Minato Namikaze did not need to warn them at all.
Faced with the sudden situation, as though the entire forest had revived into demons and monsters.
Although the hundred elite shinobi present looked surprised, they each responded immediately.
After all, they had already learned roughly what Wood Release was capable of.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
Soccer-ball-sized fireballs shot from the mouth of an Uchiha jonin.
One after another, they exploded and shattered the countless branches attacking from all directions.
Around him.
The shinobi of his clan relied on the Sharingan's extraordinary visual perception.
While nimbly dodging at high speed, they swung long blades infused with Wind or Fire Chakra to hack apart the trees, buying those behind them the space and time to form hand seals and cast ninjutsu.
The other shinobi each revealed their own methods as well.
The Inuzuka Clan's Fang Over Fang, the Akimichi Clan's Expansion Jutsu, the Nara Clan's Shadow Sewing Technique, the Hyuga Clan's Eight Trigrams Air Palm and Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, the Shimura Clan's Wind Release, the Sarutobi Clan's Fire Release.
Their techniques varied greatly, but all could temporarily keep them safe.
Only the two special jonin from the Yamanaka Clan were especially helpless.
With the aid of their fellow shinobi, they could only barely cope through Physical Arts.
It was not as though Shikaku Nara had not considered clearing out the trees here beforehand.
But doing so would have made it easy for Aramaki to notice something was wrong, severely affecting the success rate of the first stage of the plan—restraining his body.
Furthermore, Minato Namikaze's intelligence had made it very clear: Aramaki could create a vast forest in an instant within Roran City, even where there were no trees at all.
So clearing away the trees here would not