Cero

is an attack used by Menos, Arrancar, and Visored. As a standard energy blast, it consists of firing a powerful blast of concentrated spiritual energy at the target. While in most cases it is fired from the mouth, some Arrancar and Visored can fire Cero from their hands, fingers, and other parts of their bodies. This often requires the user to take on a specific pose, with Coyote Starrk being the only exception.

The power, force, speed, and blast area of the Cero is dependent on the strength, spiritual power, and sometimes skill of the user (i.e., the stronger the user, the stronger the attack), and there are some Arrancar who have come up with their own variation of Cero. The charging and firing time for Cero varies greatly, from charging relatively fast to firing it to instantaneously firing one without much charging. Despite the damage it can cause at long range distances, Love Aikawa states the damage a Cero causes as an explosion is more dangerous when used at close range.

Cero Color Variations
Most Cero are a crimson color when used by Hollows, Visored or Arrancar. While most Cero are commonly crimson-red, several Arrancar have shown various colors that represent much, much more energy and power of pure life energy; chakra. ōū

Variations
In addition to the regular Cero, some Arrancar can use unique variations of the technique.

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