When a Vastolorde unleashed its reiatsu in full, the force was lethal to ordinary souls. Anyone who got too close would vanish without a trace.
Even the Soul Reapers stationed in the nearby Rukongai district were reduced to ash the moment they felt it!
Almost at once, the Gotei 13's 12th Division sent an alert to every division.
"Powerful reiatsu has invaded Soul Society. All divisions, prepare yourselves. Repeat, powerful reiatsu has invaded. All divisions, prepare yourselves."
A Vastolorde-class Menos Grande might not appear even once in several centuries. Apart from Yamabuki Chidori's frequent trips through Hueco Mundo, the last time Soul Reapers had fought an Adjuchas-class Menos Grande head-on was over a thousand years ago. An Ancient Menos Grande had invaded Soul Society, and a young Yamamoto Genryūsai had battled it barehanded.
He had lost in the end. The Ancient Menos Grande had fought its way to the Soul King Palace, where Monk Ichibē Hyōsube had personally intervened to subdue it.
The Gotei 13 had not yet been founded in that era, and Seireitei had no real fighting force. Those useless nobles could never have repelled a Menos Grande invasion.
Even now, a Vastolorde-class Menos Grande remained a terrifying threat.
Every Soul Reaper immediately prepared for battle.
They all knew they were in for a brutal fight.
Akane Youka was the first to request permission to fight.
Yamabuki Chidori rejected her request outright. He was the most baffled person there. He knew every Vastolorde-class Menos Grande in Hueco Mundo, so why would one suddenly attack Soul Society? It made no sense. Unless there was a Menos Grande he did not know about?
That was entirely possible. Hueco Mundo was vast, conservatively about the size of Earth's surface. The main storyline had only shown the area around Las Noches. A