Transforming into a lightning bolt was a technique Yekawa developed by pushing his Flash Lightning ability to its limit and combining it with Sonido.
In his lightning bolt state, Yekawa's speed was more than four times faster than continuously using Sonido at full power for travel, but correspondingly, the spiritual pressure consumption for such travel also increased exponentially!
But at this moment, Yekawa was gambling on speed; he wanted to devour all the Menos Grande left guarding Hueco Mundo and use them as resources to advance to Adjuchas before Baraggan returned to Hueco Mundo.
Thus, Yekawa transformed into a dark golden lightning bolt and headed straight for Hueco Mundo.
Even so, it took half a day of rushing before he saw the palace, which looked like a black dot in the distance, and as he got closer, that small black dot had transformed into a magnificent, roofless palace.
Looking at the magnificent palace ahead, Yekawa stopped, and at this moment, a tiny white centipede scurried out from the sand.
Then, it directly crawled up Yekawa's leg to his lower back, finally merging with the centipede armor on his back.
Looking at the palace in front of him, built entirely of massive stones, Yekawa kept shaking his head; although he had seen it many times from the perspective of his clone, he still couldn't understand it.
"A palace without a roof or walls, can that even be called a palace? What kind of aesthetic does this Baraggan have?!"
While complaining, Yekawa didn't delay his main objective; the moment he approached Hueco Mundo, Yekawa retracted his lightning bolt and activated Camo to its extreme, beginning to quietly approach Hueco Mundo.
As soon as he neared the main entrance of Hueco Mundo, he discovered two Menos Grande standing guard, only their spiritual pressure was noticeably weaker than typical Adjuchas, clearly special Gillians whose bodies were incomplete and had fallen from the Adjuchas rank.
"Pfft!"
Yekawa didn't hesitate; before these two special Gillians could even detect him, he directly unleashed a single slash, instantly killing them both, then activated Soul Eater, absorbing them completely in no time.
"Not bad, these two combined are barely equivalent to one Adjuchas."
Passing through the main gate, Yekawa entered the main hall, and only then did Yekawa realize that the main hall of this Hueco Mundo was actually composed of several towering giant pillars, nearly a thousand meters high, a height almost surpassing all buildings in his previous life.
However, thinking about it, it was normal; this palace was inhabited by a group of Menos Grande much larger than humans, so building a larger palace was perfectly normal.
In front of the main hall was a long stone staircase, and directly above the staircase was a massive throne.
Yekawa carefully sensed that all the Adjuchas currently remaining in Hueco Mundo seemed to be in their respective palaces.
So he quickly passed through the main hall and headed towards the palaces where the other Hollows resided behind it.
In a small palace closest to the main hall, Yekawa found the first lone Adjuchas; this Adjuchas was actually a large green centipede.
"Oh, so you're a centipede too? Then you should support my grand plan of transcendence even more."
Yekawa directly swung a lightning whip, splitting the Adjuchas, who couldn't react in time, into two, then activated Soul Eater to completely devour it.
Then Yekawa advanced towards another Adjuchas's hiding place, and just like that, without anyone knowing, Yekawa quickly dealt with six Adjuchas.
...
Soul Society, in front of the Seireitei East Gate.
"What? You said Captain Aizen of the Fifth Division, Captain Ichimaru of the Third Division, and Captain Tosen of the Ninth Division all left Seireitei together?"
Ito Makoto looked at the burly little giant in front of him with a surprised expression.
"Jidanbō, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
Ito Makoto confirmed again.
"Absolutely certain!"
Jidanbō scratched his head and said in a booming voice.
"Alright, I understand."
Ito Makoto took out a wad of Soul Society currency and handed it to Jidanbō, who happily accepted it and continued guarding the gate.
Since Ito Makoto's current strength was limited, and Aizen had Kyōka Suigetsu, Ito Makoto couldn't guarantee that what he saw was real; it was possible Aizen had used Kyōka Suigetsu on him as soon as they met.
Therefore, he needed to find someone who wouldn't be subjected to Kyōka Suigetsu and could still monitor Aizen's movements.
And Jidanbō, who guarded the gate, was very suitable; he could observe when Aizen left Seireitei, and because he was very weak, Aizen likely wouldn't bother to use Kyōka Suigetsu on him.
So, he used most of his salary as the Fourth Seat of the Eleventh Division to bribe Jidanbō, and unexpectedly, it actually helped him discover Aizen's movements.
Ito Makoto was now the Fourth Seat of the Eleventh Division, a middle-ranking member of the Thirteenth Division, and he was very clear that before this, the Gotei 13 had not assigned any missions to these three.
Therefore, these three could not have been dispatched for a Soul Society mission, and combining this with the timeline, the only event that could make these three move together seemed to be...
"Invasion of Hueco Mundo!"
...
"Aizen is coming?"
Yekawa, who was happily raiding Hueco Mundo while Baraggan was out, learned from his Soul Society clone that Aizen was already on his way, and suddenly, he felt terrible.
"No, I must speed up!"
Yekawa originally intended to defeat and ultimately devour these Adjuchas one by one, but now time no longer allowed it; he had to adopt some special measures!
So, he directly returned to the main hall, and after completing a series of deployments there, he boldly sat on Baraggan's throne, and then a dark golden spiritual pressure soared into the sky!
At this moment, the Adjuchas who were huddled in their respective palaces suddenly felt a powerful spiritual pressure rising from the main hall of Hueco Mundo and rushed to the main hall to investigate.
Before long, all the Hollows arrived, only to see a humanoid Hollow, entirely black with threads of dark golden tattoos covering its body, sitting leisurely on the throne with its legs crossed.
The Adjuchas sensed its terrifying spiritual pressure and its extremely human-like appearance, thus concluding that, like their Emperor Baraggan, this was a Vasto Lorde.
"Strange... Vasto Lorde, do you dare to challenge Hueco Mundo? Are you not afraid of Emperor Baraggan's wrath?"
An Adjuchas resembling a bullfrog bravely spoke, attempting to intimidate Yekawa by invoking Baraggan's name.
Yekawa sneered, then coldly spoke:
"Baraggan? At this point, do you still expect your king, who can barely protect himself, to come and save you?"
When the bullfrog Hollow heard Yekawa's words, its entire jowls puffed out, and it roared at him:
"Audacious usurper, die!"
The bullfrog Hollow now opened its mouth, and a black-red Cero was brewing; previously, it had hesitated to attack because it was wary of Yekawa sitting on the throne, fearing it would damage the throne, but now this rampant Vasto Lorde had repeatedly offended Emperor Baraggan, simply asking for death!
At the same time, the other Adjuchas also simultaneously began to brew their Cero, clearly intending to instantly obliterate Yekawa!
-------------------------------
I've already uploaded 30 chapters of this story on Patreon!
If you enjoy it, come check out the latest chapters in advance.
Here's the link:
[pat*eon*com/DaoistRoeoNQ]
Thank you so much for your support!!!
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"