Chapter 54: First Steps
However, there was no such thing as a free lunch. The difficulty of this technique was evident. Even the sage of slaughter wasn’t able to practice this technique to a high level. Of course, this stemmed from him practicing it at a later period of his life.
In order to start practicing this technique, Adrian had to make various preparations. He spent a week preparing various rank 2 healing pills and concealment pills.
The astral steps worked on the concept of traversing through the void. Someone who practices the technique would be able to move freely through the void that exists between him and his target.
The void was a mysterious region that existed in the World around them. Only those with sufficient power would be able to interact with it normally. Travelling through it required even more strength. If those old powerhouses were to hear that Adrian was already planning to travel through it, who knows how they would react?
That wasn’t the only benefit of the Astral steps. Because he was moving through the void, his presence would be hidden from his foes, making it an excellent camouflage technique.
It was basically the dream movement technique for any assassin. Of course, this was only while he was running. It wouldn’t work if he were stationary. Or perhaps it would. Adrian didn’t know yet.
Perhaps, he would be able to do it if his mastery had reached a very high level. Until then, he would have to make do with only being camouflaged only when running through the void.
However, at his current level, moving through the void would only be a pipe dream. He couldn’t even sense the boundary between the real world and the void, much less pass through it. He wasn’t strong enough to break the boundary, so he could only slip through it.
This was the most someone at his level could achieve with the astral steps.