After changing direction, Ji Hao actually charged straight into the attack, as though deliberately seeking death!
Ha! I've finally caught you!
You're dead now!
Most of those present, including the Wang Family's heir, had similar thoughts. They had long since realized that Ji Hao was barely holding on through his uncanny internal energy technique and footwork. Once those were broken, he would no longer be able to evade them. His defeat was assured.
Ji Hao's saber trembled in place, as though making eight lightning-fast phantom cuts. Layer upon layer of air collapsed, and streaks of purple lightning surged forth, becoming a raging dragon that clung to the blade. Then he slashed, unleashing a purple brilliance different from before, but every bit as fierce and domineering.
Battle Saint Method, Furious Thunder Shaking the Nine Firmaments!
Good! A head-on clash is just what I wanted! A flicker of delight rose in the blue-badged constable's heart. His palm force erupted, nether qi seethed, and ghostly flames spread, turning his surroundings into something like a haunted realm.
With a soft burst, the palm force mingled with sinister winds collided with the raging lightning dragon. Yet the latter was like a paper lantern, punctured in an instant.
Both palms struck the saber, only to find it utterly hollow, without the slightest force. Even the hand holding it had let go beforehand.
He had released it after a slight upward flick!
The Tianyi True Qi inside Ji Hao transformed once again.
He abandoned his weapon! The blue-badged constable's pupils contracted, his gaze freezing. The pattern with which Ji Hao detonated his true qi seeds was completely different this time-smoother, stranger, and utterly contrary to his predictions!
Deliberate misdirection? Intentional concealment?
*Had he been laying a trap since his very first saber strike, luring me into it