Uchiha Madara curled his lips in a smirk, choosing to say nothing.
Although he hated to admit it, after spending so much time around Lin Xuan, he knew full well that whenever this man spoke, he meant every word. Once Lin Xuan declared he would do something, he would accomplish it without fail!
Unlike Yamamoto and the other Soul Reapers who harbored doubts, Madara was genuinely curious to see what ridiculous method Lin Xuan was about to pull off.
Up in the void, Gin Ichimaru asked softly, "Aizen, is this really fine?"
Aizen looked down at Lin Xuan, a contemptuous sneer playing on his lips. "Rest assured. The Negacion cast by several Great Hollows working in unison is not something easily broken—not to mention we have even powerful entities assisting from within the rift."
Even though Lin Xuan had given him numerous surprises today, Aizen still did not believe that Lin Xuan possessed the power to shatter Negacion's absolute spatial barrier.
In his eyes, Lin Xuan was merely putting on a grand show.
However, in that exact moment, Aizen saw Lin Xuan tilt his head upward and flash a bright, cheerful smile directly at him.
Looking at that smile, Aizen's heart jolted violently as an intense premonition of fatal danger surged through his soul!
"Hurry! Move!" Aizen barked.
Within the golden pillar of Negacion, the three traitors accelerated, ascending rapidly toward the massive spatial tear created by the horde of Menos Grande.
Yet in that very split second, Lin Xuan finally made his move.
BANG!
Lin Xuan stomped his foot against the ground, launching himself skyward like an artillery shell straight toward the ascending trio. At the same time, a blinding, radiant light erupted from his right fist.
"Hmph! Get your ass back down here!"
Lin Xuan bellowed, driving a single fist upward into the air.
In an instant, the surrounding space quivered violently!
Wherever his fist traveled, layers upon layers of space shattered like brittle glass, surrounded by violent currents of spatial turbulence as the blow struck straight toward the golden beam of Negacion!
BOOM!
A deafening explosion reverberated across heaven and earth as the catastrophic impact slammed squarely into the pillar of Negacion enveloping Aizen, Gin, and Tosen.
To everyone's utter shock, Lin Xuan's attack did not pass harmlessly through the barrier like Madara's had.
Instead, his fist violently pulverized the local fabric of space itself! The devastating shockwave tore through the spatial dimension, penetrating directly into the Negacion corridor and slamming hard into the three traitors inside!
Even more terrifyingly, the force of Lin Xuan's punch did not dissipate. It continued soaring straight up into the high heavens, slamming directly into the horde of Menos Grande tearing open the spatial rift!
In the span of a single breath, before those colossal Menos Grande could even finish their angry roars, they were instantly obliterated into dust by the shockwave!
Deep behind the rift, that colossal, mysterious purple eye snapped open in horror—only to be completely shattered into nothingness by the residual force of the punch in the very next second!
BANG!
A figure shot downward out of the sky like a falling meteor, slamming violently into the earth below and blasting a crater deep into the ground.
It was Kaname Tosen!
Struck head-on by Lin Xuan's shockwave, Tosen was instantly rendered unconscious, severely wounded with bloody fractures, his life or death completely unknown!
As the main target of the punch, Aizen possessed the highest strength among the three and managed to raise his Zanpakuto to block the residual impact.
Even so, he suffered greatly. Blood spurted from his lips as he took severe internal injuries. The moment the Negacion barrier shattered, Aizen sprinted frantically into the rapidly closing spatial tear above.
As for Gin Ichimaru, small half of his body had been reduced to a bloody mess—injuries far worse than Aizen's. Gritting his teeth through excruciating agony, he barely managed to drag his battered body into the rift alongside Aizen.
Lin Xuan did not pursue them into the rift. He simply stood mid-air, a faint smile on his lips as he watched the spatial tear rapidly seal itself shut.
From within the narrowing crack, Aizen turned his head, casting an ice-cold, murderous glare back at Lin Xuan.
Moments later, the rift completely vanished, and the sky returned to absolute tranquility.
Down on the ground, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Shunsui Kyoraku, and every remaining Soul Reaper stared up at the sky with wide eyes, their faces frozen in complete, paralyzed shock.
How was this possible?!
That man had actually accomplished the impossible—not only shattering the absolute barrier of Negacion, but severely wounding Aizen and Gin with a single fist while completely vaporizing a horde of Menos Grande and that colossal entity in the rift!
Although Aizen and Gin had ultimately managed to scramble away, the scene remained utterly unbelievable.
A single thought echoed in the minds of everyone present: *This man is a complete monster!*
Even Head Captain Yamamoto had his entire understanding of Lin Xuan thoroughly shattered. He knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that even if he fought at full strength, he could never accomplish such a feat—yet Lin Xuan had done it with effortless ease!
*'It seems... I have severely underestimated him once again!'* Yamamoto sighed internally, his expression grave.
At that moment, Lin Xuan drifted back down to the ground, turning to Yamamoto with a casual smile. "Old man Yamamoto, Rukia Kuchiki's alleged crimes were orchestrated entirely by Aizen behind the scenes. I have no interest in continuing a war with your Seireitei, so how about we call it a day?"
Yamamoto fell silent for a long moment.
Beside him, Shunsui Kyoraku, who had rushed back, felt his heart leap into his throat. He prayed internally, *'Old Man Yama, please don't be stubborn now!'*
Fortunately, Yamamoto nodded slowly. "Very well."
Kyoraku let out a massive sigh of relief. To be completely honest, he had zero desire to fight a monster of Lin Xuan's level in a meaningless battle.
With Aizen and Gin fleeing to Hueco Mundo, the crisis in Soul Society temporarily came to a close.
Kaname Tosen, who had been beaten into a comatose state by Lin Xuan's punch, was carried away by the Fourth Division Medical Corps, destined for lifetime imprisonment after his recovery.
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