The strategy discussed by the four Qiankun Sect prodigies, including Zhou Jichen, was originally for the other three to draw Lin Bai's attention from the front while Zhou Jichen searched for an opening and delivered a fatal blow.
Thanks to Lin Bai's years of experience hovering between life and death, he had most likely guessed what was happening the moment they assumed such a formation.
Lin Bai immediately turned their scheme against them. He had already sent five flying swords out silently, surrounding the area.
It appeared that the five Qiankun Sect prodigies, including Zhou Jichen, had formed a formation to deal with Lin Bai, but in truth, they had fallen into Lin Bai's trap.
The instant the three men in front flashed away after forcing him back, Lin Bai immediately understood that they were merely a smokescreen.
Thus, Lin Bai instantly controlled his flying swords to strike. At the moment the three men fled, he killed them on the spot.
At the same time, Lin Bai knew that Zhou Jichen, the Qiankun Sect prodigy hiding behind the three men, was their true killing move.
Sure enough.
The instant the three men vanished, it felt as if the map had been unrolled and the dagger revealed. Zhou Jichen, the Qiankun Sect prodigy, held a sharp sword in his hand, and a bone-piercing silver radiance spread across its blade.
As the three men departed, Zhou Jichen thrust his sword forward with all his strength. Silver radiance suddenly flashed, sweeping out in a sword beam that pierced the void and shot straight toward Lin Bai's face.
If another martial artist had been caught off guard and failed to see through their scheme, Zhou Jichen's sword would have struck him. At best, he would have suffered severe injuries; at worst, he would have