The Purple Energy Flower Lotus could not have vanished into thin air, and the method used by Yun Xiao was certainly not some kind of sorcery. It was right at the moment when both the Meridian Fire and the Cutting Vein Technique erupted that he seized the Purple Energy Flower Lotus back with extreme speed.
All of this happened in an extremely short span of time, and Yun Xiao moved smoothly and swiftly, dazzling those watching. Even the cultivators at the Meridian Introduction Realm who were spectating were at a loss, let alone Xuan Zhi the Xuanyue Empire's Third Prince at the Meridian Gathering Realm Middle Stage, who at this moment wore an utterly bewildered expression.
However, in the next instant, Xuan Zhi had no time to be bewildered, not even the time to burst into anger, because by then, his left forearm's sleeve had already been reduced to naught by Yun Xiao's Meridian Fire, which then latched onto his skin.