Combined with Ten Thousand Beasts Martial Steel's ability to repel all true qi, spiritual energy, and profound energy, this gave the spikes an innate ability to pierce defenses.
Simply throwing them with brute force could produce the effects of a defense-piercing spell. For beast cultivators with more brute strength than they knew what to do with, these things were perfect.
One-Horned Venerable hadn't expected these things to seriously injure Profound Sage Tyrannical Song.
This was only the first wave of attacks he had prepared. He intended to use the Ten Thousand Beasts Martial Steel to test Profound Sage Tyrannical Song's defenses. Landing one or two hits and weakening his protective defenses a little would be enough.
He hadn't expected his probing attack to turn Profound Sage Tyrannical Song into a pincushion.
"No, Venerable, that's an afterimage. Profound Sage Tyrannical Song's real body isn't there," the Sixth-Grade beast cultivator with the wolf tail shouted.
One-Horned Venerable's heart jolted.
He took a closer look. Sure enough, it was an afterimage.
The First Millennium Sage really did live up to his title.
"Where is he?" One-Horned Venerable shouted.
"I don't know. It's as though he vanished into thin air. But he must still be nearby. His manifested merit light is still here," the wolf-tailed beast cultivator said gravely.
"Should we destroy his merit light first?" someone suggested.
"Destroy it, my ass," One-Horned Venerable said. "Even if you blast merit light to pieces, it'll recover in no time as long as its owner isn't dead. Find Profound Sage Tyrannical Song. Don't let him escape."
He didn't want to waste his energy on merit light.
But sometimes, the harder you tried to avoid something, the harder it became to escape it.
In the sky, Merit Snake Beauty tilted her head and glanced at One-Horned Venerable.