Just as Lu Feng's attention was fixed entirely on the man, he suddenly sensed a terrifying aura sweeping in from behind.
It was the Water Dragon Array the man had activated earlier!
Lu Feng shuddered abruptly. Restrained by this, he could no longer spare attention to see the man's true face.
At that moment, he was in the final stage of dispelling the man's palm force. With the sudden attack from behind, he was instantly caught in a pincer attack.
Fortunately, the lingering force of the Ant Soft Palm was still gathered in his palm, allowing him to unleash it without circulating spiritual energy. Otherwise, he truly would not have escaped without some injury.
The Ant Soft Palm's strength lay not only in attacking enemies, but also in defense.
With a light turn of his wrist, Lu Feng used the force of four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds, redirecting what little force remained in the man's palm strike toward the water dragon sweeping at him from behind.
Borrowing the impact of that clash, he withdrew once more from the Water Dragon Array's range.
When he looked again, the man was nowhere to be seen on the stream's surface. All that remained was a section of embroidered handkerchief that had been swept down by the Palm Wind, drifting slowly along with the current.
"Well calculated!"
A chill flashed through Lu Feng's eyes as he understood the man's earlier intent.
When he had seen that the man clearly had an opportunity to leave after using the Mountain Shaking Palm but had chosen not to, Lu Feng had thought his identity had been exposed and that he intended to take desperate measures, killing to silence witnesses.
But from the looks of it now, that was clearly not all the man had intended.