Obviously, the old immortal had deliberately slowed down. In truth, her speed should have been three notches faster than my Dawn-Dusk Starshift beneath my feet. Just as I was about to reach her, she formed hand seals, then used an immortal-human spell and instantly tore open a gap in space!
She dove in without hesitation. While I was still hesitating, she gave me no chance at all—she stretched out a hand, and a tremendous force yanked me inside, dragging me straight into the space!
In the blink of an eye, she dragged me toward the passage, fleeing through it. More than a hundred tentacles were naturally unwilling to let us escape and thrust directly into the space. But the old woman had already taken everything under control. She pinched out several incantations, and the spatial rift actually closed like a door!
I cried out in astonishment at how powerful the old woman was and said, "Thank you, Senior, for saving my life. This method of controlling space is something I've never even heard of. It's truly formidable."
"Hehe, being formidable is one of my strengths!" the old woman said without the slightest modesty. Then she glanced at my sleeve and said, "I saved you. Aren't you going to hand over the Heavenly Dao Powder?"
I froze for a moment. Seeing her intimidating gaze, I immediately handed over a thousand taels of Heavenly Dao Powder. Although I was thinking, So she was robbing me after all, she had still saved my life, so the thousand taels weren't unjustly spent. Besides, paying up could leave her with a good impression of me.
"You're a sensible brat!" The old woman's eyes lit up, and she immediately stowed the Heavenly Dao Powder in her Cosmos Pouch!
I smiled and said, "Senior, your cultivation is