Help! I am bound to Aizen!

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Hearing Aizen’s words, Kaelith couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

The Hollow opposite them wanted to take him back for experiments.

His own ally wanted to capture that Hollow for experiments.

He often felt that he just wasn’t twisted enough to fit in with people like them.

The moment Szayelaporro called out his release command, a violent wave of Reiatsu blasted outward in all directions.

In the skies above, the heavy spiritual pressure poured down like a torrential flood.

Under its onslaught, the air trembled fiercely, and everything in view seemed to warp and distort.

Kaelith felt as if every bone in his body was creaking. This Reiatsu was truly terrifying—far stronger than what he’d experienced even when Kuchiki K?ga used Bankai in the past.

Was this really the Szayelaporro he remembered, the one who could barely handle Ishida Ury??

Suddenly, he recalled the release command Szayelaporro had spoken. If his memory served him right, Szayelaporro’s original release phrase should have been “Sip, Fornicarás.” What was this “Drink deep and dance madly” supposed to be?

It seemed the Szayelaporro before him was quite different from the one in his impressions. The Szayelaporro he knew of could only serve as a reference, not something to rely on fully.

As both Kaelith and Aizen watched, the swirling spiritual energy around Szayelaporro dispersed, revealing his transformed body.

He now looked nothing like before. Initially, he had resembled a Shinigami more than a Hollow. Now he had fully reverted to a Hollow form.

A pale mask covered his face, and two long white horns jutted upward. Four thick, wing-like appendages oozing viscous fluid swayed behind him. His white robe had transformed into flowing liquid, and his long, sleeve-like fingers had become ghastly white claws, their tips a dark purple. Each time they flexed, Kaelith thought of creatures like undead skeletons.

With his release complete, Szayelaporro grinned beneath his white mask. “Consider yourselves honored, Shinigami. Witnessing a Hollow perform a sword release… it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!”

Kaelith’s eyes went wide, stunned.

Aizen glanced at him from the corner of his eye. “What is it, Kaelith?”

“It’s… it’s a minotaur! Look at those horns!” Kaelith pointed in astonishment at the white horns on Szayelaporro’s head.

Aizen looked at Szayelaporro’s horns. There were indeed a pair of horns—so what? He had no idea what Kaelith was on about, but he was used to it by now. He calmly ignored Kaelith and began an incantation:

“Ye scattered beast bones, spire, crimson crystal, steel wheels…”

Without needing prior discussion, as Aizen chanted, Kaelith sprang into action. He leapt high, swinging both of his short blades wreathed in blue flames. The blades whirled through the air from different angles toward Szayelaporro. At the same time, blue flames erupted from Kaelith’s shoulders and back.

“Flash Roar: Hell Chariot!”

With a shout, Kaelith drove forward, fists raised, rushing straight at Szayelaporro.

Two of Szayelaporro’s wing-like appendages lashed out to intercept the incoming blades, while the other two lunged at Kaelith’s body at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.

Boom!

A flaming blue fist slammed into one of Szayelaporro’s appendages, splitting it open. But another appendage struck Kaelith, breaking through his Reiatsu defense and shattering his collarbone. Since becoming a Shinigami, Kaelith had never faced an enemy with such destructive power.

Yet he didn’t pause even for a second. Within his body, a shadow-like power extended, bracing the broken bone and pulling the pieces back together. The pain was excruciating, but at least it wouldn’t hinder his ability to fight.

Kaelith had suffered far worse injuries before. This level of pain barely counted as anything.

Seeing Kaelith continue his charge without slowing, Szayelaporro was surprised. He was certain he’d just crushed one of Kaelith’s crucial bones. Was this guy some kind of battle maniac?

Meanwhile, the other two appendages met Kaelith’s twin blades. Protected by a thick layer of Reiatsu, the appendages formed a sturdy defense, intending to catch the blades. But the moment they touched the blade edges, they were sliced apart with ease, as if that defense didn’t exist at all.

Szayelaporro took note of this from the corner of his eye. Although two appendages were severed, he remained calm. It seemed his guess was correct: Kaelith’s blades had a special property, likely something like ignoring defenses. A troublesome ability, but if put to good use, it would make Kaelith a fine laboratory assistant as well as a test subject.

Ah, now he was daydreaming. If the blades could bypass defenses, then there was no point trying to block them. He decided to use all the appendages for direct attacks instead.

Kaelith stepped forward, riding the storm conjured by Ikkotsu, crossing the short distance in a flash until he was right in front of Szayelaporro. The twin Rixiang Jimie blades, chained to him, swung back at his command to deal with Szayelaporro’s appendages.

Meanwhile, Kaelith himself unleashed a punch.

At the moment he struck, the power of the shadows merged into his arm.

S?kotsu!

Bang!

The punch landed squarely on Szayelaporro’s face. Szayelaporro tilted his head slightly and focused his Reiatsu to divert some of Kaelith’s strength, but the blow still tore off a chunk of his face and knocked out half of his molars, leaving him looking like a horror movie character.

Without waiting for Szayelaporro to react, Kaelith darted aside. From behind him came a roaring blast of golden Reiatsu:

A fully-incanted Raik?h?, cast by the Kido prodigy Aizen!

A golden tidal wave of Reiatsu instantly swallowed Szayelaporro, rushing across the distant sky.

Kaelith halted in midair not far away. He didn’t wait for the Raik?h? to dissipate. He immediately flung out his chain-bound twin blades once more, slicing toward Szayelaporro’s position. Without a doubt, such an assault wouldn’t be enough to finish Szayelaporro off. Aizen knew this well.

After launching Raik?h?, Aizen began chanting again without hesitation, raising a single finger and reciting his favorite Kido:

“Veiled by murky crests, the unyielding and arrogant prowess…”