Chen Tian's twin sabers clashed with the opponent's white long saber, sending sparks and blade energy exploding. Chen Tian's attack this time was expansive and forceful, relentlessly pressing forward without giving his opponent any room to breathe.
Huo Po, however, was equally matched, employing a perfect balance of defense and offense. Their confrontation in the sky erupted in a brilliant display of light.
Chen Tian's Divine Fire Twin Sabers struck out in rapid succession, instantly appearing before Huo Po. Seeing this, Huo Po blocked with his long saber held horizontally, their blades colliding. He then spun his left hand, his other long saber, wreathed in white flames, slashing directly towards Chen Tian's waist.
Chen Tian reacted swiftly, crossing his sabers to defend. His Elemental Divine Body could not withstand the special effects of the opponent's Divine Fire; he absolutely could not be struck.
He then crossed his sabers defensively before executing a full-power upward strike. The terrifying force lofted the long saber, and Chen Tian's twin sabers descended.
Huo Po showed no panic. He opened his left hand, and a shield of white flame materialized, instantly blocking his front. Chen Tian's attack was repelled.
But Divine Fire clashed with Divine Fire, an explosion erupted, and both combatants were pushed back.
Chen Tian looked at the Divine Fire Twin Sabers in his hand. They were in disarray, their flames flickering uncertainly. He then infused them with Divine Fire, stabilizing them instantly.
Huo Po's shield dissipated, and he held his long saber with one hand, looking at Chen Tian. "Yang-attribute flame can indeed suppress Yin-attribute flame, but Yin and Yang are mutually destructive. Even with Divine Fire, we are both of equal power."
"Now, we will fight with true skill!"
"Indeed!"
Chen Tian nodded. His twin sabers slid down, and he exploded forward, their collision once again. Huo Po, wielding his long saber with one hand, swung it, unleashing a terrifying white flame blade energy that shot towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian faced the white flame blade energy, wielding his twin sabers, and sent countless blue flame blade energies rushing out to meet the white flame blade energy.
An explosion sounded. Chen Tian instantly appeared before Huo Po, his twin sabers flashing down. But Huo Po seemed to know where Chen Tian would attack, instantly slashing with his long saber, directly striking the twin sabers. Tremendous force and flame surged towards Chen Tian. Chen Tian released his grip, contorting his body in a hanging posture before clenching his hands, his twin sabers reappearing as he dropped and slashed down.
But Huo Po was no slouch. His long saber swept horizontally, and their figures clashed once more. Terrifying power erupted, turbulent air currents surged, the void shattered, and surrounding gravestones and corpses exploded.
Chen Tian found his opening and simultaneously unleashed a sickle kick with both legs, sweeping horizontally. Huo Po, caught off guard, leaned back and dodged. But this was part of Chen Tian's plan. He then pulled his twin sabers down with all his might, transforming them into rotating wheels that ground against the long saber.
An explosion sounded, and the two once again faced each other. Chen Tian and Huo Po simultaneously unleashed their attacks. A large fireball of divine fire appeared in Chen Tian's left hand and was thrown, followed by countless more fireballs.
Huo Po extended his hands and drew a line with his fingers. Instantly, a longbow of white flame appeared. He then assumed a posture of drawing an arrow with his finger. With a whistling sound, countless flame arrows shot out from behind him.
The white flame arrows rained down like a storm, and the azure fireballs fell like a deluge.
They collided, a cacophony of sounds filling the air. Chen Tian, seeing this, transformed his flame into a longbow. He drew the Divine Fire Longbow, gathering terrifying elemental power. A vortex of blue flame appeared before he released the bowstring.
An azure flame arrow shot out, imbued with Divine Fire. Wherever it passed, the divine fire fireballs were merged into it.
Huo Po drew a circle with his hands, and a shield of white flame appeared before him. Simultaneously, his left hand moved in a wavy motion.
Waves of white flame surged behind him, rushing towards Chen Tian.
Chen Tian was witnessing this elemental manipulation for the first time. Without using his hands, Huo Po could shape flames into forms for attack and defense simply by gesturing. It was akin to the legendary painter Ma Liang, but even more formidable, as he used only his fingers and didn't even directly manipulate the flames. What kind of elemental control was this?
Chen Tian was shocked, but he had to admit that NPCs, with the minds of players, were truly formidable.
They knew how to play the game better than players, which Chen Tian found quite frustrating. Fortunately, this was a game. If such a person existed in reality, any opponent would be crushed.
But Chen Tian faced the curtain of flame and extended his palm upwards, opening it. Countless divine fire flames converged in his palm, spinning to form a solid azure flame boomerang.
Chen Tian then grasped the boomerang and threw it. With a whizz, the Divine Fire Boomerang shot directly towards the flame curtain, its terrifying cutting power slicing the flames into two, separating them above and below.
Explosions followed. This move, which Chen Tian had previously combined with many elements, could also be used with individual elements.
This information appeared when Chen Tian created the move. As long as one mastered the combined elemental boomerang, a single elemental boomerang could also be performed.
Chen Tian currently mastered four elements: fire, water (ice), light, and wind. Due to previous fusions, he had not lost the power to wield these elements. The previous side effects were a price to pay, but later, other factors were incorporated, repelling the side effects.
However, Chen Tian truly disliked using fusion abilities. The damage was too great; he would only use it as a last resort.
Chen Tian then looked at Huo Po, and Huo Po looked back. Huo Po simply drew a line with his finger, and countless white flame blade energies shot out, heading directly for Chen Tian. Chen Tian still couldn't understand how the opponent wielded elemental power.
With a mere flick of his finger, divine fire curtains, flame arrows, and now flame blade energies appeared!
Huo Po naturally noticed Chen Tian's puzzled expression and said, "You're very curious, aren't you? Why can I use Divine Fire without activating it? Defeat me, and I'll tell you!"
"Alright!"
Chen Tian would not refuse. He believed that once he learned this method, his strength would increase considerably.
He then watched the incoming flame blade energies. A Divine Ice Shield materialized on his right hand. The divine fire struck the divine ice, and the shield exploded, but the divine fire blade energy also dissipated.
Yin and Yang were mutually destructive, easily creating explosions. Chen Tian dared not use Divine Fire for defense at such close range. The residual shockwave was terrifying; a slight misstep could cost him health.
Chen Tian had a fixed health pool of seven thousand. This did not increase with his growing prowess in battle. Therefore, every action Chen Tian took had to be carefully considered to ensure his health did not decrease.
Seven thousand health was still too little. Any of the opponent's attacks could instantly kill him. If not for his Divine Body, Chen Tian would never have reached this point in the second layer of the world, let alone met Shui Li again.
Chen Tian looked at Huo Po. Huo Po then traced a circular trajectory with his hands, and instantly, a white flame crescent moon appeared behind him, smashing towards Chen Tian.
It was like a crescent moon-sized flame moon. Chen Tian simultaneously conjured a great sun fireball and an ice ball, fusing them into a blue-purple ice ball.
An explosion sounded as their attacks collided. The Ice Fire Illuminating the Heavens clashed with the crescent moon. Shockwaves swept outwards, and both combatants defended themselves.
Then, an explosion echoed. The shattered blue-purple fireball instantly dissipated, while half of the white flame crescent moon continued its charge towards Chen Tian.
Chen Tian then summoned his divine fire fireball and divine ice ball behind him, spinning them before releasing them. A blue-purple light illuminated the area.
The trajectory resembled a beautiful, brilliant starry sky. Ice Fire Illuminating the Heavens, second form!
Chen Tian then retreated rapidly, as he was too close. But it was too late; the residual shockwave from the explosion hit Chen Tian, reducing his health by another 10%.
This was even with the Elemental Divine Body blocking the flame damage. The special ability damage from the opponent's white flame was not blocked, leaving white flame embers all over his back.
Chen Tian's body burned with divine fire, instantly transforming the white flames into currents that drifted into the sky.
Chen Tian willed it, and complete clothing appeared. He could have simply condensed divine fire into armor, but wearing armor felt less natural than wearing clothes.
Chen Tian looked at Huo Po. "Do you remember the wager for this challenge?"
"Naturally. If you defeat me, I will acknowledge you and help you. Only then will I uphold the wager!"
"Then be careful!"
Chen Tian said with concern, as he could not fully control this move. Then, a longbow made of blue-purple flame ice crystals appeared in his hand.
He drew the bowstring, and terrifying elemental power continuously gathered at the center of the longbow.