As origin energy condensed, Gang-Baleful Transformation took shape. It was merely a simple shift of yin and yang, yet when infused into the water, it formed a tough, resilient net.
Li Ling had once consumed dragon soul fruit and gained the ability to control water, but that ability had always seemed like a chicken rib-too meager to be useful, yet a pity to discard.
Only now, after advancing to Nascent Soul, attuning himself to heaven and earth, and cultivating and mastering his own innate law of floating fragrance, did he truly understand its essence.
It was more like a catalyst, a key, than a weapon to be wielded directly.
A clever person could use it to open a treasure vault, bringing all manner of magic treasures under their command.
Thus, now that Li Ling had truly advanced and changed how he employed it, the water-controlling law granted by the dragon soul fruit finally showed its might.
More heaven-and-earth origin energy surged wildly, turning water essence into cloth that wrapped around the two men in layer upon layer.
Riiip!
The two men swung their arms in slashing motions, tearing open the long ribbons as they struggled ceaselessly to break free.
But these were merely Li Ling's feints. His true power lay in the Incense Path.
As the Myriad Wonders Incense Transformation Art circulated silently, Spirit-Bewildering Incense continued to assail them.
A moment later, incense essence actually condensed into something almost tangible, manifesting petals resembling other shore flowers in midair.
This was the application of several powers: Incense Deity visualization, transforming fragrance through Empathic Perception, and transmitting fragrance through thought. Now, empowered by the law of Phantom Floating Fragrance, the incense essence lodged in the void while its fragrance floated within it, acquiring the three true qualities as though a physical object