Ronglin nodded. "It should still be here, and its level should be above these Gillians. If its level were too low, there'd be no reason for all these Gillians to have come out while it still refused to show itself."
"A level higher than Gillian?" Kuchiki Byakuya's expression turned strange. "An Adjuchas?"
Even Shiba Zhu, who had always been brash by nature, looked uneasy. She was already struggling against Gillians, let alone an Adjuchas, whose evolutionary level stood far above them.
A Menos Grande at that level could probably only be defeated if a Shinigami squad captain personally intervened. Some particularly high-level Adjuchas even possessed immense Spiritual Pressure and bizarre abilities. A Shinigami captain with too little experience might not necessarily be a match for one.
Ronglin nodded. "Maybe it's an Adjuchas, or maybe it hasn't reached that level yet. It can interfere with our five senses only by taking advantage of this place's chaotic Spiritual Pressure. Put it somewhere ordinary, and I'd teach it a lesson in minutes!"
Kuchiki Byakuya did not know whether Ronglin was telling the truth, but in the young nobleman's eyes, anyone outside the great noble clans, no matter how powerful, could not possibly be too extraordinary. He somewhat felt that Ronglin was simply bragging.
"Are we... still going to Graveyard of the Fallen?" Shiba Zhu was beginning to lose her nerve. They had been in this forest for less than a few hours, yet one incident after another had occurred, and Gillian-level Hollows had even appeared. She was already wondering whether coming here so rashly had been the right decision.
But Ronglin was preoccupied with the question of anything related to crossing spatial barriers. If this place truly held such a secret, he would not hesitate to take the risk.
Besides, a mere few