In the sky outside Evergreen Island.
Li Ping stood suspended in midair. With a beckoning motion of his right hand, a silver Star Banner wrapped in shimmering starlight appeared in his grasp, and he channeled his magic power into it.
The Star Banner instantly grew to ten feet tall. Its fabric rippled gently in the wind, silvery-white light flowing across its surface as artifact patterns flashed, radiating an ancient, mysterious aura.
Whoosh!
Li Ping shook the Star Banner, and a great mass of starlight enveloped him. Then silver light flashed, and he vanished from his spot.
When he reappeared, he was already twenty li away.
"At this speed, the Bloodwing Escape Art isn't even fit to carry its shoes!"
Li Ping spread his divine sense to estimate the distance, surprise and delight appearing on his face.
Starlight flashed again. The next instant, he appeared in the air nearly thirty li away, as though he had used Instantaneous Movement.
After that, Li Ping seemed to merge completely into the void, flickering out of sight one moment and flashing into view the next, his elusive figure roaming like a phantom.
Only after a long while did Li Ping finally stop testing.
He stood in midair, stroking the soft banner fabric with one hand, satisfaction in his eyes.
After using the Star Banner to perform Star Escape repeatedly, he now had a general understanding of the technique.
First came the distance. Perhaps because of the limits of his cultivation and the short time spent nurturing the Star Banner treasure, he could not travel over ten thousand li in an instant like the masters of Elder Antiquity legend.
He could travel at most thirty li in one use. That was Star Escape's upper limit.
Of course, there was no lower limit. He could appear