Holding the line wasnt exactly difficult, although Giovanni almost felt bad about not being in the midst of the fray. But he did feel good about remaining alive so it wasnt all that big a deal. it seemed the only advantage these hollows had was surprise. other than that they werent anything special and were seemingly weak. At least the ones that got within his range were. Gio kept shooting the low level kido with enough precision to kill in one strike and enough force to knock them back a few feet. he reached his left hand to his sword "inhale " he said calmly to have his zanpakto begin charging energy. it was only a matter of time before something big made it through. depnding on what it was, being preemtive would probably work to his advantage. he let out a few blast of Hado 30 shakaho before settling back into his dual wield byakurai position. some medic had set up near by and he usually covered them as they were healing others and escorting, usually unwilling, shinigami to the back line to be healed. But from the looks of it, there didnt seem to be that many injuries. Among all the chaos and carnage there werent that many spiritual pressures that stood out. There were two high levels that seemed to be fighting each other but everything else seemed deceptively subdued.