Old Man Withered Bamboo had overdrawn his life, burning the decades of vitality this young body should have had left as fuel for an eruption of magical power. After the repeated expenditures earlier, he was already a spent arrow. Madam Qian's Thousand-Torch Treasure Pestle shattered his protective Taiyi Azure Spirit Divine Light with a single blow, and he staggered forward, almost falling.
Fury surged through him again. He wheeled around to retaliate, only to find his attacker nowhere in sight.
When Qian Kang saw his Wife actually attack Old Man Withered Bamboo, terror nearly burst his gallbladder on the spot. He hurriedly seized her, reached out to retrieve the Thousand-Torch Treasure Pestle, and fled for his life using the most powerful escape art he knew. Meanwhile, Ye Bin, Zhuge Jingwo, and Shentu Hong also seized the chance to escape with Ruan Zheng.
Both Qian Kang and Ye Bin were well versed in numerology. Qian Kang, in particular, had already become an earth immortal and devoted himself to the Jade Purity Immortal Arts. Although his temperament had led him onto the unorthodox path, his overall strength remained formidable.
Ye Bin had practiced Buddhism in a previous life and possessed considerable innate wisdom and Gods-given abilities carried over from that incarnation.
Both recognized that this Formation had been developed from a Liuren divination chart and was not especially powerful. Old Man Withered Bamboo stood in the You Palace. Having succumbed to demonic madness, he would inevitably continue his indiscriminate rampage. Seeing Qian Kang fly toward the Chen Palace, Ye Bin took the three Emei Sect juniors toward the Hai Palace.
The two groups split up in tacit accord. Shi Feiyang had set up this Formation specifically for Ku Zhu just before falling asleep. Now Qian Kang and his wife fiercely assaulted the