Letting his muscle memory take over, Xinzi hurled Xia Hu into the sky, slid past two knife slashes, and sent two of the assassins flying into their peers. Up above, the body bag trapping Xia Hu broke down, enabling the fem swordsman to whirl into balance and land beside Xinzi. Like disarticulated reptiles, the assassins slipped back into their lineup. The 16 tenebrous figures became 48, multiplying even as their forms blurred across the platform, threatening to rain gashes on the monk-swordsman duo.
"The Phantom God Shift." Xinzi recognized the eerie movement skill, trademark of the Anyue state's ruling faction: the Dark Moon cult.
