Chapter 64: The Hollow Circle nurtures Hollow beings!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

White flying sand covered the night sky of the Hollow Circle! Under the cold white moonlight, it looked like twinkling points of light, like the morning star.

It's truly astonishing!

I've never seen a Great Hollow able to fight Your Majesty to this extent before.

The intermediate Great Hollows stared at the 'black', 'white', 'small', 'large' symbols representing the two evolutionary paths of Great Hollows, these 'monsters'. After their fierce clash, the huge impact crater left them wide-eyed; they realized for the first time just how enormous the gap between Great Hollows could be……

Just the aftershocks released from Bailergang and Jiba's battle made them feel trembling with fear! If they had any thought of intervening, the moment they entered the battlefield they would be crushed by the endless death aura symbolizing aging and the ultimate violent power symbolizing evolution.

Boom!

No one knew how long Bailergang and Jiba had been fighting, when a gust of wind lifted Jiba's mouth and a crimson Hollow Flash shot toward Bailergang; but after a swirl of dust and sand, Bailergang, protected by the aura of death, remained unscathed! However, having fought to this extent, Bailergang finally began to pant heavily.

Huff, huff...

Bailergang felt for the first time that he seemed to be getting older; while using 'aging' on others, he himself seemed to be aging too! Indeed, though that aging power is strong, each use seems to impose an unimaginable burden on his body.

Have you vented enough, beast!

After catching his breath, Bailergang coldly asked the still towering Jiba.

I'm not a beast; I have my own name... Gongpiluo!

Jiba told Bailergang his true name, and deep down he still acknowledged Bailergang.

Huh? How is your name different from before!?

After hearing Jiba's words, Bailergang froze for a moment; although he had always called Jiba a beast, he could not forget what Jiba's true name actually was.

Because I've had an epiphany!

Jiba split his mouth wide open and laughed wildly after hearing Bailergang's words.

What!?

Bailergang obviously didn't understand Jiba's meaning.

Join us, Bailergang! You'll gain power far beyond your own...

Without waiting for Bailergang to speak further, Jiba sent him an invitation.

Actually, Jiba originally didn't want to invite Bailergang; in his view, a Bailergang eaten by him would be a good Bailergang, and the Hollow Circle is so small it never needed two bosses!

But who let Huangmu give him a death order, forcing him to find a way to summon the wandering Vasto Lorde-class Great Hollows in the Hollow Circle~

At the same time, Huangmu also ordered him not to devour Vasto Lorde-class Great Hollows without reason, which made little Jiba impatient! After all, Vasto Lorde-class Great Hollows are top-tier delicacies in the Hollow Circle.

Hmph...

Although I don't understand your meaning, as long as I reject all your invitations, that's right!

Bailergang snorted coldly and directly rejected Jiba's invitation.

Good!

I also have no intention of inviting you! Indeed, this guy would be better off dead!

Jiba said, then charged at Bailergang once again.

Huangmu ordered him not to devour Vasto Lorde-class Great Hollows without reason; in other words, as long as he could find a good excuse, he could freely devour Vasto Lorde-class Great Hollows~

As for excuses, they're easy to find for Jiba! For example, the Vasto Lorde-class Great Hollow Bailergang not only rejected Jiba's friendly invitation, but also insulted Jiba……

Insulting Jiba is nothing in itself, but he now represents not himself but Huangmu! He is Huangmu's Jiba! Insulting Huangmu is a grave crime, simply intolerable~

You bastard, don't you know fatigue!?

Bailergang finally realized the problem: although Jiba's current size and spiritual pressure are much weaker than the giant beast he remembered, his stamina seems to have made unprecedented progress!

Bailergang, have you finally discovered my strength!?

Exactly! I've had an epiphany! Power and size aren't true strength; endurance is true strength……

Jiba said, gathering another powerful Hollow Flash in his mouth. Since witnessing that 'Infinite' existence, Jiba is no longer fixated on size! For he clearly knows that even if he grew larger, he could never surpass that being……

Damn it!

Bailergang cursed Jiba with his mouth, but his hands were quick. Seeing Jiba gather a Hollow Flash, Bailergang used the aging power within him to form a black shield before him, protecting his body……

Boom!!

The next second, red light illuminated the darkness of the Great Hollow Forest! A huge mushroom cloud carrying endless fire rose slowly, followed by sonic booms and a sweeping gale, centered on the bombed Bailergang, spreading outward in all directions……

Bailergang, Your Majesty!!

The Adjuchas loyal to Bailergang, hiding in sand dunes not far from the battlefield, kept watching Bailergang and Jiba's fight! When they saw the slowly rising fire cloud, they all rose from the dunes, shouting anxiously.

Boom...

However, before the Hollows could say more, they were completely engulfed by the sandstorm raised by the aftershocks of Jiba's Hollow Flash.

Even intermediate Great Hollows are merely slightly larger ants before the true powerhouses of the Hollow Circle……

You foolish beast… foolish Gongpiluo! If you're trying to provoke me, Your Majesty, then go ahead and celebrate! For you've succeeded in making me angry!

After the Hollow Flash's light completely faded, the tattered Bailergang floated up into the air, his black eye sockets burning with endless rage.

You finally started calling my name~

After hearing Bailergang address him thus, Jiba split his mouth open again, knowing Bailergang had finally acknowledged him once more, because Bailergang had stopped calling him a beast, stopped using his old name, and instead used his current name, Gongpiluo.

Roar!!!

The next second, accompanied by a roar, amidst spiritual pressure filled with gloom, unease, despair and other negative emotions, Bailergang and Jiba began their second round.

Meanwhile……

Hollow Circle, near the outskirts of the Great Hollow Forest, Jiba left a Black Cavity for Huangmu and company.

We've arrived……

With beams of light, Huangmu led the captains and members of the Protection Court Eleventh Division through the Broken Boundary, finally arriving in this world inhabited by evil spirits! This is the paradise of Hollows~

Boom!!

With the rumbling, as the Protection Court Eleventh Division troops stepped out of the Black Cavity, they stood on this expanse of white sand, under a moon constantly shedding pallid light, forever shrouded in night, never seeing dawn in the Hollow Circle; they were stunned by this sight.

"The concentration of spiritual particles here is actually higher than in the Jingling Court! Some weak spirits can survive here without even drinking water—just breathing is enough."

Among the Eleventh Squad, a few members who are highly sensitive to the ambient spiritual particle density closed their eyes, sensed the spiritual particle concentration in the Void Circle's air, and showed a hint of surprise on their faces.

Clearly, in their stereotyped view, the Void Circle should be "barren," a place of no value; yet when they actually arrived in the Void Circle they discovered just how good the environment is for certain weak spirits…

"If we fight in an environment this rich with spiritual particles, I feel I could kill a Kilian all by myself!"

A staff officer of the Eleventh Squad boasted arrogantly after feeling the abundant spiritual particles in the Void Circle's atmosphere.

"Idiot! You think only you will gain a combat boost in this environment? Those 'voids' you consider enemies, including the Kilian, will receive the same level of boost, so anyone you couldn't beat before is still unbeatable now…"

But someone quickly splashed a bucket of water on that staff officer.

It was the truth, though—since everyone received the boost, it was effectively as if no one got any boost at all.

"Seems that's the case…"

In response, the Reaper squad members, whose confidence had swelled after sensing their power rise with the increased spiritual particle density, felt that inflated morale deflate instantly like a punctured balloon.

"Roar!!"

As the Eleventh Squad members adjusted to the changing spiritual particles in the air and adapted to the Void Circle's combat conditions, a series of roars drifted slowly from a nearby forest.

"Good! Such a powerful spiritual pressure!!"

Instantly, the Eleventh Squad members drew their Zanpakuto from their waists.

"Two immensely powerful Great Voids are battling! Judging by their massive spiritual pressure, they must be two 'Wastod'-grade Great Voids…"

Zhixing Naiwugang stared at the distant forest, a few cold beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

He wasn't frightened by encountering two Great Voids that matched the combat power of a squad captain‑level Reaper—or even a top‑tier Great Void surpassing a captain (Six Car, etc.) as soon as he entered the Void Circle; he was excited! This Void Circle truly never disappoints.

"Wastod? I've never seen one! I really want to see what's inside a senior Great Void's head!?"

Pin of Shan Ding Temple gazed at the dark forest not far away and instantly became eager to act.

If Huangmu hadn't been holding the line here, he probably would have ventured alone into the Great Void Forest!

"Among these two spiritual pressures, one belongs to that guy Jiba, and the other, an unfamiliar pressure matching Jiba's, could be from a 'Wahu'? Could it be Bailegang's?"

At the same time, Huangmu deduced from the two Great Voids' spiritual pressures that the two currently fighting were a Great Void belonging to Jiba and another most likely belonging to Bailegang.

"Interesting! Then the second Great Void I've tamed will be you, Bailegang~"

After roughly confirming that the Great Void battling Jiba was Bailegang, Huangmu made his decision: the first step of his Void Circle plan would begin with subduing the Great Voids…

He, Huangmu, Void Breeder of the Void Circle!

"Souyusuke, you're welcome! I'm just helping you test the goods, seeing whether these Great Voids obey and work properly. I won't take them away directly, so rest assured~ After you strengthen these Great Voids with Shattering Jade, I'll take them away together~"

Yes, Huangmu won't steal Aizen's credit.

Research on "the Void's Reaper transformation, the Reaper's Void transformation" is a high‑level topic best left to the genius Aizen.

Huangmu only wants to be an ordinary peach‑picker, that's all~

Years later, when the resurrected Yuhabach led his Star Cross Knights confidently into the Soul Realm, smiling smugly at the ruins spreading before him…

Then Yuhabach watched the first‑generation Guard Corps Thirteen Squad and twelve 'Wastod'-grade Broken Faces, who had descended from the Spirit King Palace and Liu Li Hall, not only survive but become stronger through mastering Void‑transformation, and fell into contemplation…

Yuhab's brows furrowed: "Father wanted me to go to the Spirit King Palace in his place, right?"