#37 - Absolute trust

"I've adjusted the power to level twenty. This is the difficulty you'll be facing shortly." Bai Yan explained.

Bai Yan's first soul skill was very fast, at least twice as fast as Huo Wu's first soul skill. However, Quan Yi's eyes could still follow it.

Moreover, this move doesn't have the explosive damage of flames. Instead, it leans more towards piercing damage.

From the moment he saw the soul skill, Quan Yi was constantly thinking about how to deal with it.

He didn't give Quan Yi and Huo Wu any time to prepare at all.

Quan Yi reacted immediately, grabbing the somewhat dazed Huo Wu and moving away from Teacher Bai Yan.

The two came to the tree where they had been resting earlier and began to discuss in hushed tones.

"What do we do? Our chances of winning are too low. Moreover, the teacher is a speed-type soul master who can fly. Even if we want to escape, we can't escape from the teacher."

Faced with an overwhelming difference in strength, Huo Wu felt somewhat flustered and desperate.

However, Quan Yi wasn't intimidated by the difference. His eyes were filled with a eager expression.

Quan Yi suppressed the excitement in his heart and forced himself to calm down.

"Sss~, Haa~." Quan Yi took a deep breath and then exhaled heavily.

"So, are you going to give up fighting?"

Huo Wu met Quan Yi's eyes. The sharp glint in Quan Yi's eyes pierced straight into Huo Wu's heart.

What kind of gaze is this? Why isn't there a trace of fear in your eyes? Instead, they are full of fighting spirit.

Huo Wu's heart began to beat violently.

That's right, this is a rare opportunity for actual combat, and my mind is full of negative thoughts. How can I catch up with Quan Yi if I'm like this? How can I become the strongest?

The vow she made with Quan Yi flashed through Huo Wu's mind, that moment of infinite passion.

A raging fire seemed to ignite in Huo Wu's heart, and her eyes began to firm up.

"No! If you want me to give up, you'll have to kill me."

She had to stand up again. She still had to catch up with Quan Yi and couldn't retreat here.

"What should I do?"

Huo Wu's fighting spirit was reignited, and Quan Yi admired the little girl's courage.

"Huo Wu, how many more times can you release your soul skills?" Quan Yi asked.

To defeat the opponent, one must know oneself and one's enemy. Quan Yi had to understand the specific situation of both sides.

Huo Wu immediately said, "I can release it twelve more times."

"Can you fire them continuously?"

"Yes, but it takes time to condense soul power, with a gap of about one second in between."

"Can you control the trajectory of the fireballs?"

"I can't do that yet." Huo Wu's face showed embarrassment.

"It's okay." Quan Yi quickly comforted her.

Quan Yi pondered for a moment, constantly comparing the differences between the two sides, as well as their strengths and weaknesses.

Quan Yi seemed to have thought of something and immediately leaned close to Huo Wu, whispering in Huo Wu's ear, "We'll wait a moment..."

The quarter of an hour passed in the blink of an eye. As the incense burned out, Bai Yan seemed to sense something and opened his eyes.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu stood in front of him, one in front of the other, and they were very close. Quan Yi's eyes were full of fighting spirit, staring intently at Bai Yan.

"It seems that you are ready. I announce that the battle officially begins."

Bai Yan didn't act rashly. His sharp eyes quickly swept over the two, observing Quan Yi and Huo Wu.

Quan Yi stood in front of Huo Wu, his tall figure completely covering Huo Wu.

Bai Yan, who was experienced in battle, instantly understood their strategy.

They were using Quan Yi's absolute dominance in close combat with his first soul skill to prevent Bai Yan from getting close.

Moreover, if Bai Yan wanted to attack the weaker Huo Wu first, he would have to bypass Quan Yi first.

But Huo Wu was close behind Quan Yi, and if Bai Yan wanted to attack Huo Wu directly, Bai Yan would have to endure Quan Yi's attack.

Bai Yan admired their strategy.

Especially the fact that the two of them didn't choose to fight on their own but chose to cooperate.

The fact that the two of them could do this meant that Bai Yan's combat training was already more than half successful.

However, this didn't mean that Bai Yan would relax. On the contrary, he had to put even more pressure on the two of them. Only in this way would the two of them become even closer.

"Flame Feather Assault."

Three red feather arrows shot towards Quan Yi.

Quan Yi was fully focused, observing the trajectory of the three feather arrows.

His right hand quickly condensed 'Gang' and raised his right hand, using the shield stance from the Quan family's boxing techniques. This was a defensive posture.

Quan Yi's hand moved extremely fast, his right hand appearing in the predicted trajectory of the feather arrows in advance.

When the feather arrows touched Quan Yi's hard hand armor, they were immediately deflected, failing to harm Quan Yi and Huo Wu in the slightest.

Quan Yi didn't choose to face the attack head-on but adopted a clever approach.

He adjusted the angle of his forearm to change the trajectory of the feather arrows, minimizing the impact force.

Bai Yan's eyes shone with brilliance. He didn't expect that the young Quan Yi would have such amazing talent in battle.

Very well, then let me test your limits.

Bai Yan continuously waved his left and right wings, launching two consecutive Flame Feather Assaults.

"Shuu, Shuu."

Six feather arrows flew towards Quan Yi at high speed.

Quan Yi didn't panic at all but silently raised his left hand and secretly condensed 'Gang'.

Quan Yi's hands were multitasking, making precise adjustments for the two attacks respectively, deflecting three feather arrows with each hand.

The gap between the two attacks was less than a second, which meant that Quan Yi's brain had to be able to think and adjust his hands simultaneously, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to perform such an operation.

The advantage of multitasking was vividly demonstrated in this battle.

Seeing Quan Yi block his continuous attacks so easily, Bai Yan felt very troublesome.

However, Bai Yan didn't slow down his offense.

Bai Yan strode forward with his long legs, quickly rotating around Quan Yi and Huo Wu. He wanted to use speed to disrupt Quan Yi and then seize the opportunity to attack Huo Wu.

However, Quan Yi and Huo Wu seemed to have anticipated this, cooperating tacitly. Quan Yi rotated around Huo Wu, and Huo Wu even cooperated with Quan Yi to rotate her body, always hiding behind Quan Yi, not revealing any flaws.

Quan Yi was like a thorny shield, not only untouchable but also very hard. His attacks couldn't penetrate the opponent's defense.

And if he wanted to attack Huo Wu, he had to go through Quan Yi.

Bai Yan understood Quan Yi's intention. He wanted to protect Huo Wu in this way and pass the assessment together.

However, since frontal attacks were not effective, then I would attack from above.

By flying into the air, Quan Yi's tall figure would no longer be able to shield Huo Wu. In this way, Bai Yan could directly attack Huo Wu from the air.

Bai Yan flapped his wings and soared into the sky.

He wanted to control the air, even if Quan Yi's defense was very strong, Huo Wu behind Quan Yi was not necessarily so.

Flying into the sky, Bai Yan immediately saw Huo Wu hiding behind Quan Yi.

However, Bai Yan's pupils shrank the moment he saw Huo Wu.

"First Soul Skill, Flame Bullet."

Orange-yellow fireballs flew towards Bai Yan like shooting stars chasing the moon.

Huo Wu had been waiting for a long time. From the start of the battle, her attention had been completely focused on the sky.

Quan Yi was responsible for defense and preventing Bai Yan from getting close. Huo Wu was responsible for attacking and repelling the attacks from above.

This was the battle plan proposed by Quan Yi.

However, to implement this plan, Huo Wu needed to completely hand over the ground defense to Quan Yi, which also meant that Huo Wu had to completely give up attacking from the ground.

To do this, Huo Wu had to completely trust Quan Yi.

This kind of absolute trust would actually appear in a team that had been formed for less than a day, which no one could have imagined.