If one were to use an apt term to describe the silver-haired woman at this moment, it would likely be: bookworm.
In her pursuit to follow the Mender's footsteps, the silver-haired woman used the light specks beneath the caltrop trees to generate all things.
After many years of hard practice, she had reaped corresponding rewards. She could mold her imaginings in an instant and, leveraging the characteristics of her own abilities, endow her creations with autonomous soul templates.
Yes, just like the Mender: able to generate all things and control the life and death of souls.
She had raced so fervently down this path that she could no longer see the scenery on either side.
Or rather, since embarking on this road, no ability user like Law had appeared to forcibly wake her from her delusion.
She had focused only on the fidelity of her creations and their speed of formation, never noticing the flaws inherent in this ability.
Now, she knew, and she had suffered no small blow.
The Nen shrouding her body, like a raging flame doused by a large basin of cold water, shrank into small embers.
Since her appearance, the silver-haired woman had been consistently strong. Now, she was on the verge of doubting her very existence.
'So weak...'
A glimmer of pity flashed in Chucu's eyes.
She knew very well how much effort the silver-haired woman had poured into this ability. Who would have thought she would be humiliated by a human?
Although, that human was indeed very strong.
Remembering that she herself was also a captive of that human, Chucu quickly shook her head, thinking she was in no position to pity the silver-haired woman.
Moments later, her emotions still unable to calm, the silver-haired woman slowly raised her trembling arm and pointed at Law, who stood with his blade held horizontally before him, his expression calm.
"You, you..."
The silver-haired woman's voice also trembled.
The results of her hard work until now had been so simply trampled upon. She could not bear such grievance.
Law had no interest in hearing the silver-haired woman's unfinished words. Seizing the moment her Nen fell into a waning state, he took the initiative and charged at her.
During his swift approach, he first swung several slashes of sword energy.
These sword energies were not meant to strike the silver-haired woman... their target was the remaining caltrop trees in the vicinity.
Since her appearance, the silver-haired woman had displayed only three abilities.
One was molding objects from light specks, another was petrification, and the last was Divine Scripts.
Before attacking, Law first destroyed the clumps of light specks beneath the nearby caltrop trees, effectively depriving the silver-haired woman of one ability.
Regarding the remaining two, he only needed to be wary of the petrification and Divine Script abilities.
Thus, the pressure of close-quarters combat would be greatly reduced.
Law's proactive attack made the silver-haired woman aware of danger. She was no weakling... she instantly transitioned from a state of shock to a combat state.
With a wave of her hand, the silver-haired woman flung a dozen droplet-shaped Nen Masses ahead of her, scattering them onto the ground before her.
Their faintly dark color appeared even darker against the backdrop of the milky white glow.
After landing, the droplet-shaped Nen Masses spread out on their own, forming Divine Scripts framed by circles.
Watching the silver-haired woman's technique displayed in real-time, both Law and Ging, who had considerable proficiency with Divine Scripts, showed expressions of surprise and astonishment.
'Divine Scripts could be used this way?'
Law became alert. Before closing the distance, he wanted to first destroy the framework of the Divine Scripts using long-range means.
However, before he could begin, the Divine Scripts activated their effects.
Whoosh!
From the circular array symbols, black chains shot out one after another, intertwining in the air to form a large net, heading straight for Law.
A flash of white light appeared behind Law, taking the form of a White General.
At this moment, the White General no longer wielded only one blade... a white jade longsword was in each of his hands.
Tsubame Gaeshi Flash!
The White General strode forward, slashing the twin blades horizontally to both sides, tracing out a blade arc resembling a swallow's wings, tearing a large opening in the descending net of chains.
Law seized the opportunity, rushing forward. Stepping onto the White General's body, he leaped into the air, passing through the large opening torn by the White General.
Then, Law turned and stamped forcefully in mid-air, using an air mass as a foothold. His body shot forward with even greater speed, rapidly closing in on the silver-haired woman.
Seeing Law easily break through the blockade of the chain array spells, the silver-haired woman frowned. With her five fingers spread flat, she waved her hand forward again, flinging out droplet-shaped Nen.
This time, the droplet-shaped Nen did not fall to the ground but instead directly sketched the framework of a Divine Script in mid-air.
This utterly illogical method of use again drew exclamations and astonishment from Law and Ging.
The framework of the Divine Script was completed in the air in the blink of an eye but did not immediately produce its effect.
The silver-haired woman raised her finger and tapped the Divine Script, actually pushing it away.
Seeing this, Law could not help cursing inwardly.
This method of using Divine Scripts was essentially no different from cheating.
Facing the incoming Divine Scripts one after another, Law's feet tapped the air several times. Nen burst forth, and his body suddenly vanished, using a technique that combined Shun and Sky Walk to directly evade the Divine Scripts flying through the air.
However, the Divine Scripts sketched in the air stood vertically, possessing double-sided patterns… meaning both the front and back could produce the effect of the Divine Script ability.
The moment Law left the Divine Scripts behind him, dull masses of energy hammered out from those Divine Script patterns, striking his back.
Constrained by habitual thinking, this unexpected development was something Law had not anticipated.
He could only reinforce his rear defense. The dull masses of energy struck his back.
Thump!
Law's body shuddered as he flew forward.
Seeing this, the silver-haired woman finally moved her feet. With a flash, she positioned herself on Law's flight trajectory, then reached her hands out towards Law.
If she could touch Law's body with these hands, she could turn him into one of her collection pieces directly.
If this were thirty seconds earlier, she would never have done this. Instead, she would have first pressed out Law's possibilities before ending this game she had considered.
Now, she felt danger from Law, so eliminating him became the top priority.
'It's all right. I will leave an opening for you, allowing you to have the spare strength to summon your book.'
A cold light flickered in the silver-haired woman's eyes.
In the air, Law's body shot forward. His mind was so calm that it seemed he could see every individual light speck fluttering in the air.
With an unnoticeable gesture, he signaled Ging, who had been preparing to support him, to refrain from using his ability, and also signaled his mobilized teammates not to act hastily.
After delivering the message, he imitated the silver-haired woman, using his free hand to flick out a mass of Nen.
Also turning water into ink. Under the silver-haired woman's incredulous gaze, that mass of Nen transformed into a Divine Script composed of black characters, suspended in mid-air.
The silver-haired woman's outstretched hands thus made contact with the Divine Script.
In an instant, the Divine Script enveloped the silver-haired woman's hands, becoming a pattern imprinted on them.
The attribute it contained was… imprisonment!
The silver-haired woman's hands froze in mid-air. Law lightly leaped, scissoring his legs around the silver-haired woman's neck, then forcefully twisted his waist.
His body spun rapidly in the air several times, slamming the silver-haired woman to the ground in a fairly brutal manner.
Then, Law first adjusted his posture, summoned the White General, and stabbed it into the silver-haired woman's back with a single thrust.
One thrust, clean through!
Outside the battlefield, there's utter silence.
'This...'
The corner of Shiro's mouth twitched.
Although the silver-haired woman was an enemy, she was quite pleasing to the eye in various ways. To use a move like that...
Chucu, controlled by Biscuit, had already instinctively shrunk her neck, even though she did not have one.
'This human… Is too terrifying!'