What do you think happened? The moment those fire bats rushed at Zhen Ye, a faint purple radiance immediately flashed around his body. Fine threads of lightning flickered within that purple glow, forcibly blocking the fire bats. These were second-grade Spirit Beasts with Foundation Establishment strength, yet they were so easily stopped by this radiance.
"This does not seem to be a defensive yellow talisman!" After watching for a moment, Xiao Hua concluded, "The radiance from a defensive yellow talisman would not flicker so continuously, and it would not flash in advance either. It seems that before the fire bats even struck, the radiance had already flickered! It is as though this radiance can sense danger!"
Xiao Hua could refine yellow talismans and spirit talismans, so he was particularly sharp-eyed about such details. He then looked at the radiance protecting himself and sent a voice transmission to Xiangyang. "Senior Brother, Martial Ancestor Zhen Ye's defensive radiance is quite strange. I find it baffling, but I do not know what it signifies."
Xiangyang was not surprised that Xiao Hua suddenly had a question, but he greatly admired him for noticing the difference in Zhen Ye's protective radiance amid all this commotion. Smiling, he replied by voice transmission, "Junior Brother Xiao, you do not know this. This is the protective radiance of a Golden Core cultivator. It differs from ordinary defensive yellow talismans and spirit talismans!"
"Protective radiance?" Xiao Hua was immediately astonished. "This... what is it?"
"Did Martial Ancestor Zhen Ye not just say it? Beginning with Golden Core cultivators, all true essence is mobilized from the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and so on within the dantian. This protective radiance is one of a Golden Core cultivator's divine abilities. A Golden Core cultivator can use the true essence within their Golden