Crimson Essence Fruit

Dragonwood Duke's flying sword trembled, and countless flying swords flew into the air. Yan Chihuo saw this and thought to himself, "Dragonwood Duke has certainly put in considerable effort with his metal-element cultivation arts and divine abilities." This was precisely the metal-element offensive Minor Divine Ability, Ten Thousand Blade Slash. Though this technique bore some resemblance to the great sword art divine ability Sword Light Differentiation, their power was worlds apart.

Yun Qianzhong roared, and a layer of green light several feet thick rose from his body. The flying swords struck the green light, but after piercing only a few inches in, they halted completely.

Yun Qianzhong laughed heartily. With a shake of his arms, the flying swords swept back. At that moment, Dragonwood Duke merged with his sword, transforming into a streak of white light that shot out from among the flying swords and stabbed toward Yun Qianzhong. This was the Minor Divine Ability Sword Control Technique.

That sword strike was exceedingly fierce. It split apart the several-foot-thick green light completely. Yun Qianzhong was startled and twisted aside, barely evading it, but the scales on his body had already been sliced open. Fortunately, the flesh beneath was unharmed. A flash of green light passed over them, and the cracks in the scales closed up.

At this, both men were secretly alarmed. Yun Qianzhong thought, "My Nether Demon Armor Body has already reached great completion. It has never been broken before—how did this man nearly pierce straight through me today?"

Dragonwood Duke thought as well, "The combination of Sword Control Technique and Ten Thousand Blade Slash is my own creation. When used to kill enemies, it has always struck without fail. How could it have missed today?"

Yun Qianzhong gave a loud shout, curled his body into a ball, and