"This... How is this possible?!"
Except for Tang San and Yuehua, everyone was stunned.
They stared in shock at the six soul rings on Ye Yu, their eyes fixated on the last three, utterly terrified and incredulous.
Everyone rubbed their eyes, trying to confirm again, but were horrified, murmuring to themselves.
"I... I am not seeing things... It's real!"
"Starting with Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and from the fourth soul ring onwards, it's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings! My god!"
"Such a soul ring configuration, unprecedented, unimaginable! How could such a configuration exist!"
"How... how did he do it? Starting with Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, how did he absorb it? And without exploding?"
"Truly unbelievable!"
...
The direct disciples were all stunned, unable to figure out why or how this was possible.
The five elders were even more horrified; such a soul ring configuration was beyond anyone's imagination.
Looking at the stunned elders, Ye Yu said, "Elder Qi, is this third task considered complete now?"
Ye Yu's words brought Elder Qi back from his shock, extremely alarmed.
Elder Qi nodded in astonishment, "It is completed."
The shock in his heart was indescribable; he had thought it the most difficult task, yet it turned out to be the easiest for Ye Yu.
Recalling his demeanor and words earlier, the seventh soul ring just had to be a hundred-thousand-year one, he thought Ye Yu couldn't possibly achieve it, but now seeing that Ye Yu's fourth soul ring was hundred-thousand-year, he was speechless.
His eyes fixed on Ye Yu's sixth soul ring, which was not bright red but dark red, at least over a hundred-thousand years.
Elder Qi was utterly horrified, "How did you do it? Who helped you hunt the hundred-thousand-year soul beast? Your last soul ring is at least over a hundred-thousand years, right?"
Ye Yu said, "Let's not waste time explaining now, let's start the challenge."
Elder Qi calmed his inner shock, treating Ye Yu much more courteously, feeling that maybe what Ye Yu said could indeed be achieved, as it was beyond their imaginations.
Elder Qi asked, "Which of you two will go first? Or you can both come at me together."
Although Ye Yu's talent was terrifying, and his soul ring configuration astonishing, one was a Soul King and the other a Soul Emperor, a massive power gap that the soul rings couldn't bridge.
Ye Yu said, "Let Xiao San go first. If I go first, you may not have the strength to continue with Xiao San."
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Elder Qi was internally angry but did not curse.
Elder Qi frowned, "What does this mean? Are you suggesting you can heavily injure me?"
"Heavily injuring you might be challenging since you are a Titled Douluo, but I think you'll deplete quite a bit and suffer."
Hearing this, Elder Qi found it laughable.
"Deplete a lot? You're wrong; the battle will end quickly. I only need to use fifty percent of my soul power to defeat you in a short time."
Ye Yu ignored Elder Qi's words, "Let Xiao San go first."
"Alright." Elder Qi nodded.
Tang San stepped forward, saying solemnly, "Elder Qi, if I win against you, I hope you will retract the insults to my parents and apologize, and agree to me recognizing my roots and returning to the sect."
Elder Qi nodded, "No problem. But if you lose, there's no need for either of those two things—you will leave the Vast Heaven Sect and return the legacy martial soul to the sect."
Hearing this, Tang Xiao and Yuehua's expressions changed, meaning it would be to destroy Tang San's second martial soul.
Tang Xiao said, "You've seen Tang San's talent; the sect should cherish such a genius. His future prospects are limitless and will benefit the sect greatly. If he loses, he can just never use the Vast Heaven Hammer again, but taking back his martial soul goes too far. After all, removing a martial soul causes great loss in power and talent, a broken outcome you wouldn't want to see."
Elder Chang Mei nodded, "Well, Elder Qi's words were indeed overboard, after all, Tang San carries the blood of the Vast Heaven Sect, which is undeniable."
At this moment, Tang Xiao took out the wooden box given by Tang San. Opening it, he said, "These two soul bones, all the elders can see, surely demonstrate Tang Hao's regret."
The five elders were amazed upon seeing the two soul bones within the wooden box, and their anger towards Tang Hao dissipated.
Elder Chang Mei sighed, "I didn't expect him to do this, it truly proves a lot, the cost of removing soul bones is immense."
Even Elder Qi, who had a bad temper, was shocked into silence, moved.
Elder Qi said, "Let's battle on the Iron Chain Bridge then. Against you, I'll only use thirty percent of my soul power."
Tang San said, "Use forty percent."
Elder Qi was astonished; he was even asked to increase? Tang San clearly wanted to win, not decreasing but increasing instead, naturally astonishing him.
"Since you said so, I'll oblige you."
The two jumped onto the Iron Chain Bridge, which was suspended between two peaks, fifty meters long and less than a meter wide.
Standing on it, Elder Qi was immobile, even as the bridge swayed in the gale, remaining calm, hands behind his back, surrounded by swirling mist, his white hair and beard like an immortal.
Elder Qi's Vast Heaven Hammer appeared in his hand, encircled by nine soul rings: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black.
Five ten-thousand-year black soul rings, their black light enveloping, dyeing the surrounding white clouds black.
Elder Qi proudly proclaimed, "Level 91 Strong Attack Type Titled Douluo, title: Fiery Sun!"
Tang San was undeterred, "Level 58 Control Type War Soul King."
Facing a Titled Douluo, he dared not hold back, immediately releasing the Blue Silver Domain and Slaying God Domain. At the same time, his back clothes shattered, and the External Soul Bone Eight-Spider Spear extended out.
The direct disciples exclaimed in amazement and envy, "Soul Bone?!"
The eyes of the five elders shone with appreciation, becoming increasingly moved and delighted.
The Vast Heaven Sect developing such a prodigy was an enormous fortune.
Yuehua said, "This is just one of the three soul bones on him, and this one is an External Soul Bone."
The five elders were astounded, for he had three soul bones? And this one was external too.
They admitted, Tang San was even more monstrous than Tang Hao.
Elder Chang Mei wryly smiled, "When did soul bones become so abundant? The total of our five souls bones doesn't even equal three."
"Already feeling defeated?" Yuehua smiled mysteriously, "If you see Ye Yu's later, you might question life."
"Oh? Could he also have soul bones? How many? More than three?"
The elders were startled and curious.
"You'll know soon enough." Yuehua didn't answer.
The battle began, and Tang San initially used not Blue Silver Grass, but the Vast Heaven Hammer.
The Vast Heaven Hammer, though without added soul rings, swung powerfully in the air, causing Elder Qi's expression to change slightly.
Tang San, with the Ghostly Shadows Trace, moved unpredictably and even possessed the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone.
The three soul bones he possessed were the Eight-Spider Spear, the Wisdom Skull from the championship prize, and his mother's soul bone, the Blue Silver Emperor's Right Leg Bone, given to him recently by his father.
If other elders had seen Tang San's talent, they would surely have gone easy, but Elder Qi wouldn't.
"I'll take you down first, then spar with Ye Yu, I still want to see how he can make me suffer."