Chapter 209: Before leaving, give Aizen a surprise!
The death of Nnoitra caused an uproar in the Xuye Palace.

The emotions of the Ten Blades were also different and extremely complicated.

The reason is simple, simply because Nnoitra's position is extremely awkward.

The fifth blade is exactly the dividing line between the ten blades.

In front of it are the first four blades.

These four, before the Arrancar, were all at the level of Vastold.

Not to mention the First Blade, Sar Apollo, who is an extremely ancient Vastod. Although he relied on Aizen's technology to break the mask, because he had once worked under Tsunayashiro Tokinada and witnessed the mystery of the Soul King fragments, he retained some of the Soul King fragments by helping Tsunayashiro Tokinada in research, and by fusing them into his own body, he greatly increased his upper limit. This made the power he gained after breaking the mask surpass all hollows.

The second blade, named Stark, is also an old acquaintance. In the original work, he is the first blade and an autonomous hollow. It should be noted that Aizen used the Hougyoku to help the hollow break the mask, but he used the powerful power of the Hougyoku to force the hollow to break the limit. If the hollow's own power is strong enough, it can actually do this. But even if it is Vastod, without luck, it is difficult to achieve this by relying on his own accumulation. Because his accumulation is insufficient, he needs the help of external forces.

And Stark, without any outside help, broke the mask on his own.

This shows how powerful it is.

Aizen also met the other party by chance after he ruled the Hueco Mundo. He regarded the other party as a unique miracle, so naturally he tried his best to recruit him.

However, this unique feeling of miracle came to an abrupt end after he encountered the Third Blade.

The third blade is not Harribel in the original work, but... Ulquiorra.

At first, Aizen thought Stark was a miracle, until he met Ulquiorra, he realized that miracles could be replicated.

Ulquiorra is also an autonomous Arrancar.

Although the shattering of his mask was not complete and could only be considered as half-broken, it was still far superior to ordinary Hollows.

After encountering two special individuals, Stark and Ulquiorra, Aizen couldn't help but feel curious.

I thought that using the Collapsing Jade to break the mask of Hollow was his first invention.

I didn't want to, I just found the correct evolutionary path by accident.

Among the vast number of virtual beings, there are actually some that have already walked on the correct evolutionary path.

And Aizen has always been a person who likes to study.

After leaving Soul Society, he no longer had to pretend to be nice to the guys from the Gotei 13, so he had plenty of time. Naturally, he planned to study the reasons why Stark and Ulquiorra became Arrancars.

He didn't get any satisfactory answer from Stark.

According to Stark, after years of wandering, he gained strength and the mask fell off naturally.

However, it was Ulquiorra's Arrancar process that surprised Aizen.

Because of his special appearance, Ulquiorra was ostracized by his tribe. He originally planned to end his life, but he accidentally fell asleep while traveling in a white bush. When he woke up, his mask was torn.

Well, it seemed that his mask was scratched by a branch while he was sleeping.

If Stark's Arrancar could still be traced, because his power had accumulated to a certain level, then Ulquiorra's Arrancar was completely untraceable. Afterwards, Aizen followed Ulquiorra's instructions and found that special forest.

In it, something else was discovered.

It was with the help of these things that he successfully completed the Broken Jade he had created.

Many years ago, due to some experiences, Aizen longed to break the boundaries and gain immense power.

Later, he figured out a way to use quantitative change to cause qualitative change.

As long as you accumulate enough power of the god of death and enough souls, perhaps you can help yourself break through the limits.

Thus, Beng Yu came into being.

But later, he found that the broken jade he made was not perfect.

He tried to find various ways to complete him.

It was also during the process of completing the Hougyoku that he got to know the guy from the Tsunayashiro family.

Unfortunately, until his true identity was exposed by Natsuki and he was expelled from Soul Society, he still did not find a way to complete the Hougyoku.

Those strange white trees helped Ulquiorra break the mask and complete the Hogyoku. One can imagine how excited Aizen was.

After the Collapse Jade was completed, he achieved a whole new level of evolution.

In return, he used the mask of the Hogyoku to make Ulquiorra's mask more complete.

In the original work, Ulquiorra, who was just a half-Arrancar, was able to rank as the fourth Blade. When fighting Ichigo, he awakened the second stage of the Blade and possessed the strength of the top three Blades. Now, after being strengthened by Aizen, it is normal for him to rank as the third Blade.

As for the fourth blade, it is Harribel.

Before his Arrancar, there was a Hollow of the level of Vastold.

This time, upon learning of Nnoitra's death, the former Four Blades did not have much feeling.

Nnoitra has a violent personality and is not a likable character.

Moreover, the first four blades all have their own pride.

He thought to himself that if he encountered a match as strong as Nnoitra, he would never die.

Unlike the first four Blades, the ten Blades at the back have different expressions.

The sixth blade next to Nnoitra is Grimmjow, a battle maniac.

"Nnoitra, it seems he went to the Great Hollow Forest, right? Was he killed in the Great Hollow Forest? When did such a powerful guy appear in the Great Hollow Forest? I really want to meet that guy!"

The seventh blade, Zomali, had no intention of looking for an opponent to kill Nnoitra and fight him. He felt that Nnoitra's death was related to his arrogance. Zomali, a self-proclaimed "philanthropist", had long been dissatisfied with the death god killing the Hollow and the Hollow's arrogance.

Nnoitra takes pleasure in torturing other Hollows, so naturally he is not pleased.

"I just don't know if it was the Grim Reaper or the Hollow who killed Nnoitra. If it was the Hollow, that's fine. But if it was the Grim Reaper, I really want to try what it's like to be the Grim Reaper." The eighth Blade, Metastasia, a middle-aged man with a ramen-like haircut, couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick the corner of his mouth.

This person is actually an old acquaintance.

In the original novel, the Hollow was the one who directly caused the death of Shiba Kaien and his wife.

In addition to having the ability to make his Zanpakutō disappear, he also possesses the ability to infinitely devour, fuse and evolve.

Because Aizen left Soul Society early, this Hollow was ultimately unable to appear in Soul Society.

After he was created by Aizen, he has been active in the Hueco Mundo, so he did not die, and his body was not devoured by other Hollows to create Aaroniero. The miracle of Killian joining the Ten Espada no longer happened.

However, Metastacia's existence as the eighth Blade among the Ten Blades can be considered as a disguised way of making up for this.

The ninth blade is a middle-aged man with a somewhat gloomy appearance.

His name is "Simon", a guy who did not appear in the original book.

But it's not surprising.

Hueco Mundo is so big that there are always some strange Hollows hiding in every corner. It is not surprising that they were found by Aizen and recruited into Hueco Mundo since he has been staying in Hueco Mundo all the time.

The tenth blade is also an old acquaintance, with dense teeth.

Like Grimmjow, he wanted to find the murderer who killed Nnoitra and have a good fight with him.

At the round table meeting.

The members of the Espada were talking about Nnoitra's death.

Overall, they were more concerned about the guy who killed Nnoitra.

I don't care too much about Nnoitra's death.

Devouring is the instinct of the void, and killing each other is a normal state.

Let’s not talk about anything else, just take the Ten Blades as an example. They have gone through many changes before forming the current structure.

Sitting on the main seat, Aizen listened quietly to what his subordinates had to say, and then he tapped the table lightly.

A crisp sound echoed.

"whispering sound!"

Grimmjow, who was talking to Yammy, curled his lips when he heard the voice, and finally shut his mouth obediently.

The same goes for the rest of the Espada.

Although Aizen sat at the same table with them and did not have a separate throne, it did not mean that Aizen was approachable.

As a god of death, he is able to become the king of Hueco Mundo, and so many powerful Hollows are obediently subordinate to him, which shows how terrifying his strength is.

"Nnoitra was killed in the Great Hollow Forest." Aizen revealed the place where Nnoitra was killed. "The Great Hollow Forest is a forest where the Great Hollows live, but after years of management by us, the powerful Hollows in it have all come to the Palace of the Night. There is no one who can threaten Nnoitra."

"Lord Aizen is saying that it wasn't a Hollow who killed Nnoitra?"

The seventh blade, Zamali, couldn't help but speak and asked Aizen.

A strange expression appeared on Aizen's lips, "Although it's just a feeling, this matter may be related to an old friend of mine."

After saying this, he immediately gave orders.

Thoroughly investigate the entire Hueco Mundo and try to find the murderer who killed Nnoitra.

……

In the Great Void Forest.

It's still the same arena.

Xia Mu and others did not know that Nnoitra's death had been noticed by the Kyonyaku, and they summoned the Ten Espada and held a special meeting in a very short time.

At this moment, Natsuki and others are gathered here to summarize the events in Hueco Mundo.

Xia Mu still hasn't released his Bankai, and a special barrier covers the arena.

Perhaps it cannot be hidden from the Kyonyaku, but for the Hollows in the Great Hollow Forest, the big man Nnoitra is still "alive".

"According to the information we have learned so far, there are eleven legions in Hueco Mundo, headed by Hueco Mundo. In addition to Aizen, the king of Hueco Mundo's personal guard, the remaining ten legions are led by the Ten Espada."

"Nnoitra, who was killed by Zaraki earlier, was the fifth of the Ten Espada. Although he died in the end, everyone has seen his strength. He is definitely at the captain level. Even among the captains, he is still very powerful."

Everyone recalled the previous battle and no one had any objections.

Although it is true that Nnoitra is dead.

But that was because of his bad luck, he met Zaraki. Zaraki's strength was no secret in the 11th Division.

If he wanted, he could become the head officer and even serve as the captain of other squads, but Zaraki did not do so. Instead, he chose to stay in the 11th Squadron.

The same is true for Geng Mu.
Tosen Kaname, Komamura Sajin, Ichimaru Gin, and Matsumoto Rangiku, these people actually have the strength of a captain, but they would rather stay in the 11th Division as chief officers and have no intention of going to other divisions to become captains.

Although many captain positions of the Gotei 13 have not been changed for many years, it does not mean that they have no chance to become captain.

Twenty years ago, the position of captain of the Tenth Division was vacant.

If they are willing, they can definitely try to fight for it. There is no need to wait until Hitsugaya Toshiro grows up.

But none of them meant that.

In other words, those who came to Hueco Mundo to investigate this time seemed to be the elite of the 11th Division, but in essence, they were no more than half of the Gotei 13.

Many of the people here have the strength of captain level, and the rest, among all the officers, are the elite among the elite.

It can be said that it was also Nnoitra who encountered them.

If he appeared somewhere else, no one could be sure what kind of damage he would cause.

Not to mention, Nnoitra also has the Fifth Legion under his command.

According to the intelligence collected by Xia Mu, each legion has a huge number of virtual beings.

"Now, are we going to return to Soul Society?"

Ichimaru Gin asked Natsuki.

They came to Hueco Mundo this time to gather intelligence.

Originally, I planned to sneak into the Xuye Palace to collect them, but because of my good luck in the Great Hollow Forest, I have almost collected them all, so there is no need to step into the Xuye Palace now.

Even though he killed Nnoitra, he was only ranked fifth among the Ten Espada. There were four more powerful guys ahead of him, and there was also Aizen. If they rashly broke into the Hunnyah with just these few people, it would be no different from stepping into danger.

"Of course I have to go back."

Xia Mu replied to Ichimaru Gin's words, "We have achieved the purpose of our trip, and there is no need to stay here for long."

"However, before going back, I have to give Aizen some surprises."

"Aizen has caused such a big mess in Soul Society this time. As a courtesy, we must return the favor."

"Captain, what are you going to do?" Curiosity appeared in Matsumoto Rangiku's eyes, and she couldn't help but ask Xia Mu.

Xia Mu showed a strange look at the corner of his mouth, "According to the known information, this Great Hollow Forest is located underground in the inner circle of the Hueco Mundo, and above it is the location of the Hueco Mundo Palace."

"After years of expansion, Xuye Palace now has a large area, which just occupies the area on the ground of the Great Xu Forest."

"If we find a way to destroy the pillars supporting the surface, what do you think will happen?"

What will happen?

Everyone thought about it and soon came up with an answer.

After this period of exploration, they also learned about the situation of the Great Void Forest.

This is a large underground space. Thanks to those white trees, the sand above has not collapsed, allowing this underground space to exist. However, if all the supporting structures are destroyed, the surface above will immediately collapse downwards.

At that time, it is unknown how many people will die in vain.

But if the place above is Xuye Palace, then most of the entire Xuye Palace will be destroyed.

If something like this happened, it might really be a surprise for Aizen.

The next question is how to accomplish this.

After all, the Great Void Forest is big enough.

In order to destroy the pillars of the Great Hollow Forest in an instant, one needs to have the power of the Kidō Cannon that destroyed the spirit space below the Soul Society.

Gin Ichimaru, Rangiku Matsumoto and others discussed the matter and started to discuss a solution.

They are very interested in this matter.

After all, they really didn't contribute much during this trip to Hueco Mundo.

The only relatively satisfying battle was given to Zaraki.

As for them, although they killed quite a few Voids along the way, those Voids did not pose any threat to them at all. Therefore, this trip was really boring.

Now that we can make trouble, of course we have to actively participate in it.

"So, should we contact Soul Society and try to get them to provide some technical support?"

Someone thought of the Technology Development Bureau.

With the ingenuity of the Technology Development Bureau, this should be easily accomplished.

This proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone.

After all, the 11th Division is a combat division.

They are good at fighting, but they are not very proficient in things like strategy.

"No need to bother."

Xia Mu responded.

"Contacting the Technology Development Bureau and the like would take too much time. If it's just to destroy the pillars supporting the Great Void Forest, I can do that."

When he said this, Xia Mu looked at everyone again.

He knew that everyone was actually a little depressed because they did not contribute to this journey.

"But I'll need your help when the time comes."

He didn't say that this could be done easily even without the help of others.

Relying on the special nature of the Great Hollow Forest itself, he only needs to absorb spirit particles, launch an attack, destroy the entire Great Hollow Forest, and cause the surface of the Hueco Mundo to collapse. It is an easy task.

But sometimes, one person cannot do everything by himself, and he must give his subordinates some opportunities to perform.

Everyone didn't understand what Xia Mu was thinking. After hearing what Xia Mu said, they quickly expressed their opinions, "Captain, if you need any help, just tell me!"

……

After discussing what to do next, everyone moved to another position.

Natsuki did not release his Bankai directly, but remained in the state of Bankai.

For him, as long as he doesn't do anything deliberately, he can maintain the Bankai standby state for a long time like Kenpachi Zaraki. After all, his spiritual pressure is too strong now, and the spiritual pressure consumed in the Bankai process can basically be ignored.

As Xia Mu and others left, the barrier that originally covered the arena also dissipated.

The manager of the arena finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

Lord Nnoitra...is dead?!

This clearly happened in the arena, but the manager of the arena knew about it later than the Kyonyakū. It can only be said that Natsuki's Bankai was too powerful and covered up the matter perfectly.

As for the fact that the Kyūya Palace knew about this, in addition to the instruments, it was also because Nnoitra was a member there and left behind things like soul lamps that could monitor his life status.

In a panic, the manager of the arena quickly reported the matter to Xuye Palace through special instruments.

When Aizen entered Hueco Mundo, perhaps because he was a god of death first and then the king of Hueco Mundo, his transformation of Hueco Mundo was to move closer to the Soul Society he was familiar with.

Although Soul Society has things that Hueco Mundo has, not all of them, he is still happy to bring those more convenient things to Hueco Mundo.

For example, that kind of lepton communication device.

Soon, the Kyonyaku also received rumors about the Great Hollow Forest and further watched Nnoitra's death.

They also learned more details about Noitra's death.

The details are...no details.

According to what the guy in the Great Void Forest said.

Today, Lord Nnoitra, as he did in the past, came to the arena located in the central area of ​​the Great Hollow Forest to watch two Hollows fighting there. Nothing happened during the fight.

They didn't find anything unusual.

Until quite a while had passed.

When the fight in the arena was over, they came to ask Lord Nnoitra if he wanted to watch a new fight, but suddenly they found that Lord Nnoitra had died in the arena. Through observation of the arena, they were able to determine that before that, Lord Nnoitra had fought a fierce and tragic battle.

He was killed in battle.

This report is fantastic.

So, in the end, these guys in the Great Void Forest knew nothing.

It’s not right to say that they are trash.

All in all, Kyonyo Palace can only be said to have confirmed where Nnoitra died.

Next, they have to complete the task assigned by Aizen and thoroughly investigate the entire Hueco Mundo to find the murderer who killed Nnoitra.

In response to Xuye Palace's actions.

All the Voids attached to the Xuye Palace in the entire Great Void Forest also began to move.

For a moment, the entire Great Void Forest fell into chaos.

Xia Mu and others, who were the instigators, came to a big tree.

The huge white trees are like giant pillars that support the thick sand layer above, creating an extremely large space underground. Countless void holes are crisscrossed in it, causing countless voids to fight in between and evolve in the process of devouring.

This is the famous Great Hollow Forest in Hueco Mundo.

Xia Mu and others had felt the grandeur and vastness of the Great Void Forest before, and at this moment, standing on the tree and looking down at the entire Great Void Forest again, it was another feeling.

After watching carefully for a while, Xia Mu said calmly, "Let's start!"

(End of this chapter)