Lin Yu threw a punch back at Yan.
Bang!
"Ugh!" Yan flinched from the pain.
But his skin, covered by the Granite Rock defense, was incredibly tough and could barely withstand Lin Yu's terrifying punch.
Yan forced a smile and mocked back, imitating Lin Yu: "I think you're just tickling me."
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Of course! My Granite Rock isn't something you can break with a single punch! Haha!" Yan said smugly.
But within a second, the smile vanished from his face.
"What?!"
"How is this possible? How can my Granite Rock...!"
Yan panicked.
At the moment Lin Yu's fist hit Yan's chest, Lin Yu's Earth attribute energy had already penetrated into Yan's Granite Rock.
Any Earth attribute is absolutely countered by Lin Yu's Ultimate Earth mastery. Once it seeps into the Granite Rock, Yan's defense rapidly broke down.
In an instant, the once-hard Granite Rock completely shattered!
"Laugh all you want! Why aren't you laughing anymore?"
"Impossible!"
"Try laughing again, I dare you!!"
Bang! Boom boom!
"Uwaaahhh!"
With a sickening sound, Yan screamed in pain, was violently kicked by Lin Yu, and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
"Damn it!"
Yan struggled back up from the ground.
"Xie Yue, let's attack together with our strongest strike!"
"Got it!"
"Third Soul Skill: Moon Blade — Break!"
"Third Soul Skill: Hellfire!"
"Die!!"
Xie Yue slashed forward with his Moon Blade martial soul, boosted by his soul skill. His speed became like a phantom, dashing toward Lin Yu in a straight-line blur.
Behind Yan, the Flame Lord released a blazing beam of fire.
The strongest third soul skills of both fighters launched at Lin Yu simultaneously.
"Heh." Lin Yu still stood calmly in place.
He raised both hands — Earth attribute energy surged from his left hand, while Water attribute energy gathered in his right.
He simultaneously unleashed earth and water techniques:
"Earth Control — Wall of Earth!"
"Water Control — Wave Cannon!"
A massive stone wall of earth shot up from the ground, blocking Xie Yue's most powerful strike.
At the same time, a powerful stream of water — two meters wide — blasted from Lin Yu's hand, colliding head-on with Yan's Hellfire beam.
Water and fire counter each other: fire can evaporate water, and water can extinguish fire.
If both elements are of equal strength and quality, water usually has a slight edge over fire, though not an absolute advantage. But when one element far surpasses the other in quality — that's when true dominance happens.
And Lin Yu's water attribute… was an Ultimate Element.
So when Lin Yu's Wave Cannon collided with Yan's Hellfire, it instantly overpowered and overwhelmed it, violently slamming into Yan.
Splat—
"Ahh!" Yan was seriously injured by the hit.
"No way! Lin Yu just casually neutralized the strongest joint attack from Xie Yue and Yan!"
"What the hell?! Just how many soul skills does Lin Yu have?!"
The core disciples around them were already stunned—completely shocked into silence.
Ghost Douluo explained with a shocked expression,
"That's not a soul skill — it's the result of absolute control over his elemental attributes. And since each of Lin Yu's elemental attributes is top-tier in strength, the elemental attacks he unleashes are comparable to actual soul skills!"
"This kid is simply a monster!"
Fire Fist, Earth Wall, Water Wave Cannon, Wind Blade, Dark Prison, Spatial Shift—these were currently the most powerful moves Lin Yu had developed through his elemental mastery, each representing the peak destructive potential of its respective attribute.
He also had a bunch of minor elemental techniques, but those had much lower power—barely equivalent to 100-year or even 50-year soul ring skills.
However, Lin Yu had discovered that as his soul power increased and his cultivation stage rose, the power and might of his elemental techniques also grew stronger over time.
At the very beginning, his most powerful Fire Fist was only equivalent to a 300-year soul ring skill in terms of damage output.
But now, with his soul power having risen to level 36, combined with the 50% power boost granted by his second soul skill (Elemental Body)…
And having completed the first trial of the Elemental God, which enhanced his soul ring by an additional 1,000 years…
All of Lin Yu's elemental techniques had multiplied in effectiveness. His Fire Fist now had a destructive power comparable to a 1,500-year soul skill.
Even the smaller elemental techniques had risen to power levels well above 100 years.
In other words, when Lin Yu casually launched even the weakest elemental attack, it was already on par with a century-old soul skill—as if throwing out soul skills was as easy as throwing punches.
This was the terrifying combination of his First Soul Skill, Elemental Control, and his Second Soul Skill, Elemental Body.
At this moment, Xie Yue and Yan were already falling into despair—they had clearly realized they couldn't beat Lin Yu.
But when they looked to the edge of the arena and saw Bibi Dong's murderous glare, the two clenched their teeth and, mustering the last of their courage and fighting spirit, charged at Lin Yu again.
"Lin Yu!!"
"Arghhh!!"
Xie Yue and Yan roared as they attacked.
Now, Lin Yu finally moved his feet.
He charged directly at them.
But this time, he didn't use any elemental techniques. Instead, he engaged both Xie Yue and Yan in pure hand-to-hand combat — a brutal melee where fists and bodies collided.
Compared to using his elemental abilities, which were like casting magic, Lin Yu actually preferred this kind of close-quarters, flesh-against-flesh brawl, where every punch landed solidly on the opponent with devastating force.
Compared to casting elemental techniques like magic spells, Lin Yu actually preferred brutal close-quarters combat — flesh against flesh, where every punch pounded directly into the opponent's body.
This kind of battle was what truly got his blood boiling — thrilling and exhilarating!
The two sides clashed in a violent melee.
An all-out brawl!
Bang! Bang!
Faced with the ferocious combined assault from Xie Yue and Yan, Lin Yu didn't falter — in fact, he grew fiercer and more savage with every exchange.
Not only was he not being suppressed, he was dominating them both single-handedly!
"Get lost!"
Bang!
Lin Yu smashed his fist hard into Xie Yue, sending him sprawling to the ground. Then, in a flash, he grabbed Yan by the head and slammed him brutally into the arena floor!
Watching Xie Yue and Yan being absolutely overwhelmed, the entire audience was left in stunned fear.
"He's too strong… This is just insane!"
"I can't believe even Lin Yu's hand-to-hand combat skills are this terrifying!!"
In just these few short minutes of battle, Lin Yu had completely showcased his combat experience, technique, instincts, and raw strength — all of which were the result of the rigorous training he received from the seven Supreme Elders, paired with his own innate gift for combat.
Even though Lin Yu was not even eight years old, he possessed combat ability on par with someone who had trained hard for ten years.
"This is the best you've got? Pathetic. Absolutely worthless."
"This fight… ends now!"
"Fire Fist!"
Boom! Boom boom boom!!
"Aaaahhh!!"
The anguished screams of Xie Yue and Yan echoed across the dueling arena.
In front of a stunned and silent crowd,
the two were ultimately beaten to a miserable pulp, both slammed to their knees before finally collapsing on the ground.
Lin Yu calmly stepped forward, approaching Yan.
Standing over him, he looked down coldly and said:
"Kill me? That's not something I want to hear from your mouth a second time.
If there is a next time… not even the Pope will be able to save you."
Yan trembled uncontrollably, overcome with sheer terror.
"He… He won… Lin Yu actually defeated Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan!!"
"And it wasn't even close — he utterly crushed them!!"
"In just one month, Lin Yu has actually completed the first condition set by Her Holiness the Pope!"
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