Just as Baraggan slinked away to his residence to recuperate from his injuries, Yekawa looked at the remaining six Vasto Lorde.
After Baraggan's test, it was fully confirmed that the fusion of the sub-hogyoku would not have any negative effects on them, so Yekawa planned to implant sub-hogyokus into all of his Vasto Lorde.
He directly took out two sub-hogyokus, flicked his finger, and shot them into the Hollow holes in the chests of Harribel and Nelliel.
"It's starting, thank you, Master Yekawa!"
Nelliel looked at the sub-hogyoku flying towards her, glowing with a strange brilliance, her tone relaxed and her expression joyful.
Harribel, on the other side, also looked at Yekawa with an excited expression.
"Master Yekawa..."
Two sub-hogyokus floated in the Hollow holes of these two Vasto Lorde, emitting a soft light. Before long, Nelliel and Harribel were enveloped by continuously surging strange substances, transforming into a large emerald green cocoon and a bright yellow cocoon.
Then, Yekawa activated Sonido and flashed beside the taciturn Ulquiorra, placing a sub-hogyoku into the hollow space in his heart.
"I once promised you that I would help you find your heart. For now, let this object serve as your heart!"
"Thank you, Master Yekawa, for your trouble!"
Ulquiorra knelt on one knee and sincerely thanked Yekawa. In an instant, countless dark green spirit particles surged out, forming a large cocoon that enveloped him.
"Master Yekawa, hurry up! Is it my turn yet?"
An extremely excited voice rang out as a tall, humanoid Menos Grande with short sky-blue hair, a leopard-shaped mask covering his face, and two leopard tails behind him, jumped up and down beside Yekawa.
This humanoid Menos Grande was, of course, Grimmjow, who had advanced to Vasto Lorde by devouring Yekawa's remnants. At this moment, he had shed his beast form, and like the other Vasto Lorde, had become extremely similar to a human.
"And... me!"
Wonderweiss, seeing Grimmjow vying with Yekawa for a sub-hogyoku, also eagerly stepped forward to ask for one.
At this moment, Wonderweiss's body had become more proportionate, his huge head had returned to a normal size, and the countless large hands on his back had become the usual two. Evidently, he, like Grimmjow, had successfully advanced to Vasto Lorde with the help of Yekawa's remnants.
"Alright, alright, I won't forget you two troublemakers!"
Yekawa once again took out two sub-hogyokus, and with the expectant gazes of these two newly advanced Vasto Lorde, he inserted them into their Hollow holes.
In the next instant, two more cocoons of different colors formed, completely enveloping the two of them.
Afterward, Yekawa turned his gaze to Szayelaporro, who was off to the side. This extremely mysterious Vasto Lorde showed no signs of impatience, merely leaning calmly against the corner, awaiting Yekawa's summons.
"It's your turn, Szayelaporro!"
Yekawa always gave enough respect to researchers.
In the original work, even after Szayelaporro split off his brother and fell from Vasto Lorde to Adjuchas, he could still become the Eighth Espada, which already proved his strength.
Perhaps his foundation was not as strong as Starrk, who could still become the First Espada after splitting. But it cannot be denied that he was also an extremely powerful Vasto Lorde.
Moreover, his ability to develop the Gate of Transcendence, which could assist numerous Menos Grande in becoming Arrancar in conjunction with the sub-hogyoku, had already proven his value to Yekawa.
Watching the gem, shining with two colors, slowly fly towards him, Szayelaporro snatched it and stuffed it into his Hollow hole.
"Holy crap!"
The location of that Hollow hole made Yekawa click his tongue in amazement.
"What a wonderful evolution! It's truly amazing to follow you, Master Yekawa!"
Szayelaporro's intoxicated voice echoed in Yekawa's ears, and in the next instant, a pink cocoon enveloped him.
Finally, Yekawa took out a sub-hogyoku and handed it to Starrk. As the sub-hogyoku fused with Starrk, Yekawa was surprised to find that Starrk was not enveloped by a cocoon; his spiritual pressure merely slowly increased under the effect of the sub-hogyoku.
And Lilinette's spiritual pressure, far away in her residence, actually increased along with Starrk's.
Looking at Starrk, who had not transformed into a cocoon, Yekawa smiled wryly. It was likely because Starrk had already successfully become an Arrancar, which was why he did not form a cocoon like the other Vasto Lorde.
"Since you haven't formed a cocoon, then you can make a trip for me!"
Yekawa actually threw out another sub-hogyoku to Starrk.
"Go to Mihua Town in the Human World and find a young man named Ginjō Kūgo. He has my spiritual pressure, so you shouldn't have trouble finding him. Give him this sub-hogyoku and tell him it's the reward he deserves!"
Starrk looked at the second sub-hogyoku in his hand and asked curiously.
"Master Yekawa, aren't you going to implant the Hōgyoku yourself?"
"Me? At my level, there's no need!"
Yekawa smiled indifferently and replied casually.
Don't let Yekawa's relaxed answer fool you; he had actually secretly tried it before. He even tried to absorb twelve sub-hogyokus at once, but found that his status as the Child of Hueco Mundo was repelling the Hōgyoku.
If Yekawa were to forcibly fuse these twelve sub-hogyokus, he could succeed, but at the same time, he would lose the blessing of the entire power of Hueco Mundo.
Currently, under the blessing of Hueco Mundo's power, as long as he does not leave Hueco Mundo without authorization and is not ambushed outside Hueco Mundo, no one can kill him.
Furthermore, under the blessing of Hueco Mundo's power, his growth and evolution are still steadily progressing, so there is absolutely no need for him to abandon his status as the Child of Hueco Mundo for these sub-hogyokus, which are merely offspring of half a primitive Hōgyoku.
If it were the perfect Hōgyoku, which had fused the two Hōgyoku created by Kisuke Urahara and Aizen Sōsuke, then the status of the Child of Hueco Mundo might not be absolutely necessary. However, it would be too foolish to abandon this hard-won status for just a few replicas.
As for whether the Shinigami clone should have a sub-hogyoku implanted.
Yekawa believed there was absolutely no need. Now that the main body's strength had greatly increased, the spiritual pressure that the Shinigami clone could borrow through spiritual particle sharing would naturally also rise.
If he were to rashly fuse it for the slight improvement of the sub-hogyoku, what if Aizen, who had already fused with the Hōgyoku, sensed the sub-hogyoku's aura? Then the Shinigami clone would be completely exposed!
Moreover, Ito Makoto hasn't even mastered Bankai yet; his growth potential is still very large, and he doesn't need the Hōgyoku to break his limits for now!
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