"Parlor tricks!"
Ye Chen sneered and shot out his right hand, catching the flying knife between two fingers. Luo Lin turned to flee, but Ye Chen whipped his arm forward and hurled the knife after her.
A cold glint streaked toward Luo Lin's back. She ran like the wind, then twisted aside just before it struck. The knife grazed her waist as it flew past.
Ye Chen rushed after her. The shore was close, and her escape Submarine was waiting there. Luo Lin meant to flee by sea. The moment she boarded, she urged the crew, "Get us out of here! Dive, now!"
"Oh no, that's..." A huge shadow swept overhead. Luo Lin looked up and froze in shock. The men aboard the Submarine cried out too.
An enormous boulder was plunging toward them. Ye Chen stood calmly atop it, his clothes snapping in the wind. At that moment, he looked like a god with the power to decide who lived and died.
"Get out of the way!" Luo Lin shouted, her face draining of color.
But the boulder was already too close and falling too fast. Most of the men aboard were paralyzed with fear. All they could do was scream and tremble.
With the boulder almost upon them, Luo Lin leaped back to shore. She had barely landed when a deafening crash sounded behind her. The huge Submarine was smashed to pieces, and everyone aboard except Luo Lin died in the sea.
Ye Chen jumped ashore as the boulder struck. He and Luo Lin landed almost at the same time.
Ye Chen lunged forward, his right hand shaped like a dragon's claw as he grabbed at Luo Lin's chest. She cried out and blocked with her left hand. Bang! Their exchange was over in a flash, and Luo