This attack was no weaker than powerful spells such as the Golden Wind Form-Scattering Technique and Mystic Bird Blazing Flame Art, falling only a notch short of the Red Ice-Crystal Rain. Even a top-grade magical artifact wielded by an ordinary foundation establishment middle stage cultivator would be driven back a considerable distance.
Magical artifacts and spells each had their strengths. Some powerful spells were every bit as formidable as finely crafted magical artifacts.
But their drawback was equally obvious: they took too long to cast, nowhere near as simple, direct, and swift as magical artifacts or treasures.
Thus, they had gradually fallen out of favor. These days, cultivators who focused on using spells against their enemies were rarely seen in the Cultivation World.
Turning powerful spells into talismans, however, solved this problem perfectly. In battle, a mere thread of magical power was enough to unleash the spell sealed within.
Yet such talismans were invariably expensive. Fighting with talismans alone amounted to "burning spirit stones," a cost ordinary cultivators simply could not bear. Most therefore bought only one or two to supplement their other combat methods.
After unleashing the Golden Wind Dispersal Talisman, Liu Yu continued attacking with his two magical artifacts, only to have them blocked by a Hehuan Sect foundation establishment cultivator inside the formation, preventing them from striking it.
With only seventy percent of his strength in play, he really could do nothing about his opponent.
Even so, Liu Yu had no intention of revealing his full strength.
He needed to maintain his "persona"-a foundation establishment early stage cultivator who performed slightly better than average without standing out too much. That mattered far more than whether this mission succeeded.
Sweeping his divine sense over the mine, Liu Yu noticed that all the Hehuan Sect cultivators had arrived. Their