"This reiatsu, this power, they are..."
Ichigo first felt the reiatsu emanating from those two arrancars which were very strong and full of pressure. However, no matter how powerful they were, they still couldn't change the nature of their reiatsu.
"Hollow…"
Ichigo spoke the word slowly with a calm expression.
Byakuya, Sado, and Orihime also felt the oppressive reiatsu and became alert, especially Byakuya, who had just gone through a big battle.
"Although I have been to the world of humans a few times when I was still a lower-level hollow, but even then I felt that this place is so boring. The spirit particles are so thin that I can hardly breathe! Such a world is really better off be destroyed."
One of the two hollows who had broken masks was talking, he had dark skin and black hair, a burly body, four strangely shaped protrusions on the top of the head, and symmetrical red lines on both cheeks, the mask left behind by arrancarization was at his chin position, his name was Yammy Llargo.
Beside him, the other hollow who also had broken the mask had short black hair, his complexion was so pale that it literally white, he had a pair of green eyes, and there were dark green lines on his face that resembled tear stains. The mask on him was like a half helmet, covering the left half of his head, his name was Ulquiorra Cifer.
Ulquiorra ignored the big guy's words, instead reprimanded him, "Yammy, don't forget our mission."
The arrancar named Yammy shouted that of course he remembered what their mission was.
Aizen in Las Noches suddenly came up with the idea to let them come to the world of living to measure the current strength that Ichigo possess, but they didn't even know why Aizen valued the human named Ichigo so much.
Unbeknownst to Yammy, Aizen sent him and Ulquiorra into the world of living entirely out of a sudden whim.
Aizen had been paying attention to everything that had been happening in Karakura Town, and found that Kuchiki Koga breaking out of the seal caused a huge movement, and then Mazuru and Byakuya came to Karakura Town to hunt him down, followed by Ichigo who also rushed toward that place. He felt that what Beelzebub said was very right.
Since he decided to create the Ōken in Karakura Town, it would be unjustifiable if he didn't do something.
Moreover, the shinigami of Seireitei seemed a bit too leisurely during this time, without any sense of crisis at all.
Although he will have a fight against Soul Society, Aizen also hoped that Soul Society's strength would be stronger when facing him. After all, he was so powerful that he couldn't find an opponent for himself.
Although he learned of the existence of Yhwach and the Wandenreich, and awas wary of an enemy who had been hiding for thousands of years but who could be sure that Yhwach would be a satisfactory opponent without facing him in person?
So, in order to test the current strength of Ichigo and at the same time give the shinigami of Soul Society a sense of crisis, Aizen sent Ulquiorra and Yammy to the world of living to intervene.
And they arrived there at just the right time, Ichigo was there, and there were two Gotei 13 captains, nothing could be of a more direct reality check than the Gotei 13 captains having personally experienced the strength of the arrancars.
As long as they had felt the power of the arrancars, they will definitely tell the Soul Society about it, so that the entire Soul Society could understand what kind of existence they are about to face.
And Aizen also believed that when he dispatched the arrancars, Mazuru would also understand what he meant by that action.
"Of course I know what our mission is."
Yammy responded to Ulquiorra, and then, without the slightest hesitation, attacked Ichigo who was beside Mazuru. Almost without any warning, his figure appeared in front of Ichigo.
"Ah! Kurosaki-kun!"
Orihime exclaimed.
Ichigo was also taken aback by the sudden attack, he didn't expect Yammy to appear in front of him so suddenly and subconsciously wanted to swing Zangetsu to counter, but Mazuru's speed was faster than him. He slashed out, and a crimson sword light swept across Yammy pushing him back.
Even though Yammy possessed Hierro that far surpassed the hollow shell, but without the High-Speed Regeneration even he doesn't want to bear Mazuru's slash.
Although he doesn't understand why Mazuru didn't come to Hueco Mundo with Aizen, but he must have his own considerations for doing so, and thus this was not something he should question.
On the other hand, they arrancars were very clear about Mazuru's strength, and no one knew for sure whether Mazuru would be merciful when facing them while he was still a captain of Gotei 13, so Yammy didn't take any gamble in case Mazuru made a ruthless attack and made him disabled.
Yammy used Sonído and fled to the rear to retreat.
"I've never heard of hollow possessing such movement skills. What are you guys?"
Mazuru didn't show any annoyance when his attack failed, and calmly asked Yammy.
Yammy scratched his head, he was not good at acting, so how should he respond to Mazuru?
Fortunately, Ulquiorra made a timely move to resolve Yammy's predicament.
Even though Byakuya on the side had long been on guard against the two arrancars, the moment Ulquiorra made a move, he had already manipulated Senbonzakura to attack Ulquiorra in an attempt to stop him.
But Sonído was different from Shunpo, it was a movement including space-manipulation. Ulquiorra was the Cuatro (4th) Espada in the original book, but now because Nelliel had not been expelled from the Las Noches and Harribel occupies the position of the Cuatro (4th) Espada, he could only step back one place, becoming the Quinto (5th) Espada. But the ranking was actually not that important. Compared with the original book, his strength had not been weakened in the slightest bit.
Byakuya just had a big fight against Koga, and even if he had successfully killed Koga, he still suffered heavy injuries and consumed a lot of reiatsu, which made him a little sluggish and in that time Ulquiorra's figure had already came in front of Ichigo.
Ichigo didn't swing Zagetsu previously because Yammy was blocked by Mazuru earlier, but now another one did the same thing, which made him stunned for a moment as to why they were just coming for him. He wanted to swing Zagetsu, but Ulquiorra's sword was with already out of its sheath one step earlier, leaving a deep wound on Ichigo's body, and then, the blade swung by Ulquiorra blocked Mazuru's attack from the side.
It appeared that Mazuru wanted to fight Ulquiorra first, but Yammy clung to him again, so in the end "he was held back" by Yammy.
On the other end, Ichigo also launched a counterattack, but unfortunately, Ulquiorra was too strong, and he was knocked down in just a few moves. Immediately, he was facing Byakuya's offensive, but Ulquiorra seemed to be able to handle it with ease.
"What a disappointment…"
After defeating Ichigo, Ulquiorra made such an evaluation. He once again used Sonído to get out of the range of coverage of Byakuya's Senbonzakura. He glanced at Yammy who was still dealing with Mazuru, and said flatly, "Yammy, let's go."
Yammy was a little relieved, and immediately used Sonído to break away from Mazuru's offensive and the two left from there immediately with the help of Garganta.
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