Fang Hong shook his head to show he was fine.
This wasn't a real clash between Dragon Riders after all; in this world where matter didn't exist, all conflict ultimately manifested on the level of Soul and spirit.
And what took the hit in the end was also the Soul.
The Dragon Souls might bear most of the impact, but of course their masters couldn't possibly remain completely unaffected by the shock.
In the earlier Combat with Seniman, what he'd faced was only a portion of the other side's spare strength; the shock he'd taken naturally couldn't compare to what a Dragon Rider gave off when going all out.
But the impact Irs had taken was even worse. That shock wasn't just from Hillofen coming out on the losing side against that bizarre Construct in their frontal exchanges; it was also that the previous Combat had inflicted much heavier Soul damage on him.
