Chapter 107: The Lone Wolf

"So, Hueco Mundo's incomparable vastness is just a hyperbole for its vast desert lands but it is actually quite small in essence."

After Mazuru heard the words of the middle-aged uncle known as Starrk, he did not answer him immediately, but sighed while speaking to Nelliel first.

Nelliel was a little puzzled.

Mazuru not only sighed at Nelliel, but also in his heart.

When he came to Hueco Mundo last time, Baraggan mentioned that many years ago in Hueco Mundo, he met a Menos Grande who became an Arrancar on its own.

However, due to the lack of time in Hueco Mundo, Aizen did not look for this independent Arrancar in the vast Hueco Mundo.

Mazuru didn't expect that when he and Nelliel just came up for a stroll this time, he would meet this person.

Coyote Starrk!

The Primera (1st) Espada in the original book, the only Menos Grande in the Hueco Mundo that is a complete autonomous Arrancar.

Even Ulquiorra, the Cuatro (4th) Espada in the original book, is only an autonomous semi-Arrancar.

"Hey, you shinigami, you're so rude, didn't you hear Starrk asking you a question?" Seeing that Mazuru didn't answer Starrk's question, instead he started talking to Nelliel instead.

The young looking female Arrancar named Lilynette Gingerbuck, got a little angry immediately and scolded Mazuru.

Mazuru smiled lightly, ignored her anger and then looked at Starrk slowly and said, "We are walking together because she is my subordinate."

Starrk was taken aback when he heard the words, and then felt a little funny, "Hollow actually chose to become a subordinate of a shinigami?"

"This is really a big joke."

He could tell that Nelliel was a Menos Grande, and that too a high level one.

A Menos Grande of this level would put aside her so-called dignity and submit to shinigami. It is really shameful, but even if Starrk is contemptuous of such behaviour, he does not intend to do anything to Nelliel, and is even prepared to help a Nelliel.

Even if he and Nelliel didn't know each other before, but the other party is a hollow and he is also a hollow, so they can barely be called of the same family.

Shinigami, on the other hand, is the archenemy of hollows.

*Whoosh!*

With a flash, Starrk came to Mazuru's side in an instant, and with a wave of his arm, a terrifying reiatsu burst out, pouring towards Mazuru.

Nelliel felt Starrk's attack. She was startled at first but immediately prepared to help Mazuru to face Starrk.

Mazuru's movements were even faster.

He used Shunpo and dodged Starrk's offensive, while his palm reached out, holding Starrk's wrist, and a equally powerful reiatsu was released from his body.

*Boom!!*

The white sand beside the two swept across and blew in all directions.

"Attack me if you don't agree with my methods, you are too impatient and also irritable. By the way, what did I say or did that offended you? Or perhaps do you have a big prejudice against shinigami?"

Starrk's eyes were calm, he looked at Mazuru beside him, "Do any reason is required for the battle between hollow and shinigami?"

He is a double-faced person, anyway, he will never admit that the reason for the attack was that Mazuru enslaved a hollow and made the hollow his subordinate.

Between their chat, the reiatsu was condensed on Starrk's chest and almost without any warning, a blue Cero burst out instantly.

*Boom!!*

Even though Mazuru was ready to use Shunpo, he was still scratched by the instant Cero fired by Starrk due to their close proximity. The Shihakushō was immediately damaged, Mazuru's skin was ripped apart and blood gushed out.

"Tsk, it's really scary."

Mazuru ignored the severe pain and watched the Cero hit the desert on the other side, forming a huge mushroom cloud. He resolutely pulled out the Zanpakuto.

"Eternal sinking, caught in a thousand catastrophes!"

"Nezā Chi no Kawa!"

A crimson light emerged and his Zanpakuto entered its Shikai form. The crimson light instantly shrouded Mazuru's body, forming a layer of red gauze over the part which was injured by Starrk's Cero before, and the injury quickly recovered.

Mazuru looked at Nelliel, who was about to attack Starrk, and said, "You step aside first. In this kind of battle, you can't participate before you have become an Arrancar."

Nelliel paused.

Mazuru flashed and came to Starrk. The Zanpakuto swung out and the crimson reiatsu condensed into a terrifying slash, covering Starrk.

But Mazuru didn't feel the slightest sense of complacency, because he clearly felt that his attack had missed.

Sonído! (Sonīdo; Spanish for "Sound", Japanese for "Sound Ceremony")

As Hueco Mundo's only Menos Grande who is an autonomous Arrancar, Starrk's strength is not like the Arrancars made by Aizen with Hōgyoku at this moment. His strength is extremely tyrannical compared to them.

From the previously fired instant Cero without any preparation time, and the masterful Sonído, it is enough to understand Starrk's strength.

Feeling the movement behind him, Mazuru's body instantly erupted a mighty reiatsu and the back of his clothes burst open.

"Shunkō!"

Without the slightest sign, he directly entered the state of Shunkō, and the already fast speed became even more exaggerated.

He suddenly flashed leaving an afterimage and another Cero tore his afterimage and shot into the distance.

At the moment when the sword in Mazuru's hand was slashed out, Starrk had already used Sonído, quietly turned around and came behind Mazuru, and then used an instant Cero.

As a result, unlike the last time, Mazuru completely dodged it this time.

"Is he getting faster?"

Starrk's eyes flickered, reiatsu gathered on his chest one after another, and in an instant, several Ceros were shot out by him, covering Mazuru's tracks one after another.

On the other side, Nelliel looked at the direction where Mazuru and Starrk were fighting.

A somewhat harsh words sounded in her ears, "It's really ridiculous to choose to be a subordinate officer of a shinigami as a hollow. If I am not wrong, you seem to be worried about that shinigami, aren't you?"

"Don't worry, in the hands of Starrk, he will die soon!"

Lilynette said. She had appeared beside Nelliel at some point. Nelliel didn't respond to Lilynette, but there was indeed some worry in her eyes.

The strength of the Arrancar named Starrk was beyond her expectations.

Lilynette raised at her mouth, and was about to watch the death of that shinigami. However, at this moment, Mazuru's figure flashed, and he came to Starrk's side in an instant. Starrk was half a beat slow to respond. As Mazuru swung the Zanpakuto in his hand, the powerful Kidō covered blade suddenly flew out and landed on Starrk's body in an instant.

Even though Starrk's figure appeared on the other side in the next moment, there was still a terrifying wound on his body that almost cut him in half.

"How come…?"

Lilynette looked horrified.

Sonído can't keep up with that shinigami's speed?!

It was also fortunate that Mazuru didn't know what Lilynette was thinking, otherwise he would definitely ridicule her.

'Why do you think that the Sonído can catch up with the Shunpo of someone who is using Shunkō?

Although the Sonído is a movement technique at the spatial level, after all, there is still requirements of skill if you want to use it masterfully. It may vary because of the strength of the user, the distance covered by Sonído can also short and long depending on the user. So it can be indeed be overpowered by a shinigami's Shunpo.

Moreover as long as the trajectory of the movement can be predicted, it is possible to overpower the Arrancar's speed completely.

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