"Let's talk this out~~" Lu Mu hurriedly tossed a small ball from inside his robes. It burst in midair with a bang, and a dazzling light flashed.
Lu Mu turned and fled.
But before he had taken more than a few steps, he discovered that the two men behind him were rapidly closing in.
"How is that possible?" Lu Mu darted aside, leaving a cloud of mist behind him.
He continued fleeing forward, not daring to linger.
The two men behind him had been about to attack before he could even finish speaking.
He had hurriedly activated a protective formation orb. When the small ball burst, it could instantly lay down an obstructing formation that deprived pursuers of their senses, preventing them from detecting the direction in which he fled.
Yet, to his surprise, the two men behind him were almost unaffected and caught up in an instant.
He had no choice but to activate a second formation treasure.
Mist rose. This was a mist illusion formation, a notch more powerful than the small ball.
Formations activated instantaneously like these could not be called particularly powerful, but their advantage lay in their instant activation, which could hold opponents back and buy him time to escape.
His strength could not be considered especially great among the people of the Jianghu, but he believed he was better able than many to survive dangerous situations.
"Have I shaken them off?" Lu Mu had already rushed several dozen zhang away. Sensing no one catching up behind him, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Ah?" Before he could truly relax, he suddenly saw someone standing ahead of him.
He stopped in his tracks, unable to advance or retreat.
For by then, he had discovered that another fellow was waiting behind him as well.
"Who's