Chapter 647 What Rangiku Lost And Sealing Aizen!

Toshiro thought that after shattering Aizen into pieces, he would no longer be able to resurrect. However, facts proved that Toshiro had once again underestimated the power of Aizen's immortality, or rather, underestimated the power of the Hogyoku.

Hum—!

A humming sound rang out. Under some mysterious force, among the countless fine ice crystals, centered around one larger piece, they gathered together again, forming a somewhat incomplete Aizen.

The reason for the incompleteness was mainly because some of the shattered ice crystals had fallen into another dimension through the spatial cracks earlier.

However, as the mysterious power on Aizen's body increased, space began to ripple like the surface of a lake. Then, some shattered ice crystals passed through the constraints of space and returned to Aizen's body, making up for the incomplete parts.

"..."

Aizen, resurrected again, breathed rapidly, his face pale, covered in cold sweat, looking extremely weak.

Clearly, this resurrection had not been without cost for Aizen.

"That feeling just now... I... I was resurrected again?" Aizen looked at his own hands with a terrified expression.

Clearly, even Aizen himself had not expected to resurrect again this time.

Watching himself being frozen, personally experiencing his own body shattering into pieces, in that instant, Aizen felt boundless fear… the fear of death. Even his own inner conviction was shaken... he felt he could not resurrect again.

Although Aizen had ultimately been resurrected again, the fear of death just now was so real and strongly engraved in his heart that it still left him with lingering fear.

But unfortunately, this time Aizen did not continue to evolve under the promotion of fear.

After all, the Hogyoku also had its limits. And in the end, Aizen's Hogyoku was only half, evolved from several hundred Shinigami and souls with Shinigami potential, plus the semi-finished product inadvertently created by Kisuke, fused together.

Compared to Toshiro's Hyorinmaru, a supreme treasure fused from the original Hyorinmaru and Ice Dragon Pearl, it was far inferior.

Allowing Aizen to evolve to his current level was already the limit. Further evolution was essentially impossible.

"..."

Aizen panted for a while, then suddenly started laughing wildly again after calming down.

"Hitsugaya Toshiro, I told you, you cannot kill me! It seems that in the end, I will win this war after all!"

"Next, as long as I kill you, then invade the Soul King Palace and destroy the Soul King, I will be the one and only god in this world!!!" Aizen shouted loudly, his expression arrogant and triumphant.

"Ah, there's no helping it. Fine, I admit... Aizen, it seems that currently, I really cannot completely kill you," Toshiro said with some reluctance.

"Heh heh heh... Is that so? You admit that you've lost? However... I won't spare you just because you voluntarily admit defeat," Aizen's tone was extremely smug.

Being able to make Toshiro voluntarily 'admit defeat'… even Aizen couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and arrogance in his heart.

"Hey, hey, have you misunderstood something, Aizen? I only admitted that I cannot completely kill you right now. I never said I would voluntarily admit defeat," Toshiro said with some exasperation.

"Hmph, it doesn't matter if you don't admit defeat. Although perhaps I am slightly inferior to you in combat power, I am now immortal. If we continue fighting, you will eventually be the first to exhaust all your Reiatsu and physical strength. Then, naturally, I will win in the end," Aizen said with full confidence.

"Tch! You're as arrogant and conceited as ever. Although I said I can't completely kill you, besides killing you, I can choose to seal you!" Toshiro said coldly.

Hearing Toshiro's words, Aizen's expression changed. Although he didn't want to admit it, Toshiro did indeed surpass him in strength. If Toshiro wanted to seal him, it might not be just talk... it might actually be possible.

Then Toshiro continued: "However... before sealing you, there is one more thing I need to do..."

"...What?" Aizen was stunned.

"Earlier, I promised Gin that I would take back what Rangiku lost."

Having said that, without waiting for Aizen to respond, Toshiro shouted softly: "Ice Cross!"

Boom!

The earth shook. Then, a huge cross made of ice suddenly emerged from the ground behind Aizen.

Then Toshiro waved his left hand: "Heavenly Reverse Chain!"

Swoosh—!

An ice crystal chain, engraved with intricate and mysterious patterns, appeared before Toshiro and rapidly shot towards Aizen.

Aizen instinctively turned his body to try to dodge, but Toshiro's Heavenly Reverse Chain also suddenly accelerated and turned accordingly.

Sclick!

Sclick!

The ice crystal chain instantly pierced Aizen's collarbones, tightly binding him to the huge cross.

"This... what is this?" Aizen asked in shock.

After being bound to the cross, Aizen was surprised to find that even using all his strength to struggle, he still could not break free.

Even using his Reiatsu, which surpassed Shinigami and Hollow, he still could not shatter the ice crystal chain and escape from the cross.

"Don't waste your effort, Aizen. Heavenly Reverse Chain and Ice Cross are new abilities I mastered after my breakthrough. They are engraved with the Ice Law I have comprehended. A half-baked god like you cannot break free..." Toshiro explained as he walked towards Aizen.

Finally, when he reached Aizen, Toshiro suddenly reached out towards the Hogyoku embedded in Aizen's chest.

Sclick!

Toshiro's left hand pierced through Aizen's chest and pulled out the blood-stained Hogyoku.

"It's useless, Hitsugaya Toshiro! Even if it's not inside my body, the Hogyoku still belongs to me! No one can take it away!!" Aizen, bound to the cross, shouted loudly.

As soon as Aizen finished speaking, a powerful force erupted from the Hogyoku, trying to break free from Toshiro's grasp.

"Behave yourself!" Toshiro shouted coldly. A heart-palpitating force suddenly erupted from his left hand, suppressing the restless Hogyoku.

Then Toshiro opened his [True Dragon Eye], which had evolved again after his breakthrough, and looked at the Hogyoku in his left hand.

Then the Hogyoku, which had been emitting a mysterious light, seemed to reveal its true form under Toshiro's gaze. Toshiro's gaze passed through the surface of the Hogyoku and saw its interior.

In Toshiro's vision, illusory soul figures seemed to flash within the Hogyoku.

Toshiro searched carefully and finally found a young Rangiku among the group of illusory souls.

This illusory figure of Rangiku was actually a fragment of Rangiku's own soul. Back then, to create the Hogyoku, Aizen had scoured everywhere for the souls of Shinigami and those with Shinigami potential. Rangiku was one of the victims.

Although Rangiku had ultimately survived, her soul was incomplete, no longer whole. The missing part was inside the Hogyoku.

The main reason Gin had lurked by Aizen's side for so many years, besides wanting to kill Aizen to avenge Rangiku, was to retrieve the missing fragment of Rangiku's soul from within the Hogyoku.

"Come out!" Toshiro lightly tapped the surface of the Hogyoku with the index finger of his sword-wielding right hand.

Then the illusory figure of Rangiku's soul fragment suddenly turned into a point of light and was pulled out by Toshiro.

'Gin, I have retrieved what Rangiku lost for you. You can rest in peace...' Toshiro sighed.

Then Toshiro carefully put away Rangiku's soul fragment and also released the power he had exerted on the Hogyoku.

The Hogyoku had completely fused with Aizen. Even when not on Aizen's person, it was still connected to him through some mysterious means. Even Toshiro could not take it away.

Although Toshiro could temporarily suppress the Hogyoku with brute force, it required him to continuously exert power on it. Toshiro couldn't just do nothing but constantly expend power suppressing the Hogyoku. So, in the end, Toshiro could only release his power and let the Hogyoku break free.

After losing Toshiro's restraint, the Hogyoku returned to Aizen.

Then Toshiro looked at Aizen: "Now that I have retrieved what Rangiku lost, you have lost your reason to exist. So... let me seal you and completely end this war, Aizen!"