"What a boast!"
Advisor Li let out a cold laugh, not putting Shen Lin in his eyes at all.
He had merely taken advantage of Shen Lin's lack of preparation and gained a little advantage, yet he was already this arrogant.
That sword strike just now had looked astonishingly powerful, but its force had been scattered, hollow, and weak. Advisor Li had only reacted so violently because he had been startled.
Otherwise, his Protective Qi alone would have been enough to block that sword.
"Looks like being hailed as Qiulin County's number-one genius has gone to your head. A frog at the bottom of a well, ignorant of how broad the heavens and earth are!"
As he spoke, the pair of wings behind him suddenly beat, and a dense rain of black feathers shot toward Shen Lin.
Among the Demon Race, every species had its own proudest methods.
Like the Mantis Demon Shen Lin had encountered when he first crossed over. Her physical strength was not much greater than that of a Human Race martial artist, yet the sickles on her arms were comparable to steel blades.
The most distinctive feature of Advisor Li was the black feathers covering his wings, whose strength was extraordinary.
Even without using Protective True Qi, he could rely on those black feathers to block crossbow bolts.
Besides being used for defense, the black feathers could also be used for offense. Once fired, they descended like a rain of countless arrows.
Even if they could not break through an Innate Realm warrior's Protective Qi, their sheer numbers could still drain the spiritual energy within the opponent's body.
Judging by Shen Lin's condition after breaking through with three meridians, he probably could not withstand even one volley.
Normally, when fighting an evenly matched opponent, Advisor Li