Chapter 147

"Come on, it'll be ready soon," Kuchiki Senya said, glancing at Lavini.

Lavini nodded repeatedly, then shot back and forth like a firecracker...

Finally, after several hours of struggling, Lavini could at last keep up with Kuchiki Senya's speed.

"I feel I can go even faster," Lavini said.

"Then try your speed," Kuchiki Senya nodded and said.

Setting aside everything else, even if someone discovered Lavini's problem later, as long as she could run away herself, it would save Kuchiki Senya trouble.

Lavini's expression grew serious; immediately, power surged around her, then she reined it in, and her entire body vanished from the spot in an instant.

Kuchiki Senya closed his eyes and began to sense the surrounding spiritual pressure.

To his surprise, Lavini could now control her spiritual pressure with great precision, and every time she landed, the leakage of spiritual pressure was extremely minimal.

Even more absurdly, her speed was already comparable to Shihoin Yoruichi's!

Keep in mind that Shihoin Yoruichi's Shunpo was nearly the fastest among the Soul Reapers, yet Lavini, who had just awakened as an Arrancar, could actually match her.

"Does she truly have talent, or do all Arrancar possess such potential?" Kuchiki Senya frowned deeply.

He had also considered that since the current timeline had been altered, his understanding might be changed as well; perhaps the Arrancar now far exceeded his imagination.

"How was it? Was I fast enough?" Lavini returned, happily hugging Kuchiki Senya's arm and asking.

"Mm, very good," Kuchiki Senya nodded; such speed was indeed absurd.

"Since you've mastered control of your speed, let's go to the next place," Kuchiki Senya continued speaking.

097. Departure, the Forest of Great Hollows!

Several hours later, Kuchiki Senya and Lavini appeared simultaneously in the Forest of Great Hollows.

"Wah wah! This is the Forest of Death!" Lavini screamed in fright upon seeing the forest.

Kuchiki Senya raised an eyebrow; indeed, it was exactly as he had learned.

Inside the Forest of Great Hollows were only Gillian-class Great Hollows; they possessed no consciousness, wandering only without awareness, since they lacked intelligence.

If one strayed into this place, escaping would be harder than reaching the sky.

Especially the Gillian in the Forest of Great Hollows would not fear Lavini simply because her rank was higher, nor would they obey her commands.

Because all the Gillian in the Forest of Great Hollows obeyed the forest's manager.

As for where the manager was, Kuchiki Senya did not know yet, but he knew that once they entered, these Gillian would try every possible method to track them down.

"What are we doing here?" Lavini did not yet know what she was about to face.

Kuchiki Senya raised an eyebrow, then said, "Of course I didn't bring you here to play; we need to live here for a period of time."

Hearing his words, Lavini immediately hugged Kuchiki Senya's hand and refused to let go.

"Impossible! I won't go!" Lavini refused no matter what.

497 She knew what kind of existence the Forest of Great Hollows was; if she went, who knew what would happen? If she died, she would never see the world outside again.

"Only by passing the trial can you..."

"No, no, I won't go, wah!" Lavini burst into tears.

Kuchiki Senya's mouth twitched twice; why did he feel this Lavini was somewhat like the Nel of the past?

But Nel had still maintained a child's appearance back then; now she was a tall, beautiful woman, hey! Could she at least restrain herself a bit?

Only after she cried herself out did Kuchiki Senya sigh.

"Don't worry, I'll stay with you the whole time; if we must die, we'll die together. Is that okay?" Kuchiki Senya glanced at Lavini and asked.

Lavini sobbed, looking at Kuchiki Senya with red eyes.

"Really? Aren't you going to throw me in here and slip away yourself?" Lavini sniffled and asked Kuchiki Senya.

"I won't," Kuchiki Senya was speechless for a moment.

If he truly had such a ruthless heart, he would not have split off part of his own power back then to save her, a Hollow.

"Then, then if I'm in danger, will you save me?" Lavini asked.

"Yes, yes," Kuchiki Senya nodded.

He said so with his mouth, but when real danger arose, he would certainly help; however, if the danger was ordinary and not enough to kill Lavini, he would still let Lavini handle it herself.

After all, Lavini's potential needed to be awakened; to train her as quickly as possible, he could only use this method.

"Alright, then how long must we stay inside?" Lavini continued asking.

While asking, she spoke with Kuchiki Senya, but Kuchiki Senya quietly crept behind her and then kicked her into the air.

Lavini was thus kicked directly into the forest by Kuchiki Senya, finally landing on the outskirts of the Forest of Great Hollows, where some rotting birds were startled.

"Ha, misunderstanding," Lavini got up from the ground.

At that moment, a Gillian had already detected her spiritual pressure and was slowly approaching.

Although Gillian looked strange, their unique Cero could still deliver a fatal blow to intruders.

"Wah wah wah! Help!" Lavini, while being chased by rotting birds, also had to dodge the Cero.

Before long, Lavini was already covered in wounds; the footwork Kuchiki Senya had taught her she had long forgotten.

After finally remembering, Lavini still crashed headfirst into a tree, knocking herself unconscious.

In the darkness, Kuchiki Senya appeared; he chopped the Gillian in his hand into fragments, then shook his head and carried Lavini away.

When Lavini Su Xing, she suddenly felt her head heavy and her feet light.

Looking more closely, she was now beneath a towering tree, while below gathered a group of beast-form Gillian on the verge of evolving into Adjuchas.

They were in beast form at that moment; compared to the Great Hollow Gillian, they were much smaller, but their power had not diminished, and they possessed some high-intelligence animal traits.

At that moment, they were building a human ladder to climb upward, their purpose being to eat Lavini.

And at this time, Lavini was hung on the tree by Kuchiki Senya; now, if Lavini wanted to escape, she could only rely on herself.

She tried reaching out to grab the rope around her feet, but she was simply hung there, struggling in vain.

She kept trying, but she could never succeed, and gradually she began to feel nervous.

"I don't want to die." As she spoke, she began sobbing again.

Kuchiki Senya watched her from a nearby tree; whether she could unleash a critical power in the midst of danger would depend on this moment.

By now the Gillian below were already very close to her, and some had even extended claws that could strike Ravinni.

"I'll fight you to the death!" Suddenly, Ravinni shouted.

She struggled free of the rope with all her might, and just dropped straight down like that.

Kuchiki Senya was stunned — this had gone too far. With so many Gillian below, even one bite each would be enough to tear Ravinni apart!

But immediately after, a blue cross-shaped radiance flickered beneath them.

"Boom!" The Gillian were blasted away in an instant, the tremendous force tearing them apart on the spot.

Moreover, they had no chance of regenerating; that cross-shaped radiance seemed to possess the ability to destroy the composition of spirit particles, leaving the Gillian completely unable to recover.

"That's right — this is her power." Kuchiki Senya raised an eyebrow.

And at this moment Ravinni too instantly became spirited, her eyes turning blue.

A powerful spiritual pressure radiated from her whole body, and the cross-blades in her hands surged with a frenzied force.

"Go! Destroy him!"

"Evolve, I want to evolve! Once I evolve, I can leave this place!"

More Gillian appeared all around, and even some Adjuchas joined the fray.

These Adjuchas had all been beaten back here because their strength was insufficient; once strong enough, they could leave the Forest of Menos Grande and take up posts in Hueco Mundo.

Most of these Hollows were born here — it was just like the Rukongai of Soul Society. What was the difference between Rukongai and this place? Both were worlds that devoured people.

At this point Ravinni had already gradually gained control of her own power, and her gaze had grown more resolute as well, showing that she had grasped her own ability and now possessed combat capability.

"Boom! Boom!" Streaks of cross-shaped radiance flickered, wiping out all the surrounding Gillian, and even some Adjuchas could not escape death.

098. Guardian of the Forest of Menos Grande — the battle begins!

Those Adjuchas had previously been thinking they could escape the Forest of Menos Grande, only to now die a wretched death beneath Ravinni's blades.

"Is this a Resurrección?" Kuchiki Senya was somewhat surprised.

He suddenly recalled that Ravinni now possessed her own Shinigami power; since she was now an Arrancar, she ought to have even more power — but was it a bit too fast for her to have grasped Resurrección already?

"Boom! Boom!" The battle around them continued, and Ravinni was now swift as lightning, her speed and every other aspect faster than before.

Kuchiki Senya narrowed his eyes — Ravinni had already grown into a qualified Arrancar.

It was just that she had not yet grasped the abilities her Shinigami power granted her; the cross-shaped radiance on her arms should still only be her power as a Hollow.

A power this ferocious was already enough to crush the vast majority of Hollows.

Even against an ordinary Vasto Lorde, Ravinni had the ability to clash with them for a round or two.

At this point Kuchiki Senya also took a quick glance around — the Hollows were growing more and more numerous, and the proportion of Adjuchas among them was growing ever larger.