The old man had run into trouble.
And it was no small trouble.
But the old man had no idea where the problem lay.
Let alone the old man.
Before this, even Jiang Qiao, the instigator himself, had had no idea what would happen after replacing the "cause."
Of course.
He had a rough idea now.
"His cause has been muddled."
"He wants to kill me, but that collided with the cause of me wanting to kill him."
Put simply.
In this battle, Jiang Qiao wanting to kill the old man was the cause of his attack. The old man resisting and wanting to kill Jiang Qiao was the old man's cause.
The two causes collided.
A counteraction occurred.
What it manifested as was the old man wanting to kill Jiang Qiao, yet occasionally wanting to kill himself as well.
And.
Because of the conflict between the "causes."
The "effects" became muddled.
Thus, he would occasionally decide to give up killing Jiang Qiao. What this looked like was his mind suddenly not knowing what to do next.
Although it lasted only an instant.
It was still terrifying enough.
Because in a battle between experts, a mistake of half a second could determine who seized the initiative.
Not to mention the constant "spacing out."
"It should have been impossible for them to counteract each other."
"But I attacked first and inflicted tremendous damage on him. His cause and effect had not been completely fulfilled, so my cause and effect cut away his."
It was a little convoluted.
Put simply, the old man wanted to kill Jiang Qiao but had not acted.
Thus, the cause and effect remained incomplete.
Jiang Qiao wanted to kill the old man and had successfully acted.
The cause and effect were complete.
When complete cause and effect