"Roar!" Looking at the Leopard King, now the size of an ordinary cat, still baring his fangs and hissing at him while being held in his hand, Yekawa felt a bit helpless.
"If this were my previous life, I'd definitely send you for neutering!"
Staring at Yekawa's half-smile, Grimmjow suddenly felt a chill between his legs and instinctively tightened his hind legs.
"Grimmjow, pledge allegiance to me, and I'll spare your life. How about it?"
"You wish! If I also become a Vasto Lorde, I can definitely defeat you! You're only relying on your higher rank to suppress me right now!"
Hearing Grimmjow's words, Yekawa burst out laughing:
"Hahaha, what a stubborn little cat!"
Grimmjow had clearly mistaken Yekawa for a Vasto Lorde. If he knew that Yekawa was currently nothing more than a Gillian, how wonderful his expression would be.
However, Yekawa clearly had no interest in explaining so much to him.
"Zzzzt!"
Yekawa's left hand glowed with a dark golden lightning orb. The strange fish and red goat beside him saw this and their expressions changed drastically. They had both been subdued by Yekawa's lightning orb, which was why they 'willingly' followed his command.
Although three years had passed, and they were now truly submissive to Yekawa, seeing the lightning orb again still filled them with fear.
"Whimper!"
With his right hand, Yekawa held Grimmjow by the neck, and with his left hand, he forcibly stuffed the lightning orb into his mouth, letting him whimper continuously.
Then, looking at the defiant Grimmjow, he slowly began to speak:
"Little cat, I know you feel that I'm suppressing you as a Vasto Lorde, which makes you indignant."
"As long as you swear allegiance to me, I will give you the opportunity to continue getting stronger. If you can defeat me one day, I will remove the lightning orb from your body, and even serve you in return, there's no harm in that!"
"But if you refuse, I'll just have to make you a part of me!"
"I'll only give you five seconds to consider!"
As Yekawa spoke, he charged a Cero in his left hand, aiming it at Grimmjow's head.
"Five!"
"Four!"
"Three!"
"Two!"
"I... I am willing to surrender!"
Just as the terrifying Cero was about to blast his head, Grimmjow finally spoke.
"Hmm, that's a good boy. My name is Yekawa. Remember my name, and when you feel you have enough strength, come and defeat me!"
"Before that, I will be your only King!"
Then, Yekawa relaxed his left hand, and the Cero, which had been ready to fire, suddenly dissipated.
Seeing this, Grimmjow, who was being held in his right hand, immediately widened his eyes, filled with disbelief:
"This level of control... How is that possible?"
Grimmjow was utterly shocked when he saw Yekawa effortlessly dispel the Cero that was about to be fired. One must know that a Cero about to be fired is like a grenade with its pin pulled; it is bound to explode!
If he were to forcefully stop a Cero at that moment, he would definitely injure himself!
However, Yekawa made the Cero dissipate into nothingness so casually, clearly indicating that his control over his spiritual pressure had reached an incredibly terrifying level.
Immediately after, Yekawa casually tossed Grimmjow away. The cat-sized Grimmjow rolled seven or eight times on the Desert before finally managing to stand upright.
"Click."
As Yekawa snapped his fingers, Grimmjow found that the spiritual pressure that had been suppressing his entire body suddenly dissipated, and he returned to his original size.
"Go. Get as strong as you can. You are still too immature now; you are not yet qualified to stand alongside your King!"
Grimmjow, who had returned to his original state, paused for a moment, then asked incredulously:
"You're really letting me go?"
"What, do you want me to escort you?"
Hearing this, Grimmjow immediately used Sonido to create a large distance, then turned back and saw that Yekawa truly had no intention of chasing him, and then he left with large strides, relieved.
"My King, are you really letting him go? Should we chase him back?" At this moment, Yuan Puck, the red goat, whose body was scorched black from the Cero, asked in a muffled voice.
"Slap!"
At this moment, the strange fish rushed over and fiercely slapped the red goat's head with his tail:
"You idiot! The King has his reasons for letting him go. You want to chase him back? Can you even beat him if you chase him!"
Yekawa looked at these two clowns under his command and couldn't help but twitch his lips, feeling an urge to devour both of them whole.
In fact, the reason Yekawa allowed Grimmjow to leave was because, upon observing his spiritual pressure, he found that Grimmjow had just been promoted to Adjuchas and had not yet reached the strength he had when he first appeared in the original story.
If he brought him along so early, it would only hinder his growth. After all, Yekawa himself didn't have enough Hollows to eat, so why would he share them?
For subordinates capable of becoming a Vasto Lorde, Yekawa still needed to grant them a certain degree of freedom.
Moreover, Grimmjow now had the lightning orb that Yekawa had planted inside him. As long as he didn't leave Hueco Mundo, Yekawa would know where he was, and whether to kill him was just a thought away.
As for letting Grimmjow surpass him and then reclaim his freedom, that was even more of a pipe dream that Yekawa had painted for him.
Even Yekawa, who had not yet become an Adjuchas, could not be defeated by him, let alone in the future?
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Hueco Mundo
Located in the deepest part of the Hueco Mundo Desert, it is also the place with the most concentrated spiritual particles in all of Hueco Mundo.
The massive circular structure, like a giant stone bowl inverted in the Desert, had four towering pillars around Hueco Mundo.
And unlike ordinary palaces, Hueco Mundo actually had no roof.
Inside the main hall of Hueco Mundo, on the highest throne, a humanoid skeleton wearing a dark robe and a golden crown was seated. This was the current King of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan Louisenbairn.
"Great King Baraggan, we have once again found traces of that female Vasto Lorde in the southern part of the Desert, but she is still unwilling to surrender to you."
"And she outrageously calls you a madman who only knows conquest and slaughter!"
Below, an Adjuchas in a half-human, half-tiger form knelt on one knee, reporting to Baraggan on the throne.
"Ignorant fool, how dare she defy the sole ruler of Hueco Mundo! Conquer her!"
"Conquer her!"
Before Baraggan even spoke, the Adjuchas on the seats below the throne all spoke up, wanting to conquer that unknown Vasto Lorde.
Seeing that the atmosphere had been sufficiently built up, Baraggan slowly rose.
"I am Baraggan Louisenbairn, King of Hueco Mundo! I shall conquer such a rebel!"
Thus, Baraggan led most of the Adjuchas out of Hueco Mundo. However, as they left, none of them noticed a tiny centipede emerging from the sand in a corner near the entrance of Hueco Mundo.
"They're leaving already?"
In the distance, Yekawa, who was originally devouring the mindless Gillian horde, immediately stopped his actions. Through the clone he had left at the entrance of Hueco Mundo, he observed that Baraggan had led the main force out of Hueco Mundo.
Through spiritual pressure sensing, there were still sixty-three Adjuchas remaining in Hueco Mundo.
"That's almost enough!"
Yekawa's expression was quite excited; he had been waiting for this moment for a long time!
Originally, Yekawa's plan was to observe when Aizen would conquer Baraggan so he could seize the opportunity to pick up the scraps. He didn't expect to wait for Aizen, but Baraggan himself couldn't hold back any longer.
And now, those sixty-odd Adjuchas remaining in Hueco Mundo were clearly Yekawa's food for promotion!
"Hehehe!"
Yekawa was so excited that he let out a strange laugh.
The strange fish and red goat beside him shivered.
"King... what's wrong?"
Just then, Yekawa's voice came faintly:
"Wait for me here; I'll be right back!"
Before his words faded, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and headed straight for Hueco Mundo!
He wanted to reach Hueco Mundo as quickly as possible to enjoy his buffet!!!
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