'Unbelievable...' Ichigo thought in awe upon seeing the demise of the two sand guardian brothers. 'He practically wields the power of the entire solar system in his hands, and it looked like he was barely even trying!'

The teen then put his right hand on his chin in thought. 'Honestly, was the Gremmy in my world this powerful too?'...if so, this guy could practically win this entire war all by himself. Without even needing my help!'

Gremmy then turned to face Ichigo and offered him a cheeky grin. 'Don't sell yourself short, Kurosaki. We still need your help taking down Barragan,' The blond said pleasantly as if reading his mind. Before frowning. 'After all... we have yet to face actual bosses themselves.'

'And right you are oh mightiest Sternritter!' A light sadistic voice echoed throughout Las Noches, and soon, multiple holographic screens appeared around Ichigo, Gremmy, Lille Barro, and Ryoud.

The man appearing on them was none other than Cein Szayelaporro.

The Alchemist.

'I must admit it was quite entertaining seeing the infamous Quincy royal guards toy with the guard dogs and mopping crew of Las Noches. Truly' Cein said with glee as he slowly clapped his hands, and then his tone became much more sinister.

'Unfortunately, this farce has gone quite long enough,' He then announced to the entire group, utterly shaken and confused.

'What is he talking about!?-' Ichigo was about to say until the screen image suddenly showed the outskirts of the Soul Society...

Meanwhile, within the Holds. Four animalistic titans emerged from several of the Garganta. Who were so great in size that their very bodies cast shadows across the entire battlefield.

In the north, one took the form of a gigantic red eagle with a hollow mask covering its face, while its wings flapping caused hurricanes that swept across the land and pushed the very clouds in the sky itself apart.

In the east, one was a giant green mammoth with massive horns that shocked the very foothills around with each step it took.

In the west, a Giant white crab crawled into a nearby lake and pushed nearly all the water back, which resulted in the entire town and castle near it being completely flooded.

And in the east, a vast, majestic white rose with a gaping mouth. It used its many thorns to entangle an entire forest and everything in it.

Meanwhile, le at the command center.

'What in heavens name are those things!' Uryu said in disgust upon witnessing the titanic animal abominations on screen. 'Are they even hollows!?'

Haschwalth then focused on the four horrific beasts and the white prince.

'They are...though more precisely, they can be called howlers'

Robert then raised an eyebrow. 'You knew that Barragen had such monasteries?'

The grandmaster shook his head. 'Not exactly...' He admitted as he remembered his last meeting with the former prime.

'Look, buddy...' Stark said as he laid back in his seat in Jurgram's office. 'I haven't been in Las Noches or even Hecuo Mundo in years. What makes you think that whatever information I have would be useful or relevant?'

Jurgen then remained silent for a moment and then answered.

'Regardless of how relevant the information is. We need all the data we can get about our enemy, and as our ally, you must be willing to diverge as much as possible.'

Stark then stared at the grandmaster and let an annoyed snort. 'Really? Are you that desperate? I mean, you practically know more about them than me' the Arrancar shook his head. 'But, whatever...'

The former prima then thought for a few seconds until an idea came to him. 'Alright, this is something that might be useful,' he announced as he placed both of his arms on the table. 'The Hooleers'

Haschwalth then perked up. 'The Hooleers?'

Stark nodded. 'Yeah, they were a group of experimental menos created by Cien stuffing a bunch of Gillians together and fusing them into one being. They were meant to be used as siege engines to topple the shielded cities within the world of the living.'

The grandmaster then placed both of his hands together. 'Hmm, interesting...though none of the Quincy stations there have reported such things.'

'That is because the Hooleers weren't fit for it,' Stark explained. 'As I said, they were meant to be siege engines, bud, powerful enough to devastate entire cities on their lonesome. But during their test runs, none seem to be up for the task.'

The Arrancar then narrowed his eyes. 'However, given how massive this upcoming invasion is going to be. 'It's likely that Cien would send them out anyway as extra cannon fodder alongside the Gillians'

Jurgram then flashes back to reality and grunts in dissatisfaction. 'I had anticipated that the enemy would use such monsters in the upcoming battle even suspected they might have perfected such a project' he then stared at the horrific hollow-like beasts. 'But for that Alchemist to take it to this extent?'

'Sir!' one of the communicators called out. 'The hollow beasts are all preparing for an attack!'

Haschwalth, Uryu, and Robert then all gasped when they saw on the screen all four of the fantastic beasts charging ceros simultaneously. Before launching them. Each of which packs power far beyond even the king of ceros. As the gigantic blasts of concrete spiritual energy tore through, all the remaining barriers protecting the holds eventually hit the walls of the Sildate itself, resulting in a massive explosion covering the entire city walls and stanching on for hundreds of miles.

The entire command center then briefly yet rapidly shook from its foundations due to the force of the blast. They were nearly tripping the people in the room over. In contrast, the communicator tried to give their latest damage report quickly.

'All 52 shields are down, and the Sekkiseki barrier has dropped to 46% capacity!' One of the communicators announced in a near panic tone. 'If we are hit by something like that again, the entire city could be destroyed!'

Jurgram then grunted as he regained his composer. 'Send all Sternrriter within the city out into the fields and destroy those abominations!' He ordered loudly; however, he suddenly received another report before the order could be carried.

'Sir! We suddenly detected another rift in the Garganta opening up...' the male communicator then widened his eyes in horror. 'And it appears to be above the city!

Jurgram then lost his composer as shock and horror overtook him.

'Give me a visual of that now!' He nearly screamed as he gave out his command, and when it was carried out, he looked up at the screen and saw another dimensional rift cracking in the sky.

And when it fully opened...The Arrancar, Such as the numinous, the fraccion, the privons, and even the Espada, came flying out of it and down into the city below. Much to the utter bafflement and dread of all the quincies who bared witness to it.