The giant spider completely wrapped Yamabuki in spider silk and dragged him deeper into the mountains. Yamabuki found himself in a cave amidst all the ups and downs.
There are many cocoons woven from spider silk in the cave, and they all seem to be people captured by the giant spider.
"Self-righteous Shinigami, brace yourself for the inevitable devouring!" The giant spider opened its massive mouth, revealing two rows of sharp fangs, ready to inject venom into the body of the mountain-blowing dandelion.
Suddenly, a flash of light cut through the cocoon, and Yamabuki effortlessly broke free from the spider silk's restraints.
"It seems this is your lair! The feng shui is good, perfect for making your grave," said Yamabuki with a chuckle as he looked at the giant spider.
The giant spider looked at Yamabuki with a face full of terror: "My spider silk has a strong anesthetic effect; why are you okay?"
"Don't you see how much higher my Reiatsu is than yours? Reiatsu is the essence of a Shinigami's battle, and it also applies to Hollows. If it weren't to save someone, do you think I would let you catch me on purpose?" Yamabuki responded with a mocking expression.
"However, you still maintain the habit of spiders storing food."
"You lied to me! How dare you lie to me!" The giant spider emitted a sharp roar, its eight spider legs moving in unison as it charged towards Yamabuki .
Yamabuki used Shunpo directly came to the head of the giant spider, and with a single strike, he split the spider in half. Only now could one say the battle was truly over.
The two bodies of the giant spider twitched on the ground for a moment, then lay completely still, ending its wicked life.
Yamabuki sliced open a spider cocoon with his Zanpakuto, revealing a middle-aged woman in a semi-comatose state. She still had a pulse; as long as she was alive, that was enough.
The venom of the giant spider has an anesthetic effect; these people will wake up in a while.
There are a total of over a dozen spider cocoons in the cave, with people of all ages and genders, but it's unclear if any of them are beggars.
After breaking free from the spider silk cocoon, those with stronger physiques woke up first. When they saw that they were still alive and the sword-wielding Yamabuki beside them, they thought the nobles of the Soul Society had come to their rescue.
This is a great opportunity to advertise the Gotei 13 of the Gotei 13.
"There's no need to thank me, everyone. I am a Shinigami from Gotei 13, and slaying Hollows is our duty. Is there a girl named Hanako here?" Yamabuki asked and answered.
The youngest girl raised her hand and timidly said, "I'm Hanako."
This girl is only six or seven years old, very cute, with two little horn braids, wearing a pair of oversized shoes.
"Your brother is waiting for you at home. Let's go back together," Yamabuki said.
As soon as they heard they could go home, everyone was very excited.
But only Hanako, with a face full of fear, said, "But, but..."
"What's wrong, Hanako? Is there anything else? Don't be afraid; I have already killed the Hollows," Yamabuki said gently.
Hanako whispered, "But if we leave the cave, will something even stronger devour us? On the day I was captured, I saw this spider kneel before an enormous illusion!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the cave fell into complete silence.
Yamabuki frowned tightly.
"I should have thought of that. How could the hollow possibly resist eating the food right in front of it? There must be a higher command to make it concentrate the food here." Yamabuki forced himself to stay calm; if he panicked, these ordinary people would definitely panic even more.
"It's okay, I will protect you. That big Hollow might not come at this time. Let's take the opportunity to leave here first," Yamabuki said to the people.
The group had just left the cave when Hanako suddenly said, "Look at the sky; why is there a red moon?"
Hanako's words drew everyone, and when they looked up, they saw a blood-red moon descending at an incredibly fast speed in the sky.
Yamabuki 's face turned extremely ugly; that was definitely not a moon; that was a mirage!!!
"Everyone, go back, quickly, back to the cave." Yamabuki drew his Zanpakuto, gathered all his Reiatsu, leaped into the air, and slashed at the Hollow.
If this fake flash falls to the ground, everyone except for me will die!
An unprecedented sense of crisis surged forth as the blade struck the illusory flash. The immense pressure forced Yamabuki to grit her teeth, and with all her might, she finally managed to deflect the illusory flash.
The phantom flash transformed into an arc and landed in the distant forest, and in an instant, a massive explosion flattened the entire forest.
"Is this the power of a Hollow Flash?" Yamabuki said with a serious expression. Looking up, a large Hollow was staring straight at him.
"A Grand Hollow has actually appeared in Soul Society!" Yamabuki thought there were only ordinary Hollows in Soul Society.
But then he slapped his own forehead, realizing how foolish he had been. Years ago, an ancient Grand Hollow had come to the Soul Society, defeated a young Yamamoto, and made its way to the Royal Palace, even nearly swallowing the Soul King.
In the end, thanks to the intervention of the Zero Squad monk, they were able to rescue the Soul King and take away the name of the ancient Hollow. Then named it Ikomikidomoe and ultimately forged it into a zanpakuto.
Since even those high-level hollows can enter Soul Society, then this low-level hollow , Gillian, can naturally enter Soul Society as well.
"Fortunately, it's just a Gillian. I can still handle it." Yamabuki sighed slightly in relief.
With his vice-captain's strength, dealing with a Gillian is not a difficult task. This Gillian appears to be the ultimate adversary in this mission.
Just as Yamabuki was preparing to fight Gillian, he suddenly realized that this hollow was actually smiling at him.
In an instant, Yamabuki felt a chill run down his spine.
He actually smiled at himself!
Could it be that this hollow possesses wisdom?
Most Hollows lack intelligence and can only act according to biological instincts. After consuming a certain number of Hollows or spirits, they will evolve into lower-level Hollows, Gilians.
Every thousand Gilians have low intelligence, but one or two develop intelligence. They will devour their own kind, and after consuming hundreds or thousands of their peers, they can evolve into Adjuchas.
Adjuchas possesses captain-level strength.
If Adjuchas evolves further, it becomes Vastode, possessing strength beyond that of an ordinary captain.
This Gillian is actually smiling at me, which means this hollow may possess intelligence. If left unchecked, it is highly likely to evolve into an Adjuchas, and by then, it will definitely become a major threat.
In that case, we definitely can't let him off the hook!
"Bakudō #21. Red Smoke Escape"
Yamabuki released a Kido to conceal his presence, then used Shunpo to appear behind the Hollow, preparing to finish him off with a single strike!