Chapter 38

"They're probably scared out of their wits!"

"Release the isolation barrier! We absolutely cannot give Kuchiki Senya the slightest chance to escape!"

With a single order from the leader.

At the same time.

A massive circular barrier unfurled in the air, emanating an eerie, indescribable aura.

Killing Intent Stone Barrier.

It can isolate all spiritual pressure and the transmission of spirit particles! No Shinigami can pass directly through the barrier!

In fact, merely approaching the Killing Intent Stone would sever the spiritual pressure on one's body, reducing one's full strength to less than a tenth!

This.

Is the Tsunayashiro Clan's highest courtesy toward Kuchiki Senya—a death trap!

……

At this moment.

Inside Senya Pavilion.

The many girls sensed the spiritual pressure and were intimidated to the point that their legs trembled and cold sweat poured down.

Someone at the window saw the terrifying scene outside and immediately covered her small mouth, gasping out loud!

Blotting out the sky and densely packed!

As far as the eye could see.

Everywhere were figures wearing bone masks on their faces, ferocious and terrifying.

Several among them even faintly emanated an irresistible, overwhelmingly powerful spiritual pressure aura!

Hundreds of Hollows completely obscured the line of sight!

Like a vast ocean, devouring everything, destroying everything!

This is an irresistible force!

"Not good!"

"Quickly contact the Kuchiki Clan, the Gotei 13!"

Shizuka was the first to react.

Hundreds of Hollows! And among them, Adjuchas-class ones! This is already a major disaster!

If mishandled, the entire Rukongai will suffer tremendous destruction, countless civilians will perish, their souls devoured by these Hollows.

And Senya Pavilion will bear the brunt of it!

Although.

Lord Senya has surpassed captain-level strength, facing such a massive Hollow tide simultaneously, no one thinks he can win!

Only with reinforcements from the Seireitei can they possibly hold out!

Otherwise.

Today, the entire Senya Pavilion will be destroyed, and no one will survive!

033. You are surrounded by me alone!

Then.

Shizuka tried to contact the outside world through an item the Kuchiki family had distributed, similar to a fixed telephone in the present world.

However.

Apart from a "beep beep~" sound, there was no response!

"All contact has been cut off?" The surrounding girls looked utterly desperate as they gazed out the window.

At those densely packed figures emanating terrifying might.

"This is a conspiracy!"

Contact had been severed.

Coupled with the overwhelmingly powerful, aggressive enemies.

Everyone understood clearly.

This was a death trap aimed at Kuchiki Senya!

……

"Roar!"

Hundreds of Hollows let out fierce roars from their mouths, and every movement stirred up a massive gust of air.

Possessing the power to shatter mountains!

The eyes beneath their masks were filled with an aura of destruction, wanting to devour everything.

"That person's aura smells so delicious." All the Menos Grande fixed their greedy gazes intently on the figure above.

On the figure of that person, who sat in a lazy posture and held a Zanpakuto.

In their perception.

That man's soul was like a deliciously flavored cake, brimming with fatal attraction!

This was a flavor they had never encountered before!

Then.

A Gillian suddenly exerted its massive body, charging rapidly upward!

Vast spiritual pressure surged wildly.

This was lieutenant-class combat power!

"Whoosh~"

A flash of blade light streaked past.

The Gillian had originally been hideously grotesque, ferocious in presence, and massive as a small hill.

The bone mask on its face split cleanly in two! The entire Hollow was sliced neatly in half and crashed heavily to the ground.

With a "Boom~", a great cloud of dust flew up.

The cross-section was smooth as a mirror, without the slightest flaw — a perfect work of art!

"Roar~"

Seeing their companion slain, the surrounding Hollows did not hesitate in the slightest; instead, their roars grew even more savage.

They pressed forward step by step.

Bearing down heavily toward the top of Senya Pavilion, toward the man with a languid expression.

Hueco Mundo.

Emotions were faint and indifferent.

The weak were prey to the strong; all that remained was devouring one another.

Only by devouring Hollows of the same kind could one grow stronger!

The death of a single Gillian stirred not the slightest ripple in their hearts.

……

"So this is Ten Zan Wanxiang — truly as sharp as the rumors say!"

Within the concealment formation.

The leader sighed in admiration and gently shook his head.

The name of Ten Zan Wanxiang's sharpness had already resounded throughout all of Soul Society.

Rumor had it that any substance beneath Ten Zan Wanxiang would be severed in a single slash!

And Kuchiki Senya—

The fact that he could possess such a great reputation was largely tied to Ten Zan Wanxiang's peerless sharpness.

"However."

"How could my Tsunayashiro family possibly fail to make preparations for this?"

The leader looked up at Kuchiki Senya above, the corner of his mouth curving into a faint arc, then turned his head to look behind him.

A brownish-red shield, a full person tall, appeared before his eyes.

A steady, heavy defensive force, like a towering mountain of awe-inspiring weight, made it impossible for anyone to entertain the thought of breaking through the shield.

In front of the shield were two thick blue cords, capable of absorbing the maximum possible amount of incoming damage.

As if nothing in the world could pierce through it.

"This is the grand gift the Tsunayashiro family has prepared for you." The leader murmured softly, his eyes fixed intently on Kuchiki Senya above.