Li Hongxing cursed at Gu Gan as he hurried after him. "Why are you walking so fast? You stepped on a Bellstone! Couldn't you wait until I finished talking before—"
A black spear came flying through the sky. Gu Gan flung Li Hongxing aside, his Body Protection Qi ablaze as he raised a palm to meet it.
The two massive forces collided, shattering the snowflakes in the air.
Li Hongxing scrambled to his feet and turned to run back, only for Xun Zhiya to smack him away with a palm. He tumbled into the deep snow and rolled down the slope.
Xun Zhiya formed seals with both hands. She had only just gathered her qi when Gu Gan barked, "Don't attack!"
He frowned. The enemy didn't seem to be nearby. The spear, formed from gathered qi, had been thrown from far away. The Bellstone beneath their feet had given away their position.
And that power was either at the peak of the Thirteenth Realm or in the Sage Realm.
Could there really be a Sage stationed in this Black Fortress?
"Rat, you've got some skill."
The old man's deep voice rang out through the sky again. "If you can't withstand this next move, you'll be buried here!"
The black spear Gu Gan had intercepted suddenly trembled. Golden patterns appeared along its shaft, and golden incantations blossomed from them, as if countless mountains were pressing down on Gu Gan.
It was Famous Family Blessing!
A crushing pressure bore down on the muscles in Gu Gan's arms, and his bones creaked. Just as the opponent's qi was about to overpower him, he made a snap decision. "Go!"
He still didn't want to use his Mystic Technique and expose his identity.
Xun Zhiya cooperatively tossed a purple talisman in front of Gu Gan.