As soon as Li Er finished speaking, the crowd erupted in an uproar. On the way here, Niu Yu had sent everyone the video. Even though these dignitaries loved seeking out the strange and unusual, something that so completely exceeded the bounds of the bizarre was naturally dismissed as fake.
Now Li Er was asking everyone to step back so he could perform for Niu Yu alone. How could that be possible?
"It's not that complicated. Let's begin."
Xu Yi didn't want to waste time. With a thought, he lifted Li Er into the air. Li Er stood composed, striding through the air from the cliff and right out over the precipice, as though he were walking on solid ground.
Clang!
Everyone in the crowd froze like stone.
Niu Yu went right up to Li Er and felt all over him. His hands found only clothes and flesh; there were no hidden mechanisms. At a glance from Niu Yu, two bodyguards with bulging waist pouches formed a human ladder and felt around the spot where Li Er had just walked through the air. They found no invisible mechanisms either.
In an instant, Niu Yu's expression changed.
Just then, a short, sinister-looking man darted over to one of Niu Yu's bodyguards. Moving like lightning, he snatched the pistol from the man's waist pouch, raised it, and pointed it at Li Er.
"Cao Kui, what are you doing?"
Niu Yu shouted angrily. Almost at the same time, the other bodyguards around him drew their weapons and aimed them at Cao Kui.
Cao Kui called out, "It's an illusion, Mr. Niu! An illusion! We've all fallen for it. That scoundrel Li Er can't really walk on air. That's something only an immortal can do. Since he's supposedly so capable, surely he can catch