The disc of ice started producing more shards of ice which bombarded the vicinity—Ryoma slicked into the shadows, maneuvering from the unrelenting attacks that Lian'er dished out.
The entire battlefield was turned into a graveyard of ice.
Lian'er's eyes darted around observing where the man might be. Having experienced the ability to merge with shadows, she could predict the path a shadow user could take and even track them down in a manner similar to precognition—she saw Ryoma emerge from the shadows of the ice shards and commanded the dragon on her construct to attack the old man.
Ryoma saw the dragon approach and gritted his teeth. Shadow travel needed time, and the dragon would arrive before he could command his shadows to allow him to dissolve into them—but the situation was not as hopeless as he thought. He crossed his fingers and Neuro-Qi flowed in his body bringing forth his next technique.
TEN DIRECTIONS: SHADOW GARDEN
