Spatial leap.
But Xiao Li was faster than it had expected.
The instant the Shadow Spirit Cat vanished, she had already turned, her slit pupils tracking the fluctuations of shadow energy lingering in the air.
As the Shadow Spirit Cat landed from its leap, she unleashed Shadow Binding, and the shadows beneath her feet writhed like living creatures toward its limbs.
The Shadow Spirit Cat leaped again to dodge, but its second leap was considerably shorter than the first. Xiao Li had anticipated its landing point and already sealed off half its escape routes.
Xiao Li gave it no chance to make a third consecutive leap. She surged forward and activated Instant Shadow Kill.
Her figure vanished for an instant over the short distance. In the next moment, she appeared behind the Shadow Spirit Cat, her short dagger wrapped in shadow energy as she stabbed toward the back of its neck.
The Shadow Spirit Cat twisted aside at the last moment. The dagger missed its vital point but slashed a long, bloody gash across its shoulder blade.
It let out a piercing screech and turned to flee toward the stone chamber's entrance, moving considerably faster than before.
Xiao Li did not attack again, instead following it toward the exit.
The instant the Shadow Spirit Cat burst out through the crack in the rock face, it plunged into the Golden Might Domain Louise had prepared.
A golden ring of light spread outward from beneath Louise's feet, covering the area for dozens of paces in front of the rock face. Within its glow, the air suddenly grew heavy and stagnant.
The moment the Shadow Spirit Cat entered the ring of light, its movements visibly slowed. Its limbs seemed to sink into a mire, every push against the ground requiring several times its