Chapter 139

What's more, the other party might not even be someone he knew, which made it even harder for him to investigate and find the culprit.

"Enough, enough. Let's head back and take a look first." Kuchiki Senya shook his head and said.

Then his figure flashed, and he appeared at one of the entrances to Soul Society.

Sensing the surge of spiritual power, the Shinigami on watch duty looked over, but they did not see anyone at all.

"What's going on here?" The Shinigami on watch duty was somewhat speechless.

Hollow monsters had just appeared, and even Adjuchas-class Menos had shown up, and now there was an unknown spiritual power fluctuation again — they couldn't hold this entrance for even a single day.

Kuchiki Senya's spiritual pressure reappeared in Seireitei. The moment he arrived at the East Gate's Blue Stream, Wei Wan appeared wielding a massive axe.

"Who's there?!" Wei Wan glared fiercely at Kuchiki Senya...

His brain wasn't the sharpest, but his ability to sense spiritual pressure was still there. He realized that the Kuchiki Senya before him was very likely a tough opponent to deal with.

Kuchiki Senya produced his identification tag, which bore the inscription of the Kuchiki clan.

"Lord Kuchiki!" Wei Wan hurriedly dropped his axe and paid his respects to Kuchiki Senya.

Kuchiki Senya smiled slightly. This identification tag really came in handy — the name of the Kuchiki family was truly famous.

Just as Kuchiki Senya was preparing to enter, a Hell Butterfly suddenly appeared by Wei Wan's ear.

After he heard the Hell Butterfly's order, his expression immediately changed.

"What did you say your name was?" Wei Wan looked at Kuchiki Senya and asked.

"Kuchiki Senya." Kuchiki Senya raised an eyebrow.

"You're Kuchiki Senya?" Wei Wan stared at Kuchiki Senya with an icy expression.

Then he raised his massive axe and hacked it toward Kuchiki Senya.

"Boom!" A black sword qi scattered outward, and Kuchiki Senya flashed away with Shunpo.

"No time to fight you." After saying that, Kuchiki Senya's figure vanished from the spot.

Wei Wan stared at the empty ground, momentarily dumbfounded.

He hurriedly summoned a Hell Butterfly, then reported the matter of his encounter with Kuchiki Senya to the Gotei 13.

"Everyone, assemble at the East Gate!" Yamamoto's Heavy Strike issued the order.

Nearly everyone was heading toward Kuchiki Senya's location. Shihoin Yoruichi and Urahara Kisuke teamed up to go, and at the same time they didn't forget to bring Kuchiki Bai Zai along.

"Don't worry too much. Your elder brother will be fine." Shihoin Yoruichi said.

But Kuchiki Bai Zai said nothing. Whether anything would actually happen or not, he knew in his own heart.

Being in cahoots with Aizen, and even being connected to the deaths in the Central 46 Chambers — and now having broken into the Wang Gong — if he could come back alive, that would be the strange thing!

At this moment, Kuchiki Senya also quietly appeared, setting up an ambush on the path the group had to pass through.

"Who's there?" Kuchiki Bai Zai suddenly stepped back, watching the empty ground ahead with caution.

Shihoin Yoruichi also sensed something amiss.

"Roar!" A howl rang out.

The three stared at the monster before them in shock.

"Vasto Lorde!"

Shihoin Yoruichi cried out in terror.

085. Invasion — a Menos Grande that has surpassed the level of Adjuchas

Shihoin Yoruichi stared at the Vasto Lorde before her in terror. This was the most powerful Menos Grande naturally formed in Hueco Mundo — a monster that had evolved into its current form only after devouring countless other Hollows.

"Is this a Hollow?" Kuchiki Bai Zai had no idea what the thing before him was.

As he saw it, the thing in front of him showed no obvious difference from a human or a Shinigami — only that its build was slightly more robust and its hair color was a bit different.

"Shinigami, delicious Shinigami!" The Vasto Lorde ahead was licking its lips, lunging madly toward Urahara Kisuke.

Urahara Kisuke froze for a moment, then dodged with Shunpo.

But that Vasto Lorde was faster than Urahara Kisuke, and in the next instant it appeared behind him. One of its hands suddenly took the shape of a blade and thrust hard toward Urahara Kisuke's back.

"Watch out!" Shihoin Yoruichi burst forth with an even higher-powered Shunpo, forcibly dragging Urahara Kisuke out of the way of the fatal strike.

But Shihoin Yoruichi's waist was pierced clean through.

"Yoruichi!" Kuchiki Bai Zai's face changed drastically.

Fortunately Shihoin Yoruichi fled at top speed, and Kuchiki Bai Zai hurriedly followed.

The Vasto Lorde behind them was chasing desperately. Ahead, Kuchiki Bai Zai and the other were supporting Shihoin Yoruichi, and their speed was gradually slowing down — after all, they were not Shihoin Yoruichi, and did not possess her swift footwork.

"Where did everyone else go? Where are the Captains?" Shihoin Yoruichi fell into despair.

"It's all my fault for taking the shortcut!" All that remained in Kuchiki Bai Zai's heart now was regret.

Just then, that Vasto Lorde had already flashed to appear before the three of them.

"Boom!" It kicked Shihoin Yoruichi squarely in the body.

"Pfft!" Shihoin Yoruichi spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot. Her entire body grew weak, and she dropped to the ground like a kite with its string cut.

"Yoruichi!" Kuchiki Bai Zai rushed down at once.

But then the Vasto Lorde suddenly appeared, its sinister grinning face beneath the mask letting out snarl after snarl.

"Go!" Urahara Kisuke shoved Kuchiki Bai Zai aside.

He drew the slender Benihime from his waist and shouted loudly: "Awaken, Benihime!"

"Wail, Benihime!" Urahara Kisuke shouted loudly.

Then from the tip of Benihime, a red blade-shaped spirit blade suddenly appeared.

The immensely powerful spirit blade compressed over ninety percent of Urahara Kisuke's own power, and the red spirit blade shot rapidly toward the Vasto Lorde ahead.

But the opponent had already prepared itself the moment he released his Zanpakuto. Before Urahara Kisuke's spirit blade could arrive, the opponent unleashed a Cero!

A burst of energy that seemed about to collapse everything around it appeared, shooting rapidly toward Urahara Kisuke.

In that instant, Urahara Kisuke felt the surrounding air seemed to freeze, especially the air right in front of him, because right now he could barely even breathe.

"Ah, looks like I'm about to die. I haven't even toured every corner of Soul Society yet." Urahara Kisuke said with a bitter smile.

The days of the past flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.

"Roar, Ten Thousand Phenomena of the Heavenly Severance!"

"Break!"

A deep, forceful voice rang out.

Immediately after, Kuchiki Senya's figure suddenly appeared. The Ten Thousand Phenomena of the Heavenly Severance in his hand actually split the Cero clean in two and sent it flying straight up into the sky!

"Boom boom!" A tremendous spiritual pressure erupted above the Seireitei.

"Roar!" The Vasto Lorde before them let out another howl and charged rapidly toward Kuchiki Senya.

At this moment, Kuchiki Senya was still feeling relieved — thankfully this Vasto Lorde had just used a Cero instead of a Bala, though it was also possible it simply hadn't learned how yet.

"Bang bang!" The Vasto Lorde's entire body was now wrapped in white armor — this kind of armor was a defensive equipment unique to Hollows.

Just like a Shinigami's Shihakushō and a Shinigami's durable body, these traits of Hollows were where their defense lay.

"Truly hard." Kuchiki Senya's blade came down, yet it still hadn't broken through this Vasto Lorde's defense.

The face hidden beneath the Vasto Lorde's mask could no longer quite contain a smile.

Kuchiki Senya's brows furrowed. This thing had already developed spiritual intelligence. If it followed the plot of the anime from before, a great Hollow of this level had already surpassed the level of an Adjuchas.

Moreover, a great Hollow of this kind generally already had the possibility of communicating with humans, but the thing before him could only be counted as a Vasto Lorde that hadn't fully grown up yet.

"This is… something raised with the Hōgyoku?" Kuchiki Senya's face darkened as he suddenly realized something was off about this thing.

"Big brother?" Kuchiki Bai Zai looked at his big brother before him, his expression also somewhat unnatural.

He stared blankly at Kuchiki Senya, not knowing what to say.

"What? The Seireitei is starting to hunt me down, and you want to come too?" Kuchiki Senya glanced at Kuchiki Bai Zai.

This little brother of his would, in the future, become the captain of the Thirteenth Division of the Gotei 13, and his Zanpakutō, together with Kuchiki Rukia's Zanpakutō, was called the most beautiful Zanpakutō.

Kuchiki Senya had known Big White's excellence clearly ever since watching the anime before, especially Big White's scheming — that was not something just anyone could match.

"Urahara Kisuke, take them and leave first. Go find Kirio Tenjirō to treat Shihoin Yoruichi. Just say I sent her, and she will have a great use for the Seireitei going forward." Kuchiki Senya said lightly.

Hearing these words, Urahara Kisuke was somewhat puzzled. Kuchiki Senya actually wanted him to go find the Spiritual Officer? How could that be possible?

"Yoruichi's current injuries are already beyond what the Fourth Division can treat. Even the captain is useless. The only option is to go soak in the hot springs at Kirio Tenjirō's place." Kuchiki Senya said.

Urahara Kisuke didn't believe it at first, but when he saw that Shihoin Yoruichi's skin had actually started developing white spots, he then knew Kuchiki Senya wasn't joking!

"Just now, this Vasto Lorde's bone blade split off cells, and they're now concentrated at Yoruichi's wound." Kuchiki Senya continued.

Urahara Kisuke's face changed. He himself was someone who loved doing research, and he was even more clear about matters of this kind.

"But a Shinigami's body and a Hollow's body shouldn't be able to fuse with each other!" Urahara Kisuke said.

Kuchiki Senya shook his head and continued: "It… isn't any normal Hollow. It should be a Hollow that was once human."