"Some strength, but just now I only used thirty percent of my power. Do you think you have a chance to win?" The man looked at Bexia and said provocatively, "If you surrender obediently, you can avoid some pain. Otherwise, later..."
"You'll know if you give it a try!" Bexia shouted, stepped on the ground, and leaped towards the man.
"An arm-wrestling match against a tank!" The man smirked, and behind him, the surging waves abruptly rose, layer upon layer, seemingly endless.
"Thousand Waves!"
"Magnetic Spiral!" Bexia activated the power of the warblade in her hand, making the originally ethereal warblade even more illusory. It unleashed a powerful penetrating force from its tip, piercing through the thousand waves in an instant.
"Icy Hand!" The man reached out his hand once again, and a hand made of condensed cold air grabbed at Bexia. At that moment, he suddenly felt a killing intent coming from another side.
"Whoosh!" A glimmer of cold light burst out in an instant. The sense of crisis made the man immediately summon another icy hand to grab the incoming cold light.
"Crack!" But unexpectedly, the icy hand failed to withstand it. However, the man's goal was just to buy a little more time to dodge. Even though the arrow that penetrated through the icy hand only grazed him as it flew by.
"Boom!" However, a mutation occurred. A faint voice scattered and exploded. The arrow suddenly burst open next to the man, and a strong surge of soul power rushed into his mind, making his face turn pale. It should be noted that the soul was relatively fragile, but soul attacks were extremely rare.
However, the champion's soul power was not weak. Christine's explosion of soul power could only shake him and the damage was very limited. Although Christine wasn't trying to defeat him, she was creating an opportunity for Bexia.
The attack on his soul directly affected the champion's control over his power. The icy hand that was originally grabbing at Bexia became unstable and was shattered by Bexia in a blink of an eye. Then, the magnetic warblade fiercely slashed towards the man.
"Ah ah ah!" A blood light bloomed on the man's chest. In a moment of crisis, he bit his tongue and forcefully pulled himself out of the state of soul injury, narrowly avoiding the blow that was originally aimed at his head.
"You bastard!" The man didn't expect to be tricked. It was unexpected that the girl could also launch soul attacks. This was something that none of the members in their pirate group could have imagined.
The injury on the man's chest was not particularly serious. The champion had strong vitality, and he took out some powder to stop the bleeding quickly.
"Very well, you have successfully angered me!" The man grinned, and the calm sea suddenly started to churn. The waves roared as if there were some enormous beings about to emerge from beneath the surface.
"Rage of the Ocean God!"
A gigantic water giant rose from the sea, its upper body alone reaching a hundred meters in height. The man floated above the water giant's head, and with a thought, a massive palm was slapped towards Bexia.
"Bang!" The impact stirred up huge waves. The carriage fragment where Bexia stood directly turned into pieces. However, the man frowned. He didn't sense the feeling of physically hitting her.
"Arcane Magnetic Slash!" A dangerous aura suddenly appeared from behind. The sea kin man's face changed, and he immediately merged into the body of the water giant beneath him. Following closely behind was a massive energy blade.
The energy blade pierced through the water giant's head without hesitation, landing on the distant sea surface, creating a brief vacuum. However, Bexia, who successfully struck the blow, quickly retreated. Surprisingly, the attack didn't cause any actual damage as the water giant instantly recovered.
"Quite unexpected. What kind of technique did you use?" Sensing Bexia's increased power, the sea kin man smiled. The more prominent Bexia became, the more valuable he was. As for Christine's disappearance, he instinctively believed that she had fallen into the sea.
"But it's just wishful thinking to defeat me. You cannot imagine the gap between a champion and the limit!"
"Ocean Fury!"
A wave surged behind the water giant as the sea kin man waved his hand, causing a tremendous torrent to pour down unstoppably.
"If that's the case, let's give it a try!" Bexia seemed to be talking to himself, but he was actually communicating with Christine inside him. They had just used a fusion technique, which was why the sea kin man hadn't seen Christine.
"Primordial..."
Bexia gripped the warblade in his hand, channeling the power of chaos that surged within him. Grayish energy infused into the black warblade, giving it a faint halo. He was about to execute the Primordial Strike, a powerful skill he had obtained after mastering the "Primordial Unity" technique. However, he was not yet proficient in using it, and once the attack was unleashed, he would be left almost powerless. Therefore, it was best not to use it unless absolutely necessary.
"...strike!"
The gray divine light radiated from his hand as he swung, cleaving through the endless waves. The Primordial Strike was not a fixed attack but a method of compressing power and unleashing it in the attack.
The strike dissipated the waves, leaving only shattered fragments of the water giant's body. The sea kin man inside the water giant took heavy damage but unfortunately wasn't slain outright.
"Christine, let's retreat!" Bexia had no more strength to continue the fight. It was crucial to have Christine assist him in flying and quickly leave this place.
Understanding Bexia's intentions, Christine immediately turned and ran. In her spirit form, she also had the ability to fly.
"Water Prison!" Suddenly, nine massive water pillars rose from the sea surface. In a moment of confusion, Bexia found himself trapped within a cage formed by the converging water pillars.
"Quite unexpected. I didn't expect you to be a prodigy capable of fighting beyond your level!" A champion appeared before Bexia, bearing some resemblance to the previous sea kin man but with purple scales on his face.
"If you continue to be so foolish, I reckon you'll be dead next time!" The sea kin man looked at the previously pale-faced sea kin man with an exasperated expression.
"The guy is really weird, he can actually use soul attacks!"
"Not only soul attacks, did you not notice that he also knows spatial secret arts? Just now, he suddenly flashed behind you!"
"Leave him to me, I will make him wish he was dead!" The man of the Sea Clan said ferociously. It was a great shame for him to be injured by an extreme little devil.
"Hmph!" The man with purple scales snorted, and shot a water arrow into Bexia's body, immediately sealing his power, turning him into an ordinary person.
"Do you think we can just let go of such a genius? If there is a powerful force behind him, it will cause us a lot of trouble!"
"But..." The man of the Sea Clan hesitated to speak, but since his big brother said so, he couldn't refute it. Despite both being champions, the difference between champions was huge, and he was no match for his big brother at all.