"Catch him for me! Make sure you catch him!" the creature shouted.
The Black Beetle was frustrated. Its Karma Severing was its ultimate move, yet it had missed without even seeing its enemy. It felt like it might spit blood.
But then, without warning, its heart lurched. It reflexively slashed all around with its six blades. A hand passed through the slashes and touched the beetle.
The beetle couldn't see the hand, much less Lu Yin, but in that instant, it felt a bone-deep chill, as if life and death hung in the balance.
It had been a long time since it had felt such cold, not since it joined the Main Dao of Karma.
Dry Qi.
Whoosh!
Dry Qi surged skyward. Lu Yin struck with his palm and sent the Black Beetle flying.
The beetle had been knocked back, but the attack had done nothing. Lu Yin's palm had struck the Dry Qi instead.
Gui Xing and Ku Zu's fixed fate board had shown Lu Yin that cultivating Qiankun Qi was essential for the future. But for them, it could also be used as a defense in the present.
Just as now: Lu Yin's palm hadn't broken through the Dry Qi. It had given the Black Beetle the ability to defend against attacks from experts fitting twofold universe laws. Without it, that single blow would have been enough to crack the Black Beetle apart.
Lu Yin withdrew his hand. Threads of karma closed in around him, and he vanished again with Instant Movement.
The Black Beetle panted, chilled to the bone. It had been a hair's breadth from death. This creature was powerful.
"He can see karma," the creature inside the Transparent Jellyfish warned.
The Transparent Jellyfish and Black Beetle both shuddered. Right—if he couldn't see karma, how could