Facing Yi Yuqing's fierce punch, Yu Qiaoqiao had no way to dodge. She changed her other hand from a fist into a palm and flicked it directly at Yi Yuqing's wrist.
The instant they made contact, Yu Qiaoqiao felt as if she had struck a hammer.
At the critical moment, she slightly altered Yi Yuqing's attack trajectory. The punch grazed her shoulder, its force tearing through her clothes, while the gusts of wind it generated lashed her face with stinging pain.
Yi Yuqing's first punch failed to land, but another immediately followed, leaving Yu Qiaoqiao no chance to catch her breath.
Removing one's limits was a double-edged sword.
An ordinary person's muscles could normally exert roughly 20% of their strength, while the remaining 80% was suppressed by the brain. However, top martial arts schools like the White Tiger Martial Arts School possessed a secret technique that used specialized breathing methods and mental adjustment to alter the brain's suppression of the body's muscles. Though it could not completely remove that suppression, even lifting a small portion of it could massively boost one's strength, speed, and physical reactions.
It was like what happened at a fire scene—when faced with danger, people could lift cars or move collapsed walls, suddenly accomplishing things they normally could never do. That was the strength brought about by the brain temporarily lifting its suppression.
Compared to such unpredictable bursts, the White Tiger Martial Arts School's secret technique allowed people to actively remove that suppression.
However, gaining strength beyond one's normal limits came at a price.
That price was damage to the body's muscles and the weakening of its organs.
It was equivalent to trading one's life force for temporary power. If maintained for too long, dying from exhaustion would be perfectly normal. After all, the brain suppressed