He Gui immediately sensed that something was wrong, but the pressure of Spirit Transformation was a cliff-like crushing force against a Nascent Soul Cultivator. Even though He Gui tried to flee with every ounce of strength, Elder Fu's all-purpose hard-control buff still froze him in place for an instant.
It was precisely in that instant when He Gui was hard-controlled that Bai Lan abruptly opened her eyes within the Void Stone. Carrying a full-force strike she had been charging for a long time, she flashed out of the Void Stone and cleaved Soul Severing straight at He Gui, its might overwhelming.
In that instant, He Gui's soul was nearly cleaved in two. Amid his pain and fury, he also saw clearly who had attacked him.
"Junior Nephew Bai, what is the meaning of this?!" He Gui was shocked and enraged. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected Junior Nephew Bai, who had been laughing and chatting with him in the Azure Sect a moment ago, to set a trap to kill him the next.
He Gui's figure swayed unstably from the blow of Soul Severing, but when he turned to strike back at Bai Lan, he discovered that she had vanished from where she stood once more.
"Hehehe, should I call you True Lord He Gui, or should I call you the Corpse Refining Old Demon?" Bai Lan's smiling voice drifted out from nowhere.
She had already slipped back into the Void Stone, observing He Gui's condition from afar. At the same time, she made a save and continued secretly charging Soul Severing, waiting for an opportunity to slash him again.
Hearing Bai Lan's voice, He Gui took a deep breath and tried to steady his mind.
Bai Lan was merely a Core Formation Cultivator, nothing to fear. Though