Bleach: From the moment I was invited by Squad Zero.

“It’s no use.” Lijie Barrow slowly turned around to face Liuchuan directly, his left eye open.

She stared at him coldly, her voice still flat, but now carrying an indifference akin to a god looking down upon an ant.

“I have already engraved the power of ‘connecting all things’ into this ‘Eye of God’.”

Wherever it sees, any attack can 'pierce' it; and my body can also pierce through a blade.

He gently moved his shoulder, which had just been "slashed," as if he were just dusting off some dirt.

"This is the power His Majesty bestowed upon me, the power closest to the realm of gods."

Li Jie Barrow slowly raised the sniper rifle in his hand, locking the muzzle onto Liu Chuan once again. The open "eye of God" and the crosshair on the gun seemed to resonate with each other, and a dark red light flowed slightly.

"Now, do you understand? The difference between you and me is not strength or skill, but... the difference in dimensions."

Just then—

Mutation and regeneration!

A gray shadow suddenly appeared from a dense thicket of trees behind Lijer Barrow!

This spiritual pressure wasn't particularly vast or boundless, but it carried a killing intent born from countless life-and-death battles!

The gray shadow's target was Lijie Barrow, who was completely focused on Yanagawa!

The newcomer's figure was difficult to discern in the dim light; only a strangely shaped mask, resembling the skull of some kind of antelope, could be vaguely seen.

He was dressed in a tattered Grim Reaper's armor, with a cloak over which the edges were worn and the back was embroidered with five ferocious skull patterns in a special way.

His attack method was unpretentious, maximizing speed and stealth, like a top predator lurking in the shadows, only unleashing his killing intent just before the blade touched his body!

The blade flashed and pierced right into Rijja Barrow's unsuspecting back!

The timing and angle of this strike were perfect!

This demonstrates the attackers' familiarity with the Hueco Mundo environment, especially the terrain of the Great Forest of Menreiki, and showcases their honed combat skills.

However, faced with this sudden attack from behind, Lijer Barrow didn't even turn his head.

laugh--!

Grey Shadow's determined strike landed squarely on Ridge Barrow's back.

But the result was exactly the same as Liuchuan's previous strike—

The blade pierced through his body, while the blade also pierced through Lizzie Barrow's body without causing any harm.

The gray figure missed its attack and retreated immediately, floating back several feet in an instant. It landed not far in front of Liu Chuan, forming an irregular triangle with Li Jie Barrow and Liu Chuan.

This person is Asido, a member of the Hueco Mundo Expeditionary Force during its heyday hundreds of years ago, and a close friend of the seventh Kenpachi, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki.

During a reconnaissance mission deep into the Great Void Forest, his squad encountered a rare Great Void Tide and was wiped out.

"Oh?" Lijie Barrow slowly turned around, shifting some of his attention away from Liuchuan for the first time, and turning it towards the gray shadow grim reaper who had suddenly appeared.

A rare hint of interest, as if he had discovered an unexpected experimental sample, appeared on his usually indifferent face.

"I never imagined that deep within this junkyard of Hueco Mundo, there would be... wild Shinigami living?"

Chapter 81 The Perfect Holy Body

At this moment, Liu Chuan said, "I appreciate your kindness, Grim Reaper, but you can't get involved in this battle for the time being. Just step aside and watch."

A cold, piercing gaze flickered behind the antelope bone mask, lingering for a moment on Yanagawa's haori.

He then swept his gaze over the extremely dangerous power emanating from Lijie Barrow.

He has lingered in Hueco Mundo for hundreds of years, hunting down countless Hollows, and his sense of danger has long been ingrained in his very being.

His instantaneous assessment told him that the Quincy enemy before him was far beyond any Hollow he had ever encountered before, and might even surpass the level of a Captain-level Shinigami he knew.

And that young man wearing a haori...

Silence fell on Asido, who did not respond. However, his weathered body moved a few steps to the side and back, retreating to a distance. He had obviously temporarily followed Yanagawa's "advice" and chosen to observe.

He understood that rashly intervening in a battle at this level would not only be unhelpful, but would also distract him and become a weakness.

Lijie Barrow paid no attention to Asido's retreat, as if it were just an insignificant insect that had crawled out of his sight.

All his attention was focused on Liu Chuan at that moment.

The golden vertical pupils and the glowing pupil in the left eye reveal Liu Chuan's true strength and coping strategies.

"Able to evade the initial sniper shot, use afterimages to confuse, and launch a swift counterattack... Facing my divine eye, he remained calm and composed."

Litt Baron's flat voice rang out, as if he were stating experimental data.

"The young Shinigami of the Zero Division, you are indeed more troublesome than I expected. It seems that the regular hunting method needs to be... upgraded a bit."

The moment the words left his mouth, the aura surrounding Lijie Barrow underwent a dramatic and earth-shattering change!

Om-! ! !

A torrent of spiritual particles, far larger than before, erupted from his body!

It was a Quincy power that seemed to have been forged through countless trials, carrying the original will of "purification" and "penetration"!

His left eye, the "X"-shaped eye, suddenly lit up, and golden light flowed like a living thing, instantly spreading to his entire body!

Above his head, a sacred halo composed of pure spiritual particles appeared out of thin air, with dark gold and pure white runes flowing around its edges!

The halo slowly rotated, casting a solemn and cold light that made him appear like a divine messenger descended to earth.

Immediately afterwards, his physical form began to undergo an astonishing transformation!

Its head was completely covered by a strange substance that resembled a fusion of advanced metal and biological carapace.

Only a pair of vertical, yellowish stripes remained on his face, like a god's face simplified to its extreme.

Its body was tightly covered by a semi-transparent, pupa-like substance.

The most horrifying changes occurred in his arms and back—

His arms, which were originally holding the gun, suddenly shrank as if melting, and in their place, eight huge pure white wings of light suddenly stretched out from his shoulder blades!

These eight wings of light are not physical objects, but are composed of highly compressed spiritual particles, with regularly pulsating holes covering their surfaces.

Each hole subtly points towards Liuchuan, radiating a chilling sense of locking and penetrating intent.

The spirit particle sniper rifle he had been holding had now disappeared, or rather, its "all-encompassing" power seemed to have completely merged with the eight hole-shaped light wings.

Quincy's final form - Perfected Body: Divine Judgment!

At this moment, Lijie Barrow was suspended a few feet above the ground, with a holy halo above his head, a cocoon-like shell covering his body, eight hole-like wings of light on his back, and only cold yellow stripes on his face.

He no longer resembled a sniper, but rather a ruthless killing machine descended to carry out "divine judgment."

The spiritual pressure emanating from his body had reached a terrifying level that caused the surrounding space to distort slightly, far exceeding that of an ordinary captain-level Bankai.

"This is... the true form His Majesty bestowed upon me, the form by which to judge all things and pierce through falsehood."

Lizzie Barrow's voice came through the yellow stripes on his face, carrying an inhuman hollowness and echo, as if multiple voices were superimposed.

"In this form, 'all things are interconnected' will be omnipresent and unstoppable."

And my body can also transform into the purest spiritual particles, pursuing its goal until eternity.

Two of the eight hole-shaped light wings on his back were slightly adjusted in angle, and the holes on the wings suddenly lit up with a dazzling pure white light!

"As expected... very strong." Liu Chuan muttered to himself, his voice still steady, but beneath that calm was a curiosity that had been completely ignited.

He slowly raised his right hand and grasped the hilt of the "Tianzhen" sword at his waist.

Facing Lijie Barrow, who hovered in the air with eight hole-like wings of light on his back and exuded a sacred yet terrifying aura, Liuchuan did not hesitate at all.

He knew that conventional probing and fighting were meaningless at this moment, and he had to use greater force.

"Hado No. 90—"

"The black coffin!"

boom--!!!

In an instant, the space within a radius of tens of meters centered on Lijie Barrow was suddenly swallowed up by endless darkness!

It was as if space itself had been forcibly distorted and shaped into a huge, pitch-black cube!

Inside the cube, countless black shadow blades composed of high-density spiritual particles, carrying a strong corrosive and tearing effect, were generated wildly and bombarded Lijie Barrow, who was trapped inside, without any blind spots!

When Liu Chuan unleashed the high-level Destruction Technique of Number 90, its power and binding force far surpassed that of an ordinary Captain-level Shinigami.

However, facing this high-level Kido that could severely injure most of the captains, Rijie Barrow, who was in the center of the black coffin, did not even fully unfold the wings of light on his back.

He merely raised his "head" slightly, the yellow stripes on his face seemingly glancing at the dark barrier pressing down above him, and the eight hole-like wings of light on his back.

The white beam of light shot directly at the spirit particles that formed the barrier of the black coffin.

The next moment, the seemingly terrifyingly destructive No. 90 "Black Coffin" had its top barrier easily pierced by the white beam of light, leaving a neat round hole!

The edges of the round hole were smooth, emitting a faint glow as if it had been "purified".

Immediately afterwards, from this small hole as the center, countless fine white cracks spread like a spider web to the entire black coffin wall!

boom--! ! !

The enormous, pitch-black cube, like a popped soap bubble, shattered and dissipated, turning into countless specks of spiritual light that drifted across the sky.

Lijie Barrow's figure reappeared, hovering in place, completely unharmed, without even a ripple in the sacred aura surrounding him.

"The Path of the Demons?" Lijie Barona's voice, echoing through the yellow stripes, rang out, indifferent yet carrying an undisguised mockery.

"It means nothing to me. No matter how ingenious the arrangement of spiritual particles is, it is nothing more than a futile stack of building blocks in the face of the absolute penetrating will of 'all things pervading,' and it will crumble at the first blow."

What an...interesting yet inefficient struggle.

Liu Chuan seemed unsurprised that the black coffin was easily destroyed.

He slowly lowered his left hand, his gaze calmly fixed on the unharmed Rijja Barrow.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes, not out of giving up or despair, but out of extreme focus.

When he opened his eyes again, it seemed that some long-dormant power had awakened deep within those usually calm eyes.

hum...

A completely different kind of power fluctuation began to emanate from Liuchuan's body.