Shadow Leap!

Qin Chuan held a skill book in his hand.

Shadow Leap (Gold-rank): Active skill. Removes restrictions and leaps into the target's shadow. Maximum distance: 100 meters. Costs 50 mana. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

Trait: Untraceable: After moving, enter stealth.

Its attributes were so powerful that even Qin Chuan gave it a second look.

This was not merely a movement skill, but also an exceptionally rare crowd-control removal skill.

Based on Qin Chuan's experience, "removes restrictions" in the skill description meant it could dispel various control effects, including but not limited to freezing, stuns, slows, and more.

Moreover, Shadow Leap also came with the effect of entering stealth.

When Shadow Stealth was on cooldown, it could serve perfectly as an emergency measure.

Obtaining this skill raised Qin Chuan's survival ability to a whole new level.

And that was precisely what he needed most.

Because he did not lack damage at all.

After unexpectedly receiving Death Bringer's gift and raising his Sniper God talent to LV2, his damage had already surpassed what ordinary players could imagine.

Besides, Qin Chuan had always wanted an opportunity to replace the Bone-Carving Dual Blades and gain even higher damage.

He had never had the chance before, but now that he had obtained Shadow Leap, he had met the prerequisite.

However, there were currently no battles that required him to keep stacking damage, so he might as well continue equipping the dual blades until he found a better option.

After all, the Black Tide Poison Blade was in his backpack. He could switch whenever he wanted.

Composing himself, Qin Chuan looked at the data in his hand again, his expression full of satisfaction.

"Not for nothing did I try over a thousand times in that damn place."

Qin Chuan thought to himself.

Shadow Leap was absolutely a Divine Skill. There was no question about it.

It could move up to a hundred meters, and its cooldown was short too.

It completely outclassed Blink, another movement skill, by miles.

Of course, if he had to point out a drawback, Shadow Leap had one prerequisite: there had to be a shadow at the landing point.

But that was no obstacle for Qin Chuan.

During the previous trial, he had already successfully used Rain of Dark Erosion to create shadows for movement.

He could use the same trick in future battles.

Besides, finding a place without any shadows was no easier than obtaining Legendary equipment.

The simplest example was the enemy's back—it was their shadow.

Qin Chuan's ranged damage was certainly extremely high, but he did not mind assassinating targets at close range either.

There had always been many choices in battle.

After learning the skill book in his hand, Qin Chuan thought of a question.

What time was it now?

He had spent quite a bit of time attempting to clear that mysterious space over a thousand times.

Don't let this delay my shop's opening.

Qin Chuan thought to himself.

He checked the time and was immediately stunned.

It was twelve-thirty in the afternoon, game time.

Counting it out, only two hours had passed from the time he began the trial to when he emerged!

Qin Chuan was a little dazed. He looked twice more and confirmed that he had not misread it.

Those thousand-plus attempts had felt like nearly a whole day to him, yet only two hours had passed?

Could Apocalypse have displayed it incorrectly?

Impossible!

Apocalypse would not make such a low-level mistake.

Then the only possibility was that time flowed differently in that mysterious space.

But considering that Apocalypse was still only a game at this stage, accelerating the flow of time in a localized area should have been difficult.

Qin Chuan guessed that it had achieved a similar effect by accelerating thought processes.

An abandoned Temple, a mysterious person of unknown identity, and a Trial Space with Time Acceleration.

If it were merely an ordinary Temple, Qin Chuan found that unlikely.

But if it were an important facility related to Shadow Power, there was no reason for the outside world not to know about it.

The mystery surfaced once again.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Chuan put the matter aside.

There was no use thinking too much. He should get out and continue leveling.

There was still an entire day left. He could not waste it.

He checked the Level Rankings. There had not been much change. Aside from the top-ranked players gradually reaching level twelve, the bulk of the players were still hovering around levels ten and eleven.

After closing the rankings, Qin Chuan began considering another question.

How was he supposed to get out?

He had checked earlier. The door he had entered through had vanished at some point, and he was now trapped in a secret chamber.

Fuck, don't tell me I can only get out by dying.

Qin Chuan muttered to himself.

He failed to notice that beneath his feet, thin black lines were outlining intricate patterns.

Whoosh.

His shadow flickered, and Qin Chuan vanished from the spot.

"Holy... shit..."

A cry rang out from midair.

A player who was locked in a fierce struggle with a bear monster looked up at the sky and saw only a black dot hurtling toward him, rapidly growing larger.

In the blink of an eye, the black dot became much clearer. It was a person.

How could someone fall from the sky?

The thought flashed through the player's mind.

Then he watched the bear monster in front of him get smashed head-on, its health bar instantly emptied.

"Fuck, what kind of shitty Temple is this? The teleportation point was actually in midair! Is this something a human would do? Weren't you afraid of dropping your precious successor to his death?!"

Qin Chuan had just been thinking about how to leave the Temple when, in the blink of an eye, the Teleportation Array sent him away.

But the problem was that the thing had not sent him back to the lakeside. Instead, it had launched him straight into the sky and put him into free fall.

If not for that unlucky bear monster cushioning his fall, he would have been ready to activate Shadow Leap.

After warmly greeting the Teleportation Array designer's entire family, Qin Chuan stood up and dusted himself off.

He looked at the dumbfounded player beside him and asked, "Hey, little sister, where is this?"

The player looked left and right, then pointed a pale finger at himself and asked in confusion, "Are you asking me?"

The voice was clear and crisp, but it was obviously not a woman's voice.

Qin Chuan froze as well.

Had he mistaken him for a girl?

The player before him had a delicate oval face, fair skin, dark and bright eyes that shimmered with light, willow-leaf brows, and short hair cut to his ears. He was the perfect Spokesperson for the girl next door.

However, the slightly protruding Adam's apple showed that he really was a boy.

"Uh, that was presumptuous of me."

Qin Chuan immediately corrected himself. "Brother, where is this?"

He glanced at the nickname above the other's head: Yingluo Yezakura.

Qin Chuan immediately understood.

No wonder even he had mistaken him. So it was this person.

In his previous life, this man had also been quite famous. He was fairly strong and ranked among the world's top hundred. There was a gap between him and Qin Chuan, but he was still quite impressive.

Yet compared to his strength, his appearance was even more memorable.

One phrase described him perfectly: a boy with a girl's looks.

Put more simply, he was a cute boy.

It was said that to avoid harassment, Yingluo Yezakura later wore a mask whenever he went out. Even so, he still attracted countless obsessed players.

As Qin Chuan pondered this, Yingluo Yezakura said, "This is north of Beili City."

Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, he had not been sent somewhere strange.

North of Beili City, with bear monsters nearby—Qin Chuan immediately knew where he was.

He cupped his hands and said, "Thanks, brother. I have something to do, so I'll be going."

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Yingluo Yezakura say, "Night Wanderer, can I add you as a friend?"