Qi Zeng activated the Substitute Puppet skill and dodged the attack, his figure disappearing.
With Bai Xiaowen's [Seven Fiendish Palm] doubled in power, there were only a handful of Lord-ranked experts who could escape from his grasp. Not to mention, he had the [Qi Cultivation Technique] to boost the power of his first strike.
Not just anyone could escape from Bai Xiaowen's hands by using spells like Substitute Puppet. If it were anyone else, they would find it difficult to even breathe under the pressure and wouldn't be able to use an Escape Technique.
Qi Zeng's ability to escape was proof that the "second assassin of the Interstellar Alliance" was very good. His Substitute Puppet skill had to be at least Proficient.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and scanned the battlefield with his spiritual sense, but he didn't find Qi Zeng after his second invisibility.
"The reason is that I've used up some of my spiritual sense on Xiao Xing …"
Bai Xiaowen abruptly withdrew his spiritual sense from Xiao Xing's sea of consciousness and slammed his palm across Xiao Xing's neck, knocking him out. At the same time, he injected a wisp of the power of the Grim Reaper into Xiao Xing's body, temporarily restraining his spiritual power.
Bai Xiaowen had already obtained secondary authority over the Seven Stars Formation of the Twisted Bone Ridge, so Xiao Xing was useless.
The reason he hadn't killed Xiao Xing, but imprisoned him instead, was because the Boundary Stele of the Twisted Bone Ridge would become ownerless. If someone else took over the Twisted Bone Ridge and took back Bai Xiaowen's secondary authority, it would be self-defeating.
The Boundary Stele wasn't here, and even if it was, there would be a lot of controversy over how to deal with it. Although Guo Baisheng and the others were convinced of Xiao Xing's guilt, they weren't willing to let Bai Xiaowen take over the Twisted Bone Ridge.
Therefore, it was best to stun Xiao Xing and make him immobile.
After withdrawing all of his spiritual sense, Bai Xiaowen's sensitivity to the outside world increased more than twofold. With the help of the Heart Fostering Technique, his spiritual sense scanned the battlefield again like the most sensitive radar.
This time, the invisible Qi Zeng couldn't escape Bai Xiaowen's gaze.
Qi Zeng was also skilled and daring. He actually hid underground.
Bai Xiaowen sat on the silver throne and hovered at a low altitude. The straight-line distance between Qi Zeng and Bai Xiaowen was less than 50 meters.
Despite being so close to him, he hadn't discovered him even with half of his spiritual sense scanning! Qi Zeng's concealment ability was indeed impressive.
Coupled with the powerful ability of the Hammer of Impermanence, Qi Zeng was truly worthy of being one of the top assassins in the Constellation Alliance.
Assassins would forever be the nemesis of control-type evolvers.
Of course, Bai Xiaowen would not let go of such a dangerous person. He pretended that he didn't notice Qi Zeng, but he secretly activated the Seven Stars Great Array.
After the Seven Stars Transformation, the small area where Qi Zeng was located in the array formation changed three times, and the negative effects began to appear.
Bai Xiaowen abruptly activated it. Qi Zeng, who was hiding underground, immediately felt that the surrounding soil was as hard as steel. It also felt like a board of nails was crazily pressing against him.
Although this kind of pressure was not fatal to Qi Zeng, it would only reduce his movement speed by 30%. But to an assassin, speed was life. Once he slowed down, the enemy's attacks would follow him like a shadow.
Although Bai Xiaowen's Seven Evils Great Palm didn't catch Qi Zeng's body, the terrifying power overflowing from it already made Qi Zeng tremble in fear. This was the first time he had encountered such a monster-level opponent.
He was clearly a control-type evolver.
He was clearly only at Level 16!
Why did his casual attack have the power of a mountain? It was almost as heavy as a high-level king-level powerhouse's. A monster. An absolute monster.
When he felt the heavy pressure, Qi Zeng didn't hesitate and immediately rushed out from underground. He knew that if he appeared rashly, he would definitely be attacked. So the moment he rushed out of the ground, he immediately changed directions and rushed seven to eight meters away.
Whoosh.
A thin bolt of lightning fell from above.
The lightning's landing point was precisely the direction Qi Zeng was rushing toward. If he didn't change directions or stop, he would definitely be hit!
It must be mentioned here that with the lightning's speed, Qi Zeng naturally couldn't "see" where it would land. But for a high-level evolver like Qi Zeng who had experienced hundreds of battles, at least one of his combat specializations had long surpassed the expert level! He had an almost clairvoyant instinct when it came to dangerous factors.
In an instant, Qi Zeng instinctively felt a warning in his heart. He felt a sense of impending doom.
Qi Zeng immediately chose to change directions. This time, he could move five meters horizontally.
However, there was another whoosh, and the same feeling of impending doom enveloped him again. Qi Zeng could only change directions again! This was also his last short-distance change. The multiple bursts of rapid changes had almost bruised his bones and fascia.
So, in the eyes of others, this strange scene appeared.
Bai Xiaowen sat on the throne. His fingers constantly pointed, and a thin bolt of lightning fell from each point. However, the lightning wasn't aimed at Qi Zeng. Instead, it was aimed at different directions around Qi Zeng. It was either in front of him or to the side of him. All of them landed on empty air.
Qi Zeng's movements were even more difficult to understand. He madly changed directions and sprinted in the air, but every time he sprinted, he would forcefully stop himself. He was like a trapped beast struggling in a cage.
However, this cage couldn't be seen or touched. It only existed in Qi Zeng's heart.
"To actually be able to complete three sprints in the air in such a critical moment … His agility is really amazing. His combat specialization must have reached an unimaginable level."
Bai Xiaowen commented. In his eyes, Qi Zeng's entire body was like a transparent diagram of a human body. His bones, tendons, and even the circulation of spiritual power in his meridians were all clearly visible. So, Qi Zeng's seemingly abrupt changes in direction were all within Bai Xiaowen's predictions.
Fortunately, Bai Xiaowen had the Eye of Evolution and the super brain. He could predict where the skill would land based on Qi Zeng's movements. Otherwise, with Bai Xiaowen's meditation specialization, which had yet to reach the expert level, it would be a fool's dream to want to increase the accuracy of his single-target spells.
Seeing that Qi Zeng's fascia showed signs of bruising and that he didn't continue to change directions, Bai Xiaowen's next lightning strike naturally hit Qi Zeng's head without hesitation.
This time, Qi Zeng wasn't prepared in advance. Of course, he couldn't use the Substitution Puppet Technique to dodge this attack. He could only rely on his spiritual power to protect his body and take it head-on.
When an assassin could only take the enemy's attack head-on, they weren't far from death.
The thin lightning bolt penetrated Qi Zeng's spiritual power protection. A small amount of power entered his body, causing his hair to stand on end. The black cloth and headscarf covering his face fell to the ground like black butterflies.
Not only did the lightning strike break through his defense, but it also had a paralyzing effect.
Bai Xiaowen quickly followed up with three more lightning strikes.
Although the damage of the three weakened lightning strikes couldn't compare to the damage of a proper primordial lightning bolt, the best way to deal with an agile assassin was to ensure that the damage would hit its target. The only advantage of the lightning strike over the primordial lightning was that it could be launched faster by a thought, as if it was an instinctive action.
For Bai Xiaowen, a thought didn't even take 0.1 seconds. But sometimes, it was precisely this little bit of time that gave the enemy a little more opportunity to escape.
The three thin lightning bolts were almost connected head to tail and injected into Qi Zeng's head in sequence.
That's right, it was "injected" and not "split". Bai Xiaowen's control of his spiritual power was abnormally precise. He didn't waste a single bit of the lightning's power, especially when Qi Zeng's protective spiritual power had already been broken. The three lightning bolts only made a small hole in Qi Zeng's head. All the power was injected into it, and it was like mercury flowing into the ground.
Qi Zeng's body stiffened, and he didn't move at all.
Green smoke curled up from his ears and nostrils.
With a thud, Qi Zeng's short body fell to the ground. The second ranked assassin of the Star Alliance had lost his life in his first encounter with Bai Xiaowen.
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