Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 282 Oh my god, Gemstone Elder, what are you doing here?

Meanwhile, in a remote, desolate land.

Sizzle—!

The once gray and silent sky was suddenly torn open by a huge black crack.

It was as if some giant beast had opened its maw and spat out two disheveled figures from the void...

"Waaaaaah!!!"

Two black dots plummeted rapidly from the sky.

Bang!Bang!

Two muffled thuds followed, and dust billowed up.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."

The bird crawled out of the sand pile, spitting out a mouthful of white sand, feeling as if all the bones in its body were about to fall apart.

"Damn it... that old man with the gemstone... is this what he meant by sending us back? This experience is worse than being suddenly rammed into a car!"

He patted his Shinigami uniform.

After being swept away by the turbulent flow of time and space, it was completely transformed into a beggar's outfit, now covered in white dust, looking utterly wretched.

"Hey, Captain Haiyan, are you still alive?"

The bird turned its head to look at the figure still lying in the sandpit beside it.

"...I'm alive, but my back feels like it's about to break."

Shiba Kaien groaned and rolled over, lying in a starfish position on the sand, looking up at the pitch-black sky above him, devoid of any starlight.

His condition was even worse than that of the bird.

After all, this was the first time he had consciously experienced the entire process of traveling through the gap between time and space. Right now, his chest was churning, and he felt like he was about to vomit.

"Where... am I?"

Haiyan rubbed her head and struggled to sit up.

The birds also looked around.

This is a boundless white wasteland.

Beneath my feet lies white sand as fine as bone meal, stretching to the horizon.

Scattered around were some strangely shaped dead trees, their material appearing to be quartz or some kind of crystal, showing no signs of life.

The sky was eternally black, with only a crescent moon hanging forlornly in the heavens, radiating a cold, desolate light.

There was no wind, no sound, and you couldn't even feel the passage of time.

Everything here exudes a sense of despair and deathly stillness.

"Is there such a place in Rukongai? How come I didn't know about it?" Asuka frowned. "Or have we fallen into some remote, deserted area?"

"No...that's not right."

Haiyan's expression suddenly turned serious.

He grabbed a handful of white sand from the ground, letting it slip through his fingers, feeling the spiritual energy fluctuations contained within it.

"This density of spiritual particles... and this unsettling sense of emptiness permeating the air..."

Haiyan suddenly raised her head and looked at the reversed moon, a hint of horror flashing in her eyes.

"This moon... is upside down."

"The opposite?" Asuka looked up as well.

Indeed, the direction of the notch on the moon is different from both the human world and the Soul Society.

"We are not in Soul Society."

Haiyan said in a heavy tone, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the Hollow Circle."

"A virtual circle?"

The bird thought for a moment: "You mean, the lair of those monsters?"

As is widely known, spirits live in the Soul Society, while humans live in the human world.

Those terrifying Hollows reside in Hueco Mundo.

"That's right." Haiyan stood up with a wry smile, patting the sand off her hands. "That old man, although he sent us out of the other world, obviously misjudged the location."

"He threw us into the Great Void's back garden."

"This isn't funny at all..." Asuka's lips twitched. He still remembered the oppressive feeling of that Hollow Grimm: "I've heard that Hueco Mundo is a forbidden area for Shinigami, and can only be reached through special portals."

"That's theoretically true, but since that old man can use magic to open a spacetime tunnel, it's not impossible for him to throw us here."

Haiyan sighed and pressed the samurai sword at her waist.

The original twisted flower had already been broken in the battle; it was an ordinary weapon he had borrowed from the Matou family when he was in Fuyuki City.

If a Zanpakuto is damaged in its Shikai state, the wielder can gradually repair the blade by injecting their own spiritual pressure and mental power.

The problem is that Nezumi was shattered by Gilgamesh in his Bankai state, which is a serious situation, as Kaien himself cannot repair it.

Once I get back to Soul Society, I'll have to find a swordsmith and ask him what to do...

"In short, we are in a bad situation right now, a very bad situation."

How bad was it?

"It's roughly about... two lost little lambs who fell into a pack of wolves."

Haiyan pointed to the distant horizon.

In the boundless wilderness, several enormous dark figures appeared.

They were towering into the clouds, each several stories high, wearing black cloaks and distinctive long-nosed white masks.

Kylian.

They are the lowest-ranking beings among the Hollows, but also the most numerous.

At this moment, these Kyrians appear to be performing some kind of cruel ritual.

They pushed and bit each other, red Cero flashes flew wildly between them, and the sound of explosions could be faintly heard even from this distance.

"Are those Hollows devouring each other?" Asuka narrowed his eyes, his spiritual vision allowing him to see the situation clearly.

"Yes, that's how the Void evolves," Seagull explained. "Kilian has no self-awareness; they instinctively devour their own kind."

"If one of them possesses an exceptionally strong obsession or power, it can evolve into an Adjuchas through continuous devouring, gaining intelligence and greater power."

"But this isn't exactly a good program for us, like the Nature Channel."

Haiyan gripped the ordinary weapon in her hand, her face bitter: "Look, their spiritual pressure fluctuations have already reached us."

If they discover there are two Grim Reapers here... do you think they'll eat first or fight first?

"They probably see us as dessert after the meal."

The bird also grasped the raccoon.

Although he was in good enough shape to take on several Kylians, it would be unwise to fight head-on in this completely unfamiliar enemy camp.

Who knows if there are any more sophisticated guys roaming around nearby, who might end up as our midnight snack?

"We need to find a place to hide first," Asuka immediately decided.

"Agreed." Haiyan nodded: "Let's recover our strength first, and figure out our location here."

"If we can find a high-ranking Hollow who can use the Black Hole, we might be able to force it to send us back to Soul Society."

The two immediately lowered their profile and, using the quartz forest as cover, carefully moved away from the battlefield of the Great Void.

Walking on the soft sand of the dotted circle was strenuous, and each step the petrel took required even more energy.

Moreover, the air here is filled with ethereal spiritual particles, which, to the Grim Reaper, is like breathing in toxic fumes, causing a feeling of tightness in the chest and shortness of breath.

"I said, that old man is really unreliable."

As the bird cautiously surveyed its surroundings, it couldn't help but complain, "What's with the wish for a pleasant journey? What's so pleasant about it? I'll definitely go back and give him a good stab sometime."

"Forget it, it's good enough that I came back alive." Haiyan tried to make the best of a bad situation: "At least this is still a familiar environment. I don't have to worry about being dragged into a fight or dealing with those glittering lunatics."

"More than anything else, I'm worried about Shinobu." Asuka observed the Hueco Mundo environment with some anxiety: "I couldn't say goodbye to her properly back then, she must be very worried now."

"Don't worry, Miss Butterfly is very strong," Haiyan comforted her. "We will definitely go back."

"I need to go check on my good-for-nothing brother."