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Chen Qiu sat cross-legged atop a rock, his face slightly pale. Looking inward, he watched the Golden Core slowly revolving above his dantian. Like a Heavenly Dao Foundation, it rotated on its own at every moment.
When the spiritual energy in his dantian was not full, it replenished spiritual energy. When it was full, it raised his cultivation.
Above the dantian—
It bore many Traits, along with twelve wisps of cloud patterns and... an Eight-Petaled Fire Lotus.
It looked less like a Golden Core and more like a meticulously carved work of art. He could clearly sense that the strength of this Golden Core was somewhat absurd. He did not even need to reach the Golden Core Sixth Layer before he could send his Golden Core out of his body as an attack.
Whoosh!
At a thought—
The Golden Core within his dantian vanished in an instant, appearing out of thin air beyond his body. It turned into a streak of golden light and smashed toward the barren forest in the distance, moving even faster than Scholar's flying sword. The Golden Core plunged straight into the ground.
There was none of the explosive commotion of Scholar's Azure Lotus Sword Formation. There was almost no movement and no sound. Yet Chen Qiu could feel that, with that casual strike alone, without even using force, the Golden Core had already burrowed several hundred zhang into the earth.
It was an immensely powerful single-target attack.
If it struck a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it could shatter their protective spiritual energy and pierce through their body in the blink of an eye. Of course, a Golden Core cultivator normally would not use their Golden Core to attack a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
That casual strike alone already possessed enough power to nearly instantly kill an