When Daoist Cao saw Zhang Yu's figure appear behind him once more and pick him out from the crowd at a glance, his heart tightened.
He did not know how Zhang Yu had located him so precisely, but he vaguely guessed that the latter possessed some special method of pursuit.
Unable to keep concealing himself, he hurriedly drove the flying vessel out from among the many passing vessels and shot toward the Heavenly Gate leading to the inner layer. So long as he entered the inner layer, his chances of survival would increase by a fraction.
To ensure a smooth escape, he pressed a hand against the dais. The flying vessel beneath him transformed once more, its hull abruptly shrinking severalfold. It became extraordinarily nimble, spinning and weaving through the other vessels.
After identifying Daoist Cao's vessel, starlight flashed around Zhang Yu, and he flew away in a streak of light. When he encountered other flying vessels, he neither evaded nor yielded, but rammed straight into them.
Before the terrified eyes of those vessels' passengers, his figure flickered and blurred. Like an illusory phantom, he passed directly through the vessels without touching anything within, displaying an exceedingly profound technique of flashing movement and evasion.
This method of pursuit, heading straight for his opponent, was undoubtedly faster. Daoist Cao had originally hoped to use the other vessels as cover, but they instead allowed Zhang Yu to close the distance.
Once he saw that this method was useless, he realized he had made a mistake and immediately thought of a countermeasure.
He called out an instruction to those behind him. Several trusted subordinates promptly stood by the half-open cabin door and hurled Thunder Pearls outside one after another.
Daoist Cao did not expect to kill Zhang Yu this way, but there were