Chapter 7: Five Years and the Changes in Hueco Mundo
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In the desert, a tall figure slowly fell to the ground, raising a lot of smoke and dust.

This is a Killian.

Even in Hueco Mundo, it is the hunter, not the prey.

In the end, it was solved with one knife.

After Killian fell to the ground, a figure emerged, it was Xia Mu.

At this moment, Natsuki's appearance has not changed much compared to when he first came to Hueco Mundo, but he is wearing a black Shinigami suit and holding a Zanpakutō in his hand.

Except for the fact that he did not graduate from the Maou Spiritual Academy and has never been registered with the Gotei 13, he is a true Shinigami no matter how you look at it.

Five years have passed since we first encountered the expeditionary force.

For human beings, five years is not a long time, but it is not short either.

But for the god of death, it is just a matter of a snap of the fingers.

As spiritual life forms, the lifespan of a Shinigami is much longer than that of a human being. They are truly immortal. The captain-in-chief of the Gotei 13, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, has lived for thousands of years, or perhaps even longer.

Because according to records in books, he opened a dojo in Soul Society nearly two thousand years ago, and at that time, he was already a well-known strong man.

Of course, not all gods of death have such a long lifespan.

The lifespan of the God of Death is linked to his spiritual power. The strength of the spiritual power determines the strength of the spiritual pressure generated by the release of the body. They are the source of the power of the God of Death. The stronger the spiritual power, the slower the growth rate and the longer the lifespan.

In Soul Society, there are many souls with spiritual power who remain in the form of children or teenagers for many years.

But even so, who among those who can become the God of Death does not have spiritual power? Compared with ordinary humans, they can live for hundreds of years, let alone thousands of years.

However, having said that, there are actually not many death gods who can live peacefully for such a long time.

The main reason is that the god of death needs to fight, and as long as there is fighting, there will be casualties.

Death is the destiny that the god of death deserves.

Not to mention ordinary Shinigami, even those standing at the top of the Shinigami, such as the captain of the Gotei 13, there are only a few who have served as captain for the past hundred years.

It can be seen that the danger faced by the profession of Death God is so great that even a captain who has mastered Bankai is still at risk of dying.

If the captain is like this, let alone the ordinary Grim Reaper.

But even so, five years is really not a long time for the god of death.

But for Xia Mu, these five years were indeed a very valuable period of growth. From the time he had not released his Zanpakuto to the time he used the Slashing Technique and Shunpo to kill a Gillian with one sword, his strength had definitely improved by leaps and bounds compared to five years ago.

After killing Killian, Xia Mu did not go directly to find Watanabe Yuji to reunite, but held the knife and pointed it at the air. A weak but invisible force was drawn over and then flowed into his body along the Zanpakuto.

After being filtered through his Zanpakuto, Xia Mu did not feel that there was anything wrong with this power coming from the Hollow. On the contrary, he only felt that his condition had improved and the spiritual power in his body had become a little stronger.

Over the years, in addition to the improvement of his strength, his biggest gain was that he had figured out some of the abilities of his Zanpakuto.

Well, I still haven’t mastered the initial release.

But even a Zanpakuto in a shallow state has some special abilities.

That is, after the death of some beings with powerful spiritual power, his sword can quietly steal this spiritual power, draw it over, and merge it into his own body, thereby enhancing his own spiritual power.

This was an ability that Xia Mu discovered accidentally after he killed an ordinary Hollow.

Since then, he has conducted multiple verifications and confirmed the existence of this ability.

Currently, in addition to Hollows, the only ones whose spiritual energy can be stolen are Shinigami.

Yes, after his expeditionary companions died, Xia Mu also tried it and found that, just like when he faced the Hollow, he could also steal that power and strengthen himself. After that, he thought about the reason.

Although the God of Death and the Hollow seem different, in essence, they are actually similar. They are both creatures made up of spirit particles and are both souls.

After their death, they will turn into spirit particles and dissipate, and then merge into the heaven and earth.

The power stolen by his Zanpakutō is not so much the power of Hollows and Shinigami as it is the scattered spirit particles. By extracting high concentrations of spirit particles and integrating them into his own body, he can enhance his own spiritual power.

After discovering this, it was obviously impossible for Xia Mu to say that he was unhappy.

Because this means that in addition to practicing hard, he has another way to become stronger.

At the same time, he also had a feeling.

The fact that he had been unable to master Shikai might have something to do with the special ability of his Zanpakutō. He would probably have to wait until the spiritual power he had absorbed and accumulated reached a certain level before he could truly see his Zanpakutō and master Shikai.

After absorbing spiritual power for a while.

Xia Mu held his Zanpakuto and performed Shunpo, and soon he arrived at another battlefield. On this battlefield, there were also several Killian corpses lying on the ground.

In addition to Killian, there are also ordinary Hollows.

At this moment, members of the expeditionary force were fighting with ordinary Hollows.

Although he knew that these companions were strong enough to deal with ordinary Hollows, since they had come, Xia Mu of course went to help. Soon, all these ordinary Hollows were dealt with. Together with Killian who was eliminated by Watanabe Yuji and several masters among the expeditionary force, this batch of Hollows was completely dealt with.

"How's it going? Are you okay?"

Xia Mu came to Watanabe Yuji and asked him.

Watanabe Yuji shook his head. "Except for a few injuries, no one was killed this time."

"But have you noticed that there are more large Hollows appearing in the outer areas of Hueco Mundo recently?"

Xia Mu frowned, "I did find that not only has the probability of large hollows appearing increased, but the probability of ordinary hollows appearing has also increased."

"It's really difficult for us to solve these problems alone."

The last sentence was just Xia Mu expressing the current predicament of the expeditionary force. The expeditionary force was not large in number, only a few dozen people, and one or two would be killed from time to time. Although the remaining people were all strong, they were still unable to cope with the endless stream of Voids relying on just these few people.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Who says there are only so many souls that can truly become the God of Death?

Not to mention the expeditionary force.

Take the Gotei 13 for example. Each division has only about three to four hundred people.

Two or three hundred ordinary team members, then dozens of officers, plus the captain and deputy captain.

Because of the special circumstances, the number of personnel in each squad varies, but it is at least no less than two hundred people.

The entire Gotei 13 only has a few thousand Shinigami.

Statistically, it seems a little incredible.

But that's what it is.

In comparison, an expeditionary force of dozens of people is really not a small number.

"I know, so I have reported the situation to Soul Society. Reinforcements from Soul Society will be arriving soon." Watanabe Yuji told Natsuki an unexpected news.

(End of this chapter)