A massive crack instantly spread across the golden Negación, and the reishi along its edges flaked away like shattered ice.
The smile on Captain Aizen's face finally froze, his pupils filled with undisguised astonishment.
He had never imagined that someone could so directly sever the reishi structure of the Negación. Such a thing should have been impossible!
Before Captain Aizen could react, Harry had already sheathed his blade and lunged forward like an arrow loosed from its bow.
He clenched his right hand into a fist, thick golden reishi gathering around it and forming a thin halo of light.
Captain Aizen instinctively raised an arm to block, only to discover that the surrounding reishi had subtly restrained it.
At the instant Harry swung his sword, he had already quietly altered the local flow of reishi within the Negación, slowing Captain Aizen's movements. In his brief lapse of awareness, he had not noticed at all.
Thus, restrained by the reishi, Captain Aizen took Harry's fist squarely on the cheek. A dull impact echoed within the Negación.
Captain Aizen's body instantly lost balance and flew backward like a kite with its string cut. He crashed into the inner wall of the Negación, shattering its golden glow, then flew out of it and slammed into the ground.
Harry paid Captain Aizen no attention. He stood where he was, slowly unclenching his fist as the golden reishi gradually dispersed.
He looked at the disheveled Captain Aizen without a trace of smugness in his eyes, only calm certainty.
"The Negación is an extension of Hueco Mundo's space, but it is also made of reishi. My Zanpakuto can control all reishi, which naturally includes Hueco Mundo."
Captain Aizen slowly rose from the ground, sweeping his gaze over the wary Captains around him as he wiped the