The genius of Naruto is a bit ordinary.

Hueco Mundo.

A black hole in space suddenly appeared.

Then, Xia Li, wearing a Death Tyrant outfit with a small cute animal on his shoulder, appeared in the desert.

Xia Li looked at the familiar desert. After several days, he really didn't want to come here. There was no scenery to speak of in the Hueco Mundo. There was always a sky shrouded in darkness and a desolate land without any life at all.

However, Xia Li was not here for tourism. Soon, Xia Li's spiritual power exploded and he began to chant.

"The heart of the south, the pupil of the north, the fingertips of the west, the toes of the east, gather with the wind and disperse with the rain! Binding Path No. 58 - Slap the toes and chase the sparrow!"

As Xia Li finished chanting the ghost mantra, a white spiritual power shot up into the sky and flew in one direction.

And Stark's location also appeared in Xia Li's mind.

The fifty-eighth method of binding - chasing the bird with slapping toes, is to track and capture the opponent's position based on the opponent's spiritual pressure.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the other party does not hide his spiritual pressure. This is why Xia Li specifically told Stark not to hide his spiritual pressure before returning to Soul Society.

The spiritual pressure of each individual is unique, including Shinigami and Hollows.

Therefore, Xia Li only needs to input Stark's spiritual pressure, and as long as the location is displayed, he will not find the wrong person.

"Hmm? It seems quite far away..." Xia Li couldn't help but say as he sensed Stark's position.

This is not surprising, after all, he has been gone for more than a month.

Without being distracted by other things, Stark's speed was also very fast.

Moreover, his enthusiasm for finding companions was also aroused by Xia Li, which also led to him not slowing down his pace.

"Are you feeling okay?" Xia Li asked, rubbing the moon elf's little head.

"Gulala~" the moon elf replied with narrowed eyes.

"Really? It's in much better condition than the first time I came here. That's good." Xia Li nodded with satisfaction, but had no intention of letting the Moon Elf use space transfer.

There is no need to trouble the Moon Elf for this short journey. Let it have a good rest. It may not be long before the Moon Elf will need to take him back to the human world.

Then, Xia Li walked towards where Stark was.

Xia Li's figure seemed to flash in this sea of ​​sand, and Xia Li himself seemed to be taking a leisurely stroll in the garden, but...

Every time he took a step, his figure would appear in the distance, as if he had the magical power to shrink the earth into an inch.

Unfortunately, this was still an instant step, and his body did not truly disappear. It was just that the speed was too fast, so people could not see the movement process in between.

Using this level of instant movement in the space of Hueco Mundo, which is filled with spiritual energy, consumes a lot of energy for ordinary Shinigami, but for Xia Li, the spiritual energy wasted is not as good as the quick recovery.

For a long time, Xia Li looked at the sea of ​​trees in front of him. These dead trees were not made of wood, but dead trees made of quartz.

This seems to be the outer circle of Hueco Mundo? Xia Li is not sure...

And Stark is still deeper.

Xia Li did not hesitate and walked towards the depths of the forest.

Finally, Xia Li stopped in front of a somewhat strange white bush. In his perception, Stark was in this white bush.

Moreover, there seemed to be another figure with equally powerful spiritual pressure beside Stark at this time.

"Did Stark really find another companion when I was away? And it turned out to be a Hollow at the level of Vastold?" Xia Li was a little surprised. Without hesitation, he stepped into the white bushes.

Soon, Xia Li saw Stark over there, and the human-sized void opposite Stark.

The other party was completely different from an ordinary Hollow. His entire body was white, and under the large Hollow mask on his face, he seemed to have only a pair of ordinary eyes, without even the normal glowing eyes and mouth of a Hollow.

At this time, Stark seemed to be confronting this strange white Hollow.

"Huh? Xia Li, you're back?" Stark also saw Xia Li coming and was a little surprised.

The white humanoid Daxu also saw Xia Li, and a look of vigilance appeared in his eyes.

"Well, I just came here not long ago. Who is this?" Xia Li looked at the white big virtual.

"Ulquiorra Cifer, the Hollow I just found who can be our companion." Stark said.

"But it seems that the other party doesn't seem to appreciate it?" Xia Li said as he looked at the spiritual pressure released from the other party.

"Companions?" At this time, Ulquiorra spoke, and an emotionless voice came from him.

Because he has no mouth on his face, it is impossible to tell where the sound came from.

"Yes, companions. You must be lonely too, right? Ulquiorra, after all, you also possess this level of spiritual pressure. If the hollows around you get close to you, they will be directly oppressed to death by your spiritual pressure, right?" Stark asked.

"Alone? Companions? What does that mean? And if the spiritual pressure is strong, can't we just control it?" Ulquiorra's doubtful voice sounded again.

Suddenly, Stark was choked. He didn't expect Ulquiorra to be able to control his spiritual pressure so easily...

"Do you think every Hollow is like you, possessing a naturally powerful spiritual pressure but not knowing how to control it?" At this time, Xia Li also found it a little funny and said.

Stark was also a little embarrassed when he heard this.

However, compared to having an extra companion, this embarrassment was nothing, and he began to explain for Ulquiorra.

"Loneliness is just like your situation before I came. You are the only one living here, without any companions. This feeling is very uncomfortable."

"As for companions, they are friends or people who travel with you, who can chat with you when you are lonely... probably."

In fact, Stark himself couldn't quite understand these things, but he just said them according to his own thoughts.

"Is that so?" Ulquiorra thought.

"Don't you feel uncomfortable being alone?" Stark seemed a little unconfident at this moment.

"No, and I had other 'companions' around me before, but because I looked different from them, I was ostracized by them, so I left directly and came here to live alone. I don't have the same feelings as you." Ulquiorra said truthfully.

Stark scratched his head and looked at Xia Li for help.

In his opinion, Xia Li should know more than him.

"Those you are talking about are not companions, or they don't regard you as companions. Real companions are those who are together with a common goal." Xia Li also spoke at this time.

"Oh." Ulquiorra nodded, and then seemed to be thinking, as if he was very interested in these things that were somewhat new to him.

Xia Li continued, "Stark is a person who lacks companions. Since he was born, due to his strong spiritual pressure, no Hollow has been able to approach him. As a result, he has always been alone, so he urgently wants more companions."

Uoqiola nodded half-knowingly, then looked at Stark and said, "So he wants me to be his companion?"

"Yes." Stark nodded.

Ulquiorra seemed to be thinking about something, and Stark and Xia Li were not in a hurry to say anything more.

Xia Li was looking at Ulquiorra at this time. He was quite familiar with this name. Isn't this the guy in his memory who mastered the Second Stage Return to Sword and had a peak battle with Kurosaki Ichigo in the future?

Xia Li didn't expect to meet the other person here.

In the original work, he was able to confirm that Stark and Ulquiorra had never met before he met Aizen, so it seems that he did have some influence.

Also, after this, will Stark and Ulquiorra still choose to become the Espada under Aizen?

This influence on Aizen...

Well, Xia Li actually didn’t think that the loss of a few subordinates would have any impact on Aizen, even if Stark and Ulquiorra were the strongest Blades.

Aizen's strength in the original work does not refer to how powerful his power is, but simply how powerful he is as a person.

Kyoka Suigetsu is not necessarily a very powerful Zanpakutō, it's just that its owner happens to be Aizen.

And, most importantly, Aizen never used the power of Bankai from beginning to end. Xia Li remembered this very clearly. After all, in the circle of Shinigami, many people have speculated about the power of Aizen's Bankai and why Aizen did not use it.

Some people speculate that Aizen's Bankai is simply an amplified version of Shikai, so although it seems that he has not used it, he has actually used it...

Some people also speculate that after Aizen's Bankai is achieved, the illusion effect of Kyoka Suigetsu will be removed, which is definitely not worth it for Aizen.

After all, the entire Jinglingting can be said to have been trapped in his Mirror Flowers and Water Moon. As long as he doesn't want to solve it, they will be trapped in the illusion of Mirror Flowers and Water Moon for the rest of their lives. It is obviously not worth using Bankai to solve this illusion.

Xia Li was also not clear about Aizen's Bankai. According to the impression of other captains of the Gotei 13, he still used a water-based Zanpakutō...

However, based on Xia Li's current understanding of Zanpakuto.

Shikai is actually not the power of Zanpakutō, but the power of the god of death himself, and Aizen's Shikai, Kyoka Suigetsu, represents the opponent's level of illusion.

Even without a Zanpakutō, the opponent should be able to use this kind of power.

As for Aizen's Bankai, Xia Li didn't want to guess. Since the opponent would not use it, then don't use it. In fact, Meikyo Shisui's Bankai has only been used once so far, when he fought Unohana.

According to Xia Li's fighting habits, he still has to rely on his own strengths in battle. Bankai represents the power that evolves after the Zanpakuto absorbs enough spiritual power from the god of death.

Although generally speaking, it is closely related to the Shikai, but in fact it can only be regarded as the ability of the Zanpakutō, not the ability of the god of death itself.

Unless, those Shinigami can return to their swords and merge the power of their Zanpakuto with their own.

This is something that the gods of death obviously cannot do, and it is also what Xia Li is pursuing now.

"If I join you, do I need to become the same as you?" Ulquiorra suddenly asked after thinking for a while.

"Of course not." Stark replied immediately. In fact, as far as he knew, the ability of Arrancar was quite difficult.

"No need?" Ulquiorra nodded. He actually didn't care much about it.

Just as he was alone in this white jungle, he did not feel any discomfort.

It can be said that Ulquiorra is very different from Stark. It is difficult for him to feel loneliness, and he doesn't even know what loneliness is.

However, Ulquiorra was very curious about what Stark and Xiali were talking about.

So, he didn't mind following them to explore the things he was curious about.

"Can you become like us?" Xia Li stared at Ulquiorra and asked.

"It seems possible." Ulquiorra nodded, and then said, "When I came here, my mask was scratched by the surrounding bushes, and it seemed to have become the same as yours, but later my mask recovered on its own."

"Is that so? Then you can try to break your mask with your own strength. This way your strength may be greatly improved." Xia Li said at this time.

Xia Li was also a little surprised at this time. Ulquiorra had obviously reached the edge of self-Hanpan. Xia Li thought that only Stark was an exception, but he didn't expect that Ulquiorra was almost the same.

Moreover, Ulquiorra has not yet completely completed the Arrancar, which means that Xia Li has the opportunity to fully observe the entire process of Ulquiorra's Arrancar.

This is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Xia Li. The fact that Hollow himself possesses the power of the god of death is of great reference significance to Xia Li.

"Okay." Ulquiorra nodded and did not refuse.

"Do you agree to go with us?" At this time, Stark also reacted.

"Well, I want to know what it feels like to have a companion, and how it differs from my current life." Ulquiorra's answer was full of rationality and a hint of curiosity.

"Great!" Stark nodded with a smile.

Xia Li next to him nodded thoughtfully. Stark, the first Hollow to break his mask on his own, was afraid of loneliness.

Ulquiorra, who has the potential to open his own Arrancar, is now like a child who knows nothing and is full of curiosity about the outside world and things he doesn't understand.

Xia Li originally wanted to leave after helping Stark find a companion.

But now that they have encountered Ulquiorra, a Hollow who may be able to form a Hollow on his own, it would be a good idea to stay here and continue observing the two of them.

Xia Li also made a decision at this time.