What made it even cooler was his ability to use Shadow Vein Leap, which let him teleport instantly to Kurome's shadow as long as he could maintain the connection.
Little Sneak was confident it would work. Confident - until he activated the ability outside the store.
The moment he tried, a staggering 99% of his qi drained away like water through a cracked jar, and the link vanished. No trace of Kurome's shadow could be found within the city.
The reason was simple, but brutal. Shadow Vein Link functioned by stretching his spiritual thread through the natural shadow network around him.
The farther the target's shadow was, the more qi it demanded to create and stabilize that invisible thread.
