Zhou Tian himself often chose to retreat when encountering enemies he couldn’t defeat, so based on his experience, when he saw the changes in Pan Shi’s expression, he could naturally guess what was going on in his mind quite accurately. Not to mention, given the situation at the time, it wasn’t difficult for Zhou Tian to predict Pan Shi’s next response.

Thus, although Pan Shi’s actions seemed very sudden, Zhou Tian had actually anticipated them beforehand. In that situation, when he saw Pan Shi attempting to flee, Zhou Tian naturally wouldn’t let him escape easily.

In fact, whether Zhou Tian was prepared was not the important matter. Given the conditions of both parties, as long as Zhou Tian didn’t allow him to leave, Pan Shi’s escape was doomed to be difficult.

Zhou Tian could find ways to flee when his strength was inferior to his opponent’s, but once Pan Shi fell into a disadvantageous position, he had no chance to run away. It could almost be said that unless he had an advantage in strength, Zhou Tian wouldn’t allow him to leave, and Pan Shi definitely wouldn’t be able to leave. And this was precisely the advantage of having a speed advantage.

Pan Shi was well aware of his situation, so given the choice, he probably wouldn’t choose to flee in front of Zhou Tian, but rather face him in combat under favorable conditions.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Pan Shi wanted to take down Zhou Tian, the difference in strength between them at that time would not change. Without injury, Pan Shi indeed had the ability to fight Zhou Tian; not to say that he could defeat Zhou Tian, but for Zhou Tian to defeat him would also not be easy.

However, regardless of Pan Shi’s original powerful strength, at the first moment of their collision, Zhou Tian inflicted a heavy injury on him, and that was a fact. Under such circumstances, given Pan Shi’s original strength, he no longer had the ability to struggle with Zhou Tian.

Therefore, although Pan Shi was not weak, in the face of Zhou Tian’s determination not to let him go, even Pan Shi knew that his chances of escaping were slim. However, given the situation at the time, Pan Shi, understanding his predicament, still had to try to escape, despite the certainty of suffering losses in the process; he had no other choice. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Boom, boom, boom!"

As a result, in that situation, with Pan Shi concentrating on escaping, Zhou Tian certainly wasn’t polite. During Pan Shi’s escape, Zhou Tian’s attacks continuously rained down on him, and while saying Zhou Tian directly killed Pan Shi might be an exaggeration, those continuous attacks really did aggravate his injuries at the time.

Unlike Zhou Tian’s situation, Pan Shi’s escape attempt was completely clueless.

Having powerful strength does not mean success in everything, as each person has their strengths. Acting within one’s area of strength, a bit of power can be used to great effect, but in areas beyond expertise, even great power may prove feeble.

Undoubtedly, based on Pan Shi’s condition, his ability to flee was certainly very poor.

After all, Pan Shi was a cultivator of powerful offensive tactics, skilled in attack and destruction, but when it came to running away, how could he outpace Zhou Tian, who often did such things? Thus, Pan Shi’s repeated escape attempts being blocked by Zhou Tian was no surprise.

Of course, Pan Shi wasn’t surprised by Zhou Tian’s ability to thwart his escape; with Zhou Tian’s speed advantage so apparent, if Zhou Tian had failed to stop him, that would have been the surprising outcome.

Knowing about Zhou Tian’s speed advantage, Pan Shi, in theory, should have seen escaping as impossible at that time, yet he still chose to run. It was inconceivable for Pan Shi not to have some confidence from somewhere.

It was precisely because of confidence in other areas that he believed he had a chance to escape despite being slower than Zhou Tian, which led to Pan Shi’s reaction. Otherwise, without any possibility of escape, Pan Shi would have known the significance of his actions at the time; given the choice, he likely wouldn’t have put himself in such a predicament.

If one were set on escaping, even when the strengths between both parties were evenly matched, once one side fled, the other could easily suppress the escaper. Considering how long Pan Shi had lived, he was clearly aware of the consequences of such actions.

It could be said, with Pan Shi’s experience, if he had no confidence in escaping from Zhou Tian, then even if it meant fighting to the death with Zhou Tian, it was unlikely that he would’ve opted to flee without a second thought. And since Pan Shi had responded that way, it signified that he still had a hidden trump card.