"Damn it, trying to play dirty with me!"
Panda summoned the Lesser Yin Kui Water Banner, unleashing the force of a crashing waterfall to drive Azure Dragon and White Tiger back, then looked at its paws.
Its white paw was fine, with only a red mark where Azure Dragon's dragon pearl had struck it.
Its black paw, however, was a mess. Five gashes had been sliced into it, nearly exposing the bone.
"Disguising taiyi essence gold as scarlet-forged fire copper? That's downright vile!"
Panda roared in anger.
Scarlet-forged fire copper was a high-grade material for crafting artifacts, but compared with taiyi essence gold, it was the difference between something sold by the ton and something sold by the gram.
Whoever had crafted these artifacts had somehow disguised taiyi essence gold to look exactly like scarlet-forged fire copper. If Panda's palm strike hadn't been a feint to begin with, it might have lost an entire arm.
Of course, Panda's limited artifact-crafting expertise was partly to blame too.
"Nobody stop me! Today, I'm going to refine these two despicable artifacts into ash!"
Panda stuck a talisman over its wounds, temporarily stopping the bleeding.
"Relax. Nobody's going to fight you for the taiyi essence gold. At most, I'll trade you for a little to keep in reserve."
Liu Zheng gave it a flat look.
They were all dung beetles with a thousand years under their belts. Who was it trying to fool by posing as a golden scarab?
"You said it."
Panda wasn't embarrassed at having its motives exposed. If anything, it became even more excited.
To Liu Zheng's surprise, not only did it refrain from summoning the Lesser Yang Dawnlight Banner, it even withdrew the Lesser Yin Kui Water Banner into its body.
It wasn't that Panda was so skilled it feared