As Ignacio was calmed down and was sent back to his quarters in the arena to be healed.
As Guerra stands there in the arena, all of a sudden, a very strong bala from above, rich with reiatsu blows up next to him and launches him in the air, hitting the ground.
From the roofless arena, 2 Arrancars come down and lands in the arena, touching the sand with their shoes.
One of the Arrancars is a male with black hair wearing a white uniform and has mask that seems to be taking form as platings below his eyes, he also has pale white skin, brown lifeless eyes, a stoic personality and stands at the height of 5'11ft.
The other is a female Arrancar bearing red long hair and also wearing a white uniform, she has black eyes, and stands at the height of 5'2ft.
They were none other than Lerouge and Ainora.
Lerouge speaks up with admiration stoicly.
"I sensed your spiritual reiatsu in this arena, stronger. I'm impressed, you were able to go from Gillian to Vasto Lorde in an impressive amount of time."
Guerra replies coldly.
"Why are you here....."
Ainora replies arrogantly with a hint of annoyance.
"We were sent here by Barragan to capture ya! He wants a rematch cuz you bailed!"
It came to a shock as they somehow managed to find out where Guerra is.
"How did you guys even find me?"
Lerouge replies.
"We asked around the Forest and gathered your remaining reiatsu in Las Noches.
So please. Come with us to duel Barragan, or else we destroy this Forest and kill everyone."
Guerra thinks about his options. He talks to himself.
"Crap. I can sense it with my pesquisa. Lerouge is unbelievably strong, definitely Vasto Lorde class... I would barely handle him compared to my reiatsu. Ainora is way below Lerouge but she is still a handful to deal with. I can't just leave and let my ranks stay unorganized, my army will have a crazy power vacuum and leave the Empire in shambles because of them and other threats."
Guerra takes a deep breathe and exhales.
"Just like in the past... I will also refuse this offer..."
Lerouge, mildly dissapointed with the answer, sighs and coldly responds to Guerra's decision.
"Very well.... We will murder everyone in this entire Forest, starting with you."
Lerouge draws out his sword from its sheathe.
Guerra uses his sonido, dissappearing immediately, Lerouge follows suit and also dissappears.
12 meters away from the ground, at the air, Guerra blocks Lerouge's sword with his right forearm. Both of them dissappear mid air and clashed mid-air multiple times until Lerouge catches Guerra's left arm at a quick clash and tears it off easily without breaking a sweat. Guerra is in intense pain but he hold his pain and grunts lightly without his guard letting up.
"Nghh... I'm giving it my all and he's not even budging in the slightest (he was talking to himself.)."
Guerra regenerates his left arm back and moves his fingers and the arm around.
Lerouge talks with admiration while maintaining a dead look.
"Impressive... You can keep up with my speed without evolving into an Arrancar. Normally, an Adjucha class Arrancar would be somewhat enough to take down a Vasto Lorde. I guess I have underestimated you, but you shouldn't do the same to me."
Lerouge raised his sword for just a milisecond and all of a sudden, Guerra's arms were torn off and his chest was heavily slashed and wounded. He immediately used HSR (High-Speed Regeneration.) to heal his wounds and regain his lost limbs.
As he heals, he was shocked after he realized that Lerouge was holding back the entire time.
"Dang.... And here I thought we were evenly matched in terms of speed."
Lerouge speaks coldly once again..
"If it weren't for Barragan's orders I would have gone for the head. So please, come with us."
Guerra still refuses to go with them, knowing the consequences if he does.
Lerouge can't help but express annoyance under his stoic look.
"Sigh*..... Very well.
(Raises and points sword at Guerra.*)
Gran Rey Cero... "
A huge powerful Cero came out of Lerouge's sword, more powerful than that of a normal Cero and was aimed directly at Guerra. He watches in horror as he knows that he cannot dodge such Cero, so he fires his own Cero as an attempt to lessen the damage he will take from it. The Gran Rey Cero makes contact with his Cero before it overwhelms Guerra, he was sent to the ground, making a horrible landing and sustained heavy burns in his body. He got up and healed himself with HSR.
He talks to himself.
"My massive pool of reiatsu and HSR are the only things keeping me alive, I would've been dead by now if I didn't have one of them or had neither. But time is against me and I'll run out eventually, I need to think.....
Researchers told me that Arrancars usually don't have HSR, meaning that any damage I give will be permanent, the problem is that he's practically untouchable. I'll think of a way somehow."
Lerouge comes to the ground of the arena, 3 meters away from Guerra, he instantly pounces towards him at an unreactable speed and grabbed his neck amd stuck his sword to his gut, piercing all the way through his back. Guerra coughs up blood from his mouth.
"GYAAAHHHgmmm!! (blood comes out of his mouth*.)"
Lerouge began squeezing his neck really hard, choking him out to let out his annoyance towards Guerra.
"I should've killed you in out first meeting so I wouldn't have to come back to this wretched wasteland of a Forest."
In an attempt to free himself from Lerouge's grasp, Guerra uses his sharp nails to instantly cut off his entire jugular to free himself, succeededing.
We cut to Ainora watching the fight with her arms crossed.
Wilfred shouted.
"Hey! Lady!"
Ainora turns to see Wilfred and Thorfyll (fully healed.).
Wilfred calmly says with his hands also crossed.
"As the recent losers of the competition, how about we fight to compensate our egos being shattered."
Ainora excitedly responds after tirelessly waiting.
"Fine by me! (unsbeathes sword and points it at them*) Just make sure to make it a good fight!"
Thorfyll pulled up his fighting stance while Wilfred unsheathes his sword.
Both say in unison.
"We will!"