Mr. Bao checked the image of the item.
"We have one of these, but, are you sure it is the one you need? We have better ones, this one is the lowest-tier Common-grade avatar gear, however, it is still summonable"
Mr. Bao felt as if his expectations had been completely overturned. Seeing such an elegant young master, he didn't expect him to come for such gear that cost so little, especially from a far distance like Pearl Spirit City.
"Yes, I want this"
Mr Bao couldn't wrap his head around it, a man with such high status buying the lowest-tier gear which could be destroyed just after a couple of blows from Common-Level hunters.
Wuying paid and asked: "Mr. Bao, do you have a practice ring or yard here where I can test it? I would love to check it out"
'Huh? He wants to test it?' Bao was seemingly lost in thought for a moment.
"Yes, you are very much welcome in our yard, you could duel with Mr. Fang in the yard"
Mr. Bao's eyes were calculative as he thought in his mind: "Well, I don't know how strong Fang is but I pray the armor breaks, after all, Fang had survived the suicide mission examination, he should have grown stronger, it is common sense that lowest-tier Common-grade avatar gear can't withstand more than several blows from an enhanced human"
What joy would it bring him if the shield broke and Wuying finally learned his lesson of buying cheap things, in Mr Bao's mind, Wuying was a rich stingy kid and these kids needed to be taught some lesson.
The black shell shield looked like a black tortoiseshell but when Xue Fang carried it, it felt as light as a feather, Xue Fang played with it for a moment, twirling it in the air.
What amazed Xue Fang about it was its ability to return to him when he threw it, it can also change trajectory in the air.
"It works like a boomerang, it is kinda cool!"
By simply rotating the scutes system of the black shell shield to some degree arc, the return and trajectory ability can be configured.
As Xue Fang threw the black shell shield like a boomerang, before the shield made an arc turn, Wuying summoned it back, making it disappear midair.
"Xue Fang, prepare yourself, you will see that my research paid off, Mr Bao, signal the start!"
At the sound of start, Xue Fang rushed towards Wuying with incredible speed, but merely using his two-ring Halo Iris, Xue Fang's movements were as clear as the day in Wuying's eyes, and the moves were decoded like ripples on a still lake, each movement breaking down into predictable patterns, playing in a slow-motion video.
"He isn't invisible after all, I didn't use Halo Iris on him during the fight at Tomb of Kings, that was why his movements eluded my perception"
Targeting Xue Fang, Wuying threw the black shell shield like a boomerang, and upon impact, Xue Fang's teeth clenched involuntarily as shock rippled through his body, emanating from the black shell shield that had collided with his guiding arms. The shock reverberated through him, making his entire frame vibrate like a plucked guitar string, however, the black shell shield didn't return back to Wuying's hand but locked onto Xue Fang's guiding arms, clinging with an unyielding force, desperate to knock him away completely.
Xue Fang was forced back, his heels carving trenches into the ground. It was a brutal struggle, a clash of opposing energies locked in a contest of pushing force.
With gnashing teeth, Xue Fang forced his arms up from the guiding pose, and with this action came a devastating impact on his stomach by the relentless force of this shield, Xue Fang realized that the shield wouldn't enter a state of rest unless the target was knocked away, in short, he needed to get knocked away.
Wuying was laughing at the distance and amidst gnashing teeth, Xue Fang managed to mutter: This isn't a fair match!!
"Not a fair match? I gave you a battle pet remember? Summon it and try to make it transform, but I must warn you that it isn't an easy task, the level 3 transformation art allowed it to transform into three supernatural races however, the sheer will to make it transform isn't something you possess, I had to train my Soul Will for a couple of months to will Silverline Cat to transform"
The relentless black shell shield was still spinning with its edge forcing Xue Fang backwards, making more and more shallow pit to form beneath his feet.
With one downward swing of both his arms, Xue Fang knocked the black shell shield downward, making it form a deep crater in the floor.
While in the shield's hooked state, Xue Fang clasped his fist and said: "I will show you"
He summoned Silverline Cat and made it pounce on Wuying, Silverline Cat didn't even seem like holding back on its former master, with catlike stealth, it extended the metallic claws and pounced on Wuying viciously, slashing down on him but Wuying dodged instinctively, perhaps he sensed that in his enhancement level, the dragon scale Omni-armor defense hasn't manifest enough power to protect him from a slash of a creature with enhancement level of 50, and by his surprise, this claim was proven.
As he sidestepped, Silverline Cat's claw swiped at his billowing cloth, the claw ripped through the cloth which was supposed to be protected by the Omni-armor.
Wuying summoned back the black shell shield, without using both of the defense powers he had, the shield's effect of augmenting his dragon scale would never be activated.
Wuying furrowed at Xue Fang, amazed at his cunningness.
The fight was awesome, Mr Bao's eyes widened with delight.
"I never thought Xue Fang could possess a battle pet, by knocking the shield down and making it enter a state of rest, Xue Fang summoned the battle pet and made it pounced on Wuying, Wuying summoned the black shell shield back to protect himself from the claw of Silverline Cat, and it seemed he had research about augmentations, so that shield and his dragon scale Omni-armor is supposed to augment each other, I see"
Before Wuying knew it, with perfect synergy, Xue Fang and Silverline Cat stealth combined to assault Wuying in all directions, the assassination synergy of Silverline Cat and Xue Fang was so great that Wuying was unable to counterattack, making him focus only on his absolute defense which Xue Fang and his Silverline Cat were unable to break through, this stealth feat greatly surpassed Wuying's two ring Halo Iris.
The black shell and the dragon scale work together in great defensive synergy.
The amazing part was how the shell covered up Wuying entirely, forming an impregnable dome of shelter over him, the feeling was glorious that at that moment, Wuying felt no weapon could hurt him in the dome of shell, it was like an ultimate shield.
"Wow! The black shell shield has taken another form, the black shell dome, this is the first time I would witness the awakening of a soul avatar!"
Mr. Bao's eyes widened.
'For an avatar gear to awaken and take another glorious and graceful form, there must be a soul synergy, how far has this young master researched? This compatibility is just so peak'
Xue Fang and Silverline Cat stopped in their track, but was it Xue Fang's will to stop that made this Supernatural cat stop? This was unknown, however the two looked surprised.