In the Great Hollow Home, on the second to last floor of the underground palace, Halibel and Nelliel arrived together.
Also waiting on the second to last floor were Ulquiorra, Grimmjow, Wonderweiss, and Starrk and Lilinette.
Seeing the two women emerge from their special training, Grimmjow, who was nearby, was eager to try: "It's my turn, I'm going to challenge Lord Ronan!"
Just as Grimmjow, filled with fighting spirit, was about to enter the training room, he found that he couldn't move no matter how hard he tried; it turned out his tail was caught in Wonderweiss's hand.
"Hey, you big-headed doll, let go of my tail, or I'll kill you!"
Grimmjow shrieked, looking at Wonderweiss, who was holding his tail tightly, and was about to pounce on him to fight.
"Don't... interfere... with Lord Ronan's special training!"
Wonderweiss spoke slowly.
Watching Wonderweiss and Grimmjow constantly bickering, Nel sighed and forcibly separated them.
"If you two want to fight, wait until Lord Ronan's special training is over, then go fight in the barrier yourselves; don't break the underground palace here!"
Halibel, who was nearby, then looked at Starrk, who was dozing on a stone chair, and spoke again: "Starrk, it's time for your special training, hurry up and go in, Lord Ronan is waiting for you!"
Hearing this, Starrk, who was lying on the stone chair, slowly stretched.
"Haa~"
Starrk yawned and slowly got up. At this moment, Lilinette, who was behind him, rushed forward and kicked him directly in the butt.
"Idiot Starrk, hurry up and go for your special training, don't make Lord Ronan wait too long!"
After taking a solid kick, Starrk finally perked up a little and slowly walked towards the deepest part of the underground palace.
"Lord Ronan, I'm coming in!"
Starrk arrived at the door of the training room on the lowest floor, pushed the door open and walked in, only to find that it was empty!
"Lord Ronan?"
Just as Starrk was puzzled, Ronan, holding an Asauchi, suddenly appeared eerily behind him, placing the sword directly on his neck!
This was Ronan's Camo ability, which included invisibility. When Ronan was completely invisible, he could hide all of his spiritual pressure and presence, then silently appear beside the enemy and deliver a fatal blow without a sound.
If Ronan had directly struck with that close-range attack just now, Starrk would have been severely injured, if not killed.
"This is... when did he...?"
Starrk, on the other hand, was already drenched in a cold sweat. With his spiritual perception, he hadn't detected how Ronan had appeared behind him at all. At the same time, he was very glad that he wasn't Ronan's enemy.
Seeing Starrk's expression, Ronan's mouth curved slightly under his mask.
"Indeed, Starrk can't detect me in my invisible state, but I wonder about Aizen or Yamamoto Genryūsai..."
"Lord Ronan, you're too scary!"
Starrk scratched his head, looking still shaken, and said.
"Sorry, sorry, that was a small test I did earlier. Now, the special training officially begins!"
After saying this, Ronan's expression suddenly changed. Lightning arcs coiled around his entire body, and he directly attacked Starrk with his sword.
"Wait... Lord Ronan!"
He didn't expect Ronan to attack directly!
One strike directly cut through Starrk's sleeve.
Since Hueco Mundo had not yet achieved large-scale Arrancarization, there was almost no production capacity within Hueco Mundo, and it was still in the age of savagery. The soul reaper uniform Starrk was currently wearing was given to him by Ronan, obtained from the Shinigami of the expeditionary force.
Looking at his soul reaper uniform's sleeve, which had been cut by Ronan's sword, Starrk looked heartbroken, as this was his only set of clothes.
Seeing Starrk still acting so lackadaisical and irresponsible, Ronan's expression turned cold: "Draw your sword and fight me!"
Starrk seemed to have sensed the anger in Ronan's tone and reluctantly drew his Zanpakuto.
Ronan, without another word, stepped out with a Sonido. Dark golden lightning arcs coiled around his blade, and he slashed at Starrk.
Starrk saw Ronan's fierce momentum and knew he was serious, so he had no choice but to become serious himself, because if he kept slacking off, he would really be killed!
"Whoosh!"
Just as Ronan's Asauchi, carrying endless lightning, was about to strike Starrk, Starrk instantly used Sonido to evade the blow.
Starrk was exceptionally fast, much faster than Ronan's current Sonido. As he activated Sonido, Starrk's figures instantly filled the barrier.
"Thunderstorm Flow!"
Ronan simply unleashed his lightning power indiscriminately, completely covering the surroundings.
Facing the surging endless sea of lightning, Starrk had no choice but to unleash his spiritual pressure. Hundreds of Cero were instantly fired from his chest, colliding with countless lightning arcs.
While Starrk was struggling to keep up, Ronan directly activated Flash Lightning Sonido, transforming into a lightning arc and striking him.
"So fast!"
Starrk was astonished by Ronan's speed. Ronan's Sonido speed after transforming into lightning had far surpassed his own.
Just like that, Ronan once again placed his sword on Starrk's neck.
However, Ronan felt no joy, because he knew that he had not yet become an Arrancar. Even if he could currently defeat Starrk, who had not yet used Resurreccion, it would definitely not be this easy.
Clearly, Starrk was not truly giving his all.
"Starrk, show me what you've got!"
Ronan's expression was somewhat displeased. He hadn't expected Starrk to be so capable of slacking off.
"Being so negligent in battle, you are truly wasting the immense power the heavens have bestowed upon you!"
"When do you plan to get serious? Will it be when our painstakingly built Great Hollow Home is destroyed? And when all your comrades, including Lilinette, are dead, only then will you take battle seriously?"
Originally, Starrk, who had a lazy expression, finally shed his sluggish look and gazed at Ronan with firm eyes after Ronan's deafening lecture.
"Understood, Lord Ronan. Next, I will go all out, so be careful!"
Starrk's spiritual pressure completely erupted. A terrifying dark blue spiritual pressure surged wildly from within his body. Fortunately, Ronan had already set up multiple Four Directions Thunder Worlds in the training room on the lowest floor of the underground palace beforehand, otherwise, Starrk's spiritual pressure alone would have made many Adjuchas tremble.
"Good, that's more like it!"
Seeing Starrk finally muster his fighting spirit, Ronan also showed no weakness, and a dark golden spiritual pressure surged from within his body.
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