The magic cultivator's face beneath the bamboo hat was covered in dense, dark teal scales. His features had twisted into something beastlike, and there were no longer any eyes in his sockets—only a bloody red glow, like crimson lanterns in the darkness.
Yet beneath that face, there remained a familiar outline. It was none other than the Bai family patriarch, Bai Liangbi.
"Patriarch Bai?"
Though Chen Sanshi had prepared himself mentally long ago, seeing this scene with his own eyes still left him unable to believe it. After all, those he had killed were his own clansmen.
Of course.
There was another possibility: just as in Liang Province back then, perhaps Bai Liangbi had been controlled through some special means and turned into his present state.
Boom!
No longer human, Bai Liangbi suddenly attacked. His body shot forward like a boulder hurled from a catapult, carrying blade-like baleful Gale Force as he crashed ahead.
He had long since entered True Force Perfection. Such brute strength was nearly unstoppable.
"Bind!"
Shangguan Siheng flicked his hand, summoning solid stone walls around Bai Liangbi and trapping him within.
Yet they only held for a moment before exploding apart with a thunderous blast.
Rumble—
Bai Liangbi collided with Shangguan Siheng's flying sword. Both men retreated several steps, but this gave him an opening. He leapt into the air, stepped upon the Gale Force, and vanished into the night.
Chen Sanshi gave chase on his sword, his hands constantly forming seals as he applied the Wind Splitting Seal again and again. His speed surged, and he clung tightly to the magic cultivator's trail.
When they reached a canyon near Dusk Valley, he suddenly drew an array plate from his robes and activated it with spiritual power.
In an instant, countless Golden Light Iron Chains surged