After the white light passed, the three teenagers opened their eyes.
"Where is...where?"
They looked at the space like a closed arena, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.
Buzz——
The sound of something flying through the air sounded. Several people looked up, and a strange-looking figure blocked their way.
From the looks of it, both the ones chasing them and the ones blocking the way in front of them were not ordinary Hollows, but Arrancars. However, unlike the Arrancars they had met before, the shapes of these two Arrancars did not look like normal people.
The Arrancar chasing them behind them was like a frog, with thick arms that could climb walls, while the Arrancar in front of them had its hands replaced by sharp and slender limbs, and its face was covered with a giant one that exposed the upper left half of its face.
Beak-shaped mask.
"Hey, Ishida. Can we fight here?"
Kurosaki Ichigo pulled out his Zanpakutō from his back and asked.
The reason Ishida Uryu didn't let him fight back just now was because the terrain he was in was too narrow and he could easily get buried in it during the fight, but that's no longer necessary now.
The arena in front of them was large enough for them to exert their power. If they were just dealing with Arrancars of this level, they wouldn't have to worry about causing too much damage.
"Ah...of course."
Uryū Ishida raised his hand to adjust his glasses and replied calmly, "There are obstacles in front of us and there are pursuers behind us. Now we can no longer avoid conflicts, but you are not the one who wants to take action."
"ah?"
Kurosaki Ichigo was slightly startled, and then he realized that he was sandwiched in the middle by the two people around him.
"Stop! Don't run!"
There was a roaring voice behind him.
Chatata Taihu calmly looked at the huge figure pursuing us: "Aren't you worried about our strength? Let's take a good look now."
"There is no need to worry that we will be injured." Uryū Ishida continued, "Mr. Urahara has told us all the information about the Arrancar before we came here. It is said that the Arrancar Grimmjow was led by low-level Arrancar.
Troops. Daxu usually turns into a human form when it transforms into a arrancar, but only the highest level can be 100% transformed into a human form. For the remaining classes, even if it is an arrancar, it is difficult to completely transform into a human form, or more or less
I will keep the part that belongs to the 'Void Beast'."
"The subordinate officers led by Grimmjow should be considered to be the second level of combat power. Although they are not completely humanoid, the 'Void Beast' part is almost invisible from the outside. Those guys should be stronger than what we are facing now.
, in short, these two guys should be the lowest level Arrancar, very weak." Said Taihu Chawatora, raising his right arm that was already covered by the arm armor, "Although it was a narrow victory, I won that time
I killed one on my own during the attack. This one should be easier now, so you don’t need to worry at all.”
"Hey, hey, hey, I heard everything you were discussing..."
The Arrancar who blocked the path of several people had a bit of anger in his tone, and the eyes on the left side of his face that was not covered by the mask looked extremely gloomy, "If you just said that you are an idiot like Demora who is chasing you like a dog... forget it...
...But if you look down on me, Esslinger, I will make you come back and pay a heavy price!"
Before he finished speaking, his figure was already quickly approaching Ishida Uryū who was facing him nearest...
"Ace! You guy! Why do you call me an idiot!?"
At the same time, another angry voice quickly approached. It was another Arrancar whom Esslinger called Demora, roaring angrily.
He seemed to want to prove his strength and pounced towards the nearest Chado Taihu.
Seeing this scene, Kurosaki Ichigo had no time to support him. Ishida and Chadari protected him in the middle. The two of them were completely unmoved as they waited for the two Arrancars to attack.
He could still figure it out when Chado did this. After all, this guy was already thick-skinned and good at this kind of fighting method. But what were you, Ishida, a shooter doing there?
Playing me!?
boom--
Demora's huge body stomped on the ground and made a violent roar as he rushed forward. His size was far larger than that of a human being.
Chadu Taihu was much taller, but his speed was not slow at all. He arrived in front of Chadu Taihu almost in the blink of an eye. His huge arms, which were longer than his body, clenched his fists and suddenly fell down.
"I'm not an idiot!"
The powerful and heavy fists came roaring with an angry roar, but Taihu Sadatari just made one movement.
Raise your hand.
Click——
Fine cracks spread around the place where Chadata Taitori stood as the center, but despite this, his figure remained as immobile as Mount Tai, and he could easily block it with just his raised arm.
The Arrancar in front of him struck with almost all his strength.
At this moment, Sadata Taihu's right arm has changed again than before, and has completely transformed into a shield-like shape.
Giant's right arm, defensive stance.
This was a form he had learned from his previous sparring with Renji Abarai. It was natural that he could block the attack of the Arrancar in front of him, because he had received even Abarai's swastika head-on.
"!!!"
Seeing that his attack was easily blocked, Demora's eyes were full of disbelief.
However, just when he was about to withdraw his arm and evacuate, he felt that his body was out of control.
"It's really weak."
A slightly disappointed voice came from Chadu Taihu's mouth.
He was stronger than before, so the Arrancar in front of him seemed weak, and it was precisely because of this that he felt disappointed.
What he needs now is a suitable opponent who can prove that he has become stronger, not a cannon fodder that he can easily solve as expected.
So there is no need for them to waste time here.
Demora's figure was directly thrown away by the terrifying force coming from behind, and his whole body flipped in mid-air in the empty arena.
Just as he was trying to use his spirit son to establish a point of strength in mid-air to regain his body's balance, Taihu Sadatori also followed him into the mid-air.
"If you go up, it might collapse this place, so let's go down."
Chatata Taihu muttered to himself as he climbed over Demora's spinning figure and reached a higher place.
boom--
A dull sound sounded in the air.
He stepped on the foothold formed by the spirit sons and instantly turned his body back.
Looking at the human beings who were heading straight towards him, Demora, who was helpless in mid-air, wanted to stop, but they were moving toward each other at such a fast speed that he had no time to react...
A giant's blow.
Blue spiritual pressure burst out from the base of Chadata Taihu's right arm, and coupled with the force of the ejection when he stepped on his footing and changed direction, the blow was like a falling meteorite burning with blue flames.
.
Click——
The mask on Demora's face was shattered, but the punches still did not stop, followed by his head and body.
puff--
The huge body exploded in mid-air almost instantly.
There may be a discrepancy between this and Taitora Sadatora's imagination. He originally thought that he could only smash the Arrancar into the ground with one punch.
I don't know if he has become too strong or if this Arrancar is too fragile.
In short, with this lightning strike, he had ended the battle.
"!!"
On the other side, Esslinger, who had not yet come into contact with Ishida Uryuu, saw this scene and his pupils shrank sharply.
He did not use all-out sprinting because strength was not what he was good at, and he naturally did not expect that he could kill the human being in front of him with one full-out blow.
But what happens now?
Was the battle on the other side over so quickly?
It was so fast that he didn’t even have time to remind him!
This development made Esslinger instantly feel that something was wrong.
His judgment on the strength of these enemies seemed to be wrong...so wrong!
"What's wrong?"
Ishida Uryū looked at the approach with disdain.
Arrancar looked at him but felt timid.
"Aren't we going to have to pay the price? It's really disappointing."
As he spoke, spiritual light burst out from his raised hand, and a spiritual weapon like a sharp sword appeared in his hand.
That's right, it's a sword. Not an arrow.
If this Arrancar came to fight him with all its strength, he might have to work harder, but there was no need for it now.
How could the frightened bird escape his sword?
Huh? You asked him where he got the sword?
He doesn't, but his dad does.
'The thing that cuts through the soul, this is a weapon made by his father who disdains being a Quincy. The most important thing... this is a melee weapon.
It is almost universally known that the Quincy can only use the bow, so close combat has always been regarded as the Quincy's weakness.
But it wasn't his father's weakness. It didn't seem surprising that someone like his father, who didn't care about the Quincy's pride at all, would create such a thing.
"In short, hold the sword when necessary, so that such a person can survive longer in battle."
This is what his arrogant father said while he was unconscious.
During the period when he lost his power, he had been undergoing devil training arranged by his father to regain the power of a Quincy. Gradually, he began to understand why his father was strongly opposed to him becoming a Quincy in the first place.
Because like Dad said, he is not a genius.
A true genius should be like my father, who was born with the qualifications of a Quincy and is unparalleled.
There have been many geniuses in the history of Quincy existence, but so what?
In the end they were the only ones left.
There are too many terrible things in this world, and going to the battlefield is almost the same as going to death.
"Instead of becoming a Quincy and dying on the battlefield, it's better to live an ordinary life."…
This is probably what his father used to say to him when he was young, but his father only had a tough mouth.
"But thank you anyway."
Uryu Ishida held the lightsaber in his hand, stepped lightly on it, and murmured to himself.
Flying feet.
His figure came to Esslinger's side almost instantly.
The lightsaber seemed to slice through the air slowly, and the harsh buzzing sound made Esslinger's heart tremble.
This sword was secretly taken away from his father by Ishida Uryu before he left this world. Although it was a 'stealing', how could he have succeeded so easily without the other party's acquiescence?
The air was shaking violently, as if it was about to be torn apart.
This weapon that looks like a sharp sword actually has an attack pattern closer to that of a chainsaw. To be precise, the target cut off by it is not cut off, but the surface of the blade composed of spirit particles appears 3 million times per second.
The vibrations tore it apart.
Ishida Uryū wasn't sure about the others, but he could certainly easily cut open the steel skin on the Arrancar in front of him with it.
And the result was just as he imagined.
He has the speed to deal with the Arrancar in front of him, and the power in his hands is enough to destroy the opponent.
puff--
Under Esslinger's stunned gaze, his body was torn apart without any resistance.
In order to gain more power, he gave up his human form in exchange for a powerful body that was as fragile as paper in front of this sword.
"it's over."
Both battles came to an end in the blink of an eye.
Looking at this scene, Kurosaki Ichigo stood there in a daze.
He originally thought that with the power of virtualization that he had mastered, he would be able to outlast these two people, but at some point, they caught up with him.
Especially Chadu...
If Ishida's victory was partly due to his weapons, Chadata's victory was completely crushed by his strength.
Boom——
"what happened?"
Confirmed that the Arrancar was split into two by him
After there was no longer a threat, Ishida Uryu took back the spiritual sword in his hand and asked with a slight frown.
"It seems like it's going to collapse? It's strange, I was very careful not to damage the buildings here..." Sadatora Taihu also scratched his head with a puzzled look on his face.
"Don't look at me, I didn't do anything." Seeing both of them looking at him, Kurosaki Ichigo shook his head crazily.
"You have made a mistake..."
The dying voice sounded, and Esslinger lay on the ground and looked at the three people in front of him with unwillingness.
"We are guardians. We have no right to leave here. We can only stay in charge of cleaning up those who try to go to Xuye Palace from here. If we lose, we will disappear with this room! This is how the function of this room is set.
..."
"You mean... losing is equal to death for you?" Ichigo Kurosaki asked with a slight frown, "Isn't that a little too cruel?"
"This is the rule of Hueco Mundo. The weak have no right to live. Even if they survive because of the kindness of the enemy, there is still only death waiting for the weak."
Esslinger's tone became extremely calm, as if he was ready to wait quietly for death.
"We are born in fear, so we are not afraid of fear... we are even obsessed with it. So... whether it is Aizen-sama... or the king who has no fear in his eyes, Aizen-sama can only bow his head."
To us, they are as dazzling as the moonlight that illuminates the road in the endless night! Human beings... have you ever felt what fear is? Head towards this road... soon... you will understand..."
Listening to the words that sounded like gibbering, the expressions of the three of them could not help but become extremely solemn.
They looked in the direction Esslinger was pointing. That was the way this guy had just blocked. It was the only way to go in the entire collapsing building.
This means that no matter what fears lie ahead, they have no choice but to face one way or another.