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

Chapter 13 Slaughter

After checking, there was no magic core. Huo Yuhao picked up the longsword.

At this moment, Xiao Yan, swaying slightly, floated back, staring at Huo Yuhao with a complex expression. He noticed that both Huo Yuhao and Little Fairy Doctor were pinching their noses simultaneously. Xiao Yan said resentfully, "If I take any more of your medicine, I'm a dog!"

"Alright, let's leave here first. Something else will be attracted to this place soon."

……

After all that, Xiao Yan was a little weak, so Yao Chen didn't make him continue carrying the Xuan Heavy Ruler. Freed from the burden, Xiao Yan excitedly looked around.

"This is one of the herb-gathering areas that we at Wanyaozhai often come to," Little Fairy Doctor pointed to the valley ahead and asked Yao Chen and Huo Yuhao if they had any medicinal herbs they needed.

"Why didn't you ask me? I've learned quite a few medicinal herbs in the past few months."

"I almost forgot, Xiao Yan, it's time for you to start learning alchemy. Let's go take a look ahead."

While Yao Chen was instructing Xiao Yan, Little Fairy Doctor pulled Huo Yuhao aside to rest. Huo Yuhao asked, "Little Fairy Doctor, what techniques and fighting skills did you learn after you broke through to the Dou Zhe level?"

"As for combat skills, I've learned a set of acupuncture techniques and a set of acupressure techniques. Don't be fooled by my inability to help earlier; it's simply because I'm too big."

Little Fairy Doctor introduced Huo Yuhao to the fighting techniques she had learned from Mr. Yao. She combined two fighting techniques, which could cause great harm to humans, but were less effective against magical beasts.

"Where's the cultivation technique?"

"I haven't learned the cultivation technique yet. My father said that there are very few poison-attribute cultivation techniques in the Jia Ma Empire. Such techniques are more common in the Chu Yun Empire."

Huo Yuhao nodded and handed the scroll containing the "Concentration Technique" and "Qi Control Technique" to Little Fairy Doctor. At the same time, he personally demonstrated the Qi Control Technique.

"Little Fairy Doctor, this Qi control technique was created by my companions and me... a combat skill. It's usable..."

Huo Yuhao demonstrated several times, while helping Xiao Yixian guide the fighting spirit within her body. Soon, Xiao Yixian had a basic grasp of how to use the Qi Control Technique.

Watching Little Fairy Doctor manipulate the river stones with air as if she had a new toy, Huo Yuhao pondered.

If I teach Little Fairy Doctor to cultivate the Zhou Tian Jue, what if her poison attribute becomes so strong that I can't suppress it anymore? Maybe I should ask my teacher if there's a suitable poison-attribute cultivation technique.

Xiao Yan's voice interrupted Huo Yuhao's thoughts.

"What are you thinking about? Are you staring at your girlfriend in a daze?"

Huo Yuhao ignored him. He asked Yao Chen, "Teacher, do you have a poison-attribute cultivation technique suitable for Little Fairy Doctor?"

Yao Chen pondered for a moment and then smiled, "Are you worried that she'll become even more poisonous after practicing the Zhou Tian Jue? For someone with the Calamity Poison Body, as long as they practice, the poison within their body will only become stronger, whether they practice your Zhou Tian Jue or any other poison-attribute technique."

……

As Little Fairy Doctor was converting her battle qi according to the techniques taught by Huo Yuhao, Xiao Yan suddenly asked, "By the way, Yuhao, why are the names you gave to these techniques and battle skills so simple? They're not cool at all." Then, Xiao Yan added to his earlier boasting, "Look at my self-created battle skill! Next time I use it to fight someone, I'll ask them, 'Have you ever heard of a ruler technique that falls from the sky?' Hehehe!"

"That's not the name I chose." Huo Yuhao looked at Xiao Yan with a look of disbelief. "And why do you all like to shout out the names of your fighting techniques? You do, and so do Xiao Yu and Xiao Ning."

Xiao Yan retorted, "It's all about the aura. It lets you show off and intimidate your opponents. A guy as unromantic as you wouldn't understand."

Then, Xiao Yan asked with some curiosity, "What if we named it according to your style?"

"I think it's just for showing off," Huo Yuhao thought to himself. Then, hearing Xiao Yan's question, he perked up and said excitedly, "I originally planned to name the Zhou Tian Technique 'Hope in the Stars—The Path of Zhou Tian'!"

Wow! So melodramatic! Xiao Yan was speechless.

Huo Yuhao's enthusiasm remained undiminished, and he continued to talk about the names he had given to the other cultivation techniques and skills. He was about to name the move Xiao Yan had just used when Xiao Yan quickly stopped him.

Time passed, and Little Fairy Doctor completed her battle qi conversion. She looked up at the setting sun and said to Huo Yuhao and the others, "With this delay, we won't arrive today. It's getting late; let's camp here and continue our journey tomorrow?"

"Wait a minute." Huo Yuhao stood up. "Let's take care of this before we rest tonight."

"A tail? Someone's following us!"

With that, Huo Yuhao pulled the two to his side, one in each hand, and leaped onto a treetop. Golden light flashed in his eyes, and his spiritual power enveloped the three, distorting the surrounding air until they vanished.

"How did you find out?" Xiao Yan asked in a low voice.

Huo Yuhao remained silent, releasing his mental energy to connect with Xiao Yixian and Xiao Yan's minds.

[Mental Detection Sharing]!

As Huo Yuhao's spiritual power spread, more than twenty figures appeared in Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor's field of vision.

"It's the Wolf Head Mercenary Group!" Little Fairy Doctor exclaimed. "Their leader and several officers are here."

"They've been following us all the way. At first, we thought it was just a normal trip into the mountains, and we were just passing by. But we've been stopping here for a long time, and they've been hiding not far away, not moving."

"But why?"

"That's not important." Sensing the malice emanating from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group not far away, Huo Yuhao's voice turned cold.

"They're going to kill us."

……

"Boss, those kids have suddenly disappeared!"

"Gone? How is that possible!" Mu She's voice was full of dissatisfaction. "They discovered they were being followed and went into hiding."

He commanded, "Let's go take a look."

Gan Mu, the second leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, walked up to Mu She and asked, "Boss, could they have escaped? Let me and the third brother each lead a team to search the area."

Mu She thought for a moment and then refused, saying, "That kid from a few months ago might have some tricks up his sleeve. Let's not split up and go together. With two burdens in tow, they won't be able to escape."

On the treetop, Huo Yuhao squatted quietly, his simulation skills fully activated. He held his breath and watched the mercenary group below walk and explore towards the valley where they had rested earlier.

This was Huo Yuhao's first time facing a well-organized organization on the Dou Qi Continent. He didn't know what trump cards they had, or what combination techniques or formations they might possess. Huo Yuhao decided to first assassinate their leader through a sneak attack. That way, even if they had many trump cards, they would likely be unable to activate them without their core member.

When Mu She passed by, Huo Yuhao recognized that this was the person who had just given orders from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. Huo Yuhao instantly entered a state of oneness with heaven and man. In order to better launch a sneak attack, he did not choose to mobilize the energy of heaven and earth, but instead fully circulated his battle qi into his right hand, maintaining the simulated state as he jumped down from the tree, while using qi control techniques to cover his movements.

No snow during the Great Cold!

An icy blue hand quietly touched the back of Mu She's head. Mu She's eyes widened, his battle aura instantly frozen, and a layer of white frost formed on his body. Silence fell. Even in death, he didn't understand why his crisis perception, honed over many years, had failed him this time.

It wasn't until Mu She's body fell straight down that the mercenaries realized their leader had been hit. By then, Huo Yuhao had already slipped away and disappeared again.

"There's an assassin!"

"It's that kid!"

"Commander Mu has been killed!"

The mercenaries were in an uproar, their voices filled with shock and fear.

Muli couldn't believe that his father, who had just been instructing him, had suddenly lost his voice. He knelt down beside Mushe and shook him incessantly.

"Father, what's wrong, Father! Get up!"

At the same time, the second regimental commander Gan Mu's terrified voice rang out, "The enemy has a secret technique to hide their presence. Quickly surround us and stand back to back in a circle."

The mercenaries of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group immediately did as instructed, surrounding the second leader, Gan Mu, and the third leader, Hermon.

Gan Mu glanced at Mu Li, who was still lying beside Mu She, and sneered. He calculated that the assassin wouldn't let such a good opportunity pass and would likely ambush and kill Mu Li. Then he could command the mercenaries to attack Mu Li. He was certain they could take care of the assassin.

Just as Gan Mu was making his plans, Huo Yuhao hid behind a tree, carefully observing them.

Could there really be a formation?

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao stopped in a hurry to make a move and instead used his mental energy to carefully observe the fluctuations of each of their fighting spirits.

Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Mu Li, raising a knife to slash at him. Sensing the danger, Mu Li abruptly looked up and, in the instant he saw the flash of the blade, used both hands and feet as if possessed by a lizard, dodging backward. At the same time, he unleashed a fighting technique.

"Wood Hardening - Don't come any closer!"

"Attack with all your might!" Gan Mu and Hermon shouted in unison. Upon hearing the order, the mercenaries around them unleashed their strongest fighting techniques and, together with their second and third leaders, attacked the figure.

Several ranged combat techniques struck, scattering the figure. If Mu Li hadn't crawled backward to avoid the attacks, he would probably have been reduced to a pulp by now. A pool of foul-smelling liquid seeped from his crotch.

"Ha—oh no! It's an illusion!"

A blade of light, about ten feet long, flashed past, and Gan Mu and the unfortunate men standing beside him were beheaded, their eyes wide open in death.

"Without any trump cards, how dare you follow us!" Huo Yuhao revealed himself, staring at the remaining mercenaries.

"It's that kid!"

The remaining mercenaries secretly groaned. They thought they were just following their leader to cause trouble for a few kids, but they never expected to run into such a monster.

Third Regiment Leader Hermon glanced at Mu Li, who was already terrified, and stepped forward to bow to Huo Yuhao. "Your Excellency, our Wolf Head Mercenary Group admits defeat this time. Please draw up a line and tell us how you will let us go. We will do our best to meet your demands."

There was no reply; instead, he was met with a cold, icy blue light.

The Ever-Frozen Realm!

As the chilling light spread, the mercenaries stopped thinking.