As the lion's claw descended, Shu merely tilted his body slightly, without making much of a dodging motion, allowing the claw to scrape past his body and slam directly into the ground. With a boom, red flames mixed with dust erupted, causing the ground to tremble violently.
Shu's actions completely caught Folan off guard; he initially thought Shu would dodge directly, but didn't expect him to face the lion's attack head-on without any evasive maneuvers. Seeing this, he felt Shu's power was just that, unable to even dodge the attack of the Lion Illusion; he could already imagine what the scene would be like under such circumstances.
Folan was well aware of the power of the Lion Illusion; taking such a hit head-on, even if Shu was strong, he would be heavily injured. Thinking this, Folan slowed his pace, slowly approaching, while a red light appeared on his body, regaining control of the Lion Illusion.
