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After all the shinigami landed, Ren immediately put them to work. He told them to divide themselves up however they wished and to clear out the surrounding kilometer of hollows. When they began to protest about the dangers of Menos being around, Ren let them know that he could not sense any for several 10s of kilometers. This calmed them down enough to start their sweep.

Many wanted to pair up with Kyou but the young woman insisted on going with only 20 shinigami. All those that were not chosen formed groups that numbered between 40 to 60. With this, they spread out and began their hunt.

Tessai and the other Kido Corps members saw the members of the 8th division take off and felt relieved. They knew that they were safe and protected while they were inside Hueco Mundo but they were relieved that they were not true members of the division. They might just die otherwise.

Tessai walked up to Ren with a familiar look on his face. Ren knew what Tessai wanted. He grabbed the tall man and threw him over his shoulder. Ren set up a barrier around the Kido Corps members before he used shunpo to get a few kilometers away.

When Ren landed, he saw that there were a few hollows in the area but nothing very dangerous to him. Ren tossed Tessai to the ground and walked 20 meters away.

Tessai stood up and dusted off his clothes while shooting Ren a look that was hard to decipher. Tessai was a stone-faced man that was hard to understand if you did not know him. And although Ren knew him when he was younger, it had gotten harder to read Tessai's face over the years.

Tessai showed his dissatisfaction at being carried by firing off a spell at Ren. A red ball formed in front of Tessai's hand that was shot toward Ren rapidly but Ren had dodged it easily.

As Ren tried to approach Tessai, he suddenly stopped as a barrier formed in front of his face. And when he tried to back out, Ren realized that he was completely surrounded.

With Ren trapped, Tessai was able to enact his plan. He knew that Ren was faster and stronger so he decided to stall for time so he could go all out.

Tessai raised his arm forward and outstretched while using their free hand to grip the firing arm for extra support and had the palm facing flat toward the Ren.

"Let lightning come down from the heavens. Let thunder's shout rock the oceans. Let the heavens split open to show the clear sky above. Let my wrath be felt by my enemies. Hadō #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō!"

A gigantic beam of electrical and spiritual energy was fired from Tessai's hand and toward the trapped Ren. Ren did not try to escape from the barrier or form one of his own. Instead, he unsheathed his zanpakuto and got it ready. Ren gripped it with both hands at the base and raised the blade above his head.

Right before the beam hit the barrier, Ren brought down his sword with a mighty swing a large amount of pure reiatsu which tore through the barrier and clashed with the beam causing a large explosion that filled the area.

Off in the distance, Kyou had just killed several hollow and was assisting her team members in killing their own targets. Suddenly, everyone in the area heard an explosion.

Both hollows and Shinigami stopped battling at the same time to see the large explosion in the distance. Fearful of the amount of reiatsu that came from that direction, the hollows scurried away.

The shinigami took that as their warning to return to the created base. Their group was one of the first to arrive but soon, all the other shinigami had returned. All except for Ren and Tessai.

Just as Kyou was getting worried and about to take off, Ren returned with his clothes torn to shreds and burned but physically fine. As for Tessai on his back, the man appeared to be bleeding from cuts all over his body as well as bruises. He also seemed to be naked aside from his underwear.

No one dared to question why but many were already coming up with thoughts of why both men came back as they did, one in destroyed clothes and the other almost naked with an almost destroyed body. Ren threw Tessai's body into the sand before ignoring him.

"Someone heal him. Or don't. He will heal himself if he needs to when he wakes up but I made sure that his life is not in danger. "

Tessai had actually come close to beating Ren due to Ren's arrogance. Ren did not want to admit that though so he activated his shikai and Gift Of Flesh to heal himself and also kick Tessai's ass.

After beating up Tessai, he brought the man back to base camp so that he could give further orders to shinigami before he went out to hunt and train himself. This excursion was not just for the other members of the 8th division but also for Ren.

"I'm going to go hunt down some Adjuchas hollows. Kyou and Tessai are in charge until I get back."