Chapter 423

With the tree crown as its center, the earth split open in a fan shape at this very moment.

As dust flew, spiritual pressures intertwined, and the surrounding air seemed to be emptied at this instant!

Under this force, Wal, Precht, and Gerard were like arrows loosed from a bow, tearing a streak of afterimage through the air before slamming violently into the ground.

Puchi—!

A terrifying tremor came, fresh blood poured down, and a crimson blossom bloomed simultaneously on all three men's chests, scattering onto the ground.

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.

Although Aizen's earlier strike had made everyone present aware of this man's terrifying nature, no one had imagined he was powerful to such an extent.

"Cough, cough, cough! How could it be, I couldn't even withstand a single strike."

Feeling the pain coursing through his body, Wal, inside the deep crater, revealed a horrified expression, his eyes fixed on Aizen brimming with disbelief~

"How could it be, Mr. Aizen is that powerful!"

On the other side, Timaria, who was closest to Wal, revealed a horrified gaze.

"Just how terrifying is this guy's strength?"

As a fellow member of the Alvarez Empire's Holy Shield, Timaria knew his strength very well. Within the entire Holy Shield sequence, although his power was not the strongest, the strength he possessed was not something that could be easily crushed.

……

"To think you could withstand my strike, your strength seems a bit better than I imagined."

After launching the strike, Aizen had no intention of stopping, still wearing a faint smile.

"However, you are still too much in the way."

"So, please disappear."

Calm words, yet they carried a chilling killing intent.

Having spoken, Aizen suddenly took a Shunpo step, his figure vanishing from the spot.

The next instant, he appeared directly in front of the three, his Zanpakuto raised in hand.

With a tremendous roar, another terrifying spiritual pressure gathered in Aizen's hand. Under such immense spiritual pressure, even space itself was twisting violently.

However, just as that dazzling light was about to burst forth and slash down in an instant, a figure suddenly appeared before Aizen, accompanied by formidable magical power!

And this was none other than Oguartes himself.

Seeing Wal under attack, Oguartes could no longer bother to continue fighting Hitsugaya Toushirou and Gin Ichimaru, and directly unleashed Spatial Magic: Teleportation.

However, such a long-distance teleportation consumed an undoubtedly enormous amount of magical power. It would have been better to use it from the start.

But the world's suppression, coupled with consecutive battles, and the casting process likely being attacked by Hitsugaya Toushirou and Gin Ichimaru—

Oguartes had never used it.

But now, he could no longer care about these things.

Bang!

Spiritual pressure and magical power collided, erupting with a terrifying shockwave,

Aizen was indeed very strong, but Oguastes was equally no weakling.

Their clash nearly caused the entire world to tremble violently, with even space surging like boiling water.

Only when the two separated did things gradually return to calm.

However, although he had blocked the slash, the immense impact force forced Oguastes back several hundred meters, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Wal in the distance instantly widened his eyes, his mechanical pupils glowing.

And Timaria's expression became utterly horrified.

How could it be?!

Lord Oguastes was actually forced back by a single slash from him?!

How could it be!

Could it be that his strength is not beneath Lord Oguastes?!

Realizing this, Timaria's body froze completely.

Meanwhile, on this side, Oguastes lowered his head, his expression equally stunned.

Although he had been somewhat flustered just now, he had already gathered magical power surpassing the Holy Shield layer, placing it before him to block that slash, yet he still suffered injury.

Oguastes raised his head, his pupils contracting for the first time.

Although outside the barrier, Aizen had given him a feeling of immense power, when they truly clashed, he was still shaken by Aizen's formidable strength.

Yet he had to admit—

Aizen's strength was not beneath his own, and might even surpass it.

On the other side, seeing Oguastes's utterly shaken expression, Aizen had no intention of continuing his attack.

Because just now, several figures had already been rushing over—none other than Lei Gulesi, and the Xuanwozhang Sect.

On the other side, Precht, Gerard, Timaria, and Wal also arrived one after another.

The four surrounded Aizen completely.

Clearly, regarding the 'Great Will fragments,' they had not completely given up even now.

· ·······Seeking flowers····· ·····

Still persisting until the end, trying to seize one last chance.

……

"This farce should also come to an end now."

Through Aizen's vision, Lin Cheng borrowed Aizen's mouth and said calmly.

In fact, while he was fighting just now, he had arranged for them to surround him.

The purpose of this Projection Domain was to let the world truly confirm the overlapping situation of the fragments of stabilizing another world, and from the current situation, it had been fully achieved. Continuing to fight was meaningless.

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Cheng, Lei Si, Lei Gu, Aizen, Wal, Precht, Gerard, Timaria, Oguartes, Oguastes, Hitsugaya Toushirou, Gin Ichimaru, Lei Gulesi, Xuanwozhang Sect, Holy Shield, Zanpakuto, Shunpo, Spatial Magic: Teleportation, Projection Domain, Great Will fragments, barrier, heavy fragments, stabilizing another world, the Holy Shield layer】

Aizen's strength is indeed formidable, but wanting to keep Ougartes is not that simple either; although injured, in fact Ougartes's true trump card has still not been played even now.

Moreover, he who has mastered every magic of the entire Fairy Tail World has no idea how many ways to escape.

If one truly wants to keep him, only Lin Cheng having all his puppets act at once would be possible; however, mobilizing all the puppets simultaneously would inevitably completely shatter all of Lin Cheng's arrangements.

Unless he were a fool, Lin Cheng would absolutely not do it.

Still, ending things so hastily is not Lin Cheng's character.

Just like the current Pingyi Society, using this overt information from another world as cover and misdirection, combined with his understanding of the plot and key figures, Lin Cheng is confident he can lure the Alvarez Empire into the game as well.