Aunt Huo, Let's Begin!

Gale Consecutive Slashes grew stronger with every successive strike.

When the level-forty Feng Xiaotian reached the twenty-second slash, its attack power had already far surpassed an ordinary person's fourth Soul Skill.

The slash made even Huo Ying frown. She gathered a ball of flame in her right hand and channeled all the Soul Power she could control to meet Feng Xiaotian's attack head-on.

When the flame met Feng Xiaotian's Gale Consecutive Slashes, the tremendous cutting force scraped against the fireball, sending up a great blaze.

The fireball was about to shatter, and Huo Ying was already preparing to increase her Soul Power, when Feng Xiaotian suddenly turned away again. That was indeed the figure she knew.

Again?

Did every strike of the same move get stronger than the last?

Yet with forty percent of Huo Ying's Soul Power, the attack she had just unleashed was already close to her limit. If Feng Xiaotian increased his fighting power any further, she truly wouldn't be able to take it.

She would either have to increase her Soul Power to withstand it or use a higher Soul Skill.

Had I really misjudged Feng Xiaotian before?

Had he been going easy on my daughter all along?

But as Huo Ying pondered, Feng Xiaotian's twenty-third slash came at her once more!

With no other choice, Huo Ying increased her Soul Power.

With a bang, Feng Xiaotian immediately felt the increase in Huo Ying's attack power.

The hell? Is this still forty percent of her Soul Power?

Fortunately, Feng Xiaotian's body had been strengthened by the Dragon-Tiger Body-Tempering Paste. He spun in midair and threw a punch, his twenty-fourth Gale Consecutive Slash ready.

It was also the limit Feng Xiaotian had reached in his research so far, and one of his two strongest moves at present.

The other was Wolf Fang Fist. Though he had only just learned the basics, it could still match the power of more than twenty Gale Consecutive Slashes when used.

Compared with Gale Consecutive Slashes, however, Wolf Fang Fist had an even greater advantage.

Gale Consecutive Slashes needed to build up power to unleash its greater might, but Wolf Fang Fist needed no buildup; it could deliver its strongest attack right from the start.

Moreover, as he reached minor mastery and then major mastery of Wolf Fang Fist, its power would grow even greater.

Of course, the same was true of Gale Consecutive Slashes. It too would grow stronger, and it had tremendous potential if he continued to develop it.

Boom...

As Feng Xiaotian brought down his twenty-fourth slash, a great wave and a burst of firelight spread out from between the two of them.

Having finished using Gale Consecutive Slashes, Feng Xiaotian retreated to another branch.

It was Feng Xiaotian's first time using Gale Consecutive Slashes, twenty-four slashes in all. He had finally experienced the move's power for himself, though it also consumed a great deal, with each successive slash costing more.

No wonder Feng Xiaotian had been unable to hold on after his fight with Tang San in the original story.

The Clear Sky Hammer's Chaotic Cloak relied not only on Soul Power but also on the strength of the body working in tandem, and it consumed nothing on Soul Skills.

Gale Consecutive Slashes, on the other hand, required him to maintain his second and third Soul Skills throughout. It relied entirely on those Soul Skills working together, so how could the consumption not be high?

Fortunately, it had only been twenty-four slashes, and Feng Xiaotian still had more than enough Soul Power.

Feng Xiaotian said, "Senior, I'm afraid you've used more than forty percent of your Soul Power, haven't you?"

If Huo Ying had regarded Feng with indifference and disdain before, she now looked at Feng Xiaotian with great admiration. "That's right. I used more than fifty percent of my Soul Power."

"But is that attack of yours a Self-Created Soul Skill?"

"Yes," Feng Xiaotian said. "I created it myself, and it took a great deal of my time!"

Huo Ying nodded. Everything made sense now. No wonder Feng Xiaotian had such great talent, yet so little Soul Power at his age. He had spent all his time on this.

"Then what is this Self-Created Soul Skill of yours called? Have you finished developing it?" Huo Ying asked again.

"Gale Consecutive Slashes," Feng Xiaotian said. "By my estimate, it's still only a prototype!"

"Only a prototype?" Huo Ying exclaimed.

A mere prototype was already stronger than many people's level-forty Soul Skills, and even rivaled some people's fifth Soul Skills. This was still only a prototype?

Feng Xiaotian was only level forty now. What about when he reached level fifty or sixty? Perhaps even she wouldn't be his match at full strength.

All in all, she had misjudged Feng Xiaotian before. Everyone had misjudged him. How could someone with Innate Full Soul Power possibly be that poor?

Feng Xiaotian nodded slightly. "Senior, it's time we discussed the real business!"

Huo Ying was still somewhat doubtful. "The fire poison in my body is no ordinary poison. I've sought out quite a few Soul Masters who studied poisons before, including Soul Saints and even Soul Douluo, but none of them could do anything about it."

"How can we know without trying?" Feng Xiaotian said. "I'm confident!"

"I'll trust you this once," Huo Ying said. "Come with me!"

Feng Xiaotian immediately followed her and asked, "Senior, how come our fight here didn't alert anyone else?"

"I've set up a special Soul Tool here," Huo Ying said. "It's very difficult for people outside to see what happens inside."

The two came to a pavilion. Once they were seated, Huo Ying asked, "Xiaotian, how are you going to treat my fire poison?"

Feng Xiaotian smiled. "Senior, could you remove your veil and let me examine how..."

Before he had finished speaking, Huo Ying had already reached up and removed her veil. "Here at Blazing Fire Academy, no one but my family knows what I look like now. Just as you said, this is why I haven't gone out."

The veil fell away, revealing a face with seemingly perfect contours, but fiery red marks ran across her forehead and left cheek.

The flesh on the marks was already somewhat raised. If it all protruded, her looks would truly be unimaginable, yet even like this, the system had given her an appearance score of 80.

It had to be said that Huo Ying had excellent features. How did she look like a woman in her forties? Thirty at most, and that was with the fire poison affecting her.

Huo Ying said, "Seven years ago, deep in the volcano beneath Volcano Blazing Fire Academy, I found a strange plant. Anything that could grow deep beneath a volcano was bound to be extraordinary, so I tried to pick it. But when I did, a stream of scorching liquid burst out and splashed onto my face and arms, leaving me like this."

Feng Xiaotian froze for a moment, then ventured, "Senior, was it a fiery red flower shaped like a cabbage?"

Huo Ying exclaimed, "This... Xiaotian, how did you know?"

"It's a special medicinal herb called the infernal delicate apricot," Feng Xiaotian said. "It contains an extremely powerful fire poison. It's truly remarkable that you've been able to resist its poison for seven years, Senior."

"Can it be cured?" Huo Ying asked, a little nervously. She had sought out many people, but Feng Xiaotian was the first who could name the plant she had touched. Everyone else had known nothing when asked, and hardly any of them had ever seen it. How could they guarantee a cure if they had never seen it?

Feng Xiaotian nodded. "If I couldn't cure it, what would I have come here for? In three months, the medicine will absolutely cure the illness."

"Three months?" Huo Ying suddenly felt that a turning point had come. She had already waited seven years; wasn't three months gone in the snap of a finger?

"Ah... originally, the poison could have been removed quickly, but you've been poisoned for too long, Senior, so it will take a little more time," Feng Xiaotian said. In truth, if he really treated her using the detoxification method in the system, it would only take a few days.

But given Huo Ying's attitude at the start, and his own desire to obtain more Wolf Warrior Coins,

sorry, then. Feng Xiaotian decided to drag it out for three months.

Huo Ying was somewhat excited, and her voice trembled as she spoke. "Enough, that's enough. Three months is already fast."

"Xiaotian, I'm Huo Wu's mother, Huo Ying. You and Wu'er are good friends, so you don't need to keep calling me Senior. Just call me Aunt Huo!"

That attitude was a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

But everything Feng Xiaotian did was for Wolf Warrior Coins. He smiled and said, "Aunt Huo, let's begin!"