Minister Wang was also pleasantly surprised.
He had thought the resistance from Water Release would greatly diminish Lightning Reversal's effectiveness.
He had never expected it to work as well as ever!
When Principal Yue had told him how strong Luo Yu was, he had thought there was some exaggeration involved.
After all, Luo Yu was a talent their school had nurtured.
Now it seemed that old Yue had actually undersold him.
That was the caliber of someone who had speedrun the elemental war!
Master Karse's expression changed, and his heart sank.
Logically, under the influence of Water Release, it should not have been so easy to extract the lightning from the water.
Could his earlier analysis of Lightning Reversal have been mistaken?
At that moment, this Lightning Release master began to doubt his own knowledge.
Just then, Rayne cast him a questioning look.
Only then did Karse snap out of his self-doubt. He nodded slightly. "Continue."
"Try Black Lightning Release against that technique and see how it fares."
"Understood," Rayne replied.
Seeing that his opponent was about to switch techniques, Luo Yu dispersed the Lightning Release gathered in his hand into the sky.
Then he shook out his hand and continued watching Rayne's every move, his eyes glowing crimson.
Three black tomoe appeared in his pupils.
Rayne wasted no time either, confidently forming a complex series of hand seals.
A moment later, pitch-black lightning swirled around him, gathering into the shape of an enormous black panther.
The pitch-black lightning panther then let out a thunderous roar.
At the scene, Minister Wang, who had studied Lightning Release, frowned. "This is the legendary secret technique developed by the Third Raikage."
"It places extremely high demands on the learner. Besides the Third Raikage, only Darui ever mastered it."
"A secret technique like this