Indeed, Xu Taiping had used the Form- and Shadow-Transposition movement technique Li Daoyan had taught him to swap himself, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi with the two Purple-Robed Elders of Ningchan Cave as those hundreds of attacks came hurtling toward them.
Now that his cultivation and combat strength had advanced greatly, he could use this Form- and Shadow-Transposition movement technique to freely exchange positions with any cultivators whose combat strength did not exceed his own.
Boom!
Upon confirming that the person standing beside them was indeed Xu Taiping, the nearly hundred cultivators from the Upper Realm immediately scattered in all directions, seemingly on instinct, putting distance between themselves and the three.
But immediately, another cultivator stepped forward and shouted to the others:
"Everyone, don't be fooled by his bluff!"
The cultivator continued:
"You all saw it earlier. His Qi and Blood True Essence and even his Divine Soul Power were already exhausted when he broke through that Demon God's freezing power."
"That Form- and Shadow-Transposition just now must have used up all his magic power. He meant to use the deaths of those two Purple-Robed Elders to frighten us into retreat!"
Not far away, Lü Hu of Ningchan Cave and Thousand Threads, their eyes already red with rage over the deaths of the two Purple-Robed Elders, chimed in together:
"Exactly! If we let him frighten us off now, we'll be playing right into his treacherous scheme!"
After these people spoke in succession, many Upper Realm cultivators who had already intended to retreat stopped and surrounded him from a distance once more.
Crack!
Just then, the cultivator who had first called everyone back suddenly raised his hand and crushed a jade jue.
The next moment, an immensely powerful ripple of spiritual power spread outward from him, forming a gigantic rune that