He reached out toward the Convenience Store Owner's phantom.
"Some of these maneuvers may already have you thinking of copying what you've seen, but I'll demonstrate them again. Lao Lin, watch closely and think back carefully."
As soon as he finished speaking, he spread his fingers slightly.
Then he curled them into a loose claw.
With that movement, the already trembling space inside the Convenience Store shook even harder, as though a pair of invisible hands had appeared in the void, gripping the store's barriers and crushing them like a soda can.
Creak, creak, creak-
Cracks appeared throughout the space inside the Convenience Store. Illusory runes emerged from them, gathering into chains that radiated a terrifying aura and shot straight toward the Convenience Store Owner to seal him off.
The Convenience Store Owner tried to summon his power, but this was ultimately only a fragment of his will left here. Once stripped of his control over the Convenience Store, the power he could muster himself was extremely limited.
Chains of mystical runes crisscrossed the Convenience Store, as though a paintbrush were sketching a brilliant river of stars.
The Convenience Store Owner's languid expression shifted slightly. Before long, Hongji had effortlessly bound him. The golden light dispersed, and the thunder subsided.
Beneath the net woven from chains of mystical runes, the Convenience Store Owner's phantom reined in its form, becoming that languid old man in floral shorts dressed for a Hawaiian vacation.
The old man now looked at Kuai Hongji in surprise, his face practically displaying a "Sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you just now".jpg expression.
"Oh~ So it's you! Sigh-couldn't you have just said you were here? Why make such a fuss?" The moment the Convenience Store Owner landed, he reverted to his languid, middle-aged manner and spread his hands