Aizen had undoubtedly provoked public anger at this moment!
Even Gin lost his smile, looking faintly at Aizen, thinking who knows what.
However, being stared at angrily by everyone, Aizen felt utterly baffled for the first time.
What was this? He wasn't the Hokage's scapegoat. How did such a blame suddenly land on his head?
Of course, explanation was out of the question. In all his actions, Aizen never needed to explain himself to others.
Aizen simply let his gaze pass through everyone, landing on Ichigo, who lay silently in the center.
After watching for a while, he suddenly reacted.
"Wait, this is... so it can be done this way?" A trace of amazement appeared in Aizen's words!
"Knowing that a hidden power lies within his body, so he deliberately brinks on death to stimulate this power to emerge!"
"Kurosaki Ichigo, I must say you have surprised me once again!"
"What is this guy babbling about now?" Everyone was very puzzled by Aizen's soliloquy.
But they soon understood.
"Kurosaki-kun?" Orihime suddenly let out a strange cry.
Everyone turned to look. Ichigo, who had just been lifeless, suddenly broke free from Orihime's Soten Kisshun and stood up.
Then, intense Reiatsu surged from Ichigo's body!
Instantly, a new Hollow mask covered Ichigo's face.
But unlike before, this time the Hollow mask formed two horns on Ichigo's forehead.
From a distance, it looked like a bull's head!
"Ichigo?" The appearance of the Horned Hollow also drew Rukia's attention. She looked over in surprise.
But at this moment, the strongest substitute fighter in the Bleach World had come online.
The Horned Hollow had no feelings, no consciousness, only power.
It didn't acknowledge Rukia at all. In the Horned Hollow's eyes, there was only another man!
It pulled Tensa Zangetsu from its own chest, swung it to test the feel!
Then, the two horns on its head charged a Cero. A crimson sphere quickly formed, aimed at Aizen, and fired.
A red beam of light stirred the wind and clouds!
Looking at the Horned Hollow, curiosity reappeared in Aizen's eyes.
"You can already use the 'White' Hollow now?"
"In that case, let me witness your current strength!"
"Hado #81, Danku!"
A transparent wall appeared, blocking the Horned Hollow's Cero!
Red light crashed against the transparent wall. A violent explosion and smoke appeared!
But the thick smoke lasted only a few seconds.
The next moment, a blade cut through all the smoke. Aizen actively attacked the Horned Hollow!
Clang clang clang clang clang!
In an instant, the two used Shunpo, Hirenkyaku, and Sonido at rapid speeds, engaged in intense combat at afterimage speed across the entire area in front of the forest!
Rukia, with her slightly weaker power, couldn't track their trajectories now. She could only see sparks bursting and clashing metal sounds coming from seemingly empty spots before her.
Simultaneously, the ground shattered under Ichigo and Aizen's power as if it couldn't bear it.
From afar, it looked like an invisible giant hammer was constantly pounding the ground, hammering one large crater after another into the originally flat Sokyoku Hill!
After rapid exchanges, not long after: Rip!
A sound of cloth tearing rang out!
Aizen's figure was revealed, and the Horned Hollow's figure also reappeared!
Aizen slightly lowered his head to look at his sleeve.
There was a terrifying scratch mark there!
And on the Horned Hollow's right hand was a fragment of cloth!
"What!!?"
"Aizen actually suffered a loss in combat!!?"
Watching this, everyone was shocked!
No one expected that Aizen, who had been full of swagger and invincible since his appearance, would have his sleeve torn off by the Horned Hollow's sharp claws in just over a minute of combat!
Gin Shunpo'd to Aizen's side and asked with a smile, "How is it, Captain Aizen? Do you need my help?"
"I must inform you of one thing. We are running out of time!"
"Hm, don't worry, Gin. I have a sense of proportion."
Aizen nodded. Although his smile maintained its usual gentleness, his expression had subtly changed.
Looking at the Horned Hollow again, Aizen became serious.
"I must say, for a human to obstruct me to this point, you can already be proud."
"So, stop here, Kurosaki Ichigo!"
Aizen sheathed his blade. His body vibrated, and Reiatsu that made the entire Seireitei tremble was released!
For a moment, the air seemed to turn from formless to tangible. Everyone who felt Aizen's Reiatsu felt as if sealed in a concrete pillar… breathing become difficult, their body heavy!
Facing such Reiatsu, Nanao, who was still treating Yamamoto, collapsed on the spot.
Above Rukia's eyes were filled with blood. She was like a balloon about to burst by pressure. The group could only squeeze with difficulty behind Orihime's main shield to gasp for breath!
Then, looking at the Horned Hollow, Aizen calmly uttered a few words: "Hado #99, Goryutenmetsu!"
Boooooooom-
Powerful Reiatsu twisted the air, finally forming five powerful giant dragons towering into the clouds!
They surrounded the Horned Hollow in a five elements formation, glaring menacingly downwards!
Looking at these five dragons, even without a brain, the Horned Hollow's instinct told him this technique was strong.
So the Horned Hollow darted left and right, firing Ceros from its horns continuously. It frantically tried to break out from all directions.
But how could the Goryutenmetsu, specially crafted by Aizen for the Horned Hollow, let it leave?
The five dragons were a single entity. The Horned Hollow in the center was like Sun Wukong unable to escape the Buddha's palm.
Finally, even the Horned Hollow understood it couldn't break out from here yet.
It simply gave up on leaving. Ten unprecedented Ceros began gathering at its forehead!
Groooowl-
The five dragons stared at the Horned Hollow below, confirming it couldn't escape. Then they merged into one and charged downward towards the center!
Simultaneously, the Horned Hollow fired its strongest Cero!
A red Cero wrestled with a blue-white dragon!
At the center of their clash, dots of blackness appeared, then quickly vanished!
This was the sign of the Soul Society's space fracturing!
The power of the Cero and Goryutenmetsu colliding was such that even the Soul Society's space couldn't withhold it!
Like a beam struggle, the two forces entered a tug-of-war!
At this moment, the live stream camera angle switched again.
The originally vertical beam struggle between Goryutenmetsu and the Cero gradually became horizontal.
"Could it be..." The live stream audience, familiar with that meme, grew tense.
Under their horrified gazes, the Horned Hollow's figure appeared on the left side of the screen!
But fortunately, the game was just messing with them.
After the Horned Hollow on the left side fell slightly behind, it was switched to the right side.
This time, Goryutenmetsu was on the left!
Since ancient times, the left side loses in beam struggles.
This time, of course, was no exception!
Ichigo's Cero charged straight into the sky, finally completely destroyed Goryutenmetsu, and then continued blasting upward without stopping!
Meanwhile-
Soul King Palace.
"Hm?" The great monk Hyosube Ichibe'e, who was writing and drawing in his room, suddenly frowned.
He sensed something and looked downward.
Then, an astonishing scene appeared. A red Cero was actually heading straight for his palace!
"Huh? A Cero?"
Ichibe'e was startled.
Then his figure disappeared. The next moment he appeared below his palace and struck out with his palm towards the Horned Hollow's Cero!
"Senri Tsutensho!"
A giant palm pressed downward!
Under its immense power, the air before this palm was actually compressed into a high-density wall similar to Danku!
And this wasn't even the true power of Senri Tsutensho, merely the aftereffects from its movement!
The Horned Hollow's Cero struck this giant palm and finally dissipated into nothingness.
Confirming no more attacks were coming, Ichibe'e Hyosube nodded in relief.
But when he withdrew his palm, he suddenly started.
Because on the palm of his hand, there was a small bloody hole, as if poked by a toothpick!
"It actually broke through my defense?" Ichibe'e was very shocked.
Ichibe'e then sighed. "Looks like the Seireitei has produced another remarkable existence!"
But after just sighing a bit, he didn't pay it much mind.
The Zero Division was immortal and indestructible. As long as the Soul King existed, they lived as long as the world.
Temporary glory wasn't valued by them.
So, after sighing just twice, Ichibe'e returned to the great hall.