Hidden Space

In the next several close-range encounters, Tulas evaded them all. Angel even used himself as bait, intending to fire when Tulas drew close, but whenever Tulas sensed the invisible ripples of the Overture of Annihilation, he slipped away with astonishing speed.

Angel tried to use indiscriminate three-hundred-and-sixty-degree attacks to seal off Tulas's routes, but the plan still failed. Tulas's ability carried him through the encirclement time and again, shifting through space at the critical moment each time.

Angel even tried using Gravity Veins to forcibly hold Tulas in place, but Tulas was deeply wary of Gravity Veins as well. The moment he saw them, he used his ability to blink somewhere safe.

After failing to break through several times, Tulas seemed to realize that Angel was a hard bone to chew. His offensive momentum weakened considerably from the start, and he even began to retreat slowly.

After noticing Tulas's tactic of fighting while withdrawing, Angel felt both subtle unease and irritation.

He had never expected an undead with a special ability to be so troublesome, and Tulas apparently intended to make a strategic retreat. Once Tulas left, the enemy would be hidden while he stood exposed, and their advantages and disadvantages would reverse in an instant. Tulas's spatial ability was simply unstoppable when used for sneak attacks. By then, defending against him would be difficult.

Angel understood why he had been unable to hold Tulas back all this time. It was not merely because Tulas was too cunning. The ripples of the Overture of Annihilation had a very broad range, able to cover a fan-shaped area of up to one hundred and eighty degrees directly ahead, but their spreading speed was not fast.

The moment Tulas sensed the ripples of the Overture of Annihilation, he immediately used his ability to