Bleach: Starting as a Vasto Lorde

Chapter 32-33: A Strange Zanpakuto

Kazuya crumpled to his knees, clutching his face in agony. Pain was no stranger to him, having lost an arm before, but this torment surpassed all previous experiences, even exceeding his initial death. Despite his Pain Resistance skill, he felt like screaming ceaselessly, and in fact, he was screaming, oblivious to his own cries.

"Kazuya!" Harribel reached out to him, but her words vanished into the chaos surrounding him. "KAZUYA!"

His Reiatsu began to surge, trembling the very ground they stood upon. It dwarfed Mila Rose's Reiatsu, despite the fact she could rival a weak Vasto Lorde's Reiatsu in her base Arrancar form.

A wave of Reiatsu erupted like a deafening sonic boom, hurling everyone beyond his reach.

Harribel struggled to her feet, Kazuya now no more than a violet speck in the distance. His Reiatsu had propelled her that far. She raced back towards him, only to falter moments later, clutching her head. Kazuya's Reiatsu permeated the air, bearing down on her soul with suffocating pressure, causing her head to pound.

It was as if gravity itself had intensified in the area surrounding him. The Reiatsu was different from anything she had ever felt. It wasn't just powerful or massive. It felt alien. The thick and heavy energy felt like something other than Reiatsu. But Harribel knew it was Reiatsu belonging to Kazuya.

'Wait for me. I'll be there.'

Determined and unyielding, Harribel pressed onward, her eyes locked on Kazuya.

"Harribel-sama!"

Mila Rose, gripping her broadsword tightly, followed Harribel's lead, with the others a mere step behind, united in their commitment to aid Kazuya as he had once helped Mila Rose with her Arrancar transformation.

However, their progress was short-lived, halted after a dozen steps. Kazuya's Reiatsu bore down on them like an oppressive weight, sapping their willpower to the point they felt terrified of taking another step in his direction.

Apacci let out a strangled cry, her legs trembling under the relentless pressure. "W-What the hell is this? This Reiatsu is too much."

"This Reiatsu is different from his." Mila Rose, faring better than Apacci and Sung-Sun, discerned the unique property of the Reiatsu. "It's... sinister and cold."

"We can't go further," Sung-Sun whispered calmly as she moved back. "Let's retreat for now."

Apacci gave her a death glare. "I'm not going anywhere. I'll help him."

Sung-Sun hissed. "Don't you fucking give me that look. I want to help Kazuya as much as you. What the fuck can we do?"

Apacci recoiled, terrorized by Sung-Sun's furious eyes. Never before had the snake lost her composure, but the sight of her friend writhing in agony pushed her to the edge. She felt utterly powerless.

Reluctantly heeding Sung-Sun's words, Apacci and Mila Rose withdrew and regrouped with Cirucci.

She looked terrified of his Reiatsu far more than the three. "It's stronger than Baraggan."

Baraggan, having dwelled in Hueco Mundo for an unknown length of time, had amassed Reiryoku through innumerable battles. He was considered the Hollow with the most potent Reiatsu in Hueco Mundo. Yet, Kazuya, the young Hollow, displayed a Reiatsu that eclipsed even Baraggan's. The difference was staggering.

Cirucci realized that Kazuya's dream of slaying Baraggan would become reality. "If he survives..."

"Argh!" Apacci screamed out in frustration and stomped the ground. "What the hell do we do? We can't leave him be."