Chapter 224 The Menos Grande, representing despair, dies in despair (Please subscribe)
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"
The horrific screams echoed throughout the arena; this was no battle, it was utter humiliation.
Aura Michibane's one-sided ravages of Nnoitra...
Nnoitra, a Menos Grande Menos Grande -Adjuchas level Arrancar, was utterly overwhelmed by Aura Michibane, who possessed fighting power comparable to Sōsuke Aizen during Soul Reaper time as a Seireitei.
The immense power of Aura Michibane deeply shocked Nnoitra's soul...
But do you think Nnoitra was convinced?
The answer is no... Although Nnoitra couldn't defeat Aura Michibane, he, Nnoitra, was still not convinced...
Hey, even though I can't beat you, I just won't give up on you...
"Clap clap clap..."
Perhaps Aura Michibane's mouth, because she stopped and gently twisted her wrist to rest.
"I refuse to accept this..."
Nnoitra roared, his cheeks swollen and red like balloons.
"You disagree?"
"What do you have to complain about?"
Suddenly Aura Michibane thought that the Nnoitra in front of her, whom she had easily controlled with her Bakudō, was kind of cute, so cute that... Aura Michibane wanted to take the scissors and tear Nnoitra's mouth apart bit by bit.
"I'm not convinced..."
"You've got me under control. What kind of skill is that to beat me? I haven't even shown my true strength..."
"You big-breasted woman in black, you don't even dare to fight me head-on, you little trash, you have no strength at all."
Nnoitra's breath smelled like he'd eaten ten pounds of stinky tofu, then five pounds of snail rice noodles, and a whole can of fermented herring...
"Little trash? No skill?"
After hearing Nnoitra's words, Aura Michibane's smile became even more beautiful; the more others provoked her, the more radiant and beautiful her smile became.
"That's right!"
"Unless you remove the restrictions on me and we have a one-on-one fight, I won't believe you possess greater strength than me. Otherwise, I will die with my eyes wide open in disbelief!"
Nnoitra's eyes darted around in their sockets; he was making a clever plan in his mind.
He could tell at a glance that Aura Michibane wasn't the type to excel in close combat, while he happened to possess one of the strongest melee combat abilities among the Espada. If Aura Michibane removed the restrictions on him, he was confident that he could slice this woman with the same repulsive breasts as Nelliel into pieces in one minute... no! Not even one minute, just thirty seconds.
Yes, the reason Nnoitra didn't provoke Hōshō Ryo was that, in his eyes, he hated big breasts and effeminate men more than Hōshō Ryo.
"Childish."
"The advantage is in my hands now. I don't need you to admit anything. I just need to slowly kill you, and the victory will naturally be mine. Everyone will just say that I, the victor, am stronger than you, the loser."
Aura Michibane chuckled softly, his eyes filled with disdain.
"Despicable and shameless!"
"Are all of Sōgo Shihoin people like you who use underhanded tactics?"
"This is truly a huge disappointment!"
Nnoitra may not be good at much else, but he's certainly good at talking big. At the very least... he's good at stirring things up, and he knows exactly what he can do to make others feel disgusted.
"Very well, you've successfully angered me."
Aura Michibane looked at Nnoitra with a forced smile. She did not attack Nnoitra directly, but instead looked up at Sōgo Shihoin, who was sitting on top of the Gillian and looking down at the arena from above.
"Accurate~"
Sōgo Shihoin waved his hand gently, indicating to Aura Michibane that as long as they could win, Aura Michibane could do whatever she wanted; it didn't matter.
"I'll take your provocation. I'll release you from my control and make you admit defeat wholeheartedly."
After obtaining Sōgo Shihoin's consent, Aura Michibane looked at Nnoitra indifferently.
In her eyes, Nnoitra was already a dead man at that moment.
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"Good! As expected of Sōgo Shihoin, who is constantly praised by Lord Sōsuke Aizen, he is indeed straightforward."
Nnoitra chuckled softly, already eager to break free of his restraints and then use the scythe in his hand to sever the head of Aura Michibane.
"Open."
Aura Michibane snapped his fingers lightly at Nnoitra, releasing her from Nnoitra restraints.
"Go to hell!"
Having been prepared and poised to strike, Nnoitra, the instant that Aura Michibane released the seal, raised his massive scythe and slashed fiercely at Aura Michibane's neck...
"Whoosh!"
A flash of cold light appeared, and Nnoitra severed Aura Michibane's head.
Hahahaha...
After Nnoitra's successful sneak attack, he suddenly burst into laughter.
"Foolish woman! You actually managed to lift the seal on me..."
Hahahaha...
"I won't be as soft-hearted as you women!"
"In this world, only the most ruthless can become true champions."
"And you seemingly strong, but actually weak-willed fools, all deserve to die!"
Nnoitra had a huge mouth and was laughing maniacally, his eyes were crazy, and his hysteria gave people a sense of despair.
" Nnoitra..."
Nelliel frowned slightly as she looked at Nnoitra, who was screaming hysterically and challenging her once again.
Nnoitra's strength, in Nelliel's eyes, was not true strength. True strength in this world should be a fair fight, without relying on any tricks or sneak attacks, but a head-on confrontation.
The strong always confront things head-on! Only the weak choose other methods.
"I have won this battle!"
Nnoitra roared at Sōsuke Aizen and Sōgo Shihoin, who were staring at him.
"..."
However, no one responded to him...
Sōgo Shihoin and Sōsuke Aizen simply sat in the stands watching him silently, without saying a word.
"..." Nnoitra didn't understand why Lord Sōsuke Aizen and Sōgo Shihoin were ignoring him. After pondering for a moment and still not understanding, he shouted again, "This battle is a victory for Nnoitra!"
"Fool..."
Grimmjow couldn't bear to watch Nnoitra being made foolish and stupid like a donkey, and sighed helplessly.
"Um?"
At this moment, even Nnoitra sensed something was amiss. Although he didn't know what had happened, he knew that the victor would receive applause and cheers, and he didn't have any of that, so... perhaps he hadn't won.
Nnoitra was thinking this when, as if remembering something, he suddenly looked at the corpse of Aura Michibane...
In Nnoitra's view, at this moment, a headless corpse stood on the ring.
"Call..."
Nnoitra breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed he had indeed severed Aura Michibane's head.
But for some reason, Nnoitra always felt that something was wrong, as if there was something there, a kind of inexplicable sense of unease.
"So you really have been killed by me, haven't you?"
Nnoitra looked at the headless corpse he had severed, frowned, and spoke.
"Yeah?"
"Looks like I really should have kicked you to death when I was controlling you."
Just as Nnoitra finished speaking, a calm female voice rang in his ears.
"What!?"
Nnoitra's eyes widened in disbelief; he couldn't believe he was hearing that voice again.
What? Are you scared?
"Afraid... of me, who cannot be killed and possesses an immortal body?"
The beautiful woman's head, lying on the ground, had a smile on its lips.
"Is the head talking?"
"Why?"
Nnoitra couldn't understand it; the scene before him was truly shocking and unconventional.
Being beheaded means death; this is the law that governs all living beings. But now, before Nnoitra's eyes, this law has been broken. The human, Aura Michibane, after having his head chopped off by Nnoitra, is still alive and well; he hasn't died...
"Because I am immortal."
As Aura Michibane spoke to herself, her headless body moved, step by step walking to the head, then gently picking up the head of the speaking Aura Michibane and putting it back on her neck.
" Aura Michibane is fully revived~"
Aura Michibane smiled slightly, as if to prove that she had indeed been fully resurrected. She spun around three times on the spot and made a cute peace sign.
"Impossible! This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Nnoitra kept repeating the word "impossible," unable to believe that immortality truly existed in this world.
"Die! Die! Die!"
Nnoitra's scythe kept slicing across Aura Michibane's body, but no matter how hard Nnoitra tried, Aura Michibane Aura Michibane unharmed, as if he were truly immortal.
"Keep it up, weakling!"
Keep trying to please me!
"Sister, I'm going to take a short nap first~"
Aura Michibane smiled, responding to the relentless attacks from Nnoitra with a smile, using it to face everything.
"Impossible! This is impossible!"
"How can something like immortality exist in this world...?"
"Why?!"
Nnoitra increased the force in his hands, countless blades slashing at Aura Michibane, tearing Aura Michibane to pieces and shredding it into powder. However... no matter how hard Nnoitra tried, Aura Michibane remained unmoved, ignoring all of Nnoitra's attacks.
It's as if... Aura Michibane has no physical form at all, and can pass through all attacks.
Despair! An emotion called despair permeated Nnoitra's heart... As the symbol of despair, Nnoitra did not become the embodiment of despair, but instead found himself trapped in it, unable to extricate himself...
"Fool."
Ulquiorra sighed helplessly as he watched the crazed and desperate Nnoitra. The fool hadn't even realized that everything he was doing was futile. The woman had used a strange power to completely vaporize her body... meaning that any physical attack was utterly ineffective against her...
"The key to this victory lies in whether Nnoitra can discover that woman's secret."
Ulquiorra assessed the current battle situation in this way.
"How amazing... Is it really possible for someone to be immortal?"
Ichigo Kurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki, completely unaware of the Aura Michibane Aura Michibane ability to ignore any attack and regenerate even when her body was cut to pieces.
"Isn't that a Logia-type Devil Fruit user?"
Sōgo Shihoin stroked his chin, wondering why everything before him felt so strangely familiar. The scene before him was exactly like the Logia-type Devil Fruit user who roamed the seas in the One Piece storyline he'd seen in Weekly One Piece Jump... Is that you, Smoker?!
"..."
After hearing what Sōgo Shihoin Sōsuke Aizen remained silent. Although he didn't understand what a Logia-type Devil Fruit user meant, he was deeply shocked. Aura Michibane had given him a lot of inspiration.
"I refuse to believe it! I refuse to believe I can't beat you!"
Pray, Santa Teresa!
Nnoitra refused to believe he couldn't defeat Aura Michibane, and with a swing of his scythe, he completed his Resurrección.
"Null!"
Golden Spiritual Pressure surged into the sky, and Nnoitra instantly transformed from a crazed human into a demon with four pairs of arms.
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"Woman! You've successfully enraged me!"
"Right now... I can't even control myself anymore!"
Nnoitra's eyes were filled with madness. He had four arms, each gripping a large scythe tightly. The blades gleamed, their silvery light spilling across the white arena.
In an instant, less than a breath's time, Aura Michibane was cut into countless fragments by Nnoitra.
"Not enough! Not enough! Not enough!"
"More, more, more!"
Nnoitra swung his four arms, continuously shredding Aura Michibane. His speed increased, and Aura Michibane became more and more fragmented.
"Call..."
"Call..."
However, the moment Nnoitra relaxed, Aura Michibane reappeared before Nnoitra unharmed once again.
"Why?!"
Nnoitra looked at Aura Michibane, who remained unharmed no matter how he cut her, and his heart was filled with despair.
He was now almost convinced that the woman before him hadn't lied to him; she truly was, as she had said, an immortal being.
"..."
Nnoitra's eyes were lifeless, filled with despair as he looked at Aura Michibane...
One minute, two minutes, three minutes...
Nnoitra remained in despair...
"What? Are you planning to admit defeat?"
With a mocking look, Aura Michibane looked at Nnoitra, who seemed powerless to wield the scythe in his hand. She wanted to hear Nnoitra say that he had given up.
Aura Michibane thought this would be very interesting...
"Admit defeat?!"
Do you think I'd admit defeat?
"No... it's far from time for me to give up."
Aura Michibane's words seemed to provoke Nnoitra, as a powerful Spiritual Pressure erupted from his entire body...
"Go to hell!"
Nnoitra roared, sticking out his tongue marked with the number five, and golden light burst from his mouth, instantly shattering the body of Aura Michibane.
"Forehead..."
As if she hadn't expected Nnoitra to use Cero on her, Aura Michibane stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
"Um?!"
Nnoitra looked at the scene before him, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"I see!"
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"I finally understand!"
"You almost fooled me. Your ability is actually to ignore physical attacks, right?"
"In other words... I can hit you as long as I use Cero."
Nnoitra laughed, and hope rekindled in his heart. He was the embodiment of despair, the embodiment of bringing despair to others!
" Nnoitra has finally discovered that woman's secret; victory should be ours now."
Ulquiorra watched as Nnoitra, who had seen through the weakness of Aura Michibane, slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
No! That idiot will still lose.
However, Baraggan, the Emperor of Hueco Mundo, who sat next to Ulquiorra and was the only one among all the contestants to be seated, came to a conclusion that was completely opposite to Ulquiorra's.
"The gap in strength is like a chasm..."
"That scoundrel Nnoitra will still lose."
Baraggan stared coldly at Nnoitra. The difference in Spiritual Pressure between Nnoitra and Aura Michibane was too great, so great that Nnoitra had absolutely no chance of winning against Aura Michibane...
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh~"
Nnoitra unleashed wave after wave of Cero Cero from its mouth, each one terrifyingly powerful, its golden light illuminating the heavens and earth, raising clouds of grayish-white dust...
"It's over."
Sōsuke Aizen closed his eyes; he had already seen the ending.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it all!"
"Why isn't he dead yet...?"
Nnoitra kept releasing Cero, his Spiritual Pressure rapidly depleting and steadily declining...
Not all Menos Grande in this world are like Lilynette, a monster who can unleash Cero without limit. Cero, with its immense power, is a trump card, a decisive move for Hollows, and Nnoitra was no exception. However, in order to defeat Aura Michibane, he could only relentlessly push himself to the limit, finally collapsing helplessly to the ground...
"Why?"
Why? This was the question Nnoitra asked most often during the battle. He didn't understand; he truly couldn't understand.
"You want to defeat me with Reishi attack..."
"At the very least, we'd need an attack with the power of Five Dragon Destruction... to do that."
Aura Michibane stood beside the paralyzed Nnoitra, who lay on the ground unable to move, and smiled gently. The next second, a blue Shenron soared into the sky and devoured Noira.
"I give up..."
Nnoitra gazed at the ferocious dragon and closed his eyes.
This chapter is 5,000 words long.
(End of this chapter)