Wolf Pack's Guns

Blue bloodline patterns burst forth from James's body, and Pernida's nerves, mixed with the patterns of the Blut Vene, spread toward Mask De Masculine.

Although she didn't know what James wanted to do, Lilynette, adhering to the principle of not letting the enemy have his way, still led the Wolf Pack to attack the patterns.

However, the patterns James released were Blut Vene with offensive capabilities; just a touch was enough to slice off parts of the wolves' bodies, meaning they were completely unable to stop James's actions.

On Stark's side, just as he was about to use Cero to completely destroy Mask De Masculine, James's bursting bloodline pierced Mask De Masculine's body. Mask De Masculine's eyes quickly lost their light, and James had taken the initiative and killed Mask De Masculine first!

Not only that, the Blut Vene pierced through Mask De Masculine and quickly disintegrated into Reishi, turning into specks of starlight that converged on James along the path of the Blut Vene.

James not only killed Mask De Masculine, but also completely absorbed him, whom he considered a hero.

Mask De Masculine's Reishi transformed into specks of light and re-condensed around James. A humanoid creature, also resembling Mask De Masculine, enveloped James's body. However, this new Mask De Masculine had no humanoid skin at all; instead, it had a completely mechanical appearance.

Inside Mask De Masculine's body, James was covered in tubes connecting to machinery. "I am a hero, I am the Star of Tomorrow, I am James!"

As James's voice emanated from the mech, Mask De Masculine's mechanical head changed its appearance, looking exactly like James's bald head. From that moment on, there was no Mask De Masculine, only James, who wanted to become a hero.

Transforming into a Gundam—that's the evolutionary direction given by the Pernida Nerve. James's original form is far too weak; aside from having powerful regenerative abilities, it lacks any evolutionary direction for combat.

Therefore, when Pernida's system made its choice, it reunited Mask De Masculine and James, with James acting as the operator, projecting his consciousness into the mecha, so that James no longer needed to fulfill his fantasies and could completely become a hero.

As soon as James completed the transformation, star patterns immediately appeared above his head, and holes opened all over his body, from which sharp arrows emerged.

The stars shone brightly, locking onto the pack of Wolf Pack surrounding him. The next moment, all the arrows were fired simultaneously. The first thing James would do after gaining power was to kill the Wolf Pack that had bullied him.

"Not good!"

As soon as James made a move, Stark realized something was wrong, but James was too fast, and the number he could save amidst the rain of arrows was limited.

With his twin blades flashing, Stark spotted a wolf and swiftly Sonido to its side, shielding it from James's attack.

The other wolves weren't so lucky; they were all targeted by James's homing arrows and perished amidst screams of agony.

"Stark! All your companions have been killed!" Lilynette cried out. The wolf Stark was protecting was herself.

"I know that only if you survive can we better avenge them!" Stark said coldly. He hadn't let all his comrades perish when fighting Sawada Tsunayoshi, and James had completely crossed Stark's bottom line.

James was oblivious to Stark and his men's anger; he was completely absorbed in the joy of annihilating the Wolf Pack. "Great! I'm a hero! I want power!"

Under James's self-hypnotic influence, the Gundam he piloted emitted a series of mechanical clanging sounds, and he continued to grow stronger.

"Stark, we can't let him change any further!" Lilynette said anxiously. Every bit of strength James gained would reduce their chances of winning.

"It's alright, no one can defeat us, we are the strongest Arrancar!" Stark, who rarely boasted of his strength, uttered these words in his rage. "Change back, Lilynette, the time has come for us to join forces!"

At Stark's call, Lilynette transformed back into human form. Looking at Stark's outstretched hand, she grasped it tightly; their thoughts were perfectly aligned at that moment.

A black bead appeared in the Hollow Hole of Stark's chest, and at the same time, a connected bead appeared in Lilynette's abdomen.

There are two Hogyoku in total!

This is why Stark said that he and Lilynette together would be the strongest Arrancar. His training and fusion process with the Hogyoku was extremely difficult. When he placed the Hogyoku into the Hollow Hole in his chest after his Resurrección, he couldn't even absorb Hogyoku power, causing Hogyoku to fall to the ground.

After seeing the other Arrancar succeed, the anxious Lilynette brought Stark to Urahara Kisuke's side. After Urahara's observation, Stark was unable to fuse with the Hogyoku's spiritual pressure because the Hogyoku could not completely fill his heart.

Because a single Hogyoku only satisfied Stark's needs, but could not satisfy Lilynette, who was one with Stark.

As a soul entity separated from Stark, Lilynette and Stark are both one and two independent individuals. If Stark wants to evolve to a higher stage, he must simultaneously satisfy Lilynette's Hollow Hole.

The power that a single Hogyoku brings to Arrancar is already a leap in power. When two Hogyoku are used simultaneously, their spiritual pressure is so strong that when Stark first completed the fusion of the Hogyoku, he blasted through Urahara Kisuke's training ground with just his spiritual pressure.

In terms of spiritual pressure alone, Stark is undoubtedly the strongest in Hueco Mundo.

As Stark and Lilynette uttered the words "Hogyoku Fusion," an immense spiritual pressure shot straight into the sky, causing the heavens and earth to tremble. All living beings in Soul Society were awestruck by this powerful spiritual pressure.

The spiritual pressure released by Stark and his companions pierced through several layers of barriers before finally stopping. After completing the transformation, Stark shook his head somewhat dissatisfied, "I still couldn't control it."

Stark and Lilynette's power was far less than Aizen's; even after half a year, they still couldn't completely contain such immense spiritual pressure within their bodies.

At this moment, Stark had completely changed. What attracted the most attention were the two Hogyoku on his chest and abdomen. The one on his chest shone with a pale blue light, while the one on his abdomen had an emerald green color. The two Hogyoku provided energy at the same time, giving Stark an inexhaustible spiritual pressure.

Stark's hair turned pale blue, with a long wolf tail running down his back. His lower body was completely covered in black wolf fur, while he wore a black wolf fur vest. Azure flames burned all over his body, even his left eye was engulfed in the same flames.

Stark's Dual Pistols had also changed. The pure black gun bodies were decorated with crescent-shaped patterns, and the grips were adorned with a wolf totem. Two long bullet belts extended from the bottom of the grips to Stark's back, which was the source of the gun's spiritual pressure.

The fusion of the two Hogyoku with Lilynette is not just that simple. Stark's feet are now adorned with gun-shaped combat boots, which are also capable of firing—a power derived from Lilynette's transformation.

The specks of pale blue flame gathered behind Stark into a wolf totem, and after a wolf howl, Stark fired a shot at James.

It's like a cannon! After the Hogyoku fused, Stark's attacks could no longer be described as projectiles; those nearly ten-meter-wide spiritual pressure bursts could only be described as cannons.

A cannon shot roared past, heading straight for James. With a deafening boom, the mech parts that James had just multiplied and enlarged were blasted to smithereens. His somewhat dim-witted eyes blinked twice, leaving him only with confusion.

Having finally managed to increase his strength through self-hypnosis, he was immediately thrown back to his pre-change state by Stark.

James realized what was happening at this moment, and the mech's eyes turned red as it charged towards Stark, shouting "Star Charge!"

Stark kept firing powerful phantom cannons, while James kept adding protective shields to himself with phrases like "invincible defense," managing to break through to Stark's feet.

But when James threw a punch with all his might, he found that Stark easily dodged it by simply turning to the side.

The battle was not as simple as James had imagined. Having been a spectator all along, James had no combat experience whatsoever. He only knew how to imitate Mask De Masculine's style, thinking that striking a cool pose would defeat his opponent. In reality, in Stark's eyes, he was full of flaws.

A black, gun-shaped boot was raised high above his head. As he turned to the side, Stark did not give up his attack on James. He slammed his foot down, and with a loud gunshot, a phantom of a giant wolf instantly engulfed James.

This is Stark after the Hogyoku fusion; both his hands and feet have points of attack.

James, slammed to the ground by the Giant Wolf Spear, had his entire armor shattered into pieces, exposing the frail figure inside, covered in tubes, once again to the Stark.

Stark coldly lowered a fake cannon, ready to end James's life.

James, lying in the crater, was completely disoriented. He had no idea why he, like Mask De Masculine, had fallen in front of the enemy.

Stark's Hollow Cannon had already fired. Watching the approaching spiritual pressure, James's eyes were vacant, and he kept repeating, "I don't want to die... I'm a hero... I don't want to..."

The Pernida nerves within James's body erupted once again, and the Sklaverei was forcibly activated, turning everything around him into Reishi that poured into James's body.

James's body continued to expand, and as his body grew larger, he absorbed the scattered fragments of the mecha. Under the power of evolution, James risked himself and transformed into a large machine exactly the same as when he piloted it before.

With a simple gesture, James slapped Stark's Phantom Cannon away, the price being only some fragments of the mech, which could be easily compensated for by the Sklaverei's Reishi.

"I'm a hero! I really am a hero!"

The mechanization of his body did not discourage James; instead, he was immersed in the joy of becoming truly stronger, and he even spread his arms to Stark to show off.

Stark reluctantly pressed the gun against his forehead; he really didn't want to admit that the man before him was his enemy.

Stark was prepared to crush James no matter how many of them split into, but James unexpectedly transformed his body into a mecha.

In other words, James's physical body has completely merged with the Mask De Masculine he imagined. His super-regenerative immortality has been evolved away by himself, or rather by Pernida's nervous system, in order to respond to James's desire to become stronger.

[Stark, isn't this good enough? Hurry up and take him down, if you can't, I will!] Lilynette mentally complained about Stark, wondering why he was still worrying about the enemy at a time like this.

[This...] Stark glanced at the unsuspecting and inexperienced James, and really had no interest in making a move. [Fine, you do it.]

The azure flames on his body shifted, turning completely emerald green. When his left eye, which had been obscured by the flames, also turned emerald green, a smug smile appeared on Stark's face that he would never have shown before.

This body is now under the control of Lilynette!

She stood with Dual Pistols side by side, her spiritual pressure surging from the ammunition belt onto the Dual Pistols as if it were free. After a sinister smile, she pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Die, spear of the Wolf Pack!"

This time, every bullet fired was no longer a feint; they transformed into wolves and charged towards James.

A terrifying scene unfolded for James. He couldn't understand why, even after becoming a hero, he still had to face an attack from a pack of wolves. His fear before the battle even began meant he was destined not to be a hero, but only a spectator cheering for the heroes.