Chen Tian stood his ground, watching as the wood thorns of Blood Hand Withered Wood shot towards him. Chen Tian remained in place, and an orange-red half-shield instantly appeared before him. Countless wood thorns then shattered upon impact with the shield.
Blood Hand Withered Wood looked at Chen Tian in shock. How could its attacks have no effect on him? He was much weaker than it, yet it hadn't managed to defeat him with its first attack. Was this a joke?
Chen Tian nodded in satisfaction. Due to the Equilibrium ability, the opponent's skill damage had become identical to Chen Tian's own. Therefore, the damage dealt was calculated based on Chen Tian's stats.
Divine Fire Twin Blades appeared in Chen Tian's hands, burning fiercely. Fire was the best element against wood, especially considering how trees ignited when touched by flames. Divine Fire was perfect for the current situation.
Chen Tian stepped forward, the twin blades in his hands blazing with intense flames. Blood Hand Withered Wood, seeing Chen Tian charge towards it, felt the human was suicidal. After all, it was a level ninety-nine existence!
Even without verbal communication, its expression clearly conveyed disdain for Chen Tian. Blood Hand Withered Wood then stood its ground, seemingly inviting Chen Tian to attack, unconcerned.
Chen Tian's lips curved upwards. This creature was rather amusing, he thought.
The twin blades flashed, and the flames on them erupted. With a swish, two arcs of blade light appeared, and Blood Hand Withered Wood let out a pained howl.
It retreated, unable to comprehend how it could be wounded by someone so much lower in level.
The Equilibrium ability had synchronized their physical defense as well. This meant Blood Hand Withered Wood's defense was equal to Chen Tian's constitution. Physical strength was determined by constitution; the higher the constitution, the stronger the physique.
Conversely, since Chen Tian's constitution stat was lower than Blood Hand Withered Wood's, the latter's physical strength was also weakened.
Blood Hand Withered Wood stared at Chen Tian, feeling utter shame at being injured by this human. It vowed to drain Chen Tian's blood.
Then, vines grew from its hands and plunged into the ground. Instantly, thorns on the ground began to stir and surged towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian's twin blades ignited with divine fire, and he swung them, setting countless vines and thorns ablaze. However, they seemed to be endless. Chen Tian spread his arms wide, his twin blades separating. He then spun like a top, creating a divine fire tornado. Within the tornado, a rotating divine fire disc spun, clearing the surrounding thorns and vines.
Chen Tian stopped spinning, but the tornado still swirled around him. He then ignited his legs with divine fire and unleashed a series of spinning kicks. The divine fire tornado grew stronger. Chen Tian gathered power in his left foot and kicked, sending the divine fire tornado hurtling towards Blood Hand Withered Wood.
This move merely involved changing the elemental energy. Chen Tian mastered numerous elemental energies, and for elemental skills, he only needed to switch the elemental power.
Seeing the divine fire tornado approaching, Blood Hand Withered Wood plunged its entire body into the ground, resembling a tree. Thorns and vines then wrapped around its body, and the divine fire tornado engulfed it.
After an unknown period, Chen Tian observed the tornado. It then dissipated, revealing Blood Hand Withered Wood standing before him, unharmed.
Chen Tian spoke, "A self-created defensive skill? Only self-created skills can be balanced against Equilibrium."
Blood Hand Withered Wood spread its arms, and countless blood-red vines and branches shot towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian's eyes narrowed, and a divine fire shield appeared before him. The countless vines and branches struck the fire shield with no effect.
Blood Hand Withered Wood was stunned. What was happening? It clearly had a superior advantage in strength, yet its attacks couldn't even breach the opponent's defenses. What was going on?
Had it become weaker? Impossible! It had never stopped drinking blood. How could it have weakened?
Perhaps Blood Hand Withered Wood would never realize that Chen Tian was using the Equilibrium ability. With equal stats, Chen Tian was guaranteed to win. Chen Tian looked at Blood Hand Withered Wood, his eyes opened. His fists were engulfed in divine fire, and he punched out. The divine fire shield transformed into a giant fiery fist that lunged towards Blood Hand Withered Wood, shattering and burning all the charging vines and branches into ashes along its path.
The fist of fire struck Blood Hand Withered Wood's face, eliciting a pained howl. The divine fire sphere engulfed its body. Chen Tian then turned away, and with a bang, an explosion reverberated.
Just as Chen Tian thought it was over, blood-red branches transformed into sharp swords and shot towards Chen Tian's limbs. Chen Tian activated his Extreme Dodge, performing a somersault followed by a backward lean to evade them. He looked ahead; Blood Hand Withered Wood's health had decreased by 20%. Chen Tian was stunned. That attack should have finished the opponent.
His divine pupils scanned the opponent's attributes. A major skill was gone, entering a cooldown of one day. Chen Tian then understood that one of its four ultimate skills had collided with his fire sphere, creating the explosion, which wasn't the fire sphere's own detonation.
Blood Hand Withered Wood stared at Chen Tian with blood-red eyes. It was in such a sorry state because of this human. It would kill him.
Enraged, Blood Hand Withered Wood unleashed a torrent of blood-red branches towards Chen Tian, forming a rain of arrows.
Chen Tian's hands reacted swiftly. He instantly erected a divine fire barrier. Bang, bang, bang! Countless branches and vines struck the barrier, forcing Chen Tian to retreat.
Despite their stats and levels being balanced, Blood Hand Withered Wood used a rapid assault of numerous vines and branches. Chen Tian could only passively defend against the endless onslaught.
The divine fire barrier slowly began to crack. After thousands of attacks, Chen Tian instantly vanished from his position, using the skill: Teleportation.
With a swish, he disappeared from Blood Hand Withered Wood's sight. All its vines and withered wood struck the divine fire barrier and lunged at empty air.
Chen Tian reappeared behind Blood Hand Withered Wood. He condensed divine fire into drills in both fists and swung them towards Blood Hand Withered Wood's back. Blood Hand Withered Wood's arm-like branches plunged into the ground, and countless tree branches and vines shot up from the earth towards Chen Tian's back.
Chen Tian's drill-like fists spun, shattering the projectiles. However, the dense network of vines and branches was overwhelming. Chen Tian flickered and vanished from behind Blood Hand Withered Wood. Blood Hand Withered Wood then extended its arm-like branches from the ground.
At the same time, Blood Hand Withered Wood's complexion grew somewhat weak. It then looked at Chen Tian, determined to kill this human. Its arm-like tree branches merged to form a wood vine drill, which then shot out with a bang. This was a skill created by Blood Hand Withered Wood itself.
Chen Tian watched the approaching wood vine drill. He converged the drills on his hands into his left hand, forming a massive drill. He then charged forward, and the two drills collided.