"Hum!"
At last, the moonlight shot toward him, carrying tremendous penetrating power.
Faced with that beam of moonlight, Gu Yunxiao neither chose to take it head-on nor block it with a soul skill. Instead, he did something none of them expected.
"Crack... splash!"
With a sharp crack, the ice beneath Gu Yunxiao's feet shattered, and gravity pulled him straight into the lake.
In an instant, he broke free of that stiffness.
The full moon's light struck Sea God Lake instead. Even when it penetrated the water, its power was greatly diminished.
Gu Yunxiao rose through the moonlight, burst out of the water once more, and landed steadily on the lake's surface.
The lake water on him rapidly froze. He shook himself, scattering shards of ice.
"Using the terrain?"
Zhang Lexuan was slightly taken aback.
She had grown accustomed to Gu Yunxiao taking attacks head-on or dodging them. This was the first time he had used the terrain.
She had forgotten they were on Sea God Lake... she had been careless.
But Sea God Lake was not just Gu Yunxiao's home ground. It was hers as well.
Zhang Lexuan activated her Moon Martial Soul. Beneath the full moon, energy began rising from the lake-soul power, gathering toward the moon.
In an instant, Zhang Lexuan's soul power began recovering.
"Junior Yunxiao, concede."
"Choosing Sea God Lake as our battlefield gives your senior sister an even greater advantage. My soul power recovers several times faster than yours."
Zhang Lexuan smiled faintly, hoping to persuade Gu Yunxiao to concede on his own.
Here, her reserves of soul power rivaled a Titled Douluo's, even exceeding those of an ordinary Titled Douluo. This was one of her Moon Martial Soul's abilities.
Chill, lake water, tides-the Moon Martial Soul could draw energy from all of them to