Katori Sora pulled his Zanpakutō from the ground, and the shadows on the Great Hollows quickly disappeared.
Their Spiritual Pressure was strong, and controlling their shadows like that had been quite draining. He already felt a bit tired.
A huge hole had been blasted into each of the two Gillians. "ROOOOAR!!!" they let out piercing wails.
While the injuries were severe, they weren't fatal; a Hollow's weak point is its mask.
The enraged Hollows lifted their massive feet and tried to stomp on Sora. But the two heavily injured beasts were much easier to deal with.
Their speed could no longer keep up with his movements.
The giant foot slammed into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, but Sora was already behind one of them via Shunpo.
He assumed a lunging stance, his left hand on the back of his blade, infusing it with Spiritual Pressure. He took a sharp step forward and thrust his sword with incredible speed!
Katori Style: Shungeki!
His "Shungeki" had already reached the Grandmaster level. He completed the charge in a single breath!
The blade tore through the air, carrying a powerful impact as it shot towards the back of the Gillian's head.
THUD!
At the Grandmaster level, the impact force created by the compressed Spiritual Pressure was even more terrifying.
The tip of the blade hadn't even touched the Gillian before a hole was blasted through its head.
With its mask shattered and its previous injuries, the Great Hollow could no longer support itself and crashed to the ground.
Sora looked up. The other Gillian had already extended its giant, bony claw, but it wasn't trying to attack him.
The bony claw seemed to grasp the air, opening a Garganta. It was trying to escape!
It wasn't without intelligence. After seeing Sora crush three of its kind, its will to fight had vanished.
Suddenly, a spirit energy arrow shot from the distance.
"ROOOOAR!!!"
The arrow pierced the Gillian's claw, forcing it to let go of the Garganta it was opening.
Sora seized the opportunity, once again assuming his stance and launching a powerful thrust!
Katori Style: Shungeki! THUD!
The impact of the blade tearing through the air directly blew the Gillian's head apart. CRASH— It fell to the ground.
Sora slowly exhaled, but his guard was not relaxed at all.
The arrow that had interrupted the Gillian had been terrifyingly fast. By the time he had noticed it, it had already hit its target.
If it had been aimed at him, he would have likely been seriously injured.
Sora looked intently in the direction the arrow had come from. On a nearby rooftop stood a young woman holding a spirit bow.
She had wavy, waist-length orange hair and was dressed in a white dress. She wore white long gloves that went above her elbows, and her legs were wrapped in white boots.
At her feet lay several masked Shinigami—more Stealth Force members. It seemed they had been defeated by this young woman, which was why Yoruichi had been left to face the Gillians alone.
Sora then noticed that, besides the Shinigami, there was also a baby lying on the ground, motionless.
Swish, swish—
Two white-clad figures appeared next to the young woman. Sora's heart sank. It was the worst-case scenario.
It was the two Quincy he had encountered outside of town. Yūjirō Kurumatani had been defeated.
However, it looked like their victory wasn't easy, as they have some injuries. Even so, they should still have their full combat strength, and that's two seated-officer-level combatants!
"Did you find the source of the aura?" the bow-wielding Quincy asked.
"It's the 'bait'," the young woman replied succinctly.
"Tsk, tsk, then it definitely wasn't our people who put it there. It's a pity so many innocent people were involved, otherwise I'd love to see them tear each other apart," the black-haired man sneered.
He then turned to the young woman. "Kurosaki, why are those little ones still alive?"
"They are not Shinigami. There is no need for needless slaughter," she said.
"What are you thinking!" the black-haired man demanded. "If they're not Shinigami now, they will be in the future! And then their blades will be pointed at us!"
"And don't think I can't tell, none of these Shinigami on the ground are dead!"
The young woman's face turned grim. "I just don't want to let this hatred continue!"
"Stop arguing," the bow-wielding Quincy interrupted. "The Shinigami' reinforcements should be here soon. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to."
The black-haired man shot a provocative glare at Sora, who had been watching, then left with his companions.
Sora didn't stop them. As soon as he encountered the Quincy, he had already sent a request for support to the Seireitei. The Seireitei takes information about Quincy very seriously, and a captain-level Shinigami would soon lead a team to provide support.
After the Quincy left, Sora went to check on the downed Stealth Force members. Just as the Quincy had said, none of them were dead.
"Impressive... to defeat so many while holding back," Sora thought. That woman's strength was at least at the lieutenant level.
He then went to check the dead baby. Judging from the umbilical cord and its appearance, this was a newborn.
"Its soul has completely collapsed..." Sora found residual spiritual particles on its body.
Within the soul fragments, he discovered a strange type of particle. It felt like a Hollow, but it wasn't.
The first impression was very much like Hollow spiritual particles, but upon closer inspection, he found it wasn't. It seemed to be spiritual particles that had the aura of a Hollow added through some kind of method.
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