Death: No cheats, take refuge in Aizen

Chapter 174 172. Escape is also a kind of trust

Above the head is a black cavity that blocks out the sky and the sun, and the sun cannot shine into this mountain range. In the darkness, several Shinigami who participated in this assessment in the day and moon class huddled closely together.

"Hey, Ise Nanao, is this part of the assessment?"

Madarame Ikkaku put his Zanpakuto on his shoulder and looked at Ise Nanao and said.

"I don't know, but it's probably not the case. Captain Shuichi didn't tell me about this before."

Ise Nanao pushed up her glasses and tried to remain calm as she answered.

"So this is a big Hollow attack on Soul Society? It's just that we were unlucky and got hit."

Looking at some large voids of different shapes falling one after another from the black cavity, Yumichika Ayasegawa said while using the binding light to conceal everyone's whereabouts.

At the same time, he was secretly glad in his heart. Fortunately, the black cavity appeared relatively early. If they were separated at night, they would have to survive such a large-scale Daxu attack. A Shinigami who doesn't even have the strength to be a captain is undoubtedly a very rare thing.

"Nanao, are you sure this isn't part of Shuichi's assessment?"

Shiba Haiyan confirmed to Ise Nanao.

As a vice-captain, a Shinigami who often deals with worldly affairs and has experienced many incidents, Shiba Haiyan has shown a very mature attitude in handling matters.

After getting a positive answer from Ise Nanao, Shiba Haiyan immediately summoned the Hell Butterfly and sent a request for help message to the captain and Higashino Shuichi respectively.

Originally, hell butterflies were rare creatures and were usually only equipped by captains. However, due to Shiba Haiyan's status as the head of the Shiba family, he was able to own a hell butterfly as the deputy captain.

As a special creature that transcends the three realms and is not bound by most of Soul Society's rules, the Hell Butterfly easily flew out of this isolated space with Shiba Haiyan's information.

"I have sent a distress signal to Soul Society. As long as we persist here for a while, Soul Society will definitely rescue us as soon as possible!"

After doing all this, Shiba Haiyan did not forget to comfort the other Shinigami present.

Because he knows that the more critical the moment, the more he cannot lose control of his position.

However, Tetsuzaemon, who was standing on the outermost edge of the shooting range, poured cold water on everyone.

"That's true, but I think it might be a bit difficult."

Of course, this was not what Tetsuzaemon did on purpose, but in this short period of time, they, the Shinigami, were already surrounded by a group of Daixu that were dozens of stories tall. In the middle of these Daxu, from the shadows, a special form of Daxu, about the same size as their god of death, with a special mask half hanging on his face, slowly walked out.

Everyone who was no longer stunned immediately recognized the identity of this great void, the Arrancar.

Even after the battle seven years ago, the Soul Society has lowered its evaluation of these Arrancars and lowered their strength levels from the lowest captain level in the past to at least the deputy captain level. However, That doesn't mean these Arrancars are easy to deal with either.

In particular, the Arrancar in front of him, who had his whole body covered in a white robe, had already reached the captain level just from the spiritual pressure released from his body.

And this is a situation that no one among all the Shinigami present has reached.

Even for Shinigami, a common common sense is that because Hollows and Shinigami are different, they have different levels of spiritual pressure development. Compared to Hollows, Shinigami are better at using lower spiritual pressure to exert stronger power. Therefore, when a Shinigami faces a Hollow, he can actually fight across levels of reiatsu easily.

But for the current group of Shinigami from Higashino Shuichi's Hiruzuki class, most of them have no experience in dealing with a captain-level spiritual pressure Arrancar, so it is impossible to say there is no pressure.

In particular, around them, there was not only this Arrancar, but also the beast-shaped Daxu that surrounded them, staring at them with eager eyes.

"Hey, delicious gods of death, you still have about ten minutes to say your last words. If you have anything you want to leave behind, I allow you to say it now!"

As soon as this Arrancar appeared in front of Shiba Haiyan and the others, he directly announced the fate of these Shinigami. For him, this outcome was beyond doubt.

After all, no matter how you look at it, this battle should be a one-sided situation. He has the advantage, and he doesn't know how he can lose!

"Don't be too confident too early. I've heard this kind of thing countless times, but you know, there is only one end for those falsehoods."

As the most experienced Shinigami among the Shinigami present, as well as the most experienced in handling this kind of incident, Shiba Haiyan shouldered the responsibility of being the leader of this group of Shinigami, but he saw that he was exchanging words with this Arrancar at the same time. , the Zanpakutō in his hand has simultaneously completed the liberation of the Zanpakutō.

This is one of the most useful tricks Shiba Haiyan learned from Higashino Shuichi, silent chanting.

Originally, Shiba Haiyan was the head of the Shiba family and the most talented Shinigami in Soul Society in the past few hundred years. If it weren't for the captain of the 13th Division, Ukitake Jushiro, who was physically weak and not suitable for managing the affairs of the team, If Shiba Haiyan had to devote a lot of energy to the management of team affairs in the Thirteenth Division, Shiba Haiyan could have captain-level strength at this point in time, and even master the liberation of the Zanpakutō.

Therefore, there is actually no need for Shiba Haiyan to join Higashino Shuichi's day and moon class to help the Shinigami further improve.

It's just that for personal reasons, Shiba Haiyan admires Higashino Shuichi's fighting style very much, especially Higashino Shuichi's ability to grow step by step to the point where he is now almost proud of the entire corpse even though his own talent is far inferior to him. extent of the boundary.

Shiba Haiyan believes that there must be a lot worth learning from Higashino Shuichi.

That's why Shiba Haiyan readily accepted Higashino Hideichi's invitation.

Facts have shown that although Higashino Shuichi's fundamental improvement in strength is not as obvious as other Shinigami's help to him, in terms of combat skills, he is indeed far inferior to Higashino Shuichi, who has learned from countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood. The god of death who was killed.

In a battle with the enemy, don't waste any nonsense. Even if you want to respond to provocation, you must not waste the opportunity.

Discourse can be both a tool of communication and a means of attracting attention.

Therefore, just when the Arrancar wanted to see what Shiba Haiyan would say as his last words, the ground beneath his feet had turned into a pool of water at some point.

Shiba Haiyan lifted the sea trident forward in his hand,

"Water and Sky Tornado!"

As Shiba Haiyan shouted, the water under the Arrancar's feet was like a tornado, spiraling upward until it connected the sky and the ground, connecting the heaven and the earth like a pillar.

"marvelous!"

As a member of the battlefield atmosphere team, Kotetsu Yuune, who is self-aware, cheered at this moment.

She knew that her combat effectiveness was far inferior to that of other companions. As a typical representative of the partial subject that Higashino Shuichi often criticized, in this assessment, Higashino Shuichi originally arranged a separate special track for her. So in the previous discussions, she very quietly chose not to speak.

In a battle, there are people who need to stand in front to protect teammates from wind and rain, and people who stand behind to provide logistical support to teammates.

Deeply influenced by Higashino Shuichi's philosophy, Kotetsu Yuine found his core positioning early on.

But her cheers were clearly premature.

To use the words of another world to describe, Kotetsu Yuune's behavior is a typical half-time act of popping champagne. Once things happen repeatedly, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

In the midst of the waterspout, the Arrancar's wild laughter rang out.

Then Kotetsu Yongin saw a purple tentacle filled with unknown liquid stretching out from the waterspout. Then, a circle of spirit seeds like beads appeared and rotated on the tentacle until they were submerged in the waterspout. Among the waterspouts.

In the blink of an eye, the waterspout that penetrated the sky and the earth collapsed like a building.

"It's useless~ Shiba Haiyan, your ability has been in my material library for a long time~"

The waterspout faded away, revealing the body of the Arrancar that was originally wrapped in a white robe.

His body can only be said to be barely humanoid, but its limbs are not the hands and feet in the normal concept, but tentacle-like existences that are ugly and disgusting.

And the thing that makes up its head is not a normal part, it is a huge cylindrical glass water tank filled with unknown transparent liquid.

And swimming in the middle of the unknown transparent liquid were two small exposed heads.

And on the left and right sides of the two heads, one has the number 1 printed on it, and the other has the number 0 printed on it.

Shiba Haiyan is no stranger to this kind of numbers.

After experiencing the battle seven years ago, with the efforts of the captains of Soul Society, the current ecological composition of Hueco Mundo has been clarified.

As early as the period of Balegang's rule, the joint governance model of the Arrancar Ten Blades headed by Balegang was formed.

Even after Bailegon was killed by Higashino Shuichi in Soul Society and Hueco Mundo entered the post-Balegon era, this governance model of the Hueco Mundo Arrancar Ten Blades was still preserved, because the man who once worked with Bailegon Keyatei Stark, who attacked Soul Society together and later led an Arrancar to attract firepower for Balegon in the real world, is still alive.

According to current Soul Society speculation, after the death of Balegon, the current position of Lord of Hueco Mundo should have been inherited by Stark.

Naturally, they also inherited the Arrancar Ten Blades system.

In other words, the Arrancar that appeared in front of them was not an ordinary Arrancar at all, but the tenth blade of Hueco Mundo!

And this also means that in Hueco Mundo, which follows the original law of the weak and the strong, this Arrancar ranks tenth in strength!

This is simply not something that their group of Shinigami, who are the most powerful and only have the vice-captain level, can deal with it!

"Nanao, quickly take Yongin, Yumiki and the others and escape from here. The further away the better."

Realizing this, Shiba Kaiyan did not hesitate at all, and took out the tone of the head of the Shiba family and issued an order to Ise Nanao.

"What are you talking about? Isn't it just a stinking Arrancar and a group of Hollows? I'm not afraid of them at all!"

But when he heard Shiba Kaiyan's order to let them be deserters, Madarame Ikkaku immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

What a joke? When has he ever been afraid of anyone?

Even in front of Higashino Hideichi, he has never been a coward, okay?

When the fight starts later, if he, Madarame Ikkaku, screams in pain, he will be considered a coward!

Fortunately, Madarame Ikkaku has a close friend who is inseparable and has a clear mind, Ayase Gawa Yumichika.

As an ordinary Shinigami officer, he has never been to Hueco Mundo before. Although he doesn't know what the number ten means, nor what the Ten Blades of Hueco Mundo represent, he can read expressions.

The unusually heavy expression on Shiba Kaiyan's face can only mean one thing.

"Vice Captain Haiyan, we will definitely meet again outside."

Even though he knew that his words were like setting a flag, Ayase Gawa Yumichika still looked at Shiba Haiyan's back and said so.

Never waste the opportunities created by your teammates. Kindness on the battlefield is cruelty to yourself.

This is also the knowledge that Higashino Hideichi taught them in the class.

As an outstanding student of the class, Ayase Gawa Yumichika deeply agreed with it.

So he directly pulled the one beside him, Madarame Ikkaku, who wanted to rush up to help Shiba Haiyan, and broke through in another direction.

There were only some big hollows that looked very intimidating. If these shinigami worked together, it should not be difficult to break through.

After seeing Ayase Gawa Yumichika and Madarame Ikkaku responding immediately, Sheju Tetsuzaemon, who stood on the other side and blocked a hollow flash shot by the surrounding big hollows for everyone, also looked deeply at Shiba Haiyan, as if he wanted to carve the figure of Shiba Haiyan into his heart.

At this moment, he seemed to know the real reason for his mother's death.

It's a pity that this time, Shiba Kaiyan stole the limelight.

If there is a next time, Sheba Tetsuzaemon hopes that the person who said this can be himself, then the morality he insists on will undoubtedly be sublimated to the end!

Next, it was Ise Nanao, and she was holding Kotetsu Yuune.

Everyone knew what Shiba Kaiyan would face if he stayed, but as they had received knowledge education from Higashino Hideichi, they all made the most correct choice.

Because reality is not a novel, and running away is not a symbol of lack of courage.

Meaningless sacrifice is shameful.

Since Shiba Kaiyan's judgment is that they can't deal with the strange-looking Arrancar even if they join forces, then they still stay here and waste Shiba Kaiyan's efforts, which is the greatest disrespect for Shiba Kaiyan's efforts.

For the several death gods present, isn't this another form of mutual trust?

Perhaps they themselves did not know that a chain called bond had quietly connected them together at this moment.