South Flow Soul Street, Area 7.
This area was located in the eastern part of the district. The whole area was huge, and as far as the eye could see, it was a green grassland.
It was night time, and when one looked up, one could see the stars in the sky. When the wind blew, the grass swayed, but at the same time, there was a strange smell.
That was — —
The smell of fresh blood!
"Captain, be careful!"
A member of the Hidden Mobile Squadron shouted at Soi Feng.
Soi Feng's pupils shrunk, and she rolled forward without hesitation, dodging a sharp blade that came from the void behind her.
Looking at the back of the blade, one could see that the blade was connected to a huge arm. The arm was eerily white, and there was no hair or skin on it. It looked like a pure white skeleton. Further back, the body was half illusory and half real, as if it was hiding in space.
There were corpses everywhere on the ground.
Some of the corpses belonged to the members of the Hidden Mobile Squadron, but most of the corpses were wearing other clothes. The clothes were not the Gotei 13's Death Tyrant Outfit, but a different kind of uniform. They looked like they came from a noble family.
Whoosh!
After dodging the sneak attack from behind, two more strange Voids appeared in front of Sou Fon. One of them was a huge praying mantis that was over three meters tall, while the other had a huge strange face and two funny looking bony claws.
The two Voids attacked from the left and right.
Clang! Clang!
Soi Feng blocked the attack from the left and dodged the attack from the right. She flipped in the air.
The Void with the huge strange face looked up at Soi Feng and opened its mouth. Another face appeared in the mouth, and the second face opened its mouth as well.
Weng!
A black beam of light pierced through the sky and attacked Soi Feng's body.
— — Void Flash!
Soi Feng's body was in midair and had no way to borrow strength, but in this dangerous situation, her petite body displayed astonishing flexibility and toughness. She once again twisted and turned in midair, dodging the Void Flash that was attacking her.
However, after dodging Void Flash, she had already pushed her agility to the limit. Once again, a giant blade appeared from the void behind her, making it difficult for her to dodge perfectly.
Her Zanpakuto had already been released into the form of a bee. It was a sharp finger-sheath type hidden weapon on her middle finger. It was a form more suitable for assassination. In this situation where she was surrounded by a large number of Voids, it was obviously very unsuitable. It could not even be used to block the attacks of the Voids.
Chi!
Soi Fon's body barely dodged to the side as the blade brushed past her back. Her gaze tensed up as she gritted her teeth and kicked the side of the blade. Her entire body drew an arc in the air as she fell a few dozen meters away.
After landing on the ground, her forehead was covered in cold sweat. She panted heavily and used her left hand to cover her right shoulder. There was a tear in her clothes from top to bottom, and blood was quickly flowing out from the tear.
Although the wound wasn't deep, it was very long. This blow wouldn't affect her much in the short term, but if she continued to fight, the excessive blood loss would inevitably lead to adverse effects.
"Damn it …"
Soi Fon looked at the mantis Voids, the double-faced Voids, and the invisible Voids hiding in the void in front of her and gritted her teeth.
This time, she was leading a team to carry out an assassination mission. The goal of the mission was to completely annihilate the Akabane Clan. This was a low-level aristocrat of Soul Society. They violated the taboo rules of Central Room 46 and secretly carried out experiments that were strictly prohibited.
The entire assassination process went smoothly.
With sufficient information, she led a covert mobile team and easily annihilated most of the members of the Akabane Clan. In the end, the Clan Leader also died under her Zanpakuto Sparrow Bee.
But just as she annihilated them and was about to retreat, an accident suddenly happened. It seemed that because too many Shinigami died in the same place, the rich Spiritual Particles expanded and attracted a large number of Voids!
If it were just ordinary Voids, she wouldn't be afraid.
Even if it was the Greater Voids, Jillian, when moving clumsily, two or even three or four of them wouldn't be a threat to her.
But this time, the Voids that came were of a type that she had never seen before. Their Spiritual Pressure was comparable to Jillian's, but their fighting style was completely different from Jillian's. They had all kinds of abilities!
Among the three Voids that surrounded her, one of them was a mantis Void that was extremely fast and agile. The other one was a double-faced Void that was slow but could use Voids randomly. Just these two alone were troublesome enough, but the most important thing was that there was a third one — the invisible Voids!
When they entered the invisible state, even she would have a hard time detecting their Spiritual Pressure!
"How can this be …"
Soi Fon put her left hand in front of her eyes and saw a smear of blood on her palm. She couldn't help but grit her teeth and stared at the three approaching Voids.
As a Shinigami, she had fought many Voids, but she had never encountered such troublesome Voids. These Voids didn't seem like normal Voids at all!
The most troublesome thing was that the Mantis Hollow was faster than her, making it impossible for her to escape. She had no choice but to fight. Otherwise, if she was caught from behind and interrupted, the situation would be even more dangerous if the Mantis Hollow was unable to detect her position.
Whoosh!!
The mantis Voids flickered again and arrived in front of Soi Fon at an extremely fast speed. Its two huge scythes slashed down at Soi Fon.
Facing such a powerful and fast attack, Soi Fon had no choice but to dodge.
Her Zanpakuto was called Vermillion Bee, and it had the ability to kill in two strikes. The first strike would leave a beehive at the location of the strike, and if the second strike hit the same spot, it would deal fatal damage to the opponent.
This ability was extremely convenient for close-range assassinations against the Grim Reaper, but it was useless against the large and agile Hollow. This was because he could only dodge the Hollow's violent attacks, and could not use the Vermilion Bird on his middle finger to parry.
If she could block the violent attacks of these Voids with her middle finger, then even Ye Yi of the Four-maple Court would be unable to take care of himself. He wouldn't be her opponent.
Moreover, because the three Voids each had their own abilities, she couldn't find any openings to counterattack. She was constantly in a passive state and couldn't use her advantage.
"Ugh!!"
Just as Soi Fon was having a hard time defending herself against the attacks of the three Voids, one of her subordinates died. His body was pierced by a Void.
This was the fourth Void that had appeared in this grassland. It was a monster with eight huge bone claws, and its Spiritual Pressure was also comparable to a Great Void's Li An. Her subordinates were working together to fight against the fourth Void, but it was obvious that they couldn't hold on.
The difference was too big!
Although the subordinates that Soi Fon brought were not weak, they were only at the level of a normal Shinigami. They couldn't even reach the level of a vice-captain. Even if they worked together, they couldn't deal any fatal damage to the eight-armed Void.
Although there were more than ten of them, no matter how they attacked, it was just a scratch.
If they were hit by the Void, they would be heavily injured or even die on the spot.
However, under such circumstances, they had no choice but to block the fourth Hollow. If they did not block it and allowed the fourth Hollow to surround Sou Feng, Sou Feng would not be able to last even half a minute. After all, four Hollows would exceed the limits of what Sou Feng, a young girl who had yet to reach the level of a captain and was only a vice-captain, could handle.
"Hold on!"
As Soi Fon blocked the attacks of the three Voids, she also saw the danger on the other side of the battlefield. However, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and speak.
She had to hold on until reinforcements arrived. Moreover, she had to hold on until both sides arrived.
Holding on only one side wasn't enough. Regardless of whether she or the other side couldn't hold on, the situation would completely collapse, and everyone would die here.
Even though everyone was aware of this fact, the difference in strength was not something that could be made up for by just roaring. Perhaps some people might be able to explode out of desperation and increase their strength by a level, but they obviously could not, including Soi Fon.
Soi Fon didn't have that kind of luck.
Luck was something that existed in reality.
Maples could clearly see its existence. Its essence was the direction of future development. Those with strong luck would always develop in a direction that was beneficial to them, while those with weak luck would always develop in a direction that was disadvantageous to them.
For an existence like Kurosaki Ichigo, if one looked into his future, they would be able to see that most of his future would develop in a direction that was beneficial to him. No matter how much he tried to change it, it would be very difficult to change it to a direction that was disadvantageous to him.
This was also the reason why Yhwach lost to Kurosaki Ichigo in the end.
If Kurosaki Ichigo's future was 99.9% beneficial to him, then Soi Fon's future was at most 5% because she wasn't that important.
If no one came to interfere, then the outcome of this battle would only have a 5% chance of her breaking through her own limits and increasing her strength by a level. The other 95% would end with her death.
However.
None of this existed.
Because from the beginning of this battle, it was destined that there would be interference from others.
Under the continuous attacks of the three Voids, Soi Fon used all the skills that she had learned in her life to the limit. Kido, White Strike, Flash Step … Every ability was perfectly used by her. She constantly circled around the gaps between the attacks of the three Voids.
This battle lasted for nearly 13 minutes. In the end, she was forced into a corner again. It was almost the same position again. She was forced to jump into the air and dodge a Void Flash with all her might.
At this moment.
She almost had a clear premonition.
As expected, it was exactly the same as before. An invisible white blade extended out from the void and slashed towards her back without any mercy. It was almost the same position again!
Unlike the previous time, she wasn't injured last time. She tried her best to avoid a fatal injury and only received a cut. However, it was different this time. Her body was almost at its limit. Whether it was her stamina or her stamina, it was not as good as before. Coupled with the wound on her back, it was almost impossible for her to dodge this attack.
'Is this the end …'
'Lord Ye Yi …'
'I didn't manage to …'
Soi Fon looked at the attack coming from behind with difficulty. She couldn't dodge it anymore. Scenes of Ye Yi flashed in front of her eyes.
However, in the very next moment, all of those scenes shattered into pieces.
A silhouette with silver hair wearing a black Death Tyrant outfit shattered the scenes that she saw when she was on the verge of death. It forcefully pulled her consciousness back to reality.
Soi Fon was stunned.
She saw the man who was taller than her appear in front of her. Facing the huge blade that was slashing down from the air, he calmly raised his right hand and pushed it upwards.
Boom!!!
When the palm of flesh and blood came into contact with the huge broadsword, the invisible broadsword, together with the arm behind it, directly exploded into pieces.
This was the absolute difference in Spiritual Pressure. A captain's Spiritual Pressure was absolutely crushing against a vice-captain's Spiritual Pressure. It was like the difference between sand and steel.
Whoosh!
Maples pulled out his Zanpakuto with his left hand and waved it calmly.
With such a simple slash, the Invisible Void's body collapsed and exploded. Even the Mantis Void and the Double-faced Void in the other two directions froze in an instant. Then, they completely collapsed, turning into countless Spiritual Droplets that flowed in all directions.
After killing three Mutated Hollows with a swing of his sword, Feng Ye looked in the last direction, where the other members of the Secret Maneuver were trying their best to stop the fourth Hollows. He casually threw the Zanpakuto in his hand. The Zanpakuto drew an arc in the air and accurately landed on the head of the fourth Hollows.
Under the siege of the members of Secret Maneuver, the Mutated Void that was so tough that they couldn't even injure it was like tofu under Maples' Zanpakuto. It was directly penetrated from the top of its head to the bottom. Then, it completely exploded and turned into countless Spiritual Droplets that disappeared.
Only the Zanpakuto was left in its place, which was stabbed into the ground.
"Are you okay?"
After killing the four Voids, Maples turned around and glanced at Soi Fon behind him.
Maples's voice brought Soi Fon back to reality. She looked at Maples with a complicated gaze. She bit her lips and was about to answer when she felt her vision go black. She couldn't maintain her body and fell forward.
After fighting with three Mutated Voids for more than half an hour, she didn't have time to bandage her wounds. In a situation where she was bleeding non-stop, she was already at her limit.
"Well … the wound isn't deep, but the blood loss is quite serious."
Maples reached out to support Soi Fon who was falling down. He glanced at her body and took in her physical condition. Other than the long wound on her back and the excessive blood loss, she didn't have any other internal injuries.
After thinking for a while, Maples grabbed Soi Fon's shoulder with one hand and put his index finger and middle finger together with the other hand. A green light appeared at the tip of his finger. He pressed his finger on the wound on Soi Fon's back and rubbed it all the way down from her shoulder to her waist.
"Ugh … Ugh …"
Soi Fon woke up from the temporary coma caused by the sudden relaxation of her mental state. She felt the pain from the wound on her back. Her expression changed, but she forced herself not to make a sound.
After his finger brushed over Soi Fon's wound and stopped the bleeding, Maples retracted his hand and looked at her. "I helped you stop the bleeding."
"… Thank you."
Soi Fon's back was facing Maples as she replied in a low voice.
Before Maples could do anything else, she got rid of Maples's hand and fell from the sky to the ground.
Although Soi Fon's back was facing him, Maples could see her face and expression from the front. He couldn't help but smile.
This girl …
She can still be straightened?!
"Trying to force me into the plot of seducing a girl, Aizen … But I've always been the one being seduced by them. Heh, but this time it might be useful."
Maples smiled calmly. He didn't need to look to know that these Voids were related to Aizen because they weren't normal Voids.
Voids with weak Spiritual Pressure had various forms, but once they reached Gillian's level, they would basically have the same appearance. They wouldn't have so many strange forms and abilities unless they were upgraded to a mid-level Greater Void, Adjuchas.
However, Adjuchas' Spiritual Pressure was comparable to a captain's, so it wasn't that weak.
Therefore, it wasn't hard to guess why these contradictory individuals would attack Soi Fon at such a time. He could also guess Aizen's motive for doing so.
…
At the same time.
A few thousand meters away from where Sou Feng and Hollow were fighting, the place looked empty, but there were two figures hiding behind the empty space.
Aizen was hiding behind the Voids, and he was looking at the battle between Soi Fon and Maples. He looked at the scene and calmly adjusted his glasses.
"It's just as I expected."
"He's immune to my Kyoka Suigetsu … No, he's using his ability to interfere with it."
Not long ago, when Maples revealed his Shikai ability to steal time in Soul Society, Aizen predicted that his Kyoka Suigetsu wouldn't work on Maples.
There were two reasons for this. First, Maples' Kyoka Suigetsu was too easy. It was so easy that it didn't seem difficult at all. But Maples wasn't a normal person, so he shouldn't have looked normal.
Second, Maples' Shikai could steal time, so his Bankai could also be a time-related ability. But time-related abilities could easily go against Kyoka Suigetsu's power, such as Time Reversal, Time Deletion, etc., which could make Kyoka Suigetsu ineffective.
This was a big problem.
Aizen's plan was very important. He needed to control all the captains and vice-captains, as well as most of the officers and Shinigami, in order to have a high chance of success.
If there was a vice-captain or captain who was not within the range of his Catoptric Deflection, it would increase the risk of being exposed.
Therefore, after determining that Feng Ye might not be under the control of Catoptric Deflection, he decided to conduct this test. He also wanted to take this opportunity to see the results of his research.
The result was a failure.
The Voids he created were all failures, and Maples was indeed immune to his Kyoka Suigetsu.
"It seems that guy is very dangerous."
The youth standing next to Aizen squinted his eyes.
Aizen calmly turned around and walked away. "Let's go, Gin, I need to rearrange my plan."
"…"
Ichimaru Gin glanced at Maple, Soi Fon, and the others. He quickly looked away and left with Aizen.
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