Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 106 Secret Method
"The only good news right now is that Wang Dong has taken leave and gone home, so he's not stuck here suffering with us."

After leaving the infirmary, Xiao Xiao took a walk along the shore of Poseidon Lake, her mind filled with complicated thoughts.

What she didn't expect was that Huo Yuhao would actually come and walk with her, listening to her pour out her troubled feelings.

"really."

Thinking back to his roommate who could explode at any moment, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but smile.

Their behavior during the break in the freshman competition was incredibly loyal; they almost dragged him off to cause trouble for someone. If he were really here, he'd probably be leading them to ambush that person by now…

"Yuhao."

Xiao Xiao sat on the grass, hugging her legs: "Why do I feel so tired?"

The family had a chance encounter with a peerless genius who possessed a mutated martial soul and twin martial souls, and they gambled all the family's chances of prosperity on her.

Having joined Shrek Academy and received favors from Huo Yuhao for no reason, he now doesn't even know how to repay them.

He joined the Tang Clan, acquired their unique martial arts techniques, and took on the responsibility of helping Tang Ya revive the Tang Clan.

They successfully gained the opportunity to become the new generation of Seven Devils, but then lost the match, ending Shrek Academy's ten-thousand-year-long glory.

Despite having decided to share the responsibility with his teammates, he ended up being a burden, forced to watch them fight to the death for him.

The teacher in charge of the group went into the inner courtyard and didn't know what kind of punishment she was being subjected to, so she could only wait in the outer courtyard.

Putting all of the above aside.

She possesses twin weapon spirits, and coincidentally, she also has the disadvantage of being petite and naturally weak. If she can't absorb one or two spirit bones before reaching the fifth ring, she might have to grit her teeth to even get a ten-thousand-year spirit ring...

Combination Soul Skills, Linked Release, Soul Skill Decomposition, Distraction Control, Martial Soul Development, Physical Tempering...

She has done so much, yet she always feels it's not enough.

It was as if her current position was not meant for her to bear, but rather for some favored chosen one to save the day.

"You've worked hard."

Huo Yuhao sat down beside her: "At least you work harder than me."

"you?"

Xiao Xiao chuckled, "How could I compare to a cultivation fanatic like you? I heard from Wang Dong that you don't sleep all night long! I don't know how you manage to keep going."

"Yeah~"

Huo Yuhao turned to look into Xiao Xiao's eyes, and the golden light deep within her spiritual eyes made her feel dazed: "But your Xuan Tian Gong has been running the whole time, hasn't it? It has never stopped."

As if a secret had been exposed, Xiao Xiao suddenly jolted awake and hurriedly looked down to check the fluctuations of her soul power: "How did you know?"

Doesn't make sense?

She had deliberately concealed her cultivation movements! How could she have been so easily seen through...?

"Why wouldn't I know?"

Huo Yuhao watched her panicked attempt to cover up her embarrassment with a smile in his eyes. He then activated his elemental vision to see the elemental light spots around Xiao Xiao's body swirling into her body, slowly strengthening her aura.

"That's why I said you've already tried your best."

“Even in daily activities, you dedicate your mind to driving the technique. I am far inferior to you in terms of control and perseverance.”

"What you lack right now is just a direction. And all you need to do is identify a path, and then steadily follow it step by step, that's enough."

Huo Yuhao turned his head and looked at the golden tree. The golden specks of light scattered from the trunk always made his memory jump back to that day that changed his fate.

'elder sister…'

"Stay true to the path."

Repeating to herself, Xiao Xiao buried her face, then turned her head to reveal half of her face, looking at Huo Yuhao, who was staring blankly at the golden tree: "Does following you to the end count?"

"what?"

Huo Yuhao turned around in a daze, then frowned and murmured, "That might be a bit difficult..." Xiao Xiao didn't have the ferocious beasts like Tianmeng Xuedi to sacrifice themselves one after another, nor did she have the assistance of super strong people like her sister and Elder Yi. Her path to becoming a god would probably be very difficult.

Keeping up with his cultivation pace would be difficult enough, let alone the so-called path to godhood.

"It's difficult?"

Xiao Xiao blinked, carefully examined Huo Yuhao, and then suddenly laughed at her own behavior.

How could someone like that possibly be talking about romantic love...?

"cough~"

Seeing that the atmosphere was quite right, Huo Yuhao suddenly coughed awkwardly, "Um... could you please mention that technique for cultivating anytime, anywhere—"

"I teach you."

Xiao Xiao rested her face on her knees and swayed gently, revealing a knowing smile: "I'll teach you everything."

……

"Nine Jue of Haotian."

Under a tall and wide dome, Wang Dong held his breath and gently turned to the first page.

"that…"

The muscular man standing on the left scratched his head: "It's not the right time for you to add spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer... Wait until you can add nine spirit rings that are at least ten thousand years old in one go, then it will be your time to show your skills."

"I just wanted to learn some practical skills in advance. Right now, the Ringless Haotian Hammer can't exert much power at all, so I can only rely on these things to fill the gap."

At this point, Wang Dong slumped down, resting his head on his hand: "If I had known, I would have just started cultivating the Haotian Hammer. I shouldn't have listened to you guys and insisted on prioritizing the Butterfly God."

"Huh? Isn't the Butterfly Goddess good?"

The burly man's eyes widened in disbelief: "Besides, didn't we allow you to add the Butterfly Transformation to the third ring? It reduces the soul skill's consumption while increasing its power... That should be enough for you to overpower the fourth ring!"

"not enough."

Wang Dong twisted the book to the right: "What I need is a method that can hit the bullseye."

"This……"

The burly man had no choice but to look to his older brother for help.

'It seems like that's the only option left.'

Their eyes met, and the middle-aged man with long hair, who was standing on the right and was obviously much more composed, nodded his chin a few times, indicating that the other person should go and get the things now.

Then he looked down at Wang Dong and said, "Dong'er, we do have a method that can greatly enhance your combat power, and we can teach it to you."

"Really?"

Wang Dong's eyes lit up.

"Don't get so excited yet. I have two more requirements." The long-haired middle-aged man shrugged. "First, the secret technique the professor gave you is a secret art and cannot be passed on to outsiders casually."

"learn!"

Wang Dong's tense expression suddenly relaxed, and his eyes revealed a strange look: "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of fool who would easily trust outsiders!"

"very good."

The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction: "The second requirement is that you must stay in the Haotian Sect for at least a year, where we will guide your cultivation until you have fully mastered it, so that this powerful secret technique will not harm you."

"This……"

Wang Dong hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said decisively, "Fine! I agree!"

That would be best!

The long-haired middle-aged man looked up at the wooden box his brother had retrieved from an unknown place: "Inside this is the Haotian Sect's secret technique—the Ring-Exploding Method!"

(End of this chapter)