The four corpses on the stone ground each had a hole as thick as an arm through the area of the dantian. The holes had pierced straight through all four dantians, and the insides were charred black. Not a drop of blood had flowed out.
Let alone mere Core Formation cultivators—even Nascent Soul cultivators would have died on the spot from such injuries, with not the slightest hope of survival.
Looking at the four corpses lying dozens of yards apart before them, the two cultivators from Wu Mang Mountain and old man surnamed Yun were suddenly seized by overwhelming fear.
There was no need to think about it. These four Baleful Intent Sect cultivators had unquestionably been killed by the young master of Manghuang Mountain who had just fled. To shatter the protective spirit radiance of Peak Core Formation cultivators with a single strike was a method of attack that even old man surnamed Yun and the others deeply feared.
One had to understand that although the defensive power of a Core Formation cultivator's protective spirit radiance was not particularly strong, even a Core Formation cultivator's natal magic treasure would have difficulty breaking it in a single attack. If the young master of Manghuang Mountain had attacked him instead, old man surnamed Yun believed that he, too, would have been unable to escape death.
Judging from the wounds of the four Baleful Intent Sect cultivators, this attack had definitely not been caused by a magic treasure. It had unquestionably been some sort of talisman with astonishing attack power.
Manghuang Mountain was originally a place where miscellaneous arts gathered, and one of the young master of Manghuang Mountain's masters was a top figure in the art of talisman crafting. It seemed that before entering the Sky Flame Mountain Range, the young