Immortality...
That's right, perhaps only Immortality could achieve this?
Being able to regenerate after having their heads blown open—this fundamentally doesn't seem like a normal ability.
Aizen's heart was filled with intense curiosity regarding these five monsters.
In his plan, the most important goal after obtaining the Hōgyoku was to gain an immortal body.
Yet, this immortal body had appeared on these five monsters first.
"Pay attention to their eyes."
Aizen said softly. Shiba Isshin looked over upon hearing this, then asked doubtfully, "Is something wrong?"
"The eyes of the five monsters are somewhat similar."
Aizen said, "I suspect that these five monsters might even just be puppets."
"Puppets?!" Shiba Isshin was stunned upon hearing this.
Five monsters this powerful, and they are just puppets?
Who created them? Who is controlling them?
Wouldn't that make them invincible?
However, he immediately thought about it again and felt that this was very possible.
After all, if they were puppets, then possessing Immortality would be understandable.
Aizen actually reached the conclusion that the Gorosei were merely puppets only after considering this point.
"I agree."
Mayuri's voice suddenly rang out beside the two of them, startling Shiba Isshin again: "Captain Mayuri, are you eavesdropping on us?"
"Idiot, I need to collect their data, of course I'm listening," Mayuri said. "The Spiritual Pressure patterns of these five monsters are almost identical, and they all have an effect similar to Immortality."
"But their current Spiritual Pressure is extremely unstable and might disappear soon, so you need to hurry up and make sure they don't escape."
Unstable Spiritual Pressure?
Shiba Isshin looked at the Gyūki attacking them again, but he didn't detect any instability in its Spiritual Pressure at all.
He and Aizen dodged the Gyūki's attack and then said to Mayuri, "We want to catch them, but it's not that simple!"
"You said they will disappear soon. What does that mean?"
"You can't even understand that? I truly despair of you. Disappear means that they are not normal life forms, but puppets implanted with a certain power!"
"Once the power injected by the mastermind disappears, they are likely to dissipate directly!"
Although the Gorosei currently look tremendously powerful, unlike their originals who rampaged in the Wandenreich, the time since their creation is too short.
The lineage of the originals has some influence on them, but they primarily rely on the soul bestowed by Yhwach to maintain their form.
Being able to erupt with such astonishing power in just one short month naturally comes with flaws.
If they consume too much Reiatsu in a short period, or suffer overly severe blows, their spiritual bodies may collapse.
This is the same reason why Haschwalth intervened when Beltz was about to stab Bakotsu earlier.
After all, powerful Captain-level spiritual bodies are not so easily manufactured.
To truly stabilize them would require at least a few more decades.
However, since Yhwach sent them to invade now, it's impossible for him to just let them return so soon.
Currently, all five battlefields have fallen into a stalemate.
Except for the Fengxi, the other four monsters have been injured, but they continuously recover using Immortality, seemingly aiming for a war of attrition to exhaust the Shinigami.
At this moment, Ukitake Jūshirō suddenly felt a pang in his heart.
He possesses the Right Hand of the Soul King within him, and the Soul King's power involves omniscience and omnipotence. Thus, even just one hand allows Jūshirō to occasionally have a strange perception of the future.
If he actively releases it, he can even predict a certain amount of the future!
He calls this ability "Divine Hanging"!
He didn't actively use Divine Hanging, but the Right Hand of the Soul King inside him, Mimihagi-sama, proactively warned him at that moment.
This was extremely rare; in hundreds of years, he seldom felt this sense of unease and dread.
Is something about to happen?
He looked at the flaming giant bird soaring in the sky, raised Sōgyo no Kotowari again, absorbed the flames spat from its mouth, and reflected them back.
The giant bird dodged the reflected flames and released a surge of psychic energy.
Just like the Gyūki's psychic energy, this energy struck Ukitake Jūshirō, leaving him nowhere to hide.
After all, psychic energy is formless and intangible; one can only sense the fluctuation of power, making it very difficult to evade.
However, since Jūshirō was not currently suffering from his illness, resisting this psychic attack with his immense Spiritual Pressure was not a problem.
Yet, Itsumade was merely making a feint attack at this moment.
It had flown up to a higher position, and a strange fluctuation continuously spread out from its body.
This fluctuation seemed to be calling out to the other four monsters.
The four monsters stopped simultaneously at this moment.
Bakotsu, Fengxi, Gyūki, Itsumade and Sandworm, these five massive monsters rampaging and causing destruction in the Seireitei ceased their movements.
Although the Captains confronting them didn't know what was happening, they wouldn't miss this opportunity.
Especially Shunsui!
This is a game where the one standing higher wins; as long as one stands in a position higher than the enemy, the power of the resulting slash will be greatly enhanced!
Pfft!
His strike directly severed Bakotsu's horse head!
Although previous attacks had also injured Bakotsu, it had regenerated in an extremely bizarre manner.
Now, he had chopped off Bakotsu's entire head, could it still regenerate?!
Bakotsu did not die, nor did it regenerate. Instead, as if pulled by some force, it flew directly toward Itsumade!
?!
Shunsui was stunned, watching this eerie scene, unable to comprehend!
The headless Bakotsu's hooves trod on the air, galloping toward the sky, and its severed head was similarly pulled, flying upward.
The Sandworm also ignored the buildings it had been dragging and flew toward the sky.
Gyūki and the Fengxi did the same.
These five colossal monsters rushed toward the Itsumade in the sky, and their massive bodies began to dissolve as they approached Itsumade?!
Their terrifyingly huge bodies seemed to turn into countless Reishi, entering Itsumade's body!
?!
The Captains below were stunned by this sight, and Mayuri's eyes blazed with fervor. Seeing the Captains about to fly up to stop it, he quickly shouted, "Idiots! Who told you to stop it!"
But how could they not stop it?
Although the Captains didn't know what the Gorosei were planning, they all knew one thing: they absolutely must not allow the enemy to complete what they intended!
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