Chapter 299
The desire for power and the killing instinct filled his sea of consciousness.
Feeling Aizen's strong unwillingness, the Hōgyoku took the initiative to exert its power.
Part of the white foreign matter covering his body began to boil, deform, and turn into irregular bubbles.
Under the suppression of Kurosaki Ichigo, Aizen began his semi-passive evolution.
The black lines on his forehead split open, revealing a vertical pupil with a white iris and a black eyeball.
Blood slowly flowed out from the third eye that suddenly opened.
As the blood flowed, Aizen's face shattered.
A white column of reiatsu shot up into the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth, and quaking the mountains.
In the beam of light, Aizen roared to the sky.
After reaching this form, he was still able to continue to become stronger and to evolve to a deeper level.
Soon, the white reiatsu beam formed a rectangular entity, completely enveloping Aizen.
A large amount of blood spurted out from the white rectangle, which meant that Aizen had completed soul reorganization again and achieved new evolution.
He evolved again on the basis of surpassing the Shinigami dimension, surpassed the limit again, and achieved incredible improvement.
As the cuboid broke, a large amount of semi-solidified plasma spilled onto the ground, forming a "small hill."
Aizen appeared in a brand new look.
There was a slit similar to an eye on his forehead, his face turned black, and the previous facial skin was torn from the middle and moved to both sides of the black face.
Three circular holes appeared on his upper body, like Hollow holes, but they did not completely penetrate his body, only forming grooves on his chest.
The Hōgyoku was embedded in the top hole, emitting a faint light.
His Zanpakutō was fused with his right hand.
The original six giant butterfly wings each had a "skeleton" covered with white substance growing on the wing spine.
However, these skulls had no other organs except a big mouth full of hideous teeth, just like faceless monsters.
The current Aizen had none of the characteristics of a Shinigami, and his appearance had become very similar to a Hollow, but there were certain differences between him and Hollows and Arrancar.
His reiatsu, slashing power, speed, defense, and recovery ability were far stronger than those of the fourth Chrysalis stage—he possessed true immortality.
His abilities in all aspects had been enhanced to an unimaginable level. He could change the terrain and flatten mountains with just a single strike.
Aizen said in a dull voice:
"That's it! Hōgyoku, you really still can't forgive me? I lost so miserably, I didn't use your strength. That's why you take the initiative to evolve. I never thought I would lose to a mere human being."
According to his calculations, the previous form was already his limit.
The current evolution was the ultimate evolution led by the Hōgyoku.
He couldn't get stronger, and he couldn't lose.
However, this also showed that the Hōgyoku was disappointed in him, which was why it acted semi-autonomously.
In other words, his heart was actually shaken just now.
Unforgivable!
"Radiant Explosion!" Aizen controlled a white skeleton, stretched its neck, and launched a terrifying attack at Kurosaki Ichigo like a Cero.
Although this move looked somewhat similar to the Cero of the Arrancar on the surface, its power was strong enough to destroy everything.
Soon, the ultra-high-density blue reiatsu bullet hit the direction where Kurosaki Ichigo was at an incredibly fast speed.
The reiatsu beyond the dimension distorted time and space, and suddenly exploded, forming a shock wave that swept everything.
The shock waves cut the rocky ground into pieces like tofu.
The flames that followed burned everything, instantly creating a huge deep pit.
Even the faraway Karakura Town was affected, and the hurricanes made Arisawa Tatsuki and others unstable.
All the rocks on the edge of the pit were burned into semi-liquid glass by the terrifying high temperature.
The flames as big as a mountain shot up into the sky, burning fiercely and consuming everything. It was more terrifying than the flames of Ryūjin Jakka.
In the column of flames, Kurosaki Ichigo appeared.
There were signs of burning on his clothes, and his left arm was charred black and "emitting a meaty smell"—obviously he was seriously injured.
Just now, he had used his left arm to block the attack.
Otherwise, the injury would be more serious.
The evolved Aizen was already able to hurt him even though his strength had been increased by several dimensions.
Seeing this scene, Aizen, who had transformed into a strange monster, nodded and said:
"I see—after being attacked like that just now, you only sustained these injuries. But your left hand should no longer be usable. In this case, then die!"
Aizen moved and instantly appeared in front of Kurosaki Ichigo.
He stretched out his pitch-black arms like bone claws and grabbed Kurosaki Ichigo's neck, controlling his body.
He spread out his six white butterfly wings, each with a huge horizontal eye.
The strange eyes stared at Kurosaki Ichigo, releasing a chilling pressure.
At the same time, "all the skeletons" on the wing spines surrounded Kurosaki Ichigo and released reiatsu together.
Similar to the Radiant Explosion, an ultra-dense reiatsu entity formed four circles of blue spiritual entities that surrounded Kurosaki Ichigo and instantly detonated.