Chapter 229 Swallowing the sky and the earth, the returner!
A scarlet barrier enveloped the sky above Karakura Town.

Seeing that his words could not convince Captain Yamamoto, Aizen knew that if he wanted to seize the spiritual vein, he needed to break the barrier.

As for hypnotizing those death gods through the barrier?

He tried.

The creator of the barrier, Captain Yamamoto, entered a state of self-sealing as soon as the barrier appeared.

Rather than saying it was a barrier protecting Karakura Town, it would be more accurate to say that Captain-General Yamamoto was sealing the entire Karakura Town together.

Those Grim Reapers within the barrier are considered to be within Yamamoto's body.

As long as the barrier formed by Yamamoto's self-sealing still exists, Aizen's mirror flowers and water moon will hardly have any effect on the god of death within.

After all, Jinghua Shuiyue's hypnosis is to use the illusion seed planted in other people's hearts, and then use his own spiritual pressure to create a sufficiently real illusion for others. But now the key to the problem is that although the seed exists in the hearts of these death gods.

But the barrier formed by Yamamoto's self-sealing prevented any spiritual pressure from entering.

Aizen's spiritual pressure could not penetrate into it at all and weave an illusion.

This is the opposite of the effect of the barrier after Tosen Kaname's Bankai.

Tosen Kaname's Bankai blocks four of the five senses.

It is equivalent to blocking the seeds of illusion in other people's minds.

Standing in the sky, Aizen couldn't help but sigh inwardly after failing again in his attempt to activate Kyoka Suigetsu.

He didn't know that in the Zanpakutō Duraraka chapter of the anime, Captain Yamamoto's self-sealing was so powerful that even Muramasa, who could invade souls, was helpless.

Now, he used all his strength and combined the spiritual pressure of many death gods to create a barrier.

No matter how powerful Aizen is, it will take time to break him.

Time, before this, was not a very important thing.

And at the moment, it is the most precious thing.

Its existence might be able to reverse this war.

Karakura Town, a hidden place.

This is a barrier within a barrier.

The ones who maintain the barrier are ghost masters such as Wu Ling Tiesai and Arishoda Boxuan.

And the barrier they cast was exactly - "Time Stop". In Soul Society, time and space-related ghost techniques are taboo and anyone is strictly prohibited from using them. This taboo is not only in the Seireitei area, but also in Rukongai. The use of such ghost techniques is strictly prohibited because their existence will destroy the time and space order of Soul Society.

However, this kind of ghost method has not been lost. It still exists and is mastered by some people.

This is because, although the use of such ghost methods is strictly prohibited, they are still necessary to exist and can play a very important role at certain times.

Just like this moment.

As long as you don't mind destroying the space-time order of the world, and use the "time stop" type of ghost technique to slow down the flow of time in the barrier, thereby achieving a linear extension, you can buy enough time for Ichigo Kurosaki and his son who are practicing in it.

For example, one second has passed in reality.

And within the barrier, it takes ten seconds or even a hundred seconds for this real second to pass.

Within the boundary.

Ichigo is practicing a move called "Last Getsuga Tensho" under the guidance of his father, Kurosaki Isshin.

When Karakura Town was about to fall completely, his father appeared in the form of a god of death, which shocked Ichigo deeply. He did not expect that his father, who usually looked unreliable, would actually be a god of death.

This also answered some of his questions.

For example, why do I have such powerful strength?

After coming into contact with Soul Society, especially after frequently communicating with Shiba Kaien through the spirit particle communicator, Ichigo gained a better understanding of Soul Society and learned that not all souls can become Shinigami.

Those who possess the spiritual power to become the God of Death are one in ten thousand and are extremely rare.

After his Death God power derived from Rukia was destroyed by Byakuya Kuchiki, he awakened his own Death God power again. This is an extremely strange thing.

Moreover, there is also the power of emptiness in his body.

After Ichigo knew these things, he began to guess secretly.

The answer only came after my father showed up.

Of course, there are still some questions in his heart that have not been resolved, but he also understands that now is not the time to ask these questions.

Aizen wants to take action against the city where he lives.

If successful, all humans in Karakura Town would become sacrifices, including his mother, sister, and classmates. This is something Ichigo cannot accept.

He must protect this city.

First of all, let’s start with what my father called the “Last Crescent Moon Sky Chong”. He must learn this move.

Within the boundary.

Ichigo sat cross-legged with Zangetsu placed on his knees.

This is a kind of "sword Zen" that is relatively common in the Shinō Academy of Spiritual Arts. It is a way for the God of Death and his Zanpakutō to communicate with each other. At this moment, Ichigo is communicating with his Zanpakutō.

According to my dad, the most important thing to learn the final Getsuga Tensho is to communicate with your Zanpakutō.

This takes a long time.

Also, because the "time stop" type of ghost skills are difficult to maintain for a long time, they place a huge burden on the caster.

There is also Captain Yamamoto's barrier, and no one knows how long it can last.

Therefore, Ichigo must hurry.

You must learn the final Crescent Moon Sky Strike as soon as possible.

As for after learning it, can he defeat Aizen?
It's better than doing nothing and letting tragedy happen.

If possible, Kurosaki Isshin actually wanted to perform the "Last Crescent Moon Sky Strike" himself, but his power of the god of death would not take long to recover, and even if he exerted all his strength, it would be difficult to win.

Only Ichigo was different.

There is still extremely powerful power hidden in his body that has not been tapped out. If this power can be released, perhaps the situation of the battle can be reversed.

In fact, Kurosaki Isshin didn't have the confidence in his heart, but at this moment, he could only gamble.

"Humph!"

"It's just a last-ditch effort."

Seeing that Yamamoto did not respond to him, and looking at the barrier that still covered Karakura Town, the hoarse and unpleasant voice came out of Aizen's mouth once again.

After the Hogyoku began to push his evolution endlessly and the power in his body became unbalanced, even though he was now barely able to control his body with his own will, the negative emotions in his body were always influencing Aizen, making his personality become moody.

He is sometimes gloomy and sometimes impatient.

"Since you are willing to protect this city with all your heart, I will devour you and this city together."

Aizen's mouth opened, and the next moment, black substance flowed out of his mouth as fast as the tide.

These black substances fell on the crimson barrier and were quickly dissolved by the barrier, but more black substances continued to pour out.

The sky, at this moment, became extremely dark.

The faces of many Death Gods who were holding instruments and injecting spiritual power into Captain Yamamoto, who was sealing himself and falling into a dormant state, changed drastically at the same time.

"The sky, the sky turned black."

"Don't panic!"

"Don't worry, as long as the barrier is still there, Aizen won't be able to affect us."

"Now, all we need to do is to help the captain maintain the existence of the barrier as much as possible."

Faced with the panic of some team members, captains such as Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro started to maintain stability.

They all had wounds on their bodies and looked very miserable.

They had fought against Aizen before.

If it is a fair and direct battle, the Gotei 13 has many powerful captains and may not be afraid of Aizen.

But now Aizen, because of the influence of negative emotions, has become a guy who will do anything to achieve his goals. He does not hesitate to use his ability of Kyoka Suigetsu, so when fighting with Aizen, you will never know who you are attacking.

If it wasn't for the critical moment, Tosen would have used his Bankai to buy them some time.

Then Captain Yamamoto sealed himself and took Karakura Town with him. At this moment, they were basically wiped out.

As many captains spoke one after another, the Shinigami who had originally felt some fear due to Aizen's strength gradually calmed down their restless hearts.

But Kyoraku Shunsui and the others did not feel relaxed at all.

The sky fell into darkness, and it was obvious that Aizen had done something again.

They had no confidence as to whether the captain's barrier could hold.

Above the sky, an endless amount of black substance spewed out from Aizen's mouth. Soon, the black substance enveloped the entire barrier. Then, it began to dissolve towards the ground, trying to wrap up the entire earth.

Next to Karakura Town, in Naruki City.

This is where the ancestral home of the Ishida family is located.

For some reason, when Aizen attacked Karakura Town, Ishida Ryugen was not in Karakura Town.

After it happened, he could only stare at Karakura Town which was shrouded in the barrier, and deep down, he was extremely anxious.

You have to be anxious.

Although he is not in Karakura Town, his father Ishida Sogen and son Ishida Uryu are both in Karakura Town. After the death of his wife Katagiri Yee, these are the two people he cares about the most.

"Karakuza Town, what happened?"

Ishida Ryugen used his flying sickle kick to fly in the sky, looking towards the direction of Karakura Town with a serious expression.

……

Aizen's idea is very simple.

Although Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni used the method of self-sealing to condense a terrifying barrier that enveloped the entire Karakura Town, making it temporarily impossible for his power to invade Karakura Town, nor could he seize the spiritual vein Creation King Key underground.

But he didn't believe that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's power was endless. Even if these death gods had been supplying spiritual power to each other, as long as the death gods were blocked from absorbing spiritual particles from other forces and restoring spiritual power, these spiritual powers would be exhausted sooner or later.

You can use the barrier to block my power from affecting you.

I can also block your spiritual power recovery through my own methods.

How to block it? It's simple.

All he had to do was swallow the entire Karakura Town into himself and allow it to exist within him.

It can be blocked.

As for the existence of spiritual veins under Karakura Town? Is the spiritual energy in Karakura Town more concentrated than other places in the world?

The existence of spiritual veins can indeed breed spiritual particles.

But with so many death gods, if you want to revive them, the little bit of spiritual energy naturally produced by the spiritual veins is not enough.

Unless, they choose to absorb the spiritual veins.

But is such a thing really possible?

If they rashly touched the spirit vein, they might trigger the power of the Spirit King and destroy the barrier covering Karakura Town.

Therefore, Aizen's move was foolproof.

It just takes some time to drain the spiritual power of those death gods.

Originally, Aizen was a very direct person and didn't like to take such a time-consuming approach.

But during this period of time, he looked at the barrier covering Karakura Town but was powerless to do anything, so he could only use this method.

First, swallow Karakura Town into his body.

It would be best if Yamamoto could take the initiative to disperse the barrier at that time.

On the contrary, we can just isolate Karakura Town temporarily and waste time slowly.

The ground around Karakura Town continued to crack, and black matter seeped into the depths of the ground, preparing to uproot the entire town.

Instantly, the Shinigami inside Karakura Town felt the ground shaking violently.

Although they can float in the air due to the shortage of spirit particles in the world, they would still be more accustomed to being on the ground if possible.

Because the black substance completely covered the barrier, Karakura Town was plunged into darkness at this moment.

Even though many death gods used ghost methods such as the Red Fire Cannon to artificially create lights for the purpose of illumination, it was still difficult to dispel the darkness outside the barrier and see the specific situation outside clearly.

So they didn't know that Aizen did something crazy.

He actually tried to swallow up the entire Karakura Town.

It seems incredible, but in fact, it can be done.

After all, when Kenpachi Kuriyashiki released his Bankai, a huge mouth appeared above the ground, which could shatter and swallow all matter within a radius of several miles.

You know, Karakura Town is not big, its diameter is only one li.

Kuriyashiki Kenpachi's Bankai can devour an area several times larger than Karakura Town, and Aizen's current strength is far superior to that of Kuriyashiki Kenpachi in the past. He also has the power of the Hollow King, so devouring Karakura Town is a piece of cake for him.

Soon, the area where Karakura Town was located was completely covered by the black substance spewed out by Aizen, and then the entire city quickly bulged upwards and was about to leave the ground and fly into the sky.

This is - Earth-shattering Star!
Ok, wrong set.

In short, Karakura Town, wrapped in the black substance, continued to rise. In the blink of an eye, it was already dozens of meters above the ground. It was about to be wrapped in the black substance, and then swallowed into Aizen's mouth along with that piece of space.

At this moment, in the sky near Karakura Town.

A black cavity opened.

Xia Mu's figure flew out from the black cavity. At the end, he turned his head and said something towards the inside of the black cavity.

"Thank you very much!"

In the ruins of Kyonyaku, Xia Mu learned a lot from Pei Xue and Dondechaka, and understood why the Great Hollow Forest became like that. Just when he was about to look for the whereabouts of Aizen and those Shinigami.

The taciturn Luo Jia suddenly told Xia Mu something.

That is, she discovered that those Shinigami, and Aizen, were all in the world.

Great changes have taken place in the world today.

Because of her limited vocabulary, Luo Jia also found it difficult to describe the specific changes in the world.

But the information she revealed was crucial to Xia Mu.

And if combined with the present world, the first place that Xia Mu thought of was Karakura Town.

In the original work, the duel took place in Karakura Town.

Before this, in Soul Society, although Aizen’s declaration of war was not stated directly, the Creation King Key was definitely a very important step if he wanted to ascend the throne.

Apart from this, Xia Mu couldn't figure out where else in this world was worth Aizen's covetousness.

Knowing that the real world is experiencing turmoil, all that’s left to do next is to rush to it.

But here comes the problem.

How to go to the present world?
For the God of Death, to go to the real world, they use the gate to pass through the world. To go to the Hueco Mundo, they use things like the world-strike instrument to open the black cavity. However, Xia Mu does not have anything like the world-strike instrument on him.

Use the Spirit Communicator to contact Soul Society?

He had thought about it.

But the fact is, when falling into hell, except for a few cards hidden close to the body, many things were damaged, including the special spirit particle communicator made by Urahara Kisuke.

The lepton communicator contains a part of the power of space. It is precisely because of that power that it can communicate across the world. However, the spatial laws in hell are completely different from those in the lepton world. After entering it, Xia Mu found that the thing was completely broken.

This was also the reason why, when he returned to the Spirit World, he would rather find a Hollow to inquire about the situation than think of contacting the Soul Society.

Soon, Xia Mu came up with a solution.

Although he was unable to open the black cavity, such a thing was not difficult for Xu.

Right next to him, there happened to be a few Arrancars.

Natsuki decisively asked the Arrancar for help, and in return, he would spare their lives.

After hearing Xia Mu's request, the Arrancars such as Pei Xue and Dondechaka agreed without hesitation.

Simply telling Xia Mu what happened in the Hueco Mundo was nothing in their eyes. It was not enough to exchange it for Xia Mu letting them go. If they could help Xia Mu as much as possible and meet his requirements, perhaps they could really save a life.

Finally, it was Luo Jia who took action and used the power of the anti-membrane silk to help Xia Mu open the black cavity.

After thanking Luo Jia, there was no response.

Xia Mu didn't care. In his brief contact with Luo Jia, he already knew that she had a strange personality. In Hueco Mundo, this was a very common thing.

Compared to Luo Jia's response, what he cared more about at this moment was...Aizen.

After walking out of the black cavity, Natsuki sensed the presence of Aizen.

"You have really turned into a monster now!"

Xia Mu looked at Aizen standing in the sky and whispered to himself.

Although the distance was far, Aizen's current appearance was too inhuman. And the city shrouded by dark matter was approaching Aizen at this moment. It was hard for Natsuki not to notice Aizen.

"What a great gesture."

Natsuki was very sure that the place wrapped in the dark matter was Karakura Town.

After all, he was familiar with the area around Karakura Town.

In the brief moment after arriving in the human world, Xia Mu saw this scene. He was shocked, but he quickly figured out what was happening.

Looking at the sinkhole on the ground, it was obvious that Aizen had used special means to dig out the entire Karakura Town. Judging from the situation, he wanted to swallow up the entire Karakura Town in one bite.

As for whether Aizen can do this kind of thing?
Before leaving Hell, when he was in Hueco Mundo, Natsuki personally experienced the spirit particle storm created by Aizen.

It’s unclear what kind of monster Aizen has become now.

"Karakura Town is a place of great spiritual power. If you were to devour it, perhaps you would be able to create a King Key."

"I don't care who lives and who dies between you and the Spirit King, but after you have the King's Key, you will obviously become even more powerful, which I cannot accept."

Watching Aizen continue to grow stronger was even more painful than seeing Natsuki himself grow stronger.

So, Natsuki decided to stop Aizen.

Zanpakutō is unsheathed.

"Swastika!"

The invisible slash flew by, and in an instant, landed on Karakura Town which was shrouded in black matter. Then, the sword light cut off the black matter spewed out by Aizen. Karakura Town, which was originally rising slowly towards Aizen, suddenly stopped its upward trend.

There is also a powerful force that pries up the long river of time.

How Karakura Town rose into the air, and how it returned to the earth.

During this rise and fall, many death gods in the city once again felt the world turning upside down and the space shaking.

"What happened again?"

Someone exclaimed.

Because darkness enveloped the entire Karakura Town, it blocked their sight and made it impossible for them to see the situation outside clearly. The barrier formed by Captain Yamamoto's self-sealing could even block spirit particles, so they naturally could not use their spiritual senses to perceive the situation outside.

Faced with this kind of shock, they can only bear it passively.

Until a loud rumbling sound was heard.

The ground shook violently, and all the disturbances came to an abrupt end.

"Stop, stop!"

Someone spoke again.

But no one responded to him.

Because darkness still shrouded Karakura Town, they had no idea what was happening outside.

In the outside world, Aizen, who was above the sky, also realized that his actions were interrupted, and he felt an extremely familiar spiritual pressure.

He suddenly looked forward and saw an extremely familiar figure appearing in the sky ahead.

"It's you!"

"You are still alive?!"

After seeing Natsuki, Aizen was a little surprised.

After the battle that day, Natsuki disappeared. Aizen thought that Natsuki was dead, but now it seems that is not the case.

(End of this chapter)