"So fast!"
"That defense is far too airtight!"
"These two really are evenly matched!"
At the sight, everyone below the platform cried out in astonishment.
At that moment, neither the Swordmaster Mantis's frenzied assault, like a raging storm, nor Fang Qianyuan's defense, so tight not even water could seep through, was something an ordinary fighter could match.
Quite a few Tenth Transformation experts were watching, yet the exchanges between the two left them utterly aghast.
Merely watching the two fight gave them a suffocating sense of being unable to breathe. They almost began to wonder whether their own Tenth Transformation cultivation was a sham!
Not bad at all, eh?
As Fang Qianyuan blocked the Swordmaster Mantis's attacks, he observed the battle and searched for an opening. But he discovered that Rong Shaohua had trained this Swordmaster Mantis to be extraordinarily powerful. It seemed to have specifically studied profound sword techniques; once it began attacking, its strikes flowed without interruption, barely pausing at all.
This kept the spirit essence around his entire body surging continuously, automatically forming ice armor to protect him.
Although he was safe for the moment, a large portion of his spirit essence was tied down. He was already on the dangerous verge of exposing an opening.
Fang Qianyuan suddenly understood his opponent's plan.
Rong Shaohua clearly knows the properties of the Frostflower Garment. Once he pins me down this way, an attack from elsewhere will immediately upset the balance and wound me!
Sure enough, while Fang Qianyuan was held in check, Rong Shaohua formed the Hand Seal of Presence and summoned another spirit creature.
This time, he summoned a Silver-Armored Blade Mantis!
This spirit creature, a close relative of the Swordmaster Mantis, possessed similar gifts and traits, and its abilities were largely alike. However, its body was