Chen Tian felt speechless at Xie Mie's wicked grin, realizing his opponent had come prepared.
"Alas! It hasn't been long enough since my last element fusion. I hope this time will be enough to hold off Xie Mie!"
Chen Tian murmured softly. Then, his entire body erupted in a nine-colored radiance, and he reverted to his human form. He entered the element fusion state again. Since the duration of the previous fusion hadn't expired, Chen Tian could still utilize the elements.
As he released the element fusion, Chen Tian discovered something unexpected: the fusion process had somehow incorporated his human-dragon form. This was an astonishing revelation! It turned out that the fusion function could accept new fusion materials mid-process.
Chen Tian's body then trembled. Instantly, his nine-colored wings transformed into radiant wings, unfurling as his entire being underwent a dramatic change. His feet became nine-colored dragon claws, and his left arm was covered in nine-colored scales. Countless small scales on his left arm formed blade-like structures on his skin.
His right arm, however, remained a normal human arm, but its color was a grayish-white. Even grayish-white scales covered the arm, and each finger on his hand bore a distinct color, as if painted.
Looking at his whole body, a hazy grayish-white armor materialized, clad upon his torso. This grayish-white armor was gradually covered by nine-colored scales. His eyes, the left one grayish-white and the right one nine-colored, peered out. Over the armor, a long robe was worn, and on the chest of the robe, four large rhombus shapes spread outwards.
Chen Tian's hair became curly, shifting between grayish-white and nine-colored hues.
Chen Tian appeared before Xie Mie in his new guise. Xie Mie, stunned, exclaimed, "The fated one, truly a variable! Even this is possible!"
Xie Mie's expression changed drastically. A faint black aura then emanated from his body. Their eyes met. Chen Tian slowly and gravely observed his opponent. Taking a step forward, the space around him subtly fractured.
The surroundings dissolved into nothingness. Outside, Shui Li watched, even more awestruck by Chen Tian's power. He had never realized Chen Tian was so strong, and had worried for nothing!
Chen Tian and Xie Mie's figures vanished into the void. In the pitch-black space, Xie Mie, looking at Chen Tian, attacked instantly.
The opponent's current state was comparable to his own. He had to strike first. Black claws lunged towards Chen Tian.
Chen Tian's eyes merely flickered. In front of him, a grayish-white light wall appeared. Xie Mie's claws struck it, only to be blocked.
Xie Mie looked at the light wall. Then, black radiance erupted from his hands. With a cracking sound, the light wall developed fissures and shattered.
The claws sped towards Chen Tian, but he merely waved his long robe gently. Instantly, a nine-colored ocean appeared before him. This time, Xie Mie's attack was like sinking into cotton; no matter how powerful, it couldn't penetrate the ocean.
Simultaneously, Chen Tian performed a spinning motion. The nine-colored ocean compressed into a vortex, with Xie Mie's claws at its center. The vortex began to devour Xie Mie's claws bit by bit.
Xie Mie clenched his claws into a fist, unleashing immense power. The vortex exploded, but Chen Tian remained in place while Xie Mie retreated.
Chen Tian's current state's greatest advantage was element fusion and element mastery. In this form, Chen Tian could combine all elements with dragon abilities for attack and defense. However, his close-combat effectiveness was very low, and his elements couldn't easily transform into melee weapons.
This was why Chen Tian chose this combat style, one that circumvented his drawbacks.
Xie Mie, observing Chen Tian, also noticed his weakness. He then presented his claws, and this time Chen Tian clearly saw their form: wolf claws. Xie Mie had evidently morphed into a wolf's species. No wonder Chen Tian couldn't transform into a human-wolf form.
Wolf-like creatures were a branch of the White Tiger clan, a lower-tier bloodline. Chen Tian only possessed the transformation abilities of dragon and phoenix. Facing the White Tiger bloodline, he couldn't trigger it.
Chen Tian watched as the charging Xie Mie, he retreated, realizing his opponent had discovered his weakness and he couldn't engage in close combat. He continuously fell back.
Meanwhile, faint grayish-white and nine-colored light emanated from his hands. Chen Tian hurled a nine-colored flame curtain towards Xie Mie.
Seeing this, Xie Mie's claws swiped down instantly. The curtain was as if torn apart, and continued towards Chen Tian. Simultaneously, countless black hairs on Xie Mie's body transformed into armor, appearing on his body.
This armor of black hairs protected Xie Mie from the flame's damage. Chen Tian, observing the enemy's speed as he closed in, swept his arms to the sides, and a circular shield instantly appeared before him.
A nine-colored shield materialized. Chen Tian retreated even faster. Xie Mie's claws struck it, and the nine-colored shield exploded, engulfing the entire area in nine-colored smoke, obscuring Xie Mie.
Xie Mie, looking at the surrounding nine-colored smoke, lamented, "Just playing tricks!"
He then opened his mouth and blew out a breath, instantly scattering the smoke with the airflow.
Chen Tian appeared dozens of meters opposite Xie Mie. With a wave of his hands, nine-colored light erupted behind him, and countless weapons shot towards Xie Mie. The weapons, formed from nine-colored light, included spears, swords, sabers, shields, and more.
There were over a thousand in total. Seeing this, Xie Mie's claws crisscrossed, tearing apart each weapon as he advanced.
Chen Tian watched Xie Mie's movements, a slight smile playing on his lips. He raised his right hand, and instantly a nine-colored mire appeared beneath Xie Mie's feet, trapping his legs. Xie Mie felt a stinging pain; this move by the opponent was persistent and had armor-piercing effects, causing him to lose health.
"Damn it!"
"Hah!"
Xie Mie's aura surged. He spread his legs, shattering the mire, and then looked at Chen Tian, not daring to advance.
Since the opponent had tricked him, there were likely more traps. He had to be careful. He found Chen Tian's current state incredibly bizarre, truly bizarre!
It was clearly an elemental attack, but why did it have armor-piercing effects? It was too strange!
Xie Mie had no idea that Chen Tian's current state was a fusion of elements and the characteristics of dragon abilities.
Chen Tian, seeing Xie Mie's hesitation to advance, smiled. He had at least seven or eight more traps waiting for his opponent.
Even if Xie Mie fell into them, he would be tormented if not killed. For Chen Tian, it was simply a matter of wearing him down until he died.