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Grimmjow: Haha, that's funny.

Ichigo frowned, used a quick teleportation to create distance between himself and Zhang Shan, and asked, "Which Espada is that blue-haired guy?"

"Blue hair? You mean Grimmjow? He's the sixth one!"

After saying this with a smile, Zhang Shan was stunned.

"Speaking of which, Grimmjow won over Aizen's heart through the sixth brother's methods. His ranking is truly well-deserved!"

"What! Only sixth?" Ichigo exclaimed in disbelief. "How can the Espada be so strong? This level of strength far surpasses that of the Gotei 13, right?"

"Stop thinking about those irrelevant things, and don't forget why you came here!"

Ichigo quickly regained his composure and launched another attack on Zhang Shan.

Zhang Shan dodged Ichigo's slash in a flash, appearing above Ichigo. He pressed one hand on Ichigo's head, and with a slight force, Ichigo's face made intimate contact with the sand on the ground.

After eating a whole pound of sand, Ichigo flipped over to steady himself, spitting out the sand he had just eaten, but his eyes kept scanning his surroundings, looking for Zhang Shan's figure.

"Are you looking for me?"

Zhang Shan's voice came from the right. Ichigo quickly turned his head, but saw nothing. Suddenly, a huge force came from the back of his head, and he lost his balance again.

With a slight exertion of force, Zhang Shan threw Ichigo away!

Boom! !

A huge crater appeared in the sand. Ichigo lay in the center of the crater, feeling his head buzzing and his body being torn apart by constant pain, as if his whole body was falling apart.

"Cough cough! It hurts!" Ichigo groaned, feeling as if his body no longer belonged to him, with unimaginable pain shooting through him with every movement!

Just then, a white substance emerged from the void and instantly enveloped half of Ichigo's body!

"My lord! Let me do it! I'll definitely kill that bastard for you!" White Ichigo's voice rang in Ichigo's mind. At the same time, Ichigo felt that he could no longer control his body!

"Damn it! Get back here!" Ichigo roared angrily. This feeling of being out of control was too painful!

Zhang Shan stood in the sky watching Ichigo struggle.

"As expected, under the cleansing of Hueco Mundo's abundant spiritual energy, Ichigo will find it easier to Hollowfy."

In a short while, Ichigo suppressed White Ichigo, and the white bone material on his body shattered and disappeared.

Chapter 172 Pure-hearted Male High School

Zhang Shan landed in front of Ichigo, looking at Ichigo who was panting heavily but whose injuries had been completely healed, and smiled, "How are you feeling?"

"It's under control!" Ichigo said.

Zhang Shan shook his head and said, "Are you sure you've suppressed it? Take a good look at your own state."

Upon hearing Zhang Shan's words, Ichigo was stunned and immediately began to carefully sense his own condition.

The original torn wounds have been completely healed, the spiritual pressure has become stronger, and even his mental state has improved a lot!

Ichigo fell silent, a rare occurrence for him.

Even if he was unwilling to accept it, he had to admit that the power of emptiness within him had no ill intentions towards him. In fact, the other party had saved him twice!

Patting Ichigo on the shoulder, Zhang Shan said, "Accepting your own sword is the way a Shinigami becomes stronger. By the way, your real weapon is with that Uncle Zangetsu; you'd better go find him and get the sword."

"Hmm. Hmm?" Ichigo suddenly looked up, and after some hesitation, he finally asked, "I've wanted to ask you this for a while now, how do you know so much?"

"Don't ask, the answer is I've read the script!"

Ichigo raised an eyebrow. If it were before, he would have thought Zhang Shan was talking nonsense, but now he thought this guy was telling the truth!

Have you read the script?

Watching Zhang Shan's departing figure, Ichigo followed him.

Now that it has been confirmed that the power of Hollows is not harmful to me, the most urgent task now is to learn how to control the power of Hollows from Zangetsu.

By the time Ichigo reached the ground, Zhang Shan was nowhere to be seen; only Orihime was still anxiously running toward him.

With a swift movement, he arrived beside Orihime. Before he could even speak, Orihime nervously began groping Ichigo's body, making the innocent high school boy blush with embarrassment!

"Are you alright? Where are you injured? I'll treat you right away!" Orihime was very anxious. Zhang Shan had just told her that Ichigo was about to die, which was why she rushed over so urgently.

Ichigo quickly explained, "I'm not injured, Zhang Shan lied to you!"

Orihime breathed a sigh of relief, then realized what she had just done, and her face instantly turned bright red. She turned her back to Ichigo, her face full of embarrassment.

After a while, the two leisurely returned to their room in Hueco Mundo.

Ichigo immediately began his training, and as his consciousness settled, he entered his own mental world.

On the high-rise building, Ichigo looked at the bright sun and rainbow in the sky, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"There was no sun or rainbow before, was there?"

"This is your inner world; your mood represents the weather here," White Ichigo explained as he appeared before Ichigo.

Ichigo looked up and was surprised to see both White Ichigo and Uncle Zangetsu appearing in front of him at the same time. He then excitedly greeted them, "Long time no see! Uncle Zangetsu!"

Uncle Zangetsu nodded and smiled, "Ichigo, it's been a long time. I've been observing your growth, and I can say that it has far exceeded my expectations."

"Huh?" Ichigo looked at Zangetsu, puzzled. "What does this mean? Have I gotten stronger too fast?"

During their conversation, Bai Yihu, unusually, didn't interrupt and simply waited quietly.

Uncle Zangetsu talked to Ichigo a lot, basically telling him everything.

Ichigo also realized that it was Zangetsu who had been suppressing his power all along, and that the one who had been protecting him was actually White Ichigo.

Surprisingly, Ichigo remained calm about the outcome.

"So, can you give me all your power now?"

"No."

Ichigo was helpless. He thought that now that they had talked things out, Zangetsu would no longer suppress his power, but he didn't expect that the other party would refuse, which left him completely baffled!

Seeing Ichigo's confusion, Uncle Zangetsu laughed and said, "Don't worry, next, I will release half of your power, and I will also teach you the Quincy abilities. When you can completely master the Quincy abilities and meet someone who looks like me, I will completely release the suppression on you."

"What are you talking about again..." Ichigo was extremely helpless, but since Uncle Zangetsu was unwilling to give him his power, there was nothing he could do but train with the two Zangetsu.

Hakugo taught him how to use the powers of Hollows and Shinigami, while Zangetsu taught him the powers of Quincy.

After training for several days, Ichigo realized something very serious!

"Why is my Zanpakuto teaching me the power of a Quincy? Why is there a Quincy power within me? And didn't Ishida say that Quincy all use bows and arrows? Why is Uncle Zangetsu keeping teaching me how to use a sword?"

After a series of questions were asked, Uncle Zangetsu did not answer Ichigo's doubts, but simply smiled and said, "You will know these things in the future, but now is not the time to tell you."

It's like an elder telling a child, "You'll understand when you grow up."

In the past few days, Ichigo hasn't bothered Zhang Shan. As time went on, Zhang Shan became a little curious about Ichigo's progress.

However, he didn't ask Ichigo directly. He figured Ichigo would make a scene on his own once he had trained enough.

During this time, Aizen continued to monitor Ichigo, but recently he discovered that he could no longer sense Ichigo's spiritual pressure, which surprised and delighted him.

Just as Zhang Shan had expected, Ichigo, after a week of quiet, sought out Grimmjow again, wanting to have a thoroughly enjoyable battle with him.

Zhang Shan and Aizen were both present this time, and they were both very curious about Ichigo's current strength.

Upon seeing Aizen, Ichigo's gaze still revealed intense hostility.

Aizen smiled and said to Ichigo, "Don't look at me like that. With your hatred for me, you should have rushed at me and attacked the moment we met. What made you not do that? Was it because I didn't really kill Rukia?"

Dancing in minefields has always been Aizen's forte. For example, right now, Aizen only needed a few words to tease Ichigo into a state of rage!

Just when Aizen thought Ichigo would rush up and stab him, Ichigo unusually didn't move. He took a deep breath and focused his gaze on Grimmjow in front of him.

Last time, the other party didn't even give him a second glance. On that day, Ichigo suffered the second greatest humiliation of his life.

The first one was Byakuya.

Now that Byakuya has gotten his revenge, it's time to beat up Grimmjow and then go and kill Aizen, so that there will be no more stains on my life!

Grimmjow looked at Ichigo with utter disdain.

Just a week ago, this guy couldn't even break through his own defenses. How could he have made any progress in just one week?

If Zhang Shan hadn't asked him to come, Grimmjow wouldn't have wanted to look at Ichigo even once.

Standing there now, Grimmjow was still dozing off, and he said sleepily, "Hey, trash, if you're going to fight, hurry up. I don't have time to play games with you."

Ichigo gripped the sword hilt tighter, a surge of anger rising within him, yet his expression remained calm, unaffected by his emotions.

"As you wish, let's finish this quickly."

Ichigo's spiritual pressure erupted, and the black spiritual pressure instantly blasted a large hole in the ceiling. A spiritual pressure storm swept in, blowing Grimmjow hundreds of meters away, where he slammed into a wall before coming to a stop.

"Damn it!" Grimmjow gritted his teeth and glared at Ichigo, unleashing a burst of blue spiritual pressure that instantly shattered the wall behind him.

After a brief moment of anger comes boundless excitement.

"I thought you were just trash, but I never expected you to grow to this level!" Grimmjow said excitedly. "However, this also makes you worthy of being hunted by me! Prepare to meet your death, Kurosaki Ichigo!"

Chapter 173 Ichigo Rises!

"Heh, we'll see who's hunting whom." Ichigo sneered repeatedly. Although his Bankai form hadn't changed, his spiritual pressure had indeed increased several dimensions.

Even though he was standing right in front of Grimmjow, the other party didn't sense a single trace of Ichigo's spiritual pressure.

At this moment, Grimmjow was not concerned about the spiritual pressure. The poor leopard had only one thought in his mind: to fight Ichigo!

Whoosh!

Grimmjow transformed into a blue afterimage and rushed over, stirring up storms along the way. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Ichigo. His leopard claws, covered by spiritual pressure, tore through the air, forming a pure white trail, and went straight for Ichigo's face!

Ichigo raised his arm and effortlessly blocked Grimmjow's attack with his forearm.

boom!

Layers of white air surged and rolled, and Grimmjow stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in disbelief.

Even with my full strength, I couldn't even tear the hem of Ichigo's clothes?!

Is this the same weakling from a week ago? Did they secretly replace her?

"Impossible! Only a week has passed, how could you become so strong?!" Grimmjow roared.