Three Enemies

Tu Shan Jun showed no fear at all, black-red protective astral qi expanding around him.

It formed a crystalline shield of light.

Its patterns were profound and mysterious.

It was one of his spirit treasure divine abilities: Heavenly Baleful True Spirit Astral Qi.

Yet Tu Shan Jun did not dare keep it active for long. The true astral qi consumed an extraordinary amount of mana. Even Taiyi, despite possessing mid-Nascent Soul cultivation and practicing an orthodox mystic sect method with deep reserves of mana, could not sustain the true astral qi for long. Otherwise, with a defense like the True Spirit Astral Qi, Tu Shan Jun could have forcibly withstood any true intent divine ability from opponents of the same realm.

Just as he was about to unleash his true intent, he discovered that the previously seamless, rounded array astral qi had begun to flicker faintly, great patches of red specks appearing as though the image had skipped frames.

Looking closer, he saw that beetles were feasting greedily upon it. In only a moment, nearly half of his protective astral qi had entered the beetles' mouths.

Alarmed, Tu Shan Jun lost the initiative to flee.

He simply withdrew his protective astral qi.

His spike hammer met the increasingly massive golden melon warhammer descending from above. With a clang, Tu Shan Jun spun the weapon in his hand and borrowed the force to block the long mace smashing toward his narrow waist.

Then the Soul Banner shook and transformed into a great iron-cast pillar, bracing against the giant beast's two claws.

The fatal danger from moments ago had been forcibly resolved through Tu Shan Jun's overwhelming personal strength.

However, without the protective astral qi, the swarming frenzy beetles pounced onto Tu Shan Jun's body. Their first bites tore open his dharma