Hit by this unexpected attack, Gui'er could only rely on her hands, which were reinforced with all her Soul Power.
For this attack, she had staked everything on those hands.
Originally, it was a strategy meant to maximize her offensive power, but now it had become her final bastion against the attack.
Yet the instant her hands collided with Quan Ni's heavy hammer, Gui'er felt an intense vibration surge from her hands and sweep through her entire body.
A powerful penetrating force far beyond the previous hammer blow tore straight through the dual defenses of Soul Power and Vitality, and immediately after it came an entirely different vibrating force, drilling into her body and sweeping through her in an instant.
The sudden assault of Internal Power was something Gui'er had not anticipated.
This energy, not the slightest bit weaker than Soul Power, erupted under exquisite control with a powerful effect comparable to a Soul Skill.
A Self-Created Soul Skill—no, more accurately, a self-created Hammer Technique performed by replacing Soul Power with Internal Power.
If direct members of the Clear Sky Sect saw this hammer strike, they would definitely be deeply shocked, because this strike not only incorporated the power-handling methods of the Clear Sky Nine Perfections, but also layered the use of Internal Power on top of them.
This was a special Hammer Technique Quan Ni had figured out on her own during the forging process.
Originally, it was meant to merge Internal Power into metal, then use the vibrations of the Internal Power itself to drive the impurities inside the metal out.
Of course, because the compression and explosion of Internal Power were far too chaotic, the force was powerful but lacked precision, so this skill could not be used in forging.
However, when this technique was applied to