The water dragons controlled by Bo Saixi had already solidified, their scales gleaming with a deep blue radiance. Every impact caused swaths of Blue Silver Grass at the edge of the domain to wither, while liquefied life energy receded like the tide.
Cold sweat trickled from Ye Xuan's brow down his jaw. His soul power consumption had already crossed the critical threshold, and the possession effect of his third soul skill was beginning to show signs of collapsing. The phantom of the Blue Silver Life Tree behind him swayed precariously.
He teleported three times in succession, only to discover that Bo Saixi's attack trajectories seemed to have anticipated his landing points. A water dragon swept past his shoulder, its scorching soul power aftershock burning a charred mark into his black robes.
"Senior really held back."
Ye Xuan understood it clearly.
If Bo Saixi had fully unleashed her soul power in that attack just now, she could have torn apart his domain outright. Yet the water dragon's power had clearly been restrained. It felt more like teasing.
Rather than continuing to flee blindly, he simply stopped abruptly at the core of his ten-thousand-meter domain.
Blue Silver Grass surged toward him like a tide, forming a dense shield of life, while he raised his right hand and rich green light bloomed in his palm.
He no longer used teleportation. Instead, he proactively shrank his defensive range, concentrating all his power on defense as he forcibly withstood Bo Saixi's next seven water dragon attacks.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each collision triggered heavenly phenomena. Seawater surged backward, and dark clouds churned.
Yet Ye Xuan remained standing throughout. Though the Blue Silver shield was covered in cracks, it was always repaired by life energy at the very instant before it shattered.
At that moment, a clear