Darkness filled the surroundings.
Night Owl vanished as his time ran out.
Qin Ran stood alone in the darkness, narrowing his eyes.
The darkness before him had to be supernatural. Otherwise, with his C+ Perception, he should have been able to make out his surroundings even on a moonless night.
It blocks my sight?
Qin Ran raised an eyebrow, his eyes still narrowed, and shifted his feet slightly.
Whoosh!
A sharp gust skimmed past his body.
An arrow!
Drawing on his experience, Qin Ran easily identified both the method and direction of the attack.
Yet he was in no hurry to pursue it.
He was trying to guess his enemy's intentions.
If they had created such a vast expanse of supernatural darkness merely to launch a surprise attack...
Wasn't that a little too wasteful?
In a sprawling complex like the palace, positioning a group of archers would have achieved exactly the same effect.
There was no need to go to such lengths.
After all, even Transcendent [Stealth] only created a patch of supernatural darkness with a five-meter radius. Although it had no time limit, it consumed a tremendous amount of stamina. The darkness before him extended far beyond the area covered by [Stealth: Shadow Cloak]. The magical materials consumed to maintain it had to be considerable.
The darkness blocks my sight.
Because their setup mustn't be exposed! Once I see it, it won't work!
So there's only one possibility-
A trap!
A trap visible to the naked eye!
Qin Ran took a deep breath.
He turned and walked in the direction opposite to the incoming arrow.
He didn't believe this darkness could envelop the entire palace.
If it really could, his enemy would have no need for such deception.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Arrows shot toward Qin Ran from behind, one