Although the Hollow Realm is considered one of the Three Realms of the Soul Reaper World, in essence, it is just a layer between the Soul Society and the Current World.
Those Hollows not properly led to Soul Flow Street will enter the Hollow Realm, where the concentration of spiritual particles far exceeds that of the Current World and Soul Society.
Whether Soul Reaper or Hollow, they can exhibit stronger powers here.
This concentration allows ordinary Little Hollows to survive merely by breathing.
However, mutual slaughter and chaos are innate instincts of the Hollows.
Especially after the Abyssal invasion, this instinct will become even more apparent!
The entire Hollow Realm seems to have received a unique Kaji, with faint black patterns permeating the air.
Like countless burned-out black paper scraps, they appear and disappear at times, gathering and dispersing...
Regarding the evolution path for Hollows, numerous ordinary Little Hollows may devour each other and fuse to become the most basic Big Hollow ’Gillian.’
Gillian usually has a massive stature, akin to skyscrapers.
However, Gillian only has bulk, its body’s spiritual pressure is quite scattered, lacking self-awareness, and is merely a lumbering fool reliant on instinct.
Few Gillians may develop self-awareness, becoming Second Level Hollows known as Adjuchas; Adjuchas must continually devour other Big Hollows to maintain their will without degradation, and a few may surpass limits to become the highest-level Vasto Lorde.
The number of Vasto Lorde across the entire Hollow Realm is sparse.
The Hollow Realm appears as if a barren desert, where quartz-like columns occasionally grow up from beneath the sand, appearing crooked.
These columns are the tops of trees from the Great Void Forest beneath the desert!
Beneath the entire Hollow Realm desert, a plentiful number of Gillians are active.
The most advanced Big Hollows in the Hollow Realm have been transformed into broken faces by Lan Ran, staying long-term within the ’Void Night Palace’ at the desert’s center.
Now that Lan Ran has openly defected to the Hollow Realm, undoubtedly, he remains in a place that represents the center and ruling status of the Hollow Realm.
Compared to the previous desolation near the Void Night Palace, now beside it lies large numbers of Gillians lured from the Great Void Forest wandering everywhere.
Densely packed as if completely surrounding the entire Void Night Palace.
Inside the Void Night Palace, on a long table.
The ten strongest who acquired Soul Reaper powers and transformed from Hollows into broken faces have been seated below, bearing the title of Ten Blades.
Each is unique in appearance, unruly, yet shows submission to Lan Ran at the head seat.
At least, that’s the surface picture.
Though Lan Ran had a minor skirmish with Tao Yu before, ending up quite battered.
If not for the Bengyu suddenly bursting, things might have turned worse.
Yet now, he has fully recovered and, influenced by the Bengyu, elevated further!
Unlike his original continuous evolution that led to his disfigured form.
The current Lan Ran, even under the Bengyu’s influence, still retains his Soul Reaper form, with a gentle Guanghui shimmering on his chest.
Resting his head on one hand while crossing his legs on the throne, he exhibits a dignified aura.
At this moment, a cold-faced, expressionless, handsome man from the Ten Blades stands up with a calm demeanor to report:
"Lord Lan Ran, I have successfully ventured to the external worlds mentioned by those Pioneers; indeed one feels a noticeable impact, with a clear decline in spiritual pressure, and movement encounters significant resistance, rendering sonic movement nearly unusable.
"Comparatively, the restrictions on the Soul Cutting Sword’s ability are slightly less... "
Ulquiorra calmly narrates while detaching one of his eyeballs, projecting the situation of the external world like a slideshow.
Clearly, Ulquiorra recorded using his eyes while in the Abyss World, his own figure visible in the footage.
Seen balancing atop the sea surface using spiritual pressure concentrated at his feet, riding the tide.
Though still graceful, a layer of spiritual pressure coating him allowing sea water to slide off.
He cannot even stand in the air using spiritual pressure anymore, enduring big constraints.
Then Ulquiorra proceeds to the sea surface executing tests with Void Flash, Resurrection, and other attacks.
Though achieving some degree of fish blasting, performance wise, it seemed merely ’mediocre.’
"Not me? So heavily influenced? Seems those mud-legs were not lying... "
As NO.6, Grimmjow leans on the table, watching Ulquiorra’s demonstration and comments.
If he were less acknowledging of Ulquiorra’s strength, he would likely have begun mocking if switched with someone weaker than himself.
Even now, Grimmjow flanked by a mask half-covered face, still sneers, then says:
"However, somewhat sufficient; to those intruding Pioneers, this power is ample to kill them a hundred times."
"Keep watching, Sal Apollo’s configured potion works rather well, allowing understanding of these Pioneers’ language outside too."
Ulquiorra does not respond to Grimmjow’s remark, continuing his tests amidst the scenes, then proceeds across the sea reaching a site resembling an oil rig.
Following the footage sped up, Ulquiorra tries several times, ensuring those ordinary Pioneers on the platform can’t detect him, before entering the platform for eavesdropping and random sightseeing.