Physical divine abilities

"You'd better keep a close eye on the area. If any Purple Mansion or Nascent Soul cultivators approach, warn me immediately."

Chen Xuan spoke inwardly to the Cloud Sea Heaven-Observing Technique.

Although he was confident he could trade blows with a Purple Mansion cultivator, when all was said and done, it was still better to avoid it if he could.

If he could thrash minor cultivators at the Dao Foundation, Spirit Sea, and Qi Gathering realms, why pick a fight with someone at Purple Mansion?

[Host, a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Cloud Sea Sect has already arrived.]

Chen Xuan froze briefly.

The sect was that fast?

Apparently, when the Feng Family attacked, the Flying Sword Sect's leader had promptly notified the main sect.

Everything was fine now. With a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the sect here, what the hell was there to fear?

As an outstanding disciple of the Cloud Sea Sect, he couldn't just show up without putting in any work. He had to make a show of going all out.

At the Flying Sword Sect's gates.

Flying Sword Sect disciples and Feng Family members were locked in deadly combat everywhere.

Chen Xuan descended from the sky, dragon marks erupting across his body. A powerful surge of blood and vitality spread outward from him, faintly revealing a dragon's imposing presence.

Without the slightest hesitation, he charged straight toward the fiercest fighting, where several Flying Sword Sect disciples were surrounded by Feng Family cultivators. The disciples were losing ground, their lives hanging by a thread.

Chen Xuan moved like lightning, azure light flowing through the dragon marks on his arms. He unleashed a punch, his tremendous blood and vitality condensing into a solid fist aura that shattered both a Feng Family Spirit Sea Realm cultivator's magic artifact and his protective spiritual radiance. The man screamed as he hurtled backward, his fate unknown.

Then Chen Xuan's figure flickered as he unleashed Flowing Cloud Moon-Chasing, weaving through the crowd like a phantom. Every strike came with flashing dragon marks and the collapse of another Feng Family cultivator.

Punch after punch, every blow a basic attack, every blow a critical hit.

Simple punches though they were, they displayed the terrifying physical strength granted by the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art to its fullest. Ordinary Spirit Sea Realm cultivators could scarcely withstand a single blow. Even Feng Family Dao Foundation Realm cultivators who took a punch head-on felt their blood and vitality churn and staggered back repeatedly.

The Flying Sword Sect disciples he had rescued were still shaken. Staring at this unfamiliar cultivator who had suddenly appeared like a ferocious beast in human form, their eyes filled with shock and gratitude.

"S-so strong!"

"Which senior brother is this? How can his physical strength be so terrifying?"

"Are you blind? Look at his clothes! He's a senior brother from the main sect!"

"Amazing! Is this the strength of a main sect disciple?"

Exclamations rose among the Flying Sword Sect disciples.

Not far away, Wu Xun was locked in combat with a Feng Family Dao Foundation cultivator. Catching the commotion around Chen Xuan out of the corner of his eye, he was startled as well.

He had thought Chen Xuan was merely an ordinary Dao Foundation cultivator who had only recently achieved Foundation Establishment. He had never expected a body-refining expert who had cultivated the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art to such heights.

The mountain-shattering, stone-splitting might in his every movement, along with the three hundred clearly visible dragon marks covering nearly his entire body, all testified to Chen Xuan's profound attainments in body refinement.

Lu Yu and the other Cloud Sea Sect disciples who had come with them were equally astonished.

The Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art had quite a reputation within the Cloud Sea Sect.

"Kill this man first!"

A Feng Family Dao Foundation cultivator spotted Chen Xuan and roared furiously, killing intent blazing in his eyes.

Damn it, this bastard had no martial honor at all.

The Flying Sword Sect's Dao Foundation cultivators, along with Wu Xun and the others, were all fighting Feng Family Dao Foundation cultivators.

Chen Xuan was different. Even when he saw a Qi Gathering cultivator, he gave them a punch.

A Qi Gathering cultivator!

How could they possibly withstand a punch from him?

Some unfortunate Feng Family members at the Qi Gathering realm were punched straight into clouds of blood mist, leaving not even bones behind.

Several Dao Foundation Realm cultivators charged straight at Chen Xuan.

"Come on!"

Chen Xuan was utterly fearless. Purple Mansion cultivators might worry him, but what the hell was there to fear from Dao Foundation cultivators?

As a Cloud Sea Sect disciple, Chen Xuan naturally showed these invaders no mercy.

Several Feng Family Dao Foundation cultivators bore down on Chen Xuan. Seeing how powerful his body was, they did not recklessly approach. Instead, they kept their distance and unleashed their Dao techniques together, sending an assortment of techniques, magic artifacts, and magic treasures howling toward him in a terrifying onslaught.

Chen Xuan neither dodged nor retreated. The three hundred azure dragon marks across his body blazed brightly, his blood and vitality surging like a tide to form an invisible layer of protective aura.

Azure Dragon Shield!

Whether spells or magic treasures, every incoming attack was forcibly shattered or repelled by his powerful blood and vitality and protective aura upon reaching a distance of ten feet from his body. None could harm him in the slightest.

This was precisely the formidable defense granted by the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.

Seeing that their ranged attacks were ineffective, the leading Feng Family cultivator, who was at mid-stage Dao Foundation, hardened his gaze and barked, "Form an array!"

They immediately shifted positions, loosely encircling him as the spiritual radiance of their magic treasures intensified. They prepared to unleash their strongest strikes simultaneously.

Chen Xuan's gaze remained calm. With a movement, he unleashed Flowing Cloud Moon-Chasing, leaving an afterimage behind while his true body slipped like a phantom into the midst of the Feng Family cultivators.

Azure Dragon Palm!

This palm technique and Azure Dragon Shield were both innate divine abilities that came with the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art.

The Dragon Pattern Scroll of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art contained three great divine abilities: Azure Dragon Shield, Azure Dragon Palm, and Azure Dragon Finger.

Neither divine abilities nor Dao techniques were inherently superior to the other.

If there was a distinction, it was that divine abilities often required no deliberate study. Trying to learn them deliberately could instead make them impossible to learn; they could only be mastered naturally through various methods.

As Chen Xuan's cultivation of the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art deepened, he had naturally mastered these three physical divine abilities.

The Heaven-Observing Divine Eye could also be considered one such case.

Back to the matter at hand.

The azure dragon marks covering Chen Xuan's right arm suddenly converged on his palm, condensing into a lifelike azure dragon phantom that coiled around his hand and arm.

He struck with his palm. There were no fancy techniques, only utterly pure physical strength and tremendous blood and vitality. A faint dragon's cry accompanied the howling wind of his palm strike, and the compressed air erupted in explosive cracks.

The Feng Family Dao Foundation cultivator directly in its path was horrified and hurriedly raised a black shield magic treasure to block it.

Boom!

The Azure Dragon Palm imprint slammed squarely into the shield.

With a sharp crack, the respectable low-grade defensive magic treasure split apart under the blow. The savage force traveled through the shield and into the cultivator's body.

He immediately spat blood, the webbing between his thumb and forefinger tearing open. As though struck by a massive hammer, he flew backward, smashed through several enormous trees, and fell to the ground, unable to rise.

Shocked and furious at the sight, the others roared and drove their magic treasures at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan moved like a roaming dragon. With Flowing Cloud Moon-Chasing complementing his formidable body, he slipped freely through their encirclement.

Both palms struck out, unleashing Azure Dragon Palm again and again. Every blow was heavy and powerful, its ferocity unmatched.

Thud!

Another cultivator was caught across the shoulder by a palm strike. His shoulder bones shattered, and he fell with a scream.

Crack!

Chen Xuan slapped the blade of an incoming flying sword. Its spiritual radiance dimmed as it flew back with a mournful whine, and its owner's face went pale from the backlash.

In just a few breaths, the Feng Family Dao Foundation cultivators surrounding Chen Xuan were utterly routed. Dead or injured, they had completely lost the ability to fight.

Chen Xuan lowered his palms and stood still. The dragon marks across his body slowly faded, his breathing steady, as though the fierce battle had cost him little effort.

The terrifying combat strength he had displayed left Wu Xun and the others watching nearby even more shaken.

You only just achieved Foundation Establishment?