The water-element spiritual power and mind-bewildering illusion contained within Yu Hao's "Clouds Lock Thousand Peaks" would have been difficult for even an eighth-rank Iron Bone Realm martial artist to withstand so effortlessly after being ensnared.
Yet the other man's aura had not even fluctuated violently...
What Yu Hao did not know, of course, was that Xiao Fan's "Bronze Skin and Iron Bones" possessed not only formidable defensive strength, but also spell resistance against water and fire! As one rose and the other fell, the effect was naturally greatly diminished.
Xiao Fan felt the changes in his body. The transformation brought by the first realm of the Sovereign True Dragon Heart Seal, "Dormant Dragon Awakens," was beginning to reveal its power in actual combat!
The muscles and bones tempered by dragon aura were far tougher than those of an ordinary Iron Bone Realm martial artist. That concealed and unseen layer of "Hidden Dragon Scales" provided even more astonishing physical defense and force-dispersing effects.
As the spell lost its effect, the black-and-white ink-like mist dispersed as well.
Seeing that neither of them had been injured, Ji Xuanyuan finally let out a breath...
At that moment, the corner of Xiao Fan's mouth curved ever so slightly. "Young Master Yu, that was the first move. I concede the honor to you."
"Good! What formidable bronze skin and iron bones!"
Yu Hao was both shocked and enraged, a vicious glint flashing through his eyes. "Don't celebrate too soon! Second move—Painted Realm, Flowing Fire Melts Gold!"
Among the five elements, fire could melt metal!
An eighth-rank martial artist's bronze skin and iron bones were a metal-like reinforcement of utmost hardness and strength. Though impervious to blades and spears, they could be melted and cracked apart by fire-element spells!
Yu Hao suddenly snapped his folding fan shut,