The Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella, albeit having lost much of its spiritual essence, became his irreplaceable defensive treasure; he could not regard any other defensive treasures with the same esteem.
Most importantly, he was less concerned with defense, favoring offense instead, evident from his refinement of three Flying Swords as magical treasures.
When two Late-stage Golden Core Cultivators found themselves without an escape, they had not yet panicked before a Flying Sword each was already soaring towards them.
They quickly mobilized their attacking treasures to counter, for with their resources, having additional defensive treasures was out of the question; their only option was to meet attack with attack.
Moreover, they felt they could no longer afford to let Li Shiming launch his Thunder Skill attacks; another strike would force them to resist with their bodies, which they doubted could withstand a Third-grade Thunder Technique.
