Pain, pain that is difficult to describe in words, came over me.

Cangdu's cold face distorted.

"Death, you actually..."

After using the Perfect Holy Body, Cangdu had expected that he would display his divine power and easily kill the God of Death, but this did not happen.

My defense has become stronger, but it still can't stop the attack of this god of death. Doesn't this mean that I have used up my holy body in vain?

If it were just that, it would be fine.

Cangdu suddenly found that he was unable to use the Holy Slave, because before he used the Holy Slave, another force took away control of all the spiritual particles around him and plundered all of them.

"Are you done talking nonsense?"

Facing the sound made by Cangdu in pain, Xia Mu's voice was extremely cold.

A powerful force gushed out from the Zanpakuto that pierced into Cangdu's body.

In an instant, Cangdu's body began to corrode from the inside, and black and gray light gushed out from it, creating holes on his body. Even more miserable screams came out of his mouth. The light surrounding Cangdu's body after using the holy body was stained and dimmed.

But in just a moment, Cangdu's screams stopped completely.

Only a skeleton was left, falling from mid-air.

As the dry bones fell, Xia Mu felt more keenly a force that wanted to transcend time and space and escape from here.

"Can you escape?"

Xia Mu's eyes were fixed.

The surging power of hell once again emerged from his body and turned into black chains. In an instant, the power that flew out of Cangdu's body and wanted to escape was restrained and could not escape. Instead, it was suppressed by Xia Mu's power of hell.

After solving this little matter.

Xia Mu looked to the other side again.

It is difficult for Byakuya Kuchiki to deal with speed-type enemies, but he always encounters such opponents.

I won’t talk about Ichigo’s encounter in the original work.

Later in the Hueco Mundo, they encountered Somali, who had the fastest rotation speed.

Robert's strength is not actually that strong among all the Stern Cross Knights, but for Byakuya Kuchiki, who has not yet gone to the Soul King Palace to practice and enhance his strength, he is still an formidable opponent, so it is not surprising that he falls into a disadvantage.

Not to mention, he also needs to take care of his subordinate Abarai Renji while fighting.

But it doesn't matter if I get hurt now.

All this is due to the Soul Society's decision to establish a base in the Hueco Mundo after defeating Aizen.

After the base was established, permanent gates were also built in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.

This enabled them to rush here and provide support as soon as possible after receiving the news sent back by Byakuya Kuchiki.

Urahara Kisuke came to Byakuya Kuchiki's side.

Although Urahara Kisuke could not catch up with Robert, a speed-type Quincy, he was cunning and could always find a way to deal with him. Soon, Urahara Kisuke used the props he made to lure Robert into a trap. Inside the trap, Robert's movements were greatly restricted.

Kuchiki Byakuya took advantage of this opportunity and used the "Era White Emperor Sword". The terrifying attack landed on Robert's body. Without a body of steel like Cangdu, Robert naturally could not block this attack, and his life quickly perished.

After the scream, there was a sudden pause. Immediately, a force burst out from Robert's body, which was the same as the force that burst out from Cangdu's body. Before it flew away, it was imprisoned by the chains condensed by Xia Mu using the power of hell.

After the two leading members of the Stern Cross Knights were dealt with, the next thing to deal with was the accompanying Quincy.

Previously, the officers led by Byakuya Kuchiki were at a disadvantage when facing these Quincies, and suffered considerable casualties.

But now Natsuki and Urahara Kisuke have arrived, bringing new reinforcements.

The leader of the Quincy also died.

The offensive and defensive situation has changed.

……

Crossing the gate is Soul Society.

After Byakuya Kuchiki returned to Soul Society with many members of the Sixth Division, he felt a sense of melancholy.

Although the time I spent in the Hueco Mundo base was not very long, it was a completely different world after all.

Desolate, dead silent, and dark.

Even though he has led his team to actively transform it during this period of time, the time for transformation is short after all. It is extremely difficult to build a space similar to the original Xuye Palace, with four seasons and the sun.

After staying in Hueco Mundo for such a long time, I returned to the land of Soul Society that I had not seen for a long time.

Naturally, there are many feelings.

However, Kuchiki Byakuya's feeling did not last too long. Soon, he gathered his thoughts and headed towards the direction of the First Squadron.

Because Abarai Renji was seriously injured, he has been sent to the 4th Division for treatment.

Logically speaking, as the captain, Byakuya Kuchiki should also go to recuperate, but there are more important things to do.

After arriving at the first team.

All the captains are here.

Prior to this, Byakuya Kuchiki had sent information back to Soul Society, informing the Gotei 13 of the whereabouts of the Quincy.

But that was previous intelligence.

And now, after Byakuya Kuchiki had fought a battle with the Quincy, he naturally had some updated information that he needed to share with everyone.

He told the Quincy all the abilities it had used during his battle with them.

"Is it similar to the Bankai form?"

After learning a lot of information, the captains' expressions all became solemn.

Soul Society actually knows something about the Quincies.

In addition to the war a thousand years ago, there was also a war between the Shinigami and the Quincies two hundred years ago.

But in these two wars, they had never seen the Quincy reveal this form.

There is no doubt that this is a completely new form developed by the Quincy in the past hundred years.

In addition, Byakuya Kuchiki also mentioned a detail.

That is, the Quincy once pointed something similar to a medal at him when he was using his Bankai, but nothing happened afterwards and no one knew what the medal was for.

"I do know the use of that medal." Just as Byakuya Kuchiki finished speaking and the captains were confused, Natsuki spoke and said something unexpected.

All the captains turned their eyes and looked at Xia Mu.

After so many years of getting along, they have long been accustomed to the fact that Natsuki has many secrets hidden in him. However, as long as Natsuki does not harm the Soul Society, they are willing to accept the existence of these secrets.

Apart from anything else, they still trust Xia Mu very much.

After all, many crises in Soul Society over the years were resolved thanks to Natsuki's efforts.

Xia Mu felt everyone's gazes and explained to them, "After killing the two leading Quincy, in the short time I had back, I studied the things on them, especially the special medallion. Inside this thing, there is a unique spiritual vein, which can be used to imitate our spiritual waves through special techniques... The Quincy pointed it at us when we used Bankai. I'm afraid their purpose was to use this thing to seize our Bankai."

"Seizing Bankai? How is that possible?"

"Can Bankai be taken away?"

After Xia Mu's words were heard, many people were shocked.

Facing everyone's doubts, Xia Mu asked, "Why not?"

"If we want to know whether Bankai can be taken away, we first need to understand the principle of Bankai."

As he spoke, Natsuki looked at Urahara Kisuke and motioned for him to explain.

Although Urahara Kisuke was also surprised by what Natsuki said about the star chapter and began to think about it in his mind, it did not mean that he had nothing else in his mind. After noticing Natsuki's gaze, he immediately gathered his thoughts and began to explain.

After Urahara Kisuke's explanation, everyone finally understood.

Bankai is to liberate all the power in one's soul, and at that time, the sword serves as a carrier.

At this time, the basis for the God of Death to manipulate Bankai is the God of Death's spiritual pressure.

"If you can find a way to imitate our spiritual waves, and find something else besides the sword as a carrier of the power of Bankai, maybe you can really take our Bankai away."

Urahara Kisuke expressed some of the guesses that had previously occurred to him.

He did not give a precise answer, but used words like "maybe" and "perhaps".

But even if it was just a speculation, it was enough to shock the captains.

Bankai is the biggest trump card of the God of Death.

Many of them hold their Bankai tightly and are unwilling to use it unless it is a critical moment. The Bankai of many people remains a mystery to this day.

But if the Quincy could seize their Bankai through such means, it would not be good news for them.

"If what Captain Natsuki said is true, then why wasn't my Bankai taken away?" Kuchiki Byakuya expressed the doubts in his heart again.

When everyone heard this, they all reacted.

Yeah, why wasn't Byakuya Kuchiki's Bankai taken away?
"This may be related to the pills Kisuke previously researched to increase our spiritual power!"

Xia Mu talked about an event that happened in recent years.

Since Aizen's defeat, the Gotei 13 have been actively preparing for war to deal with the Quincies that might appear at any time. Natsuki certainly remembered how much trouble the Quincies' star seal had brought to the Gotei 13 in the original work. The taking away of their Bankai meant that their combat power had been greatly weakened, so Natsuki had already been prepared.

He used the excuse of helping the god of death to improve his spiritual power to persuade Kisuke Urahara to develop a special pill.

The pills were developed using the power of the void.

After taking it, because the power of the void is very weak, the god of death will not fall into the danger of becoming a void.

But it can effectively increase the upper limit of the spiritual power of the god of death.

The principle is to use the power of the void to help the god of death to slightly pry open the original realm barrier.

After Urahara Kisuke developed this drug, many Shinigami took it after learning of its effectiveness.

Immediately, Xia Mu explained the matter of the pill.

"The power of the Hollow is completely different from the power of us Death Gods. It is a chaotic and disordered power. If it was just the power of the Death God, because it is stable enough, our spiritual waves will not change, so it can naturally be imitated. But there is a new power in our spiritual power, which causes the spiritual waves to change all the time. The blind imitation of the Quincy will naturally not have any effect."

In the original work, in order to restrain the Quincy's Star Seal, Urahara Kisuke used the power of Hollows to develop a shadow-invading drug.

The Shadow-Invading Drug works by making the Shinigami appear slightly intangible, thereby changing the nature of its own spiritual waves, and thus evading the Quincy's ability to steal Bankai.

It was impossible for Xia Mu to directly tell us about things in the future or the purpose of the star chapter.

However, he was able to use the excuse of helping the God of Death to improve his strength to encourage Kisuke Urahara to use the power of Hollows to research some things.

On the surface, this pill appears to be designed to increase the power of the God of Death, but in reality, it exists to deal with the Star Chapter. It may seem like an unexpected effect, but in fact, it is its real purpose.

Of course, the captains don’t understand this.

They just thought that Urahara Kisuke was really amazing.

At the same time, he is more confident in winning the war against the Quincy.

In Soul Society, the captains of the Gotei 13 are still discussing matters concerning the Quincies.

Although they won the encounter in Hueco Mundo, Yhwach did not appear.

As long as Yhwach is not dead, there will be an endless supply of Quincies.

This is something that can be confirmed.

After all, more than a hundred years ago, they had destroyed the Leviticus dimension where the Quincies were hiding. Logically speaking, except for Yhwach who survived, the rest of the Quincies, as long as they did not have any special abilities, were basically killed in that space destruction incident.

However, the fact is that not only did the Quincy community not completely die out, but many new Quincy appeared.

No one knows where the Quincy has been hiding for over a hundred years.

Therefore, even if you have confidence, you cannot relax at all and must actively prepare for the battle.

A meeting ended.

Xia Mu returned to his 11th Division.

After returning, he stayed alone in the captain's room and saw no one.

Then, he raised his hand, and the power from hell seeped out from his palm. The black and grey mist was filled with an ominous aura. If you look closely, you will find some small figures struggling in the mist. They are the Quincy who died in the previous encounter in Hueco Mundo.

The Quincies are a special group, not only because of their power, but also because after their death, their souls will be absorbed by Yhwach.

This is a world of souls.

There is powerful power hidden in the souls of Shinigami and Hollows. Although Quincy values ​​bloodline, the soul is also a source of power.

Because of the fact that Youhabach absorbed souls, even if all the Quincies were killed, as long as their souls returned to their bodies, they could still be resurrected by Youhabach.

Xia Mu naturally didn't want to see this happen, so he chose to detain and suppress them! (End of this chapter)