Laughter rang out in the darkness-filled cave, making Lu Ye feel as though his eardrums were trembling.
The darkness around them receded like a tide amid that laughter. Gradually, dim light seeped in, and Lu Ye's vision slowly returned.
At last, he saw what had blocked his Crag Mountain Saber. It was, astonishingly, two of the other man's fingers, lightly pinching the blade between them. He could not pull it free no matter how he tried.
He also clearly saw what his kick had struck just now... It had actually hit the old man's face!
At this moment, as the darkness dispersed, he remained frozen in the posture of bringing down his saber and kicking out.
He did not know what the other man found so amusing. The only thing he knew was that if this man had wanted to kill him, he would have died a hundred times over already. His raised foot blocked part of the man's face from view, but that blurry outline gave him an odd sense of familiarity.
A faint repulsive force came from the blade. Lu Ye followed its force, withdrew his saber, and stepped back two paces.
A somewhat aged face, with hair and beard bristling in all directions, entered his sight. The man sat there upright, smiling as he studied Lu Ye, like a lion scrutinizing its prey, though there was also something indescribable in his gaze.
"You..." Lu Ye's expression turned startled and suspicious, for he recognized the man.
Not because they had truly known each other, but because he had seen him from afar.
Nearly three months ago, when he and Pu Ke had been fishing on Fishing Island, an ultimate powerhouse had caused havoc in the Myriad Phenomena Sea, killing a Sunlight cultivator of the Myriad Phenomena Star System