I Died and Became a Hollow, But I Get Stronger by Being an Idiot Chapter 14: A Genius Idea (And Immediate Regret)

Current EP: 2,800 / 1,000,000

Okay, so I had a new plan.

After the handstand fiasco and accidental foot-blasting Cero yesterday (or was it a week ago? Hueco Mundo ti was a lie), I realized sothing important.

If doing stupid things gave EP…

Then doing really, really stupid things should give more, right?

I an, that's just basic science.

And thus — I, a proud Gillian-class Hollow standing six stories tall, decided it was the perfect ti to invent "Cero Jumping."

The rules were simple:

Fire a Cero at the ground.

Let it launch like a rocket.

Profit.

I raised my hand.

"GRRROOOOHHHH!"

The red energy gathered in my palm, crackling and humming with raw power.

A couple of nearby Hollows caught wind of what I was doing and imdiately noped out of there.

Smart.

?

Not so much.

"CEROOOO!"

BOOOOOM!

The blast hit the sand, sending up a massive plu of dust — and launching my enormous, bone-headed body into the air like a giant Hollow cannonball.

For a brief, glorious mont, I was airborne.

A six-story monster soaring through the eternal night sky of Hueco Mundo.

"GRUOOOOOHHH!!"

[SYSTEM NOTICE: Executed suicidal Cero Jump — 500 EP]

[SYSTEM NOTICE: Achieved temporary aerial superiority — 200 EP]

Current EP: 3,500 / 1,000,000

I grinned like a lunatic.

Then gravity rembered I existed.

WHAM.

I crashed face-first into a massive boulder, causing it to crumble under my ridiculous weight.

Another plu of sand and rock shot into the air.

[SYSTEM NOTICE: Perford catastrophic crash landing — 300 EP]

Current EP: 3,800 / 1,000,000

My entire skeleton ached.

Even though technically I didn't have muscles or nerves anymore.

I still hurt.

Sowhere off to the side, a pack of smaller Hollows was watching with expressions I could only describe as "what in the actual hell is this guy doing?"

Good.

Let them watch greatness unfold.

I struggled to my feet, dusted off bits of stone, and was about to attempt a double Cero Jump when a sudden roar echoed nearby.

A large Hollow with four arms, a bull's skull for a face, and an-looking horns was charging at .

It looked angry.

And hungry.

And maybe a little confused by my recent stunt show.

"GRUHHHHHHHHHH!!"

Crap.

I could fight it.

I could run.

But…

there was a third, much stupider option.

I tried to high-five it.

Yes.

A six-story tall Gillian raised its hand, palm out, and leaned down for a friendly, sportsmanlike slap of solidarity.

The bull Hollow didn't get the mo.

It barreled into full force, sending tumbling across the sand like a ragdoll.

[SYSTEM NOTICE: Attempted friendly greeting with hostile — 400 EP]

[SYSTEM NOTICE: Suffered humiliating defeat — 200 EP]

Current EP: 4,400 / 1,000,000

I groaned, half-buried in a sand dune.

Still worth it.

Even if my jaw was half hanging off my face mask now.

I crawled out and dusted myself off again.

New plan:

Take a breather.

Invent a new stupid stunt tomorrow.

Because apparently, I was a one-monster disaster circus.

And I was loving it.

Current EP: 4,400 / 1,000,000

Objective: Evolve to Adjuchas