Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Daiguren Hyorinmaru is named after the Daiguren Hell, the lowest level of the eight cold hells in the Buddhist cosmology.

This is the coldest of the eight cold hells. Beings there suffer from extreme cold, causing their bodies to crack and their skin and muscles to split open, resembling red lotus flowers.

The ultimate cold that freezes everything and even causes the body to shatter is not the extreme cold nature of the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto.

Hyōrinmaru, the strongest ice-type Zanpakutō, is comparable to Ryūjin Jakka, the strongest fire-type Zanpakutō!

When the three snowflake ice crystals behind Toshiro Hitsugaya completely fall off, Hyorinmaru's Bankai will enter its truly completed "Perfect" state.

Hyōrinmaru in its "complete form"! It can even freeze space and time!

That's completely unreasonable!

Just like Ryujin Jakka's Bankai, which can evaporate all the moisture in Soul Society, causing Soul Society to completely collapse!

Of course, Toshiro Hitsugaya has not yet trained to the point where he can reach the complete form of Hyōrinmaru's Bankai.

That was the level that Toshiro Hitsugaya reached during the later stages of the Bleach storyline, in the Thousand-Year Blood War.

Hitsugaya Toshiro's current spiritual pressure is simply insufficient to support him in entering the complete form of Hyōrinmaru's Bankai.

"The spiritual pressure is acceptable," Shen Jue said with a slight smile and a nod.

Being able to stand upright and maintain a fighting stance in front of Shen Jue now is enough to make one a strong figure among the Grim Reapers.

Hitsugaya Toshiro exhaled a breath of icy air, overcoming the fear hidden within his spiritual pressure, and called out loudly, "Vice Captain Shen Jue."

"Please be careful."

"Dragon Shot!"

With a flap of his icy wings, Toshiro soared towards Shen Jue! He thrust his sword straight at him!

Just as Hyōrinmaru's blade was about to touch Shen Jue!

Shen Jue did not swing his knife! Instead, he extended his finger.

"Hado: White Lightning Spins Ten Thousand Times".

White lightning dances wildly! Like a lightning storm, it sweeps through Hyōrinmaru in his Bankai state!

Toshiro's pupils dilated in shock! His ice wings twisted, forcefully pulling him away from Shen Jue!

The wildly dancing white lightning coalesced! It gathered! It transformed into a giant ball of lightning! And chased after Toshiro!

Toshiro dodged through the air with incredible speed and agility!

The defensive barrier trembled! Several captains increased their spiritual pressure output, continuously setting up layers of barriers to suppress the spiritual pressure!

If the Hado: White Lightning Thousand Turns were to erupt within the training grounds of the Shinigami Academy, without the obstruction of any barrier, the entire Shinigami Academy would be wiped off the map of Soul Society!

Transformed into the most basic spiritual energy particles!

If I get hit, I might die! That was the first thought that popped into Toshiro's mind when he saw the huge ball of lightning.

Toshiro felt a terrifying, abyss-like feeling of being unable to look directly at Shen Jue!

Shen Jue's mere unnamed high-level ghost technique, which required no chanting, was enough to make him flee in a sorry state, unable to fight back!

Are all captain-level Grim Reapers monsters like this?!

"Illusory Image of Ice!"

An identical Toshiro appeared in the air, and the ball lightning struck the Toshiro's phantom, melting it completely, just like frozen grease being baked by high temperature.

Toshiro flew through the air, panting heavily.

Shen Jue calmly commented, "Such a slashing technique can't even cut through lightning."

"He still needs more practice."

Cutting through lightning with a Zanpakuto? Is that something a Shinigami would say? The graduates lying on the ground outside the arena, displaying their proper role as sarcastic commentators, all thought to themselves in silence.

"If even the cutting technique is this advanced, there's no need to test the Demonic Path."

"As for hand-to-hand combat," Shen Jue glanced at Hitsugaya Toshiro's current thin and small appearance. Toshiro, who was not yet an adult, was still developing, and his hand-to-hand combat skills might be very strong compared to other graduates.

But for Shen Jue, Toshiro's hand-to-hand combat skills were basically at the level of prenatal education.

"A thousand-year-old ice prison!"

Toshiro extended his Zanpakuto, Hyōrinmaru, and the moisture in the air condensed! Instantly, countless enormous ice pillars formed around Shen Jue!

The icicles completely sealed Shen Jue!

"Hyourinmaru: Hyotei Hyakka Zō!"

The ice wings behind Toshiro melted! The air became humid! Snowflakes fell in the training grounds!

Outside the ice pillars that had sealed Shen Jue, enormous snowflakes began to fall!

Toshiro landed on the ground, panting heavily from the immense spiritual pressure and physical exertion required to unleash the still-immature Hyotei Hyakkasou.

"When the hundredth ice flower falls, the battle will end." Toshiro stared intently at Shen Jue, who was sealed by ice pillars.

Shen Jue's figure was somewhat blurry within the not-quite-transparent icicle.

As the ice flowers continued to fall, Toshiro's spiritual pressure rapidly dissipated, and the three snowflake ice crystals behind his head almost completely withered away.

"Laugh, revel, Shikai, the human game."

The ice pillars melted instantly! The terrifyingly increased spiritual pressure forced the already panting Toshiro to the ground!

Hundreds of ice flowers fell at Shen Jue's feet!

The defensive barrier was on the verge of collapse under such terrifying spiritual pressure!

Kuchiki Byakuya, standing off the field, trembled and instinctively gripped his Zanpakuto, Senbonzakura, at his waist!

"Is this spiritual pressure too strong?" the aloof and handsome Grim Reaper murmured to himself.

Unohana Retsu showed an expression of no surprise as the beautiful older sister wrapped her braid around her hair.

For some reason, she felt an itch to chop something.

Hyōrinmaru's Bankai was instantly released! Tōshirō tried to use his Zanpakutō Hyōrinmaru to support his body, but he couldn't.

He could only lie on the ground, just like the other graduates outside the venue.

Toshiro looked at Shen Jue, whose clothes were spotless, with despair, and hated himself for being so disheveled!

Shen Jue propped his chin up with his hand and then saw Matsumoto Rangiku squeezing her full breasts and making a strange expression.

"Oh dear!" Shen Jue suddenly realized, withdrew the initial interpretation of the Human Game, and the terrifying spiritual pressure that had erupted vanished in an instant.

The graduates present felt a sense of relief and took deep breaths to calm the shadows and fear in their hearts and bodies.

Toshiro was also able to catch his breath, wondering why Shen Jue had withdrawn his spiritual pressure.

After thinking for a moment, Shen Jue suddenly punched his left palm with his right fist.

Then Shen Jue pointed to a worn-out tear in his vice-captain's haori and said, "Amazing!"

"Anything that can damage my haori!"

"I, Shen Jue, hereby acknowledge you as the strongest among this year's graduates!"

"Although you still need more training, I, Shen Jue, the vice-captain of the 10th Division, acknowledge you."

Shen Jue gave a thumbs-up, praising Toshiro's all-out fight.

The captains who were maintaining the defensive barrier relaxed at the same time, fearing that Shen Jue might get carried away with the battle and cause the barrier to go out of control.

When the old captain saw Shen Jue's appearance and Matsumoto Rangiku's winking expression, he knew exactly what these kids were up to.

But he also witnessed the strength and potential of Hyōrinmaru, the Zanpakutō.

Although Toshiro is far inferior to the monster Shen Jue, he is still worth cultivating.

In the future, Toshiro could also become one of the pillars of Soul Society.

"In that case, Toshiro Hitsugaya, you may become the captain of the 10th Division."

Exhausted, Toshiro lay on the ground and nodded with difficulty.

The last thing he saw was Shen Jue giving him a thumbs-up and an approving smile.

The genius boy, Toshiro Hitsugaya, fainted and could not get up again.