Chapter 256: Design
The battle between Bald Ascetic and Mo Shan at the edge of the woods continued.
Bald Ascetic could neither win nor escape. He had originally thought his life would soon be over.
Yet after several more exchanges, he unexpectedly discovered that this Monster Hunter had no intention of dealing him a fatal blow.
The cultivator in the shadows who wielded those bizarre spells was likewise only using techniques to trap him, not lethal arts to take his life.
These two seemed to have no intention of killing him.
Bald Ascetic let out a breath of relief, only for shame and fury to rise in his heart.
They were toying with him!
Neither killing nor releasing him, as though hunters were taking pleasure in their prey.
This was utter mockery and humiliation!
"You've gone too far!" Bald Ascetic raged.
Unwilling to sit and await death, Bald Ascetic alternated between using Talismans and pretending to be outmatched, trying every possible means to seize a chance to flee.
Yet no matter how many opportunities to escape he fought for, Water Prison Technique would always pin him in place, reducing all his efforts to bubbles in an instant.
Before Mo Hua's Water Prison Technique, all his schemes were completely useless.
Bald Ascetic was both shocked and enraged.
Just who was this cultivator hiding in the shadows?
His every move lay within that person's control, who did not leave him even the slightest chance of survival.
Amid his shock and anger, Bald Ascetic was also deeply puzzled:
"Since things have come to this, why aren't these two killing me? What exactly do they want?"
Bald Ascetic had battled Mo Shan for a long while when, before long, he caught sight of two figures approaching in the distance. They were Zhang Lan and