The Black Crow Daoist was engulfed in towering flames, yet he showed not a trace of panic.
His figure suddenly flickered. He vanished into thin air, leaving only a faint afterimage behind.
When he reappeared,
he was already above Wang Yunxi. He raised the golden hammer in his hand and brought it crashing down toward her head.
Yu Ke recognized it as another of the Black Crow Daoist's Dao Arts, one that let him evade attacks and move in a flash.
Ordinarily, most Foundation Establishment cultivators mastered only one Dao Art. Mastering two marked someone as extraordinarily gifted and was considered the limit.
There was only one way for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to possess three Dao Arts: Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.
According to the Divine Firmament Sect's Dao Canon, this was a rule of the Heavenly Way.
Apart from Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, no method could grant a cultivator an additional Dao Art.
Yu Ke was not worried for Wang Yunxi, though. With Chen Jingqiu watching over the fight, nothing would happen to her.
Besides, as a direct descendant of the Wang Clan, she surely had more trump cards than she had shown.
Sure enough,
the jade hairpin in Wang Yunxi's hair shot out. It became a greenwood sword over ten feet long and swept across the air, forcibly catching the descending golden hammer.
The Black Crow Daoist reacted sharply. When his strike failed, he spread his wings and shot backward like lightning, coming to a halt in midair once more.
The Forbidden Thunder Net, a pair of golden-hammer artifacts, and that strange evasive art—
With methods like these, he was an opponent to be reckoned with among Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Wang Yunxi was about to press the fight when Chen Jingqiu stopped her in a low voice. "Let