Struggling to his feet from the crater, Kensei Muguruma happened to see Aikawa Love defeated by Aizen and, in his agitation, coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Fortunately, ever since escorting the King's Seal with Ailin and witnessing what true strength looked like, Kensei Muguruma had never abandoned his training.
After obtaining the power of Hollowfication, Kensei Muguruma had also been the most dedicated to training among the eight of them.
Thanks to that, Kensei Muguruma's strength had improved tremendously over the years.
Otherwise, that slash from "Ailin" just now would likely have left him lying on the ground alongside Hiyori Sarugaki and Kyunnanbyaku.
As things stood, it was not too bad. Though he had suffered grave injuries, he had not yet lost his ability to fight.
Staring at Aizen in the air, Kensei Muguruma raised his head. Powerful spiritual energy gathered in his mouth, forming a red sphere.
Then, the sphere became a red beam that shot skyward toward "Ailin."
"Cero!"
Faced with the incoming red Cero, "Ailin" coated his hand in a layer of spiritual pressure.
"Pop..."
Kensei Muguruma's Cero collided with the spiritual pressure in Ailin's hand and instantly vanished like a bubble.
It was not that Kensei Muguruma's Cero lacked power. Rather, based on the memories of his original body, "Ailin" had used an advanced Kido technique—Counter-Spirit Killing.
By releasing spiritual pressure with the same intensity as the enemy's Kido but opposite Reishi alignment, one could completely neutralize the enemy's Kido attack.
Though Kensei Muguruma's Cero was a Hollow technique, "Ailin" understood Cero no less thoroughly than Kido.
A Cero of this level posed no threat in "Ailin's" eyes.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that his Cero had done nothing to Aizen, Kensei Muguruma could not help but rage.
I'm still too weak!
*Perhaps only someone as strong