Wang Daoyuan continued using his ambush strategy. After tangling with the three Demon Beasts for a while, he cast Cloud Smoke Evasion and launched sneak attacks on the Black Robe Elder.
This time, however, he no longer used Golden Sword Talismans. Instead, he used fire-element Talismans such as Fire Arrow Talismans and Fire Python Talismans. He did not expect to achieve victory in a single blow; he only wanted to completely cripple the old man's shield.
Among the five elements, fire restrained metal. In a battle of attrition, fire was the fastest way to wear down the Metal Attribute.
After more than ten exchanges, Wang Daoyuan appeared to be frantically using escape techniques, but in truth, he had not consumed much spiritual power.
The spiritual power consumed by Cloud Smoke Evasion mainly came from the Water Spiritual Power in the surroundings. The attacks on the Black Robe Elder also relied on Talismans, which required only a trace of spiritual power or divine sense to activate.
If the water spiritual energy outside had been sparse, Wang Daoyuan's spiritual power would have been exhausted long ago.
Even so, after his earlier struggle against the giant python, the siege by the three Demon Beasts, and his use of the Water Dragon Technique, sixty percent of his spiritual power had been consumed.
The Black Robe Elder was not doing much better. Constantly activating the black shield consumed no small amount of spiritual power, and Wang Daoyuan had battered the shield until it was covered in dents and craters. Some of the dents had nearly pierced straight through it.
Wang Daoyuan estimated that the shield could withstand at most two or three more high-grade first-order fire-element Talismans before it was completely scrapped.
However, he did not dare continue attacking. If he shattered the shield outright