Intimate Contact with Xiao Wu

Meanwhile, a surge of red power flowed into the Soul Power longsword.

As this power poured in, the Soul Power longsword emitted a faint red glow, along with a wave of scorching heat.

"Teacher, be careful!"

Zhou Liang looked at Teacher Wang Hu opposite him and spoke.

"Alright!"

Teacher Wang Hu nodded solemnly. It was not because Zhou Liang's change possessed any particularly formidable power.

Rather, it was because those two glows represented Cold Poison and Fire Poison. Such poisons were extremely troublesome. If Teacher Wang Hu was careless enough to be afflicted by them, it would likely delay his journey for quite some time.

So he had to be cautious, and he also had to take this seriously.

Whoosh!

Teacher Wang Hu instantly appeared before Zhou Liang, the Tiger-Head Saber in his hand chopping downward from above.

Bang!

Although Zhou Liang was startled, his training during this period had not been for nothing.

He reacted in time, crouching down and raising the blue-ice shield on his left hand to block the heavy strike.

At the same time, he used the force to perform a backward roll, quickly opening up the distance.

He raised the shield in his left hand and held it toward Teacher Wang Hu.

Sure enough, a foot was already kicking toward him. The tremendous force sent Zhou Liang flying.

However, a layer of frost had formed over Teacher Wang Hu's left foot because of the Blue-Ice Power.

Riding the tremendous force, Zhou Liang landed with a sideways flip and stood back up, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

That was because the Blue-Ice Power was extremely tyrannical. Even Teacher Wang Hu, whose Soul Power was nearly thirty levels higher than Zhou Liang's, could not instantly expel the Blue-Ice Power with an explosive burst of Soul Power.

Moreover, the Blue-Ice Power could freeze Soul Power and convert it into its own strength. It had to be dispelled quickly, or one would only gradually become encased in ice.

To accomplish this, one needed repeated, uninterrupted bursts of Soul Power to rapidly drive out the Blue-Ice Power.

And to do that, one needed at least level 30 Soul Power.

To finish doing so and immediately regain normal combat ability afterward, one had to be at least a level 60 Soul Emperor.

Of course, if one possessed an ice attribute or a relatively powerful fire attribute, the harm would not be so great. At level forty-eight or forty-nine, one could probably accomplish this easily.

Unfortunately, this Blue-Ice Power was not Soul Power. It would not grow stronger as Zhou Liang's Soul Power level increased.

Only when the Red-and-Blue Power grew stronger would both of them become stronger.

But just as Zhou Liang smiled, before he had even fully straightened after landing, he felt a force strike his feet and was sent sprawling to the ground.

His smile froze on his face. As he lay on the ground looking up at Teacher Wang Hu standing over him, bursts of laughter rang out around him.

"Hahahaha!"

"Xiao Liang, you seem to be smiling! Smiling while lying on the ground!"

Xiao Wu crouched beside the courtyard, clutching her stomach as uncontrollable laughter spilled from her mouth.

Zhou Liang's face twitched. He wiped the smile from his face, quickly got to his feet, and said with a wry smile,

"Teacher, how are you unaffected at all?"

At that moment, Soul Power was repeatedly erupting from Teacher Wang Hu's foot, constantly battering against the Blue-Ice Power.

Amid a series of cracking sounds, Teacher Wang Hu's voice came through.

"It still affected me a little. It slowed down my second soul skill. Otherwise, you would not even have had the chance to steady yourself."

Before Teacher Wang Hu finished speaking, the Blue-Ice Power was finally expelled by the erupting Soul Power.

The expelled Blue-Ice Power did not immediately dissipate. Instead, it turned into a cloud of blue-ice mist that lingered in the air for four or five seconds before slowly fading away.

"You do not need to be discouraged. After all, I am a level 51 Soul King, while your Soul Power has only just reached level 19. It is already very impressive that you managed this much."

Teacher Wang Hu patted Zhou Liang on the head and comforted him.

"You should know that, with my strength, ordinary Soul Kings are no match for me. The fact that you could trade blows with me while I only used my first soul skill proves that your training over the past year has brought you tremendous improvement."

"With your current strength, very few people of the same level can defeat you. Especially with your Blue-Ice Power, you could be said to be invincible among those of the same level."

Hearing Teacher Wang Hu's reassurance, Zhou Liang nodded.

"That will be all for today's training. Go pack up your things. I'll make dinner. After we eat, we'll set out tomorrow for the next location."

Zhou Liang nodded and watched Teacher Wang Hu head toward the kitchen.

Then he pushed off with his feet and flashed directly in front of Xiao Wu.

He reached out with both hands, pinched her cheeks, and kneaded them from side to side as he said,

"Xiao Wu, what were you saying just now?"

Feeling his hands kneading her cheeks, Xiao Wu's face instantly turned red. She said in embarrassment and anger,

"Ahhh! You stinky Xiao Liang!"

She immediately grabbed one of Zhou Liang's arms, lifted it upward, twisted her shoulder, and broke free from the two hands pinching her cheeks.

Then, still gripping Zhou Liang's arm, she used a waist bow to throw him out.

Unfortunately, Zhou Liang had grabbed Xiao Wu the moment she grabbed him.

As his body rose into the air, he tugged the hand holding Xiao Wu and pulled her over.

His free hand reached beneath Xiao Wu's armpit, joining his other hand behind her back to hold her tightly.

If she had been an enemy, Zhou Liang would naturally have controlled her body to face downward and smashed her viciously into the ground.

But the person in his arms was Xiao Wu, so naturally, things were different.

Bang!

Zhou Liang landed on his back. Xiao Wu was held tightly in his arms and was not hurt at all.

"Xiao Wu, your Softness Technique does not work very well against me. Didn't I tell you that from the start?"

Still holding Xiao Wu, Zhou Liang moved his head close behind her ear and spoke.

The warm breath against her ear made Xiao Wu's already flushed face turn even redder.

"Besides, your Softness Technique requires close physical contact with your enemy. You should change your way of fighting in the future."

Zhou Liang tightened his arms around Xiao Wu, then slowly continued.

"But I only know the Softness Technique. How am I supposed to fight if I do not use it?"

Although Xiao Wu's face was red, she did not struggle free from his arms. Instead, she voiced her question.

Seeing that Xiao Wu did not resist, Zhou Liang smiled faintly. This was also the first time he had held Xiao Wu.

Though the two had quickly become familiar with each other over the past few months, this was still their first intimate gesture.

Besides Zhou Liang's mature way of thinking and his understanding of Xiao Wu, the Yin-Yang Harmonization Technique had also played a crucial role in this.

"Then keep practicing the Softness Technique for now and improve your flexibility. I'll come up with an entirely new way for you to attack!"