"Here you are, Big Black Horse!"
Zong Shen greeted the nightmare with a grin.
"Hmph!"
The tall, extraordinary nightmare tossed its head and snorted loudly in displeasure.
"I am Nightmare Hamis!"
"My true spirit name is Addan!"
It emphasized in a deep, muffled voice, clearly holding no affection for the utterly undignified name Big Black Horse.
Long before the Tournament began, Zong Shen had notified Maryl in advance.
He had instructed Nightmare Hamis to head immediately to Lentax Great City.
Its faint, insubstantial state just now had been the result of activating [Nightmare Traverse].
This ability could render both the rider and the nightmare itself insubstantial.
At the same time, it allowed them to rapidly pass through while ignoring certain terrain obstacles.
Its maximum speed could reach 1,350 kilometers per hour.
Its maximum duration was as long as four hours.
Moreover, after traveling for four hours, it only needed to rest for one hour before it could use Nightmare Traverse again.
While in the [Nightmare Traverse] state, it also automatically gained the effect of Tier 6 Stealth.
That was why the nightmare's path had been so blurred when it charged over just now. If not for allied vision, Zong Shen probably would not have been able to see its movements without using Insight.
Besides, this nightmare was not the ordinary kind recorded in travelogues or ancient texts.
Its race was listed as: Hell Dark Nightmare (Unshackled Special Training).
It was a "special" mount of the Hell Unshackled.
The difference between this sort of nightmare and an ordinary nightmare was nearly as vast as that between a Grassland Horse and the Dragon Scale Warhorses specially supplied to the Dragonborn Knight Order.
"Alright, alright! Nightmare!"
Zong Shen smiled as he soothed it, reaching out to stroke Hamis's sleek, glossy coat.
It did