Chapter 2280 Purple-Gold Hammer, Sudden Change

Chen Xuan himself was also a body cultivator.

Seeing that Xue Hai could unleash such a terrifying physical attack with just one move, they were immediately shocked.

He clearly felt that even if he went all out, he might not be able to withstand Xue Hai's full-force attack.

"Xue Hai's attack seemed ordinary at first glance. But I sensed that he actually concealed a trace of domain power in this strike!"

"Moreover, this trace of domain power is even more terrifying than the domain power on the Spirit River Mountain Map!"

Chen Xuan was secretly alarmed.

At that very moment, Wang Qinghua's voice rang in Chen Xuan's ears.

"Junior Nephew Chen, did you understand what Xue Hai did just now?"

"This... I humbly request your guidance, Martial Uncle!"

Chen Xuan was taken aback, and then quickly replied with utmost respect.

Wang Qinghua nodded and then began to explain.

"Just now, Xue Hai's attack seemed ordinary in power, but its actual attack strength was extraordinary!"

"After all, his attack actually carried a terrifying amount of domain power!"

"You are now a late-stage Celestial Immortal, so you must be familiar with the power of rules. However, the power of a domain is an extremely powerful collection of the power of rules!"

"Its power is naturally greater than the power of rules."

"Generally speaking, it is very difficult for ordinary early-stage Golden Immortals to control the power of a domain. In fact, only late-stage Golden Immortals at the Great Perfection realm have a certain chance of comprehending the power of a domain!"

"Xue Hai is only at the early stage of Golden Immortal, yet he can control this trace of domain power. Have you noticed anything about it?"

Normally, Chen Xuan would have praised Xue Hai's fighting prowess upon hearing Wang Qinghua's words.

But at this moment, Chen Xuan thought of something else.

"Uncle-Master, with Xue Hai's cultivation level, he shouldn't be able to control the power of the domain. But at this moment, he can unleash a trace of the domain power with a casual strike!"

"Although this trace of domain power doesn't seem to be very pure, it is still genuine domain power."

"Could it be that Xue Hai himself has a problem?"

Chen Xuan's lips moved slightly, and he quickly told Wang Qinghua his guess.

After listening, Wang Qinghua glanced at Chen Xuan in surprise.

"Junior Nephew Chen, it's quite impressive that you've thought of this. However, you probably don't realize that the true powerhouse is the one who can hide in the shadows and help Xue Hai unleash his domain power!"

"This……"

Chen Xuan was suddenly shocked.

Only then did he realize that there weren't many people from Yaoguang Cave this time.

However, the true powerhouse of Yaoguang Cave has remained hidden in the shadows and has not yet revealed himself.

Chen Xuan even had reason to suspect that all of Xue Hai's actions were instigated by a powerful figure hiding in the shadows.

"In that case, Xue Hai is nothing more than a puppet on a string."

"Could it be that Uncle-Master is making a move now to force out the powerful figure behind the scenes?"

Thinking about this, Chen Xuan suddenly realized that his guess was probably true.

"It seems I underestimated things! These old guys are definitely not to be underestimated!"

Chen Xuan cursed inwardly, and soon his expression returned to normal.

He stood quietly beside Wang Qinghua, watching Cui Yuntian's response.

boom!

In the void, terrifying physical attack power swept directly towards Cui Yuntian.

An incredibly powerful force formed a terrifying gale in the void.

The howling wind, filled with terrifying force, drew ever closer to Cui Yuntian.

However, Cui Yuntian was not in a hurry.

Only after the terrifying gale approached him did he point his finger in the air.

Wow!

A burst of dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from Cui Yuntian's body.

The terrifying, solid metal power of rules rapidly condensed at this moment.

A terrifying metallic protective shield formed around Cui Yuntian.

It completely enveloped Cui Yuntian.

Chen Xuan, who cultivated the power of the Five Elements, could naturally see just how terrifying the metal element power that Cui Yuntian was currently unleashing was.

Pure! Powerful! Terrifying!

It can be said that Cui Yuntian has now pushed the power of the metal elemental rules to its limit.

The power of the protective shield formed by such terrifying metallic elemental power is naturally extraordinary.

"Such pure metal elemental power. If I'm not mistaken, the metal elemental power that Uncle-Master Cui is activating is not ordinary metal elemental power."

"Even experts who cultivate the power of metal-attribute rules cannot guarantee that the power of metal-attribute rules they can unleash will be this strong!"

Chen Xuan was secretly amazed.

Soon, Chen Xuan moved his lips slightly to send a telepathic message to Wang Qinghua.

"Uncle Qinghua, why is the metal elemental power that Uncle Cui is activating so powerful right now?"

"Hehe, your Uncle-Master Cui is an extremely rare person with a metal spiritual root. In his entire life, he has only cultivated the power of metal-attribute rules!"

"If it were anyone else, your Uncle Cui might not be a match. But against such an extremely domineering attack, who could suppress the power of the metal element rules?"

Wang Qinghua explained with a smile.

Chen Xuan's eyes lit up.

Since arriving in the Realm of True Immortals, I have discovered that cultivators in lower realms have many misconceptions about cultivation.

In particular, the method of classifying talent based on the amount of spiritual roots has many drawbacks.

In a lower plane, someone with multiple spiritual roots would definitely be considered to have average aptitude and wouldn't go far on the path of cultivation.

Only after Chen Xuan arrived in the True Immortal Realm did he realize that spiritual roots were merely one aspect that limited cultivation.

To become a true strong person, you must work hard yourself.

Of course, this method of judging cultivation aptitude by the amount of spiritual roots in the lower planes is not entirely wrong.

After all, the cultivation resources in the lower planes are not as good as those in the True Immortal Realm.

Those scarce cultivation resources are naturally reserved for cultivators with a single spiritual root attribute.

As for cultivators with multiple spiritual roots, they need to consume more cultivation resources when cultivating.

Therefore, it is not worthwhile to invest heavily in cultivating them.

Over time, this also led to the formation of a rule in the lower planes that judged cultivation aptitude based on the amount of spiritual roots one possessed!

"Knowledge really can be a killer! Even I thought that someone with multiple spiritual roots was definitely inferior to someone with a heavenly spiritual root!"

"It wasn't until I came to the Realm of True Immortals that I realized the quantity of spiritual roots wasn't actually that important!"

Chen Xuan sighed secretly.

But his gaze remained fixed on the battle in the void.

Boom!

The terrifying domain power attack rained down on the metal-based shield.

The terrifying attack power caused the real metal shield to shake violently.

However, the metal shield only swayed a few times before falling completely still.

There were no signs of breakage.

This scene shocked everyone present, causing their expressions to change drastically.

"So powerful! If I'm not mistaken, Uncle Xue's attack just now contained a trace of domain power. Why couldn't even such a powerful attack break through the metal-elemental protective shield?"

"As expected of a Golden Immortal realm expert, his attack and defense methods are far superior to those of us Heavenly Immortal realm experts. However, Uncle Cui's strength is simply too formidable. No wonder he dared to attack Xue Hai!"

"Haha, on our Longevity Immortal Sect's home turf, no one can suppress us! That's an ironclad rule!"

Everyone was talking about it at that moment.

Chen Xuan, however, looked normal.

After all, he had already seen through the inside story.

However, Xue Hai in the void seemed unwilling to accept this.

Seeing that his attack had failed to seriously injure Cui Yuntian, he launched a series of attacks.

boom!

A series of terrifying physical attacks swept through the area like a raging gale.

In the void thousands of feet high, a terrifying impact force surged forth like a hurricane.

Vast swathes of void collapsed rapidly.

If the Immortal Sect hadn't activated its protective formation in time, completely blocking the terrifying attack, it would have been a different story.

It seems the Immortal Cultivation Sect below is about to suffer heavy damage.

To everyone's great surprise, Cui Yuntian remained as steady as a mountain.

Even with Xue Hai's immense strength, he still couldn't destroy his metallic protective shield.

He stood with his hands behind his back, inside the metallic protective shield, looking calm and composed.

He didn't care at all as Xue Hai's attacks landed on his metal shield.

After only the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, when Xue Hai was panting heavily, Cui Yuntian laughed heartily.

"Fellow Daoist Xue, you've been attacking for so long, you must be quite tired. If so, it's time for this old man to make his move!"

Cui Yuntian laughed heartily.

With a flick of his wrist, a gleaming golden hammer appeared in his hand.

Wow!

A terrifying golden light suddenly surged from the hammer.

Soon, the hammer's size suddenly increased dramatically.

Before long, it grew to a size of several hundred feet.

At this moment, the immortal power and the power of the rules of the scriptures within Cui Yuntian's body were frantically poured into the hammer.

The hammer was not fully activated yet.

But at this moment, the terrifying aura emanating from the hammer was suffocating.

Upon seeing this, Xue Hai, who was standing opposite Cui Yuntian, underwent a drastic change in expression.

"This is... the Purple Gold Hammer?"

Purple Gold Hammer!

Supreme Immortal Artifact.

Its power is self-evident.

Moreover, the Purple Gold Hammer is a supreme immortal artifact of extremely pure metal attribute.

Under Cui Yuntian's urging, its power increased by 30%.

"Hehe, fellow Daoist has sharp eyes!"

Cui Yuntian chuckled.

With a flick of his finger, the purple-gold hammer in the void immediately slammed down towards Xue Hai.

boom!

In the void, terrifying golden light scattered rapidly like a gust of wind.

The golden hammer, however, came crashing down with immense force.

"not good!"

Xue Hai's expression changed drastically.

With a flick of his wrist, he activated a silver-gray shield, which swiftly rose above his head to block the attack.

A terrifying aura emanated from the silver-gray shield.

With Chen Xuan's keen eyesight, he instantly recognized that this silver-gray shield was actually a top-grade supreme immortal artifact.

However, judging from the aura emanating from the silver-gray shield, its defensive capabilities are definitely no match for the purple-gold hammer.

really!

The moment the golden hammer descended from the sky, it violently smashed into the silver-gray shield.

boom!

A deafening roar followed. The silver-gray shield shattered into pieces.

Xue Hai below didn't even have a chance to escape, as he was completely enveloped by the ferocious attacks of the Purple Gold Hammer.

boom!

The terrifying attacks of the purple-gold hammer rained down relentlessly.

Xue Hai was so frightened that his expression changed drastically.

"Ancestor save me!"

At this moment, Xue Hai completely lost his composure.

While rapidly stacking protective layers on himself, he shouted into the void.

But the attack of the Purple Gold Hammer showed no sign of stopping.

boom!

The protective light shield blocking Xue Hai shattered rapidly at that moment.

Before long, it shattered completely.

Just as the terrifying attack of the Purple Gold Hammer was about to kill Xue Hai on the spot, another giant hand suddenly appeared in the intact void.

boom!

Before the golden hammer could fall, it was grabbed by a giant hand.

All attacks came to an abrupt halt at that moment.

Driven by Cui Yuntian, the Purple Gold Hammer struggled wildly.

But they were unable to break free from the giant hand.

At this moment, everyone watching from below underwent a drastic change in expression.

Everyone could clearly feel at that moment that a terrifying aura had completely enveloped the entire Changsheng Immortal Sect.

An inexplicable, invisible pressure made everyone's breathing extremely rapid at that moment.

"So powerful! Just what level of power does this expert possess?"

Chen Xuan's face was extremely ugly.

An indescribable sense of crisis also emerged from the depths of his heart.