After Barragan released Respira, a tide of purple energy began to spread out from him. As soon as this purple tide appeared, even Yoruichi Shihōin felt a chill, her hairs standing on end.
Instinct told Yoruichi that this was something very dangerous, something she absolutely could not touch, as doing so could mean death!
Ichigo Kurosaki felt the same.
Seeing this purple energy, he felt a sense of unease in his heart and subconsciously wanted to retreat.
Only Hui remained standing where he was. He looked at the Respira that was about to touch him and said, "You damaged my gate, fine. But now you actually want to damage my residence? This is simply unforgivable."
As his words fell, the torrent of Respira stopped.
However, it wasn't because Barragan had actively stopped it. After hearing what Hui said, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahahaha, what an interesting human brat. It seems you you don't know that death should be revered.
"But it's okay. Since you don't understand, I'll teach you."
After saying that, the torrent of Respira surged towards Hui.
"What?!"
However, looking at Hui, who still remained motionless, and the Respira torrent that continued to sink into Hui's "body," Barragan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
This human could actually ignore the attack of Respira?!
Barragan was puzzled and greatly shocked.
Respira was the power he was most confident in. In Barragan's view, even Sōsuke Aizen, if hit by Respira, would be corroded.
Yet, Hui could allow Respira to erode him without any effect. This was too unreasonable.
"It is indeed quite an interesting power. Rather than saying it's death and aging, the ability is more focused on erosion, to be precise."
Hui spoke thoughtfully.
He hadn't actually allowed Respira to erode him. Instead, he used the power of space to transfer all the Respira surging towards him into a different dimension.
In that different dimension, there was Hui's ordinary shadow clone. After the shadow clone came into contact with the power of Respira, it fed that feeling back to Hui.
"Brat, how did you do it?"
Barragan couldn't help but ask.
He was simply too shocked and found it difficult to accept, which was why he took the initiative to ask.
"Isn't this a very simple matter? However, why should I tell you?"
Hui said playfully.
To be honest, Barragan's ability was indeed quite strong, but his intelligence was really lacking, and his emotional intelligence was also somewhat low.
He was too arrogant and too fond of showing off, actually telling others about his abilities. This inadvertently gave his enemies many opportunities.
And this was also an important reason why Barragan was ultimately defeated and died by his own ability in the original story.
"Hmph, I'd like to see how long you can last!"
Provoked by Hui's words, Barragan once again activated Respira, frantically attacking Hui. However, it was useless. All his attacks simply couldn't land on Hui.
"I also have mastered the power of death. Since you attack me with the power of death, then I will retaliate with the power of death.
"Are you ready... to feel... death?"
Hui's words made Barragan even more alarmed, even causing his heart to become chaotic.
"What nonsense are you spouting? Do you think the power of death is something everyone can master? Brat, don't underestimate the power of death!"
Barragan spoke, unwilling to believe that Hui truly mastered the power of death.
However, this time, Hui didn't speak. He just looked at Barragan and extended a finger.
In the next moment, Barragan felt his "life force" weakening, being stripped away, and his body began to age.
This terrified him.
He was clearly a Hollow, so how could he have this feeling of having his life force being stripped away?!
"How does it feel?"
Hui spoke, looking at the horrified Barragan, who had retreated a few steps, and sighed with pity.
In this world, whether it was Shinigami or Hollows, they possessed overly powerful life forces.
Although depriving them of their life force could have a significant negative impact, it was still very difficult for Hui to completely drain their life force in one go and kill them.
On the side, Yoruichi, watching the terrified Barragan, couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.
She had been by Hui's side for quite some time now, and she had witnessed many of his abilities.
From the initial spatial manipulation, to the lightning mode, and then to the Lightning Mode coupled with celestial eyes, Hui's methods were simply too numerous, each more miraculous than the last, making it impossible to keep up.
The abilities he had revealed before alone already left Yoruichi with no clue how to defeat him.
Now, Hui had exposed a new ability, and it was the power of death. This was truly a shock to the core.
"Your ability... No wonder Gin Ichimaru and Ulquiorra told us not to provoke you."
Barragan spoke. Even though he was a very arrogant person, at this moment, he had to admit that Hui's abilities were truly monstrous.
They were almost on par with his own.
"Just now, I was quite curious who gave you the courage to seek out Hui and even claim to take his head. Now I understand."
Yoruichi spoke, the puzzle in her heart solved. She understood why Barragan was so bold as to challenge Hui.
"I think they must not have told you that not long after killing Nnoitra Gilga, Hui also defeated Sōsuke Aizen."
Yoruichi said, a playful smile appearing on the corner of her lips.
Upon hearing these words, Barragan was completely stunned.
Neither Gin Ichimaru nor Ulquiorra, nor even Kaname Tōsen, had ever explicitly mentioned that the man had defeated Aizen! They had only repeatedly emphasized that Hui was very powerful and should not be provoked.
Barragan was very confident in himself, to the point of arrogance.
However, even now, he still didn't have the courage nor the confidence to defeat Aizen, so he had been lying low, waiting for an opportunity.
However, Aizen, whom he regarded as his greatest enemy in life, had been defeated by the human in front of him.
And he, foolishly, had taken the initiative to seek out this human who had defeated Aizen and even uttered the words about taking his head...
This...
Barragan fell silent, his heart filled with complex emotions and feeling bitter.
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