More than a dozen figures appeared in the air, several of whom were particularly conspicuous in their Captain haori.
Not only were they wearing Captain haori, but they also looked familiar. Sōya Azashiro felt like he had seen them somewhere before.
"They are the First Generation Captains!"
Sōya Azashiro recalled the portraits of the Gotei 13's First Generation Captains he had once seen.
"Those Captains who fell into Hell..." Kaname Tōsen's face sank. He glanced at Kakyo lying on the ground, gritted his teeth, and said, "You hurry and take Kakyo back for treatment!"
"You want to stay here?"
"Cut the crap. You don't even know Bankai. Staying here will only get in the way."
"You mastered Bankai?" Sōya Azashiro's eyes widened.
However, with so many First Generation Captains here, even if he had mastered Bankai, staying here would be no different from throwing his life away.
"I'm not as useless as you, unable to even control my own Zanpakutō." Kaname Tōsen drew his Zanpakutō and scolded, "Hurry up and take Kakyo out of here!"
Sōya Azashiro's expression changed slightly. Kaname Tōsen's words were harsh, but he couldn't refute them.
His Zanpakutō hadn't accepted him yet, so naturally, he hadn't learned Bankai.
Without mastering Bankai, he had absolutely no resistance against the First Generation Captains.
"How touching, choosing to stay behind alone to cover the retreat," Miyamoto Tetsuya laughed. "However, there are actually survivors. Did you hold back on purpose, Captain Obana?"
"If I could control my own body, the Kidō just now would have blown your face off!" Danjirō Obana was full of anger, but he couldn't control his body.
The eight First Generation Captains who fell into Hell, including him, were all influenced by the Will of Hell and couldn't act autonomously.
However, the Will of Hell was focusing on controlling Chigiri Shijima to deal with Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. This allowed Danjirō Obana to slightly control the power of his Kidō; otherwise, this small squad would have been completely wiped out by that single strike just now.
At this moment, Love Aikawa and Kensei Muguruma appeared in front of the three.
They were the two Captains on rotation at this Seal Site.
The explosion was quite loud. After hearing the blast, they rushed over immediately.
"Captain Aikawa! Bro Kensei!"
"Sōya, quickly take Kakyo back to the camp for treatment. She won't last much longer!"
Kensei Muguruma sensed that Kakyo's Spiritual Pressure was gradually weakening and immediately ordered Sōya Azashiro to take her away.
"Be careful!"
Sōya Azashiro gritted his teeth, carried Kakyo on his back, and left rapidly.
Kakyo's injuries were too severe; she had to receive treatment as soon as possible.
"They are all seniors!" Kensei Muguruma looked grave. "I didn't expect a day where I'd have to fight so many seniors."
"The power of the Lord of Hell exceeded our expectations. To think he can control so many First Generation Captains at once!"
Love Aikawa's palm gripping his sword was full of sweat.
"Yhwach is also here. This one might be even trickier..." Kensei Muguruma glanced at a figure standing on a distant hill. It was Yhwach, whom the Hell Expeditionary Force had been searching for for a long time.
It was his first time seeing Yhwach, but Mayuri Kurotsuchi had extracted the memory image of Yhwach he had seen, allowing the new generation of Shinigami to know Yhwach's appearance.
"Let's try to buy as much time as possible. Reinforcements will come soon!" Kensei Muguruma drew his sword and shouted low, "Bankai, Tekken Tachikaze!"
Before leaving the camp, he had already reported the anomaly. Before long, the Soul Society would send reinforcements.
...
On the other side, Sōya Azashiro returned to the camp very quickly.
After returning to the camp, a trace of relief actually rose in his heart.
"Am I feeling relieved for escaping the battlefield?" Sōya Azashiro tried hard to convince himself. "Kakyo's injuries couldn't be delayed. She had to return to the Soul Society for treatment... Besides, Bro Kensei and Captain Aikawa also rushed over. It would be useless for me to stay there..."
"But... they are all fighting. Did I run away alone?" Sōya Azashiro looked pained. He couldn't convince himself with those excuses.
At this moment, seeing someone return, the Shinigami in the camp gathered around to ask about the situation:
"Is the attacking enemy Yhwach?"
"What's the situation outside?"
"The enemy's Spiritual Pressure fluctuation is terrifying. Can Captain Muguruma and Captain Aikawa really handle it?"
"Someone is injured! Medical team, come over and treat her!"
Sōya Azashiro didn't respond, allowing the Shinigami of the medical team to take Kakyo away for treatment.
He now remembered the time he asked Professor about communicating with his Zanpakutō.
That time, with Professor's help, he also heard the true thoughts of his Zanpakutō—it despised him!
It despised his wavering fighting will, despised him for often dropping the ball at critical moments!
"I clearly became Professor's disciple earlier than many people, yet I am the worst..."
"Do I still have to hide behind others?"
"When I was young, I hid behind my sister. Now I hide behind Professor, behind everyone..."
Sōya Azashiro seemed to have realized something. The unwillingness in his eyes gradually turned into determination.
He grasped the hilt of his sword and asked in a low voice: "I can't leave them behind and run away alone. Are you willing to fight with me?"
A joyous voice came from the bottom of his heart: "Of course!"
After receiving the response from his Zanpakutō, Sōya Azashiro rushed out of the camp without hesitation.
However, just as he rushed out of the camp, he saw a purple beam attacking the camp.
"A Cero?!" Sōya Azashiro hurriedly raised his hand. "Bakudō #81. Dankū!"
Boom—
The purple Cero exploded in front of the translucent barrier.
"Tsk tsk. Didn't they say the Captains were already lured out? To think there is still a Shinigami in the camp who can block my Cero."
Szayelaporro walked slowly out of the smoke.
Behind him followed a group of identical "Szayelaporros".
After Szayelaporro was killed by Kana Azashiro, he fell into Hell.
He hit it off with Miyamoto Tetsuya immediately and was also very interested in Miyamoto Tetsuya's Reigai technology.
After obtaining the Reigai technology, he combined it with his own abilities to create a batch of Reigai.
Although the strength of these Reigai was average, they had all been modified to cooperate with him in using some unique abilities.
"Your appearance... Are you that Menos Grande defeated by my sister..." Sōya Azashiro remembered his sister's battle record.
"Oh?" The corners of Szayelaporro's mouth rose significantly, almost cracking to his ears. "It seems my luck today is quite good!"
Szayelaporro grinned ferociously:
"If I twist your head off to make a wine cup, your sister will definitely be very sad, right?"
...
Sora received the report from the Department of Research and Development and immediately verified the intelligence with them.
"Can the Will of Hell actually control eight First Generation Captains..."
"Have you contacted Head Captain Yamamoto?"
"We can't reach Head Captain Yamamoto. The signal on his side seems to be blocked."
"Which Captains have gone to support now?"
"The situation at the Seal Site is urgent. Except for Captain Kuchiki and Captain Ukitake who stayed behind to guard the Seireitei, all other Captains have gone to the Hell's Eye Seal Site for support."
"Only two Captains stayed behind to guard the Seireitei?"
Sora frowned, vaguely feeling something was wrong.
The Shinigami had absorbed the Quincy's shadow passage technology and created the 'Gate of Crossing Worlds', further enhancing their cross-world capabilities.
The Soul Society's support speed was very fast. With coordinates, they could provide support within ten minutes.
Even if Sora had no time to support immediately, it would be difficult for Yhwach to deal with so many Captains in a short time.
Yhwach could see the future of the Seal Site and could roughly calculate how much time it would take for Sora to deal with the Evil Blade. There was no reason for him not to know that Sora would have time to rush over for support.
"Could it be that Yhwach's goal is not the Seal Site?"