"Wah! Hot, hot, hot!"
Aramaki bared his teeth in pain and made an exaggerated expression, but only for a moment. The burning parts were swiftly replaced by newly grown trees, returning to normal. He curled his lip disdainfully.
"Hmph! How could I possibly have such an obvious weakness?!"
[Fireproof Forest]!
He controlled the surrounding trees, instantly creating a densely packed fireproof forest rich in moisture, effectively preventing the flames from spreading any further.
"Try this one."
[Willow Blade Flash]!
Aramaki let out a low roar, and countless flexible willow trees instantly grew around him. He compressed the willow branches to the extreme, turning them into countless invisible blades, thin as cicada wings and nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. Then, mimicking a swordsman's drawing slash, he fiercely swung his arm.
Whoosh—!
A vast, razor-sharp blast of air formed from countless tiny cutting currents and infused with Armament Haki swept horizontally toward the women hovering in the air. Like a crescent-shaped scythe of death, it came at them menacingly, as if intending to cut them all down at once.
[Shadow Blades: Feather Cut]!
Stella stepped forward and gracefully released dozens, perhaps hundreds, of slender black-feather-like shadow blades infused with Armament Haki from behind her.
The shadow blades were precise and swift, weaving into an impenetrable black net of cutting force in midair as they crashed into the willow strike.
The dense slicing sounds made their scalps tingle. The black shadow blades and invisible air currents annihilated and offset each other, eventually vanishing from the sky at the same time.
"You're pretty capable!"
Though Aramaki praised them aloud, his gaze grew even more solemn.
"However, since you're all women... I'll use this move against you!"
[Withered Reincarnation]!
He pressed both palms against the ground, and a slowly rotating wooden millstone