The next time I saw Chen Xiaojun act was during his second explosive burst, when he used the first soul skill he had created himself.
At that moment, he stood atop the Sky-Piercing Halberd formed by my Water-Control Art, his posture straight and tall, as immovable as a mountain, his eyes deep and bright as he gazed into the distance.
When he quietly said, "Leave the remaining two hundred meters to me," his expression revealed unparalleled confidence.
That confidence seemed like an invisible force that lifted my spirits and convinced me he could work a miracle.
For a fleeting moment, the scene before my eyes transformed into a colossal five-colored sword that spanned heaven and earth. It radiated dazzling light, as though it could cleave the heavens and shake the world.
Yet in an instant, it drew in all its radiance, gathering strength for an earth-shattering strike.
I really hadn't been mistaken then. Was what I saw the spiritual core of his soul skill?
I stared fixedly at the trident hurtling through the air, straining my eyes to their limits, unwilling to miss a single instant. My heart was filled with prayers. The Sea God will protect us.
Then yellow lightning coiled around Chen Xiaojun's entire body, making him look like a thunder god descending into the world.
In the blink of an eye, his body merged with the lightning, and he shot forward at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.
He crossed more than two hundred meters in an instant. His speed left me utterly speechless.
Honestly, the speed he displayed made my hair stand on end. At the time, I thought that if I had been the target of his charge, I would have had no power to fight back.
That absolute speed and