Just after Mu Xu struck the target.
In Huang Lao Jiu's eyes, the white robe had somehow turned into a green robe, and the man's appearance had changed drastically. He was not the person Huang Lao Jiu had meant to kill at all.
Amid the howling gale, the Green-robed Scholar fell straight down, plunging into the depths of Luofeng Slope like one returning to an abyss, never to stir again.
"Hehe, this old man truly has not gone out and about for far too many years. To think I was tripped up by a cripple. I really am getting useless."
Huang Lao Jiu had already understood the whole sequence of events.
Only after he stopped concealing his cultivation could he see that the other party had activated a second-grade talisman with essence blood and lifespan. Unfortunately, it was already too late.
"Crack—" The instant True Person Fengqi made his move, the Feng Hou Qi Men above his head shattered into pieces. Then, as though a curtain had been lowered, it unfurled into a gray barrier that enveloped him.
He had only one chance to act.
Or rather, the moment he revealed any Late Golden Core magic power, spell, or even magical artifact, even for a mere instant, he would be exposed. After that, he could only hide within the shielding barrier of the Feng Hou Qi Men.
The shielding barrier was like a solid wall, trapping Huang Lao Jiu inside. He could only flee while carrying the cage with him. If he attacked again, he would personally shatter the cage protecting him.
For that very reason, he could not possibly reveal Golden Core spells ahead of time to investigate, wasting his precious chance to strike.
"Crack—"
As he drifted off in thought, cracks appeared in the shielding barrier.
At the