Chapter 267

Just as Barragan was sighing in his heart, Senju Senju Senju Senju Xingye smiled faintly and asked a soul-searching question:

"Barragan, although your ability is heaven-defying, your Reiatsu is really weak."

"Itachi consider yourself the Emperor of Hueco Mundo, and after becoming an Espada, your number can only be ranked second."

"In the final analysis, isn't it because your Reiatsu is too weak?"

After Senju Hoshiya finished speaking, although Barragan was unhappy, he had no practical solution.

After all, he was no match for Senju Hoshiya, so even if he had objections, he could only endure them.

However, Senju Hoshiya’s gaze turned toward Aizen:

"Captain Aizen, I recall Itachi should have someone here named Ulquiorra..."

Hearing Senju Hoshiya’s question, Aizen smiled immediately and replied: "That is correct, Ulquiorra..."

Hearing Aizen’s answer, Senju Hoshiya was not surprised.

If there were no special accidents, Ulquiorra...

However, without Ulquiorra...

"Barragan, as the King of Hueco Mundo, Itachi should have some understanding of Arrancar Resurreccion, right?"

"As one of the few Vasto Lorde in Hueco Mundo, have Itachi forgotten some power Itachi have yet to discover within yourself?"

Hearing Senju Hoshiya’s words, Barragan fell into deep thought: "Forgotten power?"

Seeing that Barragan still didn't get it, Senju Hoshiya asked directly: "The numbering of Itachi Espada is based on the spiritual pressure after Resurreccion, and Ulquiorra... but as far as I know, his spiritual pressure after full Resurreccion even exceeds Stark's."

Senju Hoshiya’s words stunned everyone present: "Surpassing Stark in spiritual pressure? How is that possible!"

Hearing that Ulquiorra's spiritual pressure was stronger than Stark's, Tier, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up...

"Itachi must know that Stark is the only Vasto Lorde among the Espada to have performed self-Arrancarization; his spiritual pressure is absolutely the strongest among the Espada!"

Hearing this statement from Tier, Barragan’s expression showed visible disdain:

"Is the difficulty of self-Arrancarization very high?"

"I simply disdained Arrancarization; I did not want to have my pure power contaminated by the abilities of the Shinigami!"

Barragan, now nothing but a skeleton, looked at Tier with eyes full of hatred.

One must know that the reason he was one-eyed was entirely thanks to the Tier before him.

Back then, he had kindly tried to recruit her, never expecting this stubborn Tier to directly stab his eye.

Barragan had not yet taken revenge for this injury, so naturally, he was in a foul mood:

"As a Vasto Lorde, to need to borrow the power of Shinigami—as the Great Emperor of Hueco Mundo, I disdain such behavior."

After Barragan finished speaking, Stark smiled indifferently: "But aren't Itachi already an Arrancar now? Itachi must know that the birth of an Arrancar is the acquisition of a portion of Shinigami power. Since Itachi look down on Shinigami power, why did Itachi accept being an Arrancar?"

Stark’s words left Barragan stunned.

Isn't that asking something he already knows the answer to!

If he hadn't been mercilessly beaten by Aizen, Barragan would never have looked twice at the power of an Arrancar.

As everyone argued incessantly, Senju Hoshiya’s aura sank: "Stop arguing, everyone. I am not interested in these matters."

As he spoke, Senju Hoshiya’s gaze turned to Barragan: "So, after all this talk, do Itachi or do Itachi not know the secret of Resurreccion?"

Hearing this, Barragan closed his single eye, and countless fragments of the past flashed through his mind.

From the moment he first became a Hollow, devouring his way to become a Menos—he had already lived through countless ages.

From evolving from a Gillian to an Adjuchas, and finally to a Vasto Lorde, every stage was a history book of time.

Recalling the bits and pieces of the past, Barragan radiated a strange quality.

So-called Resurreccion is, in fact, the return of a Hollow's abilities.

Rather than calling it Resurreccion, it would be better to call it Sword Liberation.

A Hollow's Sword Liberation and a Shinigami's Zanpakuto release have similarities, but they are fundamentally different.

As for the act of Arrancarization, the reason it can elevate one to a terrifying level of ability is not merely a change in appearance.

After becoming an Arrancar, the greatest benefit is simply that one's power will no longer degenerate; for levels below Adjuchas, this is indeed a disguised enhancement.

However, for a Vasto Lorde—a type of Great Hollow that is already close to human form and whose abilities will no longer degenerate—

this ability is useless.

Yet, precisely because they have evolved to the final Vasto Lorde stage, they have unlocked the ceiling for further evolution.

In other words, Arrancarization was originally an ability that only the Vasto Lorde level should have been able to master.

"Yes, I am a Vasto Lorde!"

"I am the earliest Vasto Lorde in Hueco Mundo!"

"The Emperor of Hueco Mundo is me!"

"How can I be content with the status quo?"

"I!"

"Barragan..."

"I am the King of Hueco Mundo!!!"

"Rot!"

"Arrogante!"

With the incantation of Resurreccion, the white bone crown turned golden again, the flesh on his body was burned away by black flames, and a golden chain symbolizing death hung down from the crown.

With a flame from hell, the axe of destruction appeared in Barragan's hand again.

However, unlike before, this axe of destruction actually contained flames from hell.

However, the difference was that the purple battle axe turned blood red.

The original white skeleton now began to glow red.

"The mistake of defying the King will eventually turn to dust!"

"Regret, Respira!"

With a dazzling red light, the pitch-black flames on Barragan's body instantly turned bright red.

A gate of hell slowly rose from the sky, and the soul-invading light from the Yellow Springs descended, falling directly on Barragan's position.

Under the illumination of the Yellow Springs light, Barragan's figure rose suddenly, and the multiple golden crowns also swelled instantly.

The whole person exuded a group of hot blood-colored fluorescence.

The whole person looked full of pressure.

Seeing Barragan's changes, everyone present was surprised.

"What's the situation?"

"Above Resurreccion, there is actually a second stage of Resurreccion?"

"How come I've never heard of this?"

"How was this done?"

"Did the Emperor originally have this ability?"

At this moment, Harribel was also uneasy: "Does this ability really exist?"

And Stark had obviously touched the threshold of the second stage of Resurreccion himself; after the ability reached a certain height, he would naturally spy on higher power.

"This second stage of Resurreccion is different from ordinary Resurreccion."

"Ordinary Resurreccion is just regaining the Hollow's ability, while the second stage of Resurreccion is more like evolution."

In this regard, Aizen also agreed very much.

After all, he had experienced the transformation of the Hogyoku, so he naturally knew about evolution.

Ichigo Kurosaki's Final Getsuga Tensho was also a dimensional evolution, and Aizen's Hogyoku evolution was the same.

Although the paths of evolution were different, they were all evolving toward higher dimensions.

Hearing that Stark could also touch the knowledge of evolution, this made Aizen look at him with admiration.

"Stark is right, as long as the ability reaches a certain realm, it will naturally trigger the conditions for evolution."

"Just satisfy the leap in level, and Itachi can successfully evolve into a higher-level existence."

"Ordinary Hollows can evolve into Gillian, and Gillian can evolve into Adjuchas, until finally evolving into Vasto Lorde, which is actually not the end."

"The second stage of Resurreccion should be an evolutionary path unique to Arrancars."

"For ordinary people, isn't Shinigami also a kind of evolution?"

"It's just that the form is different."

Hearing Aizen's explanation, everyone finally had an original understanding of the second stage of Resurreccion.

Senju Senju Senju Senju Xingye asked casually: "Captain Aizen, in fact, Barragan is not the only Great Hollow capable of the second stage of Resurreccion."

Before he finished speaking, Aizen interrupted directly, asking with certainty: "Ulquiorra..."