Bleach: The Path to Transcendence

The Hollow Realm, upon the vast and boundless sea of sand.

A distorted spatial rift suddenly appeared, light flashing within the rift, and Metastacia leaped out from it.

"Jie jie, this is the legendary Hollow Realm? Haha, I'm finally free!"

Metastacia let out a sharp and strange cry, the sound echoing across the sea of sand, filled with endless arrogance and excitement.

But just as the echo of this excited cry had not yet faded, Metastacia suddenly felt a chill coming from behind.

He subconsciously turned his head and was shocked to discover that, at some point, a strange figure in white robes was quietly standing behind him.

The most peculiar thing about this figure was that its head was not a normal head, but a transparent glass jar, within which two white spheres suspended quietly in liquid.

"The King was right, there really is a feast waiting for me here!"

Metastacia stared at the strange figure in front of him, his expression full of surprise, and loudly questioned:

"What kind of monster are you? Isn't this the Hollow Realm?"

Faced with Metastacia's barrage of questions, the strange figure's lips curled into a slight smile, and he said unhurriedly:

"Hello, Mr. Hollow whose name I do not know. This is indeed the Hollow Realm. My name is Aaroniero Arruruerie, and I am here to eat you on the King's orders!"

"Hahaha, you say you want to eat me?"

Hearing Aaroniero's words, Metastacia was first stunned, then burst into unrestrained laughter, the laughter echoing across the empty sea of sand, full of mockery and disdain.

However, Aaroniero seemed not to hear it, his eyes flashing with curiosity as he sized up Metastacia with great interest, muttering to himself:

"Clearly just a mixed Hollow, yet it possesses spiritual pressure at the level of a Fourth-Seat, truly strange! There must be some secret on your body! But after I eat you, these secrets will all be mine!"

"Don't be so boastful!"

Metastacia shouted angrily and charged towards Aaroniero.

In an instant, dozens of scarlet, blood-like tentacles burst out from his back, like sharp arrows, whistling as they shot towards Aaroniero.

"Boom!"

This sudden and violent attack directly sent Aaroniero flying, his body drawing an arc in the air before crashing heavily into the sand, splashing up a large cloud of dust.

"Tch, is that all you've got?"

Metastacia's face showed a disdainful expression as he mocked.

"A mixed Hollow is just a mixed Hollow, possessing spiritual pressure but lacking the ability of a Menos."

Just as Metastacia was still reveling in the results of his attack, Aaroniero's slightly teasing voice came from behind him. Metastacia turned back in surprise, only to see that Aaroniero had somehow appeared behind him, and had already charged up a Cero between his hands.

"Zila!"

A black-red beam of spiritual pressure, carrying terrifying power, fiercely attacked Metastacia.

"Boom!"

The black-red beam of spiritual pressure hit Metastacia squarely, the powerful impact and terrifying energy instantly engulfing him.

For a time, dust and smoke filled the air, flames flickered, and explosions deafened.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

A moment later, Metastacia, scorched black and emitting billowing black smoke, roared and rushed out of the thick smoke in a frenzy.

His spiritual pressure was紊乱, his tentacles were charred, and his body was scarred, but his eyes burned with mad rage, and he pounced on Aaroniero recklessly, attempting to parasitize the other party in close combat and reverse the unfavorable situation.

"It seems you still haven't given up, you stubborn fellow. Then I'll let you, this ignorant mixed Hollow, see the true difference between you and me!"

"Devour him, Gluttonous Hollow!"

With this imposing roar, Aaroniero directly activated his Resurrección.

In an instant, a dazzling blue light flashed. Aaroniero's appearance had undergone earth-shattering changes.

His upper body still maintained its original form, but his lower body had completely changed, turning into a huge and ugly octopus-like form. The thick tentacles swung wildly on the sand, each swing stirring up a cloud of dust.

"This is... what is this!"

Metastacia looked at Aaroniero's true form after his Resurrección, his face full of shock. You must know that he was modified by Aizen using souls with Shinigami abilities from Soul Society, not a naturally born Hollow.

In his instinctive understanding as a Hollow, the Hollow Realm was full of existences like himself. That's why he seized the opportunity to escape, determined to break free from Aizen's control and rush to the Hollow Realm to grow freely.

However, just as he was about to step into the Hollow Realm, Ye Chuan sensed his movements through the spiritual particles wandering in the Hollow Realm and specially sent Aaroniero to devour him.

"What a wonderful aura, I sense something incredibly wonderful hidden within you! Become the 29787th Hollow to be devoured by me!"

On the upper body of the giant octopus, the two small ball-like faces of Aaroniero floating in the transparent glass tube simultaneously showed a look of intoxication.

In an instant, it stretched out its right arm, shaped like a tentacle and covered with sharp teeth, and shot towards Metastacia like lightning.

Upon seeing this, Metastacia immediately burrowed into the sand, trying to evade Aaroniero's sudden attack.

"Puchi!" But it was all in vain. Aaroniero's tentacles pierced straight into the sand, easily dragging out Metastacia, who was hiding within.

"Ah!"

"With only spiritual pressure but unable to use Sonído, how could you possibly evade my attack. Obediently become my nourishment!"

Aaroniero's tentacles, with sharp barbs and unparalleled sharpness, directly pierced into Metastacia's torso from his abdomen, the tentacles acting like straws, frantically sucking his flesh.

"Glug!"

"Glug!"

Soon, Aaroniero devoured Metastacia completely, as if sucking on bubble tea with a straw.

At this time, only a layer of Metastacia's skin remained. A gust of wind blew, and it directly turned into a cloud of dust, merging with the countless grains of sand in the sea of sand.

"Hahahaha! This feeling is truly wonderful. I never expected a mixed Hollow to possess such pure spiritual pressure!" Aaroniero laughed wildly, his voice echoing for a long time over the sea of sand.

Suddenly, a vast and majestic spiritual pressure soared from Aaroniero's body. This spiritual pressure carried a chilling might, stirring the surrounding air currents into turbulence.

Then, an unbelievable scene occurred. On the surface of Aaroniero's original glass tube-like head, strands of flesh and blood appeared out of nowhere.

This flesh and blood grew and reshaped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, transforming into the image of a handsome man in an instant. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than Shiba Kaien, who had previously been parasitized by Metastacia!