"That one. Get ready to move."
Zhao Wuji led Li Yusong and Lu Qibin around to either side of the clearing, blocking the Sharp-Tailed Rain Swallow's escape routes.
Shao Xin remained where he was with Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai. His Candy Beans could replenish Oscar's stamina and Soul Power at a critical moment.
Flender stood in the middle of the clearing, looking up at the gray-blue speck in the sky.
The Four-Eyed Owl Martial Soul Possession activated, and seven Soul Rings—two yellow, two purple, and three black—silently rose from beneath his feet.
The first yellow Soul Ring lit up as Wind Binding gathered in his palm.
He did not attack immediately. He was waiting for the right moment.
The Sharp-Tailed Rain Swallow was too fast. Locking onto it head-on was nearly impossible.
But Flender had noticed a pattern. After every sharp turn, it had a brief stretch of straight-line acceleration, when its flight path was at its most stable.
That was the instant he intended to seize.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
The Sharp-Tailed Rain Swallow made a sharp turn and accelerated in a straight line.
Flender struck.
Wind Binding silently shot from his palm. The green wind vortex was incredibly fast, but it did not travel in a straight line.
The vortex curved through the air in a wide arc, approaching the Sharp-Tailed Rain Swallow from behind and avoiding its blind spot.
The Sharp-Tailed Rain Swallow sensed the danger. It violently beat its wings, trying to accelerate away, but Wind Binding had already coiled around its legs.
The bird let out a piercing cry and frantically flapped its wings.
The green vortex tightened around its legs, dragging it down from the sky.
The Sharp-Tailed Rain Swallow struggled upward, while Flender increased Wind Binding's force and pulled downward.