Chapter 153 Hidden Strength

Yu Qiaoqiao couldn't dodge Yi Yuqing's fierce punch at all. She turned her other hand into a palm and swiped directly at Yi Yuqing's wrist.

The moment they touched, Yu Qiaoqiao felt like she had hit an iron hammer.

At the critical moment, she slightly altered Yi Yuqing's attack trajectory, grazing her shoulder. The force of the punch tore through her clothes, and the gusts of wind stung her face.

Yi Yuqing's punch missed, and immediately followed with another, not giving Yu Qiaoqiao any chance to breathe.

Restriction release was a double-edged sword.

Normally, a person's body can only utilize about 20% of its muscle strength, with the remaining 80% suppressed by the brain. However, in top-tier martial arts academies like the White Tiger Martial Hall, there was a secret technique that could alter the brain's suppression of the body's muscles through special breathing methods and mental adjustments. Although it couldn't completely remove this suppression, releasing even a small portion could greatly increase one's strength, speed, and reaction abilities.

It was like the effect at a fire scene. Faced with a crisis, people could lift cars and move collapsed walls, suddenly unleashing things they normally couldn't do. This was due to the brain temporarily releasing this suppression.

Compared to this uncertain burst, the White Tiger Martial Hall's secret technique allowed people to actively release this suppression effect.

However, obtaining power beyond the norm came at a price.

That was the wear and tear on the body's muscles and the weakening of the body's organs.

It was like trading one's life force for temporary power. If done for a long time, exhaustion and death were common. After all, the reason the brain suppressed the strength of the whole body was that humans couldn't withstand such power.

Even professional athletes like them who trained constantly were the same. The consumption was much smaller than that of normal people, but it was still a dangerous behavior and would not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary.

If Xie Qiwen hadn't promised to provide various precious resources to restore the damage and the honor of the White Tiger Martial Hall, she would never have used this trump card.

With a series of attacks, Yu Qiaoqiao desperately deflected and resisted while trying to break free from the hand holding her. However, Yi Yuqing was becoming more and more precise in controlling her strength, making it increasingly difficult for Yu Qiaoqiao to resist.

Yi Yuqing's punches were like a machine gun, the fierce force blowing up the dust on the stage, which stunned the audience in the stands.

"Too strong! Is this the genius who will take Tang Jingyao's place in the White Tiger Martial Hall in the future?"

"I feel like Yi Yuqing is much stronger than Gu Chen. Before, Gu Chen and Xing Huo's confrontation only had some sounds, but now Yi Yuqing's fist wind is blowing away the surrounding dust. How strong is that?"

"Is this the real strength of the White Tiger Martial Hall? This power is so strong that it doesn't feel human."

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Compared to the audience in the stands, the contestants under the ring were the most shocked, because no one knew better than them how strong Yi Yuqing was now.

"Monster!"

"Luckily, I didn't compete with him, otherwise Yi Yuqing could have killed me with one punch."

"As expected of a genius from the White Tiger Martial Hall, able to compete with the powerhouses in the national competition. It seems that the championship of this friendly match belongs to the White Tiger Martial Hall."

The contestants under the ring looked at the wildly violent Yi Yuqing on the ring, and their backs went cold.

In the VIP seats, Jiang Tianyuan was silent, watching quietly, with an expression on his face that was neither happy nor unhappy, which relieved Xie Qiwen a little.

"Hahaha, good. He really is worthy of being the one to take over from Tang Jingyao. Looking at this restriction release rate, it should have reached about 30%. Although it is a little worse than Gu Chen, no one except those masters from the top martial arts halls and training centers can be her opponent." Xie Qiwen looked at Yu Qiaoqiao, who was about to be unable to hold on, and smiled secretly.

One of the reasons why the White Tiger Martial Hall could be ranked among the top martial arts halls in the country was this secret technique of restriction release. Of course, major top martial arts halls and training centers also had this secret technique of restriction release. Although the methods were similar, they were all secret techniques that would never be taught to non-core students.

This was also why other martial arts halls and training centers had been unable to compete with their top martial arts halls and training centers for many years.

However, this secret technique was very difficult to learn, and not everyone could learn it.

Gu Chen and Yi Yuqing were known as geniuses of the White Tiger Martial Hall because they had both learned this secret technique, so they were highly valued by the White Tiger Martial Hall, and various resources were poured into them like crazy.

Now, using restriction release so early was indeed beyond his expectations. After all, using this secret technique would consume a lot of his own body. In addition to paying for many precious recovery resources, he would also need a period of recuperation. Therefore, the martial arts hall also stipulated that it would only be used during the national competition and was forbidden to use it normally.

But now he couldn't control so much.

Being scolded by the higher-ups was better than losing the friendly match. It was just that it would cost a lot of recovery resources, which made him feel a little heartache. Money was not a big deal, the key was that if he wanted to completely recover, he would need s-grade nutrient potions. There were not many of these things in the White Tiger Martial Hall, and he didn't have many bottles in his hands at all.

"Beidou Training Center, you just wait. Since you made me pay so much, I will make you unable to walk away!" Xie Qiwen glanced at Shi Feng and others viciously, calculating how to deal with the Beidou Training Center later.

On Xiao Yu's side, she frowned tightly.

"It's over, it's over. This Yi Yuqing has been hiding his strength all along. Now that he's so strong, who can be his opponent?" Xiao Yu looked at Yu Qiaoqiao, who was completely suppressed, and felt a little regret in his heart. If he had persuaded Shi Feng a few more times before, maybe he would have gotten the invitation letter from Green God Company, but now he can't get anything.

The higher-ups of other martial arts halls and training centers were also dumbfounded.

The outside world had always said that Gu Chen was better than Yi Yuqing, but now it seemed that Yi Yuqing was more than a notch stronger than Gu Chen. The strength and speed were simply beyond the reach of the students of their martial arts halls and training centers, and could even be described as the difference between adults and children.

"Hiding strength?" Shi Feng looked at the blue blood vessels that appeared on Yi Yuqing's arms and forehead, and immediately understood. "This White Tiger Martial Hall is really rich and generous. They use restriction release as they please, and they are not afraid that it will affect the national competition later."

At present, even in the industry, very few people know about the restriction release trick.

But ten years later, this kind of thing was almost a household name, and everyone knew it.

All of this was because of God's Domain, because God's Domain itself had the effect of developing the brain's potential. The brain could control all parts of the body, and things like releasing the suppression of the muscles of the whole body were naturally normal.

So, perhaps no one knew more about the pros and cons of restriction release than Shi Feng now.

As for Yu Qiaoqiao, who was completely suppressed now, Shi Feng didn't worry at all.

After all, restriction release was not the exclusive patent of the White Tiger Martial Hall, and compared with the restriction release techniques ten years later, the current restriction release techniques seemed clumsy and ridiculous.

On the ring, just as Yu Qiaoqiao was about to be hit in the shoulder by a punch that she couldn't block in time, a black shadow passed by.

In the blink of an eye, Yi Yuqing's punch stopped abruptly, stopping in mid-air.

"What's going on?"

Yi Yuqing looked at her wrist, which had been grabbed by Yu Qiaoqiao, and she couldn't break free. It was as if she had been fixed in place. She was shocked beyond words.