Chapter 60: Where Did This Monster Come From?
"Let go of Hiyori."
Hirako Shinji looked at Shendu with an extremely serious expression, no longer the foolish look he had at the beginning.
The others were silent, but Reiatsu grew louder.
They were full of vigilance against Shendu, and when Shendu moved just now, they even failed to find its trajectory.
Even more frightening: until now, they had not been able to perceive the slightest Reiatsu of its move.
But the flaming cloud that covered the sky and the moon became lower and lower, the scorching breath spread over the city, and the temperature kept rising.
With their heat resistance level, they even started to sweat profusely.
No doubt, this was the masterpiece of the figure before them.
Kurotsuchi Mayuri looked at the scene in front of him with a strange expression from a distance.
As the matter continued to escalate, he had determined that Aizen Sōsuke was behind Captain Hollow.
But now, with the arrival of the victim, the perpetrator had disappeared.
The victims, having nowhere to vent their anger, directly targeted the innocent.
"It's so interesting..."
Kurotsuchi Mayuri's eyes were full of madness, and his ten fingers vibrated in the air like playing a piano, making a clicking sound.
"I'm now looking forward to how things unfold more and more."
Shendu pressed his right hand on Sarugaki Hiyori's head, looking down at her figure with blood-red eyes, then glanced at the other Visored members.
Reiatsu drew back and locked on Sarugaki Hiyori alone.
She could clearly feel that as long as she moved slightly, the palm above her head would crush her skull.
There was absolutely no falsehood in the terrifying power coming from it.
"Never mind."
"Enough for today."
He picked up Sarugaki Hiyori's head, lifted it into the air, and met her gaze.
However, this action immediately made the other members of Visored nervous.
Some even directly opened Bankai.
A strong wind swept across the sky, stirring up the flame cloud that covered everything, making the already rising temperature even more terrifying.
"Remember, be polite."
Shendu didn't care about the others' actions at all and spoke to Sarugaki Hiyori very seriously.
A trace of unconcealable fear flashed deep in Sarugaki Hiyori's eyes; she didn't dare to make any moves at all.
The moment Shendu's voice fell, he threw Sarugaki Hiyori straight out, like discarding trash.
Her figure turned into a shooting star in the night sky, falling fiercely toward distant buildings.
Boom!
A high-rise building collapsed, endless dust flew up, rose into the air, and was swallowed and melted by the flame cloud.
"Hiyori!"
Several Visored figures disappeared in place, flying toward the direction Sarugaki Hiyori was sent.
The remaining few couldn't hold back their anger and immediately launched an attack on Shendu.
"Damn guy!"
"We must avenge Hiyori!"
"Kill him!"
As companions who had been together for decades, their bond ran deep.
After confirming Sarugaki Hiyori was no longer under immediate threat, their swift attack fell on Shendu.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Muguruma Kensei, the most irritable among them, manipulated a gust of wind to pour into his fist and slammed it down toward Shendu.
The air tore apart from the violent wind, even splitting the flame cloud above.
But his attack was accurately received by Shendu, and the wind power contained in it exploded without breaking his steel-like skin.
Shendu exerted force with his palm, grabbed the blade of Muguruma Kensei's attack, and suddenly threw him out.
Once again, Kensei turned into a meteor, disappearing at the edge of sight in an instant.
Kensei slammed into the ground, blasting out huge deep pits, with spider-web-like cracks spreading across the concrete road for miles, forming hideous gullies.
He spewed blood from his mouth, and he could hardly catch his breath.
Hirako Shinji, who had just dug Sarugaki Hiyori out of the deep pit, almost dropped his jaw at the sight.
"This guy..."
He looked at Shendu in shock, muttering to himself, "Is he a monster?"
"Everyone, escape!"
"All retreat!"
As the leader of Visored, Hirako Shinji was not only the strongest but also the best at strategy.
In the brief collision, he judged that no one among them was Shendu's match.
Not even suppression could be achieved.
The most decisive decision was to escape!
In the distance, Hachigen clasped his hands together immediately, and a powerful Reiatsu poured out from him.
In an instant, a huge white city wall fell from the sky, blocking Shendu's view. Large shields, tortoise-shaped barriers, and red rings followed closely, encasing Shendu.
"The army is eight inches, and there is no reason to retreat. The blue bar, the white bar, the black door, and the red bar. They bite each other and sink into the sea. The gate of the dragon's tail, the gate of the tiger's bite, and the city of the turtle armor.
The gate, the gate of the Phoenix Wing."
"Four Beasts Plug the Door!"
Hachigen tried to hold off Shendu's assault, breaking the chant as a last resort.
The others didn't dare delay. Even Muguruma Kensei, severely injured, was quickly led out of the huge hole by Hirako Shinji.
In a short time, the city transformed from a battlefield into a vision of hell.
Anywhere that monster appeared, destruction followed.
To defeat a captain in a single blow—was that even something a normal being could achieve?
Boom!
The berserk Cero tore apart the Four Beasts barrier instantly. Golden and red light illuminated the city, outshining even the flame clouds.
The fleeing Visored quickened their pace, soon vanishing into the distance.
Shendu stepped forward amidst endless explosive flames, gazing in another direction.
Suddenly, a smirk appeared on his lips. Then, he tore open a black cavity and stepped into it.
As the black cavity closed, a figure in a black cloak, hidden by Bakudō No. 26: Kyokkō, revealed itself. Its clothes were drenched in cold sweat.
Hat, clogs, walking stick.
It was Urahara Kisuke, who had arrived at the battlefield first but remained hidden.
Having witnessed Shendu's performance, Urahara wiped cold sweat from his forehead.
For a moment, when Shendu's gaze locked onto him, he felt enveloped by death.
Gradually calming down, Urahara looked at the city in ruins and muttered:
"Where did a monster of this level—a Hollow—come from?"
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