In just a short span of time, Lin Xuan had earned a whopping 150 million Reputation Points, pushing his total account balance past the 1 billion mark once again!
Naturally, Lin Xuan was extremely pleased with this outcome.
At the same time, Aizen's performance had managed to capture his interest as well.
Based on Aizen's original baseline strength, he shouldn't have been able to duel Six Paths Uchiha Madara for this long. After all, Madara had spent a considerable amount of time training in the Dragon Ball World, and his combat power had grown significantly.
Although the battle above looked fierce and evenly matched, Lin Xuan knew very well that Madara was holding back.
Judging by Madara's secretive demeanor, he was almost certainly intentionally concealing his true strength, planning to use it later to pick a fight with Lin Xuan himself.
"What a silly guy," Lin Xuan chuckled, shaking his head.
Though Madara wanted to hide his true cards, he had no idea that Lin Xuan, who possessed the System, had complete and total insight into his exact power level.
The moment Lin Xuan had summoned Madara via Impure World Reincarnation, the System had already provided a full breakdown of Madara's updated attributes.
Of course, Lin Xuan wasn't about to spill the beans to Madara.
Otherwise, how could he enjoy watching Madara try to flex in front of him, only to get brutally slapped in the face afterward?
Returning to the duel at hand, Lin Xuan could feel that Aizen had indeed achieved a breakthrough just now.
In terms of raw combat power, current Aizen was practically comparable to his first fusion stage with the Hogyoku in the original timeline.
It was precisely because of this sudden power surge that he was able to go toe-to-toe with Six Paths Madara without immediately falling behind.
And the catalyst behind this miraculous transformation was, without a doubt, the Hogyoku in his hands.
Lin Xuan looked up at Aizen with keen interest, smiling faintly. "Fascinating. A mere semi-awakened Hogyoku can boost Aizen's power by this much. This so-called desire-granting engine really is something else!"
Even so, Lin Xuan still made no move to intervene. He remained comfortably seated on his plush sofa, sipping hot tea while observing the intense clash.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Empowered by the Hogyoku, Aizen's speed was vastly superior to before, having officially broken past the upper ceiling of standard Captain-level Soul Reapers.
Yet Madara's reaction time in Six Paths Mode was equally absurd.
Facing Aizen's frantic, high-speed assault, Madara dodged every incoming strike with surgical precision.
Both men unleashed terrifying, cataclysmic techniques, hurling lethal attacks at one another without restraint.
Amid deafening explosions that echoed through the heavens, the remaining structures in Seireitei quivered and collapsed one after another.
At this point, Seireitei was entirely unrecognizable, reduced to a vast wasteland of smoking ruins—and this was despite the fact that the two had taken their battle into the upper atmosphere to minimize collateral damage!
BOOM!
Following another violent collision, the two figures separated instantly.
Aizen Sosuke looked at Madara, his previous calm completely gone. He hadn't expected that even after boosting his strength with the Hogyoku, this Ryoka could still match him blow for blow!
"Fascinating... Your power truly is extraordinary!" Aizen's eyes glinted as a thrilling smile spread across his face.
Madara felt Aizen's gaze and frowned in distaste.
He felt as though Aizen was looking at him like a predator looking at prime prey—a feeling that annoyed Madara to no end.
Madara was always the one who viewed others as prey! Who dared look at him like that?!
Madara snorted coldly. "Hmph! I'd better hurry up and finish this bastard, then go fight Lin Xuan to my heart's content!"
However, just as Madara prepared to launch his next strike, violent vibrations suddenly rattled the sky high above!
The corners of Aizen's mouth curled upward. He looked at Madara and said smoothly, "It seems... time is up."
The moment his words landed, a pillar of radiant golden light—Negacion—descended from the high heavens, enveloping Aizen completely inside it.
In the next instant—
BOOM!
High up in the sky, the fabric of space violently fractured, and several colossal, chalk-white arms reached out from within the dark void.
With terrifying strength, those giant arms ripped the dimensional tear wider and wider, until dozens of massive, grotesque heads poked out from the rift.
Each head possessed a jet-black body and a skull-like mask with a long, sharp bone nose—looking utterly hideous and menacing.
Deeper within the dark tear, a colossal pair of closed purple eyes loomed silently.
This sudden, apocalyptic sight instantly captured everyone's attention.
Looking at those horrifying monster heads towering in the sky, every Soul Reaper present was frozen in sheer terror.
"Are those... Menos Grande?!"
"What is going on?! Why are there so many Great Hollows appearing above Seireitei?!"
"Damn it! Don't tell me they're planning a full-scale invasion of Soul Society?!"
"Wait, there's something even bigger hidden deeper inside the rift!"
Every Soul Reaper gripped their weapons, standing as if facing a mortal enemy. Dozens of Menos Grande appearing simultaneously above Soul Society was an absolute nightmare scenario.
If this horde of Great Hollows launched an attack, it would bring unimaginable catastrophe upon Soul Society!
Even Head Captain Yamamoto's face darkened significantly as he gazed upon the vast horde of Hollows.
At that moment, two more pillars of golden light descended from the heavens, enveloping Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tosen.
Soon, within the impenetrable pillars of Negacion, Aizen, Gin, and Tosen—along with the ground beneath their feet—began to float slowly upward, ascending toward the dimensional rift in the sky.
----------
T/N:
You'll also get 5 extra chapters just for being a free member!
Access 60 chapters in advance on my Patreon: [email protected]//allbluestories