"Continue."
Ye Yu closed his eyes.
Bai He was surprised, still not using his Martial Soul, and he closed his eyes.
After a brief moment of surprise, Bai He exclaimed, "Could it be, mastering a higher level of reaction? Sensing with the body, rather than relying on the eyes to see?"
He knew that true powerhouses don't rely on their eyes but on sensing.
Bai He disappeared again; he and Ye Yu vanished almost simultaneously, reappearing in different places, Bai He's hand grazed past Ye Yu's afterimage.
The two continued to flicker, each time moving to another position, leaving behind their undissipated afterimages.
Bai He was surprised. Although he hadn't used his Soul Techniques yet, the current speed was only an enhancement to himself after releasing his Martial Soul, but Ye Yu hadn't used Soul Techniques either. He knew Ye Yu was Support, which could enhance his own attributes, but he hadn't.
"Truly using the body and air flow to sense, the body is the most important."
Flickering continuously, a quarter of the incense stick burned away, Bai He still hadn't touched Ye Yu, they had already relocated tens of thousands of times.
Under continuous high-intensity speed movements, their speeds did not slow down.
Bai He prepared to get serious, his Seventh Soul Ring flashed, his body suspended in mid-air, his arms turned into wings, and his legs straightened into tail feathers, in the blink of an eye Bai He transformed into a Sharp-tailed Rain Swallow with a body length of one meter and wingspan of one and a half meters.
Bai He used his True Martial Soul, instead of becoming large, he shrunk, but his speed increased more than fivefold.
With his body compressed, not only was the speed faster, but the burst was also more ferocious, the start was quicker.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Bai He's flashing speed increased further, Tang San couldn't catch him at all, even Ye Yu couldn't maintain a long-distance gap, Bai He was already constantly closing in.
Ye Yu started to move his body to dodge, Bai He's hands brushed against Ye Yu's clothes time and again, each time narrowly missing, looking dangerous but seeming like Ye Yu dodged with extreme precision.
Bai He frowned, Ye Yu still hadn't used any Soul Techniques, even though Bai He could get close, he still couldn't touch Ye Yu.
"Sensing through air flow, huh? But what if my actions are so fast and light that they have minimal impact on air flow—can you still sense clearly?"
Bai He was confident in his speed. Although his attack and defense were weak, it would be difficult even to kill a seventy-ninth level Soul Saint. But even if a Titled Douluo wanted to kill him, he reckoned a Titled Douluo below level ninety-five would find it hard to restrain him.
This is the strength of the Agile Race: weak in attack and defense, but extremely swift.
Bai He's Fourth Soul Ring glimmered, his wings became extremely thin and the airflow they drew in was incredibly weak.
After using it, Bai He thought Ye Yu would soon lose; however, he misunderstood.
Ye Yu was not entirely sensing through airflow and then transmitting through nerves, receiving instructions, and responding.
With weaker airflow, Ye Yu's body sense also weakened. Bai He thought nerve transmission would also slow down, taking more time to perceive.
Moreover, their clan had another strength: weak attacks enable opponents to perceive the attack power as light, without sensing overly strong force waves. If combined with Hidden Weapons, their Agile Race truly increases their combat power significantly; it's as if Hidden Weapons were born for them.
Bai He naturally wavered, but it didn't mean he would go easy.
However, as Bai He's wings were about to touch Ye Yu, Ye Yu dodged again.
Time and again, Ye Yu dodged, leaving Bai He astonished, "How is it possible? Could his nerve reactions be fast? No, dodging once is plausible, but after so many times, it's definitely not simply quick nerve reactions. Could it be..."
Bai He was suddenly shocked, his eyes widened in disbelief.
"Could it be... not through body sensing nerve transmission, but subconscious body response..."
Bai He was extremely horrified; such responses, no one could achieve! Even Titled Douluo or a level ninety-nine Titled Douluo couldn't do this. Even after hundreds of years of battle experiences and accumulation, it couldn't be done.
Many have thought about enhancing combat ability and reflexes; the ideal isn't relying on airflow and not on eyesight, but one's own reactions.
Everyone knows that using eyesight is the usual dodging method, but a more advanced method is sensing. Although it's much quicker, it's not the ultimate, because bodily senses involve thinking, transmitting from five senses to the brain and nerves to the body, which takes time, limiting speed. Everyone's ideal speed limit is using every part of the body for conditioned reflex-like movements without the brain, separating body and consciousness, allowing parts to sense danger and react beyond instinct.
This is the ultimate speed, but it's only everyone's fantasy; no one can achieve it. But now, Ye Yu actually achieved it, thus Bai He was intensely shocked.
They are the fastest Martial Soul, naturally pondering comprehension, but he hasn't mastered it in over sixty years, possibly never mastering it.
Bai He was deeply shocked, started changing positions, attacked different parts of Ye Yu, thinking Ye Yu hadn't mastered sensing through every part of his body.
Indeed, Ye Yu's Free Will Extreme Intent Skill wasn't at its peak; it had just gained accomplishment and needed more practice for perfect mastery. Bai He's attacks changed Ye Yu's position, which was just what Ye Yu wanted. But he must first enhance his speed, otherwise he would get hit and could not continue honing his skills.
While dodging, Ye Yu released the Nine Spirits Black Begonia, using his Sixth Soul Skill to increase his speed, also enhancing his all attribute boost.
Ye Yu's speed rose drastically, Bai He thought, "Not hiding anymore?"
Bai He no longer maintained a contest mindset, but was excited, having not met someone so fast he couldn't touch, and it was also a challenge to himself.
Bai He's Eighth Soul Ring shone, the Sharp-tailed Rain Swallow multiplied into five, though only one is the true body, Bai He can control any duplicate to become the true body. Which means Ye Yu is essentially facing five real Bai He, who can freely control any duplicate to become the true body, equivalent to facing five true bodies.
Surrounded by five Bai He, the difficulty is more than quintupled, it's continuously compounded.
Ye Yu's speed increased rapidly, becoming more excited, exactly what he wanted.
Multiple times he was almost hit, extremely dangerous, needing such stimulation for honing.
Titan, Niu Gao, and Tang San were stunned.
"Brother Yu's dodging is fast, no, it should be reaction."
Tang San gained deeper understanding of another aspect of Ye Yu.
Niu Gao marvelled, "Ye Yu constantly astounds us; even Titled Douluo below ninety-five facing five old birds couldn't remain untouched."
Titan nodded, "Indeed, Ye Yu is a true demon, a cheat-like existence, destined for the title in future."
Ye Yu was now fully focused, ignoring all surrounding sounds, solely sensing Bai He's attacks. If he had heard Titan, Ye Yu would criticize, saying it's fine to claim he's cheating, just not saying both destined for the Titled Douluo at the same time—that's not right.