Chapter 217: Expedition to Hueco Mundo, an encounter in hell!

There are several layers in hell.

But the jailer couldn't tell exactly how many floors there were.

The environment of each floor is also different.

Or it could be extremely hot, with dense lava and magma everywhere, which is also where Xia Mu was at the beginning.

Either it's all stone or it's all ice.

Rumor has it that the further down you go, the worse the environment becomes.

And on every level, there is a door to hell.

The gates of hell will swallow up sinners and give them the punishment they deserve.

In addition, the most worth mentioning is the jailer.

The jailers are not appointed by humans.

But it is appointed by the laws of hell.

When the soul of a strong man falls into hell, he has the opportunity to become a jailer.

At this moment, the laws of hell will give him the choice of becoming a jailer.

If you are willing to become a jailer.

Then you will be able to obtain some powers in hell.

For example, if they capture criminals and throw them into the gates of hell, they will receive rewards from hell itself. This power rewarded by hell is the basis for them to survive in hell.

After all, Hell itself is the world of the dead.

All souls that fall into such a world will perish.

If you want to survive, you naturally have to pay a price. You need to rely on some power to survive in an environment like hell.

For a guy who was a strong man in his lifetime, becoming a jailer is the best choice.

However, not everyone is willing to become a jailer and work for hell.

There were some guys who said no.

Hell itself will not do anything to those who refuse, but these guys should not even think about obtaining the gifts from Hell itself by sacrificing sinners to the gates of Hell.

Sacrifices can, of course, be offered.

But because he is not a jailer and has no deeper connection with hell, even if he makes a sacrifice, he cannot get anything in return. This sacrifice can only be regarded as a free donation.

If such people want to survive in hell, they can only find other ways to obtain the "power of hell".

For example, swallow!
Attacking the jailers or devouring the rest of the dead who have fallen into hell is one way to do it.

The entire hell is an enormous arena.

If we say that in the Great Hollow Forest within the Hueco Mundo, the Hollows fight each other in order to evolve.

Then the fighting in hell is for survival.

This is a fight to the death.

Although there is some order here and there are jailers who will deal with and judge the sinners who fall into hell.

But there wasn’t much order.

The jailers were formed according to the laws of hell itself, without too much human will mixed in. Even the jailers themselves, apart from having an additional way to obtain the power of hell and survive in hell, were also under great threats.

In order to survive in hell, those strong men who do not want to be jailers will choose to slaughter those who possess the power of hell. Jailers are naturally one of their targets.

"What a cruel world!"

After learning the truth about hell from the fake-looking jailer, Xia Mu took decisive action and freed the jailer, but did not absorb the power of hell that emanated after the other's death.

For those who live in hell, this is the foundation that allows them to survive and grow stronger, just like the spirit particles in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

But for Xia Mu, this thing was a poison that he had to avoid.

When a soul falls into hell, there are only two choices before it.

The first is that they will completely dissipate under the cruel environment of hell, never to return, because hell is beyond the place of reincarnation. Therefore, it is not like the souls in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, where after death they will enter a new reincarnation and become human again.

To disappear in hell is to disappear completely.

The second option is to absorb the power of hell to continue one's own existence.

But as long as you choose to absorb the power of hell, it means that your existence itself has become a part of hell, and there is no possibility of leaving hell. You and hell are completely bound together.

Hell is an enormous prison.

Or die in it.

Or struggle to survive.

And if you want to survive, you need to pay a price. After all, the power of hell does not come out of thin air.

The only way to gain this power is to choose to work for hell or to fight.

After Xia Mu learned about the reality of hell, he began to lament about such a world. He no longer wanted to stay in such a world.

So, the next step is to find a way to leave hell.

However, it is easier said than done to leave here.

After all, the conditions for opening the Gate of Hell are too harsh.

Thinking of this, Xia Mu couldn't help but think of King Ling again.

"It seems that you are not a selfless person, and you have a lot of selfish thoughts."

"That's right. After all, it was the God of Death who made you look like that. If you cared about the God of Death, you wouldn't have secretly cultivated a guy like Yhwach. In the final analysis, your goal was just to escape a fate worse than death. If you can take revenge on the God of Death in the process, then why not do it?"

Xia Mu thought of many things.

No matter how much the God of Death swung his sword at the Quincy two hundred years ago, the Soul King showed his will and prevented this from happening.

In the original work, when the Soul King died, his soul was scattered throughout the Soul Society. The power of "rushing" was born out of hatred for the god of death, which revealed the Soul King's dissatisfaction with the god of death.

The God of Death respects the Soul King only because the Soul King is the wedge of the world, and it is because of the Soul King that the world we have today exists.

The reason why the Spirit King was willing to be a human stick and fall into a situation where life was worse than death was because the chaotic world was too bad, and he was willing to create such a perfect world.

However, one day, he found out that his descendants were nearly extinct, the God of Death had stolen the power of the world and became the ruler of the world, and the whole world was running according to the will of the God of Death. In addition, the life that was like being in prison was really unbearable for a human being, so it was not surprising that the Soul King would develop a rebellious heart.

"Even if you banish me to hell, I will definitely get out."

Xia Mu said with great determination.

He continued to move forward in hell and began to explore it.

This jailer is just an ordinary jailer.

He didn't have much information.

But it doesn’t matter. Hell is long enough and there are enough people living in it.

Apart from anything else, the ancestor of the Tsunamishiro family once used some means to occupy the body of Tsunamishiro Tokisei, the head of the Tsunamishiro family, and almost opened the gate of hell completely. Therefore, a guy like this must have mastered the method of opening the gate of hell.

Xia Mu decided to go look for such an old guy.

……

In Soul Society.

It has been a while since the advance team from Hueco Mundo returned.

The good news is that the intelligence on Hueco Mundo has been sorted out, and Soul Society is no longer completely ignorant of Hueco Mundo.

The bad news is that Xia Mu is still nowhere to be found.

By now, we have no choice but to prepare for the worst.

Until this day, Captain-General Yamamoto issued the order.

"Gotei 13, prepare for war."

"In a few days, we will go on an expedition to Hueco Mundo to decide the outcome in one battle and annihilate the rebellious Aizen!"

When the news came out, the entire Gotei 13 was extremely excited.

Although they had long known that there would be a war between Soul Society and Aizen, the fact that the time of this war had been confirmed still made them particularly concerned.

In this way, several more days passed.

On an open space in Rukongai.

Captain Yamamoto led the team personally.

From the First Division to the Thirteenth Division, each division selected some of its elite soldiers to form a powerful expeditionary force. All kinds of war weapons that had been developed in the past were carried with them. They gathered here, ready to march towards the Hueco Mundo and declare war on Aizen's side.

Although I chose to take the initiative.

But that doesn't mean the Gotei 13 will come out in full force.

Except for the captains and elite members of each division, the vice-captains of each division did not participate in this war. They will stay in Soul Society, command the remaining team members, and maintain order in Soul Society and reality.

"Open the door."

After everyone gathered, Captain Yamamoto looked at the captain of the 12th Division, Kisuke Urahara.

Urahara Kisuke nodded.

Then, operate the instrument.

The world-strike instrument started to work, and suddenly, the huge black cavity was torn open, and the passage to the Hueco Mundo was opened again.

This time, the Gotei 13 acted with great vigor and efficiency.

After figuring out the specific situation in Hueco Mundo, they did not continue waiting to investigate Aizen's main purpose, but directly organized a large army and marched towards Hueco Mundo.

However, this is also what most of the Death Gods think.

Continuing to allow a guy like Aizen to live was something they could not tolerate.

Especially for the Death God of the 11th Division.

The captain is trapped in the Hueco Mundo and his life or death is unknown. All this is caused by Aizen. They wish to grind Aizen to ashes.

Looking at the opened black cavity.

Captain Yamamoto thought of some of the habits of the 11th Division when it went on expeditions in the past.

So, he stood in front, leaning on his cane, and said in a loud voice, "This battle...will be a great victory!"

This word spread.

The captains and reapers of the various squads in the rear were stunned, and then they cheered.

"Victory!" "Victory!"

Then, under the leadership of Captain-General Yamamoto, the captains of each division, along with the elite selected from their own division, stepped into the Black Chamber one after another and headed towards the Hueco Mundo.

Hueco Mundo.

In the ruined Xuye Palace.

Sar Apollo became the manager of the Xuye Palace.

Ever since Aizen returned, he has been in seclusion. It is really curious what kind of state Aizen is in now.

Sal Apollo wanted to find out something, but when he thought of the oppressive feeling emanating from Aizen when he returned, he finally restrained himself.

Before he figured out the truth about Aizen, he was a very patient person.

But if he saw Aizen's weakness and understood his soft spot, don't blame him for being cruel.

Sar Apollo has never been a guy willing to be inferior to others.

Under the leadership of Sal Apollo, the construction team of Hueco Mundo is repairing the damaged Hueco Mundo.

Because the Great Void Forest collapsed, an extremely huge sinkhole was formed, and part of the area where the Xuye Palace was located collapsed.

The current repair can only try to rebuild the outer wall of the damaged area, and at the same time, expand to the other side where the wall has not collapsed. Although the legions have suffered losses before, they will have to recover sooner or later. Before that, their accommodation must be solved.

In order to deal with this mess, Sal Apollo had to put aside some of his research and devote his energy to these things.

On this day, he was dealing with things.

His subordinate, a guy who looked a bit like a ball, came bouncing to his side.

"Lord Sal Apollo, something terrible has happened."

The subordinate officer named Lumina spoke loudly to Sar Apollo.

Sar Apollo couldn't help but look at his subordinate officers.

This is an artificial illusion created by him using a special technique.

In other words, the several subordinate officials under him were all artificial fakes.

These artificial voids do not have overly powerful powers.

Because for Sal Apollo, the only person with power is himself, and as his subordinates, what is needed are abilities in other aspects.

For example, this guy in front of you can be used as its supplies and swallowed by it when necessary to recover your injuries and strength.

"what happened?"

Sar Apollo asked Lumina.

"A lot of Death Gods appeared in Hueco Mundo..."

Lumina said in horror.

Sar Apollo's expression changed slightly, and then, under the leadership of Lumina, he came to the monitoring room managed by his First Legion.

As the first legion under his command, this legion was not responsible for fighting.

Instead, it is responsible for scientific research, and its functions are similar to those of the 12th Division in Soul Society. The reason for this is due to Sal Apollo's own personality.

After arriving at the monitoring room, Sal Apollo first saw the densely packed spiritual veins on the screen, representing the god of death.

As Lumina said, the Shinigami, a huge number of them appeared in Hueco Mundo.

At this moment, through the instruments, we can see that these death gods are approaching the direction of Xuye Palace.

Although the original Great Hollow Forest collapsed, a huge sinkhole was formed in the middle area between the inner circle of the Hueco Mundo and the Great Hollow Forest.

But as long as you take a detour around the tiankeng, you can still reach Xuye Palace.

"It seems that the Soul Society's Death Gods are preparing to launch a general attack on our Hueco Mundo!"

Sal Apollo immediately understood the reason.

Those guys who destroyed the Great Hollow Forest before were probably just the advance troops. Their purpose was to investigate the situation in Hueco Mundo. After finding out the situation in Hueco Mundo, they immediately attacked Hueco Mundo.

Soul Society's swift and decisive actions were beyond Sal Apollo's expectations.

However, it is obvious that Xuye Palace will not sit idly by and wait for death.

Sar Apollo originally planned to inform Aizen about this matter, but thinking of Aizen's current condition, he finally just left a message to Aizen through the communication device, and then he assembled eleven legions on his own to prepare for war.

……

In hell.

Xia Mu ran into an old friend.

To be precise, I saw an "old friend" hunting in hell.

A corrupt force somewhat similar to the aura of hell permeates the air.

Wherever he passed, whether it was the guilty person being escorted by the jailer or the jailer escorting the guilty person, all were consumed by the power of corruption. Afterwards, only the power of hell was still lingering in the same place. As the other party breathed, in an instant, all the power of hell rushed towards the other party and was swallowed up by the other party.

“What a fate!”

Xia Mu stood on a rock, looking at the slightly burly figure, or white skeleton, in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.

Bylergan-Luisenbon, the king of Hueco Mundo.

Well, now he should be said to be the former king of Hueco Mundo, after all, the current king of Hueco Mundo is Aizen.

But this guy is indeed the first Vastod-level Hollow that Xia Mu has killed.

There are not many Hollows of this level in the entire Hueco Mundo, so even for Xia Mu, he couldn't help but have a deep memory of the first Vastod he killed in his life.

"Although I know that a person of this level will fall into hell after death, I didn't expect to meet him here."

There was a strange look on Xia Mu's face.

Then, I don’t know what he was thinking, but he took the initiative to release a wisp of energy.

During his time in hell, he also understood that the spiritual power in his body was an extremely eye-catching aura to the beings in hell. This was the breath of the living, which was completely different from the lifeless power in hell, and would arouse their desires.

It's like Xu can't control his desire to devour, and can't help but devour souls to fill the holes in his body.

When the living appear in hell, a world of only death and despair, they will instinctively attract all beings in it to them, intending to devour them. Even if they can no longer return to the world of the living, as the dead, they have a kind of desire for the living that is difficult to describe in words.

This is naturally what Xia Mu has been trying to do in hell during this period.

He discovered that no matter if they were sinners who had committed heinous crimes and thus triggered the laws of hell and were dragged into hell, or those who could not return to the spiritual cycle after death and had to be suppressed into hell, when they sensed the aura emanating from him, they would attack him indiscriminately, like crazy.

This also made Xia Mu understand his situation in hell.

It is no exaggeration to say that the whole world is our enemy.

Sure enough, after Xia Mu emitted his own aura, Bylergan, who had just devoured a jailer and a group of sinners, suddenly revealed black flames in his skull-like eyes, and greedy desires emerged in them.

"This breath, this breath is..."

He suddenly turned his head and looked in a certain direction.

Then he saw a figure on the rock.

The white feathers fluttered in the wind.

Even though many years had passed, Bylergan still recognized the other person the moment he saw his appearance.

Compared to the first time they met in the Xuye Palace, Xia Mu has matured a lot at this moment, but for Bylergan, the other person's face and appearance are something he will never forget even if he goes to hell.

It was this guy in front of him who completely humiliated his dignity as a king.

As the king of Hueco Mundo, he is extremely proud.

Even when facing the other Vastodes, he considered himself superior.

Tsunayashiro Tokinada and Sal Apollo came to Kyonya Palace together. Even though Tsunayashiro Tokinada was extremely arrogant as the god of death, Bylergan did not care, because in his opinion, as long as he took it seriously, Tsunayashiro Tokinada would wither and die. However, he was very interested in the method of evolving Hollows provided by Tsunayashiro Tokinada, so he tolerated Tsunayashiro Tokinada a little.

However, this pride no longer existed after another group of death gods came to Xuye Palace.

In the head-on confrontation, the opponent defeated him with his immensely powerful strength.

Afterwards, he chose to accept what Tsunayashiro Tokinada gave him, breaking his own boundaries and gaining even greater power.

As a result, even though he was like this, he was still defeated by Xia Mu.

This was naturally unacceptable to Bylergan.

He couldn't beat the opponent before evolution, and he still couldn't beat the opponent after evolution. Isn't this a waste of evolution?
But no matter how unwilling or difficult it is to accept.

In the end, he could only die with this anger and then fall into hell.

In hell, he wanted to imitate what he did in Hueco Mundo, become the king here, and become the lord of hell.

But the water in hell is too deep, and it is impossible for him to become the lord of hell.

Here, there are beings that are older than him.

As for becoming a jailer?

He was born a king, so of course he couldn't be a so-called jailer.

In this way, Bylergan wandered around in hell with an extremely arrogant attitude.

In order to strengthen himself, he constantly attacked the sinners and jailers, but he also restrained himself, at least, he did not go to the lowest levels of hell.

There are many monsters in those floors.

They didn't know how many years they had stayed in hell, but through continuously absorbing the power of hell, their strength had now reached an extremely terrifying level.

However, Bylergan did not show any fear. On the contrary, he was very confident that as long as he was given enough time, he would surely dominate those places.

However, all these thoughts came to an abrupt end after encountering Xia Mu today.

"It's you!"

An indescribable rage emerged.

Without saying a word, Bylergan attacked Xia Mu.

Since falling into hell, perhaps because his own power of decay is very consistent with the power of hell and has a very high compatibility, Bylergan's abilities have also been enhanced here, and he can manipulate the power of decay at a faster speed.

In an instant, it spread to Xia Mu's front.

"If it was back then, facing your power, even I would have to dodge a bit."

"But times have changed!"

"Bailagan, you have been eliminated by the times. I was able to send you to hell back then, and now I can easily defeat you."

Xia Mu swung his knife.

An invisible force swept out, and in an instant, the power of decay and aging released by Bylergan reversed and went towards him.

(End of this chapter)