Overwhelming Strength

"Bastard!"

Vazhatas charged, bringing both halberds down hard toward Bai Xiaowen's head.

Bai Xiaowen flipped his hand, and a bone shield appeared in his grip. His Shield Mastery Specialty was no slouch. He judged the angle and caught the descending halberds squarely.

But blocking them was one thing. Vazhatas's terrifying 130 points of strength made the impact feel like being hit by a train. Bai Xiaowen flew back several yards, his whole body numb.

A Spirit Realm Rules notification appeared:

You took 131 points of recoil damage (after damage reduction).

Everyone else on the White Phoenix Team stared wide-eyed. Even after a shield block and damage reduction, the recoil had dealt over a hundred points! How terrifying would it be if those halberds struck someone directly?

Just a little more.

Bai Xiaowen sucked in a sharp breath and ran the numbers in his head. Then he looked up at Vazhatas and smiled.

"Hey, didn't you eat? Put some muscle into it!"

"Roooaaar!"

Vazhatas flew into a rage. One halberd swept across while the other chopped down.

Boom! Boom! Two exaggerated cracks crossed the bone shield in Bai Xiaowen's hand. Its Durability was almost gone!

This time, the recoil damage was even higher: a full 150 points! And while Bai Xiaowen was still numb from the impact, the furious Vazhatas lashed out with his snake tail. The bone shield's Durability hit zero, and it burst apart. The force caught Bai Xiaowen too, sending him flying backward.

He had destroyed a piece of equipment through sheer strength!

Of course, the bone shield was only blue-grade equipment, with fairly low defense to begin with. A gold-grade shield probably would not have shattered.

The glancing blow from the snake tail dealt Bai Xiaowen another hundred-plus points of damage. Despite the agony and