Something Little Martial Uncle Ancestor could handle with ease...
Not very credible.
Although Little Martial Uncle Ancestor had always been a loner and had little contact with him, he had still heard about her way of doing things.
Apparently, she was rather "exaggerated" or "abstract"...
If it were truly as she said—if the pursuer were someone she could deal with easily—then the so-called "shrinking circle" mechanism would lose all meaning.
And there was no way she would merely say something so simple.
Besides, though that sword strike just now had only been a probe, he could clearly sense that it lacked follow-through.
She had obviously suffered serious injuries.
His thoughts spun swiftly.
The young man holding the sword kept his expression unchanged. Stardust swirled within the translucent blade, and an unreadable glint flickered through his eyes.
After roughly two or three seconds, he took a step back.
"Thank you, Little Martial Uncle Ancestor, for informing me."
With that, sword light transformed into a rainbow. He turned and vanished straight into the horizon, trailing a long stream of starlit motes across the night sky.
Forget it. He was not confident.
The situation was unclear, the pursuer's strength unknown. Leaving the safe zone carried enormous risks; he could not act too rashly.
Since he lacked confidence, he might as well preserve his current condition first, then leave the safe zone from another direction and test the pursuer...
That was right!
Though he had realized that this "pursuer" was no simple opponent, he still intended to do just that.
As for why...
He was a sword cultivator!
"He just ran off..." Chi Jiuyu muttered as she watched the horizon.
Though it had lasted only an instant, she had keenly caught the hostility he had revealed.
That brat had actually wanted to eliminate Ancestor