Xu Wuyi released the spear shaft with his left hand, his five fingers forming a knife-hand as he sliced horizontally toward the attacking claw's wrist.
At the same time, he once again mobilized the Gravity Rules in his consciousness, condensing a miniature region of gravitational collapse in front of his knife-hand.
Before the Blood Shadow's claw could reach Xu Wuyi's midsection, it slammed into the collapsed region first.
The invisible gravitational pull shifted the claw's trajectory inward by three inches.
That three-inch shift was all it took for Xu Wuyi's knife-hand to slice precisely into the seam between the scales on its wrist.
SCHLICK—!
Dark red scales shattered and flew as pale skin was sliced open, splattering blood.
The Blood Shadow reeled from the pain, hastily retracting its claw and pulling back.
