Lu Li's words made Yhwach pause.
Yhwach suddenly realized that his operation in Hueco Mundo seemed to have taken a little too long. According to the original plan, he should have conquered Hueco Mundo and eliminated any future threats within ten minutes.
But because of the error in the teleportation location, the Espada's encirclement, and his mutual probing with Lu Li, he had already exceeded his estimated time.
Still, that should not have been a problem. His orders to the Schutzstaffel had been to calculate the timing and declare war on Head Captain Yamamoto.
If the operation in Hueco Mundo was delayed, the Schutzstaffel would try to contact him before acting. They would only officially begin once they had confirmation that he could arrive in time.
In other words, the Schutzstaffel had not started causing trouble the moment they arrived. They had been lying low, waiting until they could coordinate with the Hueco Mundo side before going to war.
The reason they had split into two groups was not just efficiency. It was also so the technical personnel of both groups could seal the channels connecting Hueco Mundo and Soul Society, preventing anyone in Hueco Mundo from using Black Portals or Senkaimon to reinforce Soul Society.
Yhwach was not worried about the Hollows' combat strength. He simply did not want Soul Society to use the poisonous Spirit Particles of Hollows against his army.
But now the time had passed, and Soul Society had not sent him any message asking how they should proceed. Something was clearly wrong.
With that thought, Yhwach had no choice but to expend some effort and use a portion of his power while his eyes were open to observe Soul Society.
It would have been better if he had not looked. The moment he did, his