As a Ghost Walker, waiting for the enemy to walk into his trap, how could he be foolish enough to confront them with only a single knife?
Of course, he had to perform the ritual of setting up the altar, just more discreetly to avoid detection.
It was precisely because he had set up the altar that Hu Ma could confidently engage in a Magic duel, borrowing the Life Evil of this Five Evil Altar Envoy to practice his recently honed Shousui man's trump card.
Also, it was because he was within his own altar that he could physically withstand the opponent's Life Evil, gaining a direct and genuine understanding of the power of this Five Altars' Evil. Otherwise, relying solely on his Shousui man's cultivation wouldn't have sufficed.
The more crucial reason was to prevent the opponent from being startled and fleeing immediately, making a quiet capture impossible.
