Chapter 227 The Fallen Sal Apollo, the Survivor of the Xuye Palace!
Sal Apollo has a good memory.

He had just used his backup plan to escape from Xuye Palace, so his mind was still in a confused state. At this moment, after looking at Xia Mu carefully, he immediately recognized Xia Mu.

"It's you?!"

His thoughts raced, and he immediately thought of events that happened many years ago.

At that time, the king of Kyūya Palace was still Bylergan, not Aizen.

"It seems you recognized me."

When Xia Mu heard what Sal Apollo said, he immediately had the answer in his heart.

"Since you know who I am, then you should also know your place in the world."

Xia Mu thought that Sal Apollo knew about him from Aizen. Logically speaking, since Sal Apollo knew how powerful he was, he would never think of rebelling against him.

However, the result was beyond Xia Mu's expectations.

"Just relying on you, you think you can make me submit to you?"

"I admit that you were very powerful back then. You broke into the Hueco Mundo Palace and even killed Bylergan, the king of Hueco Mundo. But times are different now. Hueco Mundo is no longer the same Hueco Mundo as it was back then." Sal Apollo spoke loudly in front of Xia Mu.

Xia Mu raised his brows.

"It seems that you, the leader of the Ten Espadas, don't know much."

"Aizen doesn't seem to have mentioned me in front of you."

"To Soul Society, Hueco Mundo is an extremely mysterious place. Now it seems that Soul Society is also a world you don't understand for the existence of Hueco Mundo."

Xia Mu sighed.

He and Aizen had fought several times.

Before that, he even destroyed the Great Void Forest.

Logically speaking, since Sal Apollo recognized him, he should know that what he did was correct, but the result seems not to be the case.

There is only one possibility.

That is, Aizen did not mention much about himself in front of Sal Apollo.

If you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Aizen is a proud and arrogant guy.

Having been humiliated repeatedly at his own hands, if he were Aizen, he would never take the initiative to tell these things, after all, it was too embarrassing.

When Sal Apollo heard the name Aizen again, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

I don't know what he was thinking about.

He suddenly launched an attack towards Xia Mu.

False flash!

Although it is a relatively common move, it is indeed very useful for Hollows. Just like the Tailed Beast Ball in the next studio, this is a strategic nuclear weapon exclusive to Hollows. It is easy to release and has great power.

Not to mention falling on the enemy, as long as it can fall around the enemy, its powerful coverage is enough to cause heavy damage to the enemy.

Flying by in a flash.

But when it came in front of Xia Mu, it was completely absorbed.

"!!!"

Sal Apollo felt a chill in his heart.

Absorption and devouring are too similar.

At this moment, when he saw this somewhat similar ability, he couldn't help but think of what had happened in Xuye Palace before.

Everything was swallowed up by the black light.

Even Wang Xu's Flash, an attack that only the Ten Blades could unleash, didn't even cause a ripple in the black light and was directly dissolved.

"retreat!"

"Now is not the time to fight."

"My condition is not good either. It's best not to get too entangled with the god of death."

Sal Apollo's thoughts flashed, and in an instant, he convinced himself and found an extremely reasonable reason for his escape.

However, Xia Mu did not intend to let Sal Apollo go so easily.

After seeing Sal Apollo release a virtual flash and then use the ring to try to leave here, Xia Mu said that it was not that easy.

Hibiki is more advanced than Shunpo, compared to ordinary Shinigami.

Facing Xia Mu's instant step, Sal Apollo's ringing turn had no advantage at all and he was easily caught up by Xia Mu.

The sword was shining brightly, covering Sal Apollo.

Sal Apollo looked grim, and immediately realized that it would be difficult for him to escape.

He himself is a crazy person.

Not a normal person.

After realizing that it was difficult to escape the entanglement of death, he became ruthless.

"Death, you are asking for death, don't blame me."

"Sip! Evil concubine!"

The sword was released, and in an instant, a powerful spiritual pressure burst out from Sal Apollo's body. His original condition was a bit bad, but after entering the sword release, this bad condition immediately disappeared.

His power as the leader of the Ten Blades was revealed.

A powerful spiritual pressure enveloped his body, making his true form invisible and impossible to look directly at.

Immediately afterwards, gray-white tentacles emerged from the spiritual pressure and flew towards Xia Mu.

Xia Mu swung his knife and cut off several tentacles. Mucus gushed out from the broken tentacles and fell on the ground. Even the sand and dust on the ground were corroded by the mucus, leaving extremely deep holes.

Another sense of crisis came over me.

Xia Mu turned his head and saw a tentacle reaching out and wrapping around his body.

As the tentacles wrapped around his body, holes opened on the surface of the tentacles, and the special power of Sal Apollo flowed through the holes and eroded Xia Mu's body.

"Conception notification?"

“It seems different again.”

Xia Mu knew Sal Apollo. After all, he had watched the animation and was well aware of Sal Apollo's abilities in the animation.

In the original work, Sal Apollo was once the first Espada, but later in pursuit of greater power, he ruined himself and fell from the position of Espada. He did not return to the position of Espada until he completed his experiment and performed his imagined trick.

The special move he had worked so hard to complete was the "Notification of Conception". This move could only be used after his sword was released. He would wrap his tentacles around the enemy, treat the enemy as a mother, inject his own existence into the enemy's body, absorb all the nutrients from the enemy, and then be reborn in the enemy's body.

No matter how bad your condition is before performing the conception notification, as long as it is successful, the original injuries will be quickly recovered because you have absorbed everything from the enemy as nutrients and because of the new life in the enemy's body.

If the object of conception is strong enough, Sal Apollo itself will evolve.

This move is extremely powerful.

In the original work, if SarApollo had not chosen the wrong person to be conceived and found Neonmo, the artificial god of death, he might have really succeeded. Unfortunately, his luck was too bad and he encountered Kurotsuchi Mayuri. Neonmo was created by Kurotsuchi Mayuri and had countless tricks hidden in his body. SarApollo's initiative to enter Neonmo's body was no different from seeking death. Another person who sought death was Penida, one of the members of Yhwach's personal guards in the Thousand Year Blood War. As the incarnation of the Soul King's left arm, he was very powerful, but because he devoured Neonmo, he evolved endlessly. Unable to adapt to the speed of evolution, he eventually collapsed and died.

So, the Nirvana dream, although seemingly harmless, is actually a time bomb.

Anyone who tries to touch the other party will end up in a bad way.

At this moment, Xia Mu felt the notification of Sar Apollo's conception, and instantly realized the difference from the original work. In the original work, the notification of Sar Apollo's conception required injecting himself into the enemy's body through the enemy's umbilical cord.

Not so today.

Xia Mu only felt that Sal Apollo's spiritual pressure was eroding his body.

"Because the encounters were different, did the moves you developed also differ?"

Xia Mu thought to himself.

In the original work, Sal Apollo, even though he returned to the Ten Espadas, was only ranked eighth. Compared to his former position as the leader of the Ten Espadas, his position was greatly reduced.

But the current Sal Apollo is different, he is the undisputed leader of the Ten Blades.

"It's somewhat similar to Kenpachi Zaraki's moves, but that's all."

Xia Mu's thoughts flashed, and the next moment, the powerful spiritual pressure hidden in his body burst out. The power that Sal Apollo used to erode Xia Mu's body was all destroyed, and even the tentacles that were entangled towards Xia Mu were broken into pieces.

The mucus in the tentacles that could corrode the sand dunes was evaporated by Xia Mu's spiritual pressure before it touched Xia Mu.

Sal Apollo's expression suddenly changed.

After his release, his appearance changed dramatically.

The lower body is made up of tentacles, and wings have appeared behind him. Now, he only looks half like a human.

He is an extremely crazy guy. Among the Ten Espada, the noun that corresponds to him is "crazy". After realizing that he could not get rid of Natsuki, he developed an ambition, which is to make Natsuki his nourishment and absorb Natsuki, the captain of the Gotei 13, so that he can recover.

In the battle at Xuye Palace, in order to escape the predicament, he gave up half of his body and escaped in a method similar to "escaping from the shell". This is why he was very weak when Xia Mu saw him.

He originally wanted to avoid fighting.

But after avoiding the battle failed, the only option left was to fight.

I didn't expect the result to be like this.

"I originally wanted to learn something from you, but since you don't know the current situation, I can only kill you and send you to hell."

Think of the environment in hell.

Xia Mu felt that Sal Apollo must like that place very much.

The Zanpakutō swung.

Sal Apollo continued to resist.

But after going through hell, Xia Mu's strength has improved significantly compared to before.

Sar Apollo, the leader of the Ten Blades, was not in his peak condition. All his resistance was in vain.

Facing Xia Mu's offensive.

Sar Apollo, the leader of the Ten Blades, fell.

With his fall.

Xia Mu activated Feiyuan's ability again and absorbed the power of Sal Apollo.

"Fragments of the Soul King?!"

After the absorption, a force that surprised Xia Mu was drawn out from the body of Sal Apollo. This made Xia Mu stunned for a moment, and then he thought of the scene when he first met Sal Apollo.

"Did you get it when you were hanging out with Tsunayashiro Tokinada?"

In the battle at Xuye Palace that year, Xia Mu had gained a great fortune.

Since then, Feiyuan has undergone tremendous evolution, and Xia Mu's strength has also improved rapidly since then, breaking through many boundaries and reaching an extremely terrifying realm.

Of course, there are pros and cons.

The disadvantage is that the fragments of the Soul King actually contain the will of the Soul King.

As long as the Spirit King still exists, he can be revived in these fragments at any time.

This is not surprising. This can be confirmed from the ability of Yhwach.

Yhwach is the son of the Soul King. He distributes his soul and blood to the Quincies, with which he can usurp the Quincies' souls and powers.

The fragments of the Spirit King were also separated from the Spirit King.

Of course, the Spirit King can also influence these fragments.

But even so, it does not affect the power of the Soul King fragments at all. Xia Mu would not mind if there was a chance to collect more Soul King fragments.

It is nothing more than spending some more effort after absorbing the fragments of the Spirit King to completely erase the will of the Spirit King hidden within them.

Solved Sal Apollo.

Xia Mu's idea of ​​obtaining information from the other party was dashed.

So, Xia Mu decided to go to Xuye Palace.

Sal Apollo was in such a mess, it was obvious that something had happened in Xuye Palace.

Xia Mu was very clear about the location of Xuye Palace.

So he continued on his way.

In order to reach Kyonyakū quickly, he no longer simply used Shunpo, but also released his Zanpakutō. Of course, it was not Bankai, but Shikai.

With the help of Shikai, his instant step has the ability similar to Arrancar Hibiki.

Soon, he arrived at the area where the Xuye Palace was originally located.

The Xuye Palace in Xia Mu's impression was an extremely magnificent palace.

In the Great Hollow Forest, he learned the specific situation of the Hueco Mundo from those Hueco Mundo researchers. Compared to the Hueco Mundo of the Bylergan period, the current Hueco Mundo should be even larger.

Even though a large area of ​​the Kyon Palace was affected by the destruction of the Great Hollow Forest, as long as the core area still exists, it should still maintain its grandeur.

However, when he really arrived here, Xia Mu was stunned.

In the central area of ​​the desert, there are only ruins.

The broken walls were still filled with charred remains from the flames.

"Is this the Xuye Palace?"

Xia Mu was stunned.

He found it hard to accept why Xuye Palace had become like this.

It would have been fine if the outer area was destroyed, but the area in the center of Xuye Palace was directly turned into a white land.

Relying on the ability similar to the flying sickle kick after his initial release, Xia Mu condensed the spirit particles under his feet, allowing himself to fly into the air, looking down at the entire Xuye Palace from a high vantage point. His brows became increasingly furrowed and his expression became increasingly uglier.

He was now certain that during the time he had fallen into hell, something extremely horrific had happened in Hueco Mundo.

This is the main reason why Sal Apollo appeared in the desert in his previous extremely weak state.

Xia Mu personally went to the ruins of Xuye Palace and observed them carefully.

"It seems to be the captain's spiritual pressure."

"Is this the work of the captain?"

"The Gotei 13 have reached Hueco Mundo?"

"So, how long was I in hell?"

For Xia Mu, the trip to hell was just a somewhat strange journey.

But when he really came back, these things were beyond his expectations and he was really confused.

At this moment, he felt Xu's spiritual meridians again.

"Are there any survivors in Xuye Palace?"

Without saying a word, he followed the spiritual vein to find it.

There is no point in talking to a madman like Sal Apollo. Xia Mu hopes that the new Xu he encounters is a guy he can talk to, which will save him a lot of trouble.

Soon, Xia Mu came to the side of a ruin.

He glanced at the area hidden by the collapsed wall.

"Do you guys come out on your own, or do I do it myself?"

When the words were spoken, in order to intimidate the people hiding inside, Xia Mu deliberately released his own spiritual pressure.

A powerful spiritual pressure burst out.

In an instant, substantial pressure swept out.

Among the ruins.

The two strange-looking Arrancars couldn't help but hug each other.

"Oh no, that's bad."

"Death, there is actually a Death here."

"We have been discovered..."

As they talked, they looked to the other side.

On the other side were two female Arrancar.

They didn't care much about the slim female Arrancar among them. What they cared about was the Arrancar who looked like a little girl.

"Nilu, run away quickly. We will buy you some time."

They said to the Arrancar who looked like a little girl.

Hearing the words of her two companions, Nilu was immediately moved to the extreme.

"Pei Xue, Dong De Cha Ka..."

A low voice came out from Nilu's mouth. She said the names of her two companions, and tears flowed from her eyes involuntarily. She didn't understand why Xuye Palace had become like this.

Before this, they had lived quietly in the desert outside Xuye Palace, carefree and enjoying a life of endless joy.

Suddenly one day, something happened in Hueco Mundo.

The Great Void Forest collapsed.

Nilu didn't know much about the Great Hollow Forest. She only knew that it was where the Great Hollows lived, and that the Great Hollows were extremely terrifying beings.

Pei Xue and Dong Dechaka both taught her that if she encountered a great void, she should just run away.

Fortunately, the area where the Great Void Forest collapsed was not in the area where she was usually active, so even though she knew about it, Nilu didn't care much.

But what happened afterwards was closely related to her.

The Grim Reapers invade Hueco Mundo in large numbers.

Launch a sweeping attack on the entire Hueco Mundo.

Nel didn't know the specific details of that battle, but she learned some things from Pei Xue and Dondechaka later, that is, in this battle, Hueco Mundo was defeated, and the legion that was once famous throughout the Hueco Mundo was defeated.

Even the areas where they were originally active were affected.

As a last resort, Pei Xue and Dong De Cha Ka could only take her to the central area of ​​Xu Ye Palace to avoid the impact of the war. Before that, Pei Xue and Dong De Cha Ka strictly forbade her to approach the central area of ​​Xu Ye Palace.

Nilu also asked why.

They only said that there was a bad guy in the central area of ​​Xuye Palace who had bad intentions towards her, and her mask was broken by that guy.

Yes, Nel's mask is broken, she is different from ordinary Arrancar.

It was after the Arrancar that the mask suffered another severe blow, causing her to lose a lot of her memories.

Of course, for Nilu, it doesn’t matter whether her memory is restored or not. What is important is that Pei Xue and Dondechaka have always been by her side during the period when she lost her memory. When they took her to the central area of ​​Xuye Palace this time, Nilu naturally asked why.

According to Pei Xue and Dong Dechaka, the bad guy who originally harmed her is dead.

Nilu didn't ask too many questions.

However, what they didn't expect was that even if they escaped to the central area of ​​Xuye Palace, the war would still inevitably spread here, and those Grim Reapers rushed into Xuye Palace again. After this battle, the entire Xuye Palace was destroyed.

Their king, Lord Aizen awakens.

The result was not redemption, but a deeper destruction. Not only was the Kyonakyu Palace destroyed, but even the Hollows hiding in the Kyonakyu Palace were devoured by their king, Lord Aizen.

If they hadn't been lucky enough to meet that sister, they would probably have all died.

Thinking of this, she looked at the female Arrancar beside her with some relief.

"Sister Luo Jia, run away with me!"

Nel said this to the female Arrancar.

She was very grateful to this Arrancar.

At the critical moment, if the other party had not used their special abilities to allow them to temporarily hide in the anti-membrane, they would probably have been destroyed like the Xuye Palace that turned into a white land.

After hearing what Nel said, the female Arrancar named Roga did not respond.

She was actually very confused.

She is not a naturally born Hollow, but an Arrancar created by Master Sar Apollo.

The original meaning of her existence was to live for Lord Aizen and for Sal Apollo.

But after the battle of Xuye Palace, Luojia lost the meaning of her existence.

Lord Sar Apollo abandoned her and ran away.

Lord Aizen fought with those Death Gods, and no one knew which Hefei he went to.

Luo Jia hadn't figured out what to do next.

So, even when Nilu invited her to escape, she did not respond immediately.

Just at this time.

The rocks around them suddenly shattered, and the cover that had originally provided them with protection disappeared, and the bleak moonlight fell on them.

Under the moonlight, what concerned them most was the figure wearing a white haori, that was a god of death.

"!!!"

After seeing this figure, Pei Xue and Dong Dechaka's pupils shrank at the same time and their expressions became serious.

They suddenly attacked Xia Mu from the left and right, trying to cover Ni Lu's escape.

Back then, Nel was the fourth of the Ten Espadas and had a high status. However, she was eventually murdered because of the jealousy of the Fifth Espada, Nnoitra. As Nel's subordinates, they could only escape with Nel. Afterwards, because Nel was lucky, she did not die, but she also lost a lot of memories.

Over the years, they have been protecting Nel in Hueco Mundo in order to repay Nel for her kindness in sheltering them in the past.

And today will be their final reward.

A determination emerged in the two Arrancars.

Then, an unstoppable force came.

Even though they had made up their minds, they still had no strength to fight back in the face of Xia Mu's terrifying strength.

(End of this chapter)