"So that’s how it is, you possess the Wind Bloodline."
As he spoke, Da Han’s nosebleed reversed its flow, and soon the bloodstain completely disappeared.
Feng Lian noticed this tiny detail and immediately understood that Da Han had some kind of constant time Divine Arts, enabling rapid healing.
Feng Lian was skilled in both magic and fighting energy, while Da Han was a magician and a Divine Officer. Both practiced dual disciplines.
Feng Lian secretly acknowledged: Da Han... truly deserves to be Firebeard’s fourth-in-command; just in the first round he uncovered my secrets.
With the Wind Bloodline, there is a talent spell called Wind Fusion. Any wind-element energy can be fused as one.
Under normal circumstances, the energies of fighters, mages, and Divine Officers cannot be fused; they are fighting energy, mana, and divine power, respectively, and a transcendent can only use one.
Using combat skills, spells, and Divine Arts simultaneously is not difficult; what is rare is genuinely fusing fighting energy, mana, and divine power together.
Feng Lian achieved this by relying on his own bloodline.
It is precisely for this reason that his offensive and defensive capabilities are much stronger.
"Your bloodline allows energy fusion, but it doesn’t achieve a crushing combat advantage. Your combat skills and spells are so powerful due to the Holy Artifact in your hand—the Sea Wind’s Roar," Da Han continued.
Feng Lian’s eyes flickered continuously, revealing his internal unrest.
Indeed, he was still a believer of the Sea Wind God, but his faith was insufficient to reach the level of a Divine Officer.
However, through his contributions to the sect, he obtained a Holy Domain Level sacred tool, the long-handled scythe [Sea Wind’s Roar] in his hand. It can be used in close combat and act as a magic wand, with the key being that the scythe constantly maintains divine arts.
Thus, Feng Lian’s strength was constructed by the synergy of the three elements.
His own bloodline allowed the fusion of fighting energy and mana. With the Holy Artifact’s enhancement, its power was multiplied several times.
Needless to say, the Sea Wind Sect was very suitable for Feng Lian.
His choice of faith was quite wise, significantly boosting his combat power.
However, because he chose faith from a perspective of profit, this led to him not sincerely worshipping the Sea Wind God. Consequently, his level of faith couldn’t rise, whereas several of his subordinates became priests of the Sea Wind Sect.
It was quite rare for a pirate group to have priests.
Typically, only regular navies are equipped as such.
"Let me see, what other secrets do you have," Da Han said, beginning to use time divine arts.
One of his pupils remained the same, while the other underwent a transformation, with magical images reflected within.
Divine Art—Time Retrospection.
The necklace and ring on Feng Lian’s body constantly flickered, yet he could not withstand the opponent’s probing. Feng Lian naturally wouldn’t sit still, wielding the scythe as he charged forward.
"Leader!" Every move of Feng Lian caused worry and tension in the Divine Wind Pirate Group.
Some of the pirates around Da Han admired Feng Lian’s courage, while others mocked him for overestimating himself.
According to common logic, Da Han specialized as a magician, implying weaker close combat abilities.
Feng Lian specialized in fighting energy, making close combat his forte.
But he didn’t engage directly in close combat; he maintained a medium to long range without getting closer to Da Han.
Close combat weakness is only relative to the same level. Feng Lian was a level lower than Da Han, so the close combat advantage wasn’t evident.
On the other hand, Da Han also trained in Divine Arts. The abilities of Divine Officers are quite comprehensive, given that the gods themselves are omnipotent. Of course, most Divine Officers would occupy support positions in transcendent teams due to their healing abilities surpassing those of mages and fighters.
Combat Skill—Wind Blade: Great Cut.
Spell—Wind Blade: Phantom.
Combat Skill—Wind Binding Armor.
Spell—Tornado.
...
A series of transcendent methods were displayed by Feng Lian’s hand in succession.
The wind blades raged, and tornadoes rampaged, forming a vast assault wave.
But as this assault wave approached within a dozen meters of Da Han, its power diminished significantly, like a fierce warrior suddenly stripped of their spine, or a shouting hero having their voice cut off.
Holy Domain!
Centered on Da Han, the area within a dozen meters was covered with a layer of white frost.
It was this layer of white frost that greatly restrained Feng Lian’s attack.
This was the true Holy Domain!
Earlier, when Da Han actively expanded, it diluted the Holy Domain, giving Feng Lian an opening. Now, with the Holy Domain restored to its normal state, the battle situation shifted instantly.
Once Feng Lian’s various attacks entered the Holy Domain, their power drastically reduced, not even reaching 10% of their full effect.
"Oh? I see." Da Han’s probing yielded new discoveries.
"So you are a remnant of the Tai He family."
"No wonder you’re hiding..."
The transcendent family based on the Wind Bloodline was few. The most famous and once the largest in power was the Tai He family.
This human family originally held significant power, with clans spread across multiple continents, having a deep foundation.
Unfortunately, due to several overlapping reasons in the war against the demon invasion of the Main Plane, the Tai He family eventually surrendered to the demons, serving as guides for the demon army’s assault on the Main Plane.
After the demons were repelled, the Tai He family faced retribution. Not only were the family’s assets completely confiscated, but the entire clan also became fugitives pursued by forces from the Main Plane.
"Slander and framing!" Feng Lian coldly rebuked.
Combat Skill—Wind Blade: Heart of Freedom!
He repeated his tactic, releasing a small blast of fresh wind.
It was exactly the trick that pierced through the Holy Domain earlier.
Undoubtedly, this was one of his trump cards.
The cleansing wind invaded Da Han’s side, penetrating about one meter into the Holy Domain, and dissipated powerlessly.
It was like an eraser, erasing a meter-long frost, revealing its original color.
Da Han snorted coldly, didn’t even need to chant, waved his hand, and a white frost rose from the Holy Domain, the frost like light, akin to a long rainbow, charged towards Feng Lian.
Feng Lian tried to dodge, but at the critical moment, his time was stretched.
Feng Lian’s shoulder was grazed, and immediately a large amount of white frost formed. After a series of cracking sounds, a thick layer of ice formed.
Feng Lian hurriedly switched hands to wield the scythe, the shoulder that was hit had already lost sensation.
He retreated again, widening the distance. The whole person was like a flying bird, circling Da Han, continuously blasting wind blades.
Various wind blades formed a sharp offensive, making the observing pirates all parched.
Imagining themselves in Da Han’s shoes, the Golden Level pirates found it hard to withstand Feng Lian’s offensive.
However, Da Han was Holy Domain Level.
He remained immovable, relying on his Holy Domain, both offense and defense in one, and could even amplify his magic-like abilities.
Da Han took the initiative, starting to close the distance.
Feng Lian didn’t dare to confront him head-on, opting to retreat, striving to maintain distance.
He was adept at acceleration, but Da Han could use time divine arts, speeding up his time and lengthening Feng Lian’s time.
With this gain and loss, Da Han kept closing in, Feng Lian retreating while counterattacking.
Feng Lian’s attack was ineffective.
Da Han was initially careless, but now he was completely serious, making steady progress, with his normal Holy Domain making him firmly grasp the battlefield’s initiative.
"Quick, go assist the squad leader!"
"Squad leader, catch this!"
The First Officer and others of the Divine Wind Pirate Group saw the situation was unfavorable and hurriedly activated alchemy components.
Almost every pirate ship participated.
A certain part of the deck flipped, revealing a huge fan.
The fan whirled, creating a spiral of green wind.
The green wind, like a python, flew to the battlefield, growing thinner as it flew.
By the time it reached Feng Lian, it was as thin as a belt.
The green wind connected Feng Lian to his pirate ship.
In an instant, Feng Lian’s momentum surged, and his offensive increased nearly tenfold!
"Interesting, to think the wind bloodline achieved this level," Da Han remained unmoving, leisurely remarking.
A tenfold offensive still couldn’t destroy Da Han’s Holy Domain!
Such was the gap between Holy Domain Level and Golden Level.
However, Feng Lian’s state differed from normal circumstances. With the wind belt, he converted all the mana pools on the pirate ships for his use, having so much mana he couldn’t exhaust it!
He recklessly squandered, forming offensives, resisting Da Han’s approach, while extracting mana through the wind belt, infusing it into his mask.
The next moment, the aura of the Bronze Mask erupted, revealing it as a Holy Domain Level equipment.
However, this piece of equipment was no longer a Holy Artifact but a Magic Tool.
"Hmm? Part of a magic structure?" Da Han discerned some details.
Feng Lian began to swell.
From normal height, he grew to over three meters tall.
The Bronze Mask, long-handled scythe, and others also enlarged.
In this state, even a simple wind blade from Feng Lian equaled a giant wind blade.
Fully activating the mask, Feng Lian’s combat power surged again, even making Da Han take notice: "In this state, none of my Golden Level subordinates could be his match. He could be called a quasi-Holy Domain!"
"However, it’s a pity, still unable to break my Holy Domain."
Under Feng Lian’s frenzied offensive, Da Han’s Holy Domain, from its original radius of more than ten meters, was compressed to about eight meters.
But this was Feng Lian’s limit.
Seeing this, Feng Lian exhaled, not hesitating any longer, turned his rifle, and cast spells on his own pirate group.
Spell—Wind Boost.
The gale blew, specifically driving the pirate ships forward.
The Divine Wind Pirate Group began to retreat.
Da Han coldly snorted, immediately attacking Feng Lian.
Relying on two Holy Domain Level tools, Feng Lian resisted with difficulty.
Da Han watched as the Divine Wind Pirate Group sailed away, suppressing Feng Lian, then turned to target the latter’s pirate ship.
Feng Lian quickly followed. He was pulled by the wind belt, traveling at an astonishing speed, soon entangling Da Han again.
Time and again, it was like this, Da Han repeatedly couldn’t succeed.
Da Han couldn’t help but show a fierce glint, killing intent rising. He focused entirely on dealing with Feng Lian, quickly pressing the latter to where he couldn’t breathe.
Yet the wind belt once again played its role, pulling Feng Lian away.
Da Han pursued, chased for a few minutes before entangling Feng Lian again.
But he could handle Feng Lian, yet not the pirate ship. Soon, the pirate ship distanced again, once more pulling Feng Lian away.
Qian Xing then communicated: "Do you want me to take action?"
He still owed Da Han the promise of a full-fledged aid once.