Xu Shi knew the effects of the Rope of Binding very well, because he had studied them from a tag attached to it when he acquired it! The writing on the tag was rather complicated, like oracle bone script, and it had taken him a great deal of effort to decipher it!
Moreover, the Rope of Binding could actually be used repeatedly, but according to the description on it, it required True Essence to activate!
But since Xu Shi had no True Essence at all and did not even understand what True Essence was, after acquiring this item, he could only use it as a one-time item!
Fortunately, no matter what, it was still somewhat useful! Hadn't it just caught Hondao Shigehiro, who had wanted to run away?!
"Hehe!" Xu Shi was rather pleased! Though the Rope of Binding could not be retrieved, he did not care about it anymore! It was not bad to keep Hondao Shigehiro tied up like this either—it would save him from causing any trouble!
Besides, all he wanted was the formation. As long as this fellow could reveal it, he had never intended to let him live anyway!
So it was fine to keep him tied up until he turned into withered bones, then retrieve the rope! Besides, even if he got the rope back, if his studies of formations were not good enough, or if he had not studied this aspect, then the Rope of Binding would still be a one-time item. Once he had finished using it, he could toss it into a corner and let it gather dust!
Of course, after being bound by the Rope of Binding, he could feel that if he wanted to break free, it would be absolutely impossible! But he could also tell that this rope