Thunderous booms erupted alongside dazzling rays of light. As the enormous, withered claw closed around the ball of five-colored light, a vast surge of energy burst forth.
Gale-force winds swept outward, making the Profound Spirit experts present frown sharply. Their magical power surged, and each raised a hand to ward off the rushing winds.
Wen Liangfu, who had just retreated twenty feet, flashed away again, putting several dozen more feet between himself and the clash.
His protective spiritual light flared, and his expression grew grave as he forcefully resisted the tremendous winds crashing toward him.
Within the enormous, gaunt claw, five-colored radiance shimmered. Tiny, abstruse spirit patterns twisted and darted through the light like hundreds upon thousands of five-colored spirit snakes entwined together, wrapping the entire skeletal claw in their coils.
Yu Changtian was at the late Profound Spirit stage, yet the secret claw technique he unleashed failed to instantly destroy an attack hastily released by a peak Spirit Severing stage cultivator. Surprise appeared in the eyes of the Profound Spirit experts standing nearby.
"Hahaha, excellent, truly excellent! Young Friend Qin unleashed this Rune Attack on the spur of the moment, yet its power was already extraordinary. This Rune Attack alone could probably withstand even an attack from an ordinary early Profound Spirit stage cultivator."
As his laughter rang out, Lin Tao swept both hands outward. Vast energy suddenly surged forth, sweeping away the shock waves that filled the cave abode.
The spirit patterns flashed one after another, then vanished together with the collapsing skeletal claw.
What Qin Fengming had just unleashed was merely a simple rune attack technique from Ancestor Daoyan's scroll all those years ago. Such rune attacks were also conventional offensive methods on the path of runes.
At present, Qin Fengming still could not instantly unleash the