If Hanakaiin Rintaro had not blocked it with his barrier technique, the flames would have reached the spectator stands.
Abe Kaori appeared in midair. Looking at the faintly visible figure within the sea of flames below, a smile curled across her lips beneath her yin-yang fan.
Feeling the scorching sea of fire even through the barrier technique, Liaoran frowned. "With such destructive power, Miss Zhang will be all right, won't she?"
Zhang Yuanbai shook his head. "Don't worry. If she were using some other method against my third sister, there might be a chance, but flames? No need to worry.
"If Miss Kaori has no other tricks up her sleeve, she can only wait to admit defeat."
Liaoran looked at him doubtfully. "Oh?"
The others all turned to look at Zhang Yuanbai as well.
Zhang Yuanbai said, "My third sister possesses a body attuned to the virtue of fire, and she has deeply cultivated the Fire Escape of the Great Five Elements Escape. She fears no flame beneath the heavens.
"Besides that, she has mastered a great divine ability specifically meant to counter wind-and-fire arts."
As he spoke, everyone saw the sea of flames in the arena churn, as though some strange beast were stirring beneath the ground.
Abe Kaori noticed the anomaly below as well. No longer waiting, she abruptly spun the yin-yang fan in her hand—Wish-Fulfilling Fire.
This fan was one of the three yin-yang fans painstakingly crafted by the Onmyo Bureau, named Wish-Fulfilling Fire.
It could amplify the power of all flames, while also allowing one to control one's own fire exactly as one wished.
It also attracted fire-type shikigami, earning their loyalty so they would not rebel at every turn.
Countless flames danced like spirits, leaping to some inexplicable rhythm along with her movements.
Then they