A flicker of surprise crossed Lin Xuan's face, but he was soon relieved.
Among low-level cultivators, he could be considered well-traveled and knowledgeable, yet this was the first time he had seen a defensive Spirit Tool. In a sense, such Spirit Tools were even more precious than offensive ones.
Before learning how to strike others, first learn how to take a beating.
This saying from the mortal martial world applied equally well in the cultivation world. Battles between cultivators were even more perilous; one moment of carelessness, and blood would splash five paces away as one's head was taken.
Thus, before exchanging blows, both sides would set up layer upon layer of Restriction around themselves: Spirit Power Shields, defensive Talismans, and even more advanced Spirit Tool barriers.
Otherwise, no matter how high one's cultivation or how exquisite one's Spells, if the opponent struck and one had no protection whatsoever, would one not still die on the spot?
In terms of defensive strength, barriers formed by Spirit Tools were naturally the strongest, making cultivators flock to them. Yet aside from top-grade Spirit Tools that could come with barriers of their own, Spirit Tools of other grades generally possessed rather singular attributes.
Defensive Spirit Tools were even harder to refine, so it was hardly strange that Lin Xuan had never seen one before.
But on second thought, this was You Province, where the standard of cultivation was relatively high, and his opponent was at Spirit Movement Stage Great Perfection. Possessing a defensive Spirit Tool did not seem all that outrageous.
These thoughts flashed through Lin Xuan's mind like lightning and flint, but his hands did not pause in the slightest. Seeing the descending rain of fire blocked by the Spirit Tool, he sent another incantation into the formation.
One became two, two