"Strike..." Zhang Daoran's face turned stern. A pale white radiance issued from the magic treasure in his left hand, shooting several hundred zhang into the air.
"Puff..." The radiance fell upon the huge boulder, instantly extinguishing its flames. A faint layer of frost rapidly spread across its surface, followed by a series of cracking sounds. Cracks began to appear on the boulder's outer layer, deepening bit by bit. When it had fallen to roughly a hundred zhang before Zhang Daoran, he waved his right hand, sending forth a fist more than ten zhang in size. It struck the boulder dead on. Boom... The hundred-zhang boulder shattered explosively into dozens of pieces. Some brushed past Zhang Daoran as they fell, while others shot slantwise in every direction.
"Good!" A Nascent Soul cultivator standing guard behind Zhang Daoran shouted. Another ten cultivators released their magic treasures, and multicolored lights shot forth, smashing apart the stone fragments rushing toward them.
"Haha, Brother Daoran truly is formidable!" Xiao Hua said with a laugh, giving him a thumbs-up. Ever since entering Yaotai Mountain, he had never felt so exhilarated. Though countless boulders lay before them and he had no idea how long they could hold out, fighting enemies alongside a cultivator like Zhang Daoran was truly satisfying.
"Now we shall see Brother Xiao's methods!" Zhang Daoran narrowed his eyes. Directly in front of Xiao Hua, a boulder likewise more than a hundred zhang across was falling.
Xiao Hua smiled. "This Xiao cannot compare to Brother Daoran's brilliant methods. I can only use a clumsy method. I fear Brother Daoran will laugh at me."
As he spoke, lightning flickered around Xiao Hua's body, and his enormous figure shot upward. In the blink of an eye, he was beneath the boulder. Then Xiao Hua's eyes widened, and