The Seventh Elder planned to end the battle quickly, then spar with Ye Yu.
In his view, whether it was Tang San or Ye Yu, both would be easily defeated by him, even if he only used thirty percent of his soul power.
Tang San's figure was elusive, darting out countless phantoms, making him unpredictable. He slipped past beneath the Seventh Elder, causing him to lunge into empty space.
On the Iron Chain Bridge, it was an advantage for Tang San, but greatly restricted the strong attack type Seventh Elder.
The Seventh Elder's third thousand-year Soul Ring flashed with a purple light, and his entire body became larger, no longer lean and tall, but his muscles swelled robustly, and the Vast Heaven Hammer in his hand enlarged along with it.
The Seventh Elder could see that Tang San had good body technique, but as long as he forced him off this Iron Chain Bridge, the body technique would be useless.
The Seventh Elder leapt up, the Vast Heaven Hammer howled down.
However, Tang San leapt down into the abyss below, but soon everyone showed looks of admiration because, at the same time, Blue Silver Grass shot out and stuck to the cliff, while another strand wound around the Iron Chain Bridge.
His body swung, retrieving the first Blue Silver Grass, Tang San's body arched towards the Seventh Elder. At the same time, the Eight-Spider Spear unfolded behind him, stabbing towards various parts of the Seventh Elder's body.
Tang San's strength wasn't a match for the Seventh Elder using thirty percent of his soul power, but in terms of timing grasp, Tang San surpassed the Seventh Elder.
As he charged forward, Spider Web Binding spread downwards.
The Seventh Elder lightly tiptoed up, leaping out of the binding range, but Tang San shot a strand of Blue Silver Grass to the edge of the spider web, swung it, and the spider web was already covering him.
This wasn't a soul technique, but a technique that mixed with Tang San's hidden weapons technique.
Even the Seventh Elder couldn't help but have a hint of admiration flash in his eyes, while his fifth soul ring shone, an imposing momentum burst from his body.
Tang San suddenly felt his body become heavy, and the originally leaping Seventh Elder immediately descended, the speed of the covering Spider Web Binding slowed down a lot.
Tang San knew, this was a gravity-type soul skill, similar to what Zhao Wuji had, but the Seventh Elder's gravity was much more powerful.
The Seventh Elder descended, and at the same time, the sixth soul ring shone. Under Tang San's astonished gaze, the Seventh Elder split in two, becoming two, as two Vast Heaven Hammers smashed down. And, the power was the same, not weakened.
Tang San knew, this was Martial Soul Avatar, for those with Artifact Martial Soul, it was an exquisite soul skill.
The Martial Soul Avatar, with unchanged attack power, doubled the power when overlaid, equivalent to doubling the attack power.
The Vast Heaven Hammer itself was the first Artifact Martial Soul, an overbearing attack, not to mention two.
The twin hammers clamped left and right, blasting towards Tang San, Blue Silver Grass shot out around Tang San striking the Vast Heaven Hammer, but it didn't have any obstructive effect.
The Blue Silver Grass was tough and pliable, if it was another artifact martial soul, it would have shattered, but the Blue Silver Grass didn't shatter; instead, it was swept away, at once, Tang San leveraged the rebounding force from the Blue Silver Grass, brought the Ghostly Shadows Trace to the extreme, leaping up, twisting and turning around the surging dozens of Blue Silver Grass.
His figure was elusive, even the Seventh Elder found it hard to lock onto.
Ye Yu watched all of this, his eyes flickering with admiration; although Tang San possessed strength beyond his level, his attack techniques were many, and he fought with wisdom and strategy.
For himself, he didn't have so many attack techniques; it was just plain and unadorned attack.
For Ye Yu, there was no need for embellishment, all he needed was brute force to break through all methods.
In the brief exchanges without substantial collision, the Seventh Elder already knew that Tang San possessed rich combat experience, techniques, reactions, and adaptability, all of which were top-notch, earning more of his admiration.
The other direct disciples were already stunned, if it were them, even some Soul Emperor direct disciples felt that facing the Martial Soul Avatar just now would have defeated them.
The Seventh Elder did not pursue, the seventh soul ring shone, using the Artifact Martial Soul True Body.
Tang San began to gather strength, activating the fifth soul skill, the Seventh Elder was also gathering strength because Tang San's fifth soul skill brought pressure to him.
Tang San knew this collision would decide victory or defeat, and felt heavy within.
Using the Artifact Martial Soul True Body, and it was two Artifact Martial Soul True Bodies.
Tang San thought to himself, "It seems I still have to use that soul skill."
He originally didn't want to use it, but not using it would likely result in defeat.
"Seventh Elder."
Tang San spoke, and the Seventh Elder looked at Tang San, thinking Tang San was going to concede. If he conceded, he would naturally stop, having known Tang San's terrifying aptitude, he didn't want to seriously injure Tang San.
However, when his eyes looked at Tang San, two beams of purple light instantly shot out from Tang San's eyes, instantly reaching in front of him.
The Seventh Elder was startled, not knowing what soul skill this was, expending all of his thirty percent soul power, the Vast Heaven Hammer in his left hand was horizontal in front of him, and the Vast Heaven Hammer in his right hand already swung out.
Evidently, the Seventh Elder intended to disperse this purple light, while defensively ensuring safety. This purple light clearly made him feel threatened.
The Vast Heaven Hammer whistled out, the Iron Chain Bridge immediately shattered and broke, ripples of black spread out from the Vast Heaven Hammer, each ripple carried an extreme force.
Tang San's fifth soul skill had already completed, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear violently stabbed out.
Ripples of black dispersed, while Tang San continuously slid backward.
However, even the Blue Silver Overlord Spear with the greatest attack power couldn't completely neutralize this hammer, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear dissipated, Tang San used the Blue Silver Cage on himself, then the Eight-Spider Spear unfolded, gathering in front to enwrap him, then countless Blue Silver Grass entangled him, the whole person like a cocoon.
Boom boom boom...
Black ripples roared as they struck, shattering the Blue Silver Cage. Tang San was blasted out like a ball, crashing into the mountain wall and embedding within it.
The rule between the two was that whoever fell would lose, but Tang San had not. In contrast, Elder Qi had nothing beneath his feet due to the Iron Chain Bridge shattering from the power of the Vast Heaven Hammer, and combined with the weight of the Vast Heaven Hammer in its True Martial Soul state, he was in a perilous situation.
He wanted to retract the Vast Heaven Hammer, but it was too late. The purple light momentarily paralyzed his mind, causing a brief blankness and a stutter in his movements.
Even a brief 0.1-second pause was more than enough to cause him to fall significantly.
Immediately, Elder Qi's body plummeted like a meteor, disappearing below the clouds.
Everyone knew Elder Qi had lost, yet even with his fall, no one worried. A Titled Douluo doesn't get injured easily; instead, they worried whether Tang San was hurt.
However, with Tang San retracting the Eight-Spider Spear and the Blue Silver Grass dissipating, he remained uninjured. The Overlord Spear had offset part of the force, while the Blue Silver Cage and Eight-Spider Spear neutralized most of it. Coupled with his own constitution, he wasn't hurt, only experiencing physical pain.
Tang San's Purple Extreme Demon Pupil pierced through the mist, locking onto the falling silhouette of Elder Qi. The Blue Silver Grass shot out, entwining Elder Qi's body, as Tang San leaped to the edge of the cliff and pulled Elder Qi up.
Simultaneously, the other four Elders and Tang Xiao appeared before Tang San, fearing Elder Qi might go into a frenzy due to his significant disadvantage and loss.
Nonetheless, Elder Qi merely expressed surprise while looking at Tang San: "You're actually unharmed."
Elder Qi's expression quickly turned unsightly, having lost to a seventeen-year-old. Even though he had only used thirty percent of his soul power, it was still humiliating.
Ye Yu said, "Now it's my turn."
Elder Qi's heart stirred, his fighting spirit rising.
"All right, let's begin! Against you, I'll use fifty percent of my soul power!"
Elder Qi's words shocked Tang Xiao and the Elders — he was actually using fifty percent?
Elder Qi was undoubtedly agitated and needed to reclaim his dignity by defeating Ye Yu.
The four Elders naturally understood Elder Qi's thoughts: "Old Qi, fifty percent soul power is too much, just use forty percent. As for the rules, let's directly fight on the flat ground. Whoever falls towards the cliff loses."
Elder Qi nodded: "That works."
Elder Qi also realized using fifty percent was too oppressive. He was confident he could win with forty percent and regain his honor. After all, if he couldn't win, he'd definitely be laughed at secretly by the direct disciples.
Ye Yu said, "Forty percent? Isn't that too little? Elder Qi, use your full strength."
"What?"
Elder Qi was momentarily stunned, as were the others.
Full strength? Had they heard wrong? Was Ye Yu crazy?
The direct disciples buzzed with discussion.
"Elder Qi is a Ninety-First Level Titled Douluo. Losing like that earlier must have been frustrating and vexing. Using forty percent combined with his current mood already seems formidable, yet Ye Yu insists Elder Qi uses his full strength?"
"I also can't believe he said that. It's obviously asking for trouble."
"Even though his soul ring configuration is terrifying, I've heard he's Support, and just a Soul Emperor. Facing forty percent of Elder Qi, he can't possibly win, let alone at full strength."
"A Soul Emperor facing a Titled Douluo at full strength is utterly absurd."
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Of course, Elder Qi wouldn't use his full power. He intended to reclaim his honor; how could he go all out? Even if he won, he wouldn't regain his dignity.
Elder Qi said gravely, "I'll just use forty percent! If you insist on more, then at most fifty percent!"
Ye Yu reminded him, "At most fifty? Use your full strength. Otherwise, if you see my strength and then change your mind to use your full power, wouldn't that be even more embarrassing?"
Hearing Ye Yu's words, Elder Qi found it amusing: "Hahaha, impossible. I, Fiery Sun Douluo, said at most fifty percent, it means fifty percent!"
Ye Yu sighed lightly, "Then if you find yourself severely injured later or knocked off the cliff in one blow, or even meet your end, don't blame me."
Elder Qi found Ye Yu's words increasingly laughable.
"Hmph! You go ahead and use full force, I'll use at most fifty percent. Otherwise, I'll jump off myself to admit defeat."
Ye Yu asked, "Really?"
Elder Qi nodded: "Of course! Even if Fiery Sun Douluo is beaten to death or jumps off, I won't use full strength!"
As Elder Qi finished speaking, Ye Yu wasted no words, directly unleashing his full power, releasing his Martial Soul, accompanied by three Ten-Thousand-Year and three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings floating around him. Simultaneously, five pieces of External Soul Bone appeared on his body, which completely voided, exploding with Origin of Evil, while his left hand transformed into a ferocious black Dragon Arm, with black aura surging all over him. He also activated the First Divine Skill Unbeatable, the Second Divine Skill Invincible Domain, and the Slaying God Domain.
In an instant, Elder Qi was shocked to the extreme, his pupils contracting to needle points! Ye Yu's aura was utterly terrifying!
Swoosh!
Ye Yu flashed towards him, arriving in the blink of an eye, with a Dragon Claw fiercely blasting forth, causing Elder Qi to panic!
Facing this strike, with only fifty percent soul power, even if he didn't die, he would be severely injured!
Elder Qi didn't have time to hesitate, instinctively all nine of his soul rings shone brilliantly, fully unleashing his aura! Using full strength!