Two voices rang out at once. Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu moved simultaneously, both releasing Bakudō. Two red chains of light lashed out and, in an instant, bound the two terrified Hollows.
"Hah!" Number One and Number Two seized the opportunity to leap into the air, drawing their blades and slashing down hard at the Hollows' vital points. Working in pairs, they instantly killed two Hollows.
Behind them lay six or seven Hollows sprawled in every direction. Ronglin's team had achieved remarkable results, killing nearly ten ordinary Hollows in a short time. The team members were now cooperating with considerable coordination and had fought with courage and strength. Ordinary Hollows basically no longer required Ronglin to step in.
"These Hollows feel strange." Kuchiki Byakuya sheathed his blade and walked over to the slowly vanishing corpses. After pondering for a moment, he said, "It feels like something scared the wits out of them. They ran the moment they saw us, with barely any will to fight. They're nothing like when we first arrived, when they still dared to charge at us openly."
"Hmph! Isn't that obvious? This young lady must have scared them senseless!" Shiba Zhu smugly winked at Ronglin, having completely forgotten the unpleasantness from when they had first arrived in the World of the Living.
Ronglin frowned slightly. "If these Hollows came from Hueco Mundo, were they driven here, or did they come willingly? Something scared the wits out of them—but what? And if they really came from Hueco Mundo, are the other teams encountering the same situation?"
After thinking it over briefly, Kuchiki Byakuya found Ronglin's words quite reasonable, and his expression immediately darkened. Their team had Ronglin, as well as Kuchiki Byakuya and Shiba Zhu, two people with fairly strong abilities, which was why they could deal