His divine sense squeezed forward with all its might through that loosened crack, gathering together all the insights, deliberations, failures, and adjustments of recent days before launching a full-force assault at it.
Divine Intent of Thunder surged madly through his dantian like a raging storm, violet arcs of lightning condensing across his body into a dense suit of lightning armor.
At the same time, his understanding of the True Meaning of Wind underwent a qualitative transformation at that very moment.
Deep within his consciousness, the Heaven Rewards Diligence fate surged into rapid rotation, and a new line of text slowly emerged within the vortex.
[Heaven Rewards Diligence]
[Divine Intent of Wind: Beginner (1/)]
A cyan glow surfaced from his body, intertwining with the violet lightning to form a strange aura where blue-green and purple merged.
The instant that glow appeared, Li Bufan felt as though the seawater around him had suddenly become as thin as air. The currents that had once resisted him now became layer upon layer of steps he could use to propel himself.
He moved again. This time, his body shot through the water like lightning borne upon the wind.
Cyan wind cleaved a straight path before him, while violet lightning drove him onward from behind, accelerating him without cease. His body achieved perfect balance between wind and thunder. Every lift and fall of his feet synchronized completely with their rhythm. He moved so quickly that he even surpassed the speed of sound through water, sending visible rings of shockwaves rippling through the surrounding sea.
[Heaven Rewards Diligence]
[Wind-Thunder Nine Heavens Step: Beginner (1/)]
Li Bufan's figure weaved and spiraled through the seawater like a blue-purple flood dragon. He was so fast that the eye could scarcely follow him; moving from one reef to another took no