Chapter 169: The Baited Kill
"Daoist Qin, you may be young, yet you're even more cautious than the old timers of the martial world. To make this act convincing, I went as far as to damage my own Qihai, sealing off my spiritual power, and yet it still didn’t escape your eyes. You’re much sharper than that fool."
Hermit Baiyun looked disdainfully at Wu Yuesheng lying in the pool of blood. Qin Sang glanced over, expression unchanged, and gave no comment on Hermit Baiyun's words.
The moment the anomaly had begun, Qin Sang had already withdrawn his Five-Elemental Breaking Sword.
Now, concealed within the multicolored sword qi, Qin Sang remarked with a hint of mystery, "Daoist Baiyun, you really know how to pick your moments. Aren't you worried that triggering a crisis now might result in us both dying here, trapped with the malevolent corpse?"
Hermit Baiyun chuckled lightly, his eyes filled with unabashed greed as he looked at Qin Sang and said, "Just a mere dead thing. This place is a rare, perfect spot to erase all traces... You and Wu Yuesheng come from reputable sects. With your treasures in my possession, what reason would I have to fear that brainless creature?"
Before he finished speaking, the gentle, kindly expression on Hermit Baiyun's face transformed into a vicious one. He raised his hand and pointed at Qin Sang, and with a whoosh, the Sky-Trapping Pouch shot forward. The wind array carried the malevolent corpse and shifted several zhang instantly, revealing the true power of the Sky-Trapping Pouch. The wind array was no longer as fragile and shaky as it had seemed before.
"Daoist Qin, why don’t you enjoy playing with the malevolent corpse for a while?"
With a cold laugh, Hermit Baiyun willed the Sky-Trapping Pouch, which quivered violently. A gap opened in the wind array, allowing the malevolent corpse to escape once more, while the mouth of the Sky-Trapping Pouch shifted to aim directly at Qin Sang.
Although the malevolent corpse possessed intelligence, it hadn't developed to a cunning level. As soon as it escaped confinement, it instinctively attacked the first target it spotted. This was precisely how Hermit Baiyun had maneuvered it to ambush Wu Yuesheng with such success.
