Chapter 502: Changes in Xuye Palace, decision

Hueco Mundo.

When Aizen was sealed, some of the remaining Arrancars here also lost their leader.

Even the former Hueco Mundo King Bylergan died in this battle.

Naturally, the organization of Hueco Mundo was directly disbanded at this time, leaving only a few cats and cats scattered around.

Of course, some Arrancars have set their sights on the Akatsuki organization, which is also a powerful organization in Hueco Mundo. It can be said that...

In their impression, the Akatsuki organization is even more powerful than the previous Hueco Mundo.

However, the requirements for joining the Akatsuki organization are too high, and they are not qualified to enter, so they have to choose the next best thing, the Hueco Mundo.

Now, they have completed the Arrancar and are much stronger than before.

Although the recruitment requirements of the Akatsuki organization do not seem to value the strength of strength, they believe that as long as they are strong enough, they will definitely be able to join the Akatsuki organization.

This theory cannot be said to be wrong. If they are stronger than anyone, then even Xia Li can't stop them from joining.

Unfortunately, it is obvious that their strength cannot reach that level. Otherwise, they would not need to join other organizations, but just establish one by themselves.

So, when they came to Akatsuki with a proud attitude and severely damaged some of the more obedient and unconscious Hollows who had settled near Akatsuki, they were angrily targeted by Nel.

Although these obedient Hollows did not have self-awareness, it was not impossible for them to have consciousness, so they might be her future companions. How could they be bullied by these sudden hollows?

Then, after they stated their purpose, Nel drove them out and taught them a lesson without saying anything.

Compared with the hollows without hollows, their strength is indeed stronger, but for the existence of Hollows like Nel who came from the level of Vastod, they are all equally weak.

Later, some hollows held a grudge and did not dare to trouble Nel, but targeted those unconscious hollows.

As a result, before they succeeded, they were discovered by Nel and this time they did not hold back and directly destroyed them completely.

This is not because Nel discovered their plan in advance, but because Ulquiorra reminded him after learning about this matter.

After Ulquiorra returned, Stark's previous task of driving away some ill-intentioned Hollows was handed over to him, because Ulquiorra was more suitable for this kind of task that requires observation.

And Ulquiorra did a good job. Many Hollows with vague consciousness successfully joined the Akatsuki organization through his eyes and became members of the Akatsuki organization.

However, not all Arrancars who came out of the Hunya Palace were like this. There were still some who were more obedient after becoming Arrancar.

They also successfully became members of the Akatsuki organization after being investigated by Harribel.

Among them, there was even the three-blade Grimmjow Jakejak of the former Hunya Palace.

After Harribel's investigation, the other party thought that he was just very impatient and had a very violent attitude towards fighting. He liked to challenge strong opponents under equal conditions and purely enjoyed the fun of fighting.

In fact, at the beginning, Harribel did not want to let Grimmjow join the Akatsuki organization because she felt that it might disrupt the rules of the Akatsuki organization.

However, Grimmjow was later spotted by Kenpachi Zaraki, and Harribel thought that both of them were the type who would fight like crazy.

Normally, it was fine. After Kenpachi Zaraki promised to watch over him, Harribel agreed.

Grimmjow naturally did not accept Kenpachi Zaraki at first, but asked for a fight.

Suddenly, Grimmjow still remembered Kenpachi Zaraki's wild laughter and Harribel's look as if she was looking at a fool.

At that time, Grimmjow did not know why he looked like that, but he knew it later.

Because Kenpachi Zaraki did not even use his initial release, and even his spiritual power did not materialize, he used that broken Zanpakutō and his strong body to fight Grimmjow.

During the battle, all of Grimmjow's attacks were blocked by Kenpachi Zaraki's body. Although he could barely break through the defense, for Kenpachi Zaraki, who had abnormal recovery ability, this kind of injury could be easily recovered.

So, Grimmjow was chopped down by Kenpachi Zaraki in this confused feeling of destroyed cognition.

At this point, Grimmjow was completely convinced by Kenpachi Zaraki, but given his personality, it was impossible for him to give up the challenge to Kenpachi Zaraki. He would work hard to become stronger and then continue to challenge Kenpachi Zaraki.

And this is exactly why Kenpachi Zaraki took a fancy to Grimmjow.

The opponent's wild fighting style matched his, and such a personality was favored by him, and there was no reason why he could not join this organization.

Later, Grimmjow also understood why Harribel looked at him that way.

It turned out that Kenpachi Zaraki would fight with the Royal Knights in the Akatsuki organization every once in a while.

As for what a knight is, Grimmjow also knew, such as the Ten Blades of the Palace of the Night.

The Akatsuki organization is the 12 Royal Knights, and above the Royal Knights, there is naturally the King, that is, the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

Although there are 12 seats for the Royal Knights, only Kenpachi Zaraki, Ulquiorra, Stark, Harribel, and Nel have become Royal Knights.

There are still 7 vacancies, and no one has been qualified to take over a seat so far.

So, after knowing this, Grimmjow set his sights on the seat of the Royal Knights, and he believed that he was still qualified to be one of them.

Until he saw the battle between Kenpachi Zaraki and other Royal Knights.

Sometimes Kenpachi Zaraki fought with one of them, and sometimes he fought with everyone else.

However, no matter which battle, he found that even the weakest Nel was unfathomable, not to mention Ulquiorra who could return to the blade twice.

At this time, Grimmjow's eyes showed a fiery look, he wanted to become one of the 12 Royal Knights.

And he had to defeat all the Royal Knights above him step by step, and then become the strongest.

However, Grimmjow still hasn't seen Xia Li take action, so he doesn't know how strong Xia Li is. But if he can convince Kenpachi Zaraki, he must be even stronger.

Then, Grimmjow also joined the list of opponents that Kenpachi Zaraki would fight, which was the first step.

So far, the aftermath of the dissolution of the Palace of the Night has ended.

Of course, the strength of the Hueco Mundo has still declined a lot. Although... the Ten Espadas that Aizen is looking for are not as high as the quality in the original work, they are still pretty good.

Even the King of Hueco Mundo, Bylergan, died in this battle, not to mention the other Ten Espadas.

Only Grimmjow was left in the Palace of the Night in the Hueco Mundo, and he barely escaped later.

It should be said that only the Arrancars who stayed in the Hueco Mundo did not die, and the others... all died.

It goes without saying that everyone knows that the Arrancars of the Palace of the Night were completely treated as consumables.

Xia Li did not pay attention to Grimmjow's joining. His strength was not worth his attention. He had been thinking about the next path recently, and constantly absorbing spiritual power and compressing it to the limit.

After his breakthrough, the spiritual power that had already reached the limit of compression naturally had a new limit, and Xia Li had not yet reached this limit.

But, it was a matter of time.

If it continued like this, there might be no follow-up.

At this time, Xia Li actually knew that he and Aizen were actually on the same path in theory.

The difference was that Aizen relied on the power of the Collapsing Jade to achieve self-evolution, thus breaking through the limits of the god of death and the hollow.

Xia Li also followed the same principle, but he was a bit like Ichigo Kurosaki.

For example, the power of the hollow in Ichigo Kurosaki's body and the power of the god of death merged together, and he also made the same fusion after Mingjing Shisui completed the hollow with his spiritual pressure.

However, the upper limit of this fusion stopped there.

"So, do we need to continue the fusion? The remaining power in this world, the Quincy? Or... Hell?" Xia Li thought, but felt that this would not work.

Kurosaki Ichigo was an extremely special case, and knowing the existence of the King of Quincy and the Saint, Xia Li would not easily try to contact the power of the Quincy.

He was not worried that the Saint would make him lose all his power, but when the King of Quincy appeared, there was always a weakness left.

Moreover, even if the power of the Quincy was fused, could it reach the level of the Soul King?

Xia Li thought of Kurosaki Ichigo's last Getsuga Tensho again, and still shook his head. It should still not work, but the upper limit may be a little higher.

Therefore, the safest way is still to explore the next path through the Soul King.

"Soul King...ah." Xia Li's eyes were a little deep. In fact, he didn't want to make too much noise in this world, but if there was really only this way, then he could only do this.

But, how to do it?

And should we bring the Akatsuki organization in?

As the leader of Akatsuki, even if he didn't have this idea, others wouldn't think so.

As long as he took action, Akatsuki would automatically enter the game, right?

And now, Akatsuki's strength is still pretty good. Even if it faces the current Gotei 13, it won't be too weak, but if the people from Squad Zero intervene... that's hard to say.

And now it's obvious that everyone in Akatsuki has not reached the peak state.

Not to mention Xia Li himself, the limit compression of spiritual power has not been completed.

Kenpachi Zaraki still can't control Bankai, and it's unknown when he can complete the control of Bankai, but even without Bankai, his strength exceeds the captain level.

Ulquiorra, after completing the second stage of the return to the blade, he is still making rapid progress. He needs to be given enough time to grow up. At least it shouldn't be a problem for him to grow to the peak level of the captain.

Stark, his current strength is stuck, and it will take some time to complete the Second Stage of Reincarnation. Once he completes the Second Stage of Reincarnation, his strength will soar, and he may surpass Ulquiorra in one fell swoop, and even approach Kenpachi Zaraki who has no Bankai.

Moreover, Stark also clearly stated that he seems to have touched the power of the Second Stage of Reincarnation, and all he needs is time to accumulate or... a life-and-death battle like Ulquiorra did at that time.

Because even if Kenpachi Zaraki is strong, Stark knows that the other party will not really kill him. With such a mentality, it is still different from a real fight to the death.

Not to mention Harribel and Nel, they have just completed the Arrancar and their strength is in a rapid growth period, so they need more time to improve their strength.

Even Grimmjow, who has just joined, is the same.

Therefore, although it is impossible to wait until everyone completes the second stage of the return to the blade, at least let them grow to the current limit and make full preparations before taking the next step.

Thinking in this way, Xia Li also summoned everyone and sat on the throne at the front of the round table, looking at the current five Royal Knights.

It’s a pity that the organization was named Akatsuki instead of World Tree...

But it’s okay, after all, the Royal Knights are also called the Royal Tree-cutting Group, and it seems a bit unlucky to really name it World Tree.

Xia Li quickly told everyone that he wanted the power of the Soul King.

Suddenly, the five people present were all shocked, including Kenpachi Zaraki, who didn’t expect Xia Li to target the Soul King.

There is no need to say more about Harribel and Nel, they all know the ending of the previous Soul Palace, and now Xia Li seems to be going to end up with the Akatsuki organization.

Stark and Ulquiorra didn't feel strange.

Looking at everyone's reactions, Xia Li was not surprised, and then he told the current state of the Soul King and his relationship with the Three Realms.

In other words, the Soul King is just a wedge.

"Is it really like this?" Zaraki Kenpachi felt a little confused, but the legendary Soul King was just a wedge that couldn't move or fight, which sounded a bit boring.

"Leader, then if you really get the power of the Soul King, will it lead to the Three Realms..." Stark asked.

Then, Harribel and Nel also looked at Xia Li, which was also what they were concerned about.

"No, because I will become a new existence at the same level as the Soul King, and then I can naturally use my power to stabilize the existence of the Three Realms." Xia Li replied.

In fact, there is a problem with his words, that is, what if he can't break through?

However, Xia Li has strong self-confidence. As long as he knows the next step, he can make a breakthrough and there will be no other mistakes.

Listening to Xia Li's confident words, Stark nodded. He naturally believed that Xia Li could do it, so he said that he had no problem.

Since Xia Li wanted to do this, he would accompany him to the end.

"I support the leader's decision!" Ulquiorra suddenly said with unusual enthusiasm and determination. (End of this chapter)