The dry, shriveled skin on Bai Tianqi's cheeks cracked into pieces. As his face moved and twitched, the fragments fell away. At the same time, he clenched his hands, and the cracked skin on his withered palms fell off as well.
"Who exactly are you?" Huang Xiao demanded, staring at the utterly unfamiliar old man before him.
This man was not Bai Tianqi at all. He had merely disguised himself as Bai Tianqi.
It must have been the effect of his punch just now. Although it had failed to injure this false Bai Tianqi, it had shattered the outer layer of his disguise, leaving him unable to keep up the act.
Only now did Huang Xiao understand why this man had been so difficult to catch when he pursued him earlier.
He knew something of Bai Tianqi's cultivation, which was definitely inferior to his own. And Bai Tianqi's movement technique could not possibly compare with his Qinggong Movement Technique, the Lingbo Ethereal Steps. Catching him should have been effortless, yet Bai Tianqi had been only a fraction slower than him.
At the time, Huang Xiao had thought Bai Tianqi's cultivation had improved again and that he had learned another profound qinggong cultivation method, allowing him to keep Huang Xiao chasing him for so long.
Although Huang Xiao had suspected then that Bai Tianqi's strength did not quite match his cultivation, he had never suspected that someone else was disguised as him.
Now everything was clear. This man was not Bai Tianqi at all. His cultivation was far beyond Bai Tianqi's, and far beyond Huang Xiao's as well.
The aura coming from this man now made Huang Xiao's heart tremble.
A Peerless Realm expert! Huang Xiao thought with a bitter inward smile.
He had actually exchanged blows with a Peerless Realm