Huestes De Las Innumerables Bestias: Host of the Innumerable Beasts' Uryu thought to himself as he looked over the mutated hollows in horror and pity.

'It is the name of one of the many Iconic powers of the 8th Espadas Aaroniero and Arruruerie. In which the two spread countless spoors into a wide wide-open area. Each of them contained the soul of a single hollow from the countless ones the Arrancars devoured throughout their longed life. According to eyewitnesses, visual evidence, and two of Espada's proud claims. They number well over into the hundreds of thousands'

Uryu then used his spiritual senses to detect the spores by their spiritual signature. However, even when he saw one of them landing on top of his right hand. He did nothing as his passive spiritual pressure disintegrated the bacterium and released the hollow spirit from it and from looking at the rest of his comrades. They, too, were protected by the very same means.

'Luckey, that power can only affect those with average spiritual power, and as such, even foot soldiers, like the soldats or the field agents from Xcuation, can resist them with little to no effort...' Uryu then turns away from the hollows in sadness. 'Unfortunately, given there is only a handful of above-average spiritual level individuals out of the billions that reside in the world of the living and the soul society. It was more than easy enough for the two Espada to consume entire towns and cities. Even with sternrriter watching over them often, those settlements were either abandoned or, in the worst-case scenario, wiped out from the face of the planet itself to prevent the Espada from gaining too much control over the earth's settlements'

The white prince then stared at the Tokyo tower in lament and turned his eyes harshly towards Aaroniero and Arruerue.

'I will have to end this in an instant before Tokyo. The capital of Japan itself falls to them,' he vowed within his mind and heart. However, before, Uryu readied his bow to take down the twin abomination in a single shot. He suddenly found himself imprisoned within an orange dimension that completely isolated him from the outside world. Which he noticed was summoned by several of the mutated hollows surrounding him from above the air, and the Quincy cursed himself upon realizing what it was.

Negación

'Now, my dear sweet prince, don't be so hasty,' Aaroniero chided the Quincy. 'Even we cannot have someone as troublesome as you interfere with our fun and dinner.'

The Espada then lifted her arm into the sky. 'So please just sit back and watch the slaughter!'

Then with that single gesture, every infected hollow attacked the entire group all at once.

'Tch! They want us to be their show and meal, huh? Fine!' Tatsuki smiled with glee. 'Let's give them what they want!' She announced and then slammed both of her fists together. Which then caused her gloves to suddenly burn away to reveal a wrest band holding a metal crested fire emblem.

'Blaze of Glory!'

The furious woman shouted, and her entire body was consumed in a blazing inferno that swirled around her in a twister of flames and ashes before quickly fading away—revealing that Tatsuki was now housed in a majestic, fully suited red battle armor. With high profile flams fashion among its chest, gauntlets, and boats. At the same time, her face was covered in a black transparent face shield.

'Nakkuru bakuhatsu! 'The warrior of fire roared. As she then slammed her right fist into the closest hollow near her. It filled its body with massive doses of heat and flame before the masked monster exploded in a gigantic torrent of fire. Which then reached and engulfed dozens of other hollows behind the foul sprite and burned them away into ashes.

'Well, I rather not be eaten. But also, don't mind showing off a bit,' Mizuke stated, as several of the mutant hollows came lugging at him.

'Lock and Loaded!'

Mizuiro uttered calmly, and soon his eye's glowed a light translucent blue that quickly analyzed the vitals of every hollow around him. Then the tiny teen pulled out several black coins from both sides of his pockets and threw them at his enemies. When they did, each of the coins accelerated beyond the speed of sound—causing the edges of the black objects to become sharp enough to pierce through the sides of the hollows bodies instantly—rupturing their organs and killing them all in a single blow.

'Heh, and like hell, I will stand around and get myself eaten!' Keigo shouted out as he then darted to the nearest group of the devoured hollows.

'Rules of Nature!'

He announced, and soon two golden crested gloves formed on both of his hands. A second later, Keigo then used bringer light to speed himself to a group of mutant hollows and proceeded to take them all out at once by hitting the pavement below them with his complete bring, breaking the laws, the building friction on the ground, and made it explode underneath his enemies.

Ichigo then looked at all of their friends, showing off their powers, and he couldn't help but grin in pride.

'Well, if they are willing to go all out on these two freaks. I might as well join them,' Ichigo joked with a hint of battle lust as he formed his two dual-wielding swords of reshi and went to fight alongside them.

Meanwhile, with Robert, Chang, and the other Espada.

The sternritter of the iron and the blonde-haired Espada exchanged blows multiple times. With Chang's clawed gantlet clashing against wonderwesse claymore.

'Well, Mr. Chang Du, it's been quite a while since I fought a sternrriter who can keep me up. It makes me almost regret needing to kill you,' the kid Espada then laughs. 'Well, almost'

'And I am fully aware of why you would think that way, 6th Espada Wonderwise Maragela,' Cang announced while pushing his enemy back. 'Out of all the Espada within Barragan's army, you are among those with highest kill counts when taking down sternritter and are considered a Black-listed target by the holy kingdom.'

Wonderwise chuckled. 'Well, it is not my fault that only half you elite Quincy can provide me an adequate challenge' his face then darkened. 'If anything, blame them for being too weak to play the game!'

The Espada mocked, but Cang Du shook his head.

'They may be weak to you, but they were still noble knights within his majesty's army that you slaughtered for fun' the dark-haired man's skin began to be covered in an iron coating. At the same time, the blades on his Gaithersburg glowed with the veins of Blut Arterie. Before staring down at his enemy with murderous intent.

'And I will avenge Them!' Chang Du proclaimed, and soon the two foes clashed once more.

Then on the other side of the battlefield, Robert and the dark skin Espada we're having their showdown.

'So, we finally meet Zommari Rureaux,' Robert greeted the Espada until he noticed the number nine tattooed on his hand. 'Though I had presumed that you were the seventh.'

The Espada then narrowed his eyes in displeasure. 'I was...however, as more Arrancar rose in power and evolved within the ranks of the Espada. The ones who cannot keep up are gradually demoted and eventually cast out. This is why defeating you is an absolute must. If I were to avoid such a fate.'

The elder Quincy then chuckled. 'Really, you think defeating me will allow you to maintain your status?'

Zommari then frowns at Robert in bitter silence before answering.

'Robert Accountrone, one of the last remaining sternrriter from the past star knight order founded by Yhwach over a thousand years ago and thus also among the longest severing members within the holy kingdom. Because of your many centuries of service and experience in battle. You were given the position of a regional captain who commands the sternritters assigned to watch over the world of the living. Even when you are long past your prime, you are still regarded as among the most formidable the Quincy within the history of the soul society.'

Zommari then crossed his arms. 'So yes, I do not doubt that your death by my hands will maintain my status among the Espada.

Robert then looked at the Espada with a raised eyebrow and then sighed.

'Very well...if you want to regain your honor so badly, come at me then!' He dared as he pointed one of his twin pistols at the 9th Espada, and in an instant, Zommeri disappeared in a burst of sondio...

Only for Accountron to find himself surrounded by dozens of after-images of the Espada circling and running around him all at once.

'Do not let my demoted rank fool you, Robert, for regardless of the power of my superiors, I am still the fastest of all the Espada!' Zommri boasted as his afterimages continued to multiply.

Even now, I continue to push my already unchallenged speed to even greater heights. All so that I can outmaneuver those that dare stand above me...' the after-image clones then readied their blades at Accountrune.

'And those that will act as steppingstones to uphold my greatness!' all the clones then lunged at the middle-aged man. Ready to gut him all at once.

Only for the dark skin Arrancar to be shot right through his chest by a bullet of reshi that pieced through his Hierro and caused him to bleed, much to his utter confusion.

'What?' the Espada shakily question in his head. 'My Gemelos Sonido did not just create after images. I also infused parts of my spiritual energy into them to prevent myself from being detected among them. So how was he able-'

'Able to see right through them?' Robert asked for him, and Zommeri frowned in frustration and pain.

'That would have everything to do with my schrift N the Navigator,' the elder Quincy explained while walking up to the Espada.

'It's not all that impressive as an ability compared to the other star knights. In that is not much different then basic spiritual sensing. Aside from allowing me to find you no matter where you go or hide. Regardless of if you prevent your spiritual energy from being sensed or disguised it as something else,' Robert explained calmly and then narrowed his eyes in intimidation.

'To put it bluntly you will have to better then petty parlor tricks if you hope to contend with me!

The 9th Espada then sneered at the sternrriter provocation but kept his composer and readied his Zanpakuto.

'So that it would seem,' Zommeri commented as he then let go of his blade and levitated it in the air. Before, he then clasps his hands together, twists and cracks his head to the left side, and speaks one single line.

'Suppress Brujera'

His zanpakuto then bends into a spiral before a thick white smoke erupts, consuming the Espada's form before liquefying it and dripping off from him.

When revealing his new form, Zommeri's entire being was in white bodysuit-like armor. His upper body was covered in yellow eyes, and his legs were replaced by a pink pumpkin-like structure that also shared yellow eyes with Cyclopes-like faces. While his main one was covered in tribal markings

'Now then, let us see what if your Schrift's power can save you now!' Zommeri roared and charged at the elder Quincy once more.

Meanwhile, during the fight against Aaroniero and Arruruerie

Several minutes passed as Ichigo and his friends fought the 8th Espada and their hollow hoard. Yet the battle didn't seem to have made progress at all. While the hollows weren't too difficult, their numbers seemed endless. For every dozen killed, a hundred more would instantly take their place a moment later, and while none of his friends would admit it. Kurosaki can tell that Keigo, Tatsuki, and Mizuiro are edging on the border of exhaustion. With himself, Riruka, and Orhimie being the only exception.

However, unless Ichigo was willing to demolish the entire street to kingdom kong, even he and the other two women will eventually get worn down by the sheer numbers of the hoard alone. So, he made a beeline towards The two Espada using hirenkyaku to close the distance between them quickly and hopefully put a swift end to the battle.

But the very moment, Kurosaki tried to strike a blow at any of the two Espada. Hundreds of mutated hollows suddenly materialize in front of him and, to the boy's shock, tired to gang pile on him.

'Well, isn't that cute?' Aaroniero pondered with delight at Ichigo's failed attack. 'The little black prince thought that doing the obvious would change anything.'

Arruruerie then laughs. 'It very amusing to see him suffer for our amusement,' he laughed. However, Espada's smug attitude soon ended. When Ichigo rapidly slashes apart every hollow with both of his blades within less than two seconds.

What! how was he able to do that!? ' Aaroniero stuttered in confusion. 'Even if he were to strike at close range, took out some of our devoured. He would have still been tackled down to the ground on every other side.

Arruruerie then narrowed his eyes at Kurosaki.

'…Kurosaki used the power within his swords to push back the air with enough range and forced to take out our devoured from a distance' The male counterpart of the 8th Espada stated in a tone that expressed both annoyance and intrigue. 'We have underestimated his cunning.'

Aaroniero then sneered at the boy in contempt. 'Well, that is troublesome, but considering his power rivals Grimijow even in his Segunda etapa form. He will probably cause more trouble for us overall if this fight drags on' she then turns her head to look back at the rest of Ichigo's comrades battling their hollow army. 'And on top of that, there are also his allies to deal with...'

'Agreed…' Arruruerie stated. 'And I believe we have one power to aid us in that endeavor?'

Aaroniero then stared back at Arruruerie and smiled in delight. 'Oh yes, that one can most certainly help us out indeed.'

Ichigo, however, wasn't in the mood to let the Espada plan for anything and at once dashed forward to his twisted enemies, only for them to once disappear in a flash of purple light and appear up into the sky above and before the soul reaper could do anything else both of the Espada utter one single phrase in unison.

'separación no vinculante! (nonbinding separation)

And suddenly, another flash of purple light alighted the, only this time it covered the entire battlefield. When it faded away, Ichigo soon found himself in another city district. Along with what he felt behind him was a foreign yet all too familiar presence.

'Well, good to mean you again, Ichigo Kurosaki. It's been a while' the 4th Espada Nnoitra mutter with cold fury and sadism in his voice while sticking out his tongue and showing off his numbered rank. Which only made Ichigo scowl in dread.