Chapter 13: Level Great Void
Rukongai, the outermost area.

This was originally a barren land with few people.

But now, it has turned into a battlefield.

The huge black cavity opened, and a group of dozens of Hollows suddenly descended here. If they were allowed to invade the gathering places of souls in Rukongai, the consequences would be disastrous, so after receiving the early warning, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki led the team personally, and the entire 11th Division moved out in full force, performing instant steps, and quickly arrived at the place where the group of Hollows appeared.

“That’s a lot of them!”

Seeing this, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki grinned.

Behind him, many members of the 11th Division also showed their longing. They were looking forward to the upcoming battle. Then, without any hesitation, all the Shinigami moved together and killed the group of Hollows who were much taller than them.

Natsuki was also mixed in. Even though he sensed that there were more powerful Hollows in the black cavity that had not yet healed, he did not interfere. After all, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki and vice-captain Gosuke were both here, so why would he need to deal with such a big Hollow?
The Zanpakuto was swung, and with a flash of cold light, an ordinary Hollow was easily killed.

This scene was seen by an ordinary soldier next to him, who couldn't help but praise Xia Mu: "As expected of Xia Mu Jiuxi who returned from the expeditionary force, he is really neat and tidy."

Yes, Xia Mu now has nine seats.

Each squad has about twenty officers. In some squads, there will even be two Shinigami occupying the same seat. Seat Nine is a very forward position even among the officers.

You know, Watanabe Yuji was only the fifth seat in the 11th Division decades ago. Of course, after decades of expeditions in Hueco Mundo, his current strength is definitely more than just a fifth seat.

But Xia Mu became the ninth seat just over a month after joining the 11th Division, which still showed his outstanding ability.

At least in the eyes of ordinary soldiers of the 11th Squadron, Xia Mu is a rising star.

"It's just an ordinary Hollow."

Xia Mu explained to the soldier casually, but without any complacency.

Nine seats, looks impressive.

But compared to the real geniuses in the original work, they are still far behind. In the original work, people like Shiba Kaien and Ichimaru Gin were directly appointed as the third seats of their respective teams shortly after graduation. Especially when Shiba Kaien just entered school, his spiritual power had reached the sixth level.

The sixth level of spiritual power is already the spiritual power possessed by San Xi, which means that he possessed such strength when he first entered school.

The levels of spiritual power are determined after testing the spiritual power using special instruments.

Lingwei, as the name suggests, is the pressure created by the spiritual pressure generated when one releases one's own spiritual power from the body. The stronger the pressure, the stronger the spiritual power.

Currently in Soul Society, spiritual power is divided into twenty levels.

If you reach the twentieth level, it means that your spiritual power has the qualifications to become the god of death. As for levels above the twentieth level, there is naturally spiritual power, but it is difficult to count. In addition, there is no need to count and divide the levels of those souls with weak spiritual power.

There are twenty levels of spiritual power, covering the spiritual power levels of ordinary Shinigami to the captain of the Gotei 13.

The sixth level of spiritual power corresponds to three seats, the fourth and fifth levels are the deputy captain level, and the first three levels are the spiritual power that only the captain can possess.

Xia Mu knew that his current spiritual power was not weak, but he had never tested it, so he didn't know what level his spiritual power had reached. Anyway, it should be more than enough for him to serve as the chief officer.

As his thoughts turned, he used his instant step to continue to kill the remaining Hollows. For an officer like him, ordinary Hollows could be dealt with independently, but for ordinary soldiers, they were still extremely dangerous.

Not long into the battle, many soldiers were injured.

At this moment, a powerful spiritual pressure was suddenly released from the unhealed black cavity, and then a void that was much taller than these voids walked out.

"Daxu, Daxu appears!"

A soldier exclaimed.

Their exclamation was justified. After all, they usually had to deal with ordinary Hollows the most, and Great Hollows were relatively rare. In the textbooks of the Maou Academy of Spiritual Arts, it seemed that in order to deliberately emphasize the terrifying nature of Great Hollows and make many Shinigami take them seriously, it was emphasized that "Great Hollows are those that only the captain can deal with." This is certainly not wrong, but it is not known whether the person who compiled the textbooks was negligent and did not add such a sentence, such as "the highest-level Great Hollows" are the case.

Over time, even the lowest-level Hollow made many team members think that it was a terrifying existence that could compete with the captain.

In fact, this is not the case.

Seeing the appearance of the Hollow, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki finally moved.

He performed Flash Step, and before the Great Hollow's Void Flash could fully condense and appear, he swung the Zanpakutō in his hand, which was in a shallow striking state.

With one move, Daxu's body, along with the virtual flash that had not yet been fully condensed, split into two halves.

Then, he passed through the crack and came to the black cavity at the back.

"My target is not this kind of low-level Hollow!"

"Of course, it's not a mid-level Great Hollow like you."

In the black cavity, Kenpachi Kuriyashiki saw another Hollow. Compared with the previous Great Hollow, this Hollow was smaller in size, but the spiritual pressure it exuded was stronger than the previous Great Hollow. After seeing Kuriyashiki, it attacked Kuriyashiki, but was easily defeated by Kuriyashiki.

But Kuriyashiki did not kill it, because during the battle, he found that this Hollow was just a poor creature being manipulated, and what he really cared about was the higher-level Hollow hiding behind.

"You guys, you let your subordinate Xu Qian come and die, but you yourself are hiding all the time?"

Previously, the black cavity had been in an open state. Although Kenpachi Kuriyashiki had a rough appearance, he was actually a very delicate person. He keenly perceived that there was a more powerful Hollow behind the scenes.

"Since you won't come out, I will come to you on my own initiative!"

Kenpachi Kuriyashiki said one more sentence and took the initiative to go deeper into the black cavity.

I don’t know what he went through in the black cavity.

After a while, he came out of the dark cavity.

The originally opened black cavity also healed again.

There was a hint of loss on Kenpachi Kuriyashiki's face. He looked in the direction of the Hollows again, ready to command the Ichiban Ichi to fight, but found an unexpected surprise.

(End of this chapter)