Chapter 79: Tianluo Art

It was late summer. The scorching red sun shone down upon the earth, and waves of heat rolled across the land, as if the sun were unwilling to enter autumn and was desperately putting up a final resistance.

In a dense forest, a youth dressed in black, with a black giant sword strapped to his back, darted rapidly through the woods.

"Hahaha! Finally, I've returned to the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The air here is still the best! Although the Imperial Capital is prosperous, it is filled with conspiracies and schemes everywhere. I always feel like there's a pair of eyes watching me from behind, which makes me feel very uncomfortable." As Xiao Yan re-entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, it felt as if he had returned home; everything he saw looked good.

"That is also because your talent makes them wary. If you were an ordinary person, they wouldn't even bother paying attention to you!" Yao Lao floated out from the ring and said indifferently.

"That is true! Teacher, now that we have entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, shouldn't you teach me the movement Dou Technique you mentioned?" Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao with an expectant face.

"Are you that impatient?" Yao Lao said teasingly.

"Of course! I still don't know what it feels like to use a movement-type Dou Technique!" Xiao Yan said as if it were a matter of course.

"It's just a concept for now; there is still a long way to go before it can be realized!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

Under Yao Lao's careful guidance, Xiao Yan soon practiced the Tianluo Art to the fifth level. Even while carrying the black giant sword, one could still only see a lingering shadow, which showed the great power of the Tianluo Art.

However, as Xiao Yan's proficiency increased, the speed of his kicks became faster and faster, until finally, they were so fast that his legs were completely invisible. Xiao Yan's toes were like electric drills, constantly kicking rapidly against the stones, until he finally kicked a large hole directly into a stone.

Yao Lao felt slightly surprised to see Xiao Yan having so much fun, but he was already accustomed to it now. He just gave a gratified smile and continued to study the Dou Technique in his hand.

"Hey! It seems there is still one Dou Technique I haven't learned! The Flame Fist that Fama gave me has been sitting in my storage ring, and I haven't had the time to look at it!" Xiao Yan slapped his thigh, only then remembering that he still had a Xuan-tier Advanced Dou Technique he hadn't learned.

"Flame Fist: Xuan-tier Advanced Dou Technique. It can condense a flame fist, which contains infinite flame energy and possesses immense power."

"The Tianluo Art is a Dou Technique specifically for increasing one's speed. The higher the level, the faster the speed. Upon reaching the tenth level, one can fly directly. With this Dou Technique, you won't be at a disadvantage when fighting someone who possesses a movement Dou Technique," Yao Lao introduced.

"It can't attack? How can that be! Besides, 'Tianluo Art' doesn't sound very good. I think I'll call it Wind God Leg instead!" Xiao Yan felt the name Tianluo Art wasn't high-class enough, so he changed it to the signature skill of someone else.

"Teacher, can this Tianluo Art only increase speed, and not attack?" Xiao Yan stopped his movements and asked Yao Lao.

Yao Lao heard the new name Xiao Yan had given the Tianluo Art and felt it was indeed quite good. Moreover, Yao Lao felt that Xiao Yan wanted to tinker with this newly acquired movement Dou Technique again; he really didn't know what Xiao Yan would turn it into this time!

After thinking seriously for a while, Xiao Yan found a giant rock and began to practice his leg techniques. Why find a rock instead of a tree? That was because, with Xiao Yan's strength, even the thickest tree wouldn't be able to withstand a few kicks before snapping.

"Tianluo Art: It has a total of twelve levels. Once cultivated to the tenth level, one can use Dou Qi to manifest Tianluo Wings, transforming it into an extremely special flight Dou Technique."

"What? You don't want to learn it? If you don't want to learn it, then I won't teach you." Yao Lao saw that Xiao Yan could restrain himself even when faced with such a profound Dou Technique, and was still considering things for him, knowing that his decision was correct.

It was indeed just an idea for now. After all, to fuse three Xuan-tier Advanced Dou Techniques, one would at least need to cultivate all three to the highest level and reach the point of complete mastery.

But after the last Exotic Fire body tempering, Xiao Yan's physical strength had significantly improved. Coupled with his journey of training, he had only mastered twelve layers of Bright Force and five layers of Dark Force, which was still far from the goal he wanted to reach!

Yao Lao unfolded the red scroll in his hand and began to study it. Even for Yao Lao, a Xuan-tier Advanced Dou Technique would take some effort to fully master.

"Teacher, there's work to do again!" Xiao Yan smiled and handed the Flame Fist scroll to Yao Lao, asking him to learn it and then teach him. After all, with Xiao Yan's current strength, it would be difficult to learn this profound Dou Technique on his own.

"Let's start with the simplest rubbing kick!" Xiao Yan watched for a while and found that this was the only movement that was easiest to coordinate with the Wind God Leg.

However, the Eight Extremities Collapse attack moves basically all use the upper body to attack, emphasizing that the feet must not leave the ground, otherwise, it is impossible to exert its power. But Eight Extremities Collapse is not without leg attack methods; the leg attack methods of Eight Extremities Collapse mainly include rubbing, flicking, sweeping, hooking, collapsing, kicking, biting, fanning, intercepting, and stomping.

At first, the speed of Xiao Yan's kicks was very slow, and the attack effect produced was not very obvious, only leaving some shallow marks on the stone.

After Xiao Yan received the information on the movement Dou Technique transmitted by Yao Lao, he was immediately shocked. This was because this Dou Technique was his teacher's family-inherited movement Dou Technique.

"It seems I still have to combine it with Eight Extremities Collapse!" After studying for a long time, Xiao Yan could only come up with this one method.

"Cloud-Parting Palm! Wind God Leg! It seems only the Frost Fist is missing. If I fuse the lingering nature of the Wind God Leg, the rigid ferocity of the Cloud-Parting Palm, and the icy cold internal energy of the Frost Fist together, I could synthesize a set of Three Points Return to Origin Qi! But I don't have the ice attribute, so I can't learn it!" Xiao Yan sighed with some helplessness.

As for now, Xiao Yan hadn't even finished practicing the Cloud-Parting Palm! As the most forceful of these three Dou Techniques, Eight Extremities Collapse would at least need to reach eighteen layers of Bright Force and eighteen layers of Dark Force to be considered capable of unleashing its true power.

While Yao Lao was learning the Flame Fist, Xiao Yan didn't stay idle; he continued to study the Wind God Leg to see how he could use it to attack. Xiao Yan studied for a long time and found that he could only rely on the inertia generated by speed to cause an attack effect, but this bit of attack was like tickling.

Eight Extremities Collapse emphasizes "walking like wading through mud, feet not passing the knees." And the rubbing kick is the embodiment of this footwork; it requires the attack point to land below the opponent's knee joint during the kick, especially the foot.

Therefore, although the rubbing kick is not as lethal as other leg techniques, its intention is to use the kick to trip and destroy the opponent's center of gravity, cleverly achieving the effect of knocking the opponent down with weak force.

"What new idea do you have again?" Yao Lao picked up the scroll and asked with a smile.

Yao Lao was silent for a long time, and finally, as if he had made some kind of decision, he exhaled a breath of turbid air, then raised his right hand and lightly tapped his index finger on Xiao Yan's brow.

The larger the clan, the stricter the clan rules, and they do not allow the external transmission of movement Dou Techniques. Yao Lao must have made a great determination to take out this family-inherited unique skill; it seems he was truly moved by Xiao Yan this time.

"Since you've given it, there's no reason not to learn it!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"Teacher, are you sure you want to teach me this Dou Technique?" Xiao Yan was a bit afraid that Yao Lao would be punished later. After all, they would both be going to Zhongzhou later.

"Movement Dou Techniques are aimed at quickly approaching the enemy or dodging attacks. Of course, more importantly, they are for escaping. Very few people use movement Dou Techniques as a means of attack; they are just regarded as auxiliary Dou Techniques," Yao Lao explained.

"The power is indeed not bad. Although the attack power is average, it wins by having low consumption, fast speed, and continuous attacks, one wave after another, leaving people with only the ability to parry and no power to fight back." Xiao Yan looked at the effect caused by his newly developed move and nodded with satisfaction.

Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Yao Lao, seeing that he was still studying the Dou Technique very seriously. He didn't disturb him, but continued to practice the newly learned move.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 80 =====