Guests of Honor, Part I
Who is that? How did she appear within that water?
Wu Jian’s eyes felt like they were going to fall from their sockets, but he did his best to analyse what he had seen. This arena was an enclosed space. There was no way she could have come in through normal means, which meant…
Did she teleport? Can she manipulate space? If so, why does she need the water for her technique?
Teleportation was a technique he still couldn’t use accurately. He had tried a few times during training, but he’d lost a limb every time. At this point, he was afraid to try again. What this woman had done seemed similar to teleportation, but he hadn’t felt the telltale signs of space being manipulated, which either meant she was just that good at hiding the distortions it caused or this was something else entirely.
“Who is that lady?” he wondered out loud.
“Master, that woman is very strong,” Youmei said.
Wu Jian glanced at his shadows to see them writhing. “How strong are we talking?”