The wind, carrying sand and dust, brushed past Halibel's face. She looked at the two familiar-looking Arrancar before her, her heart filled with astonishment.
The powerful spiritual pressure bearing down on her made the surrounding sand instinctively pull away from the two pseudo-Arrancar. It was familiar spiritual pressure, yet its intensity was completely different now, making Halibel feel a profound sense of unfamiliarity.
The Arrancar with a tiger's head stared at Halibel, his voice nearly hysterical:
"What is it? Why do you look so surprised? In your eyes, were we nothing but trash meant to be trampled beneath your feet?! Look! This wound on my chest still aches faintly to this day! Only your blood can soothe it!"
Hearing the tiger-headed Arrancar's words, Halibel finally recognized the identities of the two before her. They were the two Adjuchas she had let go a month ago.
Although their appearances and builds had changed drastically, the feeling of their fundamental spiritual pressure had not changed. They had merely become far too powerful in such a short time for her to recognize them at once.
Feeling that the two Arrancar possessed spiritual pressure no weaker than her own, Halibel's expression shifted slightly. However, rather than passively receiving their attack, she launched the first strike.
Dark yellow spiritual pressure erupted around her body. She swung the greatsword in her hand horizontally with overwhelming force, and a fan-shaped Cero appeared before the two pseudo-Arrancar.
Yet when the two pseudo-Arrancar saw the terrifying spiritual pressure surging toward them, they showed no intention of fleeing. Instead, excitement appeared on their faces. They exchanged glances, then gathered terrifying spheres of spiritual pressure within their mouths.
As the Reishi Density steadily increased, traces of black even appeared amid the blue and purple spiritual pressure. Though there was only a