Poor Huomu...
Of course, if Yuejian finally being serious, knew that Qiji thought of him this way, he would definitely feel that he had been judged by a petty person's standards.
Indeed, although Yuejian was not in a good mood because he did not see Dorothy, he really did come to see Huomu today on serious business.
It was also because after he returned and learned about the White Harbor incident that he felt a sense of lingering fear.
Thankfully, Qiji was there this time.
Even that kid got beaten up and ended up in the hospital...
I have a feeling that Deep Blue City and the World Purification Society are going too far.
In the depths of her being, Yuejian a premonition that the City of Kindling would soon be plunged into chaos.
Because of her senior brother, Yuejian couldn't leave Huomu alone.
Therefore, today's sparring partner was naturally there out of this concern.
As for wanting to vent your frustrations on someone when you're in a bad mood...
Just by chance, it was just a side trip.
Yuejian suppressed her strength to be even lower than that of Huomu, without using any of her Heart Essence, and even gave him a handicap.
Even so, Huomu was still unable to defend himself and had no chance to fight back.
While Yuejian down at her novel, Tsukimi casually dodged Huomu's fist, and continued to provoke Huomu with her lazy voice:
"That's it? You dare to say you've practiced with this?"
"Huomu, do you think you can learn [Mirror Break] just by lying down?"
Show me some attitude!
"Faster, is your fist greeting me?"
"Mirror Break isn't about brute force, it's about resonance! Have you even forgotten what resonance is?"
Punch after punch, word after word, new wounds kept appearing on Huomu's face and body.
However, the latter gritted his teeth and refused to give up.
After what seemed like an eternity, finally!
When Huomu threw another punch, his stance suddenly changed.
The moment the fist was thrown, the air seemed to be gently plucked by something.
The trajectory of that punch suddenly took on a strange, sluggish quality, like a frame dropping.
How familiar this scene is!
Qiji was the first to realize that in order to learn [Mirror Break], he had watched the live broadcast replay of the day of the Yuejian event countless times!
Therefore, there can be no mistake!
Huomu... he actually did it?!
Tsukimi's pupils Yuejian slightly; even Qiji, watching from behind a screen, noticed this, so he had already sensed it long ago.
As for Huomu himself, he was even more excited!
She even spoke up immediately, anxiously reminding Teacher Tsukimi to get out of the way quickly.
Because his punch will be very strong!
So strong he couldn't control himself!
However, what happened next was not quite what I expected...
When Huomu's powerful punch landed on Yuejian, it felt incredibly light and effortless, showing no power whatsoever.
"???"
Huomu was dumbfounded.
The same applies to Qiji.
Of the three, only Yuejian clearly knew what had happened at that moment.
It was Huomu who unleashed half of [Mirror Break]...
That's right, he only swung halfway.
Yuejian turned to the next page of her romance novel, and at the same time, patiently explained to the reader:
"I taught you, you shouldn't have forgotten so quickly, right?"
The essence of [Mirror Break] is the [Forced Resonance] that occurs between the attacker's own [Echo of Existence], the target's [Echo of Existence], and the [Background Echo] of the surrounding environment.
Your punch just now synchronized your own [Echo of Existence] with the [Background Echo] of the surrounding environment, completing the first step of resonance—
However, you failed to lock onto my [Echo of Existence], and therefore were unable to truly unleash the power of [Mirror Break].
The direction is right, keep it up!
Yuejian patted Huomu on the shoulder, offering a rare word of encouragement.
"Not bad, you grasped it faster than I expected."
Despite her nonchalant words, Yuejian was inwardly quite agitated.
Although Yuejian had already silently raised her opinion of him ever since Huomu effortlessly used [Instant Bloom] last time.
But at this moment, he couldn't help but be amazed by Huomu's combat talent.
This kid's true talent might not be any less than that brat Qiji's...
Thinking of the upcoming Tide Grand Competition, Yuejian felt that Huomu and Suyo might now be the only two hopes for the City of Kindling.
What, you mean Qiji?
That guy will probably still be lying in the hospital after the competition is over...
When Yuejian returned to City of Kindling last night, upon hearing that Qiji was injured, she immediately went to the hospital to visit the brat.
At that time, Qiji busy purchasing goods in the Sea of Consciousness and was unaware of this.
Yuejian used the Echo to sense Qiji's condition.
I couldn't help but gasp—
That kid's health condition couldn't be worse.
Yuejian could only shake her head in resignation.
This brat always pushes himself too hard; he brought this serious injury on himself...
Yuejian could even assert that if this kid continued like this, he would lose his life sooner or later.
Being a hero isn't easy.
However, Yuejian learned from Kijika this morning that Qiji had actually faced a fourth-tier Echoer from the Kamishiro Family in the White Harbor incident, Yuejian still felt a bit incredulous.
"So, you mean he defeated a fourth-tier Echoer? Or only at the cost of serious injury?"
Seeing Yuejian's shocked expression, Kijika actually seemed to enjoy it somewhat, and immediately began to mysteriously keep her in suspense:
"Want to see how that kid beats Kamishiro Chiho? I'll get you the recording in a few days, it'll definitely give you a shock!"
Kijika's tantalizing words piqued Yuejian's curiosity, and she did indeed become somewhat intrigued.
Anyway, now that you're called Yuejian- chan, Yuejian really can't figure out how Qiji managed to do it.
A fourth-tier Echoer possesses the perfect Armament of the second stage.
Against lower-level Echoer, they are almost invincible.
Unless Qiji can master something like [One Night's Moonfall], which is extremely difficult and so powerful that it can erase the difference in order of order, it's Echo.
My thoughts seem to have drifted a bit far away...
Yuejian out of her daze and looked at Hiki, whose face was covered in Huomu but who was still clenching his fists and full of energy. She felt that she needed to give the latter a good lesson in the two weeks before the competition.
Back then, his senior brother, who was also Huomu's father, defeated all the exchange students from Kalentia in the Tide Grand Competition and won first place.
As the son of his senior brother, Huomu can't be too bad, can he?
"Huomu, what stage has your Echo been honed to?"
Although the Echoer are divided into two levels, the first and second tiers are actually just beginner levels.
There is no qualitative difference between the first and second tier upgrades; it's simply a matter of refining the Echo Core, increasing the strength of the spiritual body, and expanding the capacity of the Heart Essence.
Only by reaching the third tier and activating the Armament can one achieve a true qualitative change.
Yuejian thought to himself, if Huomu had already reached the second tier, then with his personal training over the next half month, helping Huomu reach the third tier and master the Armament should not be too difficult.
After all, this age is the golden age for Echoer to make the fastest progress.
When the teacher asked about the Echo, Huomu looked a little embarrassed and scratched his head, saying:
"I... I haven't awakened the Echo yet."
Yuejian paused for a moment, then rubbed her ears, thinking she had misheard.
"Huh? What did you say?"
"I said, I haven't awakened to the Echo yet."
Although he felt embarrassed, Huomu honestly repeated it.
"Huh? How long has it been since we enrolled? Are there still people in our class who haven't woken up Echo?"
Even a pig, if made to root around in the training field every day, would eventually wake up!
When Qiji heard Yuejian say those things about Huomu, she felt indignant on Huomu's behalf!
Who are you calling a pig?
Who are you calling a pig?!
What do you mean by saying even a pig should awaken Echo?!
Overwhelmed with emotion, Qiji couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Brother, are you alright?" The younger sister beside him quickly handed him a handkerchief.
"N-nothing..." Qiji waved his hand.
He's been vomiting blood for the past few days, and in the process, he's ended up vomiting up all his meals into things like pork liver and spinach soup, duck blood and vermicelli soup, and donkey-hide gelatin and brown sugar cake...
Although his vomiting blood was due to the mandatory cost of [Silver Wish], eating these things wouldn't help.
But he can't refuse to eat.
Every day at mealtime, his younger sister would push his wheelchair to him and stare at him intently...
His sister wouldn't let him go until she saw him finish every last bite, and then she would praise him with something like "Good boy."
To this, Qiji was speechless...
Does this mean they're treating him like a younger brother?
Reversing the Heavenly Gang!
Huomu's live stream.
In the shot, a hint of doubt appeared on the Yuejian.
He gave Huomu two private lessons and had a fairly clear understanding of the kid's talent.
Logically speaking, Huomu should have awakened Echo long ago.
He narrowed his eyes, a possibility suddenly flashing through his mind.
The next second, Yuejian unfurled her Armament, tore a page from the Moonlight Scroll, and stuck it to Huomu's lower abdomen.
Loop construction.
However, the next instant, the pages of the book that Yuejian had placed on Huomu's lower abdomen spontaneously combusted for no apparent reason.
A flash of fire, and the pages of the book turned into a wisp of smoke.
"?!"