It was my turn to have a facial expression that froze. If he was really capable of locking on from such a great distance that quickly, I was no longer fully confident in winning the match. He hadn't sounded confident, though. If I was right, this was a desperate play to try to force me into a mistake once I had to ramp things up even more still.
Maybe he really had bitten off more than he could chew, or maybe his nervousness betrayed him, but he failed to shoot his bow in the time limit he specified. "Since Yin Shuo did not shoot in the time limit he called for, he has failed to make his shot. Xu Zuhui is the winner!"
"You really had me going there for a second," I said, cautiously offering consolation, "if you had pulled that one off, I very well could have lost."
