This old monster's escape art was no small thing either, but compared to Lin Xuan's wondrously uncanny Nine Heavens Micro-Steps, it was still a notch inferior in the end.
Lin Xuan had moved later yet arrived first; he was now only a few feet away from him. Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts was both shocked and furious, yet he was unwilling to let all his efforts fall short at the final hurdle just like that.
A crackling series of bone-popping sounds entered their ears. His right hand suddenly lengthened, then fiercely grabbed toward Red Leaf Fairy's neck.
"Old thief, you dare!"
Lin Xuan flew into a towering rage. The surrounding Heaven-Earth Yuan Qi seemed to freeze, and just as he was about to use some secret art even at the cost of greatly exhausting his True Yuan, an unexpected scene occurred.
Venerable Ten Thousand Beasts, who had originally intended to seize Red Leaf as a hostage, suddenly flickered slightly, then, incredibly, turned his head around.
His face was filled with a savage expression.
"Brat, you fell for it."
Before his words had faded, black light flickered over his hands, his muscles rapidly withering. His five fingers closed together, and an extremely sharp bird claw appeared within sight.
Like a goshawk snatching a rabbit, one claw went for Lin Xuan's head, while the other aimed at his heart. Fast and vicious—if those two strikes landed, though Lin Xuan might not necessarily fall, the destruction of his fleshly body was certain.
"Demon Transformation—you're a Demon Cultivator?"
The change came in the blink of an eye, and even Lin Xuan could not help showing a look of shock. This old monster was deeply scheming indeed. What he had done was a two-pronged preparation from the start. If Lin Xuan could not see through his