Clashing with a Three-Step Dao Master

The only way was to create a false impression, make the Venerable outside misjudge the situation, and leave on his own.

"Dao Master Leihuang!" Dao Master Qingwei said quickly. "Leave the formation immediately and fly toward the Ancient Battle Ruins. Once you've gone three thousand li, unleash your Thunderclap aura with all your strength and create the illusion of 'encountering a star beast and engaging in a fierce battle'!

Remember, make yourself look bedraggled, but narrowly victorious. Then keep fleeing deeper into the Ancient Battle Ruins! Make as much noise as you can!"

Dao Master Leihuang's eyes lit up. "Feign east, strike west? Got it!"

"Wait!" Dao Master Qingwei called after him, swiftly pressing an emerald-green seed into his hand. "This is a Greenwood Illusion Seed. Crush it once you reach the designated spot, and it will mimic the fluctuations of a wood-element spiritual medicine ripening and spiritual energy erupting, lasting ten breaths.

That Venerable's senses are sharp. He should be drawn over to investigate."

Dao Master Leihuang grinned, pocketed the seed, and without hesitation burst through the concealing light membrane, fleeing at full speed in the direction opposite the Stargazing Platform—the pitch-black starfield where the Ancient Battle Ruins lay!

He did not completely conceal his Thunderclap aura, leaving behind a conspicuous, crackling trail of lightning in the deathly still starry sky.

Almost the instant Dao Master Leihuang rushed out of the formation, Venerable Xuanji, who had been calculating outside, immediately detected the sudden fluctuation. "Hm? Someone came out of the formation? A Thunderclap aura... late Second Step... headed for the Ancient Battle Ruins?"

A gleam flashed through Venerable Xuanji's eyes, and the copper coins in his hand stopped spinning. "Trying to flee? Luring the tiger from the mountain?"

Experienced as he was, he did not pursue, instead continuing his