A contestant who had not appeared in the 1v1 arena matches stepped onto Saigon's side. Xu Zhi remembered from the files that this contestant's extraordinary ability was quite unusual.
She narrowed her eyes slightly, a faint anticipatory smile appearing at the corner of her lips. Unhurriedly, she drew her blade and tossed the scabbard to the ground.
Specks of purple starlight appeared before senior Qiu Hou beside her. Then, the instant Xu Zhi felt as though someone had locked onto her, the space beside her emptied. The inconspicuous support from Saigon's team suddenly appeared where Qiu Hou had been.
Shifting Forms, Swapping Shadows—for now, that was what they called one of that Saigon support player's abilities.
But something was clearly wrong with the support player who had targeted someone and switched their positions. He was facing the wrong way. After switching places with Qiu Hou, he was not facing Xu Zhi at all, but had his back to her, as though he had never intended to arrive in that position.
Xu Zhi did not think that much about it. The instant he appeared in Qiu Hou's former position, her longsword plunged straight through the support player before her, piercing him clean through.
Under his horrified, bewildered gaze, the girl gently twisted the hilt, shredding his flesh before asking in confusion, "Did you make a mistake?"
"No!"
He only had time to utter that one word before blood poured from the Saigon support player's mouth.
He had not made a mistake!
His target had originally been Xu Zhi!
Qiu Hou carried no weapon and was in the middle of using an extraordinary ability. The person he had meant to switch away was Xu Zhi. If he had appeared in Xu Zhi's position, Qiu Hou would have been unable to do anything