Since he could not escape the fate of being hunted down, he might as well face it calmly and make the fullest preparations. His second brother and the Li family had already gone far away, and he had killed both the people who had looted the Li family of Lu Town and the bandit chief. Surely Envoy Ying had neither the time nor the inclination to seek out Li Yinfeng again. Zhang Xiaohua felt rather heroic.
To keep the true qi within him from being exhausted, Zhang Xiaohua had long prepared for a drawn-out battle. As he drew primordial qi from the yuanstone to replenish his consumed true qi, he used his lightness skill together with the Misty Sect's movement technique, darting and wheeling freely through the forest. Though Envoy Ying's lightness skill was several degrees faster than Zhang Xiaohua's, Zhang Xiaohua was truly slippery. At first, his movements were still somewhat awkward, and several times he had nearly been caught. Yet the longer it went on, the smoother his footwork became, and his speed increased considerably, until he was almost on par with Envoy Ying. Envoy Ying was furious. Was this not making sport of him? This boy was actually practicing his lightness skill right in front of him.
Still, he was not worried. This youth's lightness skill might be impressive, but his age was limited. Even if he had begun training internal strength in his mother's womb, his cultivation could hardly be deeper than his own. Once the boy fled until his strength ran dry, would he not be his for the taking?
One chased while the other fled, gradually moving farther from West Cui Mountain. The distance between them remained ten zhang, neither widening nor shrinking. Just as they were locked in stalemate, a brilliant firework shot