After his perception had been released, Shang could also look at his actual appearance.
Shang was a golden ball with several golden tubes coming out of it. The tubes eventually all flowed together into another golden ball above him.
The runes of the Magic Circles continually moved from one golden ball to the other and back.
It looked quite mystical.
A moment later, Kali glanced at Shang, and Shang's perception was confined within the golden ball again.
Shang just silently waited.
He wasn't worried.
Sure, Kali could kill Shang without him even seeing the attack coming, but that didn't matter.
Shang wasn't dangerous to Kali because of his actual power but because of his soft power.
If Kali killed him, Gregorio would have nothing left to lose, and he would simply release the Archivist.