Xiao Hua immediately halted his escape technique, floating alone in midair. His gaze flickered as he looked over the wilderness around him again and again!
"Get out here!" Xiao Hua shouted, his voice bursting like spring thunder, while his divine sense locked onto a certain spot!
"Clap, clap..." A few claps came from that place, and then a cultivator clad in a dark Taoist robe flew out from hiding!
Seeing that this cultivator was at early Foundation Establishment and made no effort to conceal his appearance, Xiao Hua's eyes narrowed. He had already recognized this man—the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had coveted him at East Ridge several years ago!
"As expected of Xiao Hua, who took first place at the Feathered Immortal Convention. Your reputation is well deserved!" The unfamiliar cultivator clapped and laughed. "I was confident that my concealment technique had been cultivated to perfection, yet you still saw through it!"
Xiao Hua looked at him coldly without replying, calculating this fellow's origins in his heart!
"What? Upon meeting a Foundation Establishment senior, you have even forgotten your manners?" A trace of mockery flashed through the cultivator's eyes, yet beneath it lay a chill.
How could Xiao Hua possibly salute him? He sneered. "Since you are a senior, you ought to possess a senior's bearing. Hiding at the side like this and intercepting a junior—what reason is there for that?"
"Have I intercepted you?" The cultivator laughed loudly and pointed with a finger. Xiao Hua immediately darted aside, wary that the cultivator might launch some incantation.
"Hmph, if I wished to make things difficult for you, would I need to go to such trouble?" No incantation came from the cultivator's hand. It truly seemed to be nothing more than a gesture. Yet at that moment, Xiao Hua's expression abruptly