Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-12425721-20130716195655/@comment-11051098-20130807134133

Syko1 wrote: Firstly, with regards to Kirge, since he was planning on finishing off Urahara, Inoue and Chad it's likely he had Blut Arterie activated, meaning he had almost no defense. Even Di-Roy could have killed him at that point.

Secondly, I thought only Aaroniero could get stronger by devouring other Hollows.

You're right, I forgot about that. He indeed had his Blut Arterie activated to kill them all, so if the attacker was Grimmjow, he could have bisected him with ease, as you said.

Regarding the devour of Hollows - Grimmjow devoured Hollows and gained their strength too, when he was an Adjuchas. I don't know if Arrancars can to that only up to the Adjuchas-level, but I would assume they can do that as Arrancars too. Unless I've missed something on the Hollow page.

If he couldn't continue to devour Hollows and their strength as an Arrancar, there's no way Grimmjow could increase his power other than via the Hôgyoku, if he wasn't already at the limit of his power when Ichigo defeated him.

On a side note, it would have been interesting to see just how powerful Aaroniero could have become if he had devoured much stronger Hollows. It would have been funny to see him gain enough power to challenge Yammy, both being in their Resurrectións. Or Kenpachi at his full strength at the time.