Hundred Sects Tournament · Golden Core (8)

With a sweep of its long tail, the Dragon Carp condensed several pitch-black water blades out of thin air. Spinning at high speed, they tore through the air with bone-piercing chill as they shrouded Beiming Li. Meanwhile, his true body slipped into the churning water mist, his silhouette flickering in and out of sight, ready to launch a lethal strike from any direction at any moment.

Rather than being alarmed, Beiming Li laughed, the azure light in her eyes blazing brightly. "Excellent!"

She did not evade. Instead, she crossed her pair of Emei Spikes through the air, carving arcs of light. Spiritual power surged from within her, resonating fiercely with the moisture between heaven and earth. Above the arena, the phantom outline of a vast ocean tide gradually appeared, and the faint roar of waves could be heard.

"Azure Tide: Sea-Calming Tidebirth!"

As her clear shout rang out, endless blue waterlight blossomed from around her body, transforming into a heavy, viscous domain imbued with invisible suppressive force. Like the crushing pressure ten thousand fathoms beneath the deep sea, it instantly enveloped the entire arena.

This was a bold gamble, but also absolute confidence.

Though she knew her water-element techniques would likewise enhance Qi Muluo's Dragon Carp transformation, Beiming Li still unleashed it without hesitation. What she gambled on was that her understanding and control of "water" far surpassed his.

This move, Sea-Calming Tidebirth, was not an offensive spell. It created a "water domain" in which Beiming Li was the absolute sovereign. Within it, every change in the flow of water lay beneath her perception and guidance.

The pitch-black water blades indeed became faster and sharper due to the power of her water domain, yet their trajectories were as clear as the lines on her palm to Beiming Li.

Her body