Starting with Hokage: Grow Strong on Your Own
Chapter 444

The barrier collapsed, and the World of the Living was in danger

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Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto is widely regarded as the strongest Death God in a thousand years. Just how strong is he?

In terms of Spiritual Pressure, Captain-Commander Yamamoto, even with only his Shikai, unleashed Spiritual Pressure stronger than Ulquiorra's.

In terms of attack power, the Captain-Commander's Ryūjin Jakka, and that's no exaggeration. Even if it hit Aizen, he would probably die.

In terms of speed, swordsmanship, and Kido, Captain-Commander Yamamoto's swordsmanship and demonic movement techniques have no weaknesses; each aspect is mastered to perfection!

Even when comparing defensive capabilities, the Captain-Commander covered in scars is the best proof.

In just two or three rounds, Ulquiorra's Hierro was Ryūjin Jakka, and one of his arms was severed. He had no choice but to flap his wings and flee into the distance to catch his breath.

It regenerated at High-Speed Regeneration, growing new arms, and held them out in front of its chest, gathering Spiritual Pressure to create two ghastly green Lanza del Relámpago.

This was a terrifying power capable of destroying Las Noches with a single strike; the terrifying Spiritual Pressure shook the earth, stirring up countless raging storms.

The Death God present were all stunned when they saw the two Lanza del Relámpago in Ulquiorra's hands.

The vice-captains were indeed frightened, but the captains weren't worried; who couldn't launch such an attack?

However, those two Lanza del Relámpago were indeed powerful. If they hadn't been able to withstand them, the Karakura Town model, which had taken a great deal of effort to build, would have been destroyed by the Leiting's attack.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto scoffed dismissively, "A boring little trick."

"Bankai: Zanka no Tachi!"

The two men's momentum reached its peak, and it looked like they were about to clash violently.

Suddenly, Beast -like the Roar echoed across the battlefield, "Roar!"

The roar wasn't deafening, but its deep sound waves contained endless brutality, slaughter, and destruction.

All sorts of negative emotions poured into people's ears along with the roar, making them feel cold all over. Even the battle- Death God captains of Death felt their scalps tingle.

Even Captain-Commander Yamamoto and Ulquiorra shifted their attention.

Like everyone else, Gin Ichimaru and Aizen couldn't help but turn their heads to look.

"This ominous Spiritual Pressure is indeed an illusion."

"This Spiritual Pressure is stronger than Vasto Lorde's. Could it be that a Hollow can advance to a higher level without needing to be Arrancar?"

Gin Ichimaru Aizen, acting as a mouthpiece for everyone present, asked Aizen, the most knowledgeable among them, "What is that thing?"

Aizen didn't even glance at Gin Ichimaru; he had already fallen for someone else. He muttered to himself, "Finally Awakening! I've finally waited for this!"

"Ichigo Kurosaki possesses the powers of Death God, Quincy, and a Hollow, you have finally embarked on the path of fusion and evolution!"

"Haha, a new path, a path that can serve as a reference for my progress, just how far can it take me?"

"By fusing these three powers, can we break through the limits and recreate Perfection?"

Aizen's the Heat gaze was fixed on Ichigo Kurosaki was letting out a strange roar.

Gin Ichimaru stared dumbfounded at the monster before him. "Is that Ichigo Kurosaki?"

Ichigo Kurosaki has completely Hollowfication and become Minotaur Ichigo.

Pale bone armor covered his entire body, with dangerous red patterns running along his limbs. His black Spiritual Pressure, belonging to the void, exploded and expanded, stirring up a gust of wind that disrupted the clouds in the sky.

The white clouds were tinged with dark Spiritual Pressure, turning into gloomy dark clouds that became a black curtain hanging over the earth.

Ichigo Kurosaki's face was completely covered by a bone mask, with a pair of sharp horns on his head and two crimson orbs flashing in his eye sockets.

Because the released Spiritual Pressure is extremely hot, the air density varies, causing light to refract and distort continuously as the Spiritual Pressure is ejected.

The moment the negative roar disappeared, Minotaur Ichigo unleashed tremendous force from his feet and vanished instantly into the towering dust.

The ground where he had stood was trampled and collapsed layer by layer, with billowing dust spreading outwards like ripples on water.

At this moment, the Ichigo controlling Ichigo's body is White, this extremely petty second personality, who directly targets Ulquiorra, who injured the main body.

The two monsters collided in mid-air; the minotaur kicked Ulquiorra, but was himself pierced by two lightning spears.

To everyone's surprise, the lightning spear that could shatter the mirror image of Karakura Town failed to even penetrate the white bone armor on Ichigo's Ichigo.

After the smoke and dust from the violent explosion dissipated, the shallow pits left on the minotaur's shoulders had healed, leaving only a ring of marks.

Minotaur was clearly feeling he had been at a disadvantage, and he the Roar as he launched a frenzied attack on the quiet and composed Ulquiorra. The two monsters, whose behavior was completely extreme, clashed fiercely in the air.

Because the attack was too fierce, although Hollow initiated the attack, it was Ulquiorra, who was on the defensive counterattack, who took the initiative.

After suffering several setbacks, Minotaur Ichigo, realized that Ulquiorra's attacks were all hitting the same spot, and his thick, Self-Healing bone armor was actually pierced through.

Niu Tou Xu was injured, and the blood flowing from his wounds ignited his fury.

He lowered his head, and a bright red energy ball condensed between his two sharp horns. The next second, a the Heat Cero was fired, and the red light dyed the world blood-red.

The immense energy seemed capable of distorting space, and it itself expanded to a diameter of over ten meters, enveloping Ulquiorra.

Boom-!

The crimson Cero Ulquiorra high in the sky, exploding into a massive red Fireball and dispersing the dark clouds that had been tinged with black.

The entire world was stained crimson by the red Fireball, and the shockwave from the explosion spread outwards, carrying devastating shockwaves that continuously bombarded the surface of Karakura Town.

You must understand, this is not the real surface of the earth, but a fake Kido sealing Barrier, an illusion.

The power of the red Cero exceeded everyone's expectations, blasting out the outline of the Barrier in an instant.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto frowned and said, "If this continues, the Barrier will soon be destroyed, and then the real Karakura Town will be transported back to the World of the Living— "

Aizen suddenly laughed, "The combined power of the three has such explosive force that it almost broke through the Barrier in one go."

"This is interesting. Let me put in a little extra effort and clear away any obstacles for Ōken's production."

He suddenly began to chant. "Scattered beast bones, spires, red crystals, steel wheels, movement is the wind, stillness is emptiness, the sound of spears clashing fills the void city."

"Hadō #63: Raikōhō - Thunder Roar Cannon!!"

"100-hit combo!!"

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no!"

All Death God Shinigami skilled in Kido finally understood why Aizen, who could clearly use the 90th Hadō without chanting, was chanting it completely this time.

It turns out he had mastered the art of Kido to an extreme degree, able to compress hundreds of Kido into a single strike.

This is an improvement of two orders of magnitude, an absolute Nature Transformation!

Golden Inazuma roared, and in a mere second, a hundred Inazuma struck the spot hit by the red Cero, enough to coalesce into a massive inverted cone.

Just as Aizen said, the Inazuma became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and the sealing Barrier was completely breached.

The Karakura Town, constructed from Spirit Particles, collapsed into abundant Spirit Particles, which scattered and fell into shimmering Spiritual Energy Tide.

Then, all the Death God and Hollows twisted space and appeared above the real Karakura Town, where everyone heard the bustling and lively noise.

Aizen smiled and said, "The real World of the Living is still the best; it's full of souls everywhere."

"Grim Death God, are you even able to fight freely here against us?"

"Do you feel any remorse for killing mortals in the aftermath of your attack?"

"Please rest assured, I—absolutely will not, because my goal is to kill all the humans here, and then, using the environment of the Spirit Particles Severity, forge their souls into the Ōken!"

"If you help me kill someone, I will only thank you."

Aizen's words caused most of the Death God to frown, even Soi Fon of the notoriously ruthless assassination squad found it difficult to make a move.

However, Kenpachi Zaraki, Retsu Unohana, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, and Shazo remained unaffected, surrounding Aizen and Gin Ichimaru with perfectly normal expressions.

"Oh dear, this is terrible, this is terrible! How did the Barrier break?"

Kisuke Urahara, wearing his signature green hat, appeared before everyone, frowning and wryly saying, "As expected, without the Great Kido Master, the Kidō Corps has become a bunch of weaklings."

"No, that's not it." The former Great Kido Master Tessai Tsukabishi, looked around and explained, "This Barrier isn't weak; it's just that it was attacked too fiercely."

"Manager, under such a terrifying attack, no Barrier will be of any use; it will inevitably be Arrancar and completely destroyed."

Captain-Commander Yamamoto looked at the two of them. "Hmph, two more troublemakers."

Kisuke Urahara touched his hat and chuckled awkwardly, "Haha, your opinion of me has improved."

Tessai Tsukabishi said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have worried you."

Then a calm voice joined in. "What's going on? Suddenly it looks like the end of the world?"

"Ah! You're Ichigo! How did you become like this?! Change back!! Give me back my son!"

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

Amidst a series of loud slaps, White, feeling guilty, logged off, returning his body to his original personality Ichigo Kurosaki, and the Hollow mode naturally dissipated.

Isshin Kurosaki waited until Ichigo Kurosaki had fully recovered before stopping, leaving his son behind, and facing Aizen directly.

Aizen!

Aizen paused for a moment, seemingly taking a moment to recall, before smiling and saying, "Captain Isshin, it's been a long time."

Ichigo Kurosaki sneered, "Yes, it's been a long time. Thanks to you, I've suffered quite a bit."

"But it's also because of you that I've had twenty years of happiness."

"But I can never forgive Masaki's death."

Aizen smiled slightly, "Just a Quincy, let him hate me if he wants."

He spread his arms, his whole body seemingly glowing, and said, "As Gods about to ascend the throne, a true Gods, it is only natural to bear some hatred and human lives."

Captain-Commander Yamamoto scoffed, "You really think you're Gods?"

"The only true God is—"

Shazo interrupted the Captain-Commander, sneering, "Are you saying that the only true god Soul King?"

"Stop talking nonsense. A stupid idiot who was brutally dismembered and torn to pieces, used as a human sacrifice to stop the world from turning, does he deserve to be called a god?"

How could there be Gods in this world who could be manipulated at will?

Kisuke Urahara put away his fan and smile, drew his Benihime Zanpakuto, and said, "Aizen, you've crossed the line."

With his left hand suppressing his son, Isshin Kurosaki drew his Zanpakuto, Light, with his right. "I don't care if you want to be Gods, but I'm determined to kill you."

Aizen smiled, "This is wonderful. So many powerful figures have come to celebrate my ascension to godhood."

"Therefore, I must reveal my true key strength to you all, and I hope you will offer your corrections or suggestions."

At this point, Aizen's Spiritual Pressure fluctuated rapidly, and streams of white substance suddenly emanated from the Hōgyoku on his chest, covering his entire body.

Only when Aizen's body was completely covered did his violently fluctuating Spiritual Pressure suddenly calm down.

No, it wasn't calm; rather, the Spiritual Pressure suddenly vanished completely, as if the previous changes were all an illusion.

To be precise, it was because Aizen's Spiritual Pressure was tightly enveloped by the white substance on his body, preventing it from leaking out at all, that created this eerie feeling.

After being encased in a white carapace, Aizen looked like a pupa during insect evolution.

At this moment, everyone noticed that in the center of the pupa's chest was a bead that shimmered with blue light—it was the Hōgyoku!

Kenpachi Zaraki asked, "I don't quite understand, but I think that bead is crucial. Would it solve the problem if we just cut it out?"

Kisuke Urahara a thumbs up. "Captain Zaraki is right, but that thing can't be—"

Kenpachi Zaraki had no time to listen to his Shunpo. He used Shunpo to appear in front of Aizen's pupa, and his Zanpakuto transformed into a streak of light, slashing fiercely at the Hōgyoku.

Boom!

Kenpachi Zaraki's golden Spiritual Pressure was shattered by the blue Spiritual Pressure of the Hōgyoku, and he and his Zanpakuto were blown away by the resulting violent explosion.

Retsu Unohana covered her face and sighed, seemingly feeling that Kenpachi Zaraki had embarrassed her, but the next second, her Zanpakuto was stuck next to the Hōgyoku, seemingly trying to pry the Hōgyoku off the pupa.

Then, Sister Hua's knife failed to penetrate, and her plan to pry open the Hōgyoku came to nothing.

"Get out of the way, all of you! Such immobile and foolish targets are the perfect prey for my old Zanka no Tachi."

Captain-Commander Yamamoto pushed through the crowd and coldly snorted, "Zanka no Tachi - East - Rising Sun Blade!!"

The red-black Zanpakuto pierced the motionless pupa, and the moment the tip of the blade touched the white carapace, it burned it black and turned it into ashes.

At this critical moment, an arm emerged from the pupa and deliberately pierced the Zanka no Tachi, tilting the blade before it was completely burned to ashes.

Aizen emerged from the pupa and discarded the outer shell he had just worn.

He became more tidy, and his clothes had some of the characteristics of Seamless Heavenly Garment, making him look more sacred.

Except for his left hand, which had just been pierced and burned off.

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