Aozaki stood quietly to the side, watching two masses of Reiatsu, one light red and one golden, envelop Nelliel and Harribel.
The two masses of Reiatsu gradually transformed into two colossal pillars of light, illuminating Hueco Mundo's night sky in the blink of an eye.
Aozaki gazed at the light, a hint of anticipation in his eyes, seemingly very interested in the changes about to occur in the two.
These two rays of light first shone brightly, then dimmed, but quickly flared up again, before slowly fading until they completely vanished.
The Reiatsu erupted twice in a row!
"This is…" Aozaki murmured to himself, watching the two emerging from the pillars of light with great interest.
After their Zanpakuto disappeared, their appearances underwent tremendous changes.
Nelliel still maintained a half-human, half-goat form, similar to her first Arrancar.
However, her fur was now denser, her four hooves were grayish-white, her arms and goat-like body were covered in black fur, and a faint light red Reiatsu emanated from the tip of her lake-green goat tail.
The mask on her head had completely vanished.
Her long hair fluttered in the wind, but a pair of extremely curved horns grew from her forehead, and she held a lance condensed from light red spiritual power.
As for Harribel, her body also began to show beast-like characteristics.
The mask on her face was replaced by sharp-edged head armor on both sides, and her body seemed to be covered in a skin-like, black and yellow armor.
A long fishtail swayed casually behind her, and she held a golden two-handed greatsword, also formed from spiritual power.
Her body largely retained a human shape, but a wild aura emanated from her entire being, as if a ferocious beast was about to break free from its restraints.
"Reiji, this Arrancar is truly different from before. I feel my entire body is filled with endless power."
At this moment, Nelliel carefully observed the changes in her body, her eyes sparkling with surprise, then she unhesitatingly dashed towards Aozaki.
With a thunderous boom, Nelliel merely stomped the ground with force, easily creating a massive crater hundreds of meters deep.
Her speed was like lightning, instantly disappearing from her original spot, as if she had teleported.
Immediately after, Nelliel, like a cannonball, violently crashed into Aozaki's embrace, sending the unsuspecting Aozaki flying.
In this brief moment, leveraging that unparalleled impact force, the two were carried together thousands of meters away.
To achieve such terrifying speed relying solely on her own strength, it's not hard to imagine how astonishing Nelliel's speed would become when she exploited Sonído.
Aozaki rubbed his aching forehead, helplessly pulling Nelliel up to stand, and said with a wry smile:
"You can only pounce on me like this, alright? Never use this move on your sisters."
With such terrifying power, only Aozaki's astonishing defense could withstand it.
If Grimmjow, who was watching the show and cheering, were pulled over, Nelliel could absolutely smash him to pieces with one hit.
Even Starrk, the First Espada, if caught off guard and hit by Nel like that, would probably be no different from an ordinary person in the Human World hit by a dump truck; he could directly report to another world.
"Hmm… Does Nel have to say it again? Nel only likes Reiji, and will only pounce on Reiji."
Nelliel called out the affectionate nickname Aozaki had given her, while tightly hugging Aozaki's waist, her small head nuzzling against Aozaki's body, as if she were acting spoiled.
Her sharp goat horns gently rubbed against Aozaki's chin. Aozaki not only felt no harm but instead found it a bit ticklish.
"Alright, let's consider this a warm-up. Now, let's officially begin."
Aozaki's lips curved slightly upwards as he whispered.
As soon as he finished speaking, he hugged Nelliel tightly, and his figure flickered like a ghost, returning to his original position in a blink of an eye.
Nelliel obediently nodded, then quickly walked to stand beside Harribel, gripping her sword hilt with both hands, assuming a posture ready to attack.
"Reiji-sama, I'm coming!"
Harribel, with a serious expression, dropped these words, then charged forward fiercely, wielding her golden greatsword.
Bang!!
A dull thud echoed in the air.
However, the spectators present only heard this sound, and the scene before their eyes left them very confused and bewildered.
They had received news and arrived with great anticipation to witness this fierce battle between Hueco Mundo's three top powerhouses.
The show had indeed begun, but a show needed visuals, right? Why could they see nothing?
The night wind whistled past Aozaki's ears.
He could clearly see every movement of Harribel and Nelliel at this moment, even feeling that their speed was somewhat slow.
After some thought, Aozaki decided to display strength similar to Harribel and Nelliel in this battle.
So, he suppressed his spiritual power usage to a level comparable to theirs.
Whoosh—
A rustic odachi, nearly two meters long, appeared out of nowhere in Aozaki's hand and precisely struck the flying spear.
The immense impact force made Aozaki's hand go numb, but with his tenacious willpower and agile reflexes, he forcefully stopped his body's inertia.
Immediately after, he quickly stepped back to avoid the opponent's attack range.
Aozaki moved, leaping backward at an astonishing speed, instantly covering a distance of over ten kilometers.
Right where he had just stood, a colossal lance plunged down like lightning, kicking up a sky-high cloud of sand and forming a sand wave that obscured the sky.
At the same time, the sound of air being torn apart echoed continuously like thunder.
The speed of this strike was astounding!
After a brief pause, Aozaki's body erupted with even greater power and speed.
He vanished from his original spot like a phantom, then took a forceful step forward, using the momentum to thrust his long sword out fiercely.
"It was dodged!? That fast!"
Nelliel's eyes widened, watching everything unfold before her with disbelief.
Since Aozaki didn't use light-form movement and deliberately slowed down, Nelliel was able to clearly see his trajectory.
However, seeing it didn't mean she could react, and reacting didn't mean she could dodge.
She still couldn't completely evade the thrust of the blade.
Seeing this, Harribel immediately raised the greatsword in her hand, and the scorching water mist rapidly spread.
Tiburón!
The greatsword aimed at Aozaki, continuously shooting out streams of high-temperature water.
However, calling that thing a water stream was less accurate than calling it Reiatsu that looked like water.
These seemingly ordinary water flows were actually condensed from powerful Reiatsu, possessing extremely high temperatures and destructive power.
At this moment, Aozaki had already appeared in front of Nelliel.
He was holding his odachi, ready to teach the pitiful female knight a lesson, when he saw a golden wave of water rushing towards him.
In this critical moment, his instincts were often faster than his thoughts.
He reacted quickly, stomping down hard with one foot, and his body flashed several meters away in the blink of an eye, as if teleporting.
However, before he could even steady himself, a deafening roar resounded!!!