He needed an opening.
Ning Chen fought as he retreated, imperceptibly shifting the battlefield toward the exit of the mountain hollow.
The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape thought he was trying to flee. Their attacks grew fiercer as they tried to trap him completely where he stood.
But the instant the Sky Azure Bull Python swept its tail across again and the Titan Giant Ape smashed down from above, a sharp light flashed in Ning Chen's eyes. Now!
He stamped his left foot hard against the ground, unleashing the full force of the Thousand Mountains Formula's sealing intent and briefly forcing a sliver of space into the surrounding Gravity Domain and Slow Domain.
At the same time, he loosely curled the fingers of his right hand. The phantom of a bluish-white jade seal flashed in his palm and vanished, and a Light Gate opened silently behind him.
Ning Chen leaned backward, his entire body drifting into the Light Gate like a falling leaf.
The Light Gate silently closed the instant he entered, as though it had never appeared.
The Sky Azure Bull Python's tail swept through empty air, while the Titan Giant Ape's heavy fist slammed into the vacant ground, blasting an enormous, deep crater into it.
The two beasts froze where they stood, staring at the spot where Ning Chen had vanished, their eyes filled with astonishment and unwillingness to accept it.
"Where did he go?" The Titan Giant Ape let out a furious roar, hammering the ground wildly with both fists and smashing the surrounding earth to pieces.
The Sky Azure Bull Python slowly drew back its serpentine body, flames of defiance burning in its azure eyes. But it knew that presence had vanished completely, as though it had never appeared at all.
It