NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 31: CHAPTER 31
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This is impossible!"
"How the hell did you do that?!"
Ji Lujie's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked down at the long spirit particle-forged blade pinning him to the ground.
Just one swing—
His Blut Vene, the static blood armor that symbolized the defensive pride of the Quincy, was shattered. Even the Heilig Form, his sacred form, was torn apart with sheer, brute violence.
It was incomprehensible.
How could a half-blood Quincy like Kurosaki Kanbaru possibly possess this kind of power?
This brat...
What is he?!
"Still don't get it?"
"That's because you've never understood my power at all."
For someone who had already crossed Kanbaru's bottom line—someone who, as long as they lived, would always pose a threat to him and the people he cared about—
There was only one solution.
Kill them.
Kanbaru raised his hand again, condensing another long sword made from Reishi—spiritual particles—and slashed down!
The blade shimmered blue and violet in dual hue, slow in visual motion like space itself was distorting… and yet so fast it eclipsed perception.
So fast—it felt like time itself fractured.
So fast—dodging was impossible, not even for someone prepared.
And Ji Lujie? He couldn't even move now.
In the next instant—
BOOM!
The sword's pressure crashed against Ji Lujie's chest like a tidal wave of annihilation, devouring him whole.
RUMBLE!
Space cracked like a shattered mirror. Dense webs of fractures split the air.
Ji Lujie's Reiryoku, his spiritual pressure and pride, couldn't even hold out for a breath. It was pierced, torn through cleanly by Kanbaru's merciless blade.
His spiritual pressure… gone.
"What a terrifying slash."
"Are all kids this broken nowadays?"
A slow clap echoed across the space.
Szayelaporro Granz, Espada Number Eight, pushed his pale pink glasses and chuckled in approval.
A strange, glistening purple substance dripped from his body, corroding the Reishi prison around him. The spirit particle cage collapsed not long after.
Szayelaporro stepped out gracefully.
"What a shame."
"If that brat had been just a bit more serious, I might not have been able to escape at all."
He glanced down at the ruined remains of his former prison with mild disdain.
A system entry blinked into view beside Kanbaru's mind:
> [Why did it have to be another lunatic again…?]
First came the complaints, then the detailed data.
> [Espada Number Eight – Szayelaporro Granz. Adjuchas-class Arrancar clone (currently downgraded).]
[Each Espada symbolizes a concept of death. Szayelaporro embodies "Madness." Yes, he's literally a mad scientist.]
[He's Hueco Mundo's twisted researcher, known for horrific experiments and precise data collection.]
[Tip: He supplied the experimental compound that allowed Nnoitra to ambush Nelliel and regress her from Vasto Lorde to Adjuchas.]
[Fun Fact: His Hollow hole placement is... complicated. So if you wanted to call him "little sister" energy, technically that works.]
[…My fists will break through seven-dimensional space if you keep making jokes like that.]
Gentlemen, please contain yourselves.
This isn't the women's bathhouse. Oh wait—never mind, that's fine.
Kanbaru sighed internally, then glanced toward Szayelaporro and said plainly, "I'm not in the mood to argue, so don't start anything stupid."
Szayelaporro: "???"
Outrageous! I haven't even said anything yet!
"Let me make it easy for you."
"My objective is very simple—the female Arrancar watching over there."
"As long as you don't interfere, everything will be fine."
Szayelaporro pointed toward Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, observing quietly from the distance.
She was a former Vasto Lorde-class Espada who had been forcibly regressed to Adjuchas through one of Szayelaporro's own concoctions—making her the perfect subject for another round of twisted experimentation.
What better than a former Vasto Lorde-class Menos Grande, now weakened, to dissect and study?
With success, Szayelaporro might even restore himself to Vasto Lorde class—maybe even reclaim Espada Number 0.
That's right.
Return to the pinnacle of Hueco Mundo.
> [Reminder: Szayelaporro's recent experiments hit a bottleneck. He needs a top-tier Menos Grande.]
[But Menos of that level are rare and usually too dangerous to capture—unless they're already weakened, like Nilu.]
[So, the madman sets his sights on our little goat-riding lady.]
[How about we turn Szayelaporro into a cute girl and throw her at the next Yoruichi arc?]
[Put the hammer down. Just finish the reminder.]
Kanbaru's eyelid twitched slightly.
Szayelaporro really was a special kind of monster.
Even among the Espada, he stood apart.
There were six commonly known Vasto Lorde-class Espada:
No.1: Coyote Starrk, the solitary gunslinger.
No.2: Baraggan Louisenbairn, god-king of Hueco Mundo.
No.3: Tier Harribel, queen of the sea beasts.
Original No.3: Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, antelope-rider and battle genius.
No.4: Ulquiorra Cifer, melancholic black-winged demon.
And Xubai (Stark contrast), a terrifying physical cheat code!
But there was a hidden name… a former Vasto Lorde buried beneath the hierarchy.
Szayelaporro Granz.
Currently an Adjuchas-class Arrancar, but once something far greater.
In his former life, he was an alchemist—turning enemies into experiments. His older brother, a former human general, brought him fresh test subjects from defeated battlefields.
Over time, the boundary between scientist and sadist vanished.
After death, both brothers became Hollows.
Szayelaporro devoured his brother and all his former human subjects. With time, he evolved into a Vasto Lorde-class Hollow, ascending to the top tier.
Recruited first by Baraggan, ruler of Hueco Mundo, Szayelaporro's genius brought him under Aizen's command when the latter overthrew Baraggan. For a time, Szayelaporro was Espada Number 0—the peak of power.
But his obsession with "perfect life" drove him to split himself, transferring half of his soul into his older brother, Arrancar No. 15: Ilfort Grantz.
As a result, his rank dropped to Adjuchas. He was temporarily expelled from the Espada.
Only after mastering the technique he called "Gabriel" (Conception Notification) did Szayelaporro requalify and re-enter the Espada as Number Eight.
He also used one of his own drugs to help Nnoitra Gilga ambush and grievously wound Nelliel, causing her fall from the top tier.
Now?
He had resumed the hunt for perfection—and Nelliel's Vasto Lorde form was back on the menu.
"Well?"
"Just step aside and watch me collect my next test subject."
"It's not that hard, is it?"
Szayelaporro's tone was elegant, his expression smug.
Then, as if remembering something trivial, he added:
"Oh, and that Quincy's corpse over there—he's mine too."
"Don't touch it."
Kanbaru: "???"
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