Cain was suddenly surrounded. It truly happened in an instant.
He could have never expected it, as cultivators at their level were barely at the threshold of using qi outside of the body. They shouldn't have been able to create qi projections that didn't come directly from them.
So, as Cain was forced to suddenly pause his momentum, when a ring of razor-sharp flame blades that looked like the tips of massive spears appeared around him, he was nothing short of befuddled.
But he didn't have time to feel that emotion for long.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The blades didn't attack all at once but moved essentially at the same time. The slight delay between them allowed for an explosion that grew larger and larger without collapsing in on itself.
The force compounded and slammed into Cain's body, leaving him with nowhere to run.
