"Chi, chi, chi."
Just as Qin Fengming swept his gaze across the hall, three extremely faint popping sounds suddenly rang out beside him.
Along with the soft sounds, a thread carrying an almost imperceptible energy fluctuation suddenly flashed into existence on Qin Fengming's left. In a single flicker, it touched his body.
His heart tightening, Qin Fengming—who had long since become highly vigilant—did not wait helplessly for death. His figure abruptly swayed, and he instantly unleashed his rapid movement technique.
As Qin Fengming's vigilance rose sharply and he rapidly cast the Profound Sky Evasive Steps, Fu Qiong and Yellow Beard Venerable beside him had already been infiltrated by a slender thread each.
Fu Qiong and Yellow Beard Venerable were no ordinary cultivators. They were equally vigilant, yet even so, they still failed to evade the attack.
The two sides were too close, barely a zhang apart. At such a short distance, if Qin Fengming's Profound Sky Evasive Steps had not been a rapid close-combat evasion technique, and if he had not had a layer of solid soul power protecting his body, he too would never have been able to evade the attack.
Although Fu Qiong and Yellow Beard Venerable had both activated their secret arts and flashed forward to dodge, they were still a hair too slow.
As the thread entered their bodies, an icy chill they had never felt before suddenly invaded them along that exceedingly slender strand, rapidly spreading through their entire bodies.
It was as though the two had been struck by lightning formed from an icy aura. In an instant, the cold permeated their entire bodies, and two human-shaped ice crystals appeared at the entrance of the hall.
"Hee hee hee. My apologies, Fellow Daoists. I must have this treasure. However, for the sake of our