As the Left Assistant of the State, the handsome youth wore the finest outer armor in Frost Continent apart from that of the Orthodox State. It possessed defensive power beyond that of ordinary people; even without activating its spiritual force, it could block most external attacks.
Yet at that moment, two keen rays of light slashed toward him, directly killing their way into the depths of his mind. His consciousness and awareness were obliterated in an instant. Boundless darkness surged over him, leaving only an empty shell of a body to fall from the clouds high above.
Liao He watched as the man shrank into a tiny dot and vanished from sight. When he looked up again, that glimmer of starlight had already drifted away. He could not help but let out a breath.
When that Frostlander had fixed his gaze on him earlier, he had felt an alarmingly dangerous premonition. He excelled at refining pills, but combat was not his strong suit. Had they truly fought, he might not have been the opponent's match. Fortunately, someone else had stepped in.
At that moment, a disciple flew over, looked toward where that streak of light had vanished, and asked, "Master, what was that?"
Only after drawing a breath did Liao He answer, "It should have been a visualization diagram. That fellow cultivator ought to still be hundreds, perhaps a thousand li away. Just now, he used his visualization diagram to leap through the air and kill the enemy."
The disciple could not help but stare in astonishment.
"That was a visualization diagram?"
He found it hard to believe.
He had seen Liao He's visualization diagram before. It looked like a lump of dough, utterly ugly. Compared with that splendid thing from before, they were not even remotely the same, were