It was thorns armor, all right, but the way it reflected damage was somewhat different.
The structure deep within the scales—the special structure formed from countless runes—actually had nothing to do with defense itself.
Those were, in truth, Witch Clan curse words.
Speaking of witches, one naturally thought of curses. And in fact, that was exactly the case.
The Witch Ancestors, the founding forebears, were even more outstanding in this regard.
Thus, the curse words within Li Su's scales were undoubtedly the highest-level Witch Clan curse words, involving causality.
Once the scales were attacked, they would use that attack to ignite the curse words and unleash a curse, making the target share Li Su's damage.
It was indeed reflected damage, but it did not reflect the damage back. Instead, it transferred the injuries over.
The two might appear to produce the same result, but their natures were completely different.
As long as one was strong enough, one could resist the former.
The latter was a causal transfer, something that could not be defended against.
Why did Li Su call Witch Ancestor Ru Shou such a sneaky bastard? This was the reason.
As the source of metal, his sturdiness was beyond question. There were probably few people in the entire Primordial World who could compare to him. With such terrifying defenses, breaking through them was, in truth, extremely difficult.
And that was where the contradiction lay.
If one could not break his defense, then naturally there would be no injuries to speak of, and no way to reflect damage onto the opponent.
This was precisely what made Witch Ancestor Ru Shou such a sneaky bastard: he would actively let his own defenses be breached.
In other words, even if your attacks dealt him no damage, the thorns armor effect would still