From Ouyang Nan's account, and from Chen Mo and the others' expressions, it was clear Ouyang Nan was not lying. But was this normal? Black Shadow had actually treated them differently, chasing him and attacking him the entire time, yet had spared these four people alone?
Then at night, what had caused those dead martial artists to die? Was it because they deserved to die? Or was there something on them, or some condition about them, that attracted Black Shadow, which was why Black Shadow attacked them?
Impossible. Last night, it was not as if these four people had not been attacked by Black Shadow—especially one of the girls among them. After being pushed out by someone, she had almost been killed by Black Shadow's sneak attack.
He truly could not understand it. Last night, those black shadows had been as if pumped full of stimulants, madly chasing him and Zhou Zixing down to attack them. Whether in the Great Hall area, the Flame Passage, or the Camping Area, as long as they appeared, Black Shadow would surge up endlessly and launch a siege.
If Black Shadow had not feared fire, he might have been taken down in turns by Black Shadow last night, assassinated again and again until he was finally exhausted, killed by Black Shadow, and lost his life.
Yet these four people before him had actually stayed in the Camping Area alone after everyone else had retreated, and had not suffered any attack from Black Shadow at all. Was that possible?
Could it be that they really had some special ability that made Black Shadow afraid to approach?
Or was it that those black shadows were truly targeting people like them specifically, while dismissing Chen Mo and the other three as beneath notice?
Qian Ying grew increasingly