Letting the already exposed fish-dragon fly far away with its near-walking-void-level speed, it was doubtful anyone in the sword garden could catch up to it. Yu Ci also chose the opposite direction from the Heavy Artifact Sect group and strode away at a run. He did not use a Divine Movement Talisman, instead employing a technique from the Breath-Light Evasion Technique.
This evasion technique was a foundational method of the cultivation world's great Heavenly Evasion Sect, assembled from nine basic postures built upon the Five Elements evasion arts and body-refining movement methods. It might not have seemed particularly profound, but it possessed the wondrous ability to conceal one's aura and accumulate overlapping force.
During these past few months of practice at the mountain gate, Yu Ci had sparred in sword techniques with Li You, Zhang Yan, and others, naturally putting this method into use. Coincidentally, Zhang Yan had once crossed swords with assassins from the Heavenly Evasion Sect years ago and had witnessed the authentic Heavenly Escape Killing Sword. Using this as a basis for further exchange made Yu Ci's understanding of the technique grow increasingly profound.
The nine basic postures of the Breath-Light Evasion Technique were streamlined from various actions of cultivators while walking, standing, sitting, lying, engaging in combat, hiding, and even fleeing. The purpose of creating this method was not actually to go into battle and kill enemies, but rather to have the cultivator constantly maintain these few basic postures, integrating them into daily life so that at any moment they could preserve an aura that was hidden yet unrevealed, revealed yet like a ghost; stored yet unreleased, released yet like a thunderbolt. Responding to enemies with this naturally brought invincibility.
Yu Ci had cultivated for only a short time; expecting him to maintain this state while