Assassination [4]

'Success!'

Feng Qing'er silently celebrated her victory. Although it didn't go exactly how she wanted it to, it was still an overall success.

The main factor that allowed her to kill the Apostle with such ease, though, was the shadow bird. 

Firstly, it had created a paranoia that turned the Apostle's entire focus onto it. This way, Feng Qing'er's existence had been completely disregarded. Because of this, she was able to silently prepare all of her fire needles without any interruption.

Secondly, it had focused the Apostle's attention on Qing Tan. When it was caught in the end, the Apostle was thinking only of how to lure Qing Tan to his location, which gave Feng Qing'er the opening she needed to strike.