No matter how surprised Chu Wenshang was, the reality was that Chu Tianlu had indeed broken free from his Shadow Bind. Moreover, he had taken out the Spirit Knowledge Fruit from his bosom and was about to stuff it into his mouth.
'Madman!' Chu Wenshang was shocked. The Spirit Knowledge Fruit was not poison, but the more powerful the effect of a heavenly treasure, the more thorough preparation was needed before taking it. Otherwise, it would be worse than poison. Not to mention that the entire process of taking it was a huge fatal flaw, it was not impossible for him to die on the spot.
With no time to think, Chu Wenshang hurriedly used the Shadow Stick Step again. This was the only method he could use to stop his opponent. According to common sense, the Shadow Stick Step could not be used directly. Firstly, the conditions for shadows might not be met. Secondly, even if there were enough shadows, the traces would be too obvious. If he were to rashly send himself in front of the enemy, he might accidentally bump into the muzzle of a gun.
If it were not for the fact that his strength was much higher than his opponent's, Chu Wenshang would never take such a risk. He was not a person who liked to take risks. He only reacted like this because he was determined to obtain the Spirit Knowledge Fruit.
Unexpectedly, Chu Tianlu was already prepared for this. His action of eating the Spirit Knowledge Fruit just now was simply a pretense. Unless water had entered his brain, he would have forcefully eaten the Spirit Knowledge Fruit under the watchful eyes of Chu Wenshang and Chu Tianliang. His action was to lure the other party to take the bait.
As soon as Chu Wenshang used the Shadow Stick Step, Chu Tianlu took the initiative to move. His target was not Chu Wenshang, but Chu Tianliang from beginning to end.
He knew very well that it was impossible for him to be Chu Wenshang's opponent. In the moment he was trapped by the Shadow Bind, he already understood that his only chance of survival was to kill Chu Tianliang!
Judging from the situation just now, Chu Wenshang and Chu Tianliang were not completely of one mind. When Chu Tianliang was really killed, after weighing the pros and cons, Chu Wenshang might not continue to target him.
Only now did he react. In Lin Yi's eyes, Chu Tianlu's slow reaction had reached a certain realm. However, it was still much better than dying unaware. Besides, although Chu Tianlu's intelligence and talent were far from outstanding, there was one thing about him, and that was that he was very daring. To be more precise, it should be his ability to execute. Once he made a decision, he would press forward courageously.
Just like at this moment, when he charged towards Chu Tianliang, it was as if he didn't care for his life at all. The strength in his entire body was concentrated on the tip of his blade, and he didn't hesitate to abandon his own defense. Everything he did was for the sake of killing Chu Tianliang with a single strike.
It should be known that he had not completely gotten rid of Chu Wenshang at this time. He had only caught the other party off guard. Chu Wenshang was just as desperate as him. Relying on the strength of the Early-stage of Gold Core Realm, it was completely possible for him to catch up.
Moreover, he had used the Shadow Sticking Step head-on, taking the same risk as Chu Wenshang. Moreover, the difference in strength between him and Chu Tianliang was far from the insurmountable chasm that existed between him and Chu Wenshang. The two of them were only a minor level apart. As long as he was aware of the other party's intentions and made preparations in an instant, it was completely possible for him to counterattack and kill Chu Tianlu!
Chu Tianlu was clearer than anyone about the risks involved, but he couldn't care less. In today's situation, if Chu Tianliang didn't die, then he would. There was no longer the slightest possibility for the two of them to coexist.
In the blink of an eye, Chu Tianlu was only a step away from Chu Tianliang. The short blade in his hand was just about to touch his opponent's throat again, when a dark whistle suddenly came from behind him. Chu Tianlu's scalp immediately went numb. This sound was too familiar. He didn't need to turn around to know that it was definitely one of the Chu family's strongest shadow martial techniques, the Shadow Arrow!
Chu Wenshang had been thrown off by him, and the fastest Shadow Sticking Step, apart from various harsh conditions, also needed to accumulate power. This was a hard limit. Even a Gold Core expert could at most shorten this time. They couldn't completely erase it, and naturally couldn't use it continuously.
However, just because Chu Wenshang couldn't catch up to him didn't mean that he could rest easy. A long distance Shadow Arrow was enough to take his little life!
The speed of the Shadow Arrow was extremely fast. Practically at the same time Chu Wenshang raised his hand, the Shadow Arrow had already caught up to Chu Tianlu, who was thirty meters away. If Chu Tianlu hadn't sensed it ahead of time and forcefully shifted his position by half a step, then his throat would have been directly pierced.
In the end, the Shadow Arrow entered Chu Tianlu's right shoulder, disappearing into thin air. However, it left behind an extremely bloody and enormous wound, a ghastly sight to behold.
When Chu Wenshang saw this, he furrowed his brows. Although he had been tricked by Chu Tianlu just now, relying on the Shadow Arrow, his trump card, he actually didn't panic in the slightest. He had always been confident that as long as he was willing, he could take Chu Tianlu's life at any time, and it would be as easy as turning over his palm.
However, the scene before his eyes greatly exceeded his expectations. It wasn't strange that Chu Tianlu would be on guard against his Shadow Arrow, and it wasn't strange that he would shift his position by half a step in advance. However, this guy's right shoulder clearly had such a sinister bloody hole blasted open, and in the eyes of outsiders, his entire right arm seemed like it was about to fall off. At this moment, he unexpectedly didn't fall, and instead didn't move in the slightest.
How was this possible? How could he withstand the powerful impact of the Shadow Arrow?
After a moment of stupefaction, Chu Wenshang finally noticed a faint layer of texture between the opponent's limbs. At first glance, it seemed like some kind of extremely fine black line was used to form a complex and profound pattern, but upon closer inspection, he discovered that it wasn't a black line at all, but rather a shadow.
"Exchanging Shadow for Bones!" Chu Wenshang was so shocked that he blurted out. As the name suggested, it was to replace the joints with a shadow for a short period of time. In this way, it was almost like half a shadow. Unless the source of the shadow could be directly eliminated, it was almost impossible to destroy it, because the shadow could not be broken.
Of course, the damage from the Shadow Arrow just now was genuine. The only use of Exchanging Shadow for Bones was to allow one to maintain sufficient mobility even when they were heavily injured. It didn't matter even if their joints were blasted into smithereens, unless the time limit was over.
In the Chu clan's shadow system, this was definitely an unorthodox martial skill, even more so than the Immovable Shadow. At the very least, there were still people who cultivated Immovable Shadow, but Exchanging Shadow for Bones was practically lost. According to Chu Wenshang's knowledge, even the current clan head, who had already become a Nascent Soul old monster, didn't know of it. It was only recorded in the Chu clan's secret martial skill manuals.
The reason for this wasn't that Exchanging Shadow for Bones wasn't valuable enough in actual combat. On the contrary, its value in actual combat was very high, at the very least far above that of Immovable Shadow. The problem was that this martial skill was just too difficult to comprehend. Looking at all of the Chu clan's ancestors, the number of people who could truly comprehend its essence could be counted on one's fingers. In addition, its actual combat effectiveness was far inferior to other offensive and defensive martial skills like Shadow Arrow, so naturally no one was interested in it.
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