Kent's sudden departure truly caught Li Si by surprise.
He had wanted to get more intelligence out of Kent!
In any case, Kent in his current state posed no threat to Li Si.
After merging with the Shadow Nest, Kent could only wear Li Si and the others down through those Shadow Monsters.
But for Li Si, who had mastered Shadow Leap, he could leave whenever he wished.
That was why Li Si appeared so confident, as though he had nothing to fear.
In Kent's eyes, Li Si's behavior clearly showed that he was confident in dealing with him, perhaps even certain that he could kill him by force.
Although Kent knew that he was practically immortal now, this was still his first time facing another Legendary head-on. He truly lacked confidence.
What he did not know was that Li Si indeed had no good way to deal with him in his current state.
The only way to target Kent was to separate him from the merged Shadow Nest and sever his connection to the Shadow Plane.
Otherwise, Li Si had no way to handle Kent in this state.
Li Si had only intended to probe Kent a little before leaving with Philip and Kaleb.
The reason he had taken that risk was because, after noticing Kent's secret, Li Si had grown curious about the Church of the King of Shadows.
Without question, the abnormality surrounding Kent was far from simple.
It was quite possible that the King of Shadows himself had acted to connect Kent to the Shadow Plane.
But such an exceedingly rare occurrence must have come at a great cost to the King of Shadows.
Doing something like this for the sake of a single Legendary was undoubtedly a losing deal for the King of Shadows.
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