Tang Shaoyang looked at the headless body. The fight was more intense and longer. It was still one-sided because he didn't allow his opponent to fight back.
A realization dawned upon him. It had gotten worse; not only had he underestimated his enemy, but he treated the duel like a game. While trying various kinds of things with the mark on his battle axe, he realized that the shield was tougher than he expected.
No matter how hard he struck the shield, his opponent remained rooted on the ground. He figured out that it might be some skill, but he also realized that the shield reduced the impact of his attack. It absorbed like thirty or maybe forty percent of his strike.
