No matter how amazed Zhang Zhenshan was and how he guessed, he could not figure out the answer, because this was a secret that only Bai Yunfei knew!
The moment Zhang Zhenshan had surprisingly turned his claw into a palm then hit his left shoulder by using the Arm Lengthening Fist, he indeed had intended to use the Wave Treading Steps to avoid the next attack, but the moment this idea had appeared in his mind, a strand of soulforce had flowed into the Goldsilk Soul Armor on his body uncontrollably. Then the force of that palm strike, which was surging into his body, became very weak!
Goldsilk Soul Armor’s additional effect: When attacked, it has a 5% chance of increasing defense by 50% for 3 seconds.
Trigger successful!!
The effect which he had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared. Bai Yunfei was immediately delighted inside. He abandoned the idea of dodging and instead took advantage of the force of this palm strike to pretend that he had lost his balance due to being overwhelmed by the impact. Then he turned around while staggering so that his back faced the enemy.
The moment he turned around, he began to focus his energy into his arm. At the same time, he calculated in his mind: Three seconds… the best chance hasn’t come yet!
Afterwards, Zhang Zhenshan continued to attack without pausing by throwing the second, even more powerful palm strike!
The next three seconds was the duration of the Goldsilk Soul Armor’s 50% increase in defense! Zhang Zhenshan was fully confident about this second palm strike but in fact Bai Yunfei did not have to endure too great of an impact force!
Then came the Glacial Palm attack. After focusing his energy for almost three seconds, Bai Yunfei counterattacked in a surprising manner and finally injured and knocked back Zhang Zhenshan!!
Had it been someone else comparable to Bai Yunfei in power, nothing unexpected would have happened in relation to the earlier attacks and this person would definitely have been killed by that palm strike as Zhang Zhenshan had expected.
However, this series of attacks from Zhang Zhenshan, which should have been able to kill the enemy violently, had failed, due to the additional effect of an upgraded item!
It was because his opponent was Bai Yunfei!
All of these factors had resulted in the current situation in which both men’s right arms were seriously injured!
Remaining motionless, Bai Yunfei stared at Zhang Zhenshan, who was also recovering from injuries, in front of him. When he felt that his right arm’s injuries had basically been suppressed, he secretly let out a sigh of relief. For the moment, he just did not have time to heal it carefully. He cast a glance around in an unnoticeable manner while his mind was working overtime.
“I can’t fight anymore! I don’t have much soulforce left. If I want to use the Wave Treading Steps to run away, I can’t use too much energy again! For every other bout I fight him, I’ll be in a bit more danger!
“Damn it!! Though I don’t want to abandon it, I have no choice but to do that!”