It had all happened too fast!
Too fast to take out the Gourd, pull out its stopper, and activate the Immobility Substance.
Too fast to take out the Three-Piece Magical Treasure Set and cast the spells to control it.
He had to settle this before the other man's companions came leaping over at the sound.
In other words, he absolutely could not let those companions see him.
Still, Wu Jinliang's judgment had been correct. Someone who spotted a suspect yet dared not seize him, calling for help first instead, could hardly be very strong.
How strong could the Divine Mountain's lackeys, sent out to search everywhere and do the legwork, possibly be?
But however weak this one was, his cultivation still surpassed Wu Jinliang's.
Wu Jinliang was still in the advanced martial minor completion realm. Switching cultivation arts had delayed his progress considerably, while this Divine Mountain lackey was in the advanced martial upper attainment realm.
Yet Wu Jinliang's fearless, charging aggression still frightened him somewhat, almost scaring him into fleeing.
Indeed, his first reaction was to dart aside.
But the moment he moved, Wu Jinliang whipped out his iron chain in a sweeping strike to block him, flinging Huang Yingying out along with it.
Bang, bang, bang! Several thick stalks of heart-wrapping grass were snapped clean through at the waist by the chain.
"Ah... ooh... no..." Huang Yingying also let out a string of strange, incoherent cries.
He grabbed the chain dragging him along, but just as he was about to steady himself, he found himself hurtling sideways again. Before he could even see what was happening, his body smashed straight through a stalk. It was terrifying, and staying calm was difficult.
The sweeping chain hastily blocked the Divine Mountain lackey's path.
He had only just sprung up, his