Seeing that the three Spirit Artifacts he had formed were beginning to melt, the masked cultivator cast another spell seal into the mass of Myriad-Transforming Golden Liquid before him.
After several shifts, the Myriad-Transforming Golden Liquid took the shape of three long spears and gradually solidified.
By then, Mo Chen had also settled on a plan. Rather than staying in the burning grass and using Fire Escape to dodge, he kicked off the ground and flew upward.
High in the air, Mo Chen brought out a long staff, planted one foot on it, and used it to propel himself even higher.
This black iron staff had been left behind by the bucktoothed man who had joined the attack on him in Ju'an City. Mo Chen had found the Wrought Iron staff quite handy for connecting to the earth's energy and activating the effect of his Earth on the City Wall spiritual root, so he had kept it instead of selling it.
Once his Earth Spiritual Root's [earth on the city wall] drew on the earth's energy, Mo Chen immediately felt much more at ease in combat. Even his casting speed increased considerably.
Seeing Mo Chen bring out an iron staff and plant it in the soil, the masked cultivator recognized his five-note resonance.
"You're earth on the city wall?"
The masked cultivator muttered this to himself, then tapped the Myriad-Transforming Golden Liquid before him again. After a few rippling shifts, it turned into an iron shovel.
He then lightly tapped the shovel, sending it into the flames to dig around the iron staff planted in the ground.
"Trying to cut off my connection to the earth's energy? Fellow Daoist, you should take the measure of your own strength first. Those metal weapons you made with your spiritual root's innate ability