Is that the legendary Shadow Stream Art?
Billy slumped onto the ground and stared at the expressionless Vayne.
It was said that the Breathing Technique popular among Dark Elf nobles allowed them to see another world of pure elements. By turning their bodies into elements according to the surrounding elemental conditions, they could avoid other elemental channels and travel along the flow. The most advanced practitioners could even move without elementalizing at all, completely avoiding every element and achieving spatial leaps. To others, it looked as though a shadow had passed through them while completely ignoring the laws of physics. Thus, it was collectively known by outsiders as the Shadow Stream Art.
Outsiders did not know its true name.
This secret technique was the supreme art of the Dark Elf nobles. Only Dark Elf families with inheritances above the Second Class Royal Title possessed it, and its inheritance requirements were extremely strict. It was never passed on to anyone outside the direct line.
Now that he had witnessed it, he had to admit it was a true close-combat killing weapon. He had originally thought this thing would be more suited to assassins, but thinking about it now, if a Ranger, who also relied on agility, possessed such a ghostly movement technique, wouldn't they be a nightmare as well?
"Did you plan this in advance?" Sabo asked, gasping for breath as he was pinned to the tree.
That Evil Oak they had prepared beforehand clearly had not grown there at the last minute. In other words, had they predicted that he would take the risk and make this move?
"I only made some preparations as a test..." Billy smiled. "According to the information, you excel at surprise attacks and often act outside the rules, so I prepared for it in advance.