Royal Guard

Royal Guard

For Zhang Miao as he was now, there was nowhere in the entire world of Bleach that he could not go. Even a hidden space like the Soul King Palace could be easily accessed by creating a Garganta portal.

However, this method had one drawback: it caused far too much commotion. The moment Zhang Miao opened a Garganta leading to the Soul King Palace, he alerted the guards responsible for defending it—the Royal Guard!

The members of the Royal Guard had originally been the finest among the captains of Soul Society. Because they had "created history," they were promoted to become members of the Royal Guard.

For example, Kirimaru Tōshirō, the most recent member to join the Royal Guard, had proposed the concept of "artificial souls" and invented the "Soul Candy" while serving as captain of the 12th Division. That was how she earned the right to enter the Soul King Palace and become one of the Royal Guard.

As the saying went, one could see the whole leopard through a spot. From Kirimaru Tōshirō's example alone, it was clear that although the Royal Guard had only five members, their strength was extraordinarily formidable.

According to Shunsui Kyōraku in the original plot, the fighting power of the five Royal Guard members surpassed that of the entire 13th Division.

That was precisely why they could serve as guards exclusively assigned to the royal family. They were not under the authority of Central 46, but took orders directly from the royal family—the Soul King.

More importantly, aside from their immense strength, the Royal Guard possessed an exceedingly absurd level of endurance.

When they first entered the Soul King Palace, the palace altered their body structures, making them the same as the Zero Division palaces within it.

Under such circumstances, even