Exquisite earth-attribute control allowed earth elements to condense in the air into massive boulders.
Then, under the manipulation of multiplied gravity, their descent speed grew faster and faster until they transformed into fiery stone meteors!
Xuan Fan's Gravity Meteor Shower had a fantastic effect!
Facing the rock-and-soil starlight plummeting across the sky, Ye Su looked calm, showing not the slightest panic.
What Heaven Dragon Douluo had said earlier deeply touched him, so at this moment he had no heart to launch an active attack. He only wanted to fulfill the other man's desire to fight and let them have a somewhat dignified exit, so he simply spat out another single word:
"Defend."
A faint golden light barrier instantly spread out, expanding from his body in a flash to form a huge circular golden barrier that wrapped him within it.
The terrifyingly powerful earth-type meteor shower rained down on the barrier one after another, bursting with dust and firelight, but it could only stir up a shallow ripple.
To put it bluntly, this meteor shower looked bluffing, but aside from covering the barrier in drool, it was completely useless.
The dust cleared away, and Ye Su's white robes remained as clean as ever, completely unharmed.
Xuan Fan's pupils constricted slightly, and the shock in his heart grew even more intense.
Yet he still refused to admit defeat. His competitive spirit was thoroughly aroused, and he gritted his teeth to urge forth an even stronger soul skill.
This gravity control and meteor shower were merely two of his basic soul skills; he had yet to show his truly powerful soul skills!
"Eighth Soul Skill -- Whale Devour!"
This was a soul ring he obtained by slaying a Deep Sea Demon Whale approaching one hundred thousand years of cultivation. Its soul skill effect was almost completely identical to the traits of his Taotie martial soul, and under the superposition of the two, the power was terrifyingly great.
It could even compare to the ninth soul skill of an ordinary Titled Douluo!
At this moment, as the giant mouth transformed by his Martial Soul Avatar opened wide, a pitch-black devouring vortex appeared out of thin air. A terrifying suction force swept in all directions, while the direction of gravity continuously adjusted, constantly pulling at Ye Su's figure, trying to draw him into the black hole and completely devour and refine his soul power and physical body.
This was the most overbearing ability of the Godly Taotie Bull, capable of swallowing all things. He could swallow the soul power scattered in battle, and after fighting until exhausted, he could frantically devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to directly restore his combat strength. Therefore, in same-rank battles, as long as one could not completely nail him to death, his abilities were practically unbreakable.
Ye Su took a slight step, his lips moving:
"Speed."
Under the blessing of ultimate speed, his figure turned into trails of afterimages, walking back and forth right at the edge of the devouring black hole's suction without being affected at all.
The devouring force of that giant mouth could only tug at the hem of his clothing, but the gravel and dust across the battlefield were all swept into that giant mouth.
Moreover, a waterspout had unexpectedly appeared on the sea surface at this moment, and a massive amount of seawater was also sucked up by the huge suction force, pouring into his mouth.
This was sufficient to demonstrate the terrifying nature of the Taotie Douluo's move, yet Ye Su remained completely unaffected by it, as though he were an outsider.
He possessed a carefree demeanor, reminiscent of passing through a thousand laws without a single leaf touching his body.
High up in the canopy, countless viewers had gradually grasped what was going on.
[Douluo Continent - Heaven Dou Board Elder Five]:
"Let me say a fair word! These two look like a fifty-fifty match, but Ye Su wasn't attacked even once the whole time. All of old Xuan's soul skills missed completely; he didn't even touch the man!"
[Sun Moon Continent - Holy Spirit Disciple Li Si]:
"Ahem, our Supreme Elder is very strong. If he hadn't run into a freak like Ye Su, our side definitely would have won this match!"
On the battlefield, the situation grew increasingly subtle.
Xuan Fan, who was caught up in the thick of it, naturally noticed the canopy, and he was well aware of how stifling and powerless his performance this match had been.
He had exhausted his utmost abilities, deploying all sorts of ten-thousand-year soul skills and elemental forces one after another. His offensive grew fiercer by the wave, seemingly imposing in momentum, but Ye Su was like a tortoise in its shell-from the start of the battle until now, he hadn't even broken Ye Su's defense!!
Either he couldn't catch up, or when he caught up, he couldn't break the defense!
Xuan Fan felt anxious and irritable in his heart, and he completely lost face.
He had wanted to rely on his Level 98 rank advantage to display his might and make a splash before the canopy, turning around the declining momentum of the Sun Moon Empire. As a result, after fighting for a long time, it turned into an entire output of self-moving emotion while his opponent remained at ease and leisurely.
He wouldn't wait anymore; if he waited any longer, he wouldn't have any soul power left to unleash his ultimate move!!
"Ninth Soul Skill - Taotie Swallows the Sun!"
At this moment, atop the horns of the thirty-meter Godly Taotie Bull, the ninth blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring began to flash. The Taotie phantom erupted all over with brilliant and dazzling golden light, its several-meter-long giant horns blazing with intense light. All its power converged, condensing into a giant Taotie phantom spanning heaven and earth that opened its maw to swallow the sun hanging high in the firmament, causing the entire battlefield to seem to darken at this moment.
This strike carried the terrifying momentum of suppressing mountains and rivers and swallowing the sun and moon, crushing down toward Ye Su!
This was his strongest move. With mighty momentum, the coastal giant waves were instantly flattened, reefs shattered, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth trembled violently.
Xuan Fan's pupils were bloodred, carrying a trace of frantic battle intent!
Swallowing the sun and devouring light, every existence would be swallowed into his maw without any exception!
Facing this move from Xuan Fan, although Ye Su's expression held surprise, he still remained calm. The Heavenly Book glowed slightly, and terrifying soul power poured frantically into it, but he merely spat out a single word:
"Silence."
As the single word fell, the laws instantly solidified.
Time stood still, space stood still, and everything within the battlefield came to a complete halt.
The Taotie phantom that had originally been crushing down was instantly frozen three feet away in front of Ye Su, unable to advance even an inch.
However, such stillness only lasted for three seconds.
Once the stillness ended, Xuan Fan abruptly discovered that he had actually lost track of Ye Su's whereabouts.
Even his terrifying spiritual power was unable to detect where Ye Su had gone.
Yet with the arrow nocked on the bowstring, he had no choice but to smash his ninth soul skill in a random direction!
Boom!
Heaven and earth shook violently, that patch of space became completely chaotic, and everything within it turned to nothingness. The Godly Taotie Bull transformed by Xuan Fan stood there, staring at that patch of space as though waiting for something.
Ye Su stepped out from the spatial vicinity beside it. He tore open a spatial rift, and the aura on his body almost merged as one with space, which was why Xuan Fan had been unable to detect his presence earlier.
Having just hidden into the spatial rift, he was equivalent to being in a different plane, so naturally he could not be probed.
On the battlefield, the Godly Taotie Bull breathed heavily like an ox, but his heart felt a mixture of complex emotions.
He already understood that even though he was two ranks higher than his opponent, their combat strengths were simply not in the same dimension.
Ye Su's strength had never been about a suppression of soul power rank, but rather an absolute suppression at the rule level, with all sorts of bizarre methods emerging endlessly. In front of him, he felt like a primitive person facing a Trisolaran.
He couldn't win no matter how he tried to fight!
Continuing to fight would only result in making a fool of himself repeatedly, making a complete spectacle of himself before the canopy and thoroughly exhausting a lifetime of hard-earned reputation.
Not far from the battlefield, although Heaven Dragon Douluo had held some expectations earlier, at this moment he could only let out a sigh.
Continuing to deadlock would be completely meaningless and would only increase his embarrassment.
"This battle, we of Sun Moon concede."
As his voice fell, the entire audience plunged into silence.
At the center of the battlefield, Ye Su slowly retracted the golden light on his body, maintaining his warm and composed demeanor.
He looked at the distressed Xuan Fan, then gazed toward the somewhat depressed Heaven Dragon Douluo, speaking faintly:
"Throughout this sparring match, you exerted your full effort and I focused entirely on defense. You couldn't hit me, and I couldn't hurt you. With offense and defense at a stalemate, a victor was not decided."
"Therefore, you cannot be considered defeated. This battle-should be a draw."
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