The Defense Line of Hell

Tsuna and Ichigo's charge into Hell wasn't as easy as they had imagined. Logically, all the Sinners and the Hell Will were sent to the World of the Living to expand Hell's territory, so Tsuna only needed to focus on charging underground.

Just as they reached the central part of Hell, a dense downpour blocked their path.

As the raindrops approached, Tsuna and the others realized that they weren't raindrops at all, but rather arrows—the familiar Hirenkyaku!

"Ichigo, stand behind me!"

Tsuna quickly stepped in front of Ichigo, using the power of the Night Flame to open a wormhole in front of him, redirecting all the arrows aimed at them in another direction.

"How could there be such a large amount of Hirenkyaku?" Ichigo asked in surprise.

Even he and Uryū together couldn't achieve that number; it felt like something only a large army could accomplish.

There's only one explanation left.

Tsuna switched from True Bankai to Complete Resurrección, using the ability of the Mare Flame to foresee the future to create a safe space in front of him, and stepped inside with Ichigo.

Emerging from the wormhole, Tsuna and Ichigo were greeted by a densely packed army, all dressed in uniform white tattered uniforms, as if they had been through a major battle.

"The Quincy army... I thought Yhwach had absorbed their power, but now it seems Hell has even stolen Yhwach's power?" Tsuna's eyes were somewhat grave.

After the bloody battle ended, all the corpses of the dead Quincy disappeared. It was unanimously agreed by the Three Worlds that Quincy would return to the embrace of the King of the Quincy after death, and all of them vanished without a trace.

It seems that this is not the case now; the plan for Hell had already begun during the bloody battle.

Even Yhwach might have been a ploy by the King of Hell to test the true strength of the Three Worlds at that time. Unsurprisingly, both Beyond Bankai and fusion with the Hogyoku were tested by Hell, and even Yhwach's army was targeted by Hell.

Unbeknownst to Tsuna, a slight tremor of spiritual pressure rippled near the wormhole behind him.

"What's going on with them? They don't look like normal people!" Ichigo asked, pointing at the army.

Another Hirenkyaku descended, Tsuna calmly deflected Hirenkyaku attack, carefully observing the Quincy army below.

All the Quincy in the army had ashen faces, their eyes were lifeless, like walking corpses, and their chests were not pierced by the Chains that symbolized the Sinners.

Conversely, countless thin iron chains were locked around their limbs, controlling their bodies to launch attacks, which looked somewhat similar to the Quincy's Ransōtengai.

"The fact that no Chains Hell pierce their bodies means that these Quincy are somewhere between corpses and Sinners, and are combatants without their own consciousness, which is why they weren't sent to Karakura Town," Tsuna analyzed calmly.

"So, the one controlling them now is the so-called King of Hell?" Ichigo finally understood.

"However, we won't see the King of Hell in this stage."

The Velociraptors and Spike Dragon had already formed a large army, and after Tsuna waved his hand, they charged towards the Quincy army's walking corpses.

Ichigo was about to join in when Tsuna stopped him, saying, "You'll have your chance to shine later."

The battle was not as easy to resolve as it seemed. All the ordinary Quincy used the power of their Blut Vene Armor together to hold back the charge of the Cloud Attribute animal army. In contrast, arrows imbued with Blut Vene flew out from the crowd, accurately annihilating the twin dragons.

Those who used the power of the Blut Vene were members of the Sternritter, hidden within the army; Tsuna had seen their presence long ago.

"The opportunity has arrived."

A wormhole appeared in front of both Tsuna and Ichigo. With absolute trust, Ichigo charged up and stepped into it. When his vision shifted, he was faced with Cang Du.

Ichigo didn't waste the opportunity. With a close-range Getsuga Tensho, he pulverized even Cang Du's corpse along with his Chains.

Immediately afterward, another wormhole appeared beside Ichigo. Thanks to Mare Flame's ability to predict the future, Tsuna was able to make the optimal decision on the battlefield.

After Ichigo's vertical slash, he took a step to the side, and the blade that had been swung down turned into a horizontal slash, unleashing another powerful strike that eliminated Ichigo -PePe the Love.

This is the correct way to use the Night Flame. In the blink of an eye, the distance is as if nothing is there. Ichigo his sword as if it were a normal sword practice, and there are always enemies who can be cut down by his sword.

Tsuna himself was even more outrageous. He was practically a chaotic mass of light that changed colors, constantly using Night Flame to traverse through the Quincy army. Each flash of light destroyed a large area, making him far more efficient than Ichigo.

After these few tests, Tsuna realized that these so-called Sternritter members did not possess the power of the Saint Letters at all. The Saint Letters had been absorbed by Yhwach, and they were at best Quincy with stronger foundations.

Therefore, Tsuna directly handed the Quincy army over to Ichigo, letting him single-handedly destroy them, while he himself moved through the army, transforming into violent Cero and quickly clearing the area.

Deep within Hell, Kichō Yasha watched this scene and commented with a smile, "It seems that Yhwach's useless gadgets do have some use after all. Sawada Tsunayoshi and Ichigo Kurosaki, now that you've fully unleashed your power, how are you going to defeat me?"

Tsuna finally realized another reason why these Quincy legions were here. Killing ten thousand pigs would take time, let alone humans who could retaliate. Hell was consuming their power.

We can't waste any more time here. Just then, Ichigo had already killed all the Sternritter members.

After summoning Ichigo to his side, Tsuna had Ichigo unleash a Getsuga Tensho to force back the army, while he switched to his Stream Attribute Quincy Vollständig.

The King of Hell's goal was to slow down this army, preventing them from finding the landing point of Hell while simultaneously depleting their strength.

Since he couldn't find it, Tsuna decided to stop looking.

The property of streams is penetration; even a small stream the size of a palm can penetrate a solid mountain. Tsuna's weapon is also a one- Vollständig drill.

Tsuna took a different approach, pointing the drill tip towards the ground; if he couldn't find a path, he would create one himself!

A sharp Stream Drill shot out, piercing a hole wide enough for one person in the ground. Since Hell was structured in layers, it didn't matter to Tsuna that he couldn't find a way to fall to the next level in the face of the Flame of Stream.

"Ichigo, let's go!"

Tsuna was the first to crawl into the cave entrance, followed closely by Ichigo. After entering the cave, Ichigo casually unleashed a slash that destroyed the entrance, leaving only the two of them to travel together.

Tsuna's guess was correct. Before long, the Flame of Stream had pierced through the land of this level, bringing them to a new level of Hell.

This level of Hell is filled with Miasma, and finding a way out to the next level in such an environment is no easy feat.

However, Tsuna of what to do, he ignored everything else and charged straight down with Ichigo, using the power of the Flame of Stream to carve a path to the core through the layers of Hell's defenses.

Seeing this, Kichō Yasha shook her head helplessly. She stood up and turned off the video on Tsuna's side. There was no need to watch the rest anymore. It was her turn to serve customers.

Kichō Yasha stepped out of the room and pushed open the door to find herself in a tall attic. Outside the attic were messy thatched huts, which didn't look like they were managed at all.

This is the core of Hell, the City of Sin, where the most powerful group of Sinners reside.

The City of Sin was now deathly silent, devoid of any sign of life. This was because all the Sinners here had been driven to the World of the Living by Kichō Yasha, who then took over the city.

After all, as the ruler of Hell, she did not possess her own palace like that one, nor did she have a group of guards protecting her.

As for the Kitetu Clan's residence, that's out of the question. The location is too remote; it's not even in the core of Hell. It's more like the countryside. He wouldn't consider such a place his palace.

Kichō Yasha looked up at the sky, where the commotion grew louder and louder, with booming sounds coming in an orderly fashion, becoming louder and closer.

That was the sound of Stream Drill shattering the layers of Hell; the closer it got, the closer it meant that Tsuna and his friends were about to reach the center of Hell.

A huge explosion rang out, Tsuna and the others regained their vision. Their first notice was of the chaotic city below, and their second notice was of the Kichō Yasha in the center of the city.

"Tsuna, we've arrived." Ichigo's tone lacked any excitement at reaching our destination; the real battle was about to begin.

Tsuna immediately switched to his full Resurrección form, and without hesitation, he Ichigo Tsuna.

The two quickly separated, and a bunch of sharp Chains passed by them. It turned out that the so-called clouds around them were all made of tiny Hell Chains, which were just a hair's breadth away from turning the two of them into Sinners of Hell.

Ichigo immediately braced himself, black and red flames igniting his attire. He used his spiritual pressure to create a protective layer for himself and forcefully broke out of the cloud layer.

Tsuna other hand, conjured an absolutely static protective membrane around his body, which prevented all the invading Hell Chains from moving an inch, allowing him to enter the true Hell space.

"What a pity." There was not a trace of joy in Kichō Yasha's voice. "Welcome to the real Hell!"