HIDE & SEEK PART 2

Li Hao turned the forest into his playground, combining techniques with wild abandon. He leaped between branches using Phantom Step Concealment, each movement creating multiple afterimages that all carried different False Cores. Where Li Wei planned, Li Hao improvised—scattering pieces of his presence like bread crumbs, each one protected by an Illusory Presence that made them seem like shadows of shadows.

"Can't catch what you can't predict!" his voice echoed from three different directions as he spun through the canopy, each echo carrying a different spiritual signature thanks to his mastery of the Silent Scroll Method. His Dimensional Shifts were erratic but effective, his core flickering between realities as unpredictably as lightning. But even as he reveled in his chaos, he felt the weight of the forest's attention. His techniques were brilliant, attention-grabbing—perfect for confusing normal pursuers, but against Grandmaster Yu? Against the realm itself?