novelhk Chapter 49 Team Integration
Chapter 49 Team Integration
Chapter 49 Team Integration (Part 1)
Practice makes perfect, and Ma Xiaotao gently took a bite of the fish.
The first thing that touches the tip of her tongue is the spicy and salty sauce, which directly stimulates Ma Xiaotao and makes her mouth water.
Then comes the crispy, caramelized fish skin, which crunches in your mouth, blending perfectly with the sauce. The texture and flavor are surprisingly good, making it very appetizing.
Ma Xiaotao took another big bite of fish, chewing slowly as if savoring it.
Hmm? It doesn't smell fishy at all?
Ma Xiaotao was somewhat surprised. She had caught and grilled fish quite often during her training in the wild, but the fish always had a slightly fishy smell, which greatly affected her appetite.
Huo Yuhao's fish meat not only didn't have a fishy smell, but also had a special fresh taste, and no one knew how he did it.
At the same time, Ma Xiaotao also noticed that Huo Yuhao grilled the fish meat very tenderly, so tender that it melted in her mouth like jelly, and the freshness and saltiness of the fish exploded in her mouth.
The outer shell was crispy, but the fish meat was surprisingly tender. It seems that this junior has a good grasp of cooking time and temperature. Is he a fire-attribute soul master?
However, Ma Xiaotao didn't intend to think about that now, and instead took another big bite of fish.
Huh? Ma Xiaotao had been focused on Huo Yuhao and hadn't noticed anything until the refreshing sensation in her mouth made her notice the plant she didn't know the name of, nestled between the fish pieces.
So that's how it is... The reason the fish is grilled so tender is not only because of the perfect heat, but also because of the water vapor that evaporates from the plants at high temperatures.
Moreover, the crisp texture of the plant perfectly compensates for the lack of chewiness in the overly tender fish, and the unique fragrance of the plant also neutralizes the slightly overly salty taste of the remaining sauce in the mouth, preventing it from becoming greasy even after eating a lot.
It's just a grilled fish, yet so much effort was put into it, with each step intricately linked and complementing the others. No wonder they dare to sell it for a single gold soul coin.
After burning all the residue on her hands with her soul power until not even ashes remained, Ma Xiaotao carefully tasted the second one. Even though she already knew its details, the taste still gave Ma Xiaotao an undeniable sense of amazement.
The two grilled fish were quickly finished. The woman in red nodded to Huo Yuhao: "Your grilled fish was delicious. It tasted great, and you even had a serious attitude about it. Let me see your martial spirit."
Huo Yuhao frowned slightly, staring into Ma Xiaotao's eyes, trying to discern something.
Wang Dong, standing beside him, was even more indignant, but Huo Yuhao raised his hand to stop him. Huo Yuhao slowly raised his head to look at the woman in red, and a pale golden light shone in his eyes. At the same time as the pale golden light shone, a layer of purple light rippled in his deep blue eyes.
Ma Xiaotao's lips twitched slightly because she felt Huo Yuhao's amazing mental sharing, and then, what was imprinted in her mind was her own face!
It's so clear you can see every single pore.
The martial soul is the eye... isn't it a fire attribute martial soul...?
Ma Xiaotao shook her head with some regret, thinking that the outer academy had produced an interesting fire-attribute soul master.
The mental sharing only lasted for about ten seconds before Huo Yuhao withdrew it.
"This is the most..." Ma Xiaotao paused for a moment, seemingly organizing her thoughts, "...the most peculiar ten-year spirit ring I've ever seen."
"In the end, it's just a ten-year soul ring. It's a waste of a precious slot for nothing," Huo Yuhao said calmly, as if the discussion wasn't about him.
Ma Xiaotao chuckled and said, "My name is Ma Xiaotao. It's nice to meet you. I'll come back to eat your grilled fish again sometime. Xiao Xu, let's go."
Xu Sanshi said with a bitter expression, "Sister Xiaotao, could you be a little gentler today?"
Ma Xiaotao glanced at him indifferently, and Xu Sanshi immediately changed his tune, saying, "No problem, I have no problem at all."
As he spoke, he quickly walked ahead and gestured for Ma Xiaotao to lead the way.
Seeing Xu Sanshi's miserable look, Huo Yuhao, unusually playful, decided to tease him:
"Senior Xu, don't worry, I will definitely explain everything to Senior Jiang about what you did tonight, and I will make sure she doesn't misunderstand you!"
"Damn it!" Xu Sanshi, who had managed to maintain his gentlemanly demeanor, immediately broke down—"Junior Brother Yuhao, stop messing with me!"
The next day, Huo Yuhao's team of three, who had completed their registration in the classroom, found a relatively flat clearing in the woods to familiarize themselves with their teamwork.
Wang Dong asked, "How shall we practice? Shall we each use our soul skills once?"
Xiao Xiao immediately said, "What's the point of that? The best drills are those with a confrontational element. You're an offensive-type Soul Master, so you'll be on one side, and the class monitor and I will be on the other. Let's have a sparring match."
"You two want to fight me?"
Wang Dong raised his right hand and shook his index finger, saying, "You guys are no good, you don't have a single chance!"
"Whether it works or not, we'll only know after we try! But we can't just fight like this, let's keep a distance of thirty meters on the Soul Arena before we start."
"Also, you can fly, but we can't. We can't just fly away when you can't win, can we?"
Wang Dong casually said, "I won't leave the ground more than five meters off the ground. Okay, I'm going over there. You can call 'start' now." As he spoke, he had already started backing away.
"start."
As Xiao Xiao gave the command, she swiftly released her martial spirit.
Two circles of yellow light flashed simultaneously beneath Xiao Xiao's feet and instantly rose into the air.
At the same time, a black light and shadow condensed above Xiao Xiao's head. The light and shadow was clearly a cauldron about one meter in diameter, with three legs and two handles. It was Xiao Xiao's main martial soul, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
Huo Yuhao also released his martial soul, and a circle of bright white soul rings appeared around him.
Just as Xiao Xiao was surprised that Huo Yuhao only had one ten-year soul ring, something even more surprising happened.
Centered solely on Huo Yuhao, everything within a 90-meter radius instantly transformed into a three-dimensional image in her mind. She didn't need to think; all sorts of information rapidly appeared in her mind. Even every blade of grass and every tree within that radius was clearly visible.
Moreover, the movement trajectory of every object within the range appeared in Xiao Xiao's mind. In fact, as long as Xiao Xiao focused his attention on an object, he could even see the movement trajectory of that object in the next few seconds.
Wang Dong's full-speed charge was clearly visible under the mental detection. Xiao Xiao didn't even need to think to accurately judge the best time to stop Wang Dong's continued advance.
This...this is too amazing! Is it really possible for a ten-year spirit ring to do this?
Xiao Xiao pointed her right hand at Wang Dong, and the cauldron-shaped light and shadow above their heads, which was one meter in diameter, instantly rushed forward.
It didn't crash directly into Wang Dong, but it did crash into Wang Dong's straight line of movement.
However, it was clear that the distance between the light and shadow of the cauldron and Wang Dong was getting closer and closer. If Wang Dong did not slow down, he would crash into the cauldron.
(End of this chapter)