Yuanqi’s clone’s expression changed drastically. His eyes, flickering between gloom and rage, fixed on Fang Yu, then twisted into a ferocious snarl again. "Bullshit!"

He suddenly pulled his hands, and at once, the water flowing over Fang Yu’s body began to heat up, gradually boiling.

This move was one Yuanqi had used before: raising the temperature of the water, vaporizing it, and drawing it out from the body.

Once all the moisture inside a body was drawn out, that person would turn into a dried-out corpse.

Even though Fang Yu and Yuanqi were both currently fighting in the form of Water Clones, once all the water in the opponent’s body was completely drained, it was no different from destroying the other’s Water Clone.

But facing this move, Fang Yu merely wore a smile.

He stood there quietly as he "boiled," the mist around him churning, being drawn out of his body, and Fang Yu’s Water Clone seemed to grow smaller and smaller.

Yuanqi’s eyes lit up and he grinned widely, unconsciously pouring in more power to siphon more steam out from Fang Yu’s body.

But very soon, Yuanqi’s expression changed.

Because that steam, once it left, quickly recongealed and then surged back into Fang Yu’s Water Clone, barely affecting it at all.

"How is that possible?"

Yuanqi was shocked. This move was supposed to completely draw out the water in Fang Yu’s body, then let him absorb it.

Yet that steam was seized back by Fang Yu almost instantly, obediently returning to Fang Yu’s body.

Aside from wasting his own strength and energy, the move achieved nothing.

This shouldn’t be happening...

Yuanqi thought to himself.

The control Fang Yu displayed over the water in that last moment far surpassed his own.

Water, which had always been intimately close to him, suddenly turned traitor in that instant, as if Fang Yu was the one it truly wanted to cling to.

This was something Yuanqi simply could not accept.

It felt like being ntr’d in some way, making his rage soar.

"Die!"

Since he’d realized that his control over water was no longer on par with Fang Yu’s, Yuanqi’s Water Clone simply turned the water around him into ferocious beasts, attacking Fang Yu from all directions.

These beasts carried a tainted aura on their bodies, imbued with a violent Water Poison.

Once contaminated or bitten, Fang Yu’s Water Clone would be infected and instead become a part of the opponent’s body, completing him.

Facing the pack of beasts surging in like a tide, Fang Yu’s eyes shone bright, not the least bit flustered.

He stretched out his hand, a strange power gathering at his fingertips, and then slashed through the void.

In the area he traced, beads of water quickly condensed into bullets, each containing a special aura, and in an instant they were fired out.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

The bullets tore through the void like falling stars, shooting fiercely toward the beasts.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

Each bullet landed precisely on a beast, producing a dull crash upon impact.

Yuanqi let out a cold laugh and shouted loudly, "Useless! If they were real beasts, they might die, but my Water Poison is born with infectious properties. Your little water bullets are just giving me more strength!"

The beasts began roaring, boiling, even swelling, growing larger than before.

But Fang Yu remained utterly calm, only the corner of his mouth lifting into a faint smile. "Really?"

"Hm?"

Yuanqi froze, suddenly having a bad premonition.

The next moment, his eyes went wide.

Because in his perception, although these beasts had indeed been strengthened, the Water Poison inside them that came from him was gradually being Purified, dissolved away, turning back into pure water flow—becoming water belonging to Fang Yu...

"How is that possible?!"

Yuanqi’s eyes bulged, his heart filled with an intense sense of disbelief.

His Water Poison was not some simple thing!

This was something his true body... that former Master of the Times, the Alchemy Emperor, had concocted—a toxin forged after countless experiments and mind-boggling combinations and trials, a terrifying poison developed at great cost.

Though its power level wasn’t extremely high, the properties of this poison had been refined by a peak-level expert.

A peak-tier toxin that could basically ensure that below the Sky Dome Ship level, no one could resolve it; even at Sky Dome Ship level, whether you survived depended on your strength, otherwise you’d still be poisoned to death.

This was why Chongyuan was so wary of it—it counted as one of Yuanqi’s trump cards.

Yet now... this poison he’d just unleashed was actually being Purified by Fang Yu.

How could that be?!

"Wait..."

Yuanqi’s face suddenly turned grave as he looked at Fang Yu, his voice chilling to the extreme as he enunciated each word: "Ocean Law?"

"You’ve comprehended the Ocean Law?!"

Hearing Yuanqi’s words, Fang Yu smiled slightly and nodded nonchalantly. "No harm telling you. You’re just a clone anyway."

"Ah!!"

Upon hearing that Fang Yu had actually comprehended the Ocean Law, Yuanqi let out a strange shriek, going mad as he tried to break through Fang Yu’s blockade and flee from Chongyuan’s body.

Ocean Law!

It was actually the Ocean Law!

No, I absolutely cannot let him Purify me. I have to get out of here and contact my true body, otherwise my true body is in danger!

"Fang Yu and Chongyuan came prepared—they’re plotting while I’m unguarded. My true body is in peril!"

At this moment, Yuanqi’s Water Clone had no more thoughts of detonating the poison, controlling Chongyuan, or corrupting Fang Yu’s Water Clone.

He had only one thought:

Run!

Escape from the blockade, reestablish contact with his true body, and tell him that Fang Yu has comprehended the Ocean Law.