To ensure a hit with a single shot.
Gu Shen had been waiting... Finally, the silver arrow pierced through the adversary's face as he had hoped, but he miscalculated Qu Shui's ability.
This was not the real person.
It was her ability... a shadow.
From Qu Shui's reaction at the moment, it was clear that the shadow was injured, and she was in pain too, but the wound that should have been fatal was greatly diminished. She had blood constantly streaming from her eyes, which was consistent with the through-and-through wound caused by the silver arrow.
Qu Shui's shadow at her feet pulsed irregularly, at times coalescing into a petite girl, and at other times flitting into the shape of a tall man, like a wild beast thrashing desperately inside a cage.
"Her power is to control shadows and solidify them into physical forms?" Gu Shen's gaze became somber as he watched Qu Shui, and that pair of large, shining silver scissors made him feel an abnormal sense of danger.
Too cautious.
