Yet at this moment, Old Devil Gu's face showed a hint of surprise, and his mutter reached his own ears. "Why has that brat's fleeing speed suddenly slowed down? Could there be some treacherous scheme?"
He pressed a hand to his forehead, a contemplative look appearing on the old monster's face.
But it was quickly replaced by a cold sneer. "So what if there is a plot? A mere Dongxuan Realm cultivator—can he overturn the heavens?"
After that, he no longer gave it much thought. Gray-white demonic Qi once again wrapped around his entire body, and he transformed into a pale-white Startling Rainbow, shooting off toward the front.
Hundreds of thousands of li away, Lin Xuan slowly raised his head.
The expression on his face relaxed in a great sigh of relief. Thank heaven it had not made things difficult for him at the most crucial moment.
His luck was not bad. Although the Heavenly Demon Infant Transformation Art was a secret technique only Dongxuan Realm cultivators could practice, and its threshold was high enough, the difficulty lay only in that threshold. Once one's cultivation reached the Dongxuan Realm, comprehending it could be said to be extremely easy.
In this short span of less than half an hour, Lin Xuan had already understood the technique thoroughly.
On the surface, this secret art did not seem difficult, yet Lin Xuan admired the ancient cultivator who had created it so much he would throw himself down in wholehearted reverence.
Zheng Xuan's description had not exaggerated in the slightest. This technique could not only disperse all the magic power in one's meridians into the fleshly body, even the Nascent Soul could be turned formless for a short time.
This kind of secret art was simply a path cut through virgin thorns; not