After thinking it over, Chen Mo recounted how the Black Shadow had appeared and launched its sneak attack earlier.
"The situation came very suddenly," Chen Mo said slowly, sweeping his gaze across the group before letting it linger almost imperceptibly on Qian Ying's face for a moment. "The Black Shadow appeared without any warning. It was like ink seeping up from the ground, completely blending into the shadows. If it had not taken the initiative to attack and brought that bone-chilling cold with it, we probably would not have noticed its presence even when it got close to us."
Of course, Chen Mo had played a small trick here. He possessed Spiritual Sense, so it would have been absolutely impossible for the Black Shadow to approach him undetected, even if it had tried to kill Ouyang Nana. His Spiritual Sense covered a radius of more than three and a half meters, and he would have noticed the Black Shadow the moment it came close.
Chen Mo could not say that at the outset. He could only claim that it had been impossible to detect. Fortunately, the Black Shadow had not attacked him but Ouyang Nana, so he naturally used the excuse that he had discovered it in time to explain things to Qian Ying.
As for whether Qian Ying believed him, that depended on what Qian Ying thought. Chen Mo had explained himself well enough. If he did not believe it, there was nothing Chen Mo could do about it. At most, he could simply kill Qian Ying, perhaps even Zhou Zixing and the others along with him.
Still, any extra time was worthwhile. After all, he was genuinely interested in this place's environment and the Black Shadow.
Chen Mo could not say any of that. He could only pretend