Upon closer inspection, it was a talisman, a complex barrier talisman, condensed into a suit of armour.
As soon as the armour appeared, Chu Feng’s brows furrowed tightly.
The armour contained a strange power, one Chu Feng couldn’t quite identify, but he sensed a dangerous aura emanating from it.
What’s worth noting is that this peculiar talisman armour didn’t appear only on the leader of the Secret Cave Group Saints.
At that moment, all eleven members of the Secret Cave Group Saints were clad in the same strange talisman armour.
Then, the talismans on the armour began to spin rapidly, followed by a dazzling light that shot straight into the void.
Even Chu Feng’s barrier power couldn’t stop it.
Eleven beams of light surged skyward simultaneously, forming a massive talisman net that enveloped the void.
At the same time, a strange aura descended from above.
“This feeling?”
Chu Feng’s heart tightened.
As the aura enveloped him, he felt his power being restrained.
His once-powerful barrier strength weakened significantly in an instant.
But it seemed only Chu Feng was affected; the others present were completely untouched.
Upon closer observation, Chu Feng noticed a layer of talismans on his body.
These talismans were identical to those on the Secret Cave Group Saints’ armour.
However, these talismans were extremely small, so subtle that Chu Feng wouldn’t have noticed them without using special techniques.
At this moment, Chu Feng was certain that the barrier talisman net covering the void, despite its grand display, was targeting him alone.
This was a tactic the Secret Cave Group Saints had devised specifically against him.
But it didn’t seem like an ordinary formation; it felt more like a rare treasure.
At the very least, it wasn’t a formation set up by the Secret Cave Group Saints themselves.
“How about it, little brat, you’re feeling it, aren’t you?” the leader of the Secret Cave Group Saints said with a smug grin.
“What is this thing?” Chu Feng asked.
“This is called the Binding Armour Formation. Its function is to assimilate the opponent’s power.
For instance, your barrier strength surpasses ours, so this Binding Armour Formation makes your barrier strength equal to ours. That’s its purpose.
Of course, it was originally prepared for that kid Yuan Shu.
Using it on you now is giving you quite the honour,” the leader of the Secret Cave Group Saints said.
Hearing this, Chu Feng understood why the leader, knowing that Red Robe Holy Land would invite Yuan Shu, still agreed to this wager.
They had been prepared all along.
According to them, with the Binding Armour Formation in play, even if Yuan Shu was a Dragon Mark Saint Cloak Spiritist, he would be suppressed by it.
The armour would reduce Yuan Shu’s spirit power to the same level as the Secret Cave Group Saints’.
It could nullify Yuan Shu’s realm advantage.
“Damn it, the Secret Cave Group Saints actually have such a treasure.
Lacking strength themselves, they use a strange treasure to suppress their opponent’s power. That’s utterly despicable,” the Red Robe Holy Land members cursed.
*Crash—*
At that moment, the protective formation guarding the Secret Cave Group Saints suddenly shattered.
The eleven members stepped out.
They had deactivated their own protective formation.
With Chu Feng’s barrier power restrained, they were ready to shift from defence to offence.
*Swish, swish, swish—*
But as they emerged from the protective formation, the barrier beasts Chu Feng had conjured launched another attack.
However, as Chu Feng attacked, the leader of the Secret Cave Group Saints released his own barrier power.
That power turned into flames, swirling around them. Though it was a defensive formation, its strength was immense.
Chu Feng’s barrier beasts, like moths to a flame, let out agonised cries upon contact, their bodies disintegrating.
Chu Feng’s previously ferocious attack, which the opponents could barely withstand even with full effort, was now casually blocked.
Despite holding an overwhelming advantage earlier, he now found himself at a disadvantage.
“How can this be? According to them, even if their so-called Binding Armour Formation can suppress Young Master Asura’s barrier power, their barrier strengths should be equal.
Why, then, has Young Master Asura’s barrier power weakened so much, while the Secret Cave Group Saints’ power hasn’t weakened, but rather grown stronger?” the elders of Red Robe Holy Land debated.
“It’s the treasure in their hands,” the Red Robe Holy Land Master declared.
At her words, the elders noticed that the leader of the Secret Cave Group Saints was holding a whisk.
The whisk was small, much smaller than a typical one, and appeared unremarkable, nearly overlooked in his hand.
The barrier power countering Chu Feng wasn’t emanating from his body, but from that whisk.
“It seems this whisk can enhance your barrier power,” Chu Feng said.
“You guessed right. This whisk is a treasure obtained from an ancient secret realm, a relic from ancient times.
It, too, was prepared for Yuan Shu.
As you can see, my Binding Armour Formation can suppress your power.
At the same time, our barrier power is also restrained, bound to the same level as yours.
In that case, it’s hard to determine a winner, likely ending in a draw.
But with this whisk, it’s different. It can break free from the Binding Armour Formation’s constraints and enhance my barrier power.
With it, you’re destined to lose.
Kid, now you know why I’m so confident I can beat you, don’t you?” the leader of the Secret Cave Group Saints said, twirling the whisk smugly.
