"Look at Ichigo. See if he can lead the players to deal with these things."
"And I checked other streams. The Seireitei has already reacted to these things."
"The Seireitei should mobilize next to deal with the truly strong Dolls."
"Maybe that's the game's real intention? Let players handle the leftover scraps?"
"Possibly..."
Regarding the game's intentions, even the audience with a god's-eye view couldn't be sure.
However, the audience discussing the event's future didn't notice that the situation was slowly changing.
On the scene, watching the controlled people, Chu An shuddered and looked at Wang Zongchao beside him:
"Coach, what do we do now?"
"If those little things in the sky find us, we're screwed this time!"
"I don't want to be controlled by those things!" Chu An said with disgust.
"Wait a bit longer! Observe the patterns, gather more intel."
"They're only controlling ordinary people. Ordinary people's bodies can't be used for large-scale Shinigami combat!" Wang Zongchao said.
Compared to Chu An, Wang Zongchao, already a Hollow, was calmer!
He wasn't wrong… the souls controlled by the Dolls indeed couldn't fight continuously for long.
But that didn't mean the combat power and endurance of these controlled Zaraki District souls were weak!
In the sky, a Ritz Doll passed by the forest where the two were hiding.
Seemingly detecting something, Ritz quietly returned.
Then, a ten-unit assembled army silently activated. Under the control of the wind-controlling hairdryer Messer, they flew towards the two!
Danger quietly descended!
Wind blades and long swords arrived together!
"Howl at the Dawn Moon, Wolf Fang!"
"Boil Over, Justice!"
Wang Zongchao and Chu An used Shikai in turn!
Wang Zongchao transformed into a werewolf, then received Chu An's frenzy buff.
"Go, break through!"
Swinging his steel-like claws, Wang Zongchao used exquisite martial arts to open a path in one direction, with Chu An closely following!
But how could the Dolls, having exposed themselves, let them leave?
"Stop!"
The long sword and iron fan Dolls with mouths spoke.
Powered by speed from the Messer on their backs, the sword-wielding souls shot forward like arrows!
"Scram!" Wang Zongchao swatted away a soul thrusting at him, piercing it with his claws, but his own chest was also sliced open by the opponent's sword.
Gush!
Scalding blood sprayed out!
"Coach!" Chu An was very nervous. He hadn't expected even Wang Zongchao to be injured by the opponent's first attack!
"It's fine!"
Using his muscles to clamp the wound and stop the bleeding decisively, Wang Zongchao didn't pause, speaking quickly:
"They don't care about the controlled souls' lives at all. They wanted to trade a life for a serious injury on me. I changed tactics last second, so I took a bit of a hit."
"Be careful. These are suicide-type enemies!" Wang Zongchao said.
"Alright!"
Having cooperated for a long time in Hueco Mundo, the two teamed up again.
To be fair, their coordination was good, and their strength solid.
Facing ten controlled souls, essentially thirty Dolls surrounding and attacking them, they could barely manage with ease.
But if ten couldn't solve them, just add more!
Another ten souls flew into the sky, then descended rapidly with gravity plus Messer's thrust, like swooping eagles in a high-speed dive! Gush! Gush!
Facing such attacks, Wang Zongchao and Chu An were quickly injured!
Their initial elite appearance completely vanished. Wang Zongchao's werewolf form was covered in bloodstains, and Chu An, the Shinigami, had tattered clothes!
In an instant, two more top-ten ranked players faced a life-and-death crisis in the event!
And the audience watching the stream could clearly see Ichigo was still clearing districts ahead, far from reaching Zaraki District!
Instantly, the audience who had watched Wang Zongchao and Chu An's growth couldn't hold back.
"No, what kind of garbage event is this?"
"I want to ask, was the game referencing Lies of P when making this event?"
"Parade Master Challenge Clear! Who can speedrun Parade Master deathless???"
"Sick, right? Starting area at Barren Swamp?"
Regarding the event's difficulty, the audience widely raised doubts.
But this was useless for the two in crisis.
Someone typed in distress:
"No way, our hard-earned top-ranked players are going to die just like that?"
"This is the game's 'no player killing allowed'?"
"We don't kill each other, no problem, because It will take action?"
Question after question pointed directly at the game's handling of this event!
At this point, the game finally couldn't sit still anymore.
That intangible will was greatly troubled.
To fully launch this event, It had to find every way to avoid Ichigo.
Who knew that avoiding Ichigo would make these Bounts become overpowered and beyond the scale, before players were ready?
Looking at it this way, the game's operation was practically no different from luring players in to kill them!
But then, how could It dare to promote events in the future? How to face the players?
However, how to save these two now was also a problem.
Directly erasing them was impossible. So that only left calling for help!
Opening the player list, the game's gaze locked onto Ichigo's face.
Only Ichigo had the capability, though it would require a bit of a price...
Thus, Ichigo, still clearing Doll armies in West Rukongai's 55th District, suddenly froze.
[Ding! Emergency mission: Go to District 79, Zaraki, to rescue players in danger!]
[Reward: Early completion of Zanpakuto imprinting, and learn its name!]
[Mission time limit: Three minutes!]
Seeing the emergency mission's reward, Ichigo was delighted.
But looking at the time limit, Ichigo's expression immediately fell.
"Three minutes?"
"I can't fly. How is three minutes possible?"
Ichigo was speechless.
Fortunately, the game, knowing from the start he couldn't make it, had already prepared a solution.
[Ding! Detected mission impracticality. Reward granted in advance!]
An intangible force poured into the Zanpakuto hanging at Ichigo's waist. The sword's information emerged!
Ichigo closed his eyes, receiving the Zanpakuto's ability information!
A moment later, Ichigo opened his eyes with joy.
'My Zanpakuto actually had this kind of ability!'
Had he known he'd need to use it, when the Bounts came to the Soul Society, he could have used it to shoot that Quincy arrow. It would have saved this post-facto situation.
But this was still worth it.
"I have an urgent matter, gotta go. Be careful with the others!"
Throwing a sentence at Sister Mei, Ichigo turned and left.
The next moment, Ichigo took a step forward. The earth beneath his feet seemed compressed, a hundred meters becoming one meter.
With just one step, Ichigo instantly arrived a hundred meters away!