Chapter 223: The Broken Fire Sword, the ancestor appears!
For evolution, for power.

Aizen gave his all.

He accepted and chose whatever power could help him go further.

The so-called honor of the god of death had long been abandoned by him.

In the past, Aizen would not have cared even if he was ridiculed as degenerate.

After all, he had gained power.

But it’s different now. Although he possesses extremely powerful strength, he also has to bear the price of that power.

This price is indeed heavy.

He could feel that various wills were awakening in his body, and his body was almost out of his control.

He was on the verge of losing control.

Originally, after the battle at the edge of the Great Void Forest, he found himself again and barely suppressed the wills in his body. As long as he was given enough time, he would be able to eliminate all of these wills, just like thousands of Voids devouring each other, and finally deciding on the main consciousness to dominate the evolved body.

However, no one expected that at this time, Soul Society would aggressively march towards Hueco Mundo.

The Hollows such as Sal Apollo were also so unreliable that they didn't hold out for long before being beaten into the Hollow Night Palace by the enemy.

This is of course also related to the previous battle at the edge of the Great Hollow Forest, when the power of the Hollow King in the Hogyoku in his body revived and devoured several Espadas. The Espadas were originally created by Aizen as a powerful force to deal with the captain of the Gotei 13.

From the very beginning, their target was the captain of the Gotei 13.

The legions under his command correspond to the various squadrons.

But something unexpected happened.

First, the Great Hollow Forest was destroyed, and then the outer areas of the Kyon Palace were affected, causing losses to all legions.

Afterwards, except for the first three, all the Ten Blades were wiped out.

This meant that when the Soul Society attacked, what they faced was not the Kyūya in its heyday, but a Kyūya in a semi-disabled state.

Facing such a Kyonya, Soul Society naturally had the advantage, and it would be difficult for Kyonya to hold out for too long.

When the war spread to the central area of ​​Kyūyakū, no matter how unwilling Aizen was, his efforts to suppress the will in his body ultimately ended in failure. The uncontrolled power exploded and turned into a terrifying devouring force, swallowing up everything in all directions.

Although when Captain Yamamoto later used his Bankai and unleashed an incredible amount of power, the indelible will in Aizen's body was intimidated by the powerful superior, causing Aizen's main consciousness to temporarily take the lead.

But judging from the body, those lifelike faces and the monster-like appearance, it showed that Aizen was not in good condition.

His emotions are always in an unstable state.

At this moment, hearing what Captain Yamamoto said, Aizen immediately thought of his current appearance. Why did he become like this?

How could you guys understand what I have paid for to become stronger?
You don't understand.

So you will only stand on the commanding heights, claim to be righteous, and say what you think is correct.

I'm going to kill all of you guys.

The anger turned into murderous intent.

One of the six pairs of wings behind Aizen suddenly swung forward and opened and closed in front of Aizen.

boom! !

The extremely dark spiritual wave attacked Captain Yamamoto who was close at hand. This was an attack even more terrifying than Wang Xu's Flash. Both the speed of release and the power of the burst were far beyond the Flash of Wang Xu used by the previous three blades.

You know, the flash of Wang Xu used by the first three blades was the culprit that turned the Xuye Palace into ruins and broke the sky's canopy.

“Captain-General!!”

Many captains only felt that the black light filled their eyes in an instant, occupying their entire field of vision. The captain's body was caught in the black spiritual wave that was very similar to the virtual flash, and the destructive force that made people tremble swept over.

Their faces changed drastically and they all started to worry about the captain.

The next moment.

In the extreme darkness, the light of fire emerged, a light hotter than the sun.

Under high temperatures, even the spirit particles will melt.

The darkness was broken, and Captain Yamamoto stood in front of Aizen. On his body, he was covered with clothes made of blazing flames. Because of the flaming clothes, at this moment, only his outline could be seen, and he was in human form.

"!!!"

"So dazzling!"

"The temperature is higher than before. I feel like I'm melting."

Some people couldn't help but speak.

The captains were more rational and issued orders immediately.

"retreat!"

"Keep your distance."

"This is not a fight we can get involved in."

So many Grim Reapers retreated and chose to keep their distance.

As the distance increases.

Captain Yamamoto, wearing clothes condensed from flames, once again launched an attack on Aizen.

"Resident Fire Taishou-West-Resident Ri Prison Clothes!"

This is a move that can be used for both offense and defense. It transforms one's own spiritual pressure into a 1500 million degree flame, which condenses on the body and turns into clothes. All attacks falling on him will be like falling on the surface of the sun and will be melted away in an instant. Similarly, enemies that get close to him will also be melted by this terrifying high temperature.

Captain Yamamoto used instant movement to close the distance between him and Aizen, and high temperature instantly fell on Aizen's body.

Aizen's hideous and terrifying body began to melt and quickly disappeared. This was due to the vaporization caused by the high temperature.

But soon, with the ability of super-speed regeneration, Aizen's body quickly recovered, and then he stretched out his arm, and the originally normal arm suddenly extended out like a tentacle, with extremely powerful spiritual pressure lingering on it, and wrapped around Captain Yamamoto.

After devouring many of the Ten Espada and a large number of Hollows, Aizen also gained the abilities of these Hollows.

Let’s not talk about the rest of the virtuality for now.

Take Metastasia among the Ten Espada for example, his ability is infinite devouring and fusion.

Before becoming an Espada, he had no idea how many Hollows he had devoured and how many abilities he had mastered.

It’s just that he was created by Aizen after all, and although it seems that he can evolve infinitely, in fact there are limits. After reaching the level of the Ten Espadas, he did not go any further.

But when his abilities were possessed by Aizen, things became completely different.

Because Aizen himself is so powerful, the upper limit of this ability is infinitely raised.

It can be said that Aizen is now a Ditto, possessing all kinds of strange abilities.

The tentacles instantly came to Captain Yamamoto's side and wrapped around him.

The passive effect of the Remaining Sun Prison Uniform is still ongoing.

To rashly touch Zanri Prison Uniform with tentacles was tantamount to seeking death, but Aizen did it anyway.

In an instant, the tentacles dissolved.

But soon, its super-fast regeneration ability allowed it to recover.

As long as the speed of recovery is faster than the destruction, it is equivalent to no destruction.

Of course, ordinary people cannot face Captain Yamamoto's Zanri Prison Uniform.

But he is Aizen.

Captain Yamamoto used his powerful spiritual pressure to condense a high-temperature flame, and Aizen also used spiritual pressure strong enough to counter it. Even if he would still be dissolved, it would take some time, even a second or a millisecond, as long as the super-speed regeneration ability is faster than this time.

His attack could land on Captain Yamamoto's body.

The tentacles sometimes disappear and sometimes reappear.

This is because the speed of its destruction and regeneration is too fast, but no matter how many times it is destroyed, it always maintains an outline and a frame.

Finally, the tentacles forcibly broke through the Remnant Sun Prison Uniform and landed on the body of Captain Yamamoto.

In an instant, Captain Yamamoto felt the warmth of the Zanri prison uniform disappearing.

No, it’s not so much that the temperature is disappearing, but rather that the spiritual pressure condensed into the Remaining Sun Prison Robe is being devoured and absorbed.

It was certainly not easy for Aizen to endure this terrifying flame and absorb the spiritual pressure.

But as long as he failed to kill Aizen, the other party would be able to recover with that terrifying ability.

Captain Yamamoto also realized this.

He swung the Zanka sword in his hand.

After Captain Yamamoto chose to take the initiative to attack, the tentacles wrapped around his body, coupled with the power and recovery speed of the Remaining Sun Prison Uniform, finally failed to exceed the speed of destruction and were completely shattered. Then, Captain Yamamoto's slash also suddenly went towards Aizen.

Swish!
Half of Aizen's body was destroyed by the charred sword.

But there was no sign of pain on Aizen's face. Instead, there was a strange smile.

Wow!
Like pouring water, Aizen's body turned into a huge black wave, just like the darkness that he had released before, swallowing up the surroundings and turning them into white darkness. The darkness wrapped around Captain-General Yamamoto's body at a close distance and shrouded him.

All the spirit particles inside were completely devoured.

Even though Captain Yamamoto's spiritual power belongs to himself, he is still greatly suppressed under this ability.

……

In hell.

Many guys who had been causing trouble here for many years suffered.

Those who can fall into hell are not good people.

Either you are a sinner or you are a strong person.

The world of spirits is an extremely cruel world in itself. Those who can become strong are all those who have slaughtered many lives. They have either killed many voids with their own hands or devoured many voids.

The former is the god of death, and the latter is the great hollow.

Ever since the ancestors of the five nobles came to Avici Hell and established a fragile order.

Whether it's the god of death or the void, as long as they obey their rule, they will have a place to stay.

In addition, they are also actively extending their influence to the rest of hell.

However, unlike the Avici Hell, they have not been able to establish effective order in the other hells. Of course, from the fact that they have allowed the other hells to be in chaos for so many years since they fell into hell, it can also be seen that they have no intention of establishing order in the other hells.

At first, Xia Mu thought that the five great noble ancestors could not do it.

But after staying in hell for a while, he gradually realized that it was not that these guys couldn't do it.

But they don't want to do this. The environment in hell is special, and if you want to live peacefully here, you need to pay a price.

Only by devouring its own kind and obtaining the power of hell can it continue its existence.

Avici Hell is the base of the ancestors of the five nobles. They certainly cannot allow their subordinates to raise poisonous insects and devour each other. Since this hell doesn't work, then they might as well start from other hells.

Use the rest of the hells to nourish one hell.

This is enough to ensure their eternal existence.

After meeting the ancestor of the Shiba family, Natsuki also learned from him how to open the gate of hell.

Simple and rough.

You just need to collect a huge amount of hell's power and use special techniques to open the door.

However, even though the method is very simple, few people have taken the initiative to do such a thing in the past.

Or it is because, after falling into hell, one's own existence has become one with hell. Even if the door is opened, one cannot truly escape from hell.

But Xia Mu is different.

As a special existence that has survived for more than a million years, the ancestor of the Shiba family still has a good eye. Combined with some of Xia Mu's words, he understood what made Xia Mu special.

If Xia Mu could return to the human world, he would be willing to help.

After all, the people of the Shiba family have some good-natured personalities.

Among the five great nobles, they were the first to give up the so-called aristocratic glory, and their family's ancestral lands were moved directly to Rukongai.

In the original book, they were stripped of their status as great nobles and were no different from commoners. However, even so, they did not care much.

After knowing the specific method, Xia Mu naturally did not choose to stay in the Avici Hell for a long time.

Although Avici Hell is said to be the most powerful hell.

But if you want to collect the power of hell, the other hells can also do it.

If they act here, they might attract the attention of the five noble ancestors and some guys who fell into hell at some unknown time, thus bringing unnecessary trouble.

Although Xia Mu is not afraid of trouble, he doesn't want to cause trouble if it is not necessary.

So in the following time, some of the other hells, as well as the sinners and jailers, suffered.

They became the nutrients for Xia Mu to obtain the power of hell.

As a living person, Xia Mu seemed to have no psychological burden regarding the bullying and slaughtering of the dead.

As long as you understand that the guys in hell are already dead, it will be easy to accept this kind of thing as it is nothing more than letting them die again.

"That should be enough for now."

Looking at the special container obtained from the ancestor of the Shiba family in his hand, the power of hell in a bead, Xia Mu whispered to himself.

Soon, he found an open space.

This is still one of the eight hot hells, but it is not the Great Scorching Hell that we encountered before in Bylergan, but the Scorching Hell. Although there is only one word difference, the environment is still different. It is not as hot as the Great Scorching Hell before.

Of course, there are rocks everywhere.

This is a rocky plain.

Xia Mu condensed his own strength according to the method taught by the ancestor of the Shiba family, and then carved many runes on the ground.

This is similar to the way many binding techniques are performed.

In order to perform the Binding Technique, in addition to chanting the spell, it is occasionally necessary to carve some symbols and then combine them with spiritual power. Only when the three are combined into one can it be performed.

After the runes were carved.

Xia Mu placed the bead carrying a lot of hell power in the central area of ​​the rune array.

The ancient chant was slowly recited by Xia Mu.

In an instant, the power of hell in the bead was released.

The earth and the sky began to shake at the same time, and this process lasted for a long time.

Finally, a door emerged from nothingness, was about to take shape completely, and then opened for Xia Mu.

It was also at this time that something unexpected happened.

"The living actually appeared in hell?"

"Interesting, really interesting!"

"Your existence may be able to help us return to the real world."

Xia Mu turned his head and saw a figure with long emerald green hair emerging not far away.

Tsunayashiro Tokinada?
No, he just looks somewhat similar to the other person, but he is not Tsunayashiro Tokinada.

"Tsunayashiro ancestor?"

Xia Mu frowned and guessed the other party's identity.

The being suspected to be the ancestor of Tsunayashiro glanced at Xia Mu, and then looked in other directions.

"You guys, since you've noticed it and are nearby, what are you still hiding?"

Four more figures appeared one after another, in four different directions. Among them was a figure that Xia Mu was familiar with, and it was the ancestor of the Shiba family.

Feeling Xia Mu's gaze, the Shiba ancestor showed a responsible expression on his face, and a low voice came out of his mouth.

"Feel sorry!"

Xia Mu did not respond to the ancestor of the Shiba family, nor did he say anything like "don't apologize". He was not so kind. Although the Shiba ancestor told him the method to open the door to hell, it was also a fact that the Shiba ancestor appeared here.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Sure enough, there are no good people who can fall into hell.

Even though the ancestor of the Shiba family opposed the ancestor of the Tsunayashiro family's plan to divide the Soul King, this matter still went ahead.

After the Soul King was divided, the five great nobles became the actual rulers of the world.

The Shiba family are meat-eaters and enjoy supreme power.

It was one thing for him to take the initiative in making friends with the common people.

But it is also true that they enjoyed privileges.

Before this, Xia Mu thought that the Shiba family was a good group of people, and in his heart, he still sighed a little.

And now, as the situation changed again, he gradually changed his mind.

Perhaps the people of the Shiba family in the present world, such as Shiba Isshin, Shiba Kaien and others, are all good people, but this does not mean that the ancestor of the Shiba family is also a good person.

If it was really that good, he would not have recruited someone like Gui Yancheng as his subordinate.

Just as Xia Mu was thinking to himself.

The Tsunayashiro ancestor looked back at Natsuki.

“What a pleasant surprise!”

"In a world without spirit particles, a soul like you filled with high concentrations of spirit particles actually appeared. If you come to open the gate of hell, perhaps you can really help us establish a real connection with the spirit particle world and replace us."

"You probably got the method to open the gate of hell from that guy Shiba."

"Since you have completed the ritual and this door is about to open, I don't mind telling you the true identity of this guy Ichiban Shiba. This way, even if you die later, you should have no regrets."

"Tsunayashiro!" After Tsunayashiro ancestor finished speaking, Natsuki had not yet responded, and the cold voice of Shiba ancestor came out, interrupting the other party's words.

However, the Tsunayashiro ancestor did not pay attention to the other party's warning.

Instead, he kept provoking the Shiba ancestor, "Why, are you angry?"

"Or rather, regret it."

"Even after all these years, you are still as hypocritical as ever."

"If I hadn't noticed some of the fluctuations, you would have almost succeeded."

"Shiba, are you also tired of the environment in hell and want to return to the world of spirits?"

"Back then, you dragged us into hell on the pretext that our existence would undermine the stability of the Three Realms. Unexpectedly, we have already adapted to life in hell, but you have begun to regret it."

"By the way, how did you find this special guy?"

The Tsunayashiro Ancestor tilted his head, glanced at Natsuki and Shiba Ancestor's faces, and asked a question.

The Shiba founder did not answer this question.

Did he mean that Xia Mu took the initiative to bring it to him, and he just went with the flow?

Looking at the silent Shiba ancestor, Tsunayashiro ancestor changed his tone again.

"Although your plan is good, the opening of the gate of hell and the start of the ritual will shake the entire hell. If we were to notice it immediately, I can only blame you for not hiding this matter well. If it were me, after discovering this guy's existence, I would definitely turn him into a puppet and manipulate him to prepare for the ritual in a hidden place."

The ancestor Tsunayashiro expressed his thoughts.

The reason he said this was because he knew that the Shiba ancestor was a hypocritical person who was obviously not a good person, but he always liked to pretend to be a good person.

He clearly had his own plans in mind and wanted to return to the spirit world, but after discovering Xia Mu, he did not imprison Xia Mu directly. Instead, he deliberately acted like a good guy and told Xia Mu about the ceremony to open the gate of hell, and he did not even participate in it personally.

This method of pushing things forward with just a little guidance is naturally a clever one.

But this approach is not always suitable.

There is no doubt that over the long years, he was not the only one who wanted to escape from hell, the same went for the others.

The Tsunayashiro ancestor glanced at the other three people except the Shiba ancestor.

This is no longer the Avici Hell, but after they noticed the shock, they all rushed here as soon as possible, which is enough to show how much they care about this matter.

However, he didn't care much about these three people.

It is acceptable for these three people to follow him back to the spirit world.

Only one person is different.

He wanted the other person to continue staying in hell and sink into depravity.

The Tsunayashiro Ancestor looked back at the Shiba Ancestor.

"You interrupted my plan to return to the real world before. Today, you will never be able to return to the real world again."

"As for me, I will step on your body and rule the world of spirits!"

(End of this chapter)