User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 611 - The Soul King Dies (edgy as ever, Kubo)/@comment-5303512-20141228175314/@comment-11051098-20141229194738

It probably was in their cards that they would lose, and I don't mind that either, but I hate it when Kubo has characters as powerful as the RG getting curbstomped off-screen, even if he only did it to show how powerful the Elites became after Yhwach revived them, boosted their powers and activated their Vollständigs.

As Elites, I would be disappointed if they turned out to be weaker than they are right now.