Chapter 612 - 612 False Crown

Just as Baraggan's attack was about to hit him, Hachigen entered his Hollowfied state again, a Hollow mask covering his face.

Then Hachigen used Kido again to create a door-plank shaped barrier to block Baraggan's attack.

Boom!

Baraggan's purple-black mist attack, containing aging power, crashed into Hachigen's barrier with a bang.

Seeing Hachigen in his Hollowfied state, a Hollow mask covering his face, Baraggan couldn't help but mock loudly: "Hmph! A petty trick! Do you know before whom you are imitating Hollow behavior?"

"What an overconfident fool! I am the [Great Emperor], Baraggan Louisenbairn!! The God of Hueco Mundo!!!"

Bang!

Amidst Baraggan's roar, Hachigen's barrier could no longer hold and shattered completely with a bang. Then the purple-black mist, filled with aging power, swept overwhelmingly towards Hachigen behind the barrier.

Crack!

Hachigen's Hollow mask, grazed by a wisp of Baraggan's power, shattered directly with a crack. Then more of the purple-black mist, filled with aging power, surrounded Hachigen.

"Ushoda Hachigen!" Sui-Feng called out worriedly from a distance.

"Woohahaha——!!!"

Baraggan laughed maniacally: "Insignificant! So insignificant! You ants are utterly trivial! Whether Shinigami or human! Or Hollows and Arrancar! The differences between you, the wars... will and freedom... birds, beasts, and plants... the moon, stars, sun... all are insignificant!!!"

"In this world! Only my power is unique and absolute!! Everything else... is insignificant!!!"

"This world... should be ruled by me, who possesses supreme power!!"

"Balancing powers... there is no such thing as equality!"

"Look! In my eyes!! Your lives... are no different from ants!!!"

Perhaps because he had been suppressed under Aizen's shadow for too many years, after being injured by Sui-Feng, Hachigen, and the others, Baraggan's anger had completely detonated the emotions hidden within his heart. Therefore, he momentarily appeared insane and hysterical.

"Hmm?"

After venting his emotions and calming down, Baraggan suddenly noticed that Hachigen's condition seemed somewhat off.

Hachigen's right hand had disappeared. Of course, this wasn't strange, because Hachigen's right hand had been eroded by Baraggan's aging power, so it disappearing was nothing unusual.

But what was truly strange was that after Hachigen's right hand disappeared, the remaining half of his right arm was intact, and the cross-section of the stump was very smooth, as if he had cut it off himself. Finally, what made Baraggan feel most uneasy was that the stump of Hachigen's remaining half right arm was covered by a layer of barrier.

Baraggan inexplicably felt a sense of impending doom and couldn't help but ask: "Hey, your right hand..."

However, before Baraggan could finish his sentence, Hachigen extended his remaining left hand and pointed it at Baraggan.

"What do you mean by this?" Baraggan asked, confused.

"I've already given it to you!" Hachigen said, breaking out in a cold sweat, his face pale, appearing to be in extreme pain.

Boom!

As soon as Hachigen finished speaking, a round hole suddenly appeared in Baraggan's body.

"Th-this... what is this!?" Baraggan exclaimed in shock.

Hachigen said in a deep voice: "Didn't you say it yourself? That it is the only... and absolute power in this world..."

Inside the hole in Baraggan's body, a square barrier emerged. And inside that square barrier was Hachigen's right hand, which had been eroded by Baraggan's aging power and disappeared!

Crack!

Under the erosion of the aging power on that right hand inside it, the square barrier shattered directly. Then, with the barrier gone, the aging power spread crazily through Baraggan's own body like a runaway wild horse!

Bang!

Under the erosion of his own aging power, Baraggan's skeletal body continuously burst and shattered, turning into white bone dust that scattered profusely.

"Damn it! You used a barrier to cut off your own right hand and then teleported it into my body?" Baraggan asked in shock and anger.

"Since your power is the only and absolute power in this world, I guessed that you probably can't resist that power yourself either... Although this gamble was uncertain, under those circumstances, it was the only thing I could do. But... it seems I won the bet this time..." Hachigen said with some relief.

If he had lost the bet, he would have been the one to die just now.

"Damn it! You ant!! I will never forgive you ants!!!" Baraggan shouted unwillingly.

"In Soul Society, no one other than Shinigami is given the name 'God', so we really can't understand the importance of what you just said... So... please forgive me for not being able to believe in you... Oh God of Hueco Mundo!" Hachigen said with an apologetic expression. (T/N: Remember that Shinigami means Death God.)

Boom!

As soon as Hachigen finished speaking, Baraggan's body exploded under the erosion of his aging power, his shattered skeletal body scattering in all directions.

In his final moment, Baraggan couldn't help but think of the past.

He was once the supreme king of Hueco Mundo. Although he sometimes felt bored and empty, he also enjoyed the feeling of being above everyone else.

But one day, Aizen came. He was driven from his throne. The King of Hueco Mundo became Aizen. And then he lived under Aizen's shadow ever since...

'I will definitely... kill you with my own hands!'

'I will definitely make you regret giving me power!'

'I am the King!'

'I am God!'

'I am immortal!'

'I will never stop hunting you down...'

'Go to hell with me! Aizen Sosuke!!!'

Then, driven by a powerful obsession, Baraggan, with the part of his body containing his arm and head, hurled the great axe in his hand!

Swoosh—!

Driven by Baraggan's will, the enormous axe flew like thunder.

"Hachigen! Look out!!" Sui-Feng suddenly warned.

"What!?" Hachigen was also horrified, because he saw Baraggan's axe flying straight towards him, but he no longer had the strength to dodge.

'Was I going to die?

I had been too careless.

To be killed by an enemy's dying strike after winning...

What a pathetic way to die...

Shinji and the others would definitely laugh at me...'

Whoosh!

Just as Baraggan's axe grew closer and closer, and Hachigen fell into despair, he was surprised to see that Baraggan's axe flew past him, grazing his body.

"He missed?" Hachigen wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

"No!" Sui-Feng's voice sounded beside Hachigen.

"He didn't miss. His target... was never you!"

Baraggan's great axe, after grazing Hachigen's body, flew further and further away, heading straight for...

—Aizen in the distance!

Swoosh—!

Baraggan's great axe flew directly at Aizen.

"..."

Bang!

Before Baraggan's axe could reach Aizen, it exploded violently, turning to powder. At the same time, Baraggan's shattered body completely dissipated under the erosion of his aging power.

Then, as if finally reacting, Aizen turned his head, glanced indifferently at it, then turned back, completely unconcerned.

As if the provocation of a mere ant wasn't worth his attention...

Clang!

The golden crown Baraggan had worn fell to the ground, turned to ash, and scattered in the wind.