Once he had made up his mind, Old Qian's figure turned into a streak of light and hurtled toward the cave wall where Xu Yi was hiding.
He was confident that with his speed, even if the little thief noticed him when he closed in, the boy would still be caught flat-footed.
Old Qian had just come within thirty feet when a sudden change erupted. The whole stretch of air seemed to explode as a streak of light shot toward him, so fast it was impossible to make out.
Caught off guard, Old Qian was still reeling in shock when his chest turned cold. A dazzling red, coral-like broken horn had plunged deep into his chest.
Before he could even wonder how it had happened, the image filling his mind was Old Sun's final moments.
"Cause and effect come full circle. This retribution came far too quickly!"
At that thought, the last glimmer of his consciousness faded.
A classic ambush and counterambush had come to an end.
Old Qian's death was no injustice. He had thought himself hidden in the shadows, never realizing that Xu Yi was the one lurking there.
With the advantage of the first move, Old Qian's fate had been all but sealed. Xu Yi had tossed out a Heaven's Thunder Pearl that Steward Fang had prepared for him, blasting open the cave entrance, then sent the Mechanical Bird hurtling in at an unimaginable speed. With Old Qian completely unprepared, the sudden attack had struck. In the brief distance of thirty feet, the moment Xu Yi made his move, the Reaper's scythe had already sunk into Old Qian's neck.
Xu Yi took Old Qian's Sumeru Ring, then brought out a soul bottle and collected his Yin soul. He flicked out a Corpse Dissolving Pill—the very same pink