A figure raced through the mountains, darting among the lush green trees.
In the air dozens of yards behind him, the Windrider Beast roared and swept past on a gale.
An intense crimson glow gathered in Xia Yifeng's palm, where a cluster of whirling wind blades spun like a bladed wheel.
"Wind Evasion, Wind Turning Wheel!"
The bladed wheel flew from his hand with a whoosh. Moments later, as it descended, it had already grown to nearly ten feet across.
Spirit Essence, condensed until it was almost solid, swept up vast quantities of heaven and earth essence. The power that erupted in an instant made the bladed wheel manifested by this divine ability even more real and tangible.
Spirit Essence could condense into protective gang qi or transform into a spiritual body. This was the mystery of shaping.
Once manifested, this attack was no less formidable than a genuine wheel forged from refined steel. With blade radiance formed from gang qi flowing over its surface, it was sharper still.
A thunderous roar filled the air after he unleashed it. Trees along its path were severed at the waist, and the wheel dipped lower, hurtling toward Fang Qianyuan.
Sensing the approaching danger, Fang Qianyuan hurriedly rolled aside and took cover beneath a rock face beside the mountain path.
But the next instant, the Wind Turning Wheel abruptly veered, its ten-foot-wide blades turning toward him.
Rumble!
The sharp blades plowed an enormous trench over a foot wide and Zhang deep through the ground, cutting straight through the rock face where Fang Qianyuan had taken cover.
Fortunately, Fang Qianyuan reacted extremely quickly. At the critical moment, he dodged another foot to the side and narrowly escaped.
*An impressive divine ability. Wind blades condensed into this form can still be freely controlled through divine