It was clear that this fellow wasn't joking.
As he spoke, strange runes began drifting off his body — countless golden runes, wriggling like tadpoles, floating around him in eerie orbits.
"Boy, tremble!"
Even as the words left his mouth, those runes coalesced into a terrifying force that warped the very void, surging toward Jiang Chen with overwhelming momentum.
The power of these runes could actually twist space itself, altering the trajectory of an opponent's movement and redirecting the direction of their attacks.
It had to be said — mastering talismans to this degree was genuinely rare. Even the old talisman-craft elder of the Divine Abyss Continent would be far behind this Supreme Elder of the Golden Talisman Sect.
However, the Jiang Chen of today was no longer the Jiang Chen of the Divine Abyss Continent.
With the ninth level of the Divine Path established as his cultivation base, and divine sense nearly rivaling that of a Divine King, how could he possibly be suppressed by a mere peak seventh-level Divine Path cultivator?
Jiang Chen's biggest challenge right now was restraining his strength — hiding his true power and ensuring the Red Water Divine King couldn't see through him.
Otherwise, with a casual wave of his hand, he could swat this Golden Talisman Sect fellow dead ten times over.
Left with no other choice, Jiang Chen activated his Divine Demon Golden Body. Bathed in a golden radiance, he raised his hand, and the Leyforce Golden Mountain appeared in his grasp.
The Leyforce Golden Mountain wasn't particularly conspicuous, nor did it carry any fame in the Grand Primordial World. Using it for a bit shouldn't draw too much attention.
Under Jiang Chen's channeling, the Leyforce Storm from the mountain rolled upward in a raging torrent. In moments, it surged with even greater ferocity, reversing the flow and turning the enemy's own spatial domain into chaos.
The Golden Talisman Sect's Supreme Elder clearly hadn't expected his opponent to be this troublesome. Stunned, he could only stare in disbelief.
Jiang Chen pressed his advantage without mercy, driving the Leyforce Golden Mountain harder. The Leyforce Storm howled forward like a violent tempest, continuously amplifying the disruptive force.
Martial arts competitions came down to a single principle: suppression and counter-suppression.
Once Jiang Chen seized the upper hand, the opponent's divine abilities became useless. Moreover, in a situation like this, the fact that Jiang Chen was wielding the Leyforce Golden Mountain would simply give onlookers the impression that he was relying on a treasure. That way, attention would focus on the artifact rather than his own cultivation level.
This was Jiang Chen's strategy.
He didn't want anyone to see his true strength, so he deliberately made his fighting style appear more dependent on his treasures.
The poor Supreme Elder of the Golden Talisman Sect had no idea — no matter what method Jiang Chen employed, his fate was already sealed.
Even if Jiang Chen was using the Leyforce Golden Mountain, it wasn't something a Golden Talisman Sect elder could hope to contend with.
In the blink of an eye, the Leyforce Storm built into a maelstrom of spatial chaos, engulfing the Golden Talisman Sect elder like a vast, raging ocean.
Once trapped within that spatially distorted Leyforce Storm, the Supreme Elder of the Golden Talisman Sect didn't even have the chance to switch tactics.
Every technique he knew, every mode of attack — all of it was countered and neutralized by Jiang Chen. He couldn't even deploy them.
In that moment, the Golden Talisman Sect's Supreme Elder wanted nothing more than to scream curses.
"What the hell is this? Is this kid even human? What kind of treasure is this? How can it generate spatial turbulence? Is this a spatial storm?"
His mind was flooded with questions, but no one was going to provide answers. Because he realized that his surrounding space had been completely locked down by his opponent.
BOOM!
The Leyforce Storm erupted in full. The Supreme Elder's body was swept up like a dead leaf, transformed into a streak of light, and hurled straight off the arena stage.
THUD!