Layers of roots wrapped around one another to form a sphere, pulsing rhythmically.
Every sound it made seemed to strike directly at the heart.
"The entire underground has been carved out like this?" Chen Xu looked at the spherical object cradled by its offshoots like stars surrounding the moon, his expression shifting slightly.
"Who are you? How did you break in?!"
A gray-robed, masked man emerged from beneath the sphere, unable to hide the astonishment in his voice.
To ensure they would not be exposed, there was only one entrance and exit, guarded at all times. He simply could not understand how this person had gotten in.
"You really spared no expense." Chen Xu's peripheral vision swept over the Psychic Energy that began to pulse upon nearing the sphere. Ignoring the gray-robed man's shout, he walked toward its center.
Seeing himself ignored, the gray-robed man's fury flared. "You still dare approach?!"
Essence Apertures lit up one after another, Essence weaving itself into a Bone-framed Curved-horned Ox Head. With every step, he left a shallow imprint in the earth, like a wild ox charging headlong.
With one hand behind his back, Chen Xu slightly spread the fingers of his left hand without even raising his eyelids.
Essence gathered into a golden shockwave that burst from his palm. The gray-robed man did not even have time to groan before being instantly obliterated, leaving behind not even a scrap of cloth.
A few months ago, he had needed to go all out just to defeat a Martial Artist at the [Martial Form] level. Now, the man could not even withstand a casual strike from him—no, it did not even qualify as a casual strike. The gap between them was as vast as heaven and earth.
Invisible steps formed from Essence stretched toward the