Chen Fan smiled slightly and said, "Just a few mere Menos."
"Clang!" A flash of light, and Shihōin Yoruichi could even see what was happening, Chen Fan had already sheathed his sword;
"Crack!" The towering trees all parted, creating a gap, and then collapsed with a deafening roar that echoed far and wide. Shihōin Yoruichi stared at Chen Fan in astonishment. She hadn't expected Chen Fan to possess such strength; even this single strike was beyond the capabilities of an ordinary captain.
Those Menos also turned to ashes, but they didn't scatter to other places to regenerate. Instead, they were absorbed by Chen Fan's Zanpakuto. It can be said that the Hollows that Chen Fan killed were completely dead and became nourishment for Chen Fan Zanpakuto.
"Hehe, little girl, you've fallen for me, haven't you! Aren't I handsome?" Chen Fan said with a laugh, for some reason he felt very relaxed next to Yoruichi;
"You're so vain!" Yoruichi rolled her eyes at Chen Fan and said.
"Are we going to stay here for fifty years?" Yoruichi asked, her expression somewhat forlorn. This place was full of void, enemies, and no friends; loneliness was to be expected.
Upon seeing this, Chen Fan said, "Hey! Don't look so forlorn. I'm the one who's pitiful, okay? I've been dumped in a strange world, and it's uncertain whether I can even go back. There's someone even worse off right next to you!"
Chen Fan gripped Yoruichi's hand tighter. He had received both good and bad news while contacting Kisuke Urahara. The good news was that time flowed a hundred times slower in Chen Fan's world than in Soul Society; the bad news was that the search time had increased many times over.
Yoruichi glanced at Chen Fan and found herself slightly fluttering with attraction. Could it be that she had fallen for this shameless scoundrel? But she was also a person who dared to love and hate, so she decided to let things take their course.
"I'll take you to Las Noches sometime. You've come all this way to Hueco Mundo, you can't go back without even having anything to brag about," Chen Fan said.
"Las Noches! You really dare to dream of such things." A smile finally appeared on Yoruichi's face;
Chapter Nineteen: The Laws of the Hueco Mundo
Immediately afterward, Chen Fan's figure flashed repeatedly, and with each flash of his blade, swarms of Hollows collapsed. Soon, all the Menos' Gillian vanished, turning into nourishment for Chen Fan's Zanpakuto. Shihōin Yoruichi was incredibly astonished. Although she had always heard that Chen Fan's Zanpakuto was quite good, she never expected it to be this strong. Looking at Chen Fan's not-so-broad shoulders, which seemed capable of bearing the weight of the world, she suddenly felt a sense of reliable security.
Chen Fan quickly defeated all the Menos, feeling the spiritual pressure returning to him from his Zanpakuto. The Zanpakuto and he were originally one; before its Shikai, its Zanpakuto. Now that the Zanpakuto was complete, it was returning the pressure—well, it's like raising a child. Although Chen Fan, as the father, didn't expect anything in return, the dutiful Zanpakuto still needed to be cared for, right? It was now injecting its pure spiritual pressure into Chen Fan's body, causing Chen Fan stagnant spiritual pressure to rise slightly.
In other words, the more Hollows Chen Fan kills, the greater their energy, the more spiritual pressure he can obtain. Zanpakuto increases in level roughly the same as a Hollow's level is exactly what Chen Fan wants.
Seeing Yoruichi standing still, Chen Fan Shunpo beside Yoruichi with a Flash Step and grabbed Yoruichi hand. Yoruichi panicked slightly and said, "W-what are you doing!"
"Of course I'm taking you away! Where do you think this is? This is the Forest of Menos of Hueco Mundo, where there are countless Menos of the Menos Gillian Adjuchas levels. Look at your spiritual pressure, don't you know how to control it? You're like a light bulb, attracting flies easily," Chen Fan said with a smile.
"You bastard! You're the third wheel! No, you're not a third wheel, you're a fly!" Shihōin Yoruichi said to Chen Fan with a blushing smile, quickly suppressing her spiritual pressure to the point of almost disappearing. She was from the 2nd Division, the Stealth Force; if she couldn't even suppress her spiritual pressure, how could she be considered part of the Stealth Force?
"Hehe, let's find a place to stay first. We're not familiar with this place yet. After we find a place to stay, we can explore the environment before thinking about the next step. But, fifty years... that's enough time to have several children, isn't it?" Chen Fan glanced at Yoruichi and said with a smile.
"Ugh... you're really pushing your luck! Go have the baby yourself, or find a female to give birth to it!" Yoruichi flushed. Having a baby meant that... she wasn't mentally prepared for that.
Upon hearing about the Mother Hollow, Chen Fan scratched his chin. High-level Hollows seem to be quite similar to humans, especially some of the Arrancar.
Suddenly, Chen Fan sensed a murderous aura. He saw Yoruichi staring at Chen Fan with eyes that could kill, as if Chen Fan would kill Chen Fan if he said anything.
"Um, I was thinking that 'life' and 'life person' actually mean the same thing, right?" Chen Fan said, pretending to be a philosopher.
"You're so vulgar! I'm ignoring you!" Yoruichi said, then used Shunpo to run away, leaping from branch to branch.
"Hey! Wait for me!" Chen Fan called out from behind;
"If you can catch up with me, you can consider the question of life versus life, hehe." Yoruichi's laughter came from the woods, and her words made Chen Fan pause for a moment, but he quickly recovered and shouted, "Whoa whoa whoa... I'm on fire!"
"What an idiot!" Yoruichi smiled slightly, then jumped forward;
A person wearing a goat's head mask and covered in the fur of some unknown animal, with Hollow masks hanging from it, also sensed the familiar spiritual pressure. Turning his head towards the scene of the incident, he too felt a large amount of Hollow spiritual pressure. He initially thought the two Shinigami were dead, but the Hollows quickly disappeared, meaning the Shinigami had survived. It seemed two powerful individuals had arrived in the Forest of Menos. With a leap, he vanished from his spot, continuously jumping between tree trunks, running towards the direction of the incident.
Just as Chen Fan and Yoruichi were chasing each other in the Forest of Menos, the spiritual pressure they had just experienced also alerted the nearby Hollows. A series of cave entrances were found on a rock wall. Like Shinigami and humans, most Hollows are also social creatures. In this world filled with enemies everywhere, even their closest friends cannot be trusted.