"What exactly happened?"
"That spiritual pressure just now... was that Captain Duan Mu?"
"What was he fighting? A Zanpakuto?"
"..."
Flames and lightning illuminated the entire Seireitei. Even from far away, everyone could still feel the pressure radiating from the center.
In that instant, the entire Seireitei was swept by violent winds stirred up by the collision on the horizon.
No matter where they were in the Seireitei, everyone instinctively turned their eyes toward the direction of the Thirteenth Division.
A shadow fell over everyone's hearts.
Vaguely, they seemed to feel that a monster was being born.
Thirteenth District.
Duan Mu lay on the ground, charred like charcoal, a bitter smile on his face.
In the end, he had still lost.
A miscalculation?
It could not be considered a complete miscalculation.
Everything had developed as he had predicted, and the final blow had achieved the effect he had expected.
The only mistake was...
He had thought that Aizen and the Hogyoku had only partially fused, making this the best opportunity to kill him!
And that was indeed the case. What Duan Mu had not expected, however, was that the Hogyoku, barely fused into Aizen's body, would choose to truly merge with Aizen at the final moment.
"Your growth truly surprised me."
A voice that had returned to calm came from within the cocoon, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
Crack, crack~~
As the voice sounded, the light cocoon began to shatter from the head downward, revealing Aizen's face inside.
"However, I still won in the end."
Snap~~
With a crisp sound, the light cocoon completely collapsed, and an unharmed Aizen appeared before Duan Mu.
The instant he saw Aizen, Duan Mu froze slightly, a strange glint flashing through his eyes.
Aizen's current form was extremely bizarre. His head remained unchanged, while