The Golden Dragon Holy Cauldron was clearly struggling as it endured the soul attack from the Myriad Demon Pagoda—even though the latter was using less than a billionth of its total power.
Of course, a Chaos Supreme Treasure cannot be compared to a Most Powerful Chaos Supreme Treasure. Without a master to fully control it, a Chaos Supreme Treasure has very limited capacity for active defense or offense. Had Lin Fei been able to fully control the Golden Dragon Holy Cauldron, there would have been no issue at all in resisting this "gentle" wave of attacks from the Myriad Demon Pagoda.
The white beam of light continued to advance like a hot knife through butter. The defensive radiance of the Golden Dragon Holy Cauldron grew increasingly dim, and its frequency slowed.
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