Having failed his sneak attack, War Tiger leaped back, steadying himself as he slung his massive Dragonslaying Giantsword onto his back. "As expected of Absolute Defense. You can really take a beating!"0

"You flatter me," Gao Yang replied.0

Blocking the attack wasn't as effortless as Gao Yang made it appear; his entire arm had gone numb from the impact. Recalling War Tiger's brutal killing of Tia in Aurora Town, Gao Yang had summoned the densest energy shield he could muster without hesitation. Had he not, the giantsword's vibration power would have damaged the energy pathways throughout his body.0

Gao Yang could have employed an Absolute Barrier, but he refrained from expending excessive energy on what was merely...0