Tap, tap, tap...
Under Qi He's despairing gaze, the young cultivator and his large black dog walked toward him, step by step.
Rumble...
With every step he took, the metal and stone fragments piercing and pinning Qi He grew several times heavier, crushing him until even breathing became extremely difficult.
Boom!!
Even so, Qi He still used his divine sense to control the Lihuo Banner, bringing two great bells formed from Lihuo molten-gold flames down over Qu Ningshuang and her companion, one each.
Then he threatened loudly:
"Take one more step, and I'll burn these two friends of yours to ash!"
But the young cultivator seemed not to have heard him at all and kept walking toward him, his footsteps tapping.
Seeing this, Qi He gritted his teeth hard and detonated one of the great bells formed from Lihuo molten-gold flames.
Bang!
Amid the thunderous noise, the great bell shattered almost instantly.
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Xie beneath that bell should already have been reduced to ashes.
But what filled Qi He's eyes with horror was this.
Not only was he suddenly unharmed, but an immensely powerful aura fluctuation also erupted around him.
Qi He immediately understood and said:
"You weren't trapped by my Immortal-Binding Talisman at all!"
Just then, accompanied by a metallic ring, a dazzling streak of sword light shot skyward from the other great bell formed from Lihuo molten-gold flames.
Bang!!!
That great bell exploded, and Qu Ningshuang walked out unharmed.
Qi He's face turned livid.
He knew that this time, he had lost not only in fighting strength but also in scheming.
For those two behind him had clearly known of his arrival in advance and prepared their escape.
At that moment, the young cultivator finally stopped.
With barely more than a hundred feet between them,