Bai Xiao's mind went blank. He still couldn't figure out what had just happened.
The reason Bai Xiao had awakened his werewolf bloodline after obtaining the first treasure chest was essentially the same as Yu Jing's. He had suffered severe injuries while obtaining the chest, and the wolf bloodline could accelerate his physical recovery while granting him the mobility and Combat Ability needed to operate and fight in this unfamiliar setting.
Moreover, when combined with the Death Nether Claw, it could also add the death attribute out of thin air.
By all accounts, death countered life.
In Bai Xiao's view, he should have been able to completely restrain Yu Jing, who only possessed Plant Ability... Yet the battle had been completely one-sided.
"What happened!? What was that palm strike from Yu Jing just now!?"
Bai Xiao recalled the battle. His claws, imbued with the death attribute, had pierced toward the vital joints where Yu Jing's bodily defenses were weakest at incredible speed.
Then, all of a sudden, Yu Jing had struck directly at the claws with one palm.
By rights, Bai Xiao's claws were as hard as steel. With the death attribute added, they should have been able to tear through Yu Jing's fleshly palm with ease.
Yet the result had been entirely different upon impact.
A "rotational force" that Bai Xiao could not understand at all had directly ripped his wolf claw apart. It had even twisted his arm into a spiral, shattering all the muscles and bones and nearly injuring his torso.
"Drip, drip!"
Yu Jing stood before Bai Xiao, his right hand hanging at his side and continuously dripping blood.
A claw hole one centimeter deep remained in the center of his palm. Deathly energy swirled across the wound, preventing it from healing... But this did not