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"Oh?" Yhwach let out a cold sneer.
"No one has ever told me that I have no choice! The choice lies with me. Why would I have no choice?"
He could sense the sharpness in the other party's words, as well as the immense confidence and conviction behind them, which only deepened his interest.
Whether it was Qin Yi's earlier actions or his words at this moment, both displayed tremendous value, causing Yhwach to gradually develop a sense of acknowledgment toward him.
Only Experts, or those possessing immense value, were worthy of being kept around by him.
At this moment, Qin Yi stared at the "Uncle Zangetsu" whose appearance was identical to the figure inside Ichigo Kurosaki, his blood-red eyes becoming even sharper.
"Kenpachi Chengdui's target is the Soul Society. Once the war begins, you will have nowhere to escape!"
"And what he represents… is the Shinigami!"
Yhwach continued to sneer.
"I don't know how powerful the Otherworld King you speak of truly is, but that old man Yamamoto is not someone who can be dealt with so easily!"
"No matter how difficult he is to handle, no matter how powerful he may be, there is always a way to deal with him, isn't there?"
"For example, Mr. Yhwach, you already no longer regard Captain-Commander Yamamoto as an opponent beyond your reach."
Qin Yi's calm words caused Yhwach to freeze for a moment, his pupils shrinking.
"He even knows that?!"
During the First Great War, he had been sealed away by Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni and had slept until now. Yet after awakening once more, he had already found a method to deal with him.
"What a mysterious fellow…"
"Believe me. The power of the Otherworld King will absolutely surpass your imagination!"
Qin Yi said coldly.
"If you wish to fulfill your revenge and ambitions, then cooperation with me is your only path!"
Yhwach's pupils narrowed as he fell silent.
The limits of the man before him could not be determined through that brief exchange just now. In fact, based on the aura he sensed, the conclusion he arrived at was that the other party had no limits at all!
That result shocked him.
As a man whose own power had already reached its peak, Yhwach had never encountered such a person before.
And if the King's strength was equal to the man standing before him, combined with the scenes he had foreseen earlier, even Yhwach felt a chill run down his spine.
The situation within the Soul Society had already reached an extremely critical stage, on the verge of erupting at any moment. Just as Qin Yi had said, he had no other choice!
"Besides, compared to Kenpachi Chengdui, I am the one who truly controls the overall situation and holds real power!"
At last, Qin Yi's final sentence caused Yhwach to raise his head, crimson light flickering within his eyes.
"Interesting! Very interesting! I must admit, King of Hell, your words have piqued my interest. In that case, I shall enter into a brief cooperation with you." A savage smile spread across Yhwach's lips as he spoke.
"Then I hope our cooperation will be pleasant." Qin Yi smiled as well.
Convincing Yhwach was no easy matter. As the strongest final boss in this world, one had to possess enough value in his eyes merely to earn the right to speak with him. At the same time, one also had to make him feel threatened and pressured before there was any possibility of him agreeing.
Arrogant, unrestrained, cruel, those were the words that defined Yhwach.
"Very soon, you will witness the great upheaval within the Soul Society."
"Please endure it patiently and await my message."
Qin Yi stared at Yhwach and finally uttered those two sentences before his figure dispersed like a wisp of smoke, vanishing from the scene.
After he departed, Jugram Haschwalth walked forward with a solemn expression.
"Our King, was everything he said true?"
Yhwach narrowed his crimson eyes and spoke in a deep voice.
"I'm afraid what he spoke of… is only the beginning!"
At this moment, his gaze seemed to pierce through the shadows as he muttered softly:
"The Soul Society… its great chaos has already begun!"
Haschwalth and the gathered Sternritter were all shaken, their hearts turning solemn.
At the entrance connecting the Soul Society to the World of the Living,
Beep beep beep beep!
The Shinigami responsible for guarding the entrance suddenly froze. The sharp warning alarm abruptly sounded, causing their expressions to change drastically.
"A massive concentration of high-density Reiatsu signatures has been detected inside the passage!"
"What's going on?!"
They abruptly stood up and rushed toward the passageway.
After observing the energy signatures, they determined that the intruders were neither Hollows nor Quincy. The Reiatsu fluctuations belonged to Shinigami.
But the sheer number of them was utterly terrifying, leaving them shocked and unable to believe it.
Only three seconds later, figures suddenly emerged from within the passage and stepped into the Soul Society.
"So this… is the Soul Society?"
The leader had short cyan hair, with loose bangs covering part of his forehead. His eyes were cold and sharp, his figure tall and slender. He wore a black Shihakushō, with a Zanpakutō hanging at his waist.
"Shinigami?!"
The guards stared in astonishment.
Immediately afterward, their pupils widened in disbelief and shock.
One black-clad figure after another emerged from the passageway, their auras solemn and imposing, endlessly pouring into the area. In only a few breaths, several thousand figures had already gathered behind the cyan-haired Shinigami.
And after arriving in the Soul Society, these figures stood silently like emotionless statues, utterly still.
"W-Who are you people?!"
At last, one of the guards gathered his courage and shouted loudly.
"Eliminate them. Seize the entrance."
The cyan-haired Shinigami coldly waved his hand.
In an instant, dozens of figures rushed forward like a gust of wind, engulfing the guarding Shinigami in the blink of an eye.
Afterward, endless waves of figures flooded into the Soul Society as though they would never cease.
Gradually, the number of figures behind the cyan-haired Shinigami exceeded ten thousand… then twenty thousand… thirty thousand… forty thousand… fifty thousand… one hundred thousand… two hundred thousand!
"So the Azure Flow Army's eight hundred thousand elites arrived first to handle the preliminary cleanup work?"
"Heh, the Purple Flow Army really has it easy!"
The cyan-haired Shinigami let out a cold laugh and stepped forward.
"You all, move quickly and clear the outer perimeter!"
After taking three steps, the cyan-haired Shinigami waved his hand again.
"Yes, Commander Qingfeng!"
In an instant, countless figures shot outward, surging into the Shinigami Realm.
"The target is the outskirts of the Soul Society! Secure the outer regions first and form an encirclement!"
"You, head this way!"
"You, go that direction!"
Shouts rose one after another as the commanders of each legion rapidly issued orders.
The quality of the Azure Flow Army's Shinigami was clearly even higher than that of the Crimson Flow Army. The number of Captain-class fighters among them was enough to leave anyone horrified.
At the same moment, in the World of the Living,
Within an open area, Sōsuke Aizen narrowed his eyes as he gazed at the endless sea of people before him, all with different appearances, shock surging through his heart while he struggled to maintain a calm expression.
"A million? Ten million? Or has it already surpassed a hundred million?"
He had never before seen such a vast army.
Before such a terrifying force, no one could claim that numbers were meaningless!
And if their overwhelming numbers alone were already enough to inspire terror, then what was even more horrifying was the quality of these soldiers. Although they had not yet fully completed their Shinigami transformation, the aura leaking from each of their bodies was already comparable to that of a Shinigami who had achieved Shikai!
Shocking. Terrifying.
"Aizen, how much longer do you need?"
Suddenly, an incomparably indifferent voice sounded beside his ear, pulling Aizen back to reality.
(End of Chapter)