Hueco Mundo is desolate.
Infinity white sand swallows all life; no vegetation can survive. Occasionally, quartz resembling tree branches emerges from the ground.
Eternal night embraces this place year after year, and that crescent moon is an unchanging sight in the eyes of billions of phantoms.
"This is Hueco Mundo? It's different from what I imagined."
Sōya Azashiro stood lightly on the white sand, looking around, but there was nothing there, not even a single building.
There was no chaotic, disorganized frenzy as I had imagined.
Shiraishi looked around and basically determined that the location was in a remote corner of Hueco Mundo, beyond the view of even Las Noches.
That's fine too. If they hunt down the Espada slowly from the outside, he'll have to consider whether he can even fight them head-on if they directly confront them.
The strength of the earlier blades was beyond his current ability to even attempt to contend with.
"I'll open my spiritual senses and scan the surroundings to see if there's any void."
The spiritual senses of the Shiraishi spread outwards, reaching a range of three kilometers, ten kilometers, twenty kilometers, and up to thirty kilometers.
Unlike the faint Reiatsu scattered like stars, an exceptionally strong, hollow Reiatsu was present, and it wasn't just one, but a full six Adjuchas.
They actually live in groups.
That's incredibly lucky.
"I'll go purify the northwest first."
"Remember to keep a head." Sōya Azashiro's words faded into the distance, almost indistinct.
Shiraishi appeared thirty kilometers away. What appeared before him was a mountain, or rather, the tops of the trees in the Forest of Menos below. It was so large that it was mistaken for a mountain.
The six-headed Adjuchas dug a hole here so that he could live in it.
Unlike the intellectually challenged Gillian, the Adjuchas are not much less intelligent than humans. They can think, live in groups, and hunt lone Adjuchas.
They had clearly made a harvest today; they stayed inside the cave, forming a circle, and together they tore at a massive Adjuchas.
Adjuchas, facing out of the cave, was so engrossed in the delicious food that he paid no attention to the outside world.
Because they rely on Pesquisa, they won't pay much attention to the surrounding scenery if they don't detect Reiatsu.
Shiraishi did not offer any warning.
Regardless of whether he has overwhelming strength, he will never stand up openly when he can launch a sneak attack.
He crouched low, used his Steel Tempest to rush behind the Adjuchas with the strongest Reiatsu, and pierced the back of its head with a Steel Tempest.
The Adjuchas's bones shattered, and its massive body began to dissipate. The other five Adjuchas reacted immediately.
Adjuchas, who resembled a tiger, leaped and pounced.
Shiraishi used a Steel Tempest Hollowfication through its body, followed by a Steel Tempest, a circular strike that cleaved it in two.
The Reiatsu was being compressed wildly, transforming into three crimson Cero that attacked.
Wind Wall.
With a swing of his sword, Shiraishi created Wind Wall, and the three Cero disappeared without making a sound.
A piercing whooshing sound rang out as a tall, thin Adjuchas, covered in white bone spikes, spiraled rapidly toward them.
Shiraishi's two Steel Tempest attacks hit, golden energy blew upwards from his feet, and he swung his sword forward, a golden tornado meeting the spiraling bone spikes.
Bang! The spinning motion was abruptly interrupted, and the void was sent flying by the tornado.
Shiraishi forward, Steel Tempest that pierced straight into Xu's bone surface.
In the blink of an eye, almost in a second, he killed three Adjuchas in succession. When he landed, the remaining three Adjuchas were terrified.
Everyone Hakuda the enemy, so they scattered and fled.
The Shiraishi poured in Infinity Reiatsu and unleashed a slash at the Adjuchas on the left. Sand flew to both sides, and the Adjuchas was split in two, its blood splattering all over the ground.
Bang! Bang! Two large holes appeared in the cave, and Shiraishi used his Steel Tempest to catch up.
"Ah!" The little Adjuchas turned around and let out an extremely sharp cry, as if a knife was being plunged into his brain and then frantically stirred.
Shiraishi was stunned.
For a moment, Adjuchas's eyes flashed with joy. Instead of taking the opportunity to escape, he raised his sharp claws and aimed straight for his neck.
Bang! The golden vortex of energy exploded, and Shiraishi's eyes regained their clarity. He was surprised by the opponent's strange ability. Without stopping, he used a Steel Tempest to pierce through its bone surface.
The other fled more than ten kilometers away.
Shiraishi used Steel Tempest block in front of him.
Seeing that escape was impossible, Adjuchas, who resembled a wild boar, hardened his heart, knelt on all fours, slid several meters, and said in a coquettish tone, "My lord, spare my life!"
Steel Tempest.
The Shiraishi mercilessly pierced its head, the bone surface shattered, and the whole thing gradually dissipated into Reishi.
With that pig-like appearance, no matter how sweet your words are, don't expect him to feel even a shred of pity for you.
He sheathed his sword, and his Reiatsu surged, clearly reaching level eleven.
Shiraishi's spirits lifted, and he quickly opened the system panel.
Hero: Shiraishi.
Level: 11 (85-1495)
Reiatsu: 8975
Zanpakuto: Infinity (Chance of critical hit, doubling the power of the next attack or skill.)
Passive: Way of the Wanderer.
[ Resolve ]: As a wanderer, you accumulate sword intent as you move. The faster you move, the faster you acquire sword intent.
When your sword intent reaches its peak, a shield will form when you are attacked by an enemy, absorbing some of the enemy's power.
[ Intent ]: Death is like the wind, always by your side. You have never been afraid of death. You wield your sword in desperate situations, and your heroic posture wins Infinity favor, granting you a 100% critical hit rate.
Skill:
[ Steel Tempest (Level 3)]: When Steel Tempest hits an enemy, it gains one stack of Gathering Storm, lasting 6 seconds. After accumulating 2 stacks of Gathering Storm, Steel Tempest will create a whirlwind that can knock enemies away.
[ Wind Wall (Level 2)]: Creates a wall of air that can block all enemy flying attacks for 4 seconds.
[ Steel Tempest (Level 4)]: You will transform into a gust of wind and dash forward, piercing through the enemy's body. If you cast Steel Tempest during the dash, Steel Tempest will be executed in a circular motion.
[ Last Breath (Level 2)]: You can teleport to an enemy flying in the air and cause all enemies within range to remain airborne for an additional second.
Upon landing, you will gain full Sword Intent and reset the Gathering Storm stacks of Steel Tempest.
In the next 15 seconds, you have a 50% chance to ignore any enemy defenses and strike directly at their main body!
"Haha." Shiraishi couldn't help but laugh out loud. He remembered that his previous experience level was 910, and he needed to reach 1425 to level up.
With 85 experience points, killing one Adjuchas would grant 100 experience points.
How many Adjuchas are there in Hueco Mundo?
He remembered that Grimmjow alone had devoured a thousand Adjuchas.
If he keeps killing like this, he'll become rich overnight.
In addition, level 11 will upgrade the ultimate skill to level 2.
Reiatsu ranges from 7550 to 8975.
With three layers of joy, even the desolate landscape of Hueco Mundo became full of life.
Sōya Azashiro caught up from behind, looking at the corpses below, and said with some surprise, "It's actually Menos Grande of Adjuchas level?"