Earth's Crossbow
At the entrance of Las Noches, Tsuna then freed Yammy from the mountain of pressure, and Gin Ichimaru arrived with his equipment.
Having finally regained his freedom, Yammy didn't dare utter a sound. At Aizen's signal, he obediently slipped into Las Noches.
Even without witnessing it firsthand, just feeling the spiritual pressure emanating from Tsuna and Aizen's battle was enough to terrify Yammy, instantly making his usually irritable temper as docile as a kitten.
"Let's go, Sawada Tsunayoshi," Aizen said.
"Um, before that, Manager, which direction were Ichigo and the others in?" Tsuna asked.
Urahara Kisuke had already taken out his equipment and took the lead in walking towards Ichigo others' location.
"With your abilities, is it really necessary to be so cautious?"
Aizen was somewhat speechless. Of course he knew Ichigo were coming, but he didn't expect that Tsuna wouldn't bring Ichigo into Las Noches, but instead found a place to hide them.
"Of course it's necessary. The reputation of Kyoka Suigetsu resounds throughout the entire Soul Society. It's never too much to be careful," Tsuna said matter-of-factly, showing no awareness of having just defeated Aizen head-on Illusion Tsuna.
"Someone's coming!" Ashido said solemnly, his Zanpakuto already pointed in the direction of the enemy.
Following Tsuna's instructions to hide, Ichigo and the others, after discussing the matter, decided that Ashido, who was most familiar with Hueco Mundo, would be their guard.
Because Ashido is constantly immersed in the spiritual pressure of Hollows, he is even more sensitive to the slightest disturbances in Hueco Mundo than Uryū, who is a Sagittarius.
At Ashido's prompting, those who needed to draw their swords did so, and those who needed to draw their bows did so, while Nel, adhering to her principle of not holding anyone back, led her two underlings to hide behind a nearby sand dune.
The distant figures gradually solidified, and Ichigo could see the appearance of the newcomers. Tsuna and Urahara seemed normal, but what was going on with Aizen and Gin Ichimaru?
"Tsuna! You're not being controlled, are you?!" Ichigo shouted, pointing Tsuna at Zangetsu with Ichigo hand, while his other hand had already quietly reached for the device Urahara had given him, ready to use his Garganta to escape with his men at any moment.
"See? I told you the power of Kyoka Suigetsu had taken hold, didn't Ichigo." Tsuna retorted to Aizen, then shouted, "Are you an idiot? What Illusion can control me?"
After Tsuna's reminder, Ichigo remembered Tsuna's almost abnormal ability, Hyper Intuition. This terrifying ability allowed Tsuna to fight normally even with his eyes covered and ears plugged.
"But why did Aizen follow us?"
Ichigo wasn't interested in the intricacies of Soul Society. In his mind, there were only friends and enemies, and if an enemy dared to threaten his friend, he would cut them down with his sword.
"Ichigo, we made a deal with Aizen and we're going to the Forest of the Hollows." Urahara reminded him before Tsuna could speak.
"It seems so," Ichigo said, scratching his head. "Then shall we go to the Forest of the Hollows together?"
"Please take care of me on this journey, Kurosaki-kun," Aizen said with a smile as he approached Ichigo.
But thinking of the evil deeds Aizen had committed in Soul Society, Ichigo still couldn't bring himself to greet him with a smile, and could only turn his face away, refusing to look at Aizen.
Ashido was equally confused, but out of trust in Ichigo, he didn't ask any more questions, though his wariness of Aizen never lessened.
"Oh? This should be the spiritual pressure of the captain in the Forest of the Hollows that needs to be reported, right?" Aizen glanced at Ashido and said, "Sawada Tsunayoshi, you guys actually found this?"
Tsuna wasn't interested in giving Aizen an answer. "Ichigo, where's Nel? Call her, we're leaving."
Nel certainly didn't miss the name Aizen, which made him a little curious. What exactly were Tsuna guarding against? Logically speaking, they shouldn't need such useless power to deal with the Soul King Palace.
This time, without Grimmjow as the coachman, everyone traveled on foot, using Flash Step together, making the journey even faster than when Grimmjow was pulling the carriage.
"We've arrived, Sawada Tsunayoshi. What do we need to do?" Aizen asked, looking down at the path leading to the Forest of the Hollows.
Perhaps the spiritual pressure generated by everyone's Flash Step was too active, because two Gillian rushed out of the cave and opened their mouths to devour everyone.
Aizen swept his sharp gaze across them, and the two Gillian split vertically in two. For these things that were disturbing his business, the most convenient method was to simply kill them.
"Aizen, just throw the two crippled creatures back. Killing two of them means losing the spiritual pressure of two more." Tsuna retorted expressionlessly. Anyway, it was Aizen's Seireitei, so it was already good enough that he offered a reminder.
"Ahem, I know." Aizen continued striking a pose, the thrill of his initial foray into the area vanishing instantly. This was his Seireitei; he couldn't waste it.
"Okay, everyone listen to my instructions. Gin Ichimaru, you install the equipment around the cave entrance. Ichigo and Uryū, come with me and ascend into the air. Use your strongest Spirit Bow and Arrows to fire inside. Manager, be ready to modify the scattered Reishi at any time."
"Aizen, you stay by the cave entrance. Throw any Hollows that pop out back in. Ashido and Rukia, please stay away and look after Nel and the others."
After Tsuna assigned the tasks, everyone quickly got to work. Gin Ichimaru circled the cave entrance to place equipment, while Aizen and Urahara Kisuke stood facing each other on either side of the cave. Tsuna, along with Ichigo and Uryū, ascended into the sky.
"I won't say much to Ichigo. Infuse all your spiritual pressure into this arrow. Uryū, use this to amplify your attack power."
Tsuna picked up a playing card and used the power of the Desert Flame to create five Soul Cutter for Uryū. Uryū could use these Soul Cutter to first create Hirenkyaku in the Forest of the Hollows, and then use the Spirit Bow and Arrows to detonate the power of the Hirenkyaku.
Without saying much, Uryū took the Soul Cutter, adjusted its direction slightly, and shot it out. Although the Soul Cutter was invisible to the naked eye when it entered the cave, Uryū could still feel the faint Reishi attached to it.
"Tsuna, you're not going to say that Uryū and I have already done all your work, are you?" Ichigo asked with a grin as he changed into his Quincy outfit.
"It would be best if the two of you could destroy the Forest of the Hollows." Tsuna didn't mind joking with Ichigo, "Another day of slacking off."
"Come on, maybe I could give it a try if I could master both the Vollständig and the Saint Letters." Ichigo was still self-aware; his confidence only came from the Saint Letters he used to All-Things Exterminator.
"Alright, let's get to work. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go home."
Ichigo drew his black Spirit Bow with the swastika symbol, and a Spirit Bow and Arrows, thicker than his waist, rested on the bow. This was not the limit of Ichigo's spiritual pressure, but the limit of his control.
The crimson Spirit Bow and Arrows no longer resembled Tensa Zangetsu; it was now just drifting, dissipating crimson spiritual pressure. If any more was injected, the arrow would explode right in front of Ichigo.
Unlike Ichigo, Uryū appeared much calmer, but he had a feather-like badge on his right hand as he drew the bowstring. To maximize the power of his attack, he even used the Vollständig, which he was not yet familiar with.
Two Spirit Bow and Arrows, one red and one blue, fell together into the deep cave of the Forest of the Hollows. After a short while, a burst of light appeared, carrying with them the Reishi created after the Spirit Bow and Arrows were destroyed, and they rushed to the surface.
"Bankai!" Urahara Kisuke drew his Zanpakuto, and a giant woman in a deep red kimono nestled on his head. "Kannonbiraki Benihime Aratame!"
Modification was something Urahara Kisuke excelled at. The moment the Reishi burst from the ground, a ring of stitches had already penetrated into the Forest of the Hollows. They rapidly absorbed the Reishi in the air and transformed them into aggregated matter that no longer drifted away.
"Phew! Tsuna, we're done. Now it's your turn."
Ichigo took a deep breath. Based on his senses, the two arrows he and Uryū fired only reached the outer edge of the Forest of the Hollows, which was the area they had entered earlier.
As for the deeper parts of the Forest of the Hollows, Ichigo ' power is far from reaching there.
But those two arrows were enough to cause panic among the Hollows within the Forest of the Hollows. Chaotic spiritual pressure surged from the Forest of the Hollows, and more and more Gillian emerged from the cave entrance, leading to a riot within the Forest of the Hollows.
An equally terrifying spiritual pressure descended from the cave entrance. It was Aizen. He already considered the Forest of the Hollows his private property; how could he allow the brat below to overturn the table?
"Let's do it, Sawada Tsunayoshi!"
Aizen looked up at Tsuna. He had seen Ichigo and Uryū's attacks; they were strong, but only to the extent of children's toys. He wanted to see where Tsuna got his confidence from, that he could turn the entire Forest of the Hollows into Reishi.
A massive Quincy Cross suddenly stood in the desert. This was the second time Tsuna had used the Quincy's power to its fullest extent in the real world, following the awakening of Quincy power in Soul Society.
Aizen instinctively reached out to grab Tsuna, whose aura was so powerful that he instinctively prepared to grip his Zanpakuto. Only after seeing the devastating light of the Quincy Cross did he release his grip.
As things stand, he and Sawada Tsunayoshi are not enemies, so there's no need to be so wary.
The radiance of the Quincy Cross gradually coalesced behind Tsuna. He stretched out his right hand, and the six-pointed star behind him emitted patterns symbolizing the Seven Earth Attributes.
The Glacier Flame freeze into the crossbow body, the most powerful Mountain Flame burst forth to form the crossbow arm, the sticky Swamp Flame become the crossbow string, the Flame of Stream that can pierce through everything and the unparalleled sharp flames of the forest combine to form the arrow, and the flames of the desert that change like a mirage become the aiming device.
Finally, the black hole formed from the Ground Flame landed at the crossbow's location, serving as its core.
The crossbow bolt, imbued with the Seven Earth Attributes, was held in Tsuna's hand without causing any disturbance; everything around him remained peaceful and serene.
But after witnessing the power of Tsuna's Quincy Cross, no one doubts the power of this crossbow bolt. This is the ultimate manifestation of Tsuna's Quincy power, a crossbow on the earth that corresponds to the sky!