Jackie tried to find a way to determine which was the real Vega among the clones. But even with her spiritual senses, she couldn't tell which one was real, and there were too many of them to make a retreat. So she did her best to brace for impact by crossing her arms as the clones swarmed her...Only to be uppercut in the stomach by the real Vega attacking her from below. Before kicking her face and sending Jackie flying into the air. Only for the Espada to appear behind the Director and then drop an ax kick on her back, sending her crashing down into the middle of the courtyard and caving in the earth below.

Vega then laughed cruelly as she looked over at his fallen opponent. Expecting her back to be broken or struggling to get herself up. But when the dust settled, he was surprised to see that the woman had little more than a few scratches on her.

Upon seeing her opponent's expression, Jackie smiled. 'I will admit that I have underestimated your speed and the little tricks you have accomplished with it, however, do not once think that alone will be enough to best me' The Director boasted as she pressed her left hand on her oil-covered jacket. Then when Ggio looked closely at it, he realized that the coat was glowing with spiritual energy.

'A fullbringer's signature power may come from their fullbring, but their main power lies in the manipulation of the souls of objects and in the elements themselves...including the reshi that composes our spiritual bodies...'

Vega's eyes widened as he realized what Jackie was getting at.

'By manipulating the souls of the oil molecules that cover my body. I can reinforce them into a suit of armor. Strong enough to withstand any of your blows' Tristan then readied herself and got into a battle stance. 'Regardless of how fast you are, it means nothing if you cannot injure me

Gigio looked at Jackie for a minute, then rolled his eyes in annoyance.

'You know I don't understand why you went out of your way to explain your ability to me,' he said in annoyance. 'I mean, you know I have two other releases; you know that the only thing I need to do to overcome your defenses is by striking you harder. So it doesn't change the outcome of this battle...' he then narrowed his eyes. 'Unless you have something else up your sleeve?'

Jackie then smirked. 'Then, Unleash all the power you can muster, and you might just find out!'

The 9th then looked at her blankly and let out a deep, resigned breath.

'Find I'll up my game for you if, only to see what you have in store for me before crushing you' his tone then became much more menacing. 'However, I should warn you...' he then raised his zanpakuto. 'That the true nature of speed isn't limited to just parole tricks' Vega declared before spiking up his magenta spiritual pressure.

'Bite off Tigre Estoque!'

The ninth Espada shouted and transformed into his Resurrección form. His face was adorned with triple red strips on his cheek and forehead. At the same time, the small horns of his head grew twice as long and thick. While his black Arrancar outfit was replaced with a sleeveless white jacket that showed off his arms while continuing down in a striped loincloth. His wrists, arms, and legs were covered in blond fur, and in each hand, he held twin blades in the form of Sabertooth fangs.

Jackie then readied herself as she prepared for the inevitable on the counter.

...only to feel a slash wound open behind her and fresh blood shot out from her shoulder. completely taking her off guard by the attack. She then immediately turns around to face Gigo.

Only to find no one there.

'Like I said...' the ninth Espada announce from behind Jackie, who was still in the same spot where he released his form. Much to the director's confusion, Gigo stared at her with the cold, calculating eyes of a predictor.

'There is more to my speed than just tricks.'

Meanwhile, within the western barracks. Luppi was busy slaughtering down officers, and soldats with his

fists left and right, all the while having a blissful smile. As if he were taking a pleasant little stroll around a park. Despite all the carnage that he left in his wake.

'Ah, this sure takes me back...' the seventh Espada mused while beheading a random soldat that attention to blindside him. 'Reminds me of mascaraing the Quincy and Xcuation agents that guarded the human cities in the living world. when I was just numerous, I am here in the silver city killing them all on their home tuff' he darted his eyes towards another Espada. 'Don't you think so...Wonderwiess?'

The sixth Espada then huffed. 'I guess, but what I wanted was to get a rematch with that iron Quincy who handed my ass' he then eyed over to the several barriers. 'Only to turn out he is on the front lines dealing with the Great Dragons...'

Luppi stared at the blond man for a moment and then shrugged. 'True. It is rather embarrassing for an Espada to be beaten by a Sternritter who didn't even use their letter power to beat you...and after you went through all that trouble sealing it away,' The seventh Espada mocked. but Wonderweiess just rolled his eyes. 'But regardless, I am sure there are some other knights or Directors available for you to kill instead' he then gave a smug face to his command. 'Or do you think they are too much handle for you to handle?'

Wonderweiss scowled at the seventh Espada...and then smirked. 'On the contrary, I plan on taking all of them out all once, Assuming that you don't get in my way Antenor.'

The Luppi then gave his comrade a silent stare before smiling again. 'Wouldn't even dream of it, isn't that right, Roka?' Luppi called to the 8th Espada, who looked at him in silence.

'Whatever you say, superior,' she simply stated much to the latter's amusement.

He then playful looked up at the horizon of the war-torn city and then lowered his voice. 'Afterall...we are on a mission to exterminate all the Sternritters'

'Assuming that we don't exterminate you first,' a robotic voice called out, who revealed herself to be BG9, and standing beside him was Merines, the sternritter of power, and Littbaro, the Sternritter of the glutton.

Luppi then gave out a menacing grin. 'Oh well, an't that imitating,' He said sarcastically while waving his left hand dismissively. 'But I must apologize, as I simply lack the means or reasons to take that retort seriously'

BG9 then adjusted, raised his right hand, and immediately transformed it into a machine gun. 'Oh I have long calculated that you have the means...' he then aimed the gun at Luppi. 'And I will give you every reason to take that treat to heart'

The 7th Espada's smile then turned cold. 'Well then, show us...if you can, 'He then looks towards Roka. 'My dear?' Luppi commanded, and the 8th Espada immediately rushed at BG9 by forming a scythe in her hands while the latter shot his gun at her.

Meanwhile, Merines engaged with the Luppi while Littbaro fought against Wonderweiss.

'It must be quite embarrassing, huh?!' Luppi called while dodging the female strikes. 'To have your entire home, your very safe heaven devastated by the hollows you so long fought against. On top of being separated from your comrades and picked off one by one!' He taunted his foe before retreating on top of a tower. 'It almost makes me feel sorry for your position if wasn't having the time of my life laughing at you

Merines then stared at Luppi with a blank stare...then suddenly she lifted a whole tower with her bare hands. Much to Espada's shock.

'And you talk too much' she evenly retorted then through the tower at the Espada at blinding speeds and striking at the other building Luppi was standing on, causing it to collapse.

However, a massive explosion obliterated both of the towers, and from the smoke, the seventh launched one of his tentacles at Menris, who blocked it with her left arm.

'Oh well, I am so sorry about that,' Luppi mockingly apologized, and suddenly several more tentacles captured her arms and legs and restrained them. 'I guess I will just have to make up for my rudeness...' his remaining tentacles then sharped into spikes. 'By skewering you alive several times over!

He then used his free tentacles to impale the entangled Sternritter. But Merines with just the casual of movements flexed her muscles and ripped apart the tentacles that bind her. Before clapping her hands so hard that it unleashed a sonic boom that tore the incoming spiked tentacles apart.

'You may not know this or have already forgotten,' Mernis said while cracking her knuckles. 'But out of all the Sternritter, I have the greatest amount of physical strength hench why my script is called the power'

Luppi then growled In frustration while his foe kept her demeanor.

'If you are so insistent on skewering me after apologizing. Then you need to learn how to treat a lady properly first' she boasted before rushing at the Espada once more.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Wonderweiss slashed his purple claymore at Littbaro who, dodging nimbly out of the way from the strikes and at the same time firing her holy arrows at the 6th Espada, but he deflected them with ease.

'Well, you are certainly a nimble fighter, aren't you?' The blond man praised them mockingly while still trying to cut her down. 'Makes me wonder what would happen if you tried to fight back.'

'...if you insist' Littbaro respond coldly and quickly began gathering reshi around herself.

'God's fest!

Immediately, her body was consumed into a pillar of light, and when it broke apart. She sported two tiny wings in the shape of toothy jaws and a halo hovering above her head.

'So you are going all out now huh?' Wonderweiss teased. But Littbaro ignored him and began firing a whole barrage of arrows at the Espada.

'I have to take him out before he has a chance of releasing his zanpakuto, let alone his Segunda Etapa, she thought while continuing her barrage. 'Because if that kid were to use that sealing ability of his it would be a major pain to bring him down.'

However, despite Littbaro's best efforts. Wonderweiss continued swiped each arrow with his zanpakuto despite their massive increase in power and then rushed at her at top speed.

The Sternritter was frustrated that her arrows, even in her holy form, couldn't even slow down the Espada. She then began to activate her script, the glutton.

The left side of Littbaro's mouth began to stretch, deformed, and enlarged. Alongside a pair of razor teeth. she then used the monstrous side of her mouth to lunge at Wonderweiss in hopes of biting and chewing him apart.

Only for the Espada to block the huge side of her mouth with his claymore and push it back. Then while it was stunned, the 6th Espada charged and fired a purple cero at the extended body part in hopes of vaporizing it.

Only for the said mouth to devour the attack whole and neutralize it.

Wonderweiss then huffed. 'So that thing can devour attacks too, huh?' He thought before a smirk crawled up his lips. 'Let's see if it can handle something smaller and faster!' He dashed himself into the air and launched a barrage of purple balas by rapidly slashing his sword and as he thought. The massive mouth couldn't devour them all at once and was soon overwhelmed before the balas exploded upon making contact and obscuring its form in a dust cloud.

The Espada then grin at his supposed victory only to sense something behind him and when he turned around. He saw the huge mouth again, only now It grew to the point that it looked like it could devour a whole city block, to his shock.

However, before it could devour him whole, Wonderweiss then pulled out his claymore and poured an extra bit of his spiritual power into it. Before slashing it in the mouth and cutting it in half, Littbaro grimaced in pain and retracted her jaw. Yet to the Espada's bemusement, he saw it was already healing itself.

'Well, aren't you troublesome'

Meanwhile, on the eastern side of the battlefield.

BG9 faced off against The 8th Espada on the eastern side of The battlefield near the soldat barracks as the cybernetic Quincy continued to fire his machine gun at his enemy. Who deflected the bullets with her scythe zanpakuto.

Yet, despite how much she closed the distance to cut him down. The stenrriter was always just one step ahead out of her range and realizing that it was getting her nowhere she decides to use another ability.

One that was given to her by her master Cein.

She then clutched her weapon which then transform its blade and handle into a dark brown skin leathery fabric and when she slash it down. The Espada cut a deep crevice within the earth where BG9 was. Who managed to dodge out of the way at the last second.

Only to find that Roka was behind him!

Thinking quickly, the cybernetic Quincy then aim his machine gun at her. Only for the dark-Haired Madian to catch the barrel of the gun and then as her hand harden and turn brown. She then proceeds to tear the weapon from its henges and raise her scythe at her enemy.

Only for her to be blinded when BG9's purple cybernetic eye flashed a bright light on her face and when her vision readjusted; she saw that her target was retreating.

Narrowing her eyes Roka then raises her free hand and by releasing air-born pollen infected the nearby dead bodies of dead soldats and xcuation agents. All of which immediately transformed into a hoard of infected hollows that soon began to chase after the Sternritter.

However, much to her surprise, BG9 stopped in his tracks.

'So it is as I expected...you indeed have the power and abilities of the former 8th Espada's Aaroniero and Arruruerie,' the cybernetic Quincy commented while his hand repaired itself. 'Odd that an Espada would steal the abilities of a fallen comrade instead of using their own.'

Roka then lowered her eyes. 'It was not stolen. It was given, and as far as I am concerned. You have no right to judge, given that you are being pressured by said stolen abilities'

BG9 then narrowed his eyes at the Espada. 'On the contrary, miss. I find it rather...predictable.'

Suddenly much to Roka's shook. She realized that her whole hollow army suddenly collapsed, before disintegrating.

'Reshi Acid D-' BG9 explained. 'A gas that I released from the air when you used that hollow technique. Which immediately breaks down the reishi bodies of a hollow with a spite grade of four. Which is the usual level of a numerous'

Roku then stared at Quincy in confusion before slashing her scythe at him...only for him to block it with his two index fingers, and upon noticing it further, she realized that it was the same hand that she just cut off!

'Cybernetic Enchantment C' B9G explained. ' A strength enchantment meant to counter the force of those with a spirit grade of three'. Such is the average level of a low-rank Espada'

Now knowing that physical strength can alone not harm him. Roku backed away and launched hundreds of stone-turning needles at the scientist.

Yet they bounce harmlessly off when his body immediately hardens into a metal shell.

'Harden shell B,' he once again spoke. 'Endurance enchantment for those with grade two'

Sighing In frustration. Roku then turned into the mist to outmaneuver Quincy and tried to attack him from behind...only to be electrocuted the very moment she got near him.

'Electric field E-' for use against those with a spirit grade of five'

'...Really?' Roku said in an exasperated tone. 'how many gadgets does this man have?' She thought before raising her left arm. 'Still, I wonder how he would be able to counter this.'

She then transformed her arm into a tentacle that absorbed all the ruined buildings around the area, and when she had her full she then opens a mouth between her chest and was about to throw up all that she had eaten from it.

But right before she could do so, her entire body began to tremble before exploding from inside out as fire and plasma shot out from her eyes, mouth, and stomach while burning her dress to ruin.

'H-how...' Roka questioned as She used the numbers souls within herself to heal her burnt body. 'How was able to make my-!?' And then, from the corner of her eye, she saw numbers of miniature mines scatter among the ruins, and when she looked back at BG9 she saw that his left arm had many other mines attached to it.

'Plasma mine C for use against those with a spirit grade of three' BG9 said in an almost robotic tone. 'Though given the damage you took, you should already know that.'

The 8th Espada then narrowed her eyes. 'How can you counter every one of my abilities?' She asked, and then the cyborg gave her a stoic look.

'Simple...it is because I have already analyzed every ability you copied from Aaroniero and Arruruerie and thus developed the means necessary to counter them. All 356, 789 of them'

Roku then widens her eyes in bafflement. 'That's...impossible...there is no way you could make a counter for that many!' She accused, and BG9, to her surprise, nodded in agreement

'You are right. It is rather inaccurate to say I deployed a counter for all of them...' he commented while placing his right hand on his chin. 'When the twin Arrancar only had 1,789 powers that were unique, and only 560 of those 1,789 powers are usable in battle' he then focused his eyes on his opponent. 'It is rather disappointing for supposedly the most vestigial of the Espada'

Cold sweat dripped down Roka's face as he explained Aaroniero and Arruruerie's abilities with unnatural accuracy. 'So this Sternttritter did manage to make all those gadgets making him almost as brilliant as Cein...' she recomposed herself as her body fully healed along with restoring her dress.

'I have to admit Sternritter,' Roka said pleasantly. 'That you must have an extreme uncanniness to predict that one of your opponents might possess the same abilities of their fallen comrade. You must be proud of yourself that your prediction came true.'

BG9 then nodded his head. 'As much as I welcome the praise. It is unearned, for I had no predictions that my foes would use the same abilities as their fallen Allies. He then stared at her with his purple robotic eye. 'It was only by coincidence that you would so happen to use abilities that I already analyzed.'

Roka then let down her jaw for a bit. 'Then how we're able to make so many-'

'To make Devices capable of countering all those powers?' BG9 quickly answered and raised his right arm. 'Simple, all of it was a product of my script, the Knight.'

The 8th Espada then quirked her eyebrows when the cyborg morphed his right hand into a sword.

'By molding the reishi in the air and within my body. I can create metal constructs for my personal use. Originally I just used it to create basic weapons such as swords, spears, or shields' he explained before morphing the swords into a cybernetic blaster. 'But over time, through research, study, and training I can create advanced constructs such as this and with the information I had gained from all the abilities that Aaroniero and Arruruerie possess. It was more than easy enough for me to create devices to counter all of them

BG9 then aimed his blaster at Roku and began charging it. 'Shame I would rather enjoy analyzing the power of a newly promoted 8th Espada...' his blaster was then fully charged. 'But it just turns you're merely a pretender riding on the spoils of your predecessors' he then fired his blaster, which unleashed a massive blast of spiritual energy.

'Such a disappointment,' the Stenritter said dismissively as the blast headed straight toward Roku, who stared at it head-on.