Chapter 1220
Whether Chen Ping'an truly knew or was only pretending to understand, Ma Kuxuan had indeed been bluffed. Taking advantage of the momentary stall in Ma Kuxuan's thoughts, that tiny instant of distraction, Chen Ping'an felt as though he had been granted a pardon. Like a caged bird escaping its trap, he swiftly stepped back. Ripples spread outward, and a doorway opened from thin air behind him. Chen Ping'an vanished into a Mountain Water Secret Realm that Zhou Mi had likened to a silkworm cocoon, leaving this illusory world of Sword Qi Great Wall.
That eye-catching flash of scarlet vanished from sight. Ma Kuxuan could not see clearly, yet showed not the slightest urgency. Zhou Mi, however, saw through it at once and explained, "He used a Mountain Mover technique—his supernatural power of making the mountain come to him. That step was merely an Illusion Technique he deliberately put on. Put simply, on his own turf, he can switch the locations of secret realms whenever he wishes. Compared with compressing a thousand miles of earth veins into a space no larger than one's palm, it is more direct and more concealed. Against an ordinary opponent of the same realm, he stands invincible."
Ma Kuxuan said, "Time is limited. Cut the nonsense and take me after him."
Zhou Mi smiled and nodded. He lightly slapped the top of his own head, and Three Flowers Gathering at the Top appeared, transforming into a golden Daoist crown that seemed pieced together from White Jade Capital, Immortal Hairpin City, Tuoyue Mountain, and other places. Its grandeur was boundless. Ma Kuxuan shrank his body to mustard-seed size, became a streak of rainbow light, and darted into the Daoist crown, like an Ancient Star Spirit seated at the center of the heavenly court. Zhou Mi