A Brutal Battle

Elsewhere, Li Xuanqing was greatly alarmed by Hai Yansheng's sudden appearance, but his attack had already been unleashed and was difficult to withdraw. Hai Yansheng merely watched him calmly. The second soul ring beneath his feet glowed faintly, and a seemingly thin curtain of water, rippling with strange waves, appeared before him.

"Second Soul Skill—Soft Water Force-Discharging: Return."

Li Xuanqing's fists, blazing with azure flames, crashed into the water curtain. He felt his strength vanish like a clay ox entering the sea, dispersed layer by layer by the rapidly spinning water screen, which possessed immense force-discharging power. Worse still, while dispersing the force, the water screen absorbed part of it and then rebounded it in a more insidious, trickier manner, shooting straight toward Li Xuanqing's chest!

"Puh!" Caught completely off guard, Li Xuanqing's injury was struck by a combination of his own force and his opponent's hidden power. His vision instantly went dark, agonizing pain pierced his chest, and he staggered backward. The Azure Flame Prison also fluctuated violently due to his chaotic Soul Power, rapidly shrinking and dimming.

In just a few breaths, the carefully planned ambush by the two Li Family members was effortlessly dismantled by Hai Yansheng's ingenious "swap," leaving both of them injured instead! The gap in level, experience, and tactical ability was laid bare at this moment!

"It's over." Hai Yansheng's calm voice rang out, as though he were merely stating an established fact. Together with Hai Qiunan, who had just used Poison Burst and was breathing slightly heavily but had a savage gleam in his eyes, he slowly closed in from both sides on the heavily injured, severely depleted Li Xuanqing and Li Qiuqiu.

Hai Qiunan licked his lips. "Brother Yansheng, don't end it so quickly. That last fight was stifling. Now we can