I knew I could not match him head-on, so I immediately used the Shrinking Earth Technique and appeared two kilometers ahead. At the exact moment I vanished, Master Banjia also arrived at my original position and sent a sheet of snow flying with a single palm strike!
Horrified, I had no choice but to keep chanting and flee. Tang Ke was not easy to deal with now—she had actually found such a formidable old monk to take revenge for her.
Master Banjia's strike hit empty air, and his old face flushed red. This time, he did not dare laugh at Tang Ke for making a mountain out of a molehill. He could only sprint after me.
At such a distance, there was no way I would let him catch me. I immediately prepared to use the Shrinking Earth Technique again to escape, then regroup with the Heavenly Coffin speeding along while carrying the Funeral Bell. Zhuang Xule.
The old monk ignored the Heavenly Coffin's flight. He merely glanced at the bell, greed flashing across his face, and then paid it no further heed, as though he did not care whether it escaped.
My expression changed. I knew something was wrong, but I still did not know what. Once the Shrinking Earth Technique finished activating, I understood why! This entire area had already been enclosed by a grand formation. The Shrinking Earth Technique could not get out at all!
Tang Ke was a remarkably clever woman. Perhaps during that month she had spent with Fu Qiusheng, she had already learned this kind of formation from the Clear Void Dao, specifically to lock down my Shrinking Earth Technique!
The Heavenly Coffin was also circling helplessly beneath the grand formation, following the formation's edge out and then returning. No wonder Master Banjia was