What had blocked that fatal blow was none other than the Former Sect Master's armor that Hua Wujiang had left Lin Ke before departing.
Though injured, Lin Ke steadied his mind and struck back with all his strength at the blade winds descending from every direction.
Just as he began considering how to counterattack.
The old man vanished from Lin Ke's sight once again amid wisps of white smoke.
This time, the attacks around him also dispersed one after another, leaving no trace.
Lin Ke stood stunned for a moment, then directed the remnants of his Insect Formation to gather around him.
Yet the old man seemed to have truly fled, and complete silence settled over the surroundings.
A moment later.
The surviving cultivators of the Giant Strength Fire Prison Sect appeared at the edge of his vision.
The antlered old man still did not show himself.
Lin Ke immediately swallowed several healing Cultivation Pills.
He also circulated his Spirit Power to quietly mend his injuries.
He had no reason to pursue the old man again, either, since both sides now held something over the other.
Besides, with Fu Tan dead, Lin Ke was in no danger of being exposed for the time being.
There were clearly Gu Insects inside the old man's body, and killing Fu Tan amounted to handing over a bargaining chip.
If he exposed Lin Ke's identity, Lin Ke would expose him as well.
Thus, this sort of meaningless conflict was something no cultivator wished to see.
Lin Ke returned to his lodgings and quietly brought the little girl out of the separate courtyard at Fu Tan's residence.
He continued studying how to use the Flood Dragon's Dragon Pearl.
He believed that, in the Cloud Dragon Secret Realm in the future, this pearl might become one