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Chapter 256 Meeting at the Summit?

Soul Society, Seireitei.

Standing in a deep ravine scorched by a Cero, Ichigo Kurosaki felt a burning pain in his throat and had difficulty breathing.

"Completely...unhelpful..."

This sudden war has reached a point where the outcome is almost decided in less than an hour. Faced with the massive invasion of Hollow Arrancar, the captains and vice-captains of Soul Society have displayed their unique abilities, especially after the Visoreds arrived and provided reinforcements, gradually suppressing the Arrancar.

At the cost of numerous casualties, most of the Arrancar have been wiped out, including Nnoitra, and only a few Espada remain.

But the most crucial battle, the one that gave the Grim Reapers the most peace of mind, took an unexpected turn.

Captain-Commander Yamamoto, in his Bankai form, has been defeated!
This is something that sounds surprising and impossible: the strongest Shinigami in thousands of years, Captain-Commander Yamamoto, who possesses the power to destroy the world after his Bankai, will be defeated?
Ichigo Kurosaki didn't have much of a concept of Captain-Commander Yamamoto's power, so he wasn't too surprised by this. He just thought that Sosuke Aizen was an absolute monster.

Faint, scale-like patterns appeared on its exposed skin, and a pair of huge black wings slowly unfolded from its back, adorned with blue-purple fluorescence, like stars in the dark night.

His pupils also turned into vertical pupils, flashing with an eerie light. In Kurosaki Ichigo's opinion, he could hardly be considered human anymore!

Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't sense Aizen's spiritual pressure. To be precise, after multiple evolutions, Aizen's spiritual pressure had grown to another dimension, even breaking through the category of super-grade spiritual power. No one could sense his spiritual pressure.

Every move he made carried overwhelming power, and Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't even withstand the aftershocks. One by one, the captains were severely injured by his devastating power, and now only Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi were left to fight him.

It's not that Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi are stronger than the other captains, but rather that they possess a strange power that allows them to quickly repair their injuries with spiritual particles every time they are wounded by Aizen.

But the situation was getting worse and worse. Kurosaki Ichigo could see that both of them were breathing heavily, and their physical strength was being rapidly depleted with each injury and recovery. They were almost unable to hold on!

Boom—

Another ordinary slash sent Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi flying like kites with broken strings, their blood splattering in the air.

The distant tower was shattered by the impact of the remaining spiritual pressure. Aizen walked towards it step by step, a rather bored expression on his face.

"How pathetic, Kisuke Urahara. I had such high hopes for you. It turns out you only learned how to quickly recover from injuries from Seki-kun. What's the point of that?"

"A war of attrition? Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekaku will be defeated by me if I exhaust his strength, because he is already nearing the end of his life. I have already completed my evolution and have plenty of energy. Besides, your strength cannot exhaust me at all."

"Waiting for reinforcements from the Zero Division? I've already said that at the same time I arrived at Seireitei, Seki-kun had already ascended to the Soul King's Palace. The Zero Division is probably too busy to help at the moment, let alone provide reinforcements."

As Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi rose from the ruins once again, Aizen drew his sword at them: "Have some dignity, Urahara Kisuke. You are an opponent that even I once admired."

"If it weren't for Guan Yi and the Great King's appearance, I would have preferred you to help me complete my evolution. Being burned to ashes by Yamamoto Genryusai time and time again was unpleasant. But I survived his flames, and that's the end of it all."

Urahara Kisuke gasped rapidly.

He had prepared many methods for Aizen, including Kido and tools, but they had all been countered by now.

Having deeply merged with the Hogyoku, Aizen seemed to possess an immortal body, and even Captain-Commander Yamamoto could not kill him. Kisuke Urahara knew that the only chance of victory was to make the Hogyoku, which possessed its own will, no longer recognize Aizen, causing Aizen to lose control.

But they still couldn't do it.

At this moment, Aizen seemed to have a clear goal, and he was perfectly integrated with the Hogyoku. His will and the will of the Hogyoku were almost fused together and inseparable.

Is it all over?

At that moment, his gaze fell upon Kurosaki Ichigo, who was already 'eager to try' in the distance, and he shouted, "Kurosaki-san! Don't come any closer! Run away, run back to the human world, and hide! If you see Seki again, accept his invitation!"

Accept Guan Yi's invitation? Go play football abroad? How could I possibly do something like that?

Kurosaki Ichigo took a deep breath, and just as his toes touched the ground, another soft footstep suddenly rang out from not far away!

Kurosaki Ichigo paused. The footsteps were light, yet they struck everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer, causing ripples to spread through the air.

Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi's pupils dilated slightly as they looked in the direction from which the footsteps came. Aizen's face showed a hint of surprise, which quickly turned into a smile. "Even faster than I expected. Kaneki-kun, I've finally met your true form. It seems that the Zero Division has been dealt with by you."

From the shadows at the edge of the ravine, a figure stepped across space—it was Guan Yi.

His gaze swept over the disheveled Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi, over Ichigo Kurosaki who seemed to want to say something but couldn't, and over the Seireitei filled with the smoke and dust of war.

"Wow, this is quite a big deal."

"Heh, if you can't even do this, how can you expect to meet me at the summit and compete for the ultimate throne of heaven?" Aizen turned around and walked step by step toward Guan Yi.

From the moment Guan Yi appeared, Aizen seemed to lose all interest in Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi, and he didn't even bother to glance at Kurosaki Ichigo.

He poured all his spirit and spiritual pressure into Guan Yi, colliding with Guan Yi's spiritual pressure with a thunderous roar, causing the space between them to shatter like glass, revealing a huge black hole!

A strong sense of suffocation enveloped Yoruichi, Kisuke Urahara, and Ichigo. At the moment of their collision, they finally regained their sense of Aizen's spiritual pressure, as well as Kane's spiritual pressure.

He's very strong, even stronger than Aizen!
"This kid... Kisuke..."

Yoruichi frowned. At this moment, Yoruichi, who was completely unsure of Guan Yi's intentions, could not be happy about this. After all, the existence that had transcended the boundaries of Shinigami and broken the order had changed from one to two!

Kisuke Urahara gently shook his head, signaling Yoruichi to wait and see, as the situation had already deteriorated to an extreme degree.

"Is that so? Even after evolving three times, my spiritual pressure is still inferior to yours."

Aizen remained calm, his expression still bearing a serene smile: "I knew you wouldn't let me down, Guan Yi-kun."

Guan Yi looked at him and said, "I must thank you for lending me your strength when I was fighting Yhwach."

"No, even without my power, you will still win, it just will take you a little more effort." Aizen smiled and said, "That's just to make you fall into my trap of 'Kyoka Suigetsu'."

He did not take credit for it.

There's no question of who owes whom a favor, but of course, there's no enmity between them either.

But they both knew they could never be friends. Kanekichi was an obstacle to Aizen's ascension to the throne, while Aizen was the boss Kanekichi needed to defeat to completely conquer the Mystic Realm of Death!

Therefore, no further communication is needed; when the two meet at this summit, only battle will suffice!

Boom—

After a brief exchange of glances, Aizen suddenly took a step, causing the earth to tremble!

He unleashed a speed far exceeding that of Shunpo, carrying the full power of the evolved Hogyoku. The blade sliced ​​through space, leaving a dark crack, and aimed straight at Guan Yi's throat.

This strike embodies his complete understanding of the rules of Shinigami, Hollows, and even the Hogyoku, and is powerful enough to split rivers and shatter mountains!
There's even a hidden power? Fighting us doesn't really require seriousness after all... Urahara Kisuke's pupils dilated in shock, while Kurosaki Ichigo was so stunned he fell to the ground, finally blurting out, "Kan Yi-ge!"

Faced with this earth-shattering strike, Guan Yi merely shifted his body slightly and flicked his finger.

Clang—!
The crisp sound of metal clashing echoed through the sky.

Aizen's blade stopped before Guan Yi's fingertips, unable to advance an inch. Those seemingly slender fingers now seemed to be forged from the hardest substance in the three realms, remaining unmoved no matter how his terrifying power roared and impacted them.

Aizen's expression froze on his face, and then he only saw a crescent moon slash down out of the corner of his eye.

puff--

"It's a pity that we didn't meet at the summit; you're still at the foot of the mountain."

Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi, and Ichigo Kurosaki stared wide-eyed in disbelief as Aizen's chest was slashed open by Guan Yi's sword, blood spurting as he fell to the ground!

(End of this chapter)