Zhang Xiaohua flicked his right hand, and a pale red object shot toward the old man like a flying arrow.
The old man had long since raised his vigilance a hundredfold, fearing that Zhang Xiaohua might have some unexpected trick up his sleeve. Though the short sword in his hand stabbed toward Zhang Xiaohua, he had not used his full strength, merely probing between feint and substance to see how Zhang Xiaohua would respond.
Seeing Zhang Xiaohua actually choose to throw a concealed weapon, he could not help laughing inwardly. This young man is still lacking in experience.
Though the concealed weapon gave off a pale red glow beneath the lamplight and was presumably something highly poisonous, the old man naturally could not let it come near him. The short sword thrusting toward Zhang Xiaohua tilted slightly and struck directly at the glow. In the blink of an eye, it hit the incoming concealed weapon dead-on.
The old man felt his short sword sink as a powerful force surged into it. The sword in his hand involuntarily veered aside, and he was startled. The force contained in this concealed weapon is far too frightening!
Just as that thought arose, a crisp crack sounded by his ear. The concealed weapon that had struck his short sword shattered, and only then did the old man clearly see the object blocked before his chest by his sword as it broke apart.
"A jade talisman?!" the old man cried out, his pupils instantly contracting.
At that moment, a fireball the size of a winnowing basket suddenly burst from the shattered jade talisman. Though the talisman had been blocked by the short sword, the fireball continued with its momentum, shooting rapidly toward the old man's chest.
The fireball was small, and the old man did