“This…”
Everyone stared in stunned disbelief.
No one had expected that with Ye Qiu merely uttering the single word “Withdraw”, Elder Bear would suffer a heavy blow and be sent flying backwards.
One must know that Elder Bear possessed Great Saint cultivation, while Ye Qiu was only at the Cave Heaven extreme realm.
The gap between them was like the difference between cloud and mud.
“What technique did Master Ye use?”
“How does it seem like some evil art?”
“Do you still not know my master’s character? My master would never use evil arts. In my view, my master’s technique rather resembles the Daoist school’s ‘words become law’.”
“…”
While the elders whispered among themselves, Elder Bear climbed up from the ground and said, “Master Ye, again.”
Again?
Seeking abuse?
Ye Qiu smiled. “Elder Bear, is it really necessary?”
“It is necessary,” Elder Bear said. “Just now, I did not use my full strength.”
“Very well then, one more time.” Ye Qiu instructed, “Elder Bear, remember to use your strongest power without fail.”
“Master Ye, please be careful.” After speaking, Elder Bear pressed a palm towards Ye Qiu.
As his palm pushed out, the air twisted with a crackling sound. Everywhere it passed, everything turned to powder, possessing inconceivable power.
Little White Fox’s expression grew grave, worried that Elder Bear might injure Ye Qiu.
However, faced with Elder Bear’s attack, Ye Qiu regarded it as nothing.
“Withdraw!”
Ye Qiu lightly uttered a word from his mouth. At once, Elder Bear’s body lost control and flew backwards once more.
“Boom!”
Elder Bear crashed a hundred metres away, causing the ground to shake violently.
“Bloody hell, Old Bear has been sent flying again?”
The various elders were so shocked their eyeballs nearly fell out. If they had not seen it with their own eyes, who would dare believe it?
Too bizarre!
“How strange. Master Ye’s cultivation is so low, yet why is Old Bear no match for him?”
“Could my master truly be using the Daoist school’s ‘words become law’?”
“Even if it is ‘words become law’, with such a vast gap in cultivation between Master Ye and Old Bear, it should be impossible to send Old Bear flying so easily.”
“What exactly is going on? It is too eerie.”
The group of elders huddled together whispering, utterly perplexed.
Ye Qiu swept his gaze over the elders and said, “Does anyone else wish to spar with me? If so, feel free to act.”
Elder Monkey smiled. “Master, even Elder Bear is no match for you. Who else would dare spar with you…”
“I will!” Before Elder Monkey could finish, Elder Ox stepped forward.
Elder Monkey looked at Elder Ox with pity, thinking to himself, “Did you not see Elder Bear being sent flying by the master? Yet you still dare spar with him. Are you not just seeking abuse? What a stupid ox!”
Ye Qiu glanced at Elder Ox and smiled. “Your courage is commendable.”
“Master, my cultivation is not as high as Old Bear’s, so I will go all out when I attack. Please be careful,” Elder Ox reminded with a grin.
Ye Qiu said, “No need to hold back. Strike with full force.”
“Good.” As soon as Elder Ox spoke, he charged straight into the void, then followed with a punch.
“Boom!”
Elder Ox swung his fist. Though the motion was slow, its power was extraordinarily great, shaking people’s primordial spirits to the point of cracking. Even this expanse of void seemed about to sink.
All the elders changed colour at once.
“The second fist of the Great Power Divine Fist, Nine Oxen and One Hair!”
“It seems Old Ox truly held nothing back!”
“This stupid ox, is he not afraid of injuring Master Ye? If anything happens to Master Ye, the Sovereign will surely stew him!”
Elder Bear’s expression also changed.
Although he had been sent flying twice by Ye Qiu, Elder Bear had not used his strongest power at all. He feared hurting Ye Qiu.
Elder Ox, on the other hand, held nothing back and directly employed his strongest ultimate technique.
“Old Ox, oh Old Ox, could you not eat a few more walnuts to nourish your brain?”
“Master Ye told you to go all out, and you really did?”
“Do you understand anything about the ways of the world?”
“Master Ye was just being polite, and you actually took it seriously?”
“If you injure Master Ye, see how the Sovereign deals with you!”
Elder Bear prepared to rescue Ye Qiu at any moment.
After all, Elder Ox was a genuine Saint-level powerhouse. A full-force strike from him was something even ordinary Saints might not withstand.
Boom!
Elder Ox continued punching.
The power was immense. Cracks began appearing in the void, forcibly shaken open by the tremendous force.
“Crack!”
As Elder Ox struck, countless void fissures emerged, emitting terrifying sounds. This expanse of heaven and earth seemed on the verge of collapse.
“Boom!”
Elder Ox’s fists grew heavier with each strike.
This was the second fist of the Great Power Divine Fist, Nine Oxen and One Hair.
After Elder Ox unleashed nine punches, mountains crumbled and seas roared, the sun and moon lost their light. It was terrifying to the extreme. Fist imprints filled the sky like falling stars from the void, hurtling straight towards Ye Qiu.
“You bastard, Changsheng is your master! Yet you strike so heavily. If Changsheng loses even a single hair, this Sovereign will invite the other elders to drink ox bone soup.”
Little White Fox’s expression turned unkind. She clenched her pink fists, her eyes fixed tightly on Ye Qiu, also prepared to intervene at any time.
Yet, faced with the onslaught of a Saint-level powerhouse, Ye Qiu remained unfazed, perfectly composed.
He extended one hand and gently wiped towards the void. In an instant, the countless fist imprints plummeting towards him abruptly vanished without a trace.
“Get down!”
Ye Qiu followed with a light shout. The elders watched as Elder Ox plunged headfirst from the void, smashing a deep crater into the ground.
“Good heavens, this is too terrifying…”
The other elders felt chills down their spines. At that moment, Ye Qiu seemed like an unrivalled supreme being, invincible in all directions.
“My friends, does anyone else wish to spar with me?”
Ye Qiu asked with a smile.
The elders hurriedly shook their heads. Though they were demons, they were not fools. Who would want to seek abuse?
Elder Ox climbed out from the deep crater, covered in dust, hair dishevelled, looking extremely bedraggled.
“Are you alright?” Ye Qiu asked.
“I am fine. Old Ox has thick skin and tough flesh. A fall means nothing,” Elder Ox said with a silly grin, then asked, “Master, what technique did you exactly use? Why, as soon as you acted, did I feel an irresistible helplessness?”
“Yes, I felt the same,” Elder Bear said. “When I heard Master Ye’s voice, I only felt my body lose control, as if even the depths of my soul were reminding me that I must obey Master Ye’s command.”
“Master Ye, is what you used the Demon Emperor’s inheritance…”
“Indeed,” Ye Qiu admitted frankly. “I met the Demon Emperor.”
“Within that stone engraving, there was a strand of divine sense left by the Demon Emperor.”
“The Demon Emperor bestowed the demon clan fortune upon me.”
After Ye Qiu finished speaking, with a thought, a flame totem instantly appeared at the centre of his forehead.
In the next second, all the elders present, along with Little White Fox, felt their souls involuntarily tremble.
This was the absolute suppression from the demon clan fortune!
“Thud… thud…”
The crowd of elders knelt to the ground one after another.
