Chu Bai considered his concealment methods quite accomplished. With Five-Element Perception assisting him, even a higher-level cultivator should not have exposed him so easily. Yet before this Ren Siquan, he seemed utterly transparent.
As Ren Siquan's words fell, Wang Jiu, Guan Shan, and the white-robed masked man changed expression almost simultaneously, all turning toward that seemingly empty corner of darkness.
Wang Jiu was furious and alarmed, a chill crawling up his spine. There had actually been an oriole lurking behind them? If he and Guan Shan had fought until both were badly wounded, and this man had suddenly struck...
The consequences would have been unthinkable!
"What? Must I personally invite you out?"
When no answer came from the darkness, Ren Siquan smiled faintly and flicked his broad sleeve.
Hum!
A gentle yet vast surge of wind spiritual energy instantly swept across the ruined wall.
It carried no aggression, but like an invisible hand, it gently brushed away the snow, wind, and shadows concealing Chu Bai.
There was no escaping it.
Chu Bai sighed softly. Since his hiding place had been exposed, continuing to conceal himself would only seem petty and make him more likely to be attacked from all sides.
He simply abandoned his concealment, straightened his back, and stepped forward.
Tap.
A crisp footfall sounded across the silent snow.
Under countless startled, uncertain gazes, a figure in blue robes and a bamboo hat slowly emerged from the darkness.
Though his face remained hidden, the Foundation Establishment pressure emanating from him was unquestionably real—not violent, but condensed to an extraordinary degree.
Another Foundation Establishment cultivator!
The Qi Refining cultivators present had gone completely numb.
Foundation-Building Cultivators, normally as elusive as divine dragons whose heads appeared but whose tails remained unseen, were popping up one after another tonight like cabbages.
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