Her majesty's guards were in the peak Heavenly immortal realm, which is why Jeffrey stood no chance to avoid their grasp - not that he intended to avoid it to begin with. He was panicking as it was when he saw the green aura emerge from his body, panic once again spreading through his mind.
How could this green aura still be covering him? Not only had he ditched his previous body, cleansing the connection between them through tribulation lightning, he had then proceeded to repeatedly cleanse his mind, body and soul so that there was no chance for Lex to trace him at all.
Their previous fight had left Jeffrey rattled, and he believed that Lex's plan for revenge was genuinely a huge threat. It was as if everything… everything was playing right into his hands.
Unless…
Jeffrey began looking around frantically, exerting his mind to try and determine if he was still in an illusion. This had to be fake! This had to be… unless…