At the same time Yoru Chikao was devouring Hollows in the Great Hollow Forest, in a certain part of the Hueco Mundo desert, a Gillian with unique patterns on its mask was confronting another Hollow, covered in wounds.
If Yoru Chikao were here again, he would surely recognize this Hollow as the same mutated Gillian he encountered when he first arrived in Hueco Mundo!
The other Hollow confronting him at this moment was only about three meters tall, with a gaunt build, and a pale, clown-like mask on its inverted-triangle head, with sharp, blade-like claws on its hands.
Around the two, there were many dismembered limbs of ordinary Gillians, indicating that this mutated Gillian had clearly just gone through a major battle!
"You arrogant and audacious Gillian, how dare you kill all my subordinates! Submit to me and become my loyal servant. I, Suta Murebu, will spare you, and can even take you to meet the great Hueco Mundo ruler, Lord Baraggan Louisenbairn!"
Suta Murebu, whose mask resembled a clown, looked at the formidable mutated Gillian before him and spoke word by word.
"A mere piece of trash dares to demand my submission? One day, this great one will ascend to Las Noches, defeat Baraggan, and claim the throne!"
The mutated Gillian showed disdain, opening its mouth and firing a Cero towards Suta Murebu.
Seeing this, Suta Murebu raised his hands above his head and also released a Cero.
"Boom!!!"
The two powerful Ceros collided, producing an earth-shattering roar that caused strong winds to howl across the surrounding desert.
As the dust settled, both sides stood unharmed, their two Ceros having matched each other perfectly!
Suta Murebu's eyes widened, filled with fury. He, a dignified Adjuchas, had fought a Gillian to a draw in a Cero clash, and the Gillian was even wounded. If this got out in Las Noches, he would be finished.
But as an Adjuchas, he couldn't lose face, so he immediately feigned composure and spoke:
"Foolish Gillian, how dare you defy me, Suta Murebu, your superior Adjuchas?"
Upon hearing this, the Gillian actually made a human-like gesture and began to laugh heartily.
"Hahaha, you still have the nerve to call yourself an Adjuchas?
You're nothing but a crippled waste, whose evolution has permanently stopped, barely maintaining your Adjuchas rank by continuously devouring Gillians!"
"Damn you, how dare you..."
After being verbally assaulted by this mutated Gillian, Suta Murebu froze in place for a long time, unable to utter a single word, only the originally pale clown mask covering his face visibly turned red.
After turning red, it looked even more like a clown!
"Roar!"
Suta Murebu let out an enraged roar, then his spiritual pressure instantly surged. Purple-black spiritual pressure gathered between his palms, forming energy blasts that he furiously hurled towards the mutated Gillian.
It was Cero.
Almost simultaneously, his figure flickered as he used Sonido to appear beside the mutated Gillian, intending to plunge his blade-like claws into its neck.
Just as his claws were about to touch the Gillian's neck, the Gillian also used Sonido, narrowly evading the attack. It then instantly moved directly above Suta Murebu, and a large, bone-like foot stomped down, attempting to crush Suta Murebu to death.
The mutated Gillian's powerful stomp sent white sand flying everywhere.
Suta Murebu was directly stomped into the sand.
"Clang!"
A metallic clang sounded as Suta Murebu, with his upper body exposed, raised his hands to desperately resist the large bone-like foot. His sharp claws and the mutated Gillian's foot even sparked from the friction.
"Damn you, you wretched Gillian!"
Suta Murebu roared again in fury, unleashing his spiritual pressure without reservation, finally repelling the mutated Gillian's large foot, and shooting out of the sand in a stream of light.
At this moment, Suta Murebu was enveloped in purple-black spiritual pressure, with his hands raised high and fingers intertwined. His aura reached its peak.
"Fallen Bite!"
Suta Murebu transformed into a black-purple grimace and charged towards the mutated Gillian at an extremely high speed, biting into its neck.
The mutated Gillian's neck melted rapidly as if foam had encountered concentrated sulfuric acid, enveloped in a black-purple glow. Within a few breaths, one-third of the Gillian's thick neck had melted away.
Just then, the mutated Gillian's left hand grabbed at its injured neck out of thin air, and the previously hidden Suta Murebu was thus caught in its hand.
"Got you!"
The mutated Gillian completely ignored the injury on its neck and squeezed its left hand hard!
"Sizzle!"
The hand with which the mutated Gillian was holding Suta Murebu also began to dissolve.
"Hehe, my Fallen Bite is emitted through my body surface. Grabbing me like this will only hasten your death!"
Suta Murebu's triumphant voice came through.
However, the mutated Gillian's face still showed no signs of panic. It raised its left hand, intending to bring Suta Murebu to its mouth.
"You want to dissolve me, don't you? Then let's see if you dissolve me first, or if I digest you first!"
"No! Don't! You..."
Seeing the mutated Gillian act so maniacally, Suta Murebu clearly started to panic and tried to say something more. Unfortunately, the mutated Gillian paid him no mind and simply swallowed him whole.
"Ah!"
The mutated Gillian let out a painful cry, then immediately knelt in the desert. Clearly, Suta Murebu was still burning its esophagus from within its body.
After approximately several hours, the mutated Gillian, which had been kneeling motionless on the ground, suddenly struggled to stand up. And its wounds began to slowly heal under the nourishment of a purple-black spiritual pressure.
At this moment, the mutated Gillian had a smug smile on its face, and then lightly patted its stomach.
"This pathetic amount of spiritual pressure isn't even enough to make me evolve. How dare you call yourself an Adjuchas? And stop calling me Gillian, Gillian. This great one has a name.
My name is Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez!"
...
In the Great Hollow Forest, Yoru Chikao, having just eaten his fill, was wandering around, searching for new targets.
"Roar!"
"That sound is... a lone Gillian?"
Soon, Yoru Chikao followed the sound and indeed found a Gillian roaring without reason.
"Too bad it's just an ordinary, unintelligent Gillian, but you're enough to gauge my strength!"
Yoru Chikao showed no fear facing a Gillian, which was one rank higher than himself. Instead, he sneered and charged directly forward!