Blackhole was indeed worthy of being one of the three most powerful Force users under the Emperor of the Galactic Empire. His mastery of Dark Side sorcery had reached perfection, especially his use of shadows, which was at a master's level.
However, Blackhole rarely acted in person. Even when he did, he usually controlled puppets to appear in his place. His true body almost never appeared before others. In addition, he controlled the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, with intelligence from every corner of the Empire under his command. Thus, even among the upper ranks of the Galactic Empire, Blackhole was often little more than a legend.
Very few people knew what kind of power he possessed. Even Tang Xiao, who was familiar with the plot of Star Wars, only knew the general outline. That was why he had repeatedly warned Priestess and the others to be extremely careful if they encountered Blackhole.
And today, when they faced Blackhole in battle, they finally discovered just how troublesome he was.
Within his own shadows, he was practically invincible. Any attack could only scatter his shadow, unable to inflict any real harm. Even more irritatingly, he could not only use all manner of Dark Side Force techniques to attack, but also move others who were within the shadows.
For instance, Darth Sidious.
Ever since Darth Sidious had mastered Force Storm, with Blackhole's support, the two of them were practically unbeatable!
In other words, when Darth Malthael had gone with him to deal with Night Queen Gethzerion of the Dathomir planet last time, if Darth Sidious had brought Blackhole along as well, they might have slaughtered that Night Queen on the spot.
It had to be said that the old fox had been truly devious. Back then, he had never intended to truly kill Gethzerion.