Looking at the black cocoon that Baraggan had transformed into, Yekawa frowned slightly. It was clear that integrating the sub-hogyoku would take some time and couldn't be completed in a moment.
"Charlotte Chuhlhourne, take your King back to his palace."
Yekawa directly ordered Charlotte Chuhlhourne, who had successfully become an Arrancar, to carry the large cocoon formed by Baraggan back to his residence.
"Yes, Lord Yekawa!"
The effeminate man, Charlotte Chuhlhourne, hoisted the large black cocoon and left. As he reached the door, he even winked at Yuan Puck, scaring the red-haired man Puck so much that his hair stood on end.
Due to the inclusion of Baraggan's remnants, Yekawa's Adjuchas subordinates swelled to over a hundred. To prevent the Gate of Transcendence from overloading, he specifically extended the Arrancar transformation time for this group of Adjuchas.
Therefore, even with two Gates of Transcendence, the massive task of transforming all his Adjuchas subordinates into Arrancar still took over half a month. During this time, Baraggan's black cocoon remained still, but Yekawa could feel his spiritual pressure steadily increasing, and the day of his emergence from the cocoon was not far off!
Now, all the Arrancar had been dispatched by Yekawa to the Hueco Mundo ruins to participate in its reconstruction.
In the underground training room, Yekawa looked at the remaining six Vasto Lorde with a slight smile. Yekawa had now gathered Baraggan's cocoon and the other six Vasto Lorde in the underground training room.
"It will be your turn after Baraggan becomes an Arrancar!"
Due to the special nature of the sub-hogyoku, he couldn't guarantee what special effects implanting it would have on these Vasto Lorde. Therefore, he decided to let Baraggan be the guinea pig first. According to his estimation, Baraggan would be emerging soon.
So, he and the other Vasto Lorde waited for Baraggan to break out of his cocoon, and this wait lasted for two days.
"Thump"
"Thump"
"Thump"
On the morning of the third day, a majestic, pitch-black spiritual pressure rose from the lowest level of the underground training room, startling the drowsy Vasto Lorde within the room awake.
Yekawa, who was in front, stared intently at the black cocoon that had already developed cracks.
"It's coming!"
The crack on the large cocoon rapidly expanded, covering the entire black cocoon in an instant.
"Crack!"
The black cocoon shattered in response. An aged hand reached out, and then an old man with dark skin, a burly physique, white hair, a white beard, and carrying a giant axe emerged. At this moment, the sub-hogyoku was suspended within his Hollow hole.
"So strong! This spiritual pressure is already comparable to Starrk's!"
Ulquiorra looked at Baraggan after his Resurreccion and couldn't help but exclaim.
Yekawa, with a wave of his hand, fashioned the fragments of the black cocoon into a luxurious black and white robe.
Baraggan took the robe and immediately draped it over himself, then looked at Yekawa with eyes full of fighting intent.
Seeing this, Yekawa merely chuckled:
"No need to suppress your desire to challenge me. I know what you're thinking. Just come at me directly!"
With that, he casually beckoned to Baraggan.
"Don't worry, just use your Resurreccion. I've already reinforced the barrier here. You can't break it with your current level!"
Thus, Baraggan didn't hesitate and immediately raised the giant axe in his hand.
"Rot, Arrogante!"
As Baraggan uttered his release command, a burst of pitch-black spiritual pressure filled the entire training room. If it weren't for the barrier Yekawa had set up in advance, the spiritual pressure impact from Baraggan's Resurreccion alone would have shattered the entire underground palace.
Once the spiritual pressure subsided, Baraggan's form was revealed. Compared to the original work, his Resurreccion form had undergone significant changes. His entire body was covered in dark green fur, a golden-yellow long rope was wrapped around his waist, and purple spiritual pressure constantly swirled from his neck downwards.
His mask now had four sharp horns, a mixture of bone-white and golden-yellow. His axe-wielding right arm and the entire axe handle gleamed with a golden luster.
"Interesting, is this your Resurreccion?"
Yekawa carefully sensed Baraggan's spiritual pressure and found that his spiritual pressure level after Resurreccion was now on par with Starrk's after his Resurreccion. Although it was strengthened compared to his Resurreccion level in the original work, the increase was not very significant. But this was understandable, as he had only integrated a sub-hogyoku, not the Hōgyoku itself.
However, even though he only integrated a sub-hogyoku, all the characteristics of the Hōgyoku were present. The sub-hogyoku would grow and strengthen with its host.
Therefore, Baraggan's strengthening after integrating the sub-hogyoku was a continuous process.
"Not bad, it looks quite good!"
Yekawa rested his right hand on his chin and commented with interest.
"Lord Yekawa, aren't you going to use your Resurreccion?"
Baraggan looked at Yekawa with a serious expression.
"Resurreccion? You can talk about that after you defeat me in this state!"
Yekawa chuckled, raised his hand, and with a light flick, a dark golden Cero shot towards Baraggan's face.
Baraggan extended his right claw, and a deathly black mist surged from his bone-white claws.
"Death Breath!"
Then, under the effect of the black mist, Yekawa's Cero was directly corroded by the death aura and then dissipated into nothingness.
"Oh? Did you use your ability to age my Cero?"
"Then can you age a Cero?"
In the next instant, a dark golden Cero formed at Yekawa's fingertip and shot directly towards Baraggan.
Looking at this terrifying Cero, a look of horror appeared on Baraggan's skeletal face.
"So strong!"
He pushed his Death Breath to the extreme, and dense black mist gushed out, attempting to envelop Yekawa's Cero.
"No good, I can't block it!"
However, even if he pushed his death power to the extreme, he couldn't completely block this Cero, because there was a fundamental difference in their spiritual pressure. Although Baraggan's ability was extremely heaven-defying, Yekawa's spiritual pressure completely overwhelmed him head-on.
"Boom!"
Apparently, Baraggan's Death Breath did not completely block Yekawa's Cero. After a loud bang, a thick smoke rose. When the smoke cleared, it was revealed that Baraggan's skull had been blasted with a hole by Yekawa.
But in the next instant, Yekawa noticed a dark golden spiritual pressure swirling around the hole in Baraggan's face, beginning to repair his skeletal face.
"Oh, the sub-hogyoku actually granted you regeneration?"
Although this speed couldn't compare to his, Ulquiorra's, or Wonderweiss's Speed Regeneration, the repair wasn't slow either.
One should know that Baraggan in the original work had no regenerative ability at all.
Therefore, Yekawa was not in a hurry and waited for Baraggan to fully recover from his injuries.
Baraggan, who was currently recovering from his injuries, now realized how ignorant his previous statement about Yekawa using his Resurreccion before fighting him was.
Just one Cero in his normal state, with its power greatly reduced, had blasted him into such a state. What was there to talk about after Resurreccion? But despite this, he still wouldn't give up his challenge to Yekawa.
Immediately, he pulled the chain on his giant axe, then swung it violently towards Yekawa.
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