Pan Long was truly furious.
Anyone would be furious if someone targeted his most vulnerable spot with a sneak attack. If he wasn't, it wouldn't be because he had admirable self-control. There would have to be something wrong with him, leaving him incapable of anger.
The moment his anger flared, the force of his attacks shot straight up.
Amid the dust filling the sky and a thunderous roar, he charged straight at the Demon King.
This time, he ignored the Demon King's attacks entirely. He drove through the black Sword Qi unleashed by that vicious bone sword and forced his way forward.
The Sword Qi sliced through his adventurer's clothes, sending scraps of fabric to the ground. Beneath them, however, a thin leather armor stopped the blows.
Sword Qi that could have cleaved steel with ease left only white marks on the astonishingly thin armor.
The Demon King's eyelids twitched. What kind of leather armor was that?
Even armor made from Dragon hide couldn't possibly be this tough!
What he didn't know was that mere Dragon hide couldn't compare to the material of this armor.
...It was the skin of the only True Person in the world who had mastered the Nine-Turn Mysterious Art.
Back when Pan Long was learning his craft, he had chatted with his teacher about how extraordinarily tough his flesh and skin were. Bi Lingkong had suggested making a suit of armor from his own skin.
That wasn't because Bi Lingkong was cruel. Monsters had always done things this way.
Taking materials from their own bodies to craft the Mystic Artifacts best suited to them was common practice among Monsters.
With his teacher's help, Pan Long had taken some of the tough skin from his body and refined it into a simple leather vest.
The vest