He could see clearly, an ominously familiar black and white pattern suddenly appeared on the hand of the old man.
This pattern was still rotating, and just as his own great sword was horizontally slashing down, upon touching the pattern, it seemed as if a force emerged, twisting the direction of his own strength.
What kind of bizarre power?
Shi Zhuan watched as his crescent blade swept across the forehead of the old master, whose expression did not waver in the slightest, and his heart couldn't help but fill with alarm.
The magnitude of his strength remained unchanged, yet the direction had altered.
However, at this instant, Shi Zhuan finally recalled why he found the pattern on the old man's hand somewhat familiar.
During his battle with Zhan Youqing earlier, there was a similar pattern in the middle of the belt of Zhan Youqing's Mecha!
Could it be that the strong defensive power of Zhan Youqing's Mecha was also due to this pattern?
Shi Zhuan was perplexed, but by now the old man was preparing to launch an attack.
[Effortlessness] had already been triggered.
Coupled with the effects of [Tai Chi] and [Taiching Divine Light], Shi Zhuan could only inflict half damage upon him.
Moreover, with the diverting power of [Tai Chi], Shi Zhuan's attacks were virtually unable to cause any harm to him.
A sweep of the horsetail whisk, the Yin and Yang energies of [Tai Chi] directly collided with Shi Zhuan's chest, pushing him back several steps.
It was also fortunate that Shi Zhuan had switched to defense mode at the moment the old master raised his hand, otherwise this attack of Yin and Yang energies might have killed him without any defenses.
Pressing the Tai Chi in his hand towards the ground, a massive Tai Chi Diagram began to spin on the surface.
As the Tai Chi Diagram spun, the eyes of the two Yin Yang fish gradually turned from two to four, and the entire scene seemed to be divided into four areas by black and white.
As the speed of the Tai Chi Diagram's rotation increased, the four eyes gradually became eight.
Then, the Tai Chi Diagram suddenly exploded, forming an Eight Trigrams Array!
At this instant, Shi Zhuan hadn't moved himself, nor did he see the old man make a move, but suddenly it felt as if the distance between the two of them became very far.
Looking at the old master's expressionless face, Shi Zhuan couldn't help feeling frightened.
This ability was truly beyond his comprehension.
"I must find a way to break through this situation!"
Shi Zhuan gritted his teeth and once again charged at the old master with his sword.
But with just a simple rotation of the Eight Trigrams on the ground, he could no longer see the old master's figure.
Shi Zhuan looked around left and right, then suddenly turned his head back, to prevent the old master from launching a surprise attack.
To others, this scene seemed quite bizarre.
[The old man is just two steps in front of him, what is he looking around for?]
[Why isn't he attacking? Is he blinded by some special card Skill?]
[It doesn't look like he's been blinded, it's more like he can't see the old man at all.]
[It's miraculous, right in front and yet unseen; if it were Invisibility, we wouldn't be able to see him either.]
"Could it be the effect of that pattern on their feet?" the old principal said uncertainly as he watched the scene unfold.
The rapid rotation of the Tai Chi Diagram had almost dazzled him, feeling that the pattern was magical.
Through the constantly accelerating rotation, many different patterns could eventually emerge.
And at the end, it was even possible to make out the pattern as if it wasn't rotating at all.
Such a strange pattern.
The old principal shook his head and continued to look up at the field.
In the field, Taiching Divine Thunder descended from the sky, followed by Six Divine Fires that appeared on Shi Zhuan's body, starting to burn.
The old master just stood about three or four steps away from Shi Zhuan, watching him quietly.
Overwhelmed by the sudden onslaught, Shi Zhuan's crescent blade swung about, but it posed no threat to the old master who was not far away.
As Taiching Divine Thunder kept falling and Six Divine Fires continued to scorch, combined with the confinement of Shi Zhuan's position by the Eight Trigrams Array, victory was only a matter of time.
But the old master felt that this was too slow.
Moreover, this guy had just insulted him, and if he wasn't treated the same as that monkey, he might be criticized for favoritism by the monkey.
"Enough."
The elder swung his horsetail whisk, and Shi Zhuan suddenly saw the elder's figure appear to his right.
Shi Zhuan was very excited, whilst fending off the attacks, he ran towards the elder.
Not attacking won't result in a loss, but not attacking won't lead to victory either!
The flames that were continuously burning on him were causing Shi Zhuan a great deal of irritability.
After all, the Pale Floating Tomb detests these kinds of persistent Skills that affect one's body.
When switching to attack mode, the persistent damage Skills affecting him wouldn't disappear, and because of the switch to attack mode and the loss of defense, they would inflict even greater damage on him.
"Purple Quality's Pale Floating Tomb is still not up to par, once it switches to attack mode, the Defense Skills on it can no longer be used."
"Only when the Pale Floating Tomb upgrades to a Red Quality Card will the Defense Skills on it transform into attack skills as it switches to attack mode."
Guan Chutian watched the scene, sighed, and shook her head.
She knew that Shi Zhuan was walking into a losing situation.
Although she didn't know why Shi Zhuan was suddenly charging headfirst in one direction, from the elder's recent actions, she could tell that this must be the old man's tactics.
It's just unknown what attack was awaiting Shi Zhuan.
On the field, Shi Zhuan still maintained his defense mode while charging towards the elder.
After all, their speeds were roughly the same, and he'd switch to attack mode when it was time to attack.
Seeing that he was getting closer to the elder, Shi Zhuan seemed to even see a look of panic on the elder's face.
But all of that was his illusion.
Even the virtual projection created by the elder maintained an expressionless face.
"Bang!"
His footsteps landed heavily on the ground, and Shi Zhuan used "Star Stepping" once more!
"Clang!"
But it was only one step, and as he stepped out the second one, he felt as if he had slammed into an iron board, making his whole body twist.
However, Shi Zhuan's reaction was not slow; he took a step to the left, forcibly made a third step, and instantly switched to attack mode, swinging his blade towards the "iron board" in front of him.
But his strike missed.
It was as if the previous impact with the iron board was just an illusion of his own.
Without the anticipated collision, the force driven by the saber also made Shi Zhuan lose his balance.
Feeling the damage from the burning flames on his body, Shi Zhuan quickly switched back to defense mode.
[Has he lost his mind?]
[Did he see that big furnace and intentionally go inside?]
[Damn, is he throwing the match?]
[This looks very strange; it doesn't seem like something a sane person would do.]
[Could the old man have the ability to manipulate a person's movements?]
Shi Zhuan in the arena couldn't see clearly, but the spectators outside the arena saw everything very clearly.
What they saw was Shi Zhuan suddenly turning his head, then running straight into the large furnace, and following that, delivering his strongest blow into thin air.
Unfortunately, he struck at the wrong spot.
If he had aimed at the weakest part of the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, maybe the full-force strike after the third "Star Stepping" could have broken it.
But why would the elder give him that chance?
The Six Divine Fires emerged from the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, beginning to refine the Pale Floating Tomb.
And Shi Zhuan, inside the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, after some exploration, also realized his situation.
"How about a draw? I can't find you, and you can't kill me, so why not call it even!"
"The damage from this flame and that bolt of thunder is too light, they cannot breach the defense of my Pale Floating Tomb!"
Shi Zhuan bellowed inside the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, trying to convince Jiang Yuan to settle for a stalemate.
Just as he said, he couldn't find the elder, but the elder's attacks also couldn't do much against him.