The Card Apprentice
Chapter 452

A First Taste of His Edge 2 (Second Update)

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All anyone saw was a streak of blue-green light, swift as lightning, tearing through the air!

In the stands, Huo Jiang's pupils abruptly contracted to pinpoints. A chill climbed his spine from his tailbone. The scene just now seemed branded into his mind, and before he knew it, sweat had soaked his back. From the stands, he had seen everything clearly.

Chief Steward White's ground-hugging dash had looked no different from before, but the instant Baluojia sprang into the air, Chief Steward White, still skimming the ground, changed his move almost simultaneously.

He pushed off the ground, twisted at the waist, and whipped his arm out, all three movements flowing together in one breath. That blue-green light shot out the instant he swung his arm! Chief Steward White's entire body sprang upward like a venomous snake that had long been poised to strike! The whole sequence was indescribably fluid, as though he had anticipated everything. What horrified Huo Jiang most, however, was that Baluojia did not seem to have been struck by the blue-green light. Like a moth plunging into a flame, he seemed to have thrown himself into it.

That was what was truly terrifying!

It showed just how precise this White fellow's predictions were! Huo Jiang could not even imagine a method that would make such a feat possible. As far as he knew, it was impossible.

Although Baluojia was horrified, he did not panic. With no time to think, he forced himself to dodge to one side.

He did not see the blue-green light abruptly change course at the very moment he did.

Baluojia had barely managed to change direction and had not yet had time to feel relieved when the blue-green light appeared in his vision again! His eyes suddenly widened, and a flicker of terror

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