You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

Of course, Xu Qun was no fool. After his initial shock wore off, he quickly realized what was going on and chased after him without stopping!

Even though each member of the expeditionary force was skilled and generally stronger than the members of the Gotei 13, the disparity in numbers and the fear of Killian behind them meant they dared not confront him head-on, and in order to avoid being entangled they raced at full speed.

But they were caught up in the end - they lost their way when they came out of the Void's Nest, and were intercepted by the Void after going around in circles.

After several encounters, one third of the team had been killed, leaving only six people, all of whom were injured. What was even more despairing was... they didn't even know how to get back to the camp.

"There's definitely something wrong with this damn place! We can't capture the spiritual veins and the positioning device doesn't work!" someone shouted angrily.

Each patrol team will carry tools that can be used for simple positioning and direction finding. After all, there is no day and night cycle in Hueco Mundo, and it is impossible to use the stars to guide the direction. In addition, every place is a desert with no road signs... It is easy to get lost in it, so you must bring a positioning device to ensure that you can return to the camp no matter where you go.

However, the team's equipment failed!

No one knew if it was a quality issue, or the device had reached its expiration date, or maybe it was the power of the void that was at work... In short, they could no longer find their way back.

But those hateful monsters keep chasing us. If this continues, even if the concentration of spirit particles in the Hueco Mundo is relatively high and everyone's strength recovers quickly, they will definitely be exhausted to death by the Hollows!

"Don't stop! Once we're entangled, no one will be able to leave!"

"You guys go first. My injuries are too severe. I will only become a burden to you..."

A Grim Reaper whose ribs were cut open and who was being supported by his companions to escape said angrily, "Split up and escape. I'll stay here to buy you some time... Just don't forget to avenge me in the future!"

"What a joke! Have you forgotten what that adult said?"

Leaving him behind and running away separately is the most rational choice, but his companions still insist that they cannot do that.

"I will never abandon you! I will bring everyone back to the camp!"

"Kotaro you..."

"Hehehe~ Such deep affection, I accidentally saw a lot of touching scenes~"

Just when the Grim Reapers united as one and were about to encourage each other to hold on, a strange cry came from the front, followed by a pink beam of light sweeping across the desert, blocking everyone's way.

"Hee hee hee……"

Strange shapes of voids popped up from the surrounding sand, and an extremely huge guy fell from the sky. The powerful spiritual pressure made the team members breathe rapidly.

"Damn... it's the wise Achukas!"

These people realized what kind of monster was targeting them and became even more desperate.

Generally speaking, Killian looks like a giant faceless man. Although he is huge, he lacks rationality and only acts on instinct to devour souls with "nutritional value", including but not limited to the god of death, the whole (human soul), and the hollows of the same kind.

So the Voids had to avoid Killian... The team members were a little surprised to see a group of Voids and Killian living in peace in the lair, but now they finally understood the answer:

There is a more advanced Daxu to keep the place in check!

A very small number of Killians will regain their rationality after growing to a certain size, and their bodies will shrink and transform into an appearance with animal characteristics.

If this animal-type Killian devours enough souls, it can evolve into an intermediate-level Hollow - Achukas!

The spiritual pressure of this monster is higher than that of the vice-captains. Only a captain-level strongman can be sure of victory!

"Could it be that... you, bastard, have been secretly monitoring us just now?"

One team member's face turned pale, knowing that they had most likely become "rats" being used by the Yachukas to play a game of cat and mouse.

Otherwise, they would never be able to escape from the nest!

"Hehe, huhaha... After all, Hueco Mundo is full of sand, and there aren't many entertainment options. It's rare to encounter creatures other than Hollows, so it would be a pity to kill them in a hurry."

The Yachukas in front of us has the appearance of a humanoid longhorn beetle. Except for its face covered by a white mask, the rest of its body is protected by a thick black shell. The ends of its four "arms" are as sharp as steel knives. At first glance, it is a tough character that can attack and defend at the same time.

Unfortunately, this guy has a bad temper: "Before I find a new toy, you guys stay and keep me company~ I will be very careful and try to let you live a little longer~"

"hateful!!!"

"Hehehehe~"

The Voids let out sharp, strange laughs and rushed towards the desperate team members like a tide—

"The Thunder Emperor is coming!"

As a few simple syllables fell, the free spirit particles in the atmosphere suddenly fluctuated violently, as if they were swept together by a storm, and then transformed into thick thunders, like angry beasts bombarding the ground and wreaking havoc!

"Is this... the power of the god of death?" The Yachukas did not dodge. Relying on its indestructible armor, it did not think that this level of "ghost power" could threaten it.

However, the original target of those thunders was not it, but to surround the surviving team members and wipe out the large number of miscellaneous voids around!

"It's thunder, but this power... it's Aizen-sama, Aizen-sama's ghost way!"

"He's here, we're saved!"

"The Four Heavenly Kings have arrived, it's Lord Aizen Iori!"

The team members were all very excited, but even with their eyes wide open they couldn't find Iori in the sky full of lightning and raised dust, not to mention the wailing and wailing of the miscellaneous voids that always distracted everyone's attention.

On the contrary, the longhorn beetle Yachukas slowly turned around as if sensing something, and the image of the black-haired boy wearing the Shinigami costume was reflected in his dim yellow eyes.

——Aizen Iori.

One of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force stood about ten meters away, quiet and independent, as if he had arrived earlier than Achucas.

I didn't even notice - a drop of cold sweat ran down the forehead of this Yachucas.

But he remained calm, even a little provocative: "What a pity, you touched my back but didn't attack me, is this the reserve of a god of death?

You wasted your only chance to defeat me, you idiot ego!

"Really?... I have a different opinion." The smile on Iori's face was calm and gentle, as if he was facing an old friend instead of an enemy.

"The essence of sneak attacks is to increase the chances of winning. If it can't change the final result, then whether you attack from the front or from behind... it doesn't make any difference, right?"

"... Well, you are very self-aware."

Skyworm Achukas was stunned for a moment and then grinned: He had absolute confidence in his own defense, and he would not feel any pressure even if he had to face multiple Hollows of the same level head-on.

He is just a Shinigami, and judging from his spiritual pressure, he is not that strong. Even a sneak attack would not be able to hurt him.

"Nagi!"

The yellow sand under his feet suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a mirror as smooth and clear as the water surface. This sudden change made Tianniu feel alarmed.

He had heard that the Grim Reaper had some special means, so he decisively chose to strike first: "Don't even think about it!"

--call!

It was as if a dark lightning flashed across the entire mirror, and the extremely sharp blade feet slashed across Iori's body in the blink of an eye!

call!call!call!

After several consecutive flashes, Tianniu performed a deadly dance on the edge of a knife with a dazzling "Four Swords Flow".

If you only look at its size, no one would have thought that this beetle-like Daxu actually has such an amazing speed!

"Humph……"

The longicorn flashed and appeared behind Iori. It just clearly realized that there was something wrong with the "feel" and it seemed that it failed to hit the entity, but it also clearly clashed with Iori's sword several times, so it dared to conclude that this was just a trick of Iori, and his real body was definitely still here.

"I didn't expect that I would take a mere dead--hmm?"

When the longicorn turned around, its body lost balance and it saw one of its knife-like feet flying out in a trance.

Before it could react, its tentacles, carapace, and chest armor… the hard armor that it was proud of, which was strong enough to withstand the flash of light, scattered like broken glass…

Crack!!!

Yachukas' body was shattered into countless pieces along with the entire mirror realm!

"when……"

Snapped!

Iori sheathed his sword and glanced at the half of the beetle's head indifferently. Although he had killed a Yachukas, he was not very proud.

There is a huge gap in strength between the Hollows, even those of the same level, just like the "captain level" of the Grim Reaper can actually be divided into multiple batches.

This longhorn beetle is not outstanding among the Yachucas, whether in terms of intelligence or spiritual pressure... but its talent is specialized in defense and its mobility is also very good, so even when facing an enemy stronger than it, it rarely suffers losses.

From this point of view, its confidence is not ridiculous.

However, the so-called "specialized defense" and "mobility" are ridiculous for Iori's Zanpakutō...

After all, he also said -

"Sure enough, the ending won't change at all."

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Current spiritual pressure limit: 970

Current actual spiritual pressure: 915

Volume 85: Death Comes to the Holy Grail War: Chapter : I, Saito, am not a shotacon

When Iori made up his mind to enter the Hueco Mundo, he had just awakened his Shikai, and his spiritual pressure value was around 600. But after he "completed" the main storyline of "Aka Kill", his spiritual pressure value skyrocketed to over 900 and close to 1,000.

On the one hand, his achievements in pacifying the world upgraded his CG to [I Am the Mandate of Heaven, Long Live and Prosper], which gave him more than ten points of style value. Moreover, he had just taken office, and the news had not even spread throughout the empire. After waiting for a while for his reputation to ferment, it was estimated that there would be a relatively large increase. It should not be difficult to accumulate 20 points.

On the other hand, during this process, he also brushed a lot of people's bond CGs, including Will, Akame, Sailiu and others. Although he only got some attribute points, the BUFF of "Devoted to the Reverse" on him played a role, and gave him two more painting styles just like the guaranteed card drawing.

In this way, the upper limit of his spiritual pressure reached the "1000" mark.

It has to be said that this is an extremely exaggerated increase. After all, the threshold for the captain level is actually only about 1,500, and this is still a very watered standard:

Just like Shikai, after the Shinigami awakens his Bankai, even if he does not release his Real Name, his Reiatsu will be much higher than before. It is normal for it to suddenly increase from one thousand one or two hundred to one thousand five or sixteen.

So strictly speaking, if the spiritual pressure value is above one thousand, one has basically entered the state of practicing Bankai, and theoretically it is possible for it to awaken, but the specific process varies from person to person.

Because the awakening of "Bankai" is a metaphysical issue, the strength of spiritual pressure is not the decisive factor. It focuses more on the spiritual communication with the Zanpakuto... It feels a bit like cultivating immortals through sudden enlightenment.

Some people may have a very good relationship with their Zanpakutō and awaken it just after it reaches 1,000. If your spiritual pressure is not enough, the sword spirit will thoughtfully prepare a multi-stage liberation for you.

Some people are born with the effect of [Sacred Letter D (Deafness)], and cannot hear even after being called by a Zanpakutō for hundreds of years...

Of course, there are also non-mainstream people who don't like the sword spirit and the death god, and they want to strangle each other to death~

From the stage of "Shikai Calling Name" to "Practicing Bankai", even without considering the existence of "bottleneck", it would normally take one or two hundred years to complete the same accumulation, and the prerequisite is that one has good talent and does not die accidentally during the mission.

Even if we include the time Iori spent in the other world, it is only about a year in total, which is enough to make many captains and bosses exclaim incredulously!

Of course, this speed cannot be compared with Kurosaki Ichigo. After all, he is born at the maximum level, and his strength only depends on whether he can remember his account password. Iori, who started from scratch, is still a little worse.

But Iori also has advantages. His power is relatively pure and is under his complete control. It does not fluctuate or jump back and forth like Ichigo.

Generally speaking, Iori was quite satisfied with the current progress, except for one small problem that made him feel uneasy:

I don't know if it's because he refused Asauchi and awakened his Zanpakutō on his own, but Iori's [Mirror Shisui] seems to be too "cold". With his current spiritual pressure, he can't feel any signs of "Bankai" at all, and the sword spirit hardly communicates with him, let alone practicing. He doesn't even know where to start.

In this situation, either the sword spirit is causing trouble, or the spiritual pressure is not enough... Iori thought to himself that he should not have offended "Him", so it was a problem of spiritual pressure.

——In the final analysis, it’s still not high enough!

"Lord Aizen is back!"

"You have worked hard!"

"I heard that an Achucas was killed this time."

"No way! That's a mid-level Hollow, only Captain Saito can do it... Even the Four Heavenly Kings can..."

Iori brought the rescued team members back to the camp and simply placed them in the medical team. He then went straight to the captain's camp to report today's situation to Saito Bulaobusi.

Yachukas is already the highest level Hollow that the expeditionary army can encounter under normal circumstances. In the entire camp, only Saito and the Four Heavenly Kings can deal with them, and among them, the Four Heavenly Kings cannot be said to be sure to win.

And this time of rescuing people and killing Daxu, if nothing unexpected happens, this will definitely add to his list of merits!

These achievements have no effect in Hueco Mundo, but as long as they return to Soul Society, they will become an extremely glorious resume. After all, Team 13 is essentially a violent group, and they always respect those who have risen to the top through military achievements.

Iori has already reached the level of "the only one in the world" in "Akagi Kill", and he has no desire for an official position. However, after his status is improved, he will have fewer troubles in doing things - refer to Kurotsuchi Mayuri, so it is still necessary to publicize his achievements.

After he entered the tent, he calmly and objectively recounted the incident, without exaggerating or being modest. When he finished, Saito, who was sitting at the main seat, nodded, not surprised:

When Iori was still in the medical unit, the news of him killing Yachukas had already reached Saito's ears.

"What a remarkable monster~" Saito exclaimed.

"That beetle-like Achukas?" Iori said indifferently, "I didn't notice it. It's just an ordinary mid-level Hollow."

"First of all, the word 'ordinary' has nothing to do with an intermediate level Hollow.

Secondly... the monster I'm talking about is you, Iori."

Saito held his chin, leaned forward and looked carefully at Iori who was sitting below him, with some inexplicable meaning in his one eye.

"When we first met, you already had the spiritual pressure of a high-ranking officer. Although it is excellent, there are only a few geniuses of this level every ten years or so. It is not uncommon at all.