Lin Bai's thoughts stirred, and the flower bud immediately hacked out a bloody path, charging straight toward the mountaintop.
At that moment, the old man who had pursued Lin Bai here moments ago let his eyes flash. He looked at Lin Bai's Nine-Colored Flower, greed gleaming in his gaze, and said coldly, "So you're the Sword Lake remnant hiding here. You made this old man search high and low for you! But since I've found you—and you even have a Nine-Colored Flower—you might as well let this old man have it!"
"Leave it behind!"
The old man, who was at the eighth stage of the Apex Realm, charged toward Lin Bai amid thunderous, wild laughter.
That mighty force shook the heavens and charged straight toward the flower bud, striking it head-on.
Lin Bai sat cross-legged inside the flower bud. With a thought, three vines formed a huge shield before him, blocking the old man's punch.
Although the vines blocked the punch, its terrifying force still blasted them into fragments.
Fortunately, the vines possessed astonishing regenerative power. Although they had been shattered, they would grow back before long.
"Great Sun-Chasing Art!"
Left with no other choice, Lin Bai formed a thought, and the flower bud suddenly accelerated, speeding away into the distance.
It shook off the numerous martial artists and flower buds behind it, but the eighth-stage Apex Realm old man alone remained in hot pursuit, his speed equally astonishing.
"Has he set his sights on me?" Lin Bai's expression turned cold as he looked at the old man chasing from behind, his gaze growing icy.
"Hahaha! Leave it here! Your life and the Nine-Colored Flower are both this old man's!" At that moment, the old man caught up to Lin Bai's flower bud again. He clenched his five fingers into