There is no doubt that Grimmjow, the Sixth Espada acquired the ability of Resurrección: Segunda Etapa in full view of the public, which directly made the originally calm Las Noches become agitated.
After all, except for the number one Espada Koltai Stark, the reason why most Arrancar choose to surrender to Aizen is because they desire to obtain more powerful power.
But now, this amount is right in front of them.
Although it requires taking considerable risks, living in Hueco Mundo is inherently dangerous. Even the Daxu of Adjuchas-class may lose his life at any time.
So in the eyes of Arrancars, Hollowfication's Hogyoku is simply a treasure tailor-made for them.
Therefore, other Espada members, including "Skull Emperor" Bailegang, have made requests to Aizen that they also hope to gain the power of Resurrección: Segunda Etapa, and even Resurrección: Tercera Etapa.
Regarding this kind of request, Aizen, who was worried about not having enough experimental materials, naturally responded to all requests, and even Espada's adjutant was not spared.
Of course, the price is that Arrancar Burning Legion, which originally had hundreds of people, has been directly reduced to only more than 30 people now, a reduction of more than two-thirds.
As for the two-thirds, they naturally failed to resist the beast-like primitive instinct deep in their hearts, and eventually degenerated from Arrancar back to virtuality.
In line with the principle of waste utilization, Aizen did not humanely destroy these losers, but instead carried out a series of transformations on them.
Turn it into a hound-like existence, manipulated and controlled by Arrancar who completed Resurrección: Segunda Etapa.
Although on the surface, the number of Arrancar Burning Legion has declined a bit, the actual combat effectiveness has not been lost at all, but has been greatly improved with the popularity of Resurrección: Segunda Etapa.
Even these unlucky ones who degenerated into hollows only lost their self-awareness and intelligence, but their strength, speed and recovery ability were all multiplied.
Seeing these former companions turn into the sad appearance they are now, Nnoitra couldn't help but sigh slightly, "Oh - how stupid. It was obvious that he finally completed the evolution, but because he couldn't withstand the temptation of power, he degenerated into a beast driven by primitive desires again."
"According to Master Aizen and Lord Allen, only us Vasto Lorde-class masters can complete Resurrección: Segunda Etapa's trial 100%. As for the remaining Adjuchas, it all depends on personal will and potential." Ulquiorra explained expressionlessly.
As the only special individual among Espada who possesses Resurrección: Tercera Etapa, he knows better than anyone else the dangers involved in obtaining the second level or even Resurrección: Tercera Etapa, as well as the price that needs to be paid in the process.
To be precise, the so-called Resurrección: Segunda Etapa essentially allows Arrancar to face the hole hidden in the deepest part of his heart, which is the painful experience of transforming from an ordinary human soul into a Hollow, and then stimulate the source and core of Hollow power to the maximum extent, causing it to release more powerful power.
Those who survive will naturally gain the power of Resurrección: Segunda Etapa.
But if you can't survive it, it will be like changing from a human soul to a Hollow, and you will become an irrational monster again.
Under normal circumstances, Vasto Lorde-class Daxu has long been freed from the control of original desires, so the success rate of obtaining Resurrección: Segunda Etapa's power is as high as 99%.
But Adjuchas still maintains many primitive desires, so if you cannot concentrate to fight against them during the transformation process, your reason and consciousness will be quickly defeated.
Relying on his strong obsession to "surpass everyone and become the strongest", Grimmjow held on to the last line of defense and finally gained the power of Resurrección: Segunda Etapa.
But the price is that his character has become more impatient and violent than before, and he will fight if he disagrees.
In just three or four months, there have been many conflicts with the top-ranked Espada.
If Aizen hadn't personally stepped in to clean up the mess every time, he would have been beaten to a living disability long ago.
After all, the gap between Wastod and Adjuchas is simply wider than the gap between Death's captain and vice-captain.
Starting from the fifth-ranked Espada, basically all of them are Vastod Daxu.
Arrancar No.1 Ke Yatai·Stark
Arrancar No.2 Bailegang·Lu Ethan bang
Arrancar No.3 Nel Tu·du·Oudexiufanke
Arrancar No.4 Ulquiorra·Western France
Arrancar No.5 Tia Hurley Bell
It can be said that there is no place for Adjuchas-class in the top five positions of Espada.
Grimmjow was able to maintain his sixth position entirely because he took the lead in mastering Resurrección: Segunda Etapa, forcing him to suppress Nnoitra, whose strength was almost the same as his own.
With the intervention of Allen, Nnoitra and Szayelaporro had no chance to attack Nnoitra, so she still firmly occupied the third place. Ulquiorra, because of the power of Resurrección: Tercera Etapa, was stronger than Tia, who was ranked third in the original plot.
This means that Grimmjow is equivalent to standing at the pinnacle of Adjuchas-class.
In addition, Aizen, a BOSS who is good at playing with people's minds, deliberately and secretly encouraged those at the bottom to challenge the top few in order to facilitate management and prevent these Arrancar from uniting to pose a threat to him.
No matter who it is, as long as they beat the original Espada, they can inherit the opponent's number and position.
In this way, let alone the Arrancars uniting to overthrow the rule of several Deaths over Hueco Mundos, they are lucky that no all-out war broke out within themselves.
no way!
After all, Arrancar originally evolved from the virtual world, and does not have much culture and knowledge in his mind. There is usually only one way to resolve conflicts, and that is violence.
As one of the two people among Espada who dislikes fighting the most, Nnoitra has undoubtedly seen Aizen's attitude towards himself and others, and asked without looking back, "Then do you think Mr. Aizen is more worthy of our allegiance, or Lord Allen is more worthy of our allegiance?"
"Do you think I will answer such a boring question?" Ulquiorra asked in an extremely cold tone.
"Yes! I almost forgot that you are the wisest among Espada, and the most thorough in obeying orders. But I am very curious, if one day in the future, Master Aizen and Lord Allen have a disagreement, who will you choose?" Nnoitra's eyes flashed with a strange light.
But unfortunately, Ulquiorra didn't respond at all, as if it didn't hear it at all.
Because in his eyes, this was never something that needed serious consideration.
If you maintain your current status as a direct subordinate of Allen, then you will naturally give priority to executing Allen's orders, even if the enemy is Aizen, the supreme ruler of Hueco Mundo.
But if it were the other way around, and he returned to Espada and became Aizen's direct subordinate, he would not have any psychological burden when dealing with Allen.
Without any emotion, this is the character trait of the fourth-ranked Espada - Ulquiorra Xifa.
Strictly speaking, compared to the other obviously emotional Arrancar, he is more like a cold robot, and will only follow the set logical program to determine what to do next.
Just when there was an awkward silence between the two, Allen suddenly walked out of the palace assigned to him by Aizen, holding a strange disk-shaped device in his hand, and said with a smile, "You must have been bored to death while I was doing research, right? After all, Hueco Mundo is so desolate, and there is no entertainment to pass the time."
"It is our responsibility to obey your every order. And... I can't feel the emotion of boredom at all." Ulquiorra bent down and bowed deeply.
Compared to his facial paralysis, Nnoitra's reaction was much more lively. He stared at the strange disk-shaped device with wide eyes and interest, and asked in an uncertain tone, "What is this? You have been staying in it for more than three months, so you are studying it, right?"
"This is a good thing I specially prepared for Soul Society and Death captains. Let's go to Human World and try its power."
After that, Allen signaled Ulquiorra to open "Garganta" similar to Senkaimon, and then got in without hesitation.
The other two followed closely behind.
In about a few seconds, three extremely powerful Reiatsu appeared again in the sky above Karakura Town.
Since they had no intention of covering up, whether it was Kisuke Urahara, Visoreds, or Soul Society's Death, they all noticed it immediately and responded quickly.
In addition, Ichigo Kurosaki also quickly got rid of the entanglement of his two sisters, ate Gikon and jumped on the roof as Death.
But after seeing that the leader was Allen, he immediately gave up his original idea and just stood there silently watching what might happen next.
Only three to five minutes later, Visoreds led by Shinji Hirako arrived first.
A total of eight people didn't even say a word of nonsense. They directly surrounded Allen, Nnoitra and Ulquiorra, and quickly pulled out their own Zanpakuto and entered combat mode.
"Haha, this is really a warm welcome ceremony. What, have you forgotten the lesson last time? Or do you think that after gathering these eight people, they can pose a threat to me, Shinji Hirako?" Allen glanced at the leader of Visoreds with contempt.
"Hmph! You have to try it before you know. Fall down, Sakashimo!" Shinji Hirako sneered and finished Zanpakuto's Shikai.
moment!
A faint fragrance filled the air, followed by everything turning upside down, left and right, and front and back.
"Is this?!"
Nnoitra rarely showed a cautious expression, trying to figure out what was happening in front of him.
But before he could figure it out, Shinji Hirako took the lead in pulling down Hollowfication's mask and turned into an afterimage and rushed over.
The next second...
Bang!
Allen directly pulled out his Zanpakuto and mounted it in the opposite direction, perfectly blocking the blow.
Although visually, the attack is 100% coming from the other side.
"Do you know my Zanpakuto's ability?" Shinji Hirako's face suddenly became very ugly.
You must know that he always thought that he could use Zanpakuto's ability to defeat Aizen's War of Vengeance Bardo in the future.
But now, Aizen has been cracked by another person before he can see it.
"Sakashimo, a typical illusion system Zanpakuto, can completely reverse perception. It has to be said that compared to Captain Aizen Kyoka Suigetsu's perfect Compared with the US Hypnosis, your ability is really rubbish. Anyone with rich combat experience can adapt in a very short time." Allen gave his evaluation nonchalantly.
That's right!
In his opinion, the other party's Zanpakuto ability has no merit at all except that it can cause a little trouble when they first meet, and it doesn't even have the value of being taken away.
Although it has been mentioned in the comics that Sakashimo's Bankai and "Sakashima Yokoshima Happōfusagari" can completely reverse the cognition of everyone in the area, creating a so-called "chaos field".
But the problem lies in this "everyone".
Since it is everyone, that includes enemies, teammates, and even yourself.
To put it simply, it is a big fight in which there is no distinction between ourselves and the enemy.
Naturally, it is invincible to deal with the weak soldiers, but for the strong ones who are prepared, as long as they notice it in advance and do the opposite, then this Bankai is equivalent to being lonely.
Therefore, in the eyes of Allen, Sakashimo can even be rated as one of the most useless Zanpakuto in the entire Soul Society.
"Where did you get this information?" Shinji Hirako asked, narrowing his eyes.
It can be seen that hearing someone comment that his Zanpakuto ability was rubbish made him feel particularly angry, but in the end he chose to endure it.
Because Sakashimo can often confuse the enemy the most when it attacks for the first time.
If the first attack didn't work, then the subsequent attacks probably wouldn't have very good results either.
"It's very simple! All captain and vice-captain-level Zanpakuto information is backed up in Central 46 Chambers. Although Captain Aizen dismissed it, I still read it carefully from beginning to end. After all... Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle, what do you think?" Allen's mouth turned up slightly with a very nasty smile.
As he said, except for a very few guys like Aizen and Gin Ichimaru who have different intentions, or people like Ikkaku Madarame who don't want to expose their true strength.
Most of Death's Bankai and Shikai abilities have been completely recorded and stored in Central 46 Chambers's archives.
As Central 46 Chambers was slaughtered, all the secret documents inside naturally became trophies.
Although Aizen was not interested, Allen packed it up and took it away, leaving it to the guardians of Sky City-Aelionteu to sort it out and filter out the useful information.
It can be said that he has a complete backup of all the Zanpakuto data in the entire Soul Society, even the ancient Zanpakuto passed down by nobles from generation to generation.
After all, these ancient Zanpakuto were once the property of living people.
As long as they have been active in the history of Soul Society, they will inevitably be recorded as some kind of reference.
I'm afraid the people who set this rule never dreamed that these records would eventually become a weapon used against Death.
"Damn it! Central 46 Chambers Those bastards really succeed more than they succeed!" Shinji Hirako couldn't help but curse.
As early as when Aizen was doing things secretly, he was the victim of Seireitei's highest authority.
Now after the other party was wiped out by the group, he was still able to trick himself severely. He did not greet the other party's family members and eighteen generations of ancestors, which was considered quite restrained.