Infinite: Start as a ghost

"I wonder if this suit of armor can be brought out of hell."

"Anyway, let's test the hardness first."

While thinking this, he allowed the guards to attack him.

Because of the enormous size of the guards, gathering hundreds of them together would be pointless.

Because the only ones who could reach Jiang Jiu were the few beasts surrounding him, and they didn't have ranged attack methods like Ghost Path, they could only rely on slashing, grabbing, and biting.

Therefore, only a dozen or so animals were able to effectively attack Jiang Jiu.

These dozen or so animals had no effect on the crimson armor.

Chapter 230 Purgatory - Kushanata

While enduring the attacks of the Hell Guardians, it also absorbed the energy from more than a dozen of them, only to find that it had lost its effect, as if it had reached some kind of critical point.

"Has the Hell Armor reached its limit?" Jiang Jiu wondered to himself, suddenly noticing something amiss.

"Wait a minute, more than half an hour has passed, why haven't Szayelaporro and the others come up yet?"

Ignoring the attacks of the Hell Guardians, Jiang Jiu descended into the deeper levels once more.

Upon reaching the second level, he saw that all the stone pillars that had once stood beside the dam were now broken.

"So, the guardians of hell on the second level are inside these stone pillars, and they are sealed away unless it is an emergency like this."

Many guards who hadn't had time to go up to him chased after him as soon as they saw Jiang being rescued.

Jiang ignored them and jumped into the pool, soon reaching the third level.

On the third level, there are even more hell guards.

Jiang Jiu saw volcanoes erupting one after another, and guards emerging from them; at a glance, there were more than a thousand of them.

"You've finally arrived?" A voice came from behind Jiang Jiu.

Jiang Jiu turned around and saw a stranger standing behind him: "Who are you?"

“Purgatory Kushanata, that’s my name,” the stranger said. “I am the gatekeeper of Hell.”

When Jiang Jiu saw this person, his eyebrows twitched. He noticed that this person was wearing a golden suit of armor, which subtly contrasted with the crimson armor he was wearing.

Jiang Jiu could sense that the opponent's golden armor was stronger than the one he was wearing.

"Am I not absorbing enough?" Jiang Jiu wondered to himself. "Would continuing to absorb more have other effects?"

At this moment, Kushanata spoke up: "Don't you have anything to say?"

"Yes." Jiang Jiu asked, "Where are the others? Did you take care of them?"

“If you’re referring to Szayelaporro, Aronino, Crimson Lotus, and Black Blade, then yes,” Kushanata said. “I have resealed them onto the Imprisonment Rock.”

"Honglian?" Jiang Jiu was somewhat surprised: "He's not dead yet?"

“You’re wrong,” Kushanata said. “It’s because you’re dead that you’re in this hell.”

"Where are they?" Jiang Jiu asked.

“I cannot tell you,” Kushanata said. “You are alive, and I do not wish to imprison you here. Return your power to Hell and leave.”

"Otherwise what?" Jiang Jiu sneered, "The strength I painstakingly gathered, the few subordinates I painstakingly found, are all going to be abandoned with just two sentences from you?"

Kushanata said, "I hope you won't ignore the opportunity to leave; consider it my request."

"Oh, so you're a good person after all," Jiang Jiu said with a smile. "But please allow me to refuse again."

“Well, there’s nothing I can do then.” Kushanata sighed. “I can only execute you on the spot and imprison you here.”

"Come forth, messenger of hell," he said, and promptly released his Shikai.

As he began to unravel, figures appeared around him.

"What is this?" Jiang Jiu narrowed his eyes slightly. "No wonder the four of them combined were no match for you. It turns out your Zanpakuto has the ability to control the dead."

“Yes,” Kushanata said. “My ability is to control the dead who have been wounded by my Zanpakuto.”

Jiang Jiu laughed and said, "But your ability can only control people with lower spiritual pressure than you, right?"

“You’re right,” Kushanata didn’t deny it. “But people with stronger spiritual pressure than me are rare.”

Jiang Jiu asked in confusion, "Since you are so strong, why didn't you show up before?"

“As a member of the Purgatory Clan, I not only have to serve as a gatekeeper, but sometimes I also have to act as an administrator,” Kushanata said. “Compared to your petty squabbles, those guys down there are much more dangerous.”

"And there's more below," Jiang Jiu said with a smile. "May I ask, how many levels are there in Hell?"

"It's best if you don't inquire about these things; it won't do you any good." Kushanata suddenly pointed behind Jiang Jiu: "Speaking of which, we've been talking for a bit too long; those guys are already behind you."

“They are not important; what matters is you,” Jiang Jiu said. “Your abilities are the most dangerous.”

"I'll ask you one more time, where are they?"

Kushanata ignored him and silently closed his eyes.

After a while, he said helplessly, "Shikai, can't we contact that guy?"

"Who should we contact?" Jiang Jiu asked, puzzled.

"Bankai: Rule of the Dead." Kushanata ignored Jiang Jiu once again and directly used Bankai.

"Come out, I'm sure you'll be very interested in him."

"Aizen Sousuke." With a soft shout, a figure appeared as if summoned.

"Aizen?!" Jiang Jiu was greatly surprised: "Why are you able to summon him? Your spiritual pressure is far inferior to his, isn't it?"

“That is indeed my Shikai,” Kushanata said. “But my Bankai can unconditionally control a dead person.”

"Otherwise, what right do I have to manage hell?"

Chapter 231 Group Battle

"Where am I..." Aizen seemed to have just woken up and was not clear about his situation.

Jiang Jiu's gaze swept over Aizen, and he spotted two other people in the crowd.

Toshiro and Soujiro Kusanagi.

He didn't take Aizen, who hadn't been modified by the Hogyoku, seriously. With his current strength, he was on par with Aizen.

Although Hell can resurrect and recover infinitely, the speed is not that fast; the stronger the spiritual pressure, the slower the recovery.

In other words, he can hurt Aizen, and Aizen's attacks on him are negligible.

As for the others, Jiang Jiu didn't need to take them seriously, not even captains like Toshiro and Soujiro.

“This is hell,” Kushanata said. “Congratulations on regaining consciousness, Aizen Sousuke.”

"Hell?" Aizen pondered for a moment, then laughed. "So that's how it is. Did I fail?"

"But now that I've regained consciousness, it's only a matter of time before I get out again."

Kushanata dismissed Aizen's words: "You should deal with the guy in front of you first."

"Who are you?" Aizen surveyed his surroundings and found a large group of undead and hell guards. Apart from him, everyone else was in a daze, as if they had no thoughts of their own.

"You're that rat?" Aizen was slightly surprised, then quickly regained his composure: "It seems my attack in the human world also killed you."

"But, are you the only one who died?" Aizen looked around: "Toshiro is here too, there are no other acquaintances."

“I’m afraid you’ll be disappointed,” Kushanata said. “He’s still alive. I summoned you to deal with him.”

"A living person, summoned?" Aizen paused for a moment after hearing this. "You mean, this rat is a living person who entered Hell using some unknown method, and then I, as a dead person, was summoned by you to fight him, is that what you mean?"

“That’s right.” Jiang Jiu answered him, and then sneered, “The once arrogant Aizen Sousuke has been reduced to a plaything controlled by others. How pathetic.”

At this point, the Hell Guardians arrived and began their first attack on Jiang Jiu.

However, Jiang Jiu remained motionless, letting their attacks fall on him.

Because their attacks are only enough to tickle him, they can't hurt him at all.

"I've become someone else's plaything?" Aizen's face immediately turned cold as he looked at Kushanata: "Are you controlling me?"

Kushanata's face immediately darkened: "What a troublesome existence."

As he spoke, no one knew how he used it, but with a flash of his Zanpakuto, Aizen's eyes immediately lost their light.

Then, they took control of the crowd and attacked Jiang Jiu.

Jiang Jiu showed no fear in the face of these people, because Aizen, Toshiro, and Soujiro did not have Zanpakuto.

Aizen's sword was destroyed by the Hogyoku, and Toshiro and Soujiro's swords were taken away by Kang.

The group attacked Jiang Jiu using demonic techniques.

Losing consciousness actually allows them to better exert their combat power.

Although they would evade Jiang Jiu's attacks and avoid danger, they were not afraid of pain or fatigue, and they used all their strength in every attack.

Suddenly, Jiang Jiu felt an energy trying to invade his body.

"Huh, who?" Jiang Jiu was taken aback and noticed a person covered in bandages holding a Zanpakuto and muttering something.

"Is this... the Kuchiki family's hairstyle?" Jiang Jiu asked in confusion, as he did not recognize the person.

When the person who appeared to be from the Kuchiki clan saw that his attack had failed, he immediately drew his sword and attacked directly.

"What was he trying to do just now?" Jiang Jiu was baffled. "Was he trying to control my body, or my soul?"

Regardless, his attack failed.

"Interesting." Faced with the attack from the crowd, Jiang Jiu was not only not intimidated, but also extremely excited.

These people can all become sources of energy for him to enhance his spiritual power.

Jiang Jiu avoided the strongest individuals and targeted the weaker ones first.

After injuring five or six people, he directly used a Devouring God technique to seize their spiritual pressure for himself.

"What is he doing?" Kushanata, seeing this, did not realize that Jiang Jiu was absorbing energy, and only thought that he was using some kind of ranged attack.

"Doesn't he know that this is futile? The dead don't completely perish. Doesn't he understand this principle?"