With Luo Ji's current strength, killing ordinary Tier Three cultivators would take no more than two or three spells. Yet after exchanging blows with Lu Ye, he had no idea how many spells he had already cast.
What surprised him even more was that this Mountain Crossing Tiger could actually fight using Spiritual Patterns!
Studying Spiritual Patterns was several times harder than researching spells, because constructing a Spiritual Pattern was an exceedingly delicate task. The slightest mistake would result in failure, let alone activating one in battle.
Only highly experienced Spirit Pattern Masters generally had the means to do such a thing.
But how old was Lu Ye?
Through observation, he determined that Lu Ye had mastered a defensive Spiritual Pattern. It could block the attacks of his Ice Cone Technique and could be activated at will...
This discovery made Luo Ji put away his contempt. Those senior brothers had indeed been right before he set out: one could not be careless outside, nor could one look down on any enemy. Others might have opened fewer Spiritual Apertures than him, and their methods might not be as varied as his, but that skill in Spiritual Patterns alone was not something an ordinary person could possess.
Yet Luo Ji did not shrink back because of this. Instead, his fighting spirit surged. During these days of training in the Outer Circle, no one he had encountered had stirred his battle intent. Now that he had finally met such a well-matched opponent, how could he let the chance slip away?
Just as his thoughts turned, a flash of snow-bright saber light suddenly appeared ahead. With a sharp crack, the enormous block of ice split apart down the middle. Through the breach, a figure charged toward him like a gale.
The Ice Prison Art