Chapter 167: Bakudō Number Ninety-Eight, Hōrin Tenjō
"The greatest disaster? Is that kind of evaluation really appropriate for me?"
Fiander's body suddenly began to rise, and the surrounding cold was blocking the heat released by Genryūsai. "So far, I haven't caused any irreparable damage to Soul Society."
"No! From the moment our eyes met just now, I already understood what kind of person you are!"
"Ridiculous remarks. But what I told you before is serious. It would be better for Soul Society to be buried in history. As for who will do this, I believe... you will see it yourself."
"Shameless talk, Arrancar! Nothing but arrogance!"
Genryūsai, whose body had turned into raging flames, directly transformed all the cold air around Fiander into steam, like a burning sun.
Soon, the fireball rushed toward Fiander's position. "Jōkaku Enjō!"
A heat wave filled the entire space. Even Fiander, who had released his Zanpakuto, couldn't isolate himself from the suffocating heat.
While speaking, the blade that swept through with flames, like a heavy ruler, slashed toward Fiander's body with a powerful blow.
"Condensed Ice Wall!"
Facing Genryūsai's slash that had easily knocked Starrk away, Fiander didn't panic. He turned his fist into a palm, and a whirlwind appeared in his hand, instantly transforming into a source of extreme cold. A water wall materialized and directly blocked the astonishing slash.
Ryūjin Jakka only cut through half the ice wall and could go no further. But the flames on the blade didn't disappear—they continued burning as usual.
"Impressive cold."
Genryūsai opened his eyes slightly and praised without hesitation.
"I don't dare accept such praise. Compared with your ability, Captain-Commander, I'm still somewhat lacking."
After saying that, he stretched out his left thumb and index finger, forming a small gesture.
"Hmph!"
Genryūsai snorted coldly, then grasped the handle with both hands. The muscles throughout his body exerted force suddenly, instantly smashing through the ice wall created by Fiander.
"Truly... a veritable monster!"
Fiander couldn't help but admire sincerely when he saw that the ice wall he'd made with his cold source was destroyed through brute force.
"However, I don't intend to rely solely on cold to fight you!"
At this moment, under Genryūsai's astonished eyes, Fiander not far away suddenly extended his palm, formed a strange hand seal and chanted, "Lord of the Azure Sky, you are arrogant, greedy, and despise everything in this world."
"Hiding in the sea of clouds, shaking in the heaven of stars, the time of ending has come. Bakudō Number Ninety-Eight: Hōrin Tenjō."
The familiar technique used by a different person made Genryūsai incredulous. "This... This is impossible. This is a Kido that has long been sealed. How does a mere Arrancar know it?"
As Genryūsai's voice fell, in the sky above, hundreds of beams of blue light gathered from Reiatsu appeared, condensing into spiderweb patterns.
"Haa!!"
Fiander's palm swung violently. Bakudō Number Ninety-Eight: Hōrin Tenjō, which had been listed as a Forbidden Technique by Central 46, successfully ensnared Genryūsai.
"Kido?! Can Arrancar actually use Kido?!"
Watching the battle below, Kyoraku cried out when he saw this scene.
Seeing that the Bakudō he released had actually succeeded in restraining Genryūsai, Fiander was secretly delighted. Then he suddenly opened his hands, ten fingers turning into claws. Ten slender threads wrapped around Genryūsai's body in an instant. At this moment, Fiander crossed his arms instantly and shouted sharply, "Bakudō Number Seventy-Seven: Tenteikūra combined with Hadō Number Eighty-Eight: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō!"
After speaking, purple electrical current spread along the silk threads from Fiander's fingertips toward Genryūsai's position. In an instant, the powerful current and the terrifying Reiatsu network began feeding on Genryūsai's body.
At this time, Yamamoto Genryūsai first felt slight numbness on his body's surface, then the biting numbness swept through his entire body. But Genryūsai, trapped by Bakudō, couldn't break free even with intense struggling.
The reason this Bakudō was listed as a Forbidden Technique was solely because the threads binding the restrained person were created from that person's own Reiatsu. This highest level Bakudō had better effects on people with stronger Reiatsu, but on those with weaker Reiatsu, it couldn't function very effectively.
Hōrin Tenjō, in addition to the strange ability to use the bound person's Reiatsu, also had a strict requirement—namely, the caster's Reiatsu must be higher than the bound person's. Otherwise, the technique would backfire on the caster themselves.
This was the real reason why this Bakudō had been sealed by Central 46.
"Teacher Genryūsai!"
Seeing her beloved teacher being so humiliated by an Arrancar before her eyes, Kyoraku was furious. Just as she was about to rush forward with blade drawn, she heard Genryūsai sternly yell, "Stand back!"
"I'm not yet old enough to need support from his disciples!"
After those words fell, Genryūsai's body no longer struggled. Even though the surface of his body was being eroded by high-voltage current, he didn't shake in the slightest. However, the flames that had originally covered Genryūsai's body unconsciously and silently extinguished.
In Fiander's sight, at this moment, a true monster had awakened. Because... the threads in his hands had been burned to ash at some point and dissipated between heaven and earth.
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