The original Kosu Town was transformed into part of the Hollow Realm’s Void Night Palace.
For the Soul Reaper World, this was undoubtedly a natural barrier and resistance.
The Hollow Realm itself had been eroded by the Abyss, and with the high concentration of spiritual particles here and the world’s powerful suppressive force, outsiders without the protection of the Sacred Intent Scroll coming here are likely to die upon exposure.
If they’re not skilled in soul-sided perception, they might not even see Hollows and die without knowing why.
When Tao Yu helped Harribel place the mark.
The remaining Pioneers outside finally noticed their leader’s disappearance.
"What do we do now? What happened to Captain Li Yi?"
"It probably has to do with the change in the world ahead. Previously, with such a huge commotion inside, we’ve seen nothing but battle fluctuations. We could only faintly sense some outlines, suggesting that the supernatural abilities of this world might be completely invisible."
"Invisible or special spiritual bodies? Either way, it’s troublesome."
"Are you saying that the Chosen One or the Fortune Thief inside took the natives out and captured the captain right under our noses?"
"It’s very likely. Look at these battle fluctuations... truly world-ending destruction! We can’t even judge if Catastrophe Level masters could reach this extent."
"So even if the opponents leave the world, there might be significant decline, but dealing with us probably won’t be difficult..."
Originally, they specifically came to target this world, just not as cannon fodder.
Now, considering the changes before them, deriving a conclusion close to the truth post-event is not difficult.
"We’re in trouble. Now, the nearest Development Zone to here is ours..."
"We just recently completed restructuring."
"However, luck is still on our side. Recently, quite a few big figures have arrived here. There should be some major moves planned, so we won’t be caught off guard..."
A few of them sensed the difficulty in the situation and let out a sigh.
And just at that moment, their cross-border communicator rang.
"Those cannon fodder didn’t die. They’ve entered a place called Soul Society, where some people call themselves Gods of Death. Don’t take action yet and observe the changes in the world from outside, report at any time..."
Tao Yu, refreshed, stood in the sky with Harribel and Grimmjow, the last surviving Ten Blades, looking toward the supply platform.
"No more people being sent in, it seems the cannon fodder has relayed the message back... "
Tao Yu wasn’t surprised by the cautiousness of the Pioneers.
After releasing that Assassin, his divination had roughly determined they wanted to target him somehow, even using items to disrupt divination.
It’s just that the location may be in their Development Zone.
With his performance when defeating Xuan Gui, trying to target him at an acceptable price would require the perfect combination of timing, location, and people.
For Extreme Ice City, whose upper limit is a Quasi-Saint, if it’s determined there are strong foreign enemies he wants to intervene in, then the most cost-effective strategy is to set traps, surround with numerous Catastrophe Level experts, achieving ’0 casualties’.
So now, the Extreme Ice City Development Zone should have experts stationed.
"Lan Ran, that guy might even go to Extreme Ice City to mess with me."
Tao Yu shook his head, temporarily ignored the Pioneers’ reactions.
With the appearance of the Hollow Realm and his previous show of vaporizing all nearby land, in the Soul Reaper World’s fragmented oppressive environment, those with some value probably dare not easily enter.
Monitoring and sending cannon fodder will be their long-term goal.
Those cannon fodder still in Kosu Town, having entered Soul Society together, will hence become popular.
"Leave them be, they can’t stir up much trouble."
The matter with Unsealing hasn’t resolved yet, and Tao Yu plans to use the world advantage of the God of Death World to sort this issue out.
"First, I need to work with Urahara Kisuke and the others to get a Divine Transformation Body suitable for me."
Just when Tao Yu was planning to use the gap to reach Soul Society for finding Urahara Kisuke, who was working on barrier reinforcement in Kosu Town.
His ’phone’ suddenly rang.
This wasn’t the Pioneer’s cross-border communicator but the device researched by the Technology Development Bureau capable of facilitating communication in the Soul Reaper World.
Though it still looks like a flip phone, it’s quite convenient to use.
The caller was Nie Jianli, the current director of the Technology Development Bureau.
"Mr. Jack, there’s been an incident in Soul Society."
Tao Yu was a bit surprised. Although he used grafting to place Kosu Town from the Current World into Soul Society, replacing it with the Void Night Palace.
But for Soul Society, the impact is actually far less significant than losing a crucial area in the Hollow Realm.
The Spirit King previously managed to maintain balance, so there’s no reason he can’t handle it now.
"Just when you were transporting Kosu Town, Soul Society was invaded. The enemy killed over a hundred Gods of Death in a very short time, including the Vice-Captain of the First Squad, Que Bu Zhang Cilang..."
Nie Jianli stated this matter-of-factly.
And Tao Yu also paused slightly upon hearing this.
The identity of the mastermind flashed in his mind.
Invisible Empire, Yohaba!
A thousand years ago, Yohaba was defeated by Yamamoto, spent nine hundred and ninety-nine years gradually recovering his power, even using Holy Separation to absorb the mixed-blood Exterminating Master powers, including those of Kurosaki Ichigo and Ishida Uryu’s mothers.