Bai Xiaowen hesitated. "The Soul-Sapping Bell may deal only a tenth of its normal damage to people, but I'm afraid I still can't withstand it."
Zuo Ci frowned. "My lord, do you not know how to protect yourself with Origin Force?"
"Yes, Master," Ge Xuan said. "He has never had a teacher. He only happened to learn a few cultivators' techniques."
Zuo Ci nodded. "In that case, I shall lend you a hand."
He raised a hand and sent a stream of Origin Force over Bai Xiaowen's body.
A Spirit Realm Rules notification appeared:
You are protected by an Origin Force Shield. It absorbs 75 damage from each attack and lasts 20 seconds. If a single attack deals more than 200 damage, the Origin Force Shield will shatter and disappear.
Bai Xiaowen marveled inwardly. With a casual gesture, Zuo Ci had given him something like Qiao Rui's special inner-force technique: a shield that could absorb up to 1,500 damage over twenty seconds!
Of course, it could absorb only so much from each hit. Bai Xiaowen would still have to take 25 damage himself, but that was manageable.
Bai Xiaowen activated Swooping Flight and sprang thirty feet into the air, clearing the black fog. Scrambling like a monkey, he climbed a pillar to the top of the pavilion. Beside the Soul-Sapping Bell, he struck it with his fist.
Clang... clang... clang...
Each toll sent a violent tremor through the light of the Origin Force Shield around him.
A Spirit Realm Rules notification appeared: "For unknown reasons, you have taken 100 true damage. The Origin Force Shield absorbed 75 damage. You took 25 damage."
Notifications kept appearing, one after another.
But Bai Xiaowen took only 25 damage per toll.
Death God Naige'er was another matter. As an Undead Species and