Halberd Burns the Furious Sea

"We can't let him dictate the pace!" Li Xuanshu had ample combat experience and knew he had to break this passive situation. A fierce glint flashed through his eyes. Ignoring, for the moment, the erosion of the Water Prison and mental water threads around his feet, he frantically poured most of his Soul Power into the Sky Phoenix Halberd.

"Fifth Soul Skill—Sky Phoenix Halberd—Space-Splitting Slash!"

Gripping the halberd with both hands, he watched the flames along its shaft shift from golden red to blazing white, their temperature soaring once more! Vast fire-attribute Soul Power compressed and gathered around the blade as he swung it fiercely through the empty air before him!

"Shrrk—!"

A crescent-shaped blaze-white arc shot from the halberd's tip with a howl. Wherever it passed, the air crackled beneath the searing heat, while even the arena floor was gouged with a shallow, scorched trench. Its target was not Hai Yansheng himself, but the increasingly dense mental water threads filling the space between them, along with any other invisible defenses that might lie before him!

Overwhelm finesse with force; use a wide-range attack to break precise control!

The blazing-white arc swept onward, burning through and scattering great numbers of pale-blue mental water threads with its high heat and violent fire Soul Power. They hissed like cold water dripping into boiling oil. Its remaining force continued straight toward Hai Yansheng.

Hai Yansheng raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly surprised by Li Xuanshu's decisive burst of power. His feet shifted, and he glided several meters backward like a fish through water while waving his left hand.

"Water Condensation into Mirror: Multiple."

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Three water mirrors, similar to the previous one but slightly smaller, appeared overlapping before him in an instant.

"Boom!"

The blazing-white arc struck the first water mirror. Its