But just as the As-You-Wish Staff came down upon Kun Shuai's legs, light flickered over them. That light shattered like fragments of fireflies, and Kun Shuai's figure standing there... was actually a phantom!!!
Immediately after, Kun Shuai's laughter rang out from afar. "Hahaha! As expected of Xiao Hua, as expected of a Myriad Thunder Valley disciple who hid his strength so deeply. This old man had still underestimated you!"
Xiao Hua's expression turned exceedingly ugly! He was just about to activate the Wind Escape Technique and give chase when his other hand swept out, preparing to bring forth the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors he had never dared use!
Rumble— A tremendous roar sounded all around Xiao Hua. He only felt the scenery surrounding him flow and shift like drifting clouds. Countless feathered birds, beasts, swimming fish, and strange monsters surged forth from every direction, rushing toward him!
Xiao Hua was greatly alarmed. His divine sense swept out, and he immediately understood that he had fallen into Kun Shuai's trap. The space around him was rapidly contracting!!!
Looking again into the valley, a flat, spindle-shaped magic artifact covered in strange runes appeared in midair within the grand formation. The artifact was more than a dozen zhang in size, occupying the entire battlefield overhead! Most strangely, though, the spindle-shaped artifact was divided into two parts, separated down the middle by a sawtooth-like gap. Glints of light flashed along those teeth, clearly incomparably sharp! Xiao Hua was naturally at one end, while at the other end... was actually Kun Shuai!
After laying such a trap and plotting so painstakingly, Kun Shuai had actually intended to trap both himself and Xiao Hua within this artifact!!!
Once the artifact shrank to several zhang in size, it stopped contracting. Then the entire artifact emitted an eerie