Only then did he realize what was happening, and his expression changed drastically:

"You're a water-elemental awakener!?"

Unexpectedly, he drew the worst possible outcome in this one-on-one match!

He let out a strange cry and turned to flee the path of light, abandoning all thoughts of dignity and mission.

However, Bai Ruyu simply raised her hand again.

The seawater became an invisible shackle, binding the abyssal shark tightly.

The abyssal shark instantly transformed into an insect encased in amber, its terror turning into utter despair.

Bai Ruyu moved gracefully through the water, passing through the frozen seawater, and arrived in front of the immobilized abyssal shark.

With a flick of her wrist, a soft sword, as thin as a cicada's wing and almost transparent, appeared in her hand.

The sword trembled, as if it had come to life, and struck the seam connecting the spine of the Abyss Shark with perfect precision!

A sound like a piercing stab of a ripe fruit.

The extremely flexible yet incredibly sharp water-based sword energy contained within the soft sword instantly penetrated and severed the abyss shark's spinal cord without any hindrance!

The shark's body went limp and it stopped struggling.

Bai Ruyu lowered her hand, and the surrounding seawater resumed its flow, causing the abyssal shark's corpse to slowly sink.

The ninth light path then quietly collapsed.

The tenth light path: Lu Fan floated in the water, his gills beside his neck opening and closing gently, unusually calm.

The opponent, Chen Xi, stood calmly atop the stone turtle at the other end of the light path. Her long, pale purple hair floated in the seawater, and water flowed around her. Two constantly changing transparent water spheres floated above her palms.

Like ancient reefs, the Tidal Rock Turtle is silent and sturdy. The dark green seaweed on its shell sways with the ocean currents, remaining motionless and seemingly harmless.

“You are different from the opponents I have encountered before.” Lu Fan spoke first, his voice carrying smoothly through the water.

He did not rush to attack, because he did not sense any hostility from Shen Xi, only a deep loneliness that resonated with the entire deep sea.

"Let's begin." Shen Xi did not answer Lu Fan's words, but launched an attack directly.

She gently pushed the ball of light forward in her hand, as if two stars were orbiting each other.

A whirlpool of seawater surged forth, a typical water-based attack, but the energy it contained was pure and concentrated.

Lu Fan moved slightly, without using too many fancy superpowers. He simply manipulated the water flow, creating a vortex of seawater in front of him, which easily blocked the attack after colliding with the water.

"Your control is very precise," Lu Fan commented, a hint of inquiry in his eyes. "But you seem to lack a bit of killing intent."

Shen Xi remained silent, but her eyes flickered slightly.

She looked at the strange cheek on Lu Fan's neck, clasped her hands together, and the two water spheres merged together, suddenly expanding and emitting light.

Then it transformed into a huge 'light prison' and enveloped Lu Fan!

At the same time, the Tide Stone Turtle beneath her emitted a deep hum, the patterns on its shell lit up, and a solid dark current struck Lu Fan's back like a heavy hammer.

Restraint and control.

Lu Fan casually waved his hand, and another light prison appeared above his head, intertwining with the light prison above.

At the same time, a hard tortoise shell suddenly appeared on his back, colliding head-on with the undercurrent.

Just then, a thin, silent water needle pierced through the tortoise shell.

Lu Fan did not try to withstand the attack; his figure instantly blurred and appeared in another direction.

"Spatial teleportation, water assimilation, and the ability to unleash light-based powers... your abilities are quite diverse." Shen Xi finally spoke, her voice like gentle ripples of water, tinged with a hint of surprise as she asked:

"How many abilities do you actually possess?"

Lu Fan smiled slightly, with a hint of self-deprecation: "There are many, so many that sometimes I even forget them myself. Maybe ninety or more? Perhaps even more."

Shen Xi keenly caught the fleeting hint of gloom in Lu Fan's tone.

More than ninety superpowers?

This could not have been obtained through normal means; there must have been an unimaginable price to pay behind it.

Looking into Lu Fan's calm and unwavering eyes, Shen Xi seemed to see the buried, unknown pain beneath the deep sea.

Isn't she herself also one of those buried deep in this dark ocean?

"The price of power is always heavy," Shen Xi said softly, as if she were speaking to Lu Fan, but also to herself.

Chenxi's water sphere spun again, shooting out dozens of "water arrows".

Lu Fan also fired a water arrow to intercept, and he could sense from the 'imitation' that the opponent was not using their full strength at all.

After several exchanges, Lu Fan used several more abilities.

Shen Xi had assumed that Lu Fan would kill the Deep Sea Watcher, so she only wanted to help her sea beast escape before she died.

Unexpectedly, Lu Fan's attack contained restraint, and he did not intend to kill them directly.

She did not launch another attack, and the vortex around her slowly subsided.

"Your abilities are chaotic, yet perfectly balanced," Shen Xi said calmly, her eyes deep.

“Each superpower carries a different aura, as if… it’s been forcibly crammed into the body.”

Lu Fan paused for a moment, and the halo of light at his fingertips trembled.

"You can tell?" His voice was a little hoarse.

This was the first time in all this time that Lu Fan had heard of someone being able to understand his pain through their supernatural abilities.

With a shaken expression, a wisp of red flame suddenly burst forth from his fingertips uncontrollably, but he immediately suppressed it, fearing that the scorching power would harm Shen Xi, even though they were opponents.

Shen Xi nodded, and the Tide Stone Turtle slowly sank down, lifting her to the same height as Lu Fan.

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