Fantasy Library.

Chapter 278 Can you escape?

"Yami..."

In the sky, Grimmjow, with blood gushing out of his body, lowered his head with difficulty, staring at the huge explosion below, gritting his teeth.

"That idiot is still so unobservant. He was distracted during the battle. He deserves to be killed!"

Grimmjow seemed to not care at all about Yammy's life or death. After taking a look at the big explosion on the ground, he glared at Aize.

"Don't look at me like that, and don't make fun of your companions. After all, you are the same."

Aize walked over with a knife in his hand, as if walking down an invisible staircase, and walked step by step to the opposite side of Grimmjow.

"If you were more serious, it wouldn't have turned out like this so quickly. At least you could have delayed it a little longer and entangled with me for a while longer."

"But from the very beginning you regarded me as the same as the substitute Shinigami over there, and you even disdained Aizen's reminder, thinking that I was just undeserving of the title."

"Your arrogance hurt you, and your contempt for me also hurt you, making you unable to make even the most basic judgment of the enemy and our own situation, leading to your fall to this state."

Otherwise, with Grimmjow's strength as the 60th Espada, he wouldn't have been defeated so quickly.

Before becoming an Arrancar, he was the best among the Achukas, possessing strength comparable to that of a captain. After becoming an Arrancar, he is undoubtedly the best among the captains.

In the original work, Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't even defeat Grimmjow in the state of Bankai, which is proof.

At that time, Ichigo Kurosaki was not like he is now, with health problems. He was a real captain-level player.

And what about Grimmjow?

He didn't even release his Zanpakutō, and rarely even drew his sword, but he still defeated Ichigo Kurosaki who used his Bankai. This shows that Grimmjow's strength is indeed impressive.

With only one-fifth of his spiritual pressure left, if Aize didn't have strong physical strength, highly accomplished instant step skills, and the superb killing skills brought by his authority, he might not be able to defeat his opponent.

Unfortunately, there is no "if" in the world. Only Aize's spiritual pressure was restricted. The rest of his physical strength and instant step skills were not affected. It was enough for him to defeat the 60th Blade who looked down on him.

Of course, Grimmjow was too angry to listen to any of this.

"It was just a cut on me. Do you think you won just like that?"

Grimmjow let the blood flow from his chest, gripping his Zanpakutō tightly, and pounced towards Aize like a mad beast.

"Stop looking down on people!"

Facing Grimmjow's terrifying attack, Aize remained very calm.

"Sixty-one of the Binding Dao: Six-Stand Light Prison."

He stretched out his finger, pointed at Grimmjow, and instantly released an advanced binding technique, causing six pieces of light to fly from all directions, locking Grimmjow's waist like shackles.

"what?"

Grimmjow was forced to stop and looked at the restraints around his waist, his expression slightly changed.

Then, he saw that the finger that Aize was extending towards him turned into a palm, with the palm facing him.

A huge amount of spiritual power was surging above.

“Shit…?!”

Grimmjow realized that something was wrong.

But it's too late to react now.

"Broken Dao No. 88: The flying dragon strikes the thief and the sky-shaking thunder cannon."

The huge spiritual power surging in Aize's palm suddenly turned into a huge beam of light and shot out with a bang.

The beam of light was as thick as a pillar, and looked like a shining lightning, a deadly laser, and even more like the virtual flash that Grimmjow had used before. Before it touched Grimmjow, Grimmjow had already felt its terrifying power.

The broken path of No. 88 is one of the best levels among the high-level ghost paths, and its power is already top-level among the ghost paths below No. 90. Compared with the virtual flash of the great hollows, its power is indeed not inferior, and it may even be stronger.

Even without the incantation, the Dragon Striker's Thunderbolt, whose power is less than half of that when fully incanted, is still at a level that can pose a threat to Grimmjow.

He had no way to avoid this attack.

"Boom!"

At the critical moment, a slender figure came in front of Grimmjow through the sound, as if penetrating through space, with a strange voice.

"Oh!"

He waved his hand vigorously, and his arm hit the incoming huge beam of light like a solid wall, and actually deflected the Flying Dragon's Thunder Cannon with a loud muffled sound.

A thick beam of light suddenly shot up into the sky, straight into the clouds, and dispersed the clouds.

The man who suddenly appeared put one hand in his pocket and maintained the posture of using the thunder cannon to flick away the flying dragon and strike the thief with the other hand. His eyes turned to his arm for a moment.

"laugh……"

With a burning sound, the back of the hand was completely roasted and black smoke was coming out.

"Amazing attack."

The man made his comment expressionlessly.

"As expected, he is the person that Master Aizen has deliberately told us to be careful of. He is the captain of the 3rd Division of the Gotei 13, Aize."

Hearing this, Aize did not show the slightest joy of being praised.

He just stared at the indifferent man and sighed in his heart.

"Even he is here?"

Not only Aize, but also Hinamori Momo and Kurosaki Ichigo, who were on the ground and had just completed the pincer attack on Yami, saw this person.

"He, who is he?"

Hinamori Momo found that her voice was trembling unconsciously.

"What kind of spiritual pressure is this...?"

Kurosaki Ichigo was like he was stimulated by something, not only was his whole body shaking, but he was also breathing heavily, his chest heaving. No wonder they were like this.

Although the man did not release his spiritual pressure, anyone who was not particularly insensitive could clearly feel that the man in front of him was dangerous, extremely dangerous.

Aize's eyes subconsciously looked at the number "4" on the other person's body.

"The 40th Blade..."

The murmur seemed to be heard by the man.

"Ulquiorra Cifer."

The man gave his name calmly.

He is the fortieth Espada, the highest-numbered Arrancar to have come to the human world on this journey.

Although he was only fourth, just two places higher than Grimmjow, Aize, Hinamori Momo and Kurosaki Ichigo could all clearly feel that the man in front of them who claimed to be Ulquiorra was on a different level from Grimmjow.

The different levels here not only refer to strength, but also to the level of being virtual.

"The legendary highest level Hollow, more powerful than the captain-level Death God, Vastod."

Aize smiled calmly and said this.

"Today, I finally saw him."

When these words were spoken, leaving aside Ichigo Kurosaki who didn't know much about the levels of Hollows, Momo Hinamori was greatly surprised.

"He is Vastod? The highest level Hollow?!"

Hinamori Momo looked at Ulquiorra with a hint of fear in her eyes.

It is rumored that even in Hueco Mundo, Vastod is extremely rare and few in number. It only takes ten of them to destroy the entire Soul Society... Who is this man in front of me?
Hinamori Momo's hand holding her Zanpakutō began to tremble.

Ulquiorra ignored all this and just glanced at Grimmjow behind him.

"You are too careless, Grimmjow." Ulquiorra said coldly, "Even though Master Aizen has already warned you, you still look down on him when you know his identity. It's really inappropriate."

Grimmjow showed no gratitude for being saved, instead his expression was grim.

"boom!"

He struggled hard to break free from the six light rods that bound him, causing blood to spurt out of his chest again.

"Shut up! Ulquiorra!" Grimmjow waved away the fragments of the six-rod light prison, walked forward with a ferocious look, and said: "I can deal with him immediately, there is no need for you to meddle in my business!"

However, Ulquiorra said without mercy.

"No way, you can't beat him."

The straightforward statement made Grimmjow turn his head sharply and look at Ulquiorra.

"You look down on me?"

Grimmjow exuded a dangerous aura, like a vicious beast that was ready to devour its prey.

"Just telling the truth." Ulquiorra remained indifferent, pointing at Aize and said, "Do you see the mark on his chest?"

"That's called the Limited Spiritual Seal. It's a seal used to limit the spiritual pressure of the captain and vice-captain of the Gotei 13."

"With that around, he can only exert one-fifth of his strength."

Grimmjow's whole body shook when he heard this.

“One-fifth?” Grimmjow said incredulously, “You mean, he never gave his full strength from the beginning to the end?”

"That's right." Ulquiorra said calmly, "If that seal is removed, his spiritual pressure will be five times what it is now."

"You can't even beat him in this state, let alone beat him at his full strength."

"Even if you haven't reached the Reincarnation stage yet, he hasn't reached the Shikai or Bankai yet."

"So, based on what you said, you can't beat him no matter what."

Ulquiorra's cold and ruthless words were like a sharp blade that pierced through Grimmjow's heart.

His arrogance and contempt made him look particularly like a clown at this moment, making his face distorted.

Ulquiorra threw Grimmjow away, and his figure disappeared for a moment under the influence of the ring, and immediately returned to his original position the next moment.

In his hands, he held Yami, who was covered in wounds.

"So fast……!"

Hinamori Momo and Kurosaki Ichigo both gasped for breath.

They didn't see Ulquiorra's actions at all, nor did they notice that Yammy was taken away.

"It's time to go back."

Ulquiorra still did his own thing with a cold expression.

"According to Lord Aizen's instructions, if you encounter Aize, you can retreat unconditionally."

As he spoke, Ulquiorra stretched out his hand and space was immediately torn apart.

The black chamber was opened, and Ulquiorra walked into it with Yammy, not giving Grimmjow any chance to object.

"Wait……"

Ichigo Kurosaki subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to stop him.

But Aize was faster than him.