The farther Hu Xiaotian chased, the more alarmed he became. He had first learned the Dog-Dodging Eighteen Steps from Xu Lingkong-the technique the Xu Family called the Heavenly Net Tracing Steps-and later learned the Aerial Gliding Art from Monk Unenlightened. With his Lightness Skill, few people in the world could surpass him, yet even after chasing this far, he had failed to catch the strange man. A fixed distance remained between them throughout. The man bounded across the rooftops, his footwork flowing like drifting clouds and running water. Hu Xiaotian could already tell that he seemed to be deliberately leading him somewhere. Alarm stirred in his heart. Could he have laid a trap?
Hu Xiaotian slowed his steps, and the other man slowed at the same time.
His suspicions deepening, Hu Xiaotian stopped. Sure enough, the other man stopped as well. Hu Xiaotian looked around. Apart from the two of them, not a single figure was visible nearby. Even Xu Mubai had been left far behind.
Hu Xiaotian quietly studied the man while secretly drawing up his inner breath within his Dantian Sea of Qi. He realized that the opponent before him was more powerful than any he had ever encountered. He had to exercise the utmost caution.
The man stood with his hands behind his back, his deep eyes watching Hu Xiaotian quietly from behind the silver mask. Moonlight washed over him like water, cloaking his body in a faint halo. He seemed to radiate light himself. Though he stood so close, Hu Xiaotian had the illusion that he might be a phantom. Suddenly, an overwhelming sense of familiarity arose within him. Heat stirred in the deepest recesses of his heart, then swiftly spread through his entire body. Forcing down his excitement, he asked softly, "Big Brother Ji, is