The Red-Armored Man was astonishingly fast, and his perception was exceptionally sharp. He detected Chen Lin at once and flashed into position before him.
"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator dreaming of breaking through our formation to rescue someone? Dream on!"
Sensing Chen Lin's cultivation, the Red-Armored Man wore a look of contempt.
Chen Lin's expression grew grave.
He had never expected the man to pinpoint his hiding place despite all the Puppets he had deployed as distractions.
The man's energy fluctuations were powerful, likely already at the Golden Core level, yet he showed no signs of mutation. That meant his original cultivation had been at least at Void Refinement, unless he possessed some formidable special means, such as a talent ability.
Within this ruin, anyone below the Spirit Transformation Realm would be suppressed directly to the Qi Refining Stage, or even reduced to a mortal. Spirit Transformation cultivators would fall to Foundation Establishment, and only Void Refinement cultivators retained Golden Core cultivation.
To possess Nascent Soul cultivation here, one had to have once been a Dao Integration Realm Expert.
Special innate talents and other means could also lessen the effects of rule suppression. His talent ability, Grass's Sword Will, and Fat Tiger's undying body, for instance, were all suppressed less severely. His talent ability showed no signs of suppression at all.
Either possibility meant this man was extremely powerful. Chen Lin dared not be careless. He struck first, launching more than a dozen spheres.
"Hmph, paltry tricks!"
The Red-Armored Man looked disdainful. Light blazed from his long saber, transforming into several streams of saber energy that sliced the spheres apart simultaneously.
But the shattered spheres did not fall. Instead, they exploded with thunderous booms, forming small mushroom clouds.
Whatever their actual power, the spectacle was terrifying. The Red-Armored Man dared