Ye Qingxuan felt that he could fight very well at the moment.
But regardless of how well he could fight, he would still most definitely be utterly defeated if a catastrophe was to come along at the moment, not to mention a fight against Paganini. Such was how dangerous it was to play in a road game.
Previously, he somewhat managed to be on equal footing with Paganini only by relying on the stone sword and the card up Hermes' sleeve. In the end, he even had to rely on the Gate of Heaven to win by luck.
Meanwhile, presently, Paganini had received a gift from the abyss, and his own strength had advanced to a state that Ye Qingxuan couldn't understand. God knew what method did he employ to enter the Ultimate in advance.
How much of the rich legacy left by Hyakume that he inherited was also unknown. Although he couldn't completely occupy the Ultimate, it was enough for him to wedge the changing music theory into it.