Chapter 207: Sword liberation and the liberation of the wild sun!
At the beginning, Xia Mu learned that the fifth Blade among the Ten Blades, the commander of the Fifth Legion, Nnoitra, was currently in the Great Hollow Forest. He just wanted to test the composition of this Ten Blades in order to determine the specific strength of the Ten Blades.

Although in the original work, Nnoitra was chopped by Zaraki who took off his blindfold.

But that is in the original book after all.

Today, Aizen has occupied Hueco Mundo longer than in the original work, and he has stayed in Hueco Mundo for a long time. No one can tell what Hueco Mundo has become now, and how the Ten Espadas have been strengthened compared to the original work.

Yes, strengthen!
With Aizen's personality, if he had any new ideas, he would definitely use them on these Hollows. After all, there were enough Hollows in Hueco Mundo, and even if he used the exhaustive method, he would have enough materials to conduct corresponding experiments.

The strength of the Espada may be even stronger than in the original work.

However, after he personally arrived at the arena located in the center of the Great Void Forest, Xia Mu gradually changed his mind.

Maybe the strength has become even stronger.

But his personality hasn't changed at all.

Nnoitra is still as selfish and mean as ever.

Without bringing any more subordinates with him, he was alone in the arena, admiring Xu's fight.

Even though the other party had exhausted all his efforts and finally defeated his opponent, he did not give him any reward as a winner. Instead, he inflicted heavy damage on him without hesitation, causing him to die in despair.

And the reason is simply because he likes it this way.

To be honest, sometimes Xia Mu also has some bad taste.

But he still couldn't stand people like Nnoitra who did evil just for the sake of doing evil.

If the other party brings the so-called Fifth Legion here, Xia Mu doesn't mind performing a trick to take the enemy general's head in the midst of thousands of troops. He chooses to break through the formation and kill Noitra.

But the other party didn't seem to do so.

There are quite a few Voids in this arena, but those who manage this place seem to be afraid of Nnoitra, or perhaps because of Nnoitra's request, and dare not approach here.

It seemed that only Nnoitra was here to watch the battle.

Xia Mu's thoughts changed accordingly.

Since the other party loves gladiatorial combat so much, letting him die in the fight is also a good choice.

As for the person who wrestled with Nnoitra.

Of course it’s Saraki!
In order to ensure that no one can disturb this duel.

Natsuki even activated his Bankai.

By now, perhaps because he has used Bankai more and more times, Natsuki no longer minds using the power of Bankai to gain some convenience for himself.

Under the effect of Bankai.

It was like a large illusion array covering the arena.

In the "eyes" of those Hollows who managed the arena, Lord Nnoitra was still watching the battle on the platform, and the two Hollows were still fighting. Without Lord Nnoitra's orders, they naturally did not dare to approach here easily.

And in the center area of ​​the arena.

Nnoitra, who had been reduced from a spectator to a prey in the fight, was extremely angry.

"I will let all of you die in despair!"

After all, there are only a dozen or so Grim Reapers.

Even though I am alone.

But who are you?
He is the Fifth Blade and the commander of the Fifth Legion.

He was confident enough in himself and claimed that he could kill all these Grim Reapers.

Until, Zaraki rushed in front of him with a knife.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Let's have a good fight!"

Geng Mu is a very direct and reckless man.

After Xia Mu arranged this duel for him, he has been in an excited state. He is eager to fight with the opponent and enjoy the pleasure in the battle.

In his battle-filled mind, there was only one thought, which was that as a high-ranking member of the Hueco Mundo, the opponent should be more resilient than those ordinary Hollows.

Without any hesitation, he swung the knife towards Noitra.

A real sense of oppression came over him, and Nnoitra's pupils shrank slightly.

"You guy!"

He also swung the Zanpakuto in his hand.

The two swords collided, and terrifying spiritual pressure burst out from the bodies of both parties, followed by a confrontation and collision.

In the battle between spiritual life forms, the collision of spiritual pressure is also an inevitable part.

Whether it is Zaraki or Nnoitra, their spiritual pressure is not weak.

"He wasn't suppressed by Zaraki. This guy really has some strength."

Ayasegawa Yumichika looked at Nnoitra with some surprise.

He and Madarame knew exactly how strong Zaraki was.

When they dominated Rukongai, they had fought against Zaraki.

It can be said that the reason why Zaraki chose to come to Seireitei and become a god of death actually had something to do with them. It was they who mentioned the power of the god of death in front of Zaraki, which led Zaraki to come up with the idea of ​​going to Seireitei to fight the god of death.

After coming to the Soul Society where there were many powerful people, Zaraki did not become silent, but became even stronger.

In the 11th Division, Zaraki's seat may not be very high, it is just the eighth seat.

But its true strength is definitely more than just the eighth seat.

What Geng Mu likes is fighting, and he has no pursuit for a seat or anything like that.

As people who also like fighting, Ayasegawa Yumichika and Madarame Ikkaku have fought with Zaraki many times in the 11th Division. It can be said that whenever they are free, they will get together to fight.

Of course, they can't beat Zaraki.

As a result, the Hollow in front of him actually started to compete with Gengmu.

It's really surprising.

"What a great opponent!"

Zaraki felt the power released by Nnoitra and grinned, not bothering to hide the joy on his face.

The power in Zaraki's hands surged again.

boom!
Nnoitra's body was immediately thrown away.

At the same time as his body was blown away by the incredibly powerful force, Zaraki stepped on the ground again, and his whole body flew out like an arrow from a bow. In an instant, he came in front of Nnoitra, raised his arms to the sky, and swung out another knife.

The golden sword pressure exploded like a waning moon, engulfing Nnoitra's body.

The aftermath of the sword pressure poured onto the ground, raising clouds of dust.

In the smoke and dust, Nnoitra's body was looming and becoming a little blurry. The only thing that could not be heard was his screams and the splattering blood.

In the smoke and dust, Noitra's body retreated, and it took him some effort to stabilize himself.

"What a terrible knife."

“It seems a bit dull, though!”

Nnoitra commented to Zaraki, a flash of contempt in his eyes.

"He's unharmed? The knife just now clearly hit him." Madarame frowned.

"It should be Steelhide!"

Natsuki answered Madarame's question.

"Steelhide?"

The team members around Xia Mu all looked at their captain.

Xia Mu explained to everyone: "I have had several encounters with Aizen, and I can say that I have no knowledge of the Arrancar created by Aizen."

"All Hollows have the ability to regenerate at super speed, and breaking the mask will allow the Hollows to evolve further. In the process of evolution, they will lose some abilities."

"Like...super-fast regeneration."

"As an ability gained by giving up super-speed regeneration, Steelskin's full name is Iron Skin. Their skin is like steel and has extremely terrifying defensive power. Even the swords of ordinary Grim Reapers cannot break their defense."

Xia Mu's words made everyone understand Nnoitra's ability.

Zaraki is certainly not an ordinary Grim Reaper.

As a result, even Zaraki was unable to break through Nnoitra's defense, which shows how hard the opponent's steel skin is.

Nnoitra seemed to talk too much nonsense. He liked to use words to provoke his opponent step by step during the battle, and then make his opponent fall into despair.

"This should be your full strength."

"Since you have used all your strength, I should let you see the power I possess."

As he spoke, the knife in Nnoitra's hand changed, like the god of death performing his first move, and it turned into a long, huge, double-moon shaped scythe.

"The knife is freed?"

"Are their weapons really Zanpakuto?"

The change in Nnoitra's weapon shocked everyone.

At first, the other party held a long sword similar to the shallow sword, which did not cause shock to everyone. But now it was different. The appearance of the sword changed again. What is the difference between this and the Shikai of the God of Death? There is no difference at all.

It wouldn't be surprising if it was the Grim Reaper who did this.

But this is a Hollow, an Arrancar!
"A Hollow that possesses a Zanpakutō?"

Gin Ichimaru thought of some information that was made public by Soul Society many years ago.

That year, a group of Maou freshmen were practicing soul burial in the real world, but they were attacked by hollows.

The Hollow that appeared at that time possessed a weapon similar to the Zanpakuto.

After this incident, these Hollows also attracted the attention of Soul Society.

Soul Society has been keeping a close eye on the real world and its homeland, guarding against the reappearance of similar Hollows.

Gin Ichimaru is a meticulous person, and of course he took this matter to heart.

At first, he, like most people in Soul Society, believed that the weapons used by Hollows were just weapons similar to Zanpakutō.

Previously, a group of Hollows appeared in the Soul Society. Those Hollows also held similar weapons, but did not show any more changes.

I thought that was all.

But now with Nnoitra, many of the gods of death have had their perceptions overturned.

As the weapon in Nnoitra's hand changed as if it had undergone a transformation, his power also became stronger.

A substantial explosion of spiritual pressure.

His figure flashed and started to move.

He was also prepared to give Zaraki a heavy blow. After all, Zaraki was already proud of being able to hit him before.

Of course he had to reciprocate.

The huge sickle was swung, and a powerful spiritual pressure lingered around it.

Even if it is a Hollow at the level of Achukas, as long as it does not have an Arrancar and has not gained more powerful strength, it will die and be cut in half when facing his sword.

Nnoitra is extremely confident in his own abilities.

Even before he became an Espada, he was just an Achukas.

But when he broke the mask and evolved, he had transcended his original level.

Killian, Achukas, and Vastod, those are just the levels of those beasts.

Once you become an Arrancar, there is only one way to classify yourself.

That is to judge strength by number.

The level you once were in is no longer important.

Facing Nnoitra's slash, it was very easy for Zaraki to deal with it.

He also swung his sword to meet the blow. In Nnoitra's opinion, Zaraki's extremely fragile sword would break directly under his own strike.

But the result is not so.

Nnoitra's scythe paused.

It was blocked by Zaraki's Zanpakutō.

Even though he continued to burst out his spiritual pressure and wanted to use more powerful power, it did not change the result.

"Is that all?"

Zaraki grinned as he blocked Nnoitra's knife.

He is a person who becomes stronger when facing stronger opponents.

When Nnoitra burst out with enough power, Zaraki's mechanism was immediately activated and erupted with corresponding power.

After fighting with Xia Mu many times that year.

Gengmu's adaptive power is already extremely powerful.

Facing an opponent like Noitra, he didn't need to spend any time adjusting at all. With just a thought, he burst out with equal strength to block Noitra's attack.

Without waiting for Nnoitra to answer Zaraki's words.

Zaraki's power also surged again.

"It's my turn to fight back."

He treated this as a game.

He hit it once, and Neutra hit it once.

This is a turn-based game.

According to the order of each other's attacks, it is now Gengmu's turn.

Nnoitra's sword was knocked away, and then, a sharper and more powerful blow than before fell on him.

He was about to be smug about his steel skin.

His steel skin is the strongest among the ten blades.

Even if this god of death burst out with a power more powerful than before, he would definitely not be able to break through his defense. After all, he was just a bug with some abilities. It was still wishful thinking for him to want to turn the world around.

As the thought flashed through his mind, Nnoitra's smug expression suddenly froze.

It hurts!

A severe pain came.

This was a feeling he had never experienced in all these years.

Although he often felt this when he had not yet become an Arrancar and was still fighting in the Great Hollow Forest, that was many years ago.

Blood spurts!

A hideous wound appeared on Nnoitra's body.

The steel skin that he was so proud of was directly broken by Gengmu's sword.

The golden sword pressure tore through his defense, and then rushed deeper into his body, intending to tear his torso apart.

Of course Neutra would not allow this to happen.

When the steel skin was broken, he was already overwhelmed with anger.

The huge sickle swung, trying to chop off Zaraki's head.

Zaraki had to put away his sword and fight back.

boom! !

The spiritual pressure collided again, but it was no longer a state of confrontation.

After Zaraki got serious, his spiritual pressure began to surge. If Nnoitra couldn't show the corresponding strength, he would be... chopped to death by Zaraki.

Although Zaraki enjoys the process of fighting, he will not deliberately suppress his strength and engage in a protracted war with Nnoitra for the sake of fighting.

He also thought very clearly.

This is Hueco Mundo, there are many Hollows. If Nnoitra can't withstand the beating, he just needs to find a more powerful Hollow.

Nnoitra's spiritual pressure was suppressed by the terrifying spiritual pressure erupted by Zaraki.

He watched helplessly as his sickle was swung away.

Then, Zaraki's Zanpakutō attacked his vital points.

In a hurry, he could only use his swaying to try to change his position.

However, this knife was too fast.

puff!
Blood gushed out, and along with the blood, an arm also flew out.

Nnoitra paused.

He appeared not far from Gengmu, one arm still holding the huge sickle, while the other arm was only half hanging on the shoulder. Blood was gushing out and spilling like a spring, dyeing the ground red.

Nnoitra's body was shaking constantly. His appearance was very feminine in itself, and at this moment, there was a hint of ferocity on his feminine face.

"Unforgivable, unforgivable!"

"I was actually ..."

The severe pain in his arm and the empty feeling all told Nnoitra that one of his arms was really cut off by the opponent.

I wanted to make this god of death feel despair through fighting.

He had already felt enough despair in Xu, but he had not yet seen what the despair of the god of death looked like.

But he didn't expect that he would be bitten by the bug he looked down upon.

Nnoitra became more and more angry.

Who is he?
He is one of the Ten Espada and a well-deserved big shot in Hueco Mundo.

The person in front of him was just a little bug he had never heard of. Judging from his clothes, he was not even the captain of the Gotei 13.

"Pray! Holy Weeping Mantis!"

Low words came out of Nnoitra's mouth, and then an extremely uncomfortable breath was released from him.

This is the breath of despair.

If a weak person senses this breath, he will tremble in his heart at the first moment, and then be shrouded in a layer of gloom and fear.

But everyone in the field is an elite.

Among them, there are several captains.

Not to mention, at the very beginning, Natsuki used the power of Bankai to cover this area, blocking everything that happened here.

The powerful force emanating from Nnoitra did not have any effect on the crowd.

But it was his change at this moment that made everyone more concerned.

Earlier, Nnoitra had changed the knife in his hand from a shallow-looking knife to a huge sickle.

Unexpectedly, that’s not the end yet, the opponent’s knife can actually change again.

A huge amount of spiritual pressure surged out from Nnoitra, engulfing his body.

A terrifying aura was released, and when the spiritual pressure that enveloped Nnoitra dissipated, his appearance had changed.

There is a crescent-shaped horn on his head, cross-shaped yellow facial lines on his face, and an eyepatch-shaped mask with teeth-like features in his hollow place. The biggest change is that he now has six arms.

One of his arms was cut off by Zaraki earlier.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he had six arms.

That's nothing yet.

The key point is that all six arms are in intact condition, as if Zaraki had never cut off his arms before.

In addition, each of the six arms holds a sickle.

"what is this?"

"What does this state correspond to for us, the God of Death?"

"Swastika?"

Nnoitra's spiritual pressure was sensed by everyone, and his appearance at this moment was also reflected in everyone's eyes.

Someone asked a soul-searching question.

This is indeed a question that troubles many people.

However, what Xia Mu cared about was not this, but he said to everyone, "I take back what I said before. After the Hollows were broken, not all Hollows lost the ability of super-speed regeneration. Some Hollows still retained super-speed regeneration while having steel skins."

"This guy in front of me is a special case."

This sentence did not bring any shock to everyone.

Because after Nnoitra and Zaraki fought, everyone's attention was focused on Nnoitra.

Compared to the opponent's messy abilities such as steel skin and super-speed regeneration.

What everyone cares more about is Nnoitra's current strength.

Strength is the most important thing.

If Zaraki can't defeat Nnoitra, they will attack without hesitation and rush forward.

After all, Nnoitra is a big shot in Hueco Mundo and one of the Ten Espada.

But now it seems that the strength of this Espada is not that good.

He suffered repeated setbacks at the hands of Zaraki.

Even if the opponent used a new stance, did Zaraki use his full strength?
"You should be proud of yourself for allowing me to liberate myself with my sword."

Nnoitra said to Zaraki in a dark voice.

There was a trace of confusion on Geng Mu's face.

"Yes, you are a fool, a reckless man, how can you understand the great power of sword liberation."

"I can only tell you that this is my original appearance, and this is my most powerful appearance."

"God of Death, just die obediently."

After the sword was released, Nnoitra's strength was improved in all aspects.

fast!
In the first encounter, he flashed past Zaraki.

puff!
A hideous wound appeared on Gengmu's chest, and blood gushed out.

This was also the first time that Nnoitra had injured Zaraki since their fight.

In his view, if there is one, there will be two.

Even though Zang Mu was very powerful before, there was a limit to how powerful he was, and I am obviously even stronger now.

"By the way, are these guys all idiots? Why do they like to expose their abilities? Doesn't he know that Zaraki has always been like this since the fight until now, without any change?"

Just when Noitra thought he had secured victory, Xia Mu spoke these words to everyone on the podium.

He had no intention of worrying about Saraki at all.

The same is true for everyone.

When Nnoitra hurt Zaraki, Zaraki's response finally came belatedly, "I don't know what you mean by sword liberation, but if it is liberation, it seems that I can do it too."

"Devour it, Yeshai!"

After Natsuki spent a lot of time helping Zaraki awaken his Zanpakuto, Zaraki embarked on a different path from the original.

An even more powerful force erupted, and for a moment, after the sword was freed, Nnoitra's body instinctively became frightened.

This is the feeling that the weak have when facing the strong.

(End of this chapter)