Reborn as Huo Yuhao, but also in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 26 Burning Technique Out of Control

Near the northern side of the Monster Mountain Range lies a naturally formed stone forest, a place rarely visited by beasts. At its center, however, is a spring that continuously pumps forth clear water. Beside this spring, three young men are currently cultivating.

"Xiao Yan, don't rashly fuse with the beast fire. We don't yet know what will happen when the Burning Technique is fused with a flame. This Burning Technique is supposed to be used to fuse with strange fires, but now it's being used to fuse with a beast fire. We don't know what changes will occur," Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan. "Besides, are you sure the beast fire can enhance the Burning Technique?"

Xiao Yan nodded, his eyes filled with obvious excitement: "When I used the Burning Technique to absorb that 'Cloud Flame' before, I felt that the speed of my battle qi circulation increased a little, and the level of my technique improved slightly. However, it was probably because the fourth-order beast fire was too weak that it failed to evolve into the middle level of the Yellow Rank."

"In that case, I'm relieved. We'll prepare some Ice Heart Pills and Meridian Protection Pills in advance for this beast fire fusion." Yao Chen's voice carried both trepidation and joy. "Originally, you should have refined them yourself, but these two pills are second-grade pills, and your alchemy skills are still somewhat lacking. This time, I will refine them for you."

After a moment's thought, Yao Chen assigned tasks: "Xiao Yan, you will learn alchemy from me. Little Fairy Doctor, you should first improve your Dou Qi, and then I will teach you how to use the cauldron that Yu Hao gave you to refine medicine. Yu Hao, you can follow your own plan."

"Yes, Master (Teacher)."

Little Fairy Doctor looked at Huo Yuhao, and a bright smile suddenly bloomed on her face, which had been expressionless for the past few days: "Brother Yuhao, it's been so long since we've suppressed the poison gas." As she spoke, she took Huo Yuhao's hand and walked into the depths of the stone forest.

"These young girls nowadays, I really don't know what they're thinking, their expressions change in an instant. Back in our day..." Yao Chen put his hands behind his back, tilted his head back, and deliberately spoke with a sense of nostalgia.

"It changes about once a month, which is quite stable. Unlike you, who always turns into a weird old man."

Before Yao Chen could react, Xiao Yan lowered his voice and continued, "But Yu Hao... Master, I suspect that Yu Hao was a girl in his past life."

Yao Chen lowered his voice as well, his face filled with excitement: "How so?"

Xiao Yan explained, "Master, haven't you noticed? Yuhao's personality changes in an instant; one moment he's enthusiastic, and the next he's indifferent."

"I didn't notice." Yao Chen lost interest and gave Xiao Yan a flick on the forehead.

"Hey, what are you doing!"

……

Deep within the stone forest, a figure darted between the stone pillars, moving with lightning speed. Punches, elbows, shoulder strikes, whip kicks… attacks came one after another, leaving afterimages in the air. Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the stone pillars. The instant the figure stopped, several explosions rang out, almost overlapping.

Sunlight bypassed the white clouds and shone on his face—it was Huo Yuhao. If Xiao Yan saw this, he would be so frustrated he'd vomit blood: he had dedicated almost half a year to practicing the Eight Extremes Collapse, yet it was still inferior to the results of Huo Yuhao's three days of haphazard practice.

Huo Yuhao stood still, calming himself and withdrawing his stance. Looking at his results, although he had achieved the requirement of mastering the Eight Extremes Collapse—the perfect superposition of eight layers of energy—he didn't show much satisfaction. While recovering his battle qi, Huo Yuhao mentally rehearsed the method of channeling energy in the Eight Extremes Collapse, muttering to himself.

"Multiple energies... stacked together?"

A moment later, Huo Yuhao moved again, changing his fist into a palm, and the surrounding cold air instantly merged into his palm.

【Emperor's Palm - No Snow During the Great Cold】

Bang! The Emperor's palm, which should have been silent, struck the stone pillar with a deafening noise. Shards of stone flew everywhere, and before hitting the ground, the shattered stones covered in ice exploded again, turning into a cloud of stone dust.

Huo Yuhao frowned as he looked at the stone dust all over the ground.

"Strength can be stacked, but subsequent cold energy cannot. Hmm, if only there were a method to stack multiple battle energies."

"Ahem! Yuhao, are you doing a demolition?"

Having finished his cultivation, Xiao Yan followed the sound and came over. Seeing the mess on the ground, his lips twitched: "Were you practicing the Eight Extremes Collapse?"

"Hmm." Huo Yuhao nodded, then asked, "How's your cultivation technique? Has it leveled up?"

"It's leveled up!" Xiao Yan's face lit up with excitement. "The Burning Technique has successfully leveled up to the middle Yellow Rank!" Then, the painful memories of the fusion process surfaced, and he was overjoyed but also a little scared: "Hiss—this thing is really damn powerful. If it weren't for the cold air that Yuhao gave me at the beginning, I almost wouldn't have made it through."

"Shall we try running it?"

"Uh, here?" Xiao Yan asked somewhat reluctantly.

"Is there a problem?"

"Fine, you'll see." Knowing that Huo Yuhao would find out sooner or later, Xiao Yan sighed resignedly and ignited his Dou Qi flame.

"It has indeed been upgraded to the middle level of the Yellow Rank." Ignoring Xiao Yan's pale pink Dou Qi flames, Huo Yuhao focused his mental energy on sensing Xiao Yan's Dou Qi circulation.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's serious expression and no intention to mock him, Xiao Yan, who had prepared himself for being ridiculed, breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to extinguish his Dou Qi flames, he heard Huo Yuhao speak.

"As expected of a sworn brother of Senior Guhe, even the beast fire is the same choice."

"Hey! Is that the color I wanted to choose?!"

Xiao Yan was about to argue with Huo Yuhao, but Huo Yuhao ignored him and took out two scrolls from his storage ring and began to draw on them.

"Yuhao, what are you drawing?" At this moment, Yaochen also floated over.

After finishing drawing the two diagrams of Dou Qi circulation, Huo Yuhao replied, "The evolution method of the Burning Technique is not quite the same as I thought."

The two diagrams of battle qi circulation were highly similar, but one was clearly more complex. Huo Yuhao frowned as he carefully examined both diagrams.

"How could the route change out of thin air?"

"Isn't this normal?" Yao Chen asked, puzzled.

Seeing that Yao Chen, who was usually very cautious, was now ignoring this obviously abnormal phenomenon, Huo Yuhao's brows, which were already slightly furrowed, tightened instantly.

"Yeah, now that you mention it, I also feel something's not right. At first, I thought it should be an increase in the amount and speed of Dou Qi. But now this thing seems like a reward given after absorbing flames." Xiao Yan also realized this and looked puzzled. He recalled some system novels he had read in his previous life.

"Little Fairy Doctor!" Huo Yuhao called out.

"What's wrong, Brother Yuhao?"

"Take a look at these two pictures." Huo Yuhao looked at Xiao Yixian and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Yixian, do you think that upgrading a cultivation technique would be done in this way?" After explaining his and Xiao Yan's doubts, Huo Yuhao stared intently into Xiao Yixian's eyes.

"Hmm... Is there a problem with this?" Little Fairy Doctor thought for a while and gave Huo Yuhao an answer he didn't want to hear.

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's expression changed drastically, his pupils instantly turning a brilliant gold as he stared at the three of them. Then, he shouted sternly at Xiao Yan, "Xiao Yan, immediately switch to cultivating the Zhou Tian Technique!"

"But Master's body..." Xiao Yan's face showed struggle.

"There are other ways. We can each control a different flame and refine it together!" Huo Yuhao said urgently.

"Alright." Seeing that Yao Chen didn't stop him but nodded, acknowledging the feasibility of Huo Yuhao's method, Xiao Yan finally agreed to switch cultivation techniques.

With his mind focused on his meridians, Xiao Yan recalled the circulation path of the Zhou Tian Technique, attempting to control his Dou Qi to alter its trajectory. However, just as his thoughts touched his Dou Qi, attempting to change it—

"I can't control my fighting spirit anymore!" Xiao Yan's voice was filled with undisguised fear, far exceeding the fear he felt when his fighting spirit disappeared.