Chapter 121: Attack, New Stronghold

  "Baura, eat it." The old soul hunter gave an order to the puppet in front of him, and the next moment, all the lava that Dreaming had was eaten away.

  "I told you, your attacks are useless against me." The old soul who had just landed on the ground said with a sneer.

  "It's really something that can be eaten, but the next thing I want to see if you have a way to eat it - Shadow Clone Technique." Meng Mengling clenched her hands together and in the next moment, a wave of smoke rose up around her. When the smoke dispersed, nine Meng Menglings appeared on the spot, including the original body.

  "What is this? What trick?" The old soul hunter asked in surprise.

  "No need to answer your silly question, but now it's eight against one. Although you have the ability to absorb my attack, do you have the ability to catch my simultaneous attacks from eight directions?" Meng Ling asked coldly.

  "What? No!" The old soul hunter was still desperately shouting, but it was completely useless.

  "Too much talk is useless — Radiance!" Eight Dreamwings from eight different directions shot a beam of golden light at Old Soul Hunter, immediately.

  "Bang......" After a loud noise, Meng Leng only saw that the old soul hunter had disappeared from the spot.

  "If I had shot him, the most that would have happened is that he would have been pierced through and left with a few holes in his body, even if his soul was destroyed and turned to ashes. But now it seems that I let him escape, how detestable! I actually forgot that this old undead creature can move underground, and instead took advantage of my own strengths." Dreaming said somewhat begrudgingly.

  "Hey, Meng Ling, how's the situation?" Matsumoto Rangiku asked, bringing Cha Tuo and others to Meng Ling's side once again after a while.

  "It's nothing, I just accidentally let that old guy get away. I'm really sorry." Meng Ling scratched his own head, saying somewhat embarrassedly.

  "No, no, no, you've done more than enough already. With this, Shiori has also been rescued. Your assistance is a great help to us," Matsumoto Ranjuku said.

  "Is that so, heh...” Meng Ling couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. After all, Meng Ling was familiar with the plot and knew that Matsumoto Ranka, this deputy captain, had a very "unusual" personality. Now, speaking to herself in such a low and humble tone, she must be plotting something.

  "That..."

  "Here!" When Matsumoto Rangiku spoke again, Meng Leng knew that her conspiracy had begun. Although she thought so in her heart, Meng Leng still smiled and asked: "What's the matter?"

  "It's not a big deal, I just hope you can help us with something. I heard from Ichigo Kurosaki that you have an incredibly strong sensing ability, so I was wondering if you could search for the location of the Soul Reaper." Matsumoto Rangiku asked with a smile.

  "I get it, so that's all there is to it. Alright, I'll tell you, on the mountain behind this city, at the waist of the mountain, there's a cave where the Oni are hiding. I still need to go back and check on them, so I'll leave for now." As soon as Meng Ling finished speaking, she used the Yasaka Mirror and left the place. It's better for someone of her "captain-level" to keep a distance from others anyway.

  After appearing in mid-air, Meng immediately used his divine sense to search the entire city and found that Ichigo and others had returned to the Urahara Shop, while others were also on their way back. It seemed that the battle was over.

  "In that case, I'd better get back to Urahara Shop directly - Yata no Kagami!" As soon as he said that, Mu Lin activated the instantaneous movement method - Yata no Kagami, and his body instantly disappeared from the original place along with the light, and in the next moment, he had already appeared on the empty land in front of Urahara Shop.

  ————I am that gorgeous dividing line————

  After Mu Ling returned, everyone rested for a night at the Urahara Shop. Under everyone's discussion, Mu Ling discovered that among Ichigo's group in the present world, only he had single-handedly defeated a Shinigami. Everyone once again gained a new understanding of Mu Ling's strength.

  "As for that, Meng Ling's reply was: 'The size of one's power is not important, what's important is knowing how to use it. Each and every one of you possesses the power to surpass those Soul Hunters, you just don't know how to utilize it.'"

  Today, when Ichigo and others were preparing to attack the cave where Sosuke Aizen was living, the four Death Gods sent from the Soul Society had already set off ahead of time. Now, Ichigo and others have arrived at the entrance of this cave, ready to go in immediately. Muken naturally followed, for a simple reason: Muken hoped to collect some blood in this battle to carry out his own Blood Baptism, so that his strength would increase before completing the collection of power.

  "Alright, let's go." A loud voice shouted, and after everyone responded with a single "yes", they all walked in.

  "It's really dark in here." Meng Ling said very casually as soon as she entered the cave.

  "Don't be careless, the enemy doesn't know where they will launch an attack on us." Luciya reminded Meng Meng, looking at her extremely relaxed appearance.

  "Hehe, thanks for reminding me, got it." Meng Ling said with a mischievous grin at Rukia, shocking everyone as no one had ever seen her make such an expression before.

  Actually, Meng Ling had been using her divine sense to observe the situation around everyone since the beginning, because in such darkness, Meng Ling would not believe her eyes. She was used to using her divine sense to observe her surroundings and had already found the location of the soul hunter with her divine sense released earlier. Now Meng Ling walked ahead, intentionally or unintentionally leading everyone to avoid one bad road segment after another.

  "Everyone, be careful. Not far ahead, there's a very interesting Soul Reaper. I just observed him fighting those Death Gods who came earlier, and it seems he can use shadows to fight." said Meng Ling.

  "What? Where is the enemy?" Lucilia, who knew about Meng Leng's strong perception ability, immediately believed Meng Leng's words and asked him.

  "No choice, he'll attack us soon anyway. Remember, his ability is to attack from the shadows formed by the light of his own puppets. As long as there are no shadows, he's powerless." After explaining to everyone, Meng Ling gazed forward, her expression somewhat solemn.

  "It's already here," said Meng Ling.

  "What's here? Has it already come? Mereia, in that direction?" Luciya asked anxiously.

  "There is no direction, as it's coming from all sides. We haven't reached the location of the soul hunter who controls the shadows yet, so everyone be careful and pay attention to the attacks in the shadows." Meng Ling said loudly.

  "Got it." After Hu and others responded, except for Meng Leng, everyone made preparations for battle. Immediately afterwards, Meng Leng saw countless insect-like creatures rushing towards them.

  "There's nothing major about it. In fact, such an enemy isn't that formidable either. As long as we find the true body, there won't be any issues." Meng Ling said calmly.

  "Meng Ling, don't relax, this is not the time to relax." Luciya reminded.

  "There's no need to make it so complicated, just follow me and run." Meng Ling said, then led the crowd in a continuous sprint through the winding cave.

  "Meng Ling, where are you taking us?" Luciya asked.

  "Go control the main body of this soul hunter." Meng Ling replied simply.

  "What? Where are you going?" Luciya asked in surprise.

  "Let me tell you something, after these few battles I've observed that the Soul Reaper, apart from controlling its own puppet and having better physical conditions, is actually just an ordinary human being. As long as we attack the Soul Reaper's true body now, we can minimize the damage, and surprisingly this Soul Reaper hasn't made a move against us yet, there's only one possible reason." Meng Ling analyzed.

  "Is it to stall for time?" The astute Luciya immediately understood what Meng Leng's words meant.

  "Smart, so we're not in a situation where we can afford to be distracted by romance right now. If we waste any more time, something really bad might happen." Meng Ling said.

  "Hmm, thanks to Meng Ling, otherwise we would have been in a lot of trouble." Luciya said with a smile.

  "Hehe, nothing much, I'm just doing this for my own sake. Later on, I'll still have to find some information about Soul Hunters." Meng Ling said with a smile. "Actually, it's also possible that I might become your enemy. Because the research institute in the Corpse Spirit Realm won't let go of researching someone like me who can use special abilities. Of course, I won't obediently be their lab rat."

  "Found it." Suddenly, Meng Ling, who was still thinking, said a sentence. Then, only saw countless light spots gathering on Meng Ling's right hand.

  "This time the radiation is going to be very powerful, everyone should get down." Meng Ling said, and without waiting for everyone to react, her right hand directly attacked a wall.

  Only to see Meng's hand emit a bowl-sized light column, the soul hunter who was originally still controlling his puppet on the wall and preparing to attack only saw a flash of light before losing consciousness.

  "Boom......" Meanwhile, outside, Meng Ling's laser beam caused a massive explosion this time, not only was the Soul Reaper annihilated by the light, but even the cave began to shake violently.

  "It's settled, let's hurry to the next stop." Meng Ling said, and then took the still surprised Hu and others away from the original place. Not long after they left, this cave completely collapsed, and at this time, several people who came later were blocked outside.