Explosion

Kyoraku lay prone on the ground. After carefully checking his surroundings, he quietly opened his eyes and struggled to his feet.

Glancing back at the savage wound near his right shoulder, he shook his head helplessly. "Everyone underestimated Aizen's combat strength. Could it have something to do with that Hogyoku he was researching?"

At this moment, aside from the spiritual pressure of a few vice-captains that still seemed relatively active, nearly every fighting force in the Court Guard Squad had been defeated.

The captains, along with those former colleagues from the Visored, had long since been seriously wounded and collapsed on the ground. Most of their spiritual...