Shadow Stealth itself was a 5th Tier Spell, but in Byron's hands, it could display the power of a 7th Tier Spell. It wasn't much weaker than an Ultimate Spell.
And Ultimate Spells weren't just a simple increase in rank, they also had to display a certain characteristic of the spell to its pinnacle.
Shadow Stealth itself didn't have any offensive or defensive effects, it only allowed a mage to hide in the shadows. Many probing spells wouldn't be able to detect them.
When this spell's characteristic was displayed to its pinnacle, the mage's body would transform into a shadow and merge with the shadows.
Probing mages simply couldn't detect them in the shadows, and magic traps and alarm arrays wouldn't have much effect.
It was also because of this that although Byron's fighting strength wasn't that great, he was still valued by Dyrrhus. By relying on this ability, Byron made a lot of contributions to the Shadow Tower, he stole a lot of information and items.
Now, with the power of the Dark Cloak, Byron spread his cloak and covered everyone around him. The group merged with the shadows and slowly infiltrated Lin Yun 'camp.
Byron's eyes flickered with light as he led the group through the gaps of the alarm arrays. This kind of place was reasonably the most dangerous, because two alarm arrays would be triggered if they were careless.
But after merging with the shadows, this was the place with the densest shadow power.
Everything in the world had shadows, and ordinary Shadow Stealth could only merge with the shadows of some objects, such as mountains, forests, buildings, and the like.
But with Shadow Stealth at Byron's level, he could already merge with the shadows of other things, such as the shadows of arrays.
These shadows that ordinary people couldn't see were mediums that Byron could merge with.
They kept moving along the edge of the camp, and with the support of the Dark Cloak, Byron's Shadow Stealth was raised to its pinnacle. No one discovered him.
After sneaking into a karst cave in the depths of the camp, Byron suddenly saw Lin Yun opening a Planar Path.
As Lin Yun entered the Planar Path, the Planar Path slowly closed.
But Byron was overjoyed when he saw this.
'Damn, this is great! That guy Mafa Merlin actually grasped a Planar Path, no, this is a Semi-Plane's Planar Path!
'That lucky guy actually inherited a Heaven Rank powerhouse's Demiplane, no wonder he grasped so much information.
'But your good luck has come to an end. You met me, Byron. It would have been fine if you didn't know the location of the Planar Path, but you actually dared to let me see the exact location of the Planar Path. That's tantamount to giving me the key to the gate!
Byron was known as the Shadow Tower's Godly Thief. He had suddenly risen a few years ago, and at the time, he had barely advanced to the Archmage realm. In order to obtain more resources, he could only keep researching Shadow Stealth.
Before this guy became a mage, he was a master thief. What would he do if he ran out of resources? That was easy. He could return to his old profession and could no longer steal. Also, after becoming a Mage, stealing would be even easier.
Moreover, he was very compatible with Shadow Stealth, so his progress was very fast. Moreover, the Magic Conducting Rune he chose was the very unpopular Planar Shadow. This was a Magic Conducting Rune that didn't have any influence on his fighting strength.
Planar Shadow was a kind of Magic Conducting Rune specially used for Shadow Stealth. It would continuously expand the Shadow Stealth's abilities and display the limits of Shadow Stealth, or even surpass that limit.
Who created Planar Shadow could no longer be investigated. It was said that it was created by the Shadow Lord during the Era of Gods, and it was the Shadow Lord's ability rune.
The origin of the rumor was huge, but after so many years, that Magic Conducting Rune had already been reduced to the lowest rune of the Shadow Tower.
If it wasn't a Magic Conducting Rune specialized in Shadow Magic, the Shadow Tower wouldn't have collected such a weak Magic Conducting Rune.
When a mage chose a Magic Conducting Rune, they would always choose a Magic Conducting Rune that would be helpful in battle. Like the Endless Spring, it could make mana recovery extremely fast, making it far superior to other mages. To some mages that needed a lot of mana to cast, this was the best Magic Conducting Rune.
Time Hand could shorten the chanting time, and it was also a very helpful rune in battle. Mages proficient in powerful spells with long chanting times would choose Time Hand as it was the fastest way to increase their fighting strength.
As for Lin Yun 'Magic Array, it was known as the most powerful Magic Conducting Rune because of its formidable computing ability. It could adapt to almost all spells, but unfortunately, the number of runes needed for the Magic Array was too huge.
In order to complete a Magic Array, it would take too much time to collect runes. During that time, other mages might have already advanced to the Archmage realm, while the mage that chose the Magic Array might still be a Great Mage.
For a long time, the Magic Array was known as a failed Magic Conducting Rune, because many mages didn't accumulate enough runes to complete the Magic Array even when they died of old age. Their great talent was wasted in vain.
In contrast, Planar Shadow was the worst kind of Magic Conducting Rune. Not only could it increase mana, it couldn't shorten the chanting time, and it couldn't even increase the power of spells.
It had nothing and could only be regarded as an auxiliary Magic Conducting Rune. But it wasn't even as good as the Magic Conducting Rune chosen by some alchemists.
Alchemists specializing in potioneering might choose the Flaming Hand as their Magic Conducting Rune. With that Magic Conducting Rune, they could control their flames to the pinnacle when refining potions, and they definitely wouldn't fail because of a problem with the heat.
After all, the biggest reason potioneering alchemists failed in refining potions was usually due to a problem with the flame, or a slight deviation in the control of the flame, leading to a problem with the fusion of the potion.
With the Flaming Hand, this problem could be largely avoided, and the success rate of the potion refining would greatly increase.
Alchemists specializing in Magic Tools would choose the Paladin Hammer as their best choice. That auxiliary Magic Conducting Rune could help them control every detail when crafting a Magic Tool component, making the materials even purer, or making the materials even more perfect when fusing.
The most influential factor in the forging of a Magic Tool was the details. During the intense forging process, the details were very difficult to grasp, and the Magic Tool's power would decrease or the forging would directly fail, almost all because of the details.
There were a lot of support-type Magic Conducting Runes, and there were a lot of people using them. Not to mention, most of the support-type Magic Conducting Runes could also increase one's fighting strength.
As for the Planar Shadow, it only had the ability to strengthen Shadow Stealth. In the Shadow Tower, only some of the lowest shadow mages would be forced to choose this. These people were spies of the Shadow Tower, and their main role was to gather all kinds of information.
Moreover, this kind of person had the highest chance of dying. Every year, there would be many shadow mages spying on other people's secrets or trying to steal something, only to be discovered and beaten to death.
After so many years, the only person who would take the initiative to choose the Planar Shadow as their Magic Conducting Rune was Byron.
And in the past two to three millennia, there hadn't been a second person able to grasp Shadow to that extent.
But Byron was very fond of it. Ever since he chose the Plane of Shadows, his Shadow Stealth had become more and more powerful. No one under the Heaven Rank could discover him while stealthily moving. The only time he was discovered was when a Heaven Rank powerhouse of the Shadow Tower personally made a move.
Thus, Byron had far more resources than others, and according to the rules of the Shadow Tower, as long as you had the ability, no one would blame you even if you stole something from a Heaven Rank powerhouse of the Shadow Tower.
As long as you weren't caught on the spot, you wouldn't be punished even if you turned around and admitted to stealing something, and you might even be rewarded.
Ever since Byron advanced to the Archmage realm, the power of his Shadow Stealth had increased by a rank and no one had been able to catch him. He always had more resources than others, and by relying on these resources, his strength rapidly increased and he quickly reached the 5th Rank of the Archmage realm.
And the most important reason why Byron was nurtured was related to a secret of the Shadow Tower, a secret that many forces of the Odin Kingdom were still puzzled about.
At the start, when the Raging Flame Plane was being conquered, the Shadow Tower didn't have anything to do with it.
The reason for the conquest of the Raging Flame Plane was for the benefit of the Odin Kingdom. Unfortunately, even a fool knew that it was for the benefit of every force.
Whoever occupied a larger territory would obtain more resources. Naturally, the fewer people there were, the better. The fewer people there were, the more benefits everyone would receive.
As humans gained a foothold in the Raging Flame Plane, all kinds of resources were developed, and the Shadow Tower started getting envious.
Unfortunately, the coordinates of the Raging Flame Plane were absolute secrets to every force. Even the commanders of the Raging Flame Plane didn't know the specific coordinates.
They all entered the Raging Flame Plane through their own Planar Paths, and the true coordinates were the core secrets.
Apart from these forces that grasped the coordinates of the Raging Flame Plane, the others could only be envious and jealous.
The only force that could be considered to have suddenly intervened was the Shadow Tower!
And the one who found the coordinates of the Raging Flame Plane was Byron!
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