Boom!!
Even though Elder Qi didn't use any Soul Techniques, he unleashed a full-force hammer strike, colliding with Ye Yu's Dragon Claw, creating a thunderous explosion.
The distant direct disciples felt their ears ringing and some grew dizzy.
The terrifying power raged on, as the remaining four elders appeared in the four directions of the battle, dispersing the spreading force to prevent the disciples from being affected and the area from being destroyed.
At the moment of collision, Elder Qi's face changed dramatically, and he was sent flying ten meters away, landing and retreating five steps before stabilizing himself, each step leaving a deep footprint and causing rocks to shatter.
Elder Qi's right arm ached and felt numb, his brows furrowed from the pain and shock.
Ye Yu stood unmoved and mocked, "Weren't you supposed to not use full force? It seems no one can escape the law of truth."
Elder Qi didn't understand what Ye Yu was saying, but his expression was unpleasant, feeling embarrassed. He had confidently said he would use no more than fifty percent of his strength, even after witnessing Ye Yu's power, he wouldn't go all out, yet now he had.
Elder Qi initially intended to admit defeat, but Ye Yu beckoned, "Come on, continue, use your full strength; only using fifty percent really doesn't interest me."
Ye Yu's fighting spirit surged, eager for a vigorous battle.
"I used full force, which goes against what I said, so I should have lost." Elder Qi said with difficulty.
"I told you, put in your full effort. Come on, cut the crap."
Ye Yu directly rushed forward, and Elder Qi said, "Alright, don't blame me later for not warning you if you lose."
Initially admitting defeat, Elder Qi thought Ye Yu would be pleased, but Ye Yu wanted to continue.
Everyone was stunned; clearly able to win, yet wanting to continue the fight.
"Is Ye Yu's power incredibly terrifying?"
"Just now, Elder Qi truly used full force, although without Soul Techniques, but it was a strike from a Titled Douluo, using the Vast Heaven Hammer, yet it didn't severely injure Ye Yu, and Elder Qi was instead sent flying."
"Isn't Ye Yu supposed to be Support? How does he have such formidable power?"
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Everyone was shocked and puzzled.
The four elders were even more surprised; they knew Elder Qi's hammer earlier was indeed full-force, which could injure a Level 89 Soul Douluo, let alone Ye Yu who was just Level 68 Soul Emperor.
As the battle commenced, the collision resounded continuously, with rapid exchanges between the two figures.
Everyone was dumbfounded; Ye Yu's speed was unexpectedly able to keep up with a Titled Douluo's speed, more accurately, Ye Yu was consistently attacking actively, while Elder Qi fell into a passive state, intensely sensing.
Elder Chang Mei marveled, "Martial Soul Hall has indeed provoked such a demon; in a few years, fearing it will be the Apocalypse for Martial Soul Hall."
"Yes, Level 68, yet possesses speed not inferior to a Level 91 Agile Attack Type Titled Douluo, and his power is unexpectedly on par with Elder Qi now."
"His strength not only comes from his terrifying Soul Ring configuration but also from five pieces of Soul Bone, especially the Right Leg Bone, it's unexpectedly one hundred thousand years."
"No, the Soul Bone is dark red, possibly over a hundred thousand years, truly curious how it was obtained."
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The four elders were already aghast, concurrently thinking they must be more courteous to Ye Yu in the future.
Elder Qi was completely overwhelmed, feeling indignant; he's indeed a Titled Douluo, moreover a Strong Attack Type, with Martial Soul being Vast Heaven Hammer, unexpectedly suppressed by a Support.
Elder Qi directly utilized True Martial Soul simultaneously with Martial Soul Division God, wielding two Vast Heaven Hammers.
The hammer handles were thirty meters long, and the hammerheads resembled two small mountains.
Although the Martial Soul grew larger, Elder Qi's speed didn't slow down, instead faintly increased.
Elder Qi commenced active attacks, each hammer's power was extremely terrifying, but Ye Yu could easily evade them, astonishing him.
Clearly, the Vast Heaven Hammer whooshed from behind Ye Yu, yet he dodged without even looking.
The four elders exchanged looks; was this predicting attack trajectories through sensing air fluctuations?
The four were extremely shocked, unable to achieve this themselves; Ye Yu not only predicts, but his evasion and counterattack speed were incredibly fast, as though bypassing neural transmission, entirely out of instinct.
Ye Yu's battle with Elder Qi was naturally to hone himself further and master the method of sensing attacks, calling it Free Will Extreme Intent Skill.
Ye Yu was already the foremost below Titled Douluo, stronger than Level 89 but not reached the level of Level 91 Titled Douluo. After all, between Level 89 Soul Douluo and Level 91 Titled Douluo lies a great divide.
Therefore, in terms of strength, Elder Qi was naturally above, but Ye Yu wanted precisely this, because pressure leads to honing. Persisting in battle, Ye Yu believed even if his strength lagged Elder Qi, through attrition, surely he'd win.
Boom boom boom...
The battle roared incessantly, the two continued to flicker and collide, the spreading power was immensely terrifying, after an hour, Tang Xiao also stood nearby, dissipating the spreading force.
Without the four elders and Tang Xiao, the surrounding peaks would've already flattened.
As the battle continued, Elder Qi was frightened internally; Ye Yu's speed was increasingly faster, and reacting speed too, rendering him difficult to strike Ye Yu, except through direct collision, gradually unable to ambush Ye Yu.
Reacting speed could only accumulate through battle; even Agile Attack Type Titled Douluo didn't have such swift reactions.
Around, Elder Chang Mei marveled, "Completely avoiding Elder Qi's attacks without looking and reacting quickly, how is he doing it?"
"Indeed inconceivable, knowing every reaction requires thought. Think first, react, from five senses to brain, then transmitted through nerves to body, body receiving command to respond, taking exceedingly short time, like 0.001 seconds. But even such short time, in Titled Douluo level battles, is extremely consequential."
"He seems not only using the body, air flow sensing attack, truly relying on each body part independently judging and reacting."
"This evasion method is impossible for anyone to achieve; some might have thought about it, but achieving it is impossible; unexpectedly, he's mastered some of it."
"Truly terrifying, not only possessing strength, speed, defense comparable to Titled Douluo, Elder Qi's state showed his injuries are worsening, and the Vast Heaven Hammer's power declining considerably."
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Elder Qi endured considerable pain; even though Ye Yu's reactions weren't perfectly flawless, he occasionally got hit, yet he also felt pain. Moreover, his Vast Heaven Hammer's power greatly diminished.
Elder Qi gritted his teeth to persist, being a Titled Douluo and using full force, how could he lose to a Soul Emperor, that would make the Sect ridicule him henceforth.
Boom boom boom...
The battle continued, direct disciples watched dumbfounded.
Thus, the battle continued unabated for a full day and night.
Ye Yu's power might lag, but it didn't mean he wouldn't win; for attrition, even a Level 91 Titled Douluo, he could barely triumph.
After all, Soul Techniques enhance Life Energy, along with the Invincible Domain, his Life Energy was extremely potent.
Ye Yu now realized the benefits of strong Life Energy and thought of why Kaido from One Piece was deemed the strongest in duels; his power obviously didn't surpass Whitebeard, but leveraging terrifying Life Energy, fighting persistently, Whitebeard would eventually be slain.
Ye Yu could win because of strong Life Energy, plus self-healing.
At this moment, Elder Qi was utterly exhausted, covered in wounds, extremely embarrassed.
Elder Qi bent over, breathing heavily, waving his hand repeatedly, "No more, no more, truly a monster."
He knew persisting meant inevitable defeat, so he conceded.
Silence enveloped the surroundings; Elder Qi, a Level 91 Titled Douluo gave his all and still failed against Ye Yu, admitting defeat.