Tang Kaixuan had deduced Zhang Guangmu's three "Immortal Arts" from the first few chapters of the theory of "Demonic Studies."
He had easily cracked the first two moves.
Unfortunately, he had guessed wrong about the third.
While traveling to the capital for the imperial examinations, Zhang Guangmu had not encountered a human-transformed fox demon, so he had been unable to develop more "Immortal Arts" through the Town Evil Pendant.
Even so...
The Town Evil Pendant itself was an extremely useful Supernatural Item.
Although it could only contain demons, after experimenting, Zhang Guangmu discovered that what the pendant could contain were "living beings tainted with demonic energy."
Tang Kaixuan had just been smeared in the face by the flames of Burning Demon and sprayed all over by Night Demon's Meat Grinding Line. He was truly covered in demonic energy from head to toe.
That put him squarely within the range of beings the Town Evil Pendant could contain.
Of course, it was worth mentioning that if Zhang Guangmu's skills had been too poor to evade Tang Kaixuan's lethal sword and touch his body, he would have been stabbed to death immediately. Even if Tang Kaixuan met the conditions for being contained by the Town Evil Pendant, Zhang Guangmu still would not have been able to subdue him in one strike.
It was also worth mentioning that when Tang Kaixuan had said "Zhang Guangmu fell for it," he had not been using rhetoric to intimidate him. It had been a genuine reaction.
At the instant Tang Kaixuan had been slapped into oblivion by Zhang Guangmu...
There had only been a crisp series of clinks and clanks before a black hedgehog armor covered in barbs dropped onto the ground in front of Zhang Guangmu.
The hedgehog armor was stained with a faint emerald