Douluo Continent: Angel Saint Huo Yuhao

Chapter 36 Ultimate Technique?

That's all...

Xiao Xiao delivered the return gift and then roughly reiterated the sect leader's message. As for how much content was actually modified without permission, that remains unknown.

"Mysterious Heaven Technique?"

Huo Yuhao flipped through it briefly, and the one that attracted his attention the most was this cultivation manual: "Then thank you very much for the gift from Tang Sect."

"No, no..."

Xiao Xiao waved her hand, a little embarrassed to accept his thanks: "I should be thanking you—then I'll be going now?"

Compared to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, she was covered in dust and dirt after a day's work and was ready to go back and take a good rest.

Although the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's hard attributes are indeed top-notch, it is also a fact that her main body is extremely fragile. As long as the opponent is an agility-based attacker, or has one or two ranged skills, they will attack her main body like madmen.

Then his level was raised to level 25, his physical strength surpassing the average level of beast martial souls. Xiao Xiao, with his Ghost Shadow Steps under his feet, wielded the heavy cauldron and taught him a lesson.

For freshmen who are still obsessed with being straightforward, Xiao Xiao, who has learned the same movement technique, is indeed a bit too over-the-top...

"Ah."

Huo Yuhao's mind was now entirely focused on the books in front of him. He only gave a casual reply before immersing himself in studying the Tang Sect's secret techniques.

"The Mysterious Heavenly Skill, ever-renewing and boundless in its power..."

This exercise is more like a way to cultivate the body, harmonize with one's state of mind, and achieve a state of oneness with nature. The entire text is about how to unblock the meridians and connect the body's energy channels.

However, when Huo Yuhao scrolled down further, there was no more content.

"Something just doesn't feel right?"

Scratching his head, Huo Yuhao carefully recalled the feeling for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh and plunged his mind into his spiritual sea to reopen the scroll.

"Hiss~ This is it!"

Aside from the slightly different starting process and driving force, the Xuan Tian Gong is actually quite similar to the cultivation method of internal spiritual power.

However, the former places greater emphasis on the concept of "cycle".

The latter, however, is more fixated on the path of "accumulation".

"One is used to improve cultivation level, and the other is used to elevate realm." Tianmeng glanced at the Xuan Tian Gong through Huo Yuhao's eyes, compared the inside and outside, and suddenly said this inexplicable sentence.

"What do you mean? Aren't these two different?"

Huo Yuhao genuinely didn't understand.

"I don't quite understand either, but Soul Masters from ten thousand years ago and even earlier believed in this view. Back then, humans hadn't yet developed a way to break through using Soul Cores, let alone figured out the unorthodox method of stuffing a large amount of solid Soul Power into the meridians to increase the total amount..."

Tianmeng shook her head, just like Xie Huanyue, bouncing around like a ball.

"Back then, people believed that advancing in level and realm was a manifestation of cultivation. To improve one's strength, one needed to unite one's spirit, energy, and willpower, establish one's own principles, and adhere to them throughout one's life."

"I just think we have similar ideas, don't take it too seriously."

Tianmeng smiled somewhat awkwardly, afraid that Huo Yuhao might go astray because of her rambling nonsense.

However, the latter clearly has its own ideas.

"The Mysterious Heaven Technique absorbs the energy of heaven and earth through the meridians, while the inner spiritual power is to stimulate talent by adhering to one's own principles, just like accumulating power by collecting dew in the morning mist."

Huo Yuhao compared them with a scrutinizing eye.

Why does it seem like the latter aligns more closely with the former's philosophy? Or is the former the same?
Besides, spiritual cultivation methods are divided into internal and external, which complement each other. On the contrary, the Xuan Tian Gong seems to lack a part that nourishes the meridians and reaches the whole body, making one's cultivation smooth and unobstructed.

"Let's run it and see."

Calm his mind, Huo Yuhao closed his eyes and followed the path recorded in the cultivation technique to channel his soul power.

To his surprise, the soul power within his body, the moment it began to circulate, seemed to be on a highway, running at high speed without any stagnation.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's cultivation level also rose rapidly. After only a dozen cycles, he reached the peak of the second level and could no longer make any progress.

We're missing a soul ring.

"Let's try the external spiritual energy method again!"

Just like an engine, the soul power generated by the Xuan Tian Gong is injected into various parts of the body through external spiritual energy pathways, gradually increasing physical strength as the soul power is consumed...

The soul power was too low, so the effect was rather underwhelming.

"Let's coordinate with the magic cultivation method!"

The soul power drew in the elemental particles from the outside world, working in conjunction with the Mysterious Heaven Technique. In the instant it began to operate, Huo Yuhao felt that his soul power recovery speed had increased more than three times. The external spiritual energy method that channeled soul power to various parts of his body also became much stronger, at least allowing Huo Yuhao to vaguely feel a slight improvement.

The speed of cultivation is unknown.

"We're missing a soul ring."

Huo Yuhao sighed resignedly.

Before he could go to the far north to obtain a new soul ring, he could only practice the Tang Sect's unique skills.

As you flip through the pages, you'll find things like Ghostly Shadows and Mysterious Jade Hands...

Purple Demon Eye?

Huo Yuhao instantly perked up.

"From low to high, it is divided into four realms: panoramic, minute, mustard seed, and vast. Practitioners need to absorb the purple energy from the east every day to nourish their eyes, and with perseverance, they will eventually achieve something."

He carefully read the method of cultivating the pupils, focusing his attention on the descriptions of the abilities of the four realms.

Having already confirmed in his heart that cultivation was the way of the eyes, Huo Yuhao naturally gained different insights when viewing the cultivation technique.

"Put 'observation' first, and enter the Tao through 'observation'."

The first half of the Purple Demon Eye's realm involves receiving the outside world and internalizing it, which is the same as the "seeing" he previously comprehended.

As for the latter half of the cultivation, which involves developing a pupil technique that allows the release of one's spirit and soul for attack, that is naturally the so-called "glare".

"With the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, I mastered releasing it first, and now I have to start learning how to receive it."

Huo Yuhao pointed to the four characters "Eastern Purple Qi": "At sunrise, purple clouds rise... The yang energy carried by the sun and the yin energy accumulated at night converge, appearing and disappearing in an instant, which is the culmination of the miraculous energy of a day."

In other words, could replacing the purple aura with something else equally strange?
However, Huo Yuhao had no intention of doing that.

First, practice slowly according to what is written in the manual.

After all, he's just starting out on this path, and arbitrarily altering the methods left by his predecessors might lead to some incomprehensible mishaps.

Modify? Iterate?
Let's talk about it when he's powerful enough.

"Let's begin our training!"

Huo Yuhao stood up and began to take steps in the correct sequence.

With Soul Impact and Mental Detection in his grasp, Ghostly Shadow Steps is the most effective technique for him.

At least this thing can help him fight when enemies get close, so he no longer needs to fight to the death in one go and always have to go all out to decide the outcome of the battle with his opponent in one move.

　—Continued—

　　The Nine Phoenixes' Arrival Flute is a powerful counter to all agility-based attacks, providing strong and long-lasting slowdowns that can be chained together multiple times and remain active even when switching martial souls (Zhu Lu creates afterimages, but "two afterimages are missing, and the figure is no longer so ethereal + without the slowdown, the figure cannot be detected").
　　He was alive and kicking the day after his soul power was severely depleted (he explained it was because his twin martial souls were awesome... Bullshit! Why couldn't Huo Gu do that?).

　　The martial spirit's control can keep up with the mind, blocking the top-tier agility attacker Zhu Lu (the detection ability is insufficient, requiring Huo Gua to supplement it).

　　2) Analysis

　　Soul Skill Clash > Top-Tier Attack of the Same Rank, Almost Across Ranks (Soul Suppressing Cauldron is Awesome)

　　Attack ≥ Top Attack of the Same Tier (Suppress)

　　Defense ≥ Defense of the same level (Suppress)

　　Martial Soul Movement Speed ​​> Same-Tier Normal Agility Attack, ≤ Top (Suppress)
　　Control level ≥ same-order control (township)
　　Skill-based control > cross-level control; once it hits, the strong control cannot be interrupted until the soul skill is used up and the soul power is exhausted (suppression).

　　Support ≥ same-tier regular support, ≤ top (town)
　　Skill-based support ≈ Top-tier support of the same tier (Suppressor)
　　Skill support ≥ top-tier of the same level, < cross-level (Laiyi Xiao is awesome)

　　Perception > Same-level general, < Top/Mental system (body is awesome)

　　Control precision > Second-order control (this)
　　Control ability > Cross-secondary control (this)

　　Combat Intuition ≥ Cross-Secondary Control (This)

　　Combat experience ≤ average of the same level (this)

　　Reaction speed ≈ Top-tier attack speed of the same order (this)
　　Martial Soul Development >> Average, ≤ Top Genius (This)

　　Recovery ability >> One major competition Huo Guai (This)

　　3) Summary
　　Features: Suppression + Positioning + Stun + Silence + Immobilization + Knockback + Mana Damage + Absorption + Slow

　　Weaknesses: The body is fragile and lacks protection/displacement.
　　Countermeasure: Cut the back row
　　A top-tier (T0) gatekeeper, a multi-functional, all-around, all-around, hexagonal war god; those without the ability to fight at a higher tier should proceed with caution.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)