The Tang brothers diligently learn secret techniques

It was not until evening that Ah Yin awakened from her meditation.

Her Soul Power had actually risen straight from level 52 to level 54.

For her cultivation to improve so rapidly at this stage left Ah Yin gaping in astonishment, even though she had originally been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"Awake? Just in time for dinner. Show us what you can do!"

"Huh? Here?"

Ah Yin's joy instantly turned to panic, but fortunately, she had an excuse. "The fire here isn't steady, so nothing I make will taste good. How about we wait until we get back to Suotuo City?"

"True." Jiang Nian couldn't cook, but he could refine pills.

Controlling the heat was the most important part of refining pills, and he supposed cooking worked the same way.

So the three of them made do with another meal of roast meat and fruit. "All right, everyone get some rest. We'll head back to Suotuo City first thing tomorrow morning."

Just then, two masked men emerged from the shadows. Tang Xiao snorted coldly. "You still think you're going back?!"

Ah Yin froze. "Tang Hao and Tang Xiao? What... what do you want?"

Angered that his identity had been exposed so easily, Tang Xiao pulled off his mask. "Ah Yin, I knew you had feelings for me, didn't you? You recognized me even with my face covered."

Ah Yin's face twitched.

Come on, big brother, use your brain. We're all Soul Masters. Even if I can't see your face, can't I sense your Soul Power?

How can you be so delusionally confident? What a creep!

Jiang Nian stepped in front of her, putting on a grave expression. "What do you want?!"

With his identity exposed, Tang Hao dropped the act too. "Jiang, you've made me lose face again and again. Today is the day you and your disciples die!"

Tang Hao's threat got little reaction.

Instead, Ah Yin stared at him as though he were an idiot. "Are you sure you're here to kill us?"

Tang Hao's gaze softened again. "Ah Yin, don't worry. I won't hurt you. I'll take you as my wife!"

Ah Yin made a disgusted face and silently retreated behind Jiang Nian. "Teacher, they're after you."

Jiang Nian looked wary. "Do you really have to kill me?"

"You want to live? Dream on!" Tang Xiao roared. Ah Yin had actually hidden behind that good-for-nothing, and he could no longer hold back. "Second brother, stop wasting words on him. Kill him!"

As they spoke, Soul Rings descended around them both, their dazzling colors brightening the Star Dou Great Forest at night.

The brothers charged from the left and right, with no intention of letting Jiang Nian and his companions live.

Ah Yin grew anxious at the sight. "Master, hurry and bring out your Soul Rings! They're already attacking!"

"What's the rush?" Jiang Nian scooped up Qian Renxue with one arm, then said to Ah Yin, "Hold on tight. I'll get you both out of here!"

"You still want to escape?! Dream on! Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!"

The brothers both activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and two hammers as large as mountains came crashing down at Jiang Nian.

Jiang Nian snorted. "Flash Step!"

Before either brother could see what had happened, Jiang Nian had vanished from the spot with Ah Yin and Qian Renxue.

Both hammers struck empty air, and the brothers exchanged shocked looks.

"What kind of movement technique is that? How can it be so fast?!"

"He's a Soul King at most, yet he can move that fast. This movement technique is incredible!"

"Second brother, how do you know he's a Soul King at most?"

"He absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, so isn't he a Soul King at most? Who would use a thousand-year ring as their Sixth Soul Ring?!"

Tang Xiao angrily slammed a fist into a nearby tree. "Damn it, that bastard ran off with Ah Yin!"

Tang Hao's face darkened as well. "Forget it. There'll be another chance to meet them. Let's go inside and see what techniques that idiot left behind!"

The brothers went into the house together and found two technique manuals lying in the most conspicuous spot, as though someone had been afraid they might miss them.

Tang Hao hurriedly picked up the manuals, and his face lit up with wild delight!

He laughed. "Big brother, Flash Step! It's Flash Step! There's also Black Bear Shakes Its Fur. If it was kept with Flash Step, it must be extraordinary too!"

Tang Xiao hurriedly took the manuals. "It really is Flash Step! At that speed, if we learned it, where on the whole Douluo Continent couldn't we go?!"

The brothers exchanged a glance and immediately began practicing Flash Step.

Meanwhile.

Jiang Nian tore through space and went straight to the edge of the Star Dou Forest.

Qian Renxue asked in confusion, "Teacher, you could have killed them outright. Why did you run?"

Of course it was to give your mother a chance to kill your father... Jiang Nian stroked her head without speaking.

Although he had lured Ah Yin away, given Tang Hao's temperament, he might still find another transformed Soul Beast.

Even if he didn't in the end, Jiang Nian still wanted to enjoy the sight of someone using Flash Step and Black Bear Shakes Its Fur in a fight on the Douluo Continent...

Under normal circumstances, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao would never practice anything so strange.

But Jiang Nian had called out "Flash Step" when he tore open space and escaped, so the brothers would surely think that learning Flash Step would let them flee as swiftly as he had.

Even if they failed to master it, they would probably only suspect that they hadn't practiced enough.

"All right, they're just a couple of clowns. I was finding a little amusement to stave off boredom. Let's get ready and stay at Ah Yin's place for now. We'll return to Suotuo City tomorrow."

Morning in the Star Dou Great Forest was especially peaceful.

Only deep in the dense woods did two voices rise and fall in turn, lending that peace a touch of absurdity.

"Flash Step! Flash Step!"

After a night of practice, Tang Hao had brought his Flash Step to the peak of perfection, but he found it strange that he still couldn't pick up speed.

Neither brother doubted whether the technique was genuine.

After all, a note on the last page of the manual read: "Once mastered, the ends of the earth will be but a step away!"

Tang Hao said solemnly, "We must not have grasped the trick yet. It's just like my Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. Without grasping its essence, it just looks like random hammering!"

He had already lost Ah Yin; he couldn't lose such a marvelous technique as well!

Tang Xiao thought the same and practiced even harder.

"Flash Step! Flash Step!"

The voices rose and fell again, each brother practicing harder than the other.

Before long, it was noon.

The brothers ate a quick bite and prepared to practice again.

Then Tang Xiao said, "Second brother, I don't think we should only practice Flash Step. We need to practice Black Bear Shakes Its Fur too!"

Tang Hao frowned. "That technique doesn't seem particularly powerful, does it?"

Tang Xiao said gravely, "You're being foolish, second brother! Does Flash Step look all that profound to you?"

Tang Hao shook his head.

Tang Xiao hastened to say, "Exactly! If it was kept with Flash Step, this technique must be extraordinary!"

Tang Hao thought about it and agreed. He opened Black Bear Shakes Its Fur.

When they reached the last page, Tang Xiao pointed at the words written there. "Look, it says, 'Once this technique is mastered, a wave of the hand can move mountains and fill seas!'"

"What immense power!"

Tang Hao nodded. "How about this? We'll practice separately. If we stay together, it'll be easy to get distracted by each other's calls!"

Tang Xiao agreed. "Good idea!"

And so, two kilometers apart, the brothers began practicing Flash Step and Black Bear Shakes Its Fur separately.

Tang Hao practiced with gusto, unaware that the commotion had attracted a transformed Ancient Dire Bear.

She watched Tang Hao's movements, and affection stirred in her heart.

That dance looks just like the one the bear clan performs when courting!

The Dire Bear covered her mouth and giggled, her voice booming like thunder, even manlier than a man's. "You rascal! I can see how much you love me!"

Tang Hao froze. Looking at the giant before him, nearly two meters tall with a waist thicker than a barrel, he felt his hair stand on end.