My Boat!

The short halberd could be gripped forward or backward, and the two styles followed completely different paths. The attack range was shorter, and the attack angles were more concealed. More importantly, Gan Ning did not keep his grip reversed the whole time—he switched back and forth.

On this cramped deck, Guan Hai was already having trouble keeping his balance, let alone fighting Gan Ning at close range.

After twenty exchanges, Guan Hai began sweating profusely. Guan Cheng, watching from the side, grew panicked and cursed inwardly without pause. How could I be this unlucky? Why did I have to run into someone even more vicious than Guan Hai?

As they fought, Gan Ning suddenly struck his spear and halberd together. With a click, they combined into one weapon. The qi surrounding his entire body erupted violently. He swung the newly formed long halberd in a full circle with both hands, and the tremendous force lifted both his feet off the deck. Ice-blue qi flowed along the halberd. Behind him, seawater surged upward, arced through the air, and merged with the halberd before he brought it crashing down toward Guan Hai.

This sudden devastating strike contained not only the eruption of Gan Ning's full-body qi, but also the crushing weight of the seawater behind him. Guan Hai raised his saber and barely managed to block it. With a thunderous boom, he could not completely disperse the force in time. The deck beneath his feet was smashed open, and his lower body fell through the hole, though his armor caught him halfway down.

Gan Ning let out a feral grin and swept the combined halberd horizontally along the deck. Guan Hai was stuck halfway through, and his long saber could not be brought to bear. He was about to be cut in