Seaside Fight Night: Elyss vs. Shaoling

Maintaining the whole of her approach through this one grip? Now that was earnestly foolish, though it was fairly apparent to Shaoling that her opponent wasn't thinking clearly. The first impact of being thrown to the ground was intense, but Shaoling had no intention of allowing another. If Elyss refused to be cut, then there was another point of contact that was far easier to break. Another 331 Zushiki: Nokogiri, but this time it instead cut effortlessly through Shaoling's own leg, severing it above the ankle being gripped and using the momentum of Elyss' swinging to move her quite far away. Her shunko made the movement much more controlled, stopping her from flying out of bounds, and without any hesitation, Shaoling held out her hand with palm aimed for Elyss.

As she flew back, Shaoling held out her hand, and she spoke performing Twofold Incantation to call two names simultaneously. She was already abandoning the incantations, so this wouldn't be ideal, but against a foe of this caliber, it would be enough.

"Bakudo 62: Hyapporankan."
"Hadō 63: Raikoho."

Shaoling tended not to reveal much of her mastery of kido, but it was only natural that she have fairly extensive understanding if her shunko had been developed to its current degree. Unlike her previous efforts, this was an earnest effort on her end, the crashing lightning of Raikoho doing much to mask the hundred pillars fired off by Hyapporankan, intent on either scorching Elyss or simply pinning her to the floor with the bakudo. Even with her injuries, Shaoling was confident in her hoho and her shunko to give her the advantage in speed.

Still, she would prefer not to drag this out much longer.

Shaoling's eyes narrowed ever so slightly, but she didn't lower her eyes as she kept her hand pointed toward Elyss, palm still open. Her other hand moved to her forearm, reinforcing her stance as she spoke another kido's name. She certainly could have used the full incantation, but she refused to, simply to show how far amove Elyss she considered herself in this match.

"Hadō 88: Hiryuu Gekizoku Shinten Raihou."

Electric blue energy coalesced in her palm for a moment, before turning into a tremendous beam and firing directly toward the Gotei captain. This had been a more dedicated effort than Hyapporankan and Raikoho, and if not for her superior speed, and having already locked Elyss in place, she wouldn't have used such a flashy and unwieldy spell. It wasn't her style. But that, in itself, was something of a message to not only her opponent, but to the Gotei on the whole.

They weren't worth her best.

Shaoling wasn't terribly upset at having such a tremendous spell be dodged. It would have decided the match if it had made contact, she imagined, but the two of them were both on fairly even footing at present. Both wounded, carried by nothing but force of will and their own spiritual reserves. Her eyes simply moved up to study the Captain, narrowing slightly as an amused smirk cut its way across her features.

"Rain from above, corner and smite them. The lord of my spirit, shepherd though I be sheep. Hadō 43: Gaki Rekkou."

As a green circular wall formed in front of Shaoling, it quickly began to fire countless green beams of light, an incredible array of attacks in a relatively small area all flying toward Elyss. She could have moved toward her opponent, but keeping up a distant offensive with kido was more than enough for her. It wasn't as if this was so involved she would be unable to respond to an attack, after all.

The woman's instinct was impressive. That much Shaoling could tell even at a glance, just from her own years of experience on the battlefield. But the gulf between the two of them was a matter of that very experience, of the time spent honing oneself. Shaoling may have been severely wounded, but her opponent was as well, and that allowed her to keep from falling behind just yet. The fist that flew toward her was quick, but Shaoling was quicker, and the wind that surrounded her made it feasible to dodge such an impressive blow. As Shaoling shifted to the side, her own arm cocked back only for the briefest of moments, before shooting toward Elyss like a bullet, shearing wind shooting out from her fingertips as her arm became surrounded by a drill of wind.

999 Zushiki: Mogura.

It was a straightforward and withering blow, one intended to pierce through the opponent before they even had a moment to respond. Of course, she had no intention of repeating her failing from the bout she'd had with Erika, and this time, her arm itself didn't move to pierce through her opponent, only the wind shooting out of it.

The zanpakuto that flew toward her was fairly easy to bat aside with her shunko and hakuda, but it was very immediately apparent that the thrown weapon had only been intended to draw her attention away. With the momentum of the other woman's strike, and the speed with which it was already flying toward her, Shaoling wasn't entirely certain that dodging the blow would be feasible. Even if it were, it would put her on the backfoot, and she had no intention of giving this woman the advantage.

21 Oushiki: Kyodaiha.

All of Shaoling's shunko left the rest of her body, her small and relatively fragile form left momentarily uncovered by the shearing winds. However, that was only because the full intensity of it had been condensed into her injured leg. In a single instant, a knee shot to match Elyss' blow, empowered with the full extent of Shaoling's capabilities. As it did, however, the winds of her condensed shunko flew off of the strike like a great wave, and the severed foot stained the strike red.

It was a deciding blow in a match like this. Even with such strength, it was distinctly possible that her attack would only be met evenly by her opponent fighting as wildly as this. Her pride, at least internally, was a touch more injured than her body already at that thought. It was simply a sign she couldn't rest for even a moment.