Chapter 173: How Much of Your Strength Did You Use?

Chapter 173: Chapter 173: How Much of Your Strength Did You Use?

"Then let’s try it! Thunder—"

Lu Yuan raised his Wind Thunder Saber, causing countless arcs of lightning to converge and condense. In the blink of an eye, a dazzling ball of lightning formed. It was ten to a hundred times brighter than the sun, making it impossible to look at directly.

SWISH!

Lu Yuan flashed forward, appearing in front of the Golden Bell. "Explode!"

CRACK!

The lightning detonated. Like a bolt from the blue, the sound was so deafening that it made everyone’s eardrums ache. The majestic power and extreme heat erupted violently, sweeping in all directions and seemingly scorching the very air. Some nearby materials were directly disintegrated.

Blast, impact, extreme heat, and slashing force. A multitude of powers combined, acting upon Situ Yao’s Red Gold Bronze Bell.

BUZZ!

The bronze bell vibrated violently as it endured the massive impact. The specific point of attack took the brunt of the force.

CRACK!

Fractures quickly appeared.

BOOM!

Then, it suddenly blasted apart.

WHOOSH!

Situ Yao quickly darted backward, retreating over twenty meters in an instant. He looked at Lu Yuan with shocked eyes. His defense had been broken in a single move! To think Lu Yuan was this strong!

He realized that Lu Yuan’s power and his realm in the Saber Technique were both vastly superior to Mu Lingche’s. He didn’t seem much weaker than Situ Yao himself, even though he had just broken through a few days ago.

"Good! Very good!" Situ Yao’s gaze turned solemn. "From here on out, I’m going to take this seriously and use my full strength. I will defeat you within ten moves!"

"Ten moves? I admire your courage. In that case, I’ll also defeat you within ten moves." Lu Yuan smiled. He preferred ending battles quickly.

"Ten moves!"

"Ten moves!"

"They’re going to clash with their ultimate moves!"

"Head-to-head! Hurry up!"

The crowd was stunned. They quickly backed away, focusing their attention with brimming anticipation.

Committing to fewer moves didn’t imply underestimation. Rather, it meant they would unleash their strongest techniques to swiftly decide the outcome, avoiding flashy maneuvers and mutual probing. With almost zero defense, it would purely come down to whose killing blow packed a stronger offensive punch. This was a fighting style favored only by unparalleled geniuses.

"Who will win? Can Lu Yuan win?" Chen Qian muttered to herself. She couldn’t quite believe that Lu Yuan possessed such incredible strength. After all, his opponent was Situ Yao! Would he be in danger?

"He’ll win! He’ll definitely win!" Su Wan replied. Initially, she had been uncertain, but she had seen the confidence on Lu Yuan’s face. As long as he felt he could win, he would definitely win!

"Really?" Chen Qian was in disbelief. She couldn’t fathom why Su Wan had so much faith in him.

"Red Gold Seal! Yellow Extreme Seal!" Situ Yao circulated his Profound Skill, his hands quickly forming signs.

HUM!

The Profound Skill resonated with the Heaven and Earth Dao. Interacting with one another, Primordial Qi automatically converged, rapidly condensing into a yellow, three-foot-square grand seal. Its surface was rough, appearing ancient, unadorned, and completely unremarkable.

However, the moment it appeared, the earth’s energy across the training ground shifted. The terrestrial aura in the surrounding area completely changed. The earth’s Primordial Qi was drawn in and controlled by the seal, causing the surrounding space to grow heavy. The very air seemed to solidify. This was the might of the Yellow Extreme Seal, a powerful Seal Technique passed down from ancient times.

"Watch how I cleave your Yellow Extreme Seal apart!" Lu Yuan held his Wind Thunder Saber upright, gathering the power of thunder and lightning. Wind and thunder converged from all directions, and countless bolts of lightning rapidly condensed into a Thunder Dragon. It was a foot thick and several dozen feet long, coiling around Lu Yuan and his Wind Thunder Saber as electrical sparks flashed wildly on its exterior.

"Thunder Flash!"

The Thunder Dragon split in two. Half attached itself to the blade of the Wind Thunder Saber, becoming highly concentrated. The other half enveloped one side of Lu Yuan’s body.

BANG!

The lightning beneath Lu Yuan’s feet violently erupted, and his entire being instantly transformed into a ray of thundering saber light. He shattered the Yellow Extreme Seal’s aura in a single burst. Guided by the converging energy, the blade cleaved heavily onto the main body of the extreme seal, sinking nearly halfway in.

"!!!"

Situ Yao’s face immediately turned green. To think... to think... This was the first time someone had ever done this to him!

CRACK!

With a flash of electricity beneath his feet, Lu Yuan retreated.

PANT!

Situ Yao hurriedly gasped for breath.

CRACK!

Lu Yuan slashed forward with his saber once again. "Thunder Flash!"

"I..." Situ Yao had absolutely no time to adjust. He could only desperately pour the True Essence from his body into the technique, repairing as much of it as he could while forcing the Yellow Extreme Seal to meet the attack.

SLASH!

The Yellow Extreme Seal was cleaved nearly in half once more.

CRACK!

Lu Yuan stepped back. Then...

CRACK!

He slashed again. After all, Lu Yuan’s Thunder Blade Triple Annihilation had reached the Perfection Realm. He could control it with absolute ease.

"Thunder Flash!"

On the third strike, the Yellow Extreme Seal was finally shattered. It instantly broke into several pieces, completely crumbling beyond any hope of repair.

SPURT!

Suffering from the backlash of his disrupted energy, Situ Yao opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Are we still going?" Lu Yuan asked, stopping ten meters away.

"How much of your strength did you just use?" Situ Yao looked at Lu Yuan and asked earnestly.

"What?"

"What does he mean?"

"Did Lu Yuan still not use his full strength?"

The crowd was taken aback, finding it utterly inconceivable. Considering what had just happened... how could that be possible? Everyone looked at Lu Yuan, waiting for his answer.

"Pretty much all of it," Lu Yuan shook his head. "I just haven’t used the third move, Thunder Annihilation."

"The third move, Thunder Annihilation!"

"Thunder Annihilation!"

Those in the know suddenly realized. Indeed, the Thunder Blade Triple Annihilation consisted of three moves, and Lu Yuan had only used two of them just now. He still hadn’t used the final move, Thunder Annihilation. Just what kind of destructive power would that technique possess?

"Thunder Annihilation. I’d really love to see it," Situ Yao sighed. He genuinely wanted to witness it. Everyone present wanted to witness it. However...

"If you see it, you’ll be dead." Lu Yuan smiled and sheathed his saber.

"I lost!" Situ Yao backed away, his expression looking somewhat desolate. He hadn’t expected that he, someone who had broken through two years ago, would lose to someone who had only just achieved his breakthrough. Everyone called him an unparalleled genius... But if he was an unparalleled genius, then what on earth was Lu Yuan?

"Lu Yuan won! Lu Yuan won! Haha!"

"He won! He won!"

Jianng Hongfei and Liu Zhi were incomparably excited. They hadn’t expected this at all. Now... didn’t this mean their squad would be invincible and sweep across all directions in the future? Didn’t it mean they could grow at a rapid pace?

"He won!" Su Wan rejoiced. She knew it. Lu Yuan was definitely going to win.

"He won!" Chen Qian looked a bit dazed. To think Lu Yuan had actually defeated the unparalleled genius Situ Yao. Meanwhile, the third young master of the Mu Family, Mu Lingche, had just been defeated by Situ Yao earlier...

"Lu Yuan won..." Mu Lingche’s heart was currently in the greatest turmoil. It was completely normal for Situ Yao to win, and he could accept that. But for Lu Yuan to win, and to defeat Situ Yao in just three or four moves... he found it hard to stomach. Situ Yao had just easily defeated him earlier. Was that why Lu Yuan hadn’t accepted his challenge before? Because he was too weak?

"Lu Yuan..."

"Lu Yuan actually won?"

Jianng Hongjie, Golden Deer, and Cao Zongfan didn’t really dare to speak. The strength Lu Yuan had displayed completely exceeded the realm of what they were qualified to comment on. Their best response was to remain silent and follow orders.

"Lu Yuan..." Chang Xiu’s eyes flickered. Her mind was entirely filled with the flashing arcs of electricity and the figure completely enveloped within the lightning. Even the unparalleled genius Situ Yao had been defeated. To think Lu Yuan was this formidable, this talented...

She thought, "Such a talent must be recruited into the Chang Family!"