Liu Que was pinned down by an immense force and slammed into the distant forest. He tried to fight back, but couldn't. That single finger's power was like the weight of heaven and earth. It had barely injured him, yet it had completely subdued him, leaving him helpless.
He had only ever felt this kind of powerlessness in the presence of Absolute Experts.
"Um, are you all right, fellow student?" Mr. Huai stared blankly from not far away, then couldn't help looking into the distance. He seemed to have flown in from somewhere very far away.
Liu Que stood up and calmly brushed the dust off himself before leaving. From beginning to end, he hadn't spared Mr. Huai a glance. His mind was filled with the moment Lu Yin had struck. He hadn't seen a thing—not a thing. How had Lu Yin appeared? Why had he been completely unable to react? And after being sent flying, why had he been powerless to fight back?
Liu Que's mind was full of questions, but one thing was certain: for now, he wouldn't seek out this Mr. Hao Yu. The gap between them was too great.
This man's cultivation seemed unfathomable.
Liu Que wasn't Xia Shen Guang. He wouldn't dwell on all those benefits. His mind was filled with cultivation and battle. With someone like him, Lu Yin had simply struck without hesitation; otherwise, he'd be pestered to death later. The most annoying thing was that the Great Teleportation Formation on the stone pillar couldn't trap him.
Ever since Lu Yin had taught Liu Que a lesson that day, Liu Que hadn't come looking for him again. There had been no word from Xia Shen Guang either, and the rumors around the academy about him and Wen Zhao had become fewer and