Meanwhile, Luo Zhenjun used his first soul skill-Black-backed Stealth to move soundlessly through the water.
Like a cunning shark, he slipped toward Chen Xiaojun without anyone noticing.
Thus, when he leaped out to attack, he was much closer to Chen Xiaojun than Shen Mengxin was to Xiao Yi, giving him an advantage for his next strike.
Cunning and cold resolve gleamed in Luo Zhenjun's eyes. His heart burned with the desire to win. Only by keeping Chen Xiaojun occupied could they have a chance of winning this match.
Luo Zhenjun was also a young prodigy with an innate soul power of over rank seven. His talent rivaled that of Zhu Wukui, Ma Wenyu, and the other members of the Four Young Elites; he was simply a little younger.
Now fifteen years old, he had reached rank thirty-two in soul power.
He drew a deep breath, steadied himself, and prepared to unleash a more powerful attack.
Before leaping, he activated his second soul skill-Blade Strike, Water Cleave.
His second soul ring suddenly lit up, and twenty or thirty sharp water blades shot from the dorsal fin formed by his martial soul possession.
The blades parted the currents and pierced the surface, hurtling toward Chen Xiaojun with a ferocious onslaught intended to inflict water-attribute damage.
Chen Xiaojun's gaze remained steady and calm. Facing Luo Zhenjun's attack, he showed no panic.
Chen Xiaojun flicked the Chun Jun Sword. Soul power surged as he spun one sword blossom after another, each resembling a fiery red lotus in full bloom-beautiful and deadly.
This was Sword Qi Gives Birth to Lotus, a move from the Green Lotus Sword Technique, the foundational sword technique of the Chen Clan's strong control type soul masters.
The water blades collided with the fiery red sword lotuses in midair, unleashing dazzling