"Who dared trespass into the Spirit King Palace?"
Just as Shen Fei and Aizen were admiring the Spirit King Palace, an angry shout suddenly rang out from afar. Dozens of armored Soul Reapers rushed over with weapons in hand. They were the Holy Guards who protected the Spirit King Palace.
The Spirit King Palace was not inhabited solely by the members of Zero Division. There was also a considerable number of Holy Guards, responsible for maintaining order in the palace, even though the Spirit King within it was merely a decoration.
However, only a handful of people knew that. Most believed that the Spirit King had always remained in the main hall. Thus, he still received certain treatment befitting an emperor, though the Holy Guards' main duty was simply to wander aimlessly around the Spirit King Palace.
Occasionally, the Spirit King would issue orders to Soul Society. For example, the incident involving Toshiro Hitsugaya's Zanpakuto, Hyōrinmaru, years ago had involved the Spirit King Palace. At the time, there had been two Hyōrinmarus.
"Have these people been modified?" Shen Fei muttered inwardly as he watched the Holy Guards charging toward them. Everyone knew that the reishi density in the Spirit King Palace was extremely high. Even lieutenant-level figures would be crushed to the ground upon arriving here, yet these Holy Guards were not even as strong as lieutenants.
So how could they run so swiftly through the Spirit King Palace? Modification was the only possibility. They had been altered so they could adapt to the palace's reishi density.
These Holy Guards were not modified humans. They had been selected from Soul Society, and unlike Zero Division's members, they did not possess extraordinarily long lifespans. A new group was selected at regular intervals. That was also why, despite the Spirit King and