“Hahaha, as expected of the sprout I look favorably upon!” laughed the old man.

Long Chen looked at his own right hand with a strange expression. The old man’s attack had truly been sudden. It hadn’t contained any killing intent and had been launched at such close range. There was no way for anyone to react to that.

According to reason, he shouldn’t be able to do anything. A person’s reaction speed was limited.

Long Chen also hadn’t reacted at all. He didn’t even know what had happened before his right hand caught the old man’s staff.

“This… is a kind of instinct?” asked Long Chen.

“Yes, you can put it that way, but that’s not entirely correct. An instinctual reaction would normally require sensing danger. However, I had no intent to kill you, so it wasn’t instinct. This is a kind of mental state of the sixth form of Split the Heavens. As long as you are in this state, no illusion or technique will be able to bewilder you. Little brat, you really are a monster. You learned this ability right at the start, while those brats are still unable to control this...