Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 528 I Am Lightning (8K)

Zhao Yang's palm, imbued with terrifying power, landed on Huo Yuhao, but instead of the familiar sensation of a palm striking flesh, he felt a numb and stiff pain.

Zhao Yang's eyes widened in shock, only to find that Huo Yuhao's figure had transformed into a humanoid bolt of lightning. As his palm struck down, the lightning that Huo Yuhao had transformed into was twisted for a moment, turning into a thundercloud that appeared behind him.

[Thundercloud Avatar: Temporarily transforms into a thundercloud. During the activation of this soul skill, the user is immune to physical damage, has greatly increased movement speed, and the lightning surrounding the user will damage enemies within its path. The user will return to normal after the soul skill ends.]

[Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger, and thunderclouds are naturally included in this category.]

Zhao Yang tried to turn around abruptly, but the hairs on his back stood on end as he sensed an extremely cold chill. He forced himself to overcome his instinctive movement and abruptly lowered his head. Immediately afterward, a sharp blade of light grazed his scalp, severing several mane hairs.

so close!

Without hesitation, Zhao Yang suddenly did a lazy roll in mid-air, slightly lowering his height and creating some distance between himself and Huo Yuhao. Only then did he abruptly turn around, cold sweat pouring down his back.

If he had instinctively turned around just now, Huo Yuhao's horizontal slash would probably have been aimed at his throat!

Huo Yuhao hadn't expected that the other party would be able to overcome his physiological instincts and, after realizing that he had used the Thundercloud Avatar to get behind him, did not choose to turn around immediately, but instead made a dodging action.

It should be noted that when Huo Yuhao first used the Thundercloud Avatar soul skill, even Ji Juechen was held at throat by Huo Yuhao's sword. Compared to Ji Juechen, Zhao Yang's combat talent may be far inferior, but the trials on the battlefield made him understand better what to do in the face of life and death.

However, passively taking a beating is not Huo Yuhao's style. Since Zhao Yang has retreated, Huo Yuhao naturally cannot give the other party a chance to catch his breath and regain his stance. Instead, he immediately took off the scabbard on his back and sheathed the sword.

For a fleeting moment, Huo Yuhao's first and second spirit rings lit up alternately. A wisp of golden flame, carried within the core of a gentle breeze, climbed onto the scabbard of the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Slash and merged into it.

Huo Yuhao, having sheathed his sword, protected his center of gravity with his right hand, lowering his center of gravity to a posture of embracing the moon. He stepped forward with his left foot, gripped the hilt of his sword tightly with his right hand to gather strength, and pivoted with his left foot, his entire body suddenly turning.

Taking another step forward, Huo Yuhao unleashed the full power of every muscle in his body in a series of lightning-fast movements. After a moment of preparation in the scabbard, the blade, already stained with golden flames, was drawn with a clang as Huo Yuhao unleashed his one-handed reverse kasaya slash.

"Whoosh—"

A golden sword aura shot into the sky, splitting the air in front of it in two.

Huo Yuhao's Dragon Flash sword strike, delivered with perfect timing, momentarily emptied the air in front of him, creating a vacuum that caused even the light in front of him to refract briefly.

"Bang!"

A muffled explosion rang out, and Zhao Yang, who had just turned around, saw the sword energy that Huo Yuhao had unleashed. He raised his arms in a disheveled state, but was still blasted by Huo Yuhao's soaring sword energy, causing his arms to bleed profusely.

[Secret Technique - Dragon Flash: A terrifying slash of airflow that only Western dragons can wield, capable of blotting out the sky and destroying everything in its path. It is a supreme technique that can even cut down mountains. Yet, the young sword demon Ashina Isshin, with his human body and profound understanding of swordsmanship, also unleashed this divine slash.]

[In his youth, the sword demon Isshin repeated his days of deathmatch, relentlessly swinging his sword, pondering how to strike and how to kill... In the midst of this deep contemplation, that divine strike was unleashed.]

A single sword strike nearly severed the arm of a powerful offensive Soul Saint who had awakened his Martial Soul True Body. What incredible attack power that was!

Having taken another hit from Huo Yuhao's Dragon Flash, Zhao Yang, who was already struggling to breathe and hoping to create some distance to catch his breath, was in a terrible predicament. Facing a monster like Huo Yuhao who didn't need to wait for cooldowns, there was no time to catch his breath.

Just like the life-protecting breathing technique taught to Huo Yuhao in the ninja manual—for a ninja, killing is like taking a breath. While killing, one should use ninja breathing to adjust one's mind and body, so that one can continue to kill.

Between life and death, there is no respite. The dead need no chance to catch their breath, so only the victor can enjoy a moment of respite, and the moment of that respite is the instant when the enemy's life is ended.

Although Huo Yuhao only used two moves against him, Zhao Yang's experience from the battlefield instantly gave him a general understanding of Huo Yuhao's fighting style.

He had to buy himself a chance to catch his breath, otherwise, he was very likely to be killed by this little guy in front of him, whose soul power fluctuations were just at the Soul King level and whose soul rings were only four rings.

With a roar, the giant paw of the Golden Bear slammed towards Huo Yuhao with the force of a wildfire, but Huo Yuhao remained expressionless.

If the opponent's martial soul were the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, Huo Yuhao might have had to temporarily avoid its sharpness. But the opponent's martial soul was just a Violent Gold Bear with a trace of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear bloodline. How dare you clash head-on with your bare paw and its blade?

"No—"

The Soul Masters on the hillside, who were making the most of their time to recover their Soul Power, also spoke up subconsciously. They had been paying close attention to the battle in mid-air. They felt regretful when they saw that Huo Yuhao's horizontal slash had failed to decapitate Zhao Yang, but they couldn't help but feel overjoyed when they saw that Huo Yuhao's Dragon Flash had severely injured Zhao Yang.

But the next moment, facing that palm strike that seemed capable of shattering city walls and breaking gold and jade, Huo Yuhao simply gripped his knife in a defensive stance and then thrust out the Wind Mantis Giant Shadow Slash.

[Thrust: The most advanced technique of the ultimate skill 'Giant Ninja Falling Strike,' from which all ninja techniques evolved. It concentrates all the body's power into a single point, unleashing a force far greater than a slash. The thrust, executed with concentrated essence and spirit, is invincible and unbreakable.]

Although a thrust requires a certain amount of time to execute, and its evasion or detection poses a significant danger to the attacker, ninjas believe that the benefit of successfully killing the opponent with a thrust far outweighs the uncertainties of prolonged combat.

The enormous bear paw collided instantly with the blade Huo Yuhao thrust out. In that instant, the blade pierced into the bear paw without any obstruction.

"puff--"

A spurt of blood instantly gushed from the back of the bear's paw. A low groan, a sound of suppressed pain, followed from Zhao Yang's mouth. His thick, sturdy bear paw had a hole split open in the middle.

(End of this chapter)