Ling Tian had gained the upper hand with just his first strike, even cracking the Hellbone Armor on Seven Kill's body. Yet Seven Kill wasn't discouraged in the slightest; on the contrary, his fighting spirit blazed even hotter. He raised his hooked sickle and charged again.
Seeing Ling Tian injure Seven Kill with a single strike, Fairy Meng Shang was thrilled. She smiled and said, "The Hellbone Armor isn't all that impressive after all. Ling Tian cracked it with one strike. Its quality doesn't seem to match a divine artifact at all."
"If that's what you think, you're completely wrong." Po Qiong's voice rang out. Seeing the puzzled looks on Fairy Meng Shang and the others, he explained, "The Hellbone Armor's Artifact Spirit is very powerful, and its defensive capabilities are formidable. Those cracks are a special ability of the armor, one that reduces incoming attacks to a minimum. So although Seven Kill appears to have blood at the corner of his mouth, his injuries are actually minor."
"Does it transfer all the force of the attack onto the armor?" Wen Jian asked. Though phrased as a question, his tone was quite certain. "That's clever. After all, the larger the area absorbing the force, the weaker the impact."
"Exactly," Po Qiong replied, then changed tack. "And the Hellbone Armor's greatest strength is its recovery speed. We're both divine artifacts, but if we're damaged, we need thousands, or even tens of thousands, of years to recover. This armor, on the other hand, can restore itself in an instant."
After hearing Po Qiong's explanation, Fairy Meng Shang and the others understood even more clearly just how extraordinary the Hellbone Armor was.
On the battlefield, Ling Tian wasn't disappointed by his earlier strike. With a thought, he compressed another Phenomenal Domain, and his