No sooner had the Meteor Fire Rain passed than countless bamboo leaves fell upon Yan Chihuo. The Crimson Flame Fire Bamboo immediately unleashed the Minor Divine Ability Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers. This was the Crimson Flame Fire Bamboo's customary tactic: first use Meteor Fire Rain to weaken the opponent's defenses, then use Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers to siphon away their vital essence and blood.
With these two divine abilities arriving one on the heels of the other, anyone would have had to spend considerable effort dealing with them. Yet Yan Chihuo neither dodged nor defended, instead allowing the bamboo leaves to fall upon him.
The Crimson Flame Fire Bamboo was overjoyed and unleashed Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers with all its might. Yet when its magical power tried to siphon him, it encountered an invisible resistance and failed to draw away anything at all.
Startled, the Crimson Flame Fire Bamboo poured even more magical power into siphoning Yan Chihuo's vital essence and blood. This time, the resistance it encountered was even greater. Not only did it fail to draw away any blood essence, but a strange force came back at it, shaking its branches and rattling its leaves.
How could this Crimson Flame Fire Bamboo have known that Yan Chihuo had once been struck by the combined attack of Magic Treasures refined from the Yin-Yang Plum Blossom Branch, and had also fallen victim to Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers? In the end, he had neutralized that blow with qilin blood essence. From then on, his physical body gained the ability to resist Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers. Moreover, the strange magical power of the Yin-Yang Plum Blossom Branch Magic Treasure had also been dissolved, further strengthening Yan Chihuo's resistance to Withered Leaves and Fallen Flowers.
That was why