Over the next few minutes, Shigure quickly tested the Soul Wall palace's abilities.
Since the system hadn't explained these functions, he could only figure them out himself.
First, he confirmed he could freely communicate with people inside the palace without any barriers.
Similar to when facing Kleint before, Shigure's voice would transmit directly through the palace walls.
When he wanted to hear sounds from the palace, Nel and the others' voices would appear directly in his ears.
Second, despite the vast distance, he could still directly change the palace's facilities and structure through thought alone.
He had just used this ability to modify the palace interior, making it more suitable for Nel and the others' living habits.
Finally, he could forcibly bring people from the palace directly to his side.
He discovered this when Nel accidentally reminded him of it.
With just a thought, he had pulled Dondochakka directly to his side.
After understanding all this, Shigure showed a satisfied smile.
This ability had undoubtedly become a solid support for him in Hueco Mundo, and might even provide help in the future.
"Phew."
After exhaling lightly, Shigure focused his mind. He knew it was time to reach Soi Fon and Hitsugaya.
So he fully activated his Resonance Eyes again.
But this time, what he saw through Resonance Vision made his gaze sharpen immediately.
The three people were still there—Soi Fon, Hitsugaya, and the 7th Espada Zommari.
But now, the situation wasn't them cooperating against the Arrancar.
Soi Fon was fighting Hitsugaya!
The moment he saw this scene, Shigure immediately understood the reason. Zommari had clearly completed his Resurrección!
And this was his post-Resurrección ability: "Love."
Soi Fon and the others must have failed to notice the strangeness of Zommari's eyes, falling under this ability's control.
Now the two were crossing blades.
From their current injuries, Hitsugaya's left arm could barely lift—he was clearly more severely wounded.
Soi Fon seemed relatively uninjured, but her attacks were exceptionally fierce, likely because her entire body was controlled.
After brief consideration, Shigure began rushing toward them following the route shown by Resonance Vision.
Meanwhile, in the labyrinth's due south direction.
Zommari, after his Resurrección, had additional black markings on his face and jaw.
His lower body had lost its legs, becoming a pink pumpkin-shaped sphere floating in the air.
Dozens of yellow-pupiled eyes covered his entire body.
The forward-facing eyes were surrounded by deep purple light.
Soi Fon, being stared at, had a black sunflower pattern on her forehead, even covering her left eye.
She was using Hakuda, launching fierce attacks against Hitsugaya.
Though Hitsugaya had released Hyōrinmaru, he only used it to block Soi Fon's attacks.
He knew Soi Fon was being controlled, but couldn't think of the best solution.
He had tried avoiding Soi Fon to attack Zommari directly.
But the instant he charged forward, his left arm was also marked with the black sunflower pattern.
Then his arm began moving beyond his control, even trying to seize the sword in his right hand.
Realizing this, Hitsugaya had decisively disabled his own left arm.
That's why he was now in such a passive situation.
Bang!!
Soi Fon launched another powerful kick directly at Hitsugaya.
Her face was expressionless, eyes vacant, but her attack's power and accuracy held nothing back—a killing blow.
Though Hitsugaya blocked the kick with his sword, the impact still forced him back several meters.
"Damn... it seems I must find a way to subdue Soi Fon first, then deal with that Arrancar...!!"
Hitsugaya gritted his teeth slightly, his expression grim.
He had tried using Kidō to bind Soi Fon's movements.
But due to his imperfect mastery of Kidō techniques, the restraints he released were easily broken by Soi Fon.
"Hah..."
Hitsugaya exhaled deeply, quickly calming himself, then closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, his gaze had become cold.
Looking at Soi Fon ahead, he murmured quietly:
"It seems... I can't continue like this... Captain Soi Fon."
He raised his right hand, pointing his Zanpakutō forward.
Large amounts of cold air and ice crystals began appearing in the surrounding air.
"Ban... kai."
Boom!!
As his words fell, Hitsugaya's spiritual pressure exploded instantly, the massive impact stirring up sand and stones around them.
Simultaneously, a huge blue ice dragon appeared behind him, merging with his body as ice wings spread wide.
Hitsugaya's expression was cold, white mist swirling around him. Looking at Soi Fon walking toward him, he said quietly:
"I'm sorry, Captain Soi Fon."
"You might get hurt next, but there's no choice."
"Only Daiguren Hyōrinmaru can subdue you fastest... that way, we can leave here alive."
Finishing his words, Hitsugaya's gaze sharpened as he swung his blade without holding back.
As the blade cut through the air, surrounding white mist and cold air quickly froze, forming blue ice walls flying directly at Soi Fon.
The ice walls almost completely filled the labyrinth passage, leaving Soi Fon no room to dodge.
Hitsugaya knew that once this attack hit Soi Fon, their battle would end.
But just then, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the ice walls.
He quickly raised his hand, and a deafening explosion rang out.
Boom!!
All the flying ice walls instantly shattered into ice crystals, scattering through the air!
The power released by Bankai had been destroyed bare-handed!
Zommari across from them clearly noticed this situation, lifting his eyes slightly to look over.
As ice crystals flew, Hitsugaya also saw the figure clearly, his pupils contracting instantly.
"...Segawa?!"
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