
But suddenly, a pillar of Holy Light shot straight into the sky, and Wenlai, now in his Vollständig form, shouted, "Don't even think about getting near His Majesty!"
A cage surrounded Grimmjow, locking him inside, and Wenlai poured all his power into this cage.
Having failed to break through Grimmjow roared, "You're asking for death!"
Then, he slowly condensed a giant red Cero, surrounded by constantly twisting Cero.
Ulquiorra, Tier Harribel, Nel all appeared near Silbern.
And Yanis appeared with thousands of Gillian. The Adjuchas who had obtained the Quincy Spirit Bows controlled the Gillian while using the Spirit Bows to reap the lives of the Quincy.
Having learned of all this through his returning soul, Yhwach roared, "Ryūsaki Ishida!!"
He suddenly closed his eyes, sensing something, then opened them, raised his hand, and a beam of Holy Light shot into the sky towards Ryūsaki's location.