The Shadow Fur Ball, in simpler terms, is a juvenile shadow creature, its intelligence and behavior patterns are similar to those of young elemental creatures like the Fire Spirit and Thunder Spirit – all instinct, growing by Devouring Shadows. In other words, the shadows that were taken away from the residents of Cook Islands were not used to create Shadow Ghosts but were used to feed this creature.
Mu You made a beckoning gesture with his hand, and the Shadow Fur Ball quickly reappeared from the ripples in the shadow below. It glanced guardedly outside, and after confirming the absence of any danger, it hopped onto his palm.
Mu You looked at the small object in his hand with a peculiar expression. It was hard to imagine that such a cute and silly-looking little creature would eventually be nurtured into a gruesome monster like the Shadow God.
Of course, the original Shadow God is now dead, and its God Soul Crystal has exploded out. This little guy is just a continuation of life left behind after the death of the Shadow God, essentially the offspring produced before its death.
In other words, even if it is continually fed, it could only level up to a maximum of level 30. Without the God Soul Crystal, it could no longer break through the level-30 bottleneck.
Besides, this creature could only devour one shadow a day. The person behind the scenes had to hide in the Cook Islands for thousands of years to raise it and consumed millions of shadows from several generations of this island, turning it into the previous Shadow God. Mu You didn’t have this amount of time, nor the interest to undertake such a deed.
Never mind. Even a 0-level Shadow Fur Ball is quite strong.
Mu You looked at its ability descriptions.
[Devour Shadows: Shadow Fur Ball is the nemesis of shadow creatures. It can separate others’ shadows from their bodies and evolve itself by devouring shadows and Shadow Ghosts (not effective on Shadow Ghosts that have developed self-consciousness). It can devour at most once a day.]
[Shadow Transfer: Shadow Fur Ball can transfer ownerless shadows or Shadow Ghosts to any person who has lost their shadow.]
[Shadow Ghost Purification: Shadow Fur Ball can eliminate the hatred and violence of Shadow Ghosts, reducing them to ordinary shadows (not effective on Shadow Ghosts that have developed self-consciousness).]
[Shadow Space: Shadow Fur Ball can create a space in any shadow for its survival and movement. As the contractor of Shadow Fur Ball, you can use its ability and enter the Shadow Space at any time.]
[Shadow Shackles: Shadow Fur Ball can control the actions of the shadows and Shadow Ghosts in the field of view. The number of controls depends on the level of Shadow Fur Ball (not effective on Shadow Ghosts that have developed self-consciousness), and it can indirectly restrain the actions of the shadow owners by controlling the shadows.]
Out of these five abilities, the first three are directed towards shadows and Shadow Ghosts and are rarely used in daily life.
Unquestionably, the core abilities are Shadow Space and Shadow Shackles.
Simply put, Shadow Space is about creating a special space in a shadow that ordinary people can’t see. The technique that the little guy just used to sink into his shadow was probably this ability.
The instructions also mention that he could borrow this ability.
Mu You attempted to mentally connect with the Shadow Fur Ball.
The next second, ripples began to appear on the shadow under his feet, and his body started to sink slowly into the shadow, like falling into a muddy swamp.
A few seconds later, Mu You had completely sunk into the shadow. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a mysterious space.
This space was about three meters high. The land of Dawn City was under his feet, and above three meters was... the sole of Lin Xue’s shoe?
Mu You looked confused. Above his head was a ’ceiling’ which was a transparent barrier; one could directly see everything on the ground.
Currently, Lin Xue was squatting down curiously and looking at the ground as if she was searching for his position. Behind Lin Xue was the pitch-black cloudy night sky.
It was clear that Lin Xue couldn’t see him. From her point of view, he had just suddenly sunk into the ground, with only his shadow remaining on the ground.
From Mu You’s perspective now, it was as if the entire ground had become a piece of one-way glass. He was lying underneath the ground, observing the outside world through this glass.
Mu You began to understand. The so-called Shadow Space was actually a three-dimensional space forcefully created on the two-dimensional plane where the shadow was located.
He was actually in a two-dimensional world now, so people on the ground couldn’t see him, yet he could observe the scenes on the ground normally.
Coming back to his senses, Mu You continued to walk in the Shadow Space, with the Shadow Fur Ball happily hopping ahead of him, leading the way.
When he moved within the Shadow Space, his shadow on the ground also began to move.
Mu You found that although this space was vast and the boundary was almost invisible, not all places were accessible.
Many spaces were covered by a dark shadow. The shadow, like a dense wall, was impassable, dividing the Shadow Space into pieces. He could only move within the shadow-free areas.
Further considering the layout on the ground, Mu You quickly understood. These sections in the shadows were actually the areas on the ground that were illuminated by light and had no shadow.
That is to say, he could only move in places where there were shadows, whether it was a person’s shadow or material or architectural shadow.
If a place was completely without a shadow, such as a flat surface under the blazing sun, even if he entered the Shadow Space, he would not be able to move, because all the surrounding routes were blocked.
But if it was in a place that was all shadow, this ability would be awesome, constituting a mystery; and because it was not on the same plane, others could not detect it at all, making it a genuine deep-seated stealth!