224 Steve Chapter 223

Facing someone like Fang Mo, even Aizen finds it difficult to cope.

The strike just now was too intense; even he is clearly struggling. His left arm is in severe pain, and it seems that a few of his ribs are broken.

At the moment, Aizen is standing outside the serene tower grove. The smile on his face has gradually faded, and he looks in the direction where Fang Mo is with a somewhat serious expression.

In fact, he didn't want to make such a big fuss.

After all, the execution at Sōkyoku Hill in the distance is still ongoing. According to the original plan, people like Ichigo Kurosaki, Ukitake, and Kyoraku would definitely try to stop the execution. And when they make the situation chaotic, he could take advantage of the confusion to extract the Hogyoku from Rukia Kuchiki's body.

To ensure the smooth progress of his next plans, Aizen is doing his best to conceal his whereabouts.

And he wants to deal with Fang Mo, this hidden danger, as discreetly as possible.

But looking at the current situation...

The physical strength of the opponent is just too outrageous.

Even Head Captain Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni doesn't seem to be as exaggerated as him.

Aizen originally wanted to hide some of his techniques. Although the captains are currently at Sōkyoku Hill preparing for the execution ceremony, if there is too much commotion here at the Central 46 Chambers, they will notice. Otherwise, Aizen was prepared to use Kido number 99, the Five Dragon Destruction.

But as it turns out now.

Fang Mo is more troublesome than he thought.

So far, the opponent has only shown his strong physical strength, but it's clear that this is not his full power.

After all, he hasn't used the weird techniques he used to defeat the captains before. Additionally, one thing is giving Aizen a headache: Fang Mo doesn't play by the rules at all.

Yes, in this world, there is one rule that applies to everyone.

That is spiritual pressure.

When your spiritual pressure is strong enough to crush your opponent, you can ignore their skills; you can't even be cut by a blade.

However, this rule doesn't seem to apply to Fang Mo.

Logically speaking, Fang Mo has no spiritual pressure, so Aizen should be able to kill him easily. And for Fang Mo, since he has no spiritual pressure, he shouldn't be able to break through Aizen's defense under normal circumstances.

But the problem lies here.

What Fang Mo uses is not based on the spiritual particle system, and it's unclear why, but he can bypass this rule.

Aizen has been a Shinigami for so many years that using spiritual pressure in battle has almost become instinctive for him. Especially since his spiritual pressure is exceptionally strong to begin with. Now he's facing an opponent who has no spiritual pressure at all, and for a moment he's a bit unaccustomed to it. He has to use his eyes to track his opponent's movements.

Sensing spiritual pressure is completely ineffective here.

"It seems that I need to get serious," Aizen says.

As he watches Fang Mo slowly approach him, Aizen's aura also begins to change.

Fang Mo is, of course, not afraid. At this moment, he also releases his own aura. Although he doesn't know how to use spiritual pressure, his aura is even more powerful, erupting like a bottomless abyss, directly suppressing Aizen's aura.

Just then, Aizen suddenly makes his move.

With a raised hand, he says: "Hado #63, Raikoho."

A massive yellow electric ball flies toward Fang Mo, who simply waves his fist and shatters Aizen's hado spell.

But at the same time that Fang Mo takes action, Aizen also uses Shunpo to rush behind him, instantly casting a spell and swinging his sword down.

Fang Mo turns around and throws a punch, shattering the spell like it was paper, completely ignoring Aizen's Zanpakuto. It feels like a battle of trading blows for blows.

Seeing this, Aizen frowns and doesn't want to clash with Fang Mo anymore, opting to retreat using Shunpo.

But before Aizen can get too far, Fang Mo suddenly reaches into his robe and activates his teleportation ability.

"What?"

This is the first time Fang Mo has used this ability in front of Aizen, who is obviously startled. Aizen assumes he's going to be attacked and immediately takes a defensive stance. But instead, a large hand presses down on his head, making a "quack" sound.

"…Hmm?"

Aizen is confused. This move doesn't look like an attack.

Before he can figure out what's going on, a cold, slimy liquid starts flowing down his forehead. Aizen subconsciously reaches out and touches it, finding it to be a disgusting green, sticky substance.

"What is this?"

Aizen frowns.

Before he can say anything, Fang Mo suddenly yanks his hair back.

"Hair gel, actually it's colorless. It didn't deceive you; your own eyes deceived you," says Fang Mo as he takes off Aizen's glasses and uses a gravitational field to completely crush them. "Would you like to see your new look? Wow, you look incredibly handsome…"

Upon hearing this, Aizen finally reacted.

So the other party was just toying with him. He immediately swung his sword toward the other's face.

Fang Mo didn't resist; he laughed and retreated. Aizen's strike hit nothing but air. To let Aizen see himself, Fang Mo even threw a frozen mirror toward him.

Subconsciously, Aizen glanced at the ice mirror.

He found that all his hair had been swept back, leaving only a strand on his forehead. At first glance, he indeed looked more cool and handsome than before. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that his hair was filled with a sticky green slime, which felt somewhat disgusting.

"You have quite a lot of troublesome abilities."

Thinking about the other party's strange skill that resembled teleportation, Aizen couldn't help but comment.

The other party's physical strength was too strong and also had means similar to teleportation. Just these two alone were difficult to handle, let alone the other's rapid regeneration; he didn't mind trading injury for injury at all.

If things continued this way, it would clearly be disadvantageous for him. Even though he could regenerate, he certainly couldn't do it as fast as the other.

For the first time, Aizen felt troubled.

This unexpected calamity that had emerged was really difficult to handle. It seems he was correct, the power of the Shinigami has its limits.

This was also Aizen's own theoretical conclusion: the four abilities of the Shinigami—slicing, punching, walking ghosts—all have limits. The closer one gets to the peak, the harder it is to improve. It's like the Shinigami have an invisible limit. The only way to break this limit is to hollowfy the Shinigami.

Combining the power of the Shinigami and the Hollows was the only way to continue to grow.

As for the related experiments, Aizen had already completed them. Now he was just missing the most crucial item, the Hōgyoku. Once he had it, he could become infinitely stronger.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked towards the distant Sōkyoku Hill.

There was a shocking spiritual pressure erupting from there. The Sōkyoku Hill should have already been released. Something was confronting the King of Destruction, and the head captain had also released his spiritual pressure. It seems that the plan on that end was progressing smoothly.

"It seems there's no more time to waste."

Aizen thought for a moment and then suddenly raised his Zanpakutō.

"So you still plan to hypnotize me?" Fang Mo saw Aizen's action and couldn't help but make a sarcastic comment, "I've already told you, that ability of yours doesn't work on me..."

"It may not work on you, but that doesn't mean it won't work on others," Aizen said with a smile.

"Hmm?"

Fang Mo was momentarily stunned.

At the same moment, Hitsugaya Tōshirō's voice suddenly came from below, "Hinamori! Don't!"

Following that, a surge of spiritual pressure skyrocketed. Hitsugaya Tōshirō, like a madman, burst out from the ruins of the Central 46 Chambers, flying straight toward Fang Mo, "Aizen! You bastard!"

It's undeniable that Aizen's Zanpakutō ability is really tricky.

Clearly, he showed Hitsugaya Toshiro, this kid, something he shouldn't have seen.

Fang Mo doesn't even know what exactly this guy saw, but even when knowing he's not a match for Aizen, he still dares to charge in. It seems like he's really blinded by hatred, disregarding his own life.

"Ice Heaven Hundred Flower Funeral!"

After flying over, Hitsugaya Toshiro immediately released his ultimate move.

A large number of dark clouds quickly gathered in the sky, followed by snowflakes beginning to fall. A snowflake landed on Fang Mo, and suddenly a massive amount of spiritual pressure burst forth, directly creating a huge ice flower on him.

"I'm truly sorry, I don't have time to entangle with you anymore."

Aizen smiled at Fang Mo: "Though Hitsugaya-kun is not your match either, if he tries his best to stall you with his life, that's good enough. I'll take my leave now."

At this point, Gin Ichimaru mysteriously appeared behind him.

Gin Ichimaru raised his hand with a smile, a cloth strip suddenly wrapping around the two, and then they instantly disappeared from the spot.

"Whew, finally left, huh."

Seeing Aizen leave, Fang Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, it's not that he thinks Aizen is too strong or anything. Quite the opposite, the current Aizen, not having acquired the Hogyoku, is actually a bit weak.

Fang Mo has really been holding back.

Void Ring, Ring of Arcana, and the weapons of Tinker' Construct were all not used.

However, just like this, he almost crippled Aizen. This is not to say Aizen is not strong. In fact, without activating the inner beacon, Fang Mo can still have a back-and-forth fight with Aizen. It's just that this feeling of showing off is too exhilarating, not to mention Aizen, even Fang Mo himself couldn't control it and started reciting lines.

After Aizen left, Fang Mo didn't feel like continuing to act anymore.

Facing Hitsugaya Toshiro who was like a mad dog, Fang Mo knocked him out with a simple teleportation and a sword catch.

After this, Fang Mo turned his head towards the Sōkyoku Hill.

"Finally, the grand battle is here."

Fang Mo said while pulling out an enchanted golden apple and eating it: "So next... let's do the challenge 'Defeating All The Captains At Once'."

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