"Which Vasto Lorde?" Kuchiki Haru asked.
"That Vasto Lorde."
Everyone's expressions turned even uglier. Kuchiki Haru suddenly felt his mouth go dry. "The Vasto Lorde I'm thinking of?"
Ronglin nodded. "That Vasto Lorde... Ahem... When it first revealed its identity, Kuchiki Byakuya wore exactly the same expression you have now, like he'd bitten into a day-old steamed bun and found a fly inside!"
The scene instantly fell silent.
Everyone had been caught off guard. The appearance of so many Gillians and Adjuchas had already shocked them, but they had never expected a Vasto Lorde—a creature found only in legends—to appear as well.
"Did you kill it?" Kyoraku Shunsui immediately seized on the key point and asked the crucial question.
Ronglin shook his head. "I did my best, but it still escaped in the end. Once the Inverse Membrane opened, there was nothing I could do. I can't break that thing yet. I reckon it'll need a few years after going back to recover."
Everyone's expressions became extraordinarily colorful. It was one thing for a Vasto Lorde to be driven away by this young man, but it had actually escaped through the Inverse Membrane? And judging by the situation, it had been beaten so badly that a dignified Vasto Lorde needed several years to recover?
"It's called Szayelaporro. Its Spiritual Pressure is first-rate, its combat instincts are third-rate, its research ability is first-rate, and its ability to take a beating is beyond first-rate." Ronglin described what he knew of Szayelaporro. "I believe you'll encounter it again in the future. It's cunning and vicious, and it won't hesitate to attack weaker targets just to provoke you and shake your resolve."
Quite a few people looked toward the unconscious Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu. Clearly, these two so-called geniuses had been labeled as