More and more Hollows were gathering towards this side, so Isshin Shiba had to draw his Zanpakutō to fight.
A stream of light flashed past, and more than twenty Hollows were cut in two.
These weren't even Gillians; they were just clay chickens and pottery dogs in front of Isshin Shiba.
Sword lights flashed continuously, and the gathering Hollows were killed by Isshin Shiba one after another.
"There's a problem, a big problem!"
Isshin Shiba pondered in his heart. It was obviously not normal for so many Hollows to gather here.
"Could it be that Yhwach or Miyamoto Tetsuya has come to the World of the Living?"
Isshin Shiba's eyes narrowed. He prepared to take out his Denreishinki to report this matter to the Department of Research and Development.
Just then, Isshin Shiba's heart tightened, and he threw himself forward without hesitation.
A burning sensation came from his back.
He was injured!
"What is that?"
Isshin Shiba's reaction was already very fast, but he still couldn't dodge the sneak attack completely.
Looking back, a strange Hollow had appeared in his original position.
This Hollow was covered in pitch-black armor, but its interior was white. It had a pair of bull-like horns on its head. The Hollow hole in its chest was filled with a tumor, and its hands had no fingers, resembling blades instead.
"Roar!!!"
The bull-horned Hollow roared, and terrifying Spiritual Pressure rushed over.
"What strong Spiritual Pressure!"
Isshin Shiba's face changed drastically.
The Spiritual Pressure of this strange Hollow was actually not inferior to his at full strength!
"This is an enemy that must be handled with 'Gentei Kaijo'!"
Isshin Shiba wanted to use the Denreishinki to contact the Department of Research and Development and apply for 'Gentei Kaijo' to release the Spiritual Pressure sealed by the 'Gentei Reiin'.
However, his Denreishinki had fallen at the position he was just at, and it was being stepped on by the bull-horned Hollow!
"Did the Denreishinki fall out of my pocket when I rolled just now?"
Isshin Shiba's face turned dark.
When he wanted to report the intelligence just now, he had tried to take out the Denreishinki.
But he was attacked halfway through, and the Denreishinki was flung out.
What Isshin Shiba didn't know was that there were two Shinigami wearing hooded cloaks in the air observing what was happening here.
"Well done, Sōsuke."
"He indeed wanted to take the Denreishinki."
Sōsuke Aizen chuckled softly.
He had just activated the ability of 'Kyōka Suigetsu' to make Isshin Shiba think that the Denreishinki had fallen out.
In fact, the Denreishinki was still in Isshin Shiba's pocket, but he would never find that Denreishinki again.
"However, Professor arranged for White to attack Isshin... which means his 'wife' is in this city... So that's it. So Professor was targeting a Quincy..."
Sōsuke Aizen pondered for a moment and deduced Professor's goal.
He sensed the Spiritual Pressure of a Quincy nearby. Professor's target should be that Quincy.
"A crystallization of Shinigami, Hollow, and Quincy... As expected of Professor, to actually come up with such an interesting thing."
Sōsuke Aizen also began to look forward to it.
On the ground, Isshin Shiba encountered a crisis.
This bull-horned Hollow was extremely fast. Isshin Shiba was injured, and his Spiritual Pressure restriction hadn't been released. After parrying a few attacks, he was struggling to cope.
"I can't keep dragging this on!"
In less than a minute, Isshin Shiba had three more wounds on his body. If he continued to delay, his condition would only get worse.
"Burn, Engetsu!" Isshin Shiba released his Zanpakutō.
The Spiritual Pressure surging from his body gathered on the blade.
A coat of flame appeared on the Zanpakutō 'Engetsu'.
"Getsuga..." Isshin Shiba raised his Zanpakutō above his head.
The bull-horned Hollow didn't intend to give him time to charge his move.
Thump—
The bull-horned Hollow used Sonído to get behind Isshin Shiba. Its two blade-arms slashed at Isshin Shiba's back simultaneously.
"I was waiting for you!"
Isshin Shiba suddenly turned his body. The crescent moon burning with raging fire slashed fiercely at the bull-horned Hollow behind him.
Boom—!!!
The red crescent moon exploded轰, dyeing the night sky red.
"Hah—hah—hah—"
Isshin Shiba gasped for breath.
He had bet almost all the Spiritual Pressure he could mobilize on this strike and was already exhausted.
However, the figure revealed from the gradually dissipating firelight made his heart sink.
The bull-horned Hollow didn't fall to this strike. Its right arm had been severed, and the armor on its body had cracked from the explosion, but its Spiritual Pressure had only weakened slightly, far exceeding the exhausted Isshin Shiba.
"Roar!!!"
The bull-horned Hollow waved its blade-like arm, splitting the firelight and smoke that hadn't completely dissipated.
"This is going to be bad..."
Isshin Shiba swallowed a Nōreitan, but the Spiritual Pressure recovered by the Nōreitan was just a drop in the bucket.
With the bull-horned Hollow's strength, he couldn't defeat it without releasing the Spiritual Pressure sealed by the 'Gentei Reiin'.
The bull-horned Hollow didn't give Isshin Shiba time to catch his breath and attacked again.
Just then, a Reishi arrow pierced through the night, shooting towards the bull-horned Hollow at extreme speed.
However, the bull-horned Hollow was highly alert and quickly dodged the Reishi arrow.
"A Quincy's Heilig Pfeil?!"
Isshin Shiba recognized this kind of Reishi arrow; it was a Heilig Pfeil that only Quincies could use.
Looking in the direction the arrow came from, holding the spirit bow was a girl with orange shoulder-length short hair.
The Quincy girl who came to help Isshin Shiba was none other than Masaki Kurosaki, who was out foraging for food.
Masaki Kurosaki's family had gone traveling, so she could only figure out how to fill her stomach by herself.
After some attempts that almost set the kitchen at home on fire, she finally gave up cooking herself and came out to find food.
After sensing the terrifying Spiritual Pressure fluctuation of the bull-horned Hollow, she rushed over immediately.
"Run! This guy is very tough!"
Isshin Shiba didn't want to drag this kind-hearted Quincy down.
In his opinion, the strength of Quincies in the World of the Living was very average. They simply couldn't deal with this bull-horned Hollow whose Spiritual Pressure was not inferior to a Captain-class Shinigami.
Masaki Kurosaki didn't speak, just silently drew her bow and shot arrows.
But the bull-horned Hollow was extremely fast and easily dodged all the arrows.
The bull-horned Hollow judged that the weak Isshin Shiba was no longer a threat, so it shifted its target and attacked Masaki Kurosaki.
"So fast! I can't keep up with its movements!"
Masaki Kurosaki shot arrows faster and faster, but still couldn't hit the bull-horned Hollow.
Seeing the rapidly approaching bull-horned Hollow, the young and aggressive Masaki Kurosaki chose to take it head-on.
"Idiot, what are you doing! Dodge quickly!"
Isshin Shiba saw that the Quincy girl on the ground actually dissipated her spirit bow and didn't dodge or avoid the bull-horned Hollow's attack.
Splurt—
The bull-horned Hollow bit into Masaki Kurosaki's shoulder, but she also grabbed the horns on its head.
"Gotcha!"
Masaki Kurosaki condensed a small spirit bow single-handedly with her free hand.
Bang—
A Heilig Pfeil pierced through the bull-horned Hollow's neck.
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