"Wind Beneath the Feet!" Zhao Xing controlled the Rising Wind spell, using it to aid running.
But it was not for himself—it was for the straw puppet.
Moreover, he controlled the rhythm of the Rainmaking, ensuring that when the straw puppet ran beneath the clouds, the path ahead of it was free of rain.
He deliberately left behind two subtle differences to mislead Shen Zhui.
When Shen Zhui reached the willow tree, he immediately faced a choice between two paths.
After hesitating for only a second, he pursued the straw puppet.
Sensing Shen Zhui running in the opposite direction, Zhao Xing's lips curled into a faint smile.
"What? Another straw puppet?!" Shen Zhui stared at the Repeating Straw Puppet before him, rendered speechless.
Looking back now, the two flaws Zhao Xing had exposed had clearly been bait deliberately set for him.
To react so quickly in such a short time, without the slightest hesitation—it could not even be called an instinctive reaction. It had been planned from the start!
"Hmph!" This time, Shen Zhui did not speak to Zhao Xing. He directly cleaved the straw puppet apart, refusing to give his opponent any chance to stall for time, then immediately chased in the opposite direction.
Inside the study at the Chen Residence.
As Chen Shijie sensed the scene, he could not help laughing aloud.
He had not intended to pay attention at first. In his view, Shen Zhui was at the Gathering Yuan Seventh Level and had mastered Nine Revolutions to the Subtleties in movement techniques. He should have caught Zhao Xing quickly.
Yet Zhao Xing had pulled off an outrageous maneuver and run Shen Zhui in circles.
"Good lad. Using only Cloudcalling, Rainmaking, straw puppets, and Rising Wind, he created such a favorable environment for himself?"
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