"Would this woman really turn that hammer on herself?"
Chen Mo endured that towering pressure head-on, a trace of gravity flashing deep within his pupils.
With his current strength, he simply could not take this blow head-on.
This was not self-deprecation.
Though he was nearly without equal among Initial Sha-Condensing cultivators, the Shadow Puppet Giant Spirit God combined with the resentful spirits of the Merit Banner was enough to crush cultivators of the same rank.
But sealed within the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer was a Foundation Establishment remnant—a being an entire major realm above him.
The gap between Foundation Establishment and Sha-Condensing was not something numbers could easily bridge.
And from the look of it, this was no ordinary Foundation Establishment remnant...
As if sensing Chen Mo's tension, Yin Sutang cast him a cold, mocking glance and threw out the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer.
The air tore open in white fissures, pale flames burning along their edges. That was the residual spiritual power within the Foundation Establishment remnant burning away.
Gu Yunzhou sensed it the instant the hammerhead activated.
But his roots were all pinned down by Chen Mo's shield and Shadow Puppet, leaving him utterly unable to stop Yin Sutang.
The Foundation Establishment pressure radiating from that white hammer struck his body as though it were tangible.
Seeing that the hammer was headed straight for him, genuine terror surfaced on his ashen face.
"No! Don't even think of killing me!"
His hands frantically formed seals as he withdrew every root extending outside.
At the same time, the flower bud beneath him shuddered violently and burst open. Fleshy scales peeled outward, wrapping around Gu Yunzhou's upper body as well.
Layer after layer of scales closed together, dark-purple fluid seeping from the gaps and hardening into a tough shell.
Within just