At this moment, judged purely by numerical value, Inverse Scale was already no weaker than The Horde. And that was with him holding back out of consideration for Ji Jue, relying on basic attacks the whole time instead of unleashing any absurd techniques in a burst.
If he paired that with White Deer's special attack, Ji Jue would probably have been torn to pieces in their very first exchange!
Even now, it was not far off.
Without the Realm of Encirclement, it would only have been a matter of time.
Unfortunately, Ji Jue had one.
And he had activated it!
Bang!
Inverse Scale suddenly appeared behind him amid the gale, but before he could even swing his claws, he felt a hand seize his wrist. The brief windup that had been almost negligible had been caught!
Wha—
Inverse Scale's pupils contracted as terrifying force erupted from between those five fingers, forcibly tearing through the outer layer of scales and splitting his wrist open. Ji Jue had nearly torn it clean off!
Just as he tried to recoil with a countershock, that hand suddenly let go.
In that motion, its five fingers naturally spread and pressed toward his heart—Scene Tremor.
And when he instinctively flashed away and appeared on the other side, he saw Ji Jue's eyes already fixed on him.
His throat tightened.
A finger entwined with electric light silently jabbed toward his throat, cutting off the roar about to rise from his chest and dispersing the forming [Sharp Howl] into nothing.
Ji Jue was actually advancing.
Counterattacking him!
A change in approach: endlessly dodging and tanking hits was ultimately unsustainable.
Rather than letting his opponent unleash all of their strength to their heart's content, he might as well... use offense as defense, interrupting their cooldowns while they were casting