Using the Opponent's Ability

In fact, Fang Li knows the truth better than anyone else.

At that time, if the game had continued, there was a high probability that I would have lost.

Ardy's original performance was already very powerful, and in terms of strength alone, it was no less than Fang Li's.

At the very least, if Fang Li doesn't use the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception or the Bō Xié, he won't gain much advantage over Ardy.

Under these circumstances, after releasing the Omni-element Crystal within his body, Ardy's performance improved by an unknown amount. In addition, the Omni-element Crystal itself possessed special abilities, Ardy not only enhanced his own strength but also essentially used the Pure Star Imperial Armament. His strength was so great that he was absolutely number one in this year's "Phoenix Star Martial Festival".

In fact, even in the original work, Ayato Amagiri, who wielded the Black Furnace Demon Sword, was only able to defeat Ardy at full power with the help of his partner.

Without the Black Furnace Demon Sword and without his partner's help, Ayato Amagiri would have absolutely no chance of winning.

In this way, Fang Li naturally could not surpass Ardy in strength and could only use Bō Xié.

The problem is that Bō Xié's energy consumption is extremely high, making him unsuitable for prolonged battles.

Therefore, after using Bō Xié, Fang Li made an extremely decisive choice to go all out and unleash Bō Xié's full power while his Star Pulse Energy was still abundant. In the end, the result was that he and Ardy perished together.

Therefore, if the situation at that time had not resulted in a clear winner, it would have been very damaging for Fang Li.

Fortunately, Fang Li ultimately won.

"Defeating the Ardy here has indeed cleared a huge obstacle."

After all, in terms of strength alone, there is no one in this year's "Phoenix Star Martial Festival" who surpasses Ardy.

From this perspective, it is indeed a good thing that the two sides fought to a draw here and the Ardy were severely injured, and the victor was ultimately achieved.

"However, the consumption of Star Pulse Energy is quite high..."

Feeling the dwindling amount of Star Pulse Energy within his body, Fang Li couldn't help but feel helpless.

Witches and Magus often experience a lack of Star Pulse Energy because using their abilities requires the consumption of Star Pulse Energy.

However, in the general Star Pulse Generation, it is rare to exhaust the Star Pulse Energy.

The result of exhausting the Star Pulse Energy is falling into a coma. To regain consciousness, one can only rely on their own ability to recover the Star Pulse Energy. Those with stronger recovery abilities will wake up faster, while those with weaker recovery abilities will wake up slower.

Fang Li's recovery ability is neither fast nor slow, just average.

However, if not for the remaining trace of Star Pulse Energy, Fang Li would truly be unable to fight and would fall into a coma.

This shows how much Bō Xié had been drained.

Of course, the consumption is proportional to the power, and the final blow was indeed quite powerful.

"Oh, right."

At this moment, Cecily looked up at Fang Li and asked him this question.

"I forgot to ask, how did you deflect that big guy's attack at the beginning?"

Cecily asked about the time when Fang Li hadn't used Bō Xié yet, and was forced into the defensive barrier by Ardy, where he was attacked by Vorneir Great Hammer.

"With your abilities, Junior Brother, dodging that attack wouldn't be a problem, but in a situation where there's no way to avoid it, you probably wouldn't be able to block it, right?"

Cecily asked in confusion, "Then how did you deflect that attack?"

"You mean this?" Fang Li suddenly smiled, patted the pure white Activation Body at his waist, and said, "I used Bō Xié's ability to neutralize it."

"Bō Xié's ability?" Cecily asked in surprise, "Did you use Bō Xié to directly attack, just like when you sparred with me, and then use Bō Xié's ability to manipulate the attack itself?"

"No, that's too risky. Unlike Senior Sister's Star Immortal Technique, Ardy's Vorneir Great Hammer is a purely physical attack with immense power. If I use Bō Xié to make contact, I'll be blasted away before I even activate my ability, right?" Fang Li shook his head and said, "I used Bō Xié's ability to take advantage of Ardy's defensive barrier."

Yes.

At that time, Fang Li used Bō Xié to break through the defensive barrier that was trapping him, changing the shape of the barrier into a shield that he held in front of him, thus catching the Vorneir Great Hammer.

"After all, it is a barrier known as absolute defense, and it has not been breached so far. It must be able to block the attacks of its user, right?" Fang Li shrugged and said, "The result was very smooth. I was unharmed, and only consumed some of my Star Pulse Energy."

That being said, Fang Li also consumed a considerable amount of Star Pulse Energy in order to change the shape of the defensive barrier.

"Before its true power is unleashed, Ardy's defensive barrier is merely an armored effect. But after its true power is unleashed, Ardy's defensive barrier should be the ability of the Omni-element Crystal within its body," Fang Li said. "I think the defensive barrier that Ardy uses in its normal state should be created by imitating this ability, right?"

Therefore, at the beginning, Ardy could only deploy one or two defensive barriers. After its power was unleashed, this ability was greatly enhanced, allowing it to be deployed in multiple directions.

In other words, the true defensive barrier is actually a special ability of the Pure Star Imperial Armament.

"Using Pure Star Imperial Armament to resist Pure Star Imperial Armament will naturally consume a lot of energy." Fang Li took out the Activation Body from his waist, looked at the pure white Omni-element Crystal on Activation Body, and said with a sigh, "However, Bō Xié is indeed worthy of being Pure Star Imperial Armament personally made by my master. Even if the target is the same Pure Star Imperial Armament, it can still be effective."

Unfortunately, it still consumes a lot of resources, so it's best not to use it unless it's a critical situation.

However, compared to Bō Xié's powerful abilities, considering only the issue of energy consumption, it's already quite good.

"From this perspective, Senior Brother Zhao is not wrong." Fang Li chuckled. "Simply relying on powerful weapons is not enough. Indeed, the most fundamental issue is to improve oneself."

"My training is still far from sufficient," Cecily said with deep conviction. "I need to train even harder from now on."

"Yes." Fang Li smiled slightly. "Anyway, we've passed today. We need to keep working hard, senior sister."

"That's true." Cecily smiled.

At this moment, Fang Li seemed to remember something and said, "Right, it seems that Ayato Amagiri's match is right after ours. Anyway, we can't move now, so let's watch the match."

With that, Fang Li opened the spatial view window.

However, upon opening it, an unexpected scene unfolded before Fang Li.