Bang!
Blades and swords collided, erupting in a sharp metallic clash.
Relying on nimble footwork, Chen Huai'an deflected part of the spiritual power.
The instant they exchanged blows, Chen Huai'an felt the suppression of his opponent's water spiritual power.
However, there was not just one kind of fire spiritual power within him.
It was only because he had been practicing the Flame Blade Technique recently that the fire spiritual power in his body was somewhat more active.
Spirit weapons were weapons used by low-level cultivators in battle, but to bring out a spirit weapon's full power, one still had to reach the Qi Refining Realm.
The Qi Refining Realm involved absorbing the Five-Elements Force from spiritual energy. Whatever Spiritual Root one possessed determined which spiritual power one had greater affinity with.
Upon reaching the Late Body Tempering Realm, one could sense spiritual power and use it to temper and cleanse the meridians, drawing spiritual energy into the dantian to compress, refine, and purify it, thereby reaching the Qi Refining Realm.
Before reaching the Qi Refining Realm, one's perception of spiritual power was not very strong. Using spiritual power in battle did increase one's might, but grasping power that did not yet belong to oneself came at a price.
And that price was enormous consumption.
Once Chen Huai'an realized his attribute was being countered, he changed his fighting style. To unleash a spirit weapon's maximum power, one needed to infuse it with spiritual power of the corresponding attribute. If no spiritual power was infused, or if spiritual power of another attribute was used, the spirit weapon could not display its proper might and might even be damaged.
Without spiritual power infused into it, it was merely an ordinary weapon, only a little stronger than mundane blades and swords.
A spirit weapon's