When Atlas started walking towards the alleyway, the Kitsune at his side changed as well. Its form became much smaller, and it started to look more like a puppy than a Divine Beast Cub.
Once it had taken this state, it jumped onto his shoulder and found a resting place there.
Atlas wanted to question its actions, but he could feel its refusal to explain in his mind, so he didn't bother.
Rather, he focused on the darkness that enveloped him soon after.
'Obviously, it is manmade.'
This was the product of qi. More specifically, this darkness was the product of a formation.
A formation that used the Dao of Darkness was unique in that there weren't many practitioners of such a vague Dao. Of course, Formation Masters could create formations that utilized Daos they weren't familiar with, but in order to do so, they needed a certain level of understanding of what that Dao was structured on.
