Books were never enough when you needed them!
Well, actually, the human version of Xiao Cai with her round face and a touch of baby fat—JPG—looked pretty adorable too.
Song Shuhang watched the live broadcast through the Merit Snake Beauty's eyes. "I have to say, the Tribulation Transcendence technique the Great Emperor taught Xiao Cai is incredibly strong... even if the pose is a little cowardly."
Su Clan's Sixteen frowned. "Could a defensive secret technique this bizarrely powerful have some drawback or lingering side effect? Like one of those life-sacrificing arts that unleash tremendous power for a short time, but only by forcing out your potential and overdrawing your true qi?"
The defensive effect of the Head-Hugging Crouch Defense was simply beyond imagination. Xiao Cai was only in the Third-Grade Realm, and she had not even set up a Tribulation-Crossing Array, yet this technique alone had carried her through the first several waves of the Heavenly Tribulation without a scratch. It reminded Sixteen of those secret arts that traded future strength for a burst of power.
"Even if it's an overdrawn-power technique, as long as the cost isn't too steep, she can make it up after the tribulation. Compared to its incredible defense, a small price is absolutely worth paying," Song Shuhang said with conviction.
He had experienced the effects of the Head-Hugging Crouch Defense firsthand. Back then, under Puppet Girl's protection, he, Manor Lord Seven Lives Talisman, Daoist Horizon, and Chang Yuanzi had all come through the Eighth-Grade Heavenly Tribulation without a scratch.
Even if it meant overtaxing themselves and paying a price, it was worth the gamble as long as it did not damage their foundations.
As he finished speaking, Song Shuhang thought of Puppet Girl. She knew the Head-Hugging Crouch Defense too, so she would surely know