The fact that the Magic Circle had been triggered meant that Shang had just taken a hit that would have killed him.
Shang quickly realized what his opponent had done, jumped back, and left the poisonous cloud.
And when Shang looked up, he saw his opponent coming toward him.
The Magic Circle had appeared above Shang's head, which meant that an attack had come from above him. His opponent hadn't had much time to evade, and the normal decision would have been to back away or jump to the side inside the poisonous cloud.
However, Shang's opponent had jumped up, immediately leaving the poisonous cloud just when Shang had entered it. Then, she had shot one of the unprepared metal rods into Shang's head. Firing a rod wasn't nearly as accurate as firing an arrow, but from such a short distance, she wouldn't miss.
Without the uniform, the rod would have pierced Shang's brain.
And the thing Shang had hit with his sword?
