Hollows were killed one by one by Chōjirō Sasakibe, and the distance between him and Yamabuki Ditang grew further and further, but Chōjirō Sasakibe didn't notice this.
After killing a Menos Grande with a single sword, Chōjirō Sasakibe wiped the sweat from his forehead. He hadn't realized he had become so strong without knowing it!
Just a few months ago, he could only watch helplessly as his sister was taken away, powerless. In just two short months, he was already able to kill Menos Grande!
Chōjirō Sasakibe looked back and found that Yamabuki Ditang had disappeared to some unknown place.
"I can't always rely on Brother Yamabuki; I must also become independent." Chōjirō Sasakibe patted his cheeks, cheering himself on.
After killing a few Menos Grande, Chōjirō Sasakibe's spiritual pressure began to scatter, and he knew he was reaching his limit.
So he slowly began to retreat, to avoid being ambushed.
"Brother Yamabuki, where are you? Brother Yamabuki?" Chōjirō Sasakibe called out a few times in Las Noches Forest, but there was no response, and Chōjirō Sasakibe started to panic.
"Brother Yamabuki? Brother Yamabuki?" Chōjirō Sasakibe called out a few more times, attracting the attention of more Hollows.
Feeling the powerful spiritual pressure emanating from Chōjirō Sasakibe, these Hollows did not dare to approach easily and could only watch from a distance.
Suddenly, a loud bang came from afar!
It was like something had suddenly exploded.
Chōjirō Sasakibe was startled, and the attention of the surrounding Hollows was also drawn away.
Chōjirō Sasakibe didn't know what was happening over there, but the only person who could cause such a huge disturbance in Las Noches Forest should be Brother Yamabuki.
"Brother Yamabuki, is that you?" Chōjirō Sasakibe asked loudly.
But no sound from Yamabuki Ditang came from the darkness; instead, the explosions grew louder and louder.
After a long while, the echoes of the explosions dissipated. Suddenly, the ground began to tremble slightly. Chōjirō Sasakibe faintly felt that something dangerous was hidden in the darkness and quickly took two steps back.
Just then, a rustling sound came from the depths of the darkness, like countless cockroaches crawling.
Chōjirō Sasakibe already felt that something was wrong. While these Hollows' attention wasn't on him, it was better to leave this dangerous place first!
Chōjirō Sasakibe had just taken two steps when a black mass flew out from the darkness, passing over Chōjirō Sasakibe's head and smashing into the wall behind him. Chōjirō Sasakibe bravely looked and found that it was half a Hollow's corpse, and it looked like an Adjuchas.
Yamabuki Ditang quietly swallowed his saliva. In this ghostly place, besides Brother Yamabuki, only Captain Shounenzhi Yubin could deal with Adjuchas so easily. Could Captain Shounenzhi Yubin also have come to Las Noches Forest?
Just as Chōjirō Sasakibe was wondering, the cockroach-like sound grew closer and more chaotic. Although Chōjirō Sasakibe didn't know what was in the darkness, his survival instinct still urged him to run quickly.
The ground began to tremble slightly, and the rustling sound became even clearer, as if many things were running frantically in the darkness, and their target was his direction.
Soon, the appearance of the first Hollow confirmed Chōjirō Sasakibe's guess!
A Hollow was running desperately towards him.
Chōjirō Sasakibe had no idea what was happening.
More and more Hollows came rushing over, overwhelming. The scene was not one of predation, but rather as if something super dangerous was chasing them from behind.
Chōjirō Sasakibe was even more certain that Yamabuki Ditang was responsible for this sight, because no one else had such great power besides him.
Just as Chōjirō Sasakibe was dodging the Hollows and about to go up to greet him, an extremely powerful spiritual pressure erupted from the darkness, instantly slaying all the Hollows.
Chōjirō Sasakibe's steps instantly froze in place, because he clearly felt that this spiritual pressure was neither Brother Yamabuki's nor Captain Shounenzhi Yubin's, but a completely unfamiliar spiritual pressure.
A ominous premonition arose in his heart. He put his hand over his mouth and slowly retreated, fearing to awaken the monster in the darkness.
"What on earth is it? Did these Hollows merge into an unspeakable monster?"
Just as Chōjirō Sasakibe felt the danger and slowly retreated, a voice came from the darkness: "Who's there?"
Chōjirō Sasakibe was so scared that he almost stopped breathing. The thing in the darkness had discovered him.
Being able to speak does not mean the other party is human.
Intelligent Hollows can also speak.
The Menos Grande also sensed the threat from the darkness, abandoning Chōjirō Sasakibe and advancing one by one into the darkness, preparing to completely devour this threat.
Among them were two Adjuchas.
But at this moment, an extremely powerful sword pressure swept past, splitting all the Menos Grande in two.
Although Chōjirō Sasakibe's own strength was not top-tier, he was a child who had seen much of the world; he had basically met all the top combatants in Soul Society.
He couldn't accurately judge the specific strength of the spiritual pressure that had just erupted, but he felt it was no weaker than the Captains he had seen.
"Who's there?" A man's voice came from the darkness again, eerie and gloomy, as if he had two pounds of sand in his throat, making it very uncomfortable to listen to, yet sending shivers down one's spine.
Chōjirō Sasakibe gripped the sword in his hand tightly; no matter what, he also had Vice Captain-level strength, and if it came to a fight, he wasn't afraid of the opponent.
"Thud!"
Footsteps came from the darkness.
Chōjirō Sasakibe became increasingly nervous, staring intently at the dark expanse.
"Thud! Thud! Thud!"
The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally, they were less than ten meters away from him, but the interior of Las Noches Forest was simply too dark, making it only vaguely possible to make out the opponent's appearance by the faint moonlight from above.
It was a... human.
That's right.
Only barely could the two adjectives 'human' describe it.
It was a middle-aged man over two meters tall, with a thick fur collar around his neck, his head wrapped in thick cloth for warmth, only his face and hair exposed, wearing black gloves, with scars on his arms.
He was tall but gaunt, with a long beard, a thin face, sunken eyes, a gloomy expression, sometimes baring his teeth and exhaling cold air, looking utterly ferocious.
A suffocating sense of oppression surged forward!
Chōjirō Sasakibe nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Why was there a human? This was clearly Las Noches Forest! Why would there be someone here? This made no sense at all, did it?
But the truth was right before his eyes; this monstrous-looking man was carrying a long katana in his hand, looking coldly at Chōjirō Sasakibe.
"Brat! Who are you?" the man asked.
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