Xuanyuan Zeyuan's reaction had not actually been fast, but the Upper-Realm Method he cultivated was exceptionally formidable.
Even when he was struck head-on in the very heart of the corpse explosion, it had kept him completely unharmed within the blast.
"Damn it! What the hell is this thing?"
Xuanyuan Zeyuan cursed inwardly, then opened a slit in the wood-element spell wrapped around him.
As he looked toward the west, a wave of lingering fear rose in his heart.
Had this spell's defenses not been powerful enough just now, the old him would have long since been blasted to the point that not even his bones remained.
After his brief shock, Xuanyuan Zeyuan relied on the sensing of his secret technique and swiftly discovered a cultivator's aura hidden beneath another patch of ground.
"So you were hiding here! I never expected a junior like you to have such hidden tricks!"
He now knew there was something strange about this person, but since he had already made his move, he could not be bothered to dwell on it. His strength was sufficient; he only needed to end this quickly and kill him.
Puff—!
Roots burst forth from underground once more. This time, determined to kill his target, Xuanyuan Zeyuan also unleashed the spatial power he kept as his trump card. He sent those long wooden spikes shuttling through space, and in an instant, they surrounded the source of that aura from all sides.
With his own comprehension, he naturally could not have touched upon such an abstruse method.
His ability to wield spatial Daoist Magic now was entirely due to Xuanyuan Jun's empowerment technique.
From his choice of attack earlier, as well as his reaction when facing the explosion, it was not difficult to see that Xuanyuan Zeyuan himself still had glaring