"Boom, boom..." Waves of Vast Righteous Qi descended from the high sky, while layers of strange clouds and rosy vapors shot into the heavens from one corner of the mountain forest. Another Confucian cultivator's defensive array had come into view.
Xiao Hua flew closer and saw that within an area several li across, ancient trees arranged in orderly disorder exuded mist from both their leaves and trunks. Inscriptions gleaming with azure light flowed among the leaves of those trees. He immediately understood that this was a defensive array formed from tens of thousands of ancient trees; barring any surprise, it should be of the Wood attribute.
Almost without thinking, Xiao Hua slapped his hand, and the Nascent Soul hand appeared once more, transforming into a giant hand over a hundred zhang in size that grabbed downward. "Crack, crack, crack..." Like thunderbolts, the ancient trees within that hundred-zhang radius were all uprooted by the giant hand, making the entire ground tremble. Clusters of inscriptions, carrying Vast Righteous Qi, condensed into spears over a zhang long and stabbed one after another at the giant hand. Unfortunately, before they could pierce the palm, they were shattered by the force of restraint!
"Roar..." The giant palm overturned the defensive array, revealing what lay within. A hundred-zhang giant beast roared as it charged out of the array! Beneath it wafted a heavy stench of blood. Among the jagged rocks, white bones lay everywhere—some dry and withered, others still dripping with flesh and blood, a truly glaring sight.
The giant beast resembled a bull. A single horn several zhang long stood straight from its forehead, its tip still glinting coldly. Long fur on its body flickered with azure radiance, and its one enormous hoof trod upon azure clouds long wind as it pounced at Xiao Hua