Chapter 731 - 412 Sparring
Li Yuanba, along with the white lotus under his feet, disappeared, causing the Fire Phoenix to miss and explode where he had been standing, transforming into a sea of flames.
The Wisdom Fire Arhat’s second Fire Phoenix was released but was momentarily unable to lock onto Li Yuanba’s figure.
That was because Li Yuanba’s figure was elusive, continually appearing and disappearing at various places across the battlefield within a short span of time.
Li Yuanba’s Xingyi Sword shot out, slashing towards the Wisdom Fire Arhat, who was protected by a barrier formed by a Fire Dragon, a transformation of the Fire Dragon Cover magical treasure.
When the Xingyi Sword struck the Fire Dragon barrier, it received a backlash of fire properties.
However, this backlash was immediately cleansed by the Sword Intent on the Xingyi Sword itself, indicating that the Fire Dragon Cover was not merely a defensive treasure but also featured a counter-attack capability.
Regarding magical treasures, even though Li Yuanba had started cultivation hundreds of years later than the Wisdom Fire Arhat, the Xingyi Sword had been refined for centuries by its previous master, the Sword Cultivator Yun Xingyi. Therefore, it was not only comparable but also superior to the Arhat’s treasure.
Sword Cultivators refine their lifebound magical treasures exclusively, unlike other cultivators who must also attend to their other treasures. Since the strongest aspect of Sword Cultivators is their flying swords, the energy they invest into a single flying sword exceeds what other cultivators would distribute across multiple treasures.
So, in terms of magical treasures, Li Yuanba was not much inferior to the Wisdom Fire Arhat. The Xingyi Sword, bolstered by the "Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique," was formidable enough to command the Arhat’s respect, despite Li Yuanba’s slightly lower realm.
The Wisdom Fire Arhat, feeling the feedback from the Fire Dragon Cover, was slightly surprised.