Chapter 447: Flowing Rock Shatter
Whether it was due to Ye Wen's mockery or some other reason, the Phantom White Tiger, having regained its senses, pounced directly toward Ye Wen.
Its sharp claws glistened under the sunlight, making them appear even more chilling.
The ferocious Phantom White Tiger and the fragile girl created such a stark contrast that many of the teachers present instinctively wanted to intervene and stop the battle. The visual disparity between the two was simply too great.
As the teachers' eyes automatically turned toward Director Du, who was hosting the competition, they saw that he remained unmoved. Years of teaching experience helped them calm their nerves.
What they didn't realize was that Du Wei Lun, the Soul Douluo director, was equally stunned. The shock from the earlier punch that Huo Yu'er delivered was so great that it left him momentarily confused.
By the time Director Du regained his focus, Huo Yu'er and the Phantom White Tiger were already less than a meter apart.
Looking at Huo Yu'er, who had no visible soul power fluctuations, Du's heart sank with a sense of foreboding.
Just as Du was about to intervene, something even more shocking happened.
The claws flashed by, but instead of being torn apart or thrown backward as expected, Huo Yu'er twisted and leaped into the air in an extremely strange posture.
What Ye Wen had taught her the Six Styles had originally only been six techniques, as the original drawings were quite exaggerated. But after nearly twenty thousand years, Ye Wen had truly perfected the Six Styles into what was now the "Six Styles," which was, in fact, the seventh style.
Although it still wasn't capable of dodging attacks like paper, the new flexible body technique allowed her to twist her body freely, using this to counter and avoid direct impacts.
Once the flexibility was mastered to its peak, it meant mastering the ultimate move of the Six Styles: Life's Return.
As Huo Yu'er spun through the air under the Phantom White Tiger's power, her eyes grew cold, and she concentrated all her strength into her right leg, launching a close range counterattack aimed directly at the tiger's massive head.
Boom!
The sickening sound of bones colliding echoed across the arena, causing everyone to shudder.
Although this blow didn't shatter the sturdy body of the Phantom White Tiger, it still left it dazed, its entire body stunned by the force.
However, the effect of the strike was mutual. Normally, if Huo Yu'er had used this move, her own foot bones would have likely cracked. But at the last moment, Ye Wen used the Hard Style to protect her foot.
This imitation of the Armament Haki style essentially condensed Qi to protect the body. In this world of soul power, almost any soul master could use it, but with Ye Wen's spiritual power amplifying it, Huo Yu'er's Hard Style was far stronger than that of an average soul master at the same level.
Ye Wen wasn't concerned about it being detected as cheating. The core of the Hard Style was spiritual power, and Huo Yu'er's spiritual power was far beyond what any soul master of her level could achieve.
After landing, Huo Yu'er didn't press the advantage but instead took up an odd stance.
Ye Wen's voice once again echoed in her mind.
"Little Yu'er, pay close attention to this next set of punches. While I'm not good at close combat, I have a strong ability to mimic techniques. This move was created by my most talented disciples. Once you master it, you can break mountains with your bare fists, and become invincible in the world."
"Yes, Master!" Huo Yu'er eagerly responded in her spiritual sea.
Though her body had been taken over, Huo Yu'er could still clearly feel that the power being used was still her own, only now, in Master's hands, it was far more effective. This power was more than enough to crush the bastard nobleman who had once looked down on her, calling her a lowly bastard.
"Life's Return · Flowing Rock Shatter Fist!"
The teachers around the arena were puzzled, seeing Huo Yu'er adopt a strange stance that seemed completely unfit for battle. But the next second, they felt as though their eyes were deceiving them. As Huo Yu'er's palms lightly moved, they seemed to see flowing water emanating from her hands.
"What is this?" The teachers were baffled.
At that moment, an old man, disheveled and dirty, sitting in the audience, forgot to chew the chicken leg in his hand, murmuring in disbelief.
"Is this... intent?"
But Ye Wen didn't care about the attention of others. He was solely focused on avenging his little disciple.
In an instant, he dashed forward, now only a palm's distance from the Phantom White Tiger.
The next moment, what had been a slow moving illusion of flowing water transformed into a massive tidal wave, relentlessly attacking the Phantom White Tiger.
Although Ye Wen's attacks didn't cause the Phantom White Tiger to retreat immediately like the previous ones, the numerous dents in its body from the high speed strikes made the surrounding teachers' scalps tingle with unease.
Director Du, unable to comprehend the earlier phenomena, now realized that this wasn't a soul skill but some kind of self created technique, one that he had never seen before.
Given the circumstances, how could this self created technique that Huo Yu'er was using possibly be a simple one?
Just as Du was about to intervene and stop the battle, someone else appeared faster than him.
A figure, much taller than him, appeared in front of the Phantom White Tiger, and with a swift motion, it was thrown out of the arena like a ragdoll.
Ye Wen frowned upon seeing the newcomer.
The disheveled appearance of this individual was unique even within the ranks of Shrek.
But as the saying goes: Strike while the iron is hot. Ye Wen was not about to stop his attacks now; doing so could harm Huo Yu'er.
His new target: 98th level Super Douluo, Xuan Zi.
Seeing Huo Yu'er continuing to attack, Xuan Zi assumed that she had become blind with rage, finding amusement in watching how this self created technique would fare. After all, she was only a 20th level Great Soul Master how could a self created technique, no matter how powerful, possibly harm someone of his rank?
But soon, Xuan Zi would pay the price for his arrogance.
Ye Wen's top disciples were the possessors of their own soul spirits, both at the pinnacle of Golden Awakening. His eldest disciple, Huo Rui, was focused on sudden explosive power, while his second disciple, Huo Quan, was a balanced martial artist.
The Flowing Rock Shatter Fist had been created by Huo Quan.
After millennia of refinement, this set of punches had long surpassed ordinary martial arts, even surpassing the Sea God's Thirteen Styles passed down by the Sea God himself.
Though the technique wasn't as brutal as Huo Rui's punches, it had one defining feature: it could continuously stack and increase in power, like the waves of the sea.
The Chaotic Wind Hammer Style may have combined its power into 81 strikes, but Flowing Rock Shatter Fist only grew stronger, with each attack more intense than the last.
Even the difference between water and stone could be shattered with this technique.
(End of chapter)
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