"Destru Beam."

  Once again, a pure bck beam of light shot out from Haruki's finger, pierg straight through the body of a Menos Grande.

  Despite the Menos Grande's massive size, having its vital point pierced meant it could no lee. It eventually colpsed onto the white sands of spiritual particles.

  Given the Menos Grande's size, its fall was like a building colpsing, sending a shockwave that flung the white sand into the air.

  Haruki frowned as he looked at the Menos Grande lying before him.

  Theoretically, an ordinary Menos Grande should be at the level of a seated officer, perhaps even a high-ranking one.

  But this Menos Grande didn't have a soul ability. What a...

  piece of trash!

  He wondered what the ditions were for a Hollow to possess a soul ability. Did they need high intelligence, like Metastacia?

  If that were the case, then Aizen really o speed up the process of turning Menos Grao Arrancar. Only then could Haruki obtain more abilities.

  Damn it, he o py both sides!

  He wahe soul abilities of Shinigami, and he also wahe soul abilities of Arrancar!

  If possible, he'd even take the soul abilities of Quincy!

  No one would pin about having too many abilities, and Haruki certainly hoped to amass as many as he could.

  By now, Haruki had no idea what was happening outside, or eveher Tanimoto Tetsu was still alive.

  Since he had permaly acquired Tanimoto's soul ability, 'Destru Beam,' even if Tanimoto's favorability towards him dropped below 80 or if Tanimoto died, Haruki would still retain the ability.

  Therefore, he couldn't use the presence or absence of the 'Destru Beam' ability to determine whether Tanimoto was still alive.

  Thinking of this, he greedily absorbed the spiritual particles of Hueundo.

  The tration of spiritual particles in Hueundo was much higher than in the Soul Society. If one could adapt to this enviro, their strength would only grow.

  Moreover, such dense spiritual particles were more ducive to training.

  In this enviro, his accumution of 'Bck Sun' had also grown stronger.

  Haruki walked over to the fallen Menos Grande's corpse and sat down on it.

  After resting for about ten minutes, he was about to stand up when he suddenly sehe spiritual pressure of a Hollow.

  The Hollow wasn't hiding its spiritual pressure, and it wasn't approag quickly. Haruki stood up from the Menos Grande's body, feeling that the Hollow's spiritual pressure was far strohan his own.

  "Could I have run into a future big shot?"

  Haruki frowned slightly. Although he wasn't particurly strong now, Hueundo hadn't yet undergos evolution.

  After Aizen Sōsuke officially became the King of Hueundo, he used the Hōgyoku ter a collective evolution of the Hollows. So, even though Haruki was alone in the world of Hollows, as long as he wasn't too unlucky, he shouldn't be in much danger.

  After all, Hueundo was vast, and the number of Vasto Lordes was small. Scattered across such a vast world, it was likely that an ordinary Hollow would never enter a Vasto Lorde in its lifetime.

  Haruki's earlier ent about finding Starrk was mostly a joke. How could a Shinigami like him go looking for a Hollow?

  But now, he felt like he might have actually run into someone powerful—at the very least, a mid-level Menos Grande!

  With his current strength, dealing with lower-level Menos Grande wasn't a problem. After all, Gillians, despite their massive size, were just clumsy targets for his 'Destru Beam.'

  However, starting from the mid-level Menos Grahe Adjuchas, Hollows became much mile. While his 'Destru Beam' could ignore defenses, it didn't have a guaranteed hit.

  At the speed of an Adjuchas, dodging his 'Destru Beam' would be retively easy.

  But running wasn't an option. Although the Holloproag slowly, if it decided to chase him, Haruki doubted he could outrun a mid-level Menos Grah his current strength.

  Of course, if it came down to a fight, he wasn't afraid.

  Because he still had the 'Bck Sun,' which he had been accumuting for a long time!

  tinuously infusing it with spiritual pressure, the power of the 'Bck Sun' had grown to a level even Haruki couldn't fully grasp.

  If all that spiritual pressure were released in one burst, it would likely rival the powerful attacks of a captain's Bankai.

  As long as the approag Hollow wasn't a Vasto Lorde, Haruki could still hold his own.

  However, upon seeing the form of the approag Hollow, he thought he might be able to save the 'Bck Sun' for ter.

  peared in Haruki's line of sight was a Menos Grande shaped like an antelope, slowly walking towards him.

  This form, bined with her soul ability known as 'Size Manipution,' instantly revealed her true identity to Haruki.

  Nelliel Tu Odelsck!

  The former Tres Espada, who was ter turned into a child, Nel, after beirayed by Nnoitra. At this point in time, she was still a powerful Vasto Lorde.

  Although she was strong, she likely posed no threat to him.

  As Nelliel approached, she saw the fallen Menos Grande and Haruki standing atop it. She tilted her head in fusion. "A Shinigami? In Hueundo?"

  "Trust me, I didn't want to be here either," Haruki shrugged.

  "Someone just had to send me here. Don't worry, I mean no harm to Hollows."

  "A Shinigami... saying they mean no harm to Hollows?" Nelliel said, clearly surprised.

  "Well, you think of me as an outlier among Shinigami. I... dislike killing and prefer peace."

  Haruki gave a light smile. "Even in Hueundo, if no one es after me, I won't go out of my way to attack Hollows."

  "You're a strange one."

  Seeing this, Nelliel stopped and then turned around.

  "In that case, I don't o avenge my rade."

  With that, she prepared to leave.

  "rade?" Haruki said with i. "Hollows have a sense of camaraderie? Did you know this Menos Grande?"

  He knew a bit about Nelliel. Although she was a Hollow, she wasn't the traditional kind of 'evil spirit.'

  Among Hollows, she was retively kind and disliked killing.

  Her talk of revenge was likely just a tough act.

  "..." Nelliel remained silent for a moment before saying, "Hollows have their own kingdom. If you don't want to die, you should return to your Soul Society as soon as possible."

  Haruki thought for a moment and then said, "You seem like an outlier in Hueundo, and I'm an outlier in the Soul Society. Sihat's the case, why not be friends?"

  "...?" Nelliel was stunned. She said in surprise, "A Shinigami... wants to be friends with a Hollow?"

  "What's wrong with that?" Haruki smiled. "Didn't I say it before? I dislike flict. Other thahings I'm ied in, the allegiances of others don't me."