rain forest

Half a month later, half of the expedition team died, including the captain, and the command was transferred to Watanabe—yes, Watanabe, not Kuchiki Byakuya.There is an inexplicably convincing temperament about the young man who is not outstanding in ability, and Aoki calls it the bastard spirit of the first team.

Of course, she didn't say this nickname, she just thought about it for her own entertainment.

For half a month, everyone who survived the expedition was disgraced. Although Watanabe spared no effort to adjust the atmosphere, the overall tone was still dull. Death, lack of food, and endless battles made them completely unable to rest well. Repression has reached a dangerous level.

Most of the people in the team had lost a lot of weight, and the dead bully clothes soaked in blood and sweat looked empty on their bodies.

The only thing that is gratifying is that no one has died in the past few days. Those who survived seem to have adapted to this kind of life. Fatigue numbs the mind, but the body has been able to respond habitually.

People in the expedition team gradually discovered that the least favored Tu Yumen Zhang was the most adaptable among them. Not only did he adapt physically, but he also quickly adapted mentally. After a short period of fatigue, his eyes regained consciousness glow.Against the backdrop of Watanabe whose smile gradually seemed powerless, Aoki who was recovering in spirit looked very abrupt.

However, no one has the strength to think about something, they only have the strength to secretly slander why such a good thing didn't happen to them.

Slashing, fighting, and flying flesh and blood, almost everyone felt like a walking dead, but no one put down the knife in their hands.

Chopped until numb, the movements of the subordinates no longer need to be thought about, they are completely mechanical, and labor that does not require skills is just physical work. The team members thought that the expedition team would reach the end like this, but——

After all, they met Xu who couldn't be cut.

Aoki looked at the familiar blue leopard, ground his molars, and rushed forward without impulsiveness.The void in front of him is already at the peak level of Yachukas, and it has evolved so much in just a few years.

Aoki was worried that Xu would recognize him, but the beautiful leopard glanced around the ten of them, and didn't show any difference to her.

Can't remember, or have you been caught in the mirror?

Aoki prayed for the latter, so that she would have no worries.

Because of the appearance of high-level Xu, Xiao Xu in the desert ran far away, but did not completely leave, squatting on the side and staring at it, as if wanting to reap the benefits.

There was also a brief stagnation on the Reaper's side, Xu didn't attack, and they didn't dare to make a rash move when they encountered Xu of this level for the first time.

Aoki pouted, and asked the question that everyone wanted to ask but was too embarrassed to ask: "Retreat or attack?" She deliberately avoided the word "flee".

As the decision maker, Watanabe did not make any pretentious gestures, and made a decisive decision: "Withdraw!"

As soon as the words fell, the ten people who had cultivated a perfect understanding in half a month ran along the established route at the same time.

It's not that they don't have the strength to fight, but it's too uneconomical to lose their hands for a Xu. The more advanced the Xu, the harder it is to leave the Xu circle. They don't need to fight it.But this kind of behavior of running away is obviously disgraceful, and only Takashi Watanabe can make such a decision without hesitation. This is the charm of this young man.

The Shunpo of the members of the expedition team is outstanding, they only took two steps to jump to the place where the Xiao Xus were sitting far away, and the two team members at the front raised their knives and fell to split the road.Aoki who was caught in the middle turned his head at this time, the blue bird moved, white smoke flashed on the desert surrounding the virtual, the blood spurted by the slashed Xiaoxu hadn't landed yet, and that ghost was already close at hand.

As if playing in slow motion, Aoki raised the knife to block, she clearly saw that the sharp Zanpakuto blade could only draw a shallow mark on Xu's body, as if feeling pain, Xu's gaze turned to her, but it still Maintaining the running movement, the front legs fell, and the flat desert surface splashed water-like sand. It turned its head, opened its mouth, bit, paused and raised again, it was a tearing movement——

The bright red blood belonging to the god of death spewed out, and fell to the ground at the same time as the blood of the beheaded Xiaoxu.

The cry of pain broke the slow-motion movement, and Aoki's sight was drawn out like an afterimage, which took away the leg of a god of death.

Watanabe shouted: "Scatter!"

There was a flash of pain in the boy's eyes. Everyone knew that the bitten god of death could not be saved.

The god of death who lost his leg screamed and fell to the ground. No one came to save him. With a broken leg, it is still a question of whether he can be rescued after losing a lot of blood. It's a burden, they can't spare the energy to take care of him, so it's better to make him happy.

This is the last lesson the dead captain gave them by using himself as an example when he was dying, about dignity, weighing the pros and cons, and being rational enough to lose humanity.

Ten people fled in different directions, and every two or three people kept a relatively close distance to ensure mutual care.

The gods of death dare not run too far. It is difficult to distinguish the direction in the desert. Deviation from the correct path is almost equal to death.

Aoki, Watanabe, and Kuchiki stopped after running for a certain distance. There was nothing but their own footprints behind them, and they were not chasing after them.

They dare not say they are lucky, because their own luck is based on the misfortune of others.

The three of them gathered around Watanabe at a distance from each other.

Just when they were about to take a breath, a heavy and ominous Reiatsu surrounded them.

The three of them could barely discern the source of the spiritual pressure, it was too powerful, and there was no gradual change in strength from near to far when they felt it.

Aoki's pupils shrank, and he dragged his two companions to the side and rushed out.Aoki's Shunpo was very good, he covered a considerable distance in one step, but when the black flash fell, the three of them were still overturned by the air wave.

Aoki was rolled up and rolled several somersaults before she barely stopped. She moaned silently, pressed her bloody chest, prostrated herself on the ground without standing up, her knees were slightly bent, and her toes touched the ground, yes An action that can be rushed out at any time.

She should thank Ichimaru Gin for taking her for a walk around the Xu circle, and to appreciate the Vastord-level Xu's Reiatsu in advance.

It took a while for the floating sand shaken up by the black Xu to hover and fall, and Xu's figure gradually appeared behind the foggy sand curtain. Xu, who already had a human-shaped torso, had a pair of large black wings behind him, which looked like a bat in shape. Yes, the white mask covering the whole face has two horns protruding from the top of the head, and there are green lines under the black eye sockets, like strange tear stains.

At the same time, Aoki also found the figures of the two companions who were shaken away.

They were already some distance away from the road given on the map, and Xu was standing in the direction they were running back.Should we continue running into the unknown desert, or fight with Xu?

The survival rate of the two is about the same.

"Let's scatter, Senbon Sakura." Kuchiki Byakuya uttered the words clearly, and there was no trace of the crispness of a boy left in his tone, very serious, serious, and steady.

He is not afraid, not afraid.

"Let's disperse, sea fog." Takashi Watanabe's voice carried a free and easy smile, light and unremarkable yet heavy as a thousand weights.

There was nothing in Aoki's voice: "Spread your wings, Yagull."

During the stagnant confrontation before the conflict broke out, Watanabe suddenly asked Aoki: "Hey, Tsuchimikado, have you ever been proud of yourself?"