The two watched as Li Chu and the shadow spread toward the powerful official's shadow. The moment it made contact with the powerful official's shadow, Li Chu's shadow flinched away like a startled cat. It seemed this shadow was truly remarkable. She had originally considered whether her own shadow could simply drag the shadow out of the powerful official's shadow, but now that was clearly not possible. She had to find another way. Li Shu raised an eyebrow as her shadow writhed, then suddenly sprouted an arm. A shadow shaped like a large sword appeared at the end of the arm, aiming for the powerful official's neck and slashing down. What was she trying to do? Kill directly? That wouldn't do. She needed to capture the shadow alive and replicate its abilities. "Don't kill it. Leave it alone," Li Shu quickly commanded. The shadow sword, already falling, suddenly changed its angle, shifting from a chop to a slash, striking the powerful official's shadow hard. The force was considerable, yet there was no sound. The powerful official's shadow twitched again. It seemed this blow was even stronger than she had imagined. But the powerful minister's ghostly shadow only twitched for a moment before falling silent again. Li Shu's shadow raised its knife and lashed out again. The powerful minister's ghostly shadow twitched again, then fell silent again. Whoosh, whoosh! The shadow raised its knife and lashed out violently. The powerful minister's ghostly shadow twitched violently like waves whipped by a strong wind. But it only twitched more violently before finally returning to silence again. It seemed that lashing was effective, but it clearly couldn't achieve the goal of separating it from the powerful minister's shadow. Li Shu glanced at the powerful minister. He looked calm, clearly unaffected by the ghostly shadow. That was good, she could continue to think of ways to torment it. She was afraid that everything the ghostly shadow had suffered would be reflected back at the powerful minister, and she would be unable to do anything about it. If slapping didn't work, what else could she do? Li Shu pondered this, and then she saw her own shadow pause for a moment, holding the knife. Then, the large knife that had split into two pieces was retracted, and a curved hook, the thickness of an adult's finger, split into two pieces. It looked like the hooks used to hang pork in the market. However, this hook was noticeably sharper. The tip, emitting a chilling chill, gave people an inexplicable chill. Was it trying to hook the ghost out? Li Shu blinked, and saw her own shadow raise the hook, aiming it at the ghost's shoulder and stabbing it. With such force, if it was hooked properly, it could pierce through a person's shoulder. She wondered if it would work. Following her guess, the hook dropped, and the ghost launched into its most ferocious struggle ever. It twisted its body violently to avoid the hook, but was helplessly pinned down by the Taishan Pound and the Divine Spear, preventing escape. The hook dropped. Li Shu's shadow leaned back, its arms stretched out, as if pulled backward. Then, Li Shu's shadow split in two, then four... until it formed into more than a dozen shadows. Each shadow had a curved hook, hooking one side of the ghost and pulling outward with all its might. As the force pulled, the ghost was finally pulled free, separating from the powerful official's shadow. Li Shu removed the Divine Spear and lowered the Taishan Pound. The ghost's entire upper body was pulled out of the shadow of the powerful official. As long as the Taishan weight was taken down, the whole ghost would be pulled out in a matter of minutes. But what if the hook couldn't catch the ghost and let it run away? It would be much more convenient if the shadow also had a ghost rope. Li Shu looked at her shadow and thought of one thing. Where did the big knife and hook in the shadow's hand come from? In addition to these two, does the shadow have other similar things? Li Shu looked at her shadow. Could it be that the shadow had done something bad secretly without her knowing?