After using her Resurrección, Tier Harribel was completely transformed. Her black robes had disappeared, replaced by white, bone-like armor that tightly covered several vital points of Tier Harribel perfect figure, leaving most of her skin exposed. Her wheat-colored skin, tinged with brown, gave her a mysterious and noble air, while her long, flowing golden hair added a touch of wildness.
"You're not Soul Reaper, you're a Hollow!"
The Quincy, seeing Tier Harribel's magnificent appearance and ominous Spiritual Pressure, were all drenched in sweat. At this moment, Tier Harribel's image in their minds was no longer that of a little Soul Reaper who could be slaughtered at will; she had transformed into a Great Demon Lord with infinite danger.
"When did I start calling myself the Soul Reaper?"
Tier Harribel listened to the Quincy's words with utter indifference. A huge white bone sword was wrapped around her right hand, and as Tier Harribel finished speaking, the sword began to glow with golden light.
" Cero!"
The next second, Tier Harribel unleashed Cero directly at the Quincy who had formed their battle array.
The golden Cero, carrying unprecedented terrifying power, crashed directly into the Quincy's defensive array, tearing a huge hole in the array and engulfing the Quincy inside. It exploded on the ground, creating a magnificent and beautiful mushroom cloud.
Vasto Lorde- level Arrancar's Cero —the power of this level of Cero far surpasses that of ordinary Menos Grande, reaching an extremely terrifying level that these Quincy cannot withstand.
The air was filled with the smell of burning, and the land where the Quincy stood was littered with the Quincy who had turned to dust.
"Cough cough cough..."
With Tier Harribel's Cero at full power, the only survivors in the entire Quincy squad were the two Pure-Blood Quincy were constantly coughing.
"Buzz~"
However, just a second later, Tier Harribel, who was standing in the sky on Reishi, disappeared into the air and appeared behind the two Pure-Blood Quincy.
"Hateful..."
Upon seeing the two Pure-Blood Quincy, Tier Harribel, suddenly appear, they instinctively activated their Blut Vene.
"Whoosh!"
A massive slash, dripping with crimson blood, sliced through the bodies of the two men, instantly cleaving them in two. Their expressions were frozen in time, filled with unbearable pain, and until their very last breath, their eyes revealed Mujō, confusion, and fear.
"I can't stay here any longer; I need to rejoin Sōgo quickly."
After eliminating his enemies, Tier Harribel lightly flicked the blade in his hand, brushing away the crimson stains. From the moment he killed them until now, as he contemplated meeting up with Sōgo and the others, Tier Harribel's eyes remained consistently calm.
Let's go to Hueco Mundo first!
Tier Harribel floated in the air for a while, pondering. She didn't know exactly where she was in the Valley of Screams, nor how far it was from Sōgo and the others. After thinking for a long time, she decided to return to Hueco Mundo, a place she was more familiar with, and then contact the backup plan that Szayelaporro had set up there. With the help of the backup plan, she could then find the others.
With that thought in mind, Tier Harribel swung the blade in his hand, opening Garganta in the air that led to Hueco Mundo.
Meanwhile, others encountered the same situation, but handled it in vastly different ways.
"Hahaha... Come on, all of you! Come on!"
"Let's play a game together~ But if I catch you, you'll all die here."
Lilynette, who had already Resurrección Quincy were besieging her. The two pistols she gripped tightly in her hands were constantly firing Cero, blasting huge craters into the ground.
Normally, Cero is Menos Grande's trump card, and each release of Cero consumes a large amount of Spiritual Pressure within the Hollow's body. However, this rule seems to have vanished completely with Lilynette. She uses Cero recklessly, consuming her immense Spiritual Pressure at will. Yet, no matter how many Cero she releases, she doesn't seem to feel any depletion of her Spiritual Pressure. Compared to her powerful Spiritual Pressure, these Cero are nothing more than a drop in the ocean.
"This is terrifying! How can there be such a terrifying woman?"
Under Lilynette's relentless pressure, countless Quincy were filled with despair. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't understand why the little Soul Reaper they were supposed to deal with had transformed into a terrifying Menos Grande with absolute power. No matter how they resisted, they were simply too weak against this Menos Grande, whose body was filled with malice and ominous Spiritual Pressure. This made these Quincy wonder if they had encountered the legendary highest-ranking Menos Grande, Vasto Lorde- level Menos Grande.
"Damn it, I have to survive."
A Pure-Blood Quincy hiding behind a rock secretly observed Lilynette firing Cero repeatedly. While feeling terrified, a thought surged through his mind: he had to survive here. He was completely different from those mixed-blood Quincy. As a pure-blooded Quincy, his status was extremely noble, and he absolutely could not die here.
"I'm sorry... I'm the one who caused this, but it's alright. As long as I live, I will avenge you sooner or later."
This Pure-Blood Quincy was the captain of the Quincy squad waiting here to defeat Lilynette. At this moment, he looked at the scorched ground bombarded by Cero and the dead Mixed-Blood Quincy, shook his head helplessly and apologized, then prepared to turn around and leave.
"Found it~"
However, the moment the Pure-Blood Quincy turned his head, what came into view was a retro pistol and a slender hand that was about to pull the trigger.
"Boom!"
With a burst of azure light, amidst a series of explosions, the Pure-Blood Quincy ultimately perished here.
On the other side...
"How terrifying! So many of you ganging up on me is really scary!"
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi kept muttering to himself, he was terrified. He held his sword in both hands, his Shihakusho was stained red with blood, and dozens of Quincy lay on the ground with disbelief in their eyes.
"Monster... monster!"
A Quincy with a severed arm stared in disbelief at Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, who stood amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood, wielding a katana, his body covered in blood, and wearing Kuruyashiki Kenpachi with black patterns on his face.
The man before them hadn't Shikai; he simply held a knife and hacked dozens of them to the ground, one slash at a time. During this time, his eyes seemed oblivious to the cold, and he didn't even blink.
"Um?"
After the one-armed Quincy lying on the ground spoke, he had the honor of attracting Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's attention. In his astonishment, he felt a burning sensation on his neck, and then he saw his own headless body in the sky.
"In short, we still need to deal with this situation."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi flew high in the sky, looking at the group of dead Quincy on the ground, and extended one of his fingers.
Immediately afterward, crimson light converged towards his fingertips. This was a skill that Kuruyashiki Kenpachi had naturally learned after using Hollowfication, a skill he didn't even know he had started practicing at some point. The skill's name was Cero!
"Call out!"
"Boom!!!"
With an astonishing release of Spiritual Pressure, the terrifying heat instantly cleared away the mangled corpses on the ground.
"The next step is to figure out how to reunite with the others."
After doing all this, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi removed the mask from his face. He frowned, somewhat confused, because he really didn't know how to reunite with the others.
"Hahaha... Oh well, let's just take it one step at a time!"
After thinking for a long time, Kuruyashiki Kenpachi couldn't come up with a solution, so he could only burst into carefree laughter.
Aside from Lilynette, Tier Harribel, and Kuruyashiki, Szayelaporro and Tsunayashiro Tokinada were in similar situations. Facing a group of powerful Quincy, these two also displayed astonishing strength, resulting in almost one-sided battles. Faced with absolute power, the Quincy, whose intelligence had been flawed, were beaten almost without any chance to fight back.
In the end, they all suffered a total annihilation, without exception. After defeating their opponents, the members of Sōgo's team began to think about how to reunite with the other members.
The year is 1900.
After countless years of trials and tribulations, the Gotei 13 has finally gradually stabilized.
Of the Thirteenth Division, all the captains of the other twelve divisions are still in service, except for the captain of the Tenth Division who died in a mission and whose replacement remains unfulfilled.
"Then, Yoruichi, please give my regards to Little Sōgo!"
At this moment, directly below the Soul King Palace, a beautiful woman with long pink hair and a stunningly sexy figure was embracing Yoruichi Shihōin and kneading her repeatedly.
"Okay, okay, I got it~"
Yoruichi seemed unable to bear the other person's kneading and used Shunpo to break free from their embrace, and said perfunctorily.
"Hmph~ Yoruichi is so perfunctory, I'm so angry."
The beautiful woman, seeing Yoruichi's dismissive attitude, pouted angrily and said...
"In short, be careful when you get up there by yourself."
Yoruichi spoke impatiently, arms crossed over her chest.
"Okay~ Well then, see you again someday~ Yoruichi..."
The beautiful woman bid farewell to Yoruichi last time, riding on a huge pillar, a vehicle known as the Tenchūren, used by the Squad Zero to travel between the Soul King Palace and the Soul Society.
Yes, the woman in front of me has completed some kind of research and will be promoted to the Squad Zero starting today. Her name is Kirio Hikifune was the former captain of the Twelfth Division.
"Phew~ Finally, we're gone!"
Yoruichi watched Kirio Hikifune disappear, then slowly breathed a sigh of relief. She then looked at the captain of the First Division beside her, who was also the bald big shot who was the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.
"Is there anything else, Captain Shihoin?"
Seeing that Yoruichi hadn't left, the bald man squinted and asked.
"I do have something to discuss. I plan to recommend a captain. The person I'm recommending is the Third Seat of our Second Division, named Kisuke Urahara. I believe he is fully capable of succeeding Kirio Hikifune as the captain of the Twelfth Division."
Yoruichi Shihōin front of him.
"So, Captain Shihoin, you plan to vouch for your team member and let him participate in the team leader assessment, right?"
After hearing Yoruichi's words, the bald man slightly opened his eyes and spoke.
"That's exactly what I mean."
Yoruichi nodded slightly after hearing what the bald man said.
"I understand, I'll make time for it."
The bald man nodded slightly to Yoruichi, indicating that he understood.
"Grateful."
After Yoruichi what the bald man said, Yoruichi expressed her gratitude to him.
"This is all part of my job."
The bald man left a message and strolled away.
After watching the bald man walk away, Yoruichi also got up and left.
A few days later, witnessed by all the captains, a man with dark circles under his eyes and messy yellow hair finally became the captain of the Twelfth Division, as expected by everyone.
And finally, the day arrived when the new captain of the Twelfth Division took office.
"Waaah..."
Shinji Hirako looked listless as he walked through the First Division barracks with a brown-haired man, occasionally greeting the others.
"I will absolutely never admit to someone being transferred from another squad to become my captain or anything like that."
Beside Shinji Hirako, a blonde girl with freckles on her face, who looked like a delinquent, kept muttering to herself, her words full of dissatisfaction with the new captain, even though she had never met the new captain.
"Try to take it easy, Hiyori."
Shinji Hirako patted Hiyori's head and smiled.
"Huh? When did it become your place, a bald guy, to tell me what to do?"
Hiyori slapped Shinji Hirako's hand away and said unhappily.
" Hiyori, watch your attitude."
Just as Hiyori was throwing a tantrum, a man wearing a haori with the number seven printed on the back walked over and addressed Hiyori.
" Love Aikawa!"
Hiyori called the man by his first name after seeing him.
"You should call him captain!!"
Love, being a true man, doesn't like to indulge others' faults. He grabbed Hiyori's head and started kneading it.
"Uh... uh..."
Hiyori, after all, just a vice-captain, and was powerless against the serious captain, only able to be constantly manipulated.
Hey~ you guys are here!
Just as the group was fooling around, the man arrived. The man with short silver hair, a protagonist-like face, and muscles all over his body, the Captain of the Ninth Division, known as Kensei Muguruma ( the Spiritual Pressure tester), arrived!
"You're late, Kensei."
Hiyori pursed her lips at Kensei.
"Watch your attitude towards the captain!"
Love's eyes twitched slightly as he threatened Hiyori.
"Haha... I don't care."
Kensei chuckled lightly; they were all too familiar with each other to care anymore.
Hey~ you guys are all here!
Just then, two veteran captains with countless Kensei Spiritual Pressure slowly walked over. One of them was wearing a flashy jacket and a straw hat. He was the notorious playboy of the entire Gotei 13 named Shunsui Kyōraku. The other one had a White face, and sweat poured out of his forehead as soon as he walked. He looked like a sickly person and was known as the perpetually weak-kidneyed Jūshirō Ukitake.
"..."
Upon seeing Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake arrive, the captains immediately nodded slightly to express their respect.
Behind Jūshirō Ukitake and Shunsui Kyōraku was Retsu Unohana, the elusive Fourth Division Captain, a beautiful woman who always wore a faint smile but sent chills down one's spine.
The captains then exchanged pleasantries and chatted about the promotion of Kirio Hikifune, the captain of the Twelfth Division. This also allowed Aizen to learn about the Squad Zero for the first time.
After everyone finished chatting, two squad captains walked towards them, accompanied by their respective Five Great Noble Clans: Kuchiki Ginrei, the head of the Kuchiki Clan, one of the five great noble families of Soul Society, and the head of the Sixth Division, representing the epitome of nobility; and Shihouin Yoruichi Shihōin, the head of the Shihoin Family, another of the five Five Great Noble Clans noble families of Soul Society, Second Division Captain. The two nobles exuded a dazzling aura of wealth as they walked towards the group.
(End of this chapter)