The night forest was deep and dark, like a boundless black lake. With a loud bang, a section of the deep forest suddenly collapsed, startling flocks of birds into flight. But no dust was raised; the collapsed area was already sealed in ice, transformed into a world of ice and snow.
A huge ice Bodhisattva stood in the center, its hands clasped together, its eyes lowered. Behind it, a dense array of ice arms formed a crystalline circle. These arms could be concentrated to attack the same spot, generating enormous destructive power. They could also be dispersed to punch or palm in all directions, for a full-coverage, wide-range attack or defense. They could also form ice fans and perform a very gorgeous and beautiful fan dance~
"Wow—it's finally complete!" Doma sat in an ice lotus on the shoulder of the Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva, swinging his legs with a chuckle. "Mmm! I'm so smart~"
"Let me think, from now on, I'll call this form 'Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva: Thousand-Armed Style'," he clapped his hands. "Although it doesn't really have a thousand arms, ahaha~"
Although he had conceived of it long ago, achieving it was not simple. Creating more arms on the Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva could easily destroy its original stability, making it difficult to control and summon. Although he was always fickle in his ability development, Doma had made many attempts and had been stuck for a long time.
Recently, he had finally come up with a brilliant idea. He simply gave up on making these ice arms and the Sleeping Lotus Bodhisattva an inseparable whole, and instead created them as individual entities, like the Crystalline Divine Children. These ice arms didn't require overly fine control, so they didn't consume much brainpower, nor were they a great burden on his body. He could still create many of them, and they could coordinate with each other very flexibly.
In this case, each ice arm was considered a separate entity. Even if it was cut by a Crimson Blade and couldn't recover, he could just discard it and create a new one.
"Mmm~ It seems this is even stronger," Doma retracted the ice Bodhisattva and fell from mid-air. He landed flat on his back on the ground, then lay there, looking up at the bright stars in the night sky. "Oh my, I'm so clever!"
Doma laughed without a care, pillowed his head with his hands, and began to ponder his second new ability, which he had recently designed. Ever since he had trained with Lord Kokushibo all those years ago, in order not to disappoint his heavy expectations, Doma had been working hard. Training was impossible, but developing an ability similar to the Transparent World might have some hope?
Inspired by Lord Akaza's "Compass Needle" ability, Doma felt he could do it too. He could spread his difficult-to-see ice mist into the air, so couldn't he also use it as a means of perception? Anyone's every action within the range of the ice mist would touch the fine ice crystals in the air, right? If he could collect this information, even if his eyes couldn't keep up, he could still judge his opponent's movements in time and react more quickly.
But the problem was, although this ice mist was formed from Doma's blood, it was difficult to perceive once it left his body. Mmm~ This is where "Hisōten" comes in. Using the excellent self-perception of Hisōten as a bridge, all problems would be solved. After all, the ice mist was also a part of his body.
Most importantly, if in this state he abandoned the perception of emotions and memories in Hisōten and focused entirely on perceiving his opponent's thoughts, it would be even more complementary. People always have a thought in their mind before they make any move. Even for people in whom combat is ingrained as instinct, when they decide which spot to attack, a strong thought will arise in their hearts, which will be sensed by Hisōten.
In that case, it seemed entirely possible to predict the opponent's next move before they even began to act.
"Mmm, let's see if it's feasible." Doma jumped up from the ground full of energy, suddenly waved his fan, and scattered a large cloud of white mist. The surrounding temperature dropped sharply, as if instantly changing from midsummer to deep winter. The air was already filled with fine ice crystals. Doma summoned a Divine Child and tried to sense the small ice figure's movements.
The world before his eyes changed in an instant. The blowing of the wind, the birds in the sky, every movement of the Divine Child, all turned into beautiful arcs, as if they were jointly painting a magnificent picture. "Ah, it's feasible after all~"
Doma blinked his splendid eyes and nonchalantly twisted a strand of his hair with his finger. "But the problem is that the ice mist is easily blown away or dispersed, creating blank areas, and the range of its spread is also difficult to control..."
"Then I'll have to think of another way," he looked down at the ground beneath his feet. "Perhaps I can create a domain..." he waved his fan, and a thick layer of frost instantly formed on the ground and the outer tree trunks. A thick ice mist continuously emanated from this frost, merging with the air, instantly filling all the blank areas in his perception.
"Mmm! This way, even if it's blown away, it can be quickly replenished. Even if it's too late, as long as someone steps on the ground, I can always sense their position... Mmm, it's barely acceptable." Doma chuckled and spun his fan. He didn't feel any sense of accomplishment, just that he had calmly completed a task.
"If the ice mist and Hisōten are combined, I wonder how it compares to the Transparent World?" He tapped his chin with his fan, looked up in thought for a while, then laughed and scratched his head. "I can't judge. After all, I don't know much about the Transparent World, haha..."
Doma looked at the white frost around him and suddenly felt it was too boring and didn't suit him at all. I need to design a beautiful and interesting shape!
"Ah~ I've got it!" Doma's eyes lit up, a brilliant smile on his face. He suddenly lifted his right foot and stomped hard on the ground.
"Domain Expansion!" (≧▽≦)
A huge snowflake pattern bloomed from under his feet, surrounded by countless small and large snowflake patterns, looking ethereal and beautiful. "Oh my, so pretty!"
In that case, I really am a good match for Lord Akaza! We were truly born to be good friends!
"Let this be a testament to my friendship with Lord Akaza~" Doma cupped his cheeks and swayed from side to side with a blissful expression. "If Lord Akaza and I use our abilities at the same time, anyone who sees it will know that we are the best of friends!"
"Even our abilities are a matching brother-style~"
"Lord Akaza will surely be very moved, right?" Mmm—Lord Akaza will surely be so moved his eyes will well up, then he'll turn his head away and pretend not to care, saying something tsundere like "How disgusting"... But in his heart, he will be absolutely overjoyed!
"I have to show him right away," Doma muttered eagerly. "Eh? No, I have to think of a good name first." He stopped himself from taking a step and pinched his chin in thought.
"Mmm~ I'll call it 'Sōten Kansetsu' (Frosty Sky, Wintry Snow)!"
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