like an arrow

Shaped like an arrow, it looks very similar to American X-47B, another stealth combat drone created a decade ago.

At the princess’s command, the broom leapt into the air just above the first few children that lunged at them, then shot forward like an arrow, straight at the monsters blocking the doorway.

If it "points like an arrow at something," that offers a clue regarding its thoughts.

“The work is so incredibly direct,” she said, “like an arrow through the heart.”

“Time doesn’t creep like a worm or fly like an arrow anymore,” Cee observes.