263: Chapter 140 Challenge 1_2 263: Chapter 140 Challenge 1_2 It was just the span of two breaths, the golden Buddha light had completely dissipated, but the illusory shadow of the massive mountain had also shrunk to the size of a stone.
“This is the strength of the Golden Core!”
“The difference between the Golden Core and Core Formation is too great, Wu Que merely waved his sleeve, yet Ling Xi had to struggle with all her might to block it.”
“It was only a brief moment of exchange, yet I could already feel Ling Xi’s power, but in front of a Golden Core being, she truly is far too inferior.”
“She shouldn’t have challenged someone at the Golden Core stage.
Even though Wu Que…”
Many people were already shaking their heads, how could an inner core possibly fight against a Golden Core, let alone fight, being able to contend at all would qualify one as a genius among geniuses.
Ling Xi, she chose the wrong opponent.
Some people were almost blurting out, even if Wu Que is acknowledged as the weakest Golden Core.
In the Hundred Peaks Sect, who is the weakest at Core Formation, no one has the correct answer, but the weakest Golden Core is universally acknowledged to be Wu Que.
There were even those who said that Wu Que was so weak that he didn’t resemble a Golden Core expert at all.
However, no matter what they say, a Golden Core is still a Golden Core.
Golden Core experts can say that Wu Que is the weakest Golden Core, but those who are not at Golden Core stage can’t say so.
Moreover, at this moment, Wu Que had also proven that even if he is the weakest Golden Core, the gap between him and the Core Formation Stage is an unbridgeable chasm!
Yet, there was not even a hint of surprise on Ling Xi’s face; the previous attack was just a probe.
Her master had told her that with the Heaven and Earth Bagua Formation and Supreme Unparalleled Formation, there should be no one at the same stage who could be her opponent, so she wanted to see just how big the gap between her and the Golden Core Stage was!
Behind her, on the Immortal Bridge, and within her inner core, mana circulated rapidly, and the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Map began to spin swiftly as well.
Suddenly, from within the colossal talisman, sixteen talismans shot out.
With her current cultivation base, she was absolutely incapable of making all sixty-three talismans fly out for an attack; the number of talismans she could properly deploy was sixteen.
“Eight Desolation Fire Talisman!”
The sixteen talismans burned wildly in the sky; in just an instant, they were transformed into a sea of fire, the intense heat forcing many disciples on distant mountain peaks, those with low cultivation bases, to bead sweat on their foreheads and their clothes to instantly soak through.
The blazing flames seemed capable of melting mountains and drying up oceans as they swept toward Wu Que.
When the sixteen talismans converged at once, the might they released was not just double that of eight talismans, but several times more!
With each additional talisman she combined and unleashed, the might increased significantly, and when it was eight more, the talismans’ might would leap tremendously.
On the surrounding mountain peaks, many disciples at the ninth bulb of Core Formation, and even those at the Great Perfection, felt the intense heat and looked at the sea of fire that seemed to fill the entire sky, their scalps tingling.
Was this aura, this power, really something a person at the first bulb of Core Formation could exhibit?
If they were faced with this assault, the referee below the stage would probably have to intervene instantly to protect them; otherwise, they felt they could be directly burnt to ashes.
Finally, a grave expression appeared on Wu Que’s face; sensing the burning heat from the sky full of flames, the full-round Golden Core on his back finally began to rotate, and streams of pure, vast mana surged out.
He finally utilized the power of his Golden Core.
“Giant Palm of Void!”
The previous day, when Wu Ming fought with Xiang Ziyu, he also used the Giant Palm of Void, but the one Wu Ming deployed was just an ephemeral shadow.
However, as Wu Que swung out his hand, between heaven and earth, a golden giant palm suddenly struck down, as if an ancient deity had descended, wielding a palm vast enough to cover the skies, pressing down towards Ling Xi from above.
As the giant palm fell, the surrounding air seemed to be completely pushed towards the sea of fire, and the skies echoed with resounding shattering sounds, even producing violent ripples in the air.
From afar, it looked like a massive sheet of glass breaking into pieces.
An aura of endless majesty, sanctity, and inviolability filled the world.
Even though he was the second-ranked disciple of Little Zen Peak, his status seemed more like that of the third, and everyone believed that it was only a matter of time before Wu Ming surpassed him.
How could his heart not carry frustration?
Although he was constrained by the rules of Hundred Peaks Sect, by the kinship among disciples, he couldn’t lash out directly.
However, he could prove to everyone on the fighting stage just how vast the gulf between the current Wu Ming and himself was!
The next moment, the Giant Palm of Void collided with the sky full of flames.
The golden palm, which seemed tangible, did not melt immediately but actually managed to push back the sea of fire towards Ling Xi’s location.
This was the strength of the Golden Core!
Ling Xi’s hands were already swinging again, launching another spell.
Above her head, another sixteen talismans flew out.
Under normal circumstances, she could indeed only gather sixteen talismans together for release, but that didn’t mean she could only control a maximum of sixteen talismans at a time.
Being the Ancient Talisman Immortal Body, she naturally possessed a closer affinity with all talismans, and controlling them was easier for her.
If someone else were in her position, at her cultivation realm, they wouldn’t be able to combine even sixteen talismans at once, and the number of talismans they could control at the same time would probably not exceed thirty, or even fewer.