Just as the three teenagers expected, the road to Xuye Palace is destined to be impossible to be smooth sailing.

Following a sandstorm, a huge figure emerged from the white desert. It was a sand giant whose lower body seemed to be integrated with the entire desert.

"Are you coming?"

The three teenagers who were resting in the sand stood up awkwardly from the sand, raised their heads and looked at the huge monster looking down at them.

There is a hollow in his chest, his body is made of gravel, and his face is a pale mask.

After seeing the other party's appearance clearly, they breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like it was just a Daxu, not an Arrancar.

"For those ants who try to set foot in the 'sacred territory', my guardian of the White Sands, Lunuganga... will bury you here!"

A majestic voice came from the giant mouth of the sand flowing with fine sand.

However, Kurosaki Ichigo and others were not frightened when they heard this.

Judging from the spiritual pressure they felt, although the Hollow that appeared in front of them was huge in size, it was not a threat to them. At best, it was just a big guy who was a little stronger than the ordinary Great Hollow, had some sense and could talk. They even

I also want to thank this guy for speaking out of the blue, because it let them know that they were not going the wrong way.

The holy ruins Daxu mentioned must be only the 'Xuye Palace'. Since the opponent's guardian is naturally the guard guarding the edge of Xuye Palace.

"Crescent Moon Clashes!"

Kurosaki Ichigo stood up and drew his sword, slashing out the pale Getsuga.

To deal with such a guy, he didn't even want to waste his energy using virtual power.

puff--

The crescent-shaped spiritual pressure slash struck at the head of the Sand Giant and cut through it without any resistance.

Such a scene made the three of them feel a little surprised, because this blow did not seem to cause effective damage to the Daxu.

"What the hell is this?"

"This guy's body seems to be made of sand, and normal impacts are ineffective against it."

Ishida Uryu analyzed while holding his glasses.

"If you can't attack from the front, what about from the inside?"

Chatata Taihu raised his fist and suggested.

"I should be able to destroy its entire spiritual structure with one punch of my spiritual pressure."

"Are you talking about concentrating your spiritual power on one point and then exploding it from within after a hit? When did you learn this technique? But it should indeed be possible to do this." Uryū Ishida nodded, "Speaking of which...it has such characteristics.

It seems that I have never seen a Hollow before. The enemies we will face in the future may be more troublesome than imagined. This is just a little guy with such troublesome abilities. If this guy is an Arrancar..."

"No matter what... I'll kill him first."

Saying that, Chadu Taihu was ready to take action.

But just as he was preparing to jump up and deliver a fatal blow to the virtual person in front of him, he suddenly felt that his feet were empty.

"This is……"

The three of them looked at their feet sinking deep into the sand with some surprise, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

The sand under their feet turned into quicksand due to the influence of the virtual force in front of them. The highly absorbent gravel seemed to be swallowing them up and was constantly sending downward force. This was not ordinary quicksand, it should be this virtual quicksand.

ability.

The environment they were in at the moment was obviously the place where the Hollow in front of them could best exert its power. With nowhere to put their feet, they seemed unable to fight back for a while.

"Quick! Use the spirit child to establish a foothold under your feet and escape first!" Uryu Ishida suggested.

"No, the whole calf has been swallowed up."

Chadu Taihu tried it and shook his head slightly, "There is this virtual spiritual power in the sand, and it is interfering with us."

His fighting style is too monotonous, and the big guy in front of him who can control the sand so that he can't use his strength is obviously the type he is least good at dealing with.

"Then what should we do?" Kurosaki Ichigo asked, "Try using your spiritual arrows?"

"Do you know how much spiritual energy it takes to kill such a big guy with one arrow?"

Uryū Ishida was speechless for a while, "It's like using up all my strength with one arrow to deal with such a guy. What will I do next?"

"What should we do? Wait until we are flooded?"

Kurosaki Ichigo said as he prepared to swing his sword again.

Obviously he is the one with the most spiritual power among the three. To deal with such a big guy, a large Crescent Moon Chong should be enough. Although it is a waste of spiritual power, it is better to let him do it than the other two.

"No...wait."

Just when Kurosaki Ichigo was about to swing his sword, Uryu Ishida held down his hand.

"how?"

"somebody is coming……"

"!!"

The next moment, Kurosaki Ichigo, who was reminded, also felt it.

Someone is indeed here, and he is very familiar with this spiritual pressure.

"Roar, Baboon King Shebimaru!"

The huge bone snake fell from the sky, opened its huge mouth and instantly crushed the sandman below and drilled into the ground.

Soon, the three of them felt a vibration coming from below. They seemed to have stepped on something, and their whole bodies were moved.

The sudden force forced them to squat down to maintain their balance. When they were completely out of the quicksand area, they saw a man wearing a windbreaker standing in the desert.

"Renji!"

Kurosaki Ichigo and others jumped off the Shebimaru with joy.

Renji Abarai seemed to be much more precise in using the Shebimaru swastika than before. He could even accurately deliver the blade to their feet through the sand and bring them out, as if he were using his own arms.

"Why are you happy? It's not over yet!"

Renji Abarai pushed Kurosaki Ichigo aside angrily and waved the blade in his hand again.

Shebimaru's huge figure hovering in mid-air twisted again and headed back towards the position where it had swallowed the Sand Giant.

That's right, the blow just now did not kill the Hollow. Renji Abarai seemed to have encountered the same problem as them. The characteristics of this Hollow made all physical attacks almost useless, including of course Shebimaru.

The most direct way they could think of was to directly use surging spiritual power to destroy its spiritual structure in order to kill it.

"Damn it, why is this thing so troublesome!?"

Kurosaki Ichigo had a headache as he looked at the sand giant that was recovering again and again under the bite of Shebimaru, and each recovery seemed to be bigger than before.

"This guy seems to be able to absorb the surrounding sand and continuously strengthen himself."

Renji Abarai, who was dealing with this guy, frowned slightly and said, "As the amount of sand increases, this guy's body seems to be getting more and more solid. I can feel that Shebimaru has to use stronger force every time."

Only with the power can it be broken into pieces.”

"There is no other way. We must kill it first regardless of the cost."

Kurosaki Ichigo said as he raised Zangetsu in his hand, "Renji, take back the Shebimaru immediately after you smash it. I'm going to give it a bigger one!"

"no problem!"

Abarai Renji grinned. He tried to use force again, but was stopped by Uryū Ishida.

"Ishida? What are you doing again?"

Kurosaki Ichigo was about to accumulate strength but gave up again.

"Didn't you feel it? The air around me suddenly became humid. In terms of perception of spiritual power, I am indeed slightly better."

Uryu Ishida pointed at the lenses of his glasses and reminded.

"Huh? This feeling is..."

Renji Abarai and Ichigo Kurosaki were reminded to carefully feel the spiritual power around them, and their eyes suddenly became happy.

Renji Abarai is most familiar with this kind of spiritual pressure, and Ichigo Kurosaki was saved by the owner of this spiritual pressure not long ago.

Sure enough, the next moment, just as they thought, the air that suddenly became humid changed again and became extremely dry.

Because that was just...a precursor to freezing.

"Second Dance·Bai Lian!"

A familiar voice came from above, and then, the sand giant in front of the three of them was instantly frozen into a huge ice sculpture.

They raised their heads and looked upward. At some point, a petite figure holding a pure white blade stood on the edge of the quicksand. As she waved the Zanpakutō gently, a loud 'click' sound came, and the Great Void was frozen instantly.

As the ice shattered, the scattered ice flowers added some luster to the pure white Zanpakutō.

It was Sode Shirayuki, known as the most beautiful Zanpakutō in Soul Society, and its owner was naturally Rukia Kuchiki, one of the people Kurosaki Ichigo and others came to Hueco Mundo to find.

"Rukia...you..."

Seeing the sudden appearance of Kuchiki Rukia, several people's eyes were happy at first, but soon became confused.
To be continued...