Just as the Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi was about to strike the short old man, a ninja sword suddenly thrust out of the ground in front of Ye Wutian, evidently the doing of the skinny old man from underground.
At Ye Wutian's current Cultivation Realm, his Primordial Qi Shield simply had no chance of withstanding an attack from a Complete Seventh Stage Ninja. In other words, if he insisted on killing the short old man, his own life was likely to be forfeited as well.
Weighing the pros and cons, Ye Wutian decisively withdrew his sword and struck towards the ninja sword in front of him.
"Zing!"
After trembling, the ninja sword retracted into the ground, and moments later, the skinny old man emerged some ten meters away. His right hand, which held the ninja sword, was visibly shaking, indicating that the blow he had just received had caused him no small amount of distress.
With the skinny old man's intervention, the short old man successfully broke away.
