They had grown stronger!
Dordoni stared gravely at the opponent before him. After being enveloped by the pillar of light, the man's reiatsu had surged dramatically, becoming many times stronger than before.
What had happened to them?
"Unfortunately, if that is your full strength..."
Dordoni's opponent paused. A steel-like sheen surfaced on the skin exposed beyond his clothes. "Then you can no longer harm me."
At those words, Dordoni's brow furrowed slightly.
Because the other man was right. Earlier in the battle, even after using Second Resurrección, he had only managed to gain a slight advantage and still could not kill his opponent.
But now...
He might even lose that small advantage.
Although he had long recognized the enormous gap between himself and the Espada, it was only now that he truly realized how powerful the Espada were.
Looking around, he found that although these monsters had all received substantial boosts, whether it was Lady Halibel or Lady Nelly and the others... even when facing their enhanced enemies, they were no longer overwhelmingly dominant as before, yet they could still hold back several people claiming to be members of the Sternritter by themselves.
Meanwhile, both he and Gantenbainne had fallen into a disadvantage in their one-on-one battles after the enemies grew stronger.
"Hey, big guy."
Just as Dordoni was thinking about how to defeat his opponent, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
He turned and saw that Lady Halibel's three Fracción had arrived behind him at some point. Apache met his gaze and grinned. "As Lady Halibel's former subordinate, aren't you giving up a little too easily?"
Dordoni was stunned. He instinctively said, "You three..."
Before he could finish, Sun-Sun interrupted him from beside Apache. "Don't worry. Roga already used her Negación Silk to purge the poison from our