SWISH!
The whip shimmered with a dark, spectral light. It moved without a sound, like a phantom striking—it was simply too fast!
By the time the man in the black robe noticed, it was too late to dodge.
The massive, sickle-like hook at the whip's end was already upon him.
"Break!"
A layer of purplish-black Protective True Qi erupted from the man's body. He unleashed a furious wave of energy, intending to blast the hook away.
However, the massive, dull, and rusted hook was almost completely unaffected by the True Qi. It twisted bizarrely, as if it had a mind of its own, and snagged the black-robed man's body.
The hook itself wasn't lethal.
"Ugh... How is this possible!"
The moment the hook caught him, the man's Qi and blood froze. His consciousness felt sealed, and his body became completely immobilized.
WHOOSH!
The next instant, the black-robed man was yanked twenty or thirty meters away to the base of a large tree.
SLAP! SLAP!
