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Chapter 439 Sister Hua, I'm leaving her in your care.

"Binding Spell #37: Hanging Star!"

Hinamori Momo realized what was happening and quickly used her binding technique to catch the falling Matsumoto Rangiku, preventing her from suffering further injury from the fall.

Just as she was preparing to treat Rangiku's wounds, Ong appeared in front of her without her noticing.

Its speed was too fast; although it wasn't invisible or imperceptible, it was still faster than Hinamori Momo's reaction speed.

By the time Hinamori Momo realized what was happening, Ono's punch, imbued with a whirlwind of energy, had already come crashing down, less than a foot away from Hinamori Momo's face.

Toshiro Hitsugaya, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Halibel, was startled and turned around to see this scene, and was immediately shocked.

But the next moment, Toshiro breathed a sigh of relief.

Momo Hinamori did not suffer from broken bones or internal organ damage.

Because Xia Zuo appeared in front of her and took Weng's huge fist with his own face.

There was no vibration, no popping sound, and not even any recoil. The enormous impact force from Weng's fist did not produce any sound, as if it had completely disappeared upon contact with Xia Zuo's face.

There is a technique among Bleach called "Counter-Demon Killing," which involves using the exact same Kido, with absolutely equal power and spiritual pressure, to neutralize the Kido used by the enemy.

Xia Zuo took Weng's fist with his face, using a method similar to the "Anti-Ghost Mutual Kill" technique, but more complex and refined.

Because a fist is a mass attack propelled by matter, if the same force is used to strike, it can not only completely cancel out the opponent's force, but also turn both your own and the opponent's arm into dust.

The techniques Xia Zuo used largely referenced the newly mastered "Star Shift" technique by Xiao Ao Xia Zuo, using soft force to neutralize the opponent's power.

In other words, it completely absorbs the opponent's momentum, gathers all the force into its own body, circulates it through the meridians once, and then pours it all back onto the enemy.

It looked like Weng Yi's punch landed, but it felt like he missed. This contradictory feeling left Weng dumbfounded and confused.

But it immediately sensed Xia Zuo's terrifying power upon contact, so it instinctively began to probe. The more it probed, the more terrifying the power it felt became, as if there were no limits to it.

The mad sleigh's instincts kicked in, frantically warning it to run away immediately.

But the excessive instinct destroyed Weng's body. It could only watch numbly as Xia Zuo raised his right hand and flicked his finger on its own arm.

Using his middle finger, Xia Zuo sent the force of Ya Weng's full-force punch back into its body.

Because of Xia Zuo's meridian processing, this pure violence became much gentler, and was able to be transmitted along Weng's arm to its torso, instead of simply blowing off its arm.

Bang! !

With a muffled thud, Weng's right arm and right half of its torso disappeared, shattered by its own force.

Having lost half of its lungs, the chimera monster collapsed without even being able to scream.

The three Apache girls' jaws nearly dropped. The Om, as their combined skill, was a monster that even Halibel had to take seriously.

While Oom's speed was fast, it was nothing to Halibel. What she needed to be wary of was Oom's unreasonable and powerful strength, as well as his even more terrifying self-healing ability.

"Stand up, Yawon!" Apache shouted. "Tear that Grim Reaper to pieces!"

"Huff, huff—"

As a monster created from the fusion of the flesh and blood of three women, Chimeraon may appear to be an independent life form, but it is actually a product of the combination of Hollow and Shinigami abilities.

In a sense, it is closer to a life form that is a Zanpakuto in its physical form, and is naturally able to communicate with the three creators and sense the anger and panic of the heroines.

The old man is even less capable than a materialized Zanpakuto; he has no sense of self or self-interest.

Sensing its owners' urging, it began to gasp for air even more frantically, its broken lungs making a whirring sound as it struggled to draw air into its lungs.

Its wound writhed, growing and healing at an alarming rate. After a few rapid breaths, it stood up again, opened its mouth, and let out a frenzied roar.

"Ooooh!"

The roar shook the heavens and the earth. Weng's wounds healed almost instantly, and its already enormous size grew even larger. Because of the rapid growth, its bones even made a cracking noise.

The murderous aura of a wild beast spread out, and Weng stared wide-eyed, bloodshot at Matsumoto Rangiku and Hinamori Momo, who were walking away behind Xia Zuo.

Xia Zuo laughed: "This bullying and cowardly behavior truly befits a beast that prioritizes instinct."

Xia Zuo's laughter startled Ya Weng, who instinctively took a step back.

Then, urged on by an even louder voice, it overcame its instinctive fear and pounced on Xia Zuo with its arms outstretched.

From the moment the beast was injured, Xia Zuo kept a close eye on Weng, not missing a single reaction.

His deep eyes saw directly to the cellular level, and even deeper, revealing the source of this terrifying self-healing ability.

When Weng roared and pounced, everything was under Xia Zuo's control.

Xia Zuo drew his Zanpakuto and slashed it down with a "whoosh".

With such a simple and unassuming strike, without anyone sensing any spiritual pressure or creating any dazzling sword energy, the incredibly defensive Weng was cleaved in two.

The three Apache girls' jaws dropped, and Halibel, who had regained the upper hand while Toshiro was distracted, was also taken aback.

She had fought against Weng more than once and was well aware of the monster's defensive capabilities. How could she have been cut open so easily?

Taking advantage of Halibel's momentary distraction, Toshiro Hitsugaya launched a new attack, turning the tide of the battle once again.

But an even more astonishing change occurred: the old man, who had been healing himself at a rapid pace, suddenly stopped healing, and his body was covered with dense blisters.

When the blisters burst, the chimera not only loses its ability to heal itself, but also completely loses its most basic vital signs.

Its body even began to rot rapidly, quickly turning into a pool of thick mucus, leaving no bones behind.

The three Apache women were struck dumb, standing there stunned.

Xia Zuo brandished his sword and asked, "The three of you, are you considering surrendering?"

"Don't even think about it!" Apache roared, startled awake, firmly expressing his refusal.

With the help of her sisters, she stood up, gritted her teeth, broke off her last remaining antler, and regained her balance and fighting ability.

The three Apache women shouted in unison, "We are Lord Halibel's subordinates, and we will never surrender to you."

They simultaneously let out a low shout, raising their spiritual pressure to its peak, and then unsheathed their Zanpakuto, surrounding Natsuzo from the left, center, and right.

Xia Zuo praised softly, "Knowing you are no match, you still have the courage to draw your sword. Your courage is commendable."

He also raised his Zanpakuto: "To your courage! I will fight you with all my might without using my Shikai!"

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"Life and death are preordained, success and failure are determined by fate!"

Swish!

Xia Zuo used his limited spiritual pressure as a base, circulating it within his body. After being honed by sword intent, it transformed into the sharpest sword energy, which he then unleashed with a horizontal slash using his Zanpakuto in its shallow strike state.

【Azure Phoenix Beauty】

The Zanpakuto drew a beautiful arc in front of Xia Zuo, scattering sword energy along the way, which evolved into the shape of feathers.

The sword energy feathers spread out in a fan shape, forming a pair of huge cyan wings.

The most intense sword energy gathered between these two wings, extending forward at top speed and transforming into the head of a blue phoenix.

The phoenix, composed entirely of sword energy, emitted a clear and melodious sword cry. With lightning speed, it covered the three Apache women and flashed past their waists.

Azure sword energy shot into the sky, tearing the simulated clouds in the sky into two parts.

One sword can cleave the heavens!

Accompanied by cyan sword energy, bright red blood splattered across the sky. The three Apache women's eyes rolled back, blood gushed from their waists and abdomens, and they fell from the sky.

The enormous, chilling wounds had almost severed their waists horizontally.

Fortunately, because they didn't have their Shikai Zanpakuto, the three women's lumbar vertebrae weren't severed, preventing them from suffering the same fate as Tosen Kaname.

Even more fortunately, without Shikai, they couldn't use the power of their Zanpakuto, and the residual power of Aoyama wouldn't hinder their self-healing, so they still had hope of surviving.

But with such massive wounds, especially with so many internal organs severed, whether the three Apache women can survive depends on fate.

With a deafening roar, golden flashes of light, like sword energy, swept in from afar.

Faced with the powerful attack from the Hollow, Xia Zuo dared not be negligent and began to chant: "The sun and moon traverse the sky, cold comes and heat goes, following the rules, forming its own circle!"

"The Measuring Ruler of the Sky!"

As he released his Zanpakuto, Xia Zuo gently twisted his wrist, deftly and quickly drawing three sword energies in the air, outlining an equilateral triangle directly opposite Cero.

Xia Zuo spoke up: "I said: This love triangle rule is in effect!"

Xia Zuo's Zanpakuto is called Meriten-ruler. After its Shikai, its ability is to define geometric shapes and replace the original physical rules with rules unique to those geometric shapes.

The rule for an equilateral triangle is—a wormhole!

In an instant, the Cero rushed into the triangle formed by the sword energy, and then the fierce attack disappeared.

It didn't disappear; rather, it passed through a triangular wormhole, arrived at some point in the void of the universe, and vanished into the vast starry sky. The triangular wormhole only existed for a brief half-second because the natural expansiveness of space closed the wormhole, and the abnormally designated rule area of ​​the triangle also collapsed.

At that moment, a voice filled with rage rang out: "Cero!"

Shazo looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was Helibel who had fired the Cero at him.

This is quite normal. When Halibel's subordinate was hit by Shazo's magnificent sword move, the overwhelming force of the sword made it obvious that the subordinate was killed.

It's only natural for Halibel to attack Shazo; it's not surprising at all.

Strangely, Halibel's opponent was Toshiro Hitsugaya, and he was being overwhelmed. How could she free up a hand to launch an attack on herself?

Is Captain Toshiro asleep?

Following the familiar spiritual pressure, Xia Zuo saw Toshiro panting as he got up. His ice armor was shattered, he was covered in dust, and he looked quite disheveled.

The cause of all this was a little golden retriever lying on the ground.

This golden retriever has a slightly upturned face, purple eyes, and prominent freckles, but its most distinctive feature is its two protruding front teeth.

Wonderweiss, a monster created by Aizen specifically to deal with the Captain-Commander.

To counter the flames of the Zankatana, Aizen sacrificed Wonderweiss's language, consciousness, knowledge, reason, intelligence, and even his robust physique.

He was so stupid that he lost all sense of fear, and he didn't even obey Aizen's orders.

Because Xia Zuo killed Dongxian Yao in advance, this monster lost its only channel of communication and became even more difficult to command. As a result, when it participated in the battle and who it attacked became a matter of mystery.

As it turned out, it wasn't Jushiro Ukitake who was unlucky this time, but Toshiro Hitsugaya.

Fortunately, after Toshiro released Hyōrinmaru, he naturally donned an ice armor, and all his power was specialized to deal with Captain-Commander Yamamoto's Wonderwiss, and he was not good at dealing with the power of ice and snow.

So Toshiro was only in a sorry state, but not injured.

Suddenly, Wonderwis opened his mouth wide and let out a loud shout: "Waaaaaah!" Just as Toshiro was on high alert, preparing to receive a new attack, Wonderwis skipped away, completely unaffected by the atmosphere of the battlefield.

The bewildered Captain Hitsugaya stood there for several seconds before realizing he needed to stop Halibel.

Meanwhile, the No. 0.3 female Arrancar had arrived at her subordinates' side and confirmed that none of them were dead.

He injected some spiritual pressure to keep his subordinates alive, and said softly, "Apache, Mira, Sunsun, you all get some rest. Leave the rest to me!"

After she finished speaking, a chilling killing intent emanated from her entire body.

Immediately afterwards, the Zanpakuto in his hand merged into his body, and then transformed into a strange weapon in his right hand. A huge spiritual pressure surged forth, so strong that it squeezed the air and made a popping sound.

Halibel was extremely aloof and rarely cared about anything, and she was one of the three long-time subordinates who had followed her.

At this moment, the usually indifferent Halibel had completely turned into a rage, abandoning all thoughts of fighting Toshiro Hitsugaya and setting his sights on Shazo, looking as if he had to kill him no matter what.

Toshiro rushed over and apologized, "I'm sorry, Fourth Seat Natsume, the rest is now in—"

Xia Zuo stopped him, pointing to Matsumoto Rangiku and Hinamori Momo who were making a difficult retreat: "Go save them first! Don't leave with any regrets."

"Oh, okay!" Toshiro readily agreed and handed the battlefield over to Natsume.

But Xia Zuo had no intention of fighting. He looked at Helibel and smiled, "Don't be nervous, I won't fight you."

Xia Zuo turned to his side, his smile widening: "Sister Hua, I'm leaving her in your care."

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