Boom!
A faint radiance flickered as the light in Bo Saixi's eyes grew increasingly intense. With each pulse of illumination, the very air rippled like waves. The Sea God's Trident in her hand lightly pointed at Chen Xiaoming, piercing through the atmosphere as if shattering it. A brilliant blue-gold halo radiated outward, undulating like the tides around her.
Within a thousand meters, the sea instantly boiled, surging into a towering wave reaching skyward. Pure water elements condensed into a crystalline blue torrent, spiraling upward, drawn forth by the Sea God's Trident.
"Go."
With a soft utterance, Bo Saixi swung the trident, and the condensed blue water elements formed into a glowing ring that shot toward Chen Xiaoming.
The ring, composed entirely of pure water elements, exerted such overwhelming force that the surrounding space trembled under its weight. As soon as it was unleashed, the atmosphere quaked, and Chen Xiaoming instinctively felt the immense force locking down the space around him.
"The power gap is this vast?"
His soul power surged, but his body felt as if it had sunk into a quagmire, making movement nearly impossible.
His lower soul power placed him at least two levels beneath Bo Saixi. Where he could have once countered her attacks with ease, he now found himself immobilized.
"Sigh, no choice then. Looks like I'll have to do this."
Supressed by Bo Saixi's divine power, Chen Xiaoming had no choice but to reveal a glimpse of his true strength.
Fortunately, these past five years hadn't been spent idly—he had comprehended a significant portion of his bloodline's primordial essence.
Today was as good a time as any to test it on Bo Saixi.
Closing his eyes, Chen Xiaoming entered a peculiar state. The oscillating soul rings around him froze midair, and the surrounding space seemed to come to a standstill.
An indescribable aura emanated from his body, rapidly expanding to envelop a thousand-meter radius around him.
In an instant, silver light flickered.
Within this domain, the water elements controlled by Bo Saixi came to a sudden halt.
No—it was not merely a pause. They were imprisoned.
Bo Saixi's expression changed. As a wielder of the Sea God's power, she should have had absolute control over the ocean, yet she had lost her grip over this portion of water elements—an impossibility.
And yet, reality defied logic. Within this extraordinary space, her spiritual senses encountered tremendous resistance, unable to penetrate the barrier.
The blue water-element ring hurtling toward Chen Xiaoming had entered that domain and, in that instant, was severed from Bo Saixi's power, losing its continuous energy supply.
"Break!"
As the glowing blue ring approached, Chen Xiaoming's eyes snapped open. Twin streaks of silver light shot forth from his pupils, splitting left and right, reaching the ring almost instantaneously.
The silver light expanded and intertwined, encasing the blue ring in mere moments.
Raising his right hand, Chen Xiaoming gently clenched his fist.
The space trembled slightly.
A peculiar spatial ripple emanated outward.
The silver light contracted abruptly, crushing inward.
Boom!
The mighty blue ring, once brimming with Bo Saixi's vast water-elemental energy, collapsed with a muffled explosion. As the silver radiance faded, a gaping black void remained, exuding an eerie aura of darkness.
Bo Saixi's expression hardened, her gaze locked onto the spatial rift in shock.
He had shattered space with a single strike.
Though the void rapidly repaired itself, sealing the rift in mere moments, Bo Saixi refrained from attacking again. Instead, she studied Chen Xiaoming with newfound solemnity.
Ninety-sixth-level soul power—yet he had effortlessly blocked an attack infused with the Sea God's might.
Even more terrifying, he had shattered space itself.
Who exactly was this man?
Now, Bo Saixi finally understood why the Sea God had gone to such lengths to deal with him.
Without the Sea God's bestowed power and the Sea God's Trident, she had no chance of victory.
...
Seahorse Sacred Pillar.
"Impossible… He actually blocked a strike imbued with the Sea God's power."
Seahorse Douluo gawked at the image of Chen Xiaoming within the light screen, his expression filled with disbelief. The day's events had left him utterly overwhelmed—his decades of life on Sea God Island had never presented such relentless astonishment.
First, the Black-Level Six Trials.
Then, the Supreme Seven Trials.
Then, the Nine Trials of the Sea God.
Now, a battle between the High Priestess and a man who could stand against the Sea God's power.
Seahorse Douluo had no words left—only shock upon shock.
"Hey, Xiao Ao, you think he's too stunned to function?"
Watching from the sidelines, Ma Hongjun cast a sympathetic glance at Seahorse Douluo, whose vacant eyes remained glued to the light screen. Leaning toward Oscar, he whispered jokingly.
Although they, too, were surprised, they had unwavering confidence in Chen Xiaoming—a mysterious yet absolute confidence.
Seeing him fend off an attack came as no surprise to them. After all, through the light screen alone, they could not truly feel the overwhelming might of the Sea God.
Only Tang San, deep in thought, rubbed the trident emblem on his forehead.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as the spectators pondered the implications, multiple figures sped toward them from the distance. Like Seahorse Douluo, they were all clad in black. Male and female alike, but without exception—they were all Titled Douluo, emanating powerful auras.
"Seahorse, what happened here?"
The most formidable of them questioned Seahorse Douluo.
These were the remaining six guardians of the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island.
The disturbance from the battle, as well as the anomalies in the Sea God Temple, had drawn their urgent attention.
The High Priestess had personally taken action against a single individual, and even the Sea God Temple was reacting. As the protectors of Sea God Island, they had every reason to be concerned.
"You're here."
Seahorse Douluo glanced at the newcomers and softly recounted the events that had transpired.
Sea Dragon Douluo's expression shifted repeatedly as his gaze scanned across Tang San's group. When his eyes landed on the trident emblem on Tang San's forehead, his expression tightened.
...
Out at sea…
"You are indeed powerful. Without the Sea God's strength, I stand no chance."
Bo Saixi's voice was calm as her blue eyes flickered with an ethereal glow. The Sea God's Trident in her hands blazed with golden radiance, the sacred divine energy within it surging forth.
Gazing at the divine weapon, Bo Saixi raised it high above her head with reverence. Pouring her soul power into it, she channeled the Sea God's might into the trident.
Boom!
The turbulent sea roared as countless shimmering lights ascended from its surface, converging toward the sky-bound Sea God's Trident.
Golden brilliance erupted.
A colossal trident, a hundred meters in size, materialized above.
Bo Saixi's eyes flashed blue. Gripping the Sea God's Trident with both hands, she slashed it downward toward Chen Xiaoming.
"Cleave!"
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