In fact, while Zhou Tian had unknowingly blocked Pan Shi countless times and Pan Shi could not escape from Zhou Tian’s hands, ultimately seeing that he was about to be defeated by Zhou Tian, Pan Shi suddenly pulled out something resembling a crystal from his bosom.

"What’s that?"

Compared to beings like Pan Shi, Zhou Tian still seemed to lack some foundation; many things clear to Pan Shi were completely unrecognizable to Zhou Tian. And there were many crystal-like objects, so naturally, Zhou Tian could not identify what Pan Shi was holding, having not seen it before.

However, although Zhou Ting could not specifically identify the object in Pan Shi’s hand, he was very clear that, at this moment, ordinary objects would be of no use to Pan Shi. Pan Shi would be better off thinking carefully about how to flee rather than expending energy on such objects.

Thus, considering Pan Shi’s situation at the time, any object he chose to reveal must either be something Pan Shi was confident could critically damage or even kill Zhou Tian or something that could definitely help him escape.

If it were not one of those two abilities, given Pan Shi’s current predicament, it was unlikely he would waste effort on something futile.

Thus, simply by considering Pan Shi’s character and his current situation, Zhou Tian understood that he could not let Pan Shi use that crystal. For regardless of the situation, as long as Pan Shi was not luring him in, if Pan Shi was to deploy his artifact’s capability, it could be confidently predicted that he would encounter an accident at that moment.

Zhou Tian disliked variables; managing to suppress Pan Shi was already no easy feat, and opportunities like today, where he had the chance to eliminate Pan Shi, were exceedingly rare. Missing today’s opportunity could mean it might be a long while before such a chance arose again.

Therefore, as long as Zhou Tian still harbored the intention to eliminate Pan Shi, he was determined not to let Pan Shi escape just like that.

Regrettably, although Zhou Tian had discerned Pan Shi’s intent and even guessed the likely effect of the object in his hand, it was meaningless. Even though Zhou Tian could suppress Pan Shi at the moment, it didn’t mean he could manipulate him at will. Pan Shi’s strength was comparable to Zhou Tian’s; even if Zhou Tian were several times stronger in that environment, he could not have stopped Pan Shi from using the power of that crystal.

The outcome was unsurprising; just as Zhou Tian was about to stop Pan Shi, Pan Shi swiftly crushed the crystal.

Almost immediately upon the crystal’s shattering, Pan Shi’s figure vanished. Upon seeing Pan Shi disappear, Zhou Tian let out a cold laugh and then took the appropriate actions.

Indeed, at that moment, Pan Shi, with the crystal in his hand, had vanished in an instant from before Zhou Tian’s eyes. And with Pan Shi now out of sight, dealing with him was naturally no easy task from any perspective.

In theory, relying on his prepared move, Pan Shi had already freed himself from Zhou Tian’s threat. Now, without any clues, it would be incredibly difficult for Zhou Tian to locate him. It could even be directly said that the chances of Zhou Tian finding him after Pan Shi had fled were not great.

However, although Zhou Tian had not anticipated Pan Shi having such a tactic until after Pan Shi had disappeared, it did not matter. Even if Pan Shi had vanished, so what? Did Pan Shi know to leave himself a way out, and Zhou Tian, while fighting him, had prepared nothing?

Naturally, even with his confidence, when facing an opponent like Pan Shi, Zhou Tian could not possibly do nothing. After all, Zhou Tian often engaged in such acts, so he knew, based on Pan Shi’s ability, that keeping him around from the start was bound to be challenging. And if, at the end of the fight, Pan Shi found a way to escape, that was not an unacceptable outcome.

Thus, intent on keeping Pan Shi around, Zhou Tian naturally could not fail to guard against that possibility arising.

And with Zhou Tian’s ability, if he wanted to do something covertly, even with Pan Shi’s strength, while wholeheartedly thinking of escaping, it was improbable he would notice Zhou Tian’s minor actions. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

As a result, as Zhou Tian continued to suppress Pan Shi, unbeknownst to him, during one of Zhou Tian’s attacks, Zhou Tian placed a small positioning tool on him. Although the tool would not cause any damage to Pan Shi, having that tool meant, no matter where Pan Shi fled at the time, Zhou Tian could definitely locate him.