"Hoo~"
A giant axe, like a guillotine, carrying a dense death energy, assailed Yekawa's face.
Yekawa didn't even look, just waved his hand, and a lightning whip formed in his palm, then he fiercely flung it out, entangling the giant axe in mid-air. The dark golden lightning energy, transmitted along the axe blade to the golden chain, and then to Baraggan's skeletal body.
"Sizzle!"
In an instant, Baraggan's bones all turned somewhat black from the electricity.
However, the next moment, Yekawa was surprised to find that his lightning whip was still weakening under the corrosion of the death energy, beginning to slowly dissipate.
"That's quite a good ability, Baraggan!"
Yekawa exclaimed in admiration.
With his current level of spiritual pressure, even without Resurreccion, the lightning whip he condensed could last for at least a hundred years without special consumption, yet now it was diminished by Baraggan's Death Breath within dozens of breaths.
"Underestimating this old man will cost you!"
Seeing that his death energy had corroded Yekawa's lightning whip, Baraggan's confidence surged. He once again wielded his axe and charged, while a dense death energy erupted around his body, filling the entire training room.
"Not good!"
The other six Vasto Lorde originally in the training room were greatly alarmed, using Sonido to avoid the oncoming death energy.
However, except for Starrk's Sonido, which could evade this Death Breath, the speed of the remaining five Vasto Lorde who hadn't undergone Arrancar was simply unable to escape this death energy, which clung like maggots to bone.
Seeing this, Yekawa waved his hand and released a lightning barrier in front of several Vasto Lorde, completely blocking the Death Breath.
At the same time, Yekawa made a move that caught everyone off guard.
He actually didn't draw his Zanpakuto, directly catching Baraggan's giant axe, which was wrapped in dense death energy, with his bare hands.
"Lord Yekawa!!!"
This action left several Menos Grande watching from behind the barrier dumbfounded. They couldn't understand why Yekawa would voluntarily touch this terrifying death energy.
"Hmm? Yekawa… Are you perhaps seeking death?"
Baraggan became somewhat confused when he saw Yekawa actually taking his Death Breath with his bare hands.
In just a few breaths, the pitch-black death energy corroded Yekawa's left hand until only stark white bones remained!
"It seems that today, this old man will reclaim the throne of Hueco Mundo! Truly a cause for celebration!"
Seeing this, Baraggan was overjoyed, displaying a smug expression of a petty person getting his way.
Yekawa directly burst out laughing at Baraggan's quick-change magic:
"Baraggan, you're already so old, why are you still so childish?"
"The reason I dared to touch the death energy with my bare hands is because I confirmed that this little ability of yours poses no threat to me!"
The next instant, on Yekawa's left hand, which had turned into white bone, flesh began to squirm, and Speed Regeneration directly activated, pushing Baraggan's death energy back.
Yekawa's left hand completed regeneration, but the death energy did not seem to be completely expelled; instead, it was forced back into his palm.
Yekawa immediately used his hand as a blade, a trace of lightning arc forming a blade around his right palm, and fiercely slashed down at the piece of skin in his left palm containing the death energy.
In an instant, the wound on his left hand recovered as flesh tissue regenerated. As for the cut-off dead skin, having lost the support of Yekawa's spiritual pressure, it turned into dust and dissipated under the death energy.
Seeing this scene, Baraggan's eyes, which glowed with 冥火, froze directly.
"This… impossible!"
Yekawa, however, shook his head calmly:
"Nothing is impossible. Aside from the Human World, everything in this world is composed of spiritual particles. Whether it's a Hollow or a Shinigami, they are all soul bodies made of spiritual particles. Therefore, the strength of spiritual pressure determines the outcome of a battle. I admit your ability is indeed very strong, but under my absolute spiritual pressure, it seems so insignificant!"
"I can't believe that even with such power, this old man still cannot compare to you!"
Baraggan, holding his giant axe, looked somewhat dejected, but the next moment he still chose to use Sonido to close in and attack Yekawa.
"Baraggan, it seems you're still dreaming of being the Emperor of Hueco Mundo. You dare to bare your fangs at me! If that's the case…"
As he spoke, Yekawa drew his Zanpakuto from his waist and lightly swung it. The speed of the draw seemed slow, but in reality, a afterimage had already appeared.
"Boom!"
A loud sound came, like spring thunder exploding!
"This Thunderclap Slash is my 'reward' for you, Baraggan! Enjoy it!"
As Yekawa slashed, a brilliant dark golden blade light spanned the entire training room, crushing towards Baraggan.
"Death Breath!"
Seeing the blade light about to fall on his head, Baraggan could only push his death energy to the extreme. However, no matter how hard he tried, his death energy still could not stop this world-destroying Thunderclap Slash.
The so-called Thunderclap Slash was originally a technique Yekawa comprehended based on his Flash Lightning ability, combined with the true meaning of spring thunder and the revival of all things. This single strike itself represented the resilience of life, and it was the complete opposite of Baraggan's power of death and decay.
Feeling the immense life energy within this strike, Baraggan's Death Breath could only envelop the surface of the Thunderclap Slash's blade light, reducing its power by only thirty percent even with all his might.
"No!"
Seeing the blade light getting closer and closer, Baraggan screamed in terror.
Yekawa had already sheathed his sword, standing to the side and smiling as he watched Baraggan struggling.
The next moment, that brilliant blade light directly cleaved down, splitting Baraggan in two from the middle. Even the sub-hogyoku floating above his Hollow hole was split into two halves by Yekawa.
"Ah!!!"
"Lord Yekawa… have mercy… this old man knows his mistake!"
Baraggan, who was vertically split in half starting from his head, was still not dead. Both halves spoke in unison, begging Yekawa for mercy.
"I didn't expect the sub-hogyoku to grant you such strong vitality!"
"Ah!!! Forgive me!"
Feeling the lightning energy continuously burning at his severed edges, both halves of Baraggan cried out in agony.
Watching Baraggan's miserable state, after he wailed for a while, Yekawa slowly walked to his two halves, picked them up, and then waved his hand to remove the lightning energy from the severed edges.
Then, using Soul Eater, he reassembled the sub-hogyoku that had been split in half. In an instant, Baraggan's two halves slowly closed under the pull of the sub-hogyoku.
Not long after, the two halves merged back into a complete Baraggan, but a crack still existed in the very center of Baraggan's crown. Evidently, he had only barely managed to reassemble his body; the injuries left by this Thunderclap Slash would require a long time to slowly recover.
"If it weren't for the fact that I still need people now, I would spare your life. If you dare to offend again, I will certainly send you to hell to reflect on yourself!"
Yekawa said calmly, looking at Baraggan, who was half-kneeling on the ground, still shaken.
"Thank you, Lord Yekawa, for sparing my life…"
Looking at Baraggan, who was prostrated on the ground like a 'loyal dog,' Yekawa revealed a satisfied smile.
Currently, it was just him and several Vasto Lorde sparring privately in the training room. Yekawa did not openly crush Baraggan in front of his former subordinates. This was already the last bit of dignity he afforded this former Emperor of Hueco Mundo.
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