Max waited till the last second to react, using as much time as he could to keep charging energy and shadows. Just before the gunman fired he used Lith to launch him into the air with a root, Lith exploding into a cloud of flower petals around him as it changed back to first form, hiding him from the gunman's sight and leaving him overcharged on energy. Turning Lith back to normal having caused all the energy stored in it to rush back into max, lighting him up like a bulb for the other man but hidden from the one he wanted to attack.
He twisted in the air and channeled all the energy from Lith into his empty foot, the other one still holding Digan, and formed the energy bow with a difference. The excess of energy poured into it causing it to be larger than normal but leaving him with only one arrow that was the size of a spear. Using both arms to draw the bow he let the large arrow loose with the speed of a bullet at the gunman's chest
Meanwhile, he hadn't forgotten the electric man, while forming the bow he unleashed the mass of shadows. Thousands of three foot long needle like shadowsteel spikes stabbed through the ground around and under the man, all aiming for his body, those to far away to impale him launching out of the ground at him, leaving nowhere for him to move but up into the air.
As he landed he ran, grabbing his swords and vanishing in a cloud of purple mist, leaving to let his ribs heal and find easier prey.