As Xu Yi had expected, the Golden Armor Divine Body was an invincible fortress.
Combined with the Primal Soul's immense soul power, it moved like lightning and could smash through anything.
Most importantly, forging the Golden Armor Divine Body was no easy feat. Secret arts had been used to simulate a network of meridians like those in a flesh-and-blood body, allowing it to fit perfectly with the Primal Soul.
At that moment, if half of Venerable Xia's Primal Soul hadn't taken refuge inside the Golden Armor Divine Body, it would have been wounded by Xu Yi's Soul-Summoning Banner.
Though he'd figured out the Golden Armor Divine Body's wonders, Xu Yi had deliberately turned what was plainly a fight into a challenge. He had his own reasons.
In a fight, with no clear rules, Venerable Xia had only to control the Golden Armor Divine Body and charge about like lightning, attacking from every direction.
Now that Xu Yi had lost the physical defense granted by the Profound Thunder Body Tempering Art, defeat would come in the blink of an eye.
But by turning the fight into a challenge and setting the terms himself, he had immediately reversed the positions of attack and defense.
Venerable Xia would defend, while he attacked—a single strike to decide the winner.
Who else could think through as many angles as Esteemed Official Xu?
Especially not Venerable Xia, who had spent so many years in seclusion that he'd nearly forgotten how to speak to people.
As Venerable Xia saw it, he had an invincible golden body. What could a puny ant accomplish, no matter how carefully he plotted?
And what did it matter who attacked and who defended in this fight?
Besides, that damned fellow had been so arrogant as to claim he could break through the