Rex's eyes gleamed darkly, and he looked utterly confident of victory.
Holding the Crystal Ball, he swiftly began searching for Neptulon the Tidehunter. Images flashed across its surface one after another, and before long, Neptulon appeared within it.
With Neptulon the Tidehunter located, Rex made no rash moves. He simply watched to see what Neptulon would do.
Worried that Neptulon might detect the Crystal Ball, Rex did not use it to observe his every move directly. Instead, he took an indirect approach. Once he found Neptulon, he followed him from a distance, so long as he could keep him within his sights.
This way of using the Crystal Ball came from the experience Rex had accumulated through using it constantly over the past few years.
The Crystal Ball's surveillance was not infallible. A mage like Jaina could detect it, but only if it was watching her directly. If Rex took an indirect approach, he did not have to worry about that.
It was like a mosquito flying around beside you, making its distinctive buzz. The moment you heard it, you knew a mosquito was circling nearby. But if that mosquito was not beside you and instead flew around in a corner of the room, watching you from a distance, could you still detect it? There was simply no way.
Rex took advantage of precisely this, and Neptulon the Tidehunter never noticed him.
As Rex watched Neptulon, the Tidehunter did exactly as he had expected. After fleeing for some distance, he abruptly changed direction and ran to the right. Watching this, Rex sneered.
Neptulon might know about Portals and understand that Rex was using them to catch up with him, but he could never have known that Rex also possessed a treasure like the Crystal Ball. Every move Neptulon made was