Although there wasn't a trace of moisture in the air for dozens of miles, seemingly putting her at a disadvantage, Hyorinmaru showed no sign of worry.
"Hmph, how boring. Since you know my ability is to freeze air moisture with Reiatsu to form ice for battle, haven't you heard of my other ability? My strongest, and also most fundamental, ability..."
"Weather Subjugation!"
With Hyorinmaru's light shout, a pillar of ice-blue Reiatsu shot into the sky.
Boom!!
Thunder rumbled in the sky. Dark clouds gathered from all directions, covering the vast Seireitei, even threatening to spread over the Rukongai outside.
Whoosh—!!
A cold wind howled, dropping the temperature throughout the entire Seireitei.
Drip, drip, drip...
Raindrops suddenly fell from the sky. Although these ordinary raindrops couldn't extinguish Ryujin Jakka's flames, they moistened the air throughout the Seireitei.
"It's raining! How is that possible!!"
Ryujin Jakka exclaimed in shock.
"Hmph! How about that? Is there enough moisture in the air now?"
Hyorinmaru said proudly.
"How... how is it possible! The Weather Subjugation ability can cover the entire Seireitei!"
Ryujin Jakka said incredulously.
Ryujin Jakka wasn't unaware of Hyorinmaru's Weather Subjugation ability, but he never imagined it could cover such a vast range.
"Heh, just covering the Seireitei surprises you? If I wanted, covering not just the Seireitei, but the entire Soul Society would be no problem."
Hyorinmaru said calmly.
What Hyorinmaru said wasn't wrong. The Weather Subjugation ability could indeed cover the entire Soul Society. But outside a certain core area around Hyorinmaru, its influence would be very weak elsewhere. Not only would it fail to match Hyorinmaru's title of [Sky Dominator], but even making it rain in those areas would be very difficult.
Even controlling the sky over the entire Seireitei and influencing its weather was very taxing for Hyorinmaru, as the Seireitei's area was also vast.
"I didn't expect you to be able to control the weather over the entire Seireitei. I misjudged."
Seeing rain beginning to fall across the Seireitei, Ryujin Jakka couldn't help but feel some disgust.
Although this rain couldn't affect his flames, and even evaporated before getting close due to the heat, under the influence of Hyorinmaru's power, there was an endless supply of rain that couldn't be cut off.
Just as Toshiro and Hyorinmaru disliked hot environments, this rain also made Ryujin Jakka disgusted and uncomfortable. Apart from that, it had no major effect, and his combat power wasn't reduced.
However, conversely, Hyorinmaru's combat power would be greatly enhanced. Even with just a simple application, Weather Subjugation could create an environment favorable to Hyorinmaru, greatly increasing her combat effectiveness.
"Ryujin Jakka, don't talk about misjudging. Even if you could evaporate all the moisture in the entire Soul Society, so what? Does the water you evaporated truly disappear? Of course not. The water you evaporated simply turned into water vapor, rose to the sky, and became rain clouds again."
"So, even if my Weather Subjugation couldn't affect such a vast range as the Seireitei, it wouldn't matter. I could still obtain sufficient moisture from the rain clouds high in the sky to create ice for combat. Your attempt to limit my combat power by evaporating surrounding moisture was impossible from the start. You focused on the wrong thing from the beginning."
Hyorinmaru said calmly.
Ryujin Jakka's intention had been impossible from the start. Hyorinmaru used Weather Subjugation to control the Seireitei's weather and gather rain from across it mainly to create an environment favorable to herself, not because Ryujin Jakka had evaporated the surrounding moisture.
"Hyorinmaru, I must admit I underestimated you."
Ryujin Jakka said after a moment of silence.
"Such things don't matter now. I no longer have the mood to continue fighting like this. If we delay any longer, the Seireitei will surely be destroyed by our power. So, bring out your full strength and let's decide the outcome!!"
Hyorinmaru declared loudly.
With that, Hyorinmaru attacked first, and her opening move was a powerful killing technique!
"Hyoten Hyakkaso!!"
As Hyorinmaru's words fell, the originally chaotic, dark sky grew heavier with clouds, the entire Seireitei becoming even darker.
Then, a pillar of ice-blue Reiatsu shot up, and an ice-blue void suddenly appeared within the dark clouds.
This ice-blue void continuously expanded, covering Ryujin Jakka and the space below.
Then, endless snowflakes cascaded down like a waterfall from the ice-blue void.
"This technique is powerful!"
Ryujin Jakka's tone was unprecedentedly grave.
He could feel the sense of death brought by [Hyoten Hyakkaso]. If he didn't respond with full power, he might die from this technique.
"Zanka no Tachi, West: Zanjitsu Gokui!"
Boom!
Reiatsu vast as the ocean transformed into flames of 15 million degrees, the temperature of the sun's core, covering his immense body.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!
Before the waterfall of snowflakes could even land on Ryujin Jakka, when they were still three meters away, the 15 million-degree flames, comparable to the sun's core, evaporated part of the Hyoten Hyakkaso snowflakes.
The snowflakes, containing endless ice power capable of freezing everything, met the 15 million-degree flames comparable to the sun's core. For a moment, snow melted and steam rose.
Crack, crack, crack...
Although the Hyoten Hyakkaso snowflakes were constantly melted by the sun-core-temperature flames, an endless supply continued falling from the sky. Finally, some snowflakes began to land on Ryujin Jakka, and ice flowers blossomed on his body.
When the snowflakes in the sky finally stopped, Ryujin Jakka's body was completely covered in ice flowers, transformed into a tower of ice flowers standing in the sky.
However, Hyorinmaru remained on guard, not daring to relax in the slightest, because she could still sense Ryujin Jakka's presence.
Sure enough, a powerful Reiatsu erupted. The tower of ice flowers shattered, and Ryujin Jakka reappeared before Hyorinmaru, as vigorous as ever.
Although the snowflakes of Hyorinmaru's [Hyoten Hyakkaso] had broken through Ryujin Jakka's [Zanjitsu Gokui] and blossomed ice flowers on him, freezing him, they had also exhausted their power while being melted by the sun-core-temperature flames of Zanjitsu Gokui.
So those ice flowers had become ordinary ice and could no longer threaten Ryujin Jakka.