Shinnok suddenly had to change strategies as he felt the explosive Shurikens knock him down. . . he avoided the wind mill shurikens not by dodging but by grabbing them and tossing them aside. Suddenly Shinnok felt Ryu's tactics change even more. He was as fast as Fu Jin! So the Elder God did his best avoid the chain sickles. He avoided most blows, but Ryu swung harder and harder until Shinnok just couldn't dodge anymore. With Quick thinking Shinnok grabbed the chain sickle in order to avoid it's skewering power, and jerked Ryu towards him as hard as he could, ready to splatter his skull with his fist, but Ryu was still separate from Shinnok by more than several meters. 

Shinnok's eyes glew red, and he absorbed a spell from Ryu, the healing spell. "[b]My what convenient Ninpo you've learned". [/b]