The test continued.
With her formidable stealth assassination abilities, Lilith moved through the maze of alleyways like a true ghost.
She effortlessly dispatched two more isolated Shadow Scouts, the entire process smooth and silent.
However, at Qi Wu's instruction, the system increased the difficulty.
The last two scouts no longer patrolled separately. Instead, they moved cautiously back-to-back, covering all of each other's blind spots.
Outside the arena, Qi Wu raised an eyebrow.
"They're coordinating their defense now. Let's see how you handle it."
In the alleyway, Lilith frowned slightly. If she used Shadow Step to kill one outright, the other would immediately sound the alarm. A frontal assault was not what she wanted.
Her crimson eyes darted about, and a sly smile curled her lips.
"Blood Magic: Blood Bat Illusion!"
She forced a few drops of crimson blood from her fingertips. The droplets rapidly swelled and transformed into two lifelike blood-colored bats. Fluttering their wings and letting out faint squeaks, they flew in the opposite direction from Lilith's position!
The two back-to-back scouts were immediately drawn by the sudden disturbance. They turned warily toward the fleeing blood bats, and a tiny gap instantly appeared in their coordinated defense!
Now!
Lilith glided as though she had merged with the shadows on the ground. Rather than striking from behind, she erupted from the unusually dense patch of shadow beneath their feet, where a magical lamp had malfunctioned!
"Shadow Magic: Shadow Thorn Bloom!"
She pressed both hands to the ground, and dense shadow energy instantly shot outward around her like black thorns!
Rather than attacking their upper bodies, the shadow thorns pierced both scouts' legs and ankles with precision!
The scouts' lower bodies were instantly pinned, throwing them off balance!
At the same time, Lilith thrust out both hands:
"Shadow Magic: Heart-Piercing Thorn!"