Chapter 1: The Embarrassing Crossing

  With a whip cracking on his fast horse, Lin Xiao Feng hastily bid farewell to Lie Feng and left the Clan Master's residence.

  Returning home, Lin Xiaofeng immediately dived into reading with great haste.

  This was his first time learning the combat skills of the Beastmaster family.

  Lin Xiaofeng's previous cultivation of either body methods or combat skills were all personally comprehended and refined.

  For example, "hugging one's head and scurrying away" or "the golden mouse knocking its head three times".

  "This beast's family-transmitted battle technique is indeed vastly different from the one I previously comprehended! After being tempered by time, it has become a more complete and powerful system!"

  When Lin Xiaofeng carefully browsed through the "Fast Horse Whip" battle technique, he widened his horizons and gained a deeper understanding of the technique.

  These beast families' combat skills are not about stirring up the beast blood crystals in their minds, but rather simple coordination of limb movements for attack or defense.

  In this process, there is a very important link, that is how the beast blood crystal beads can better and faster merge with the flesh, so as to enable the beast to exert its strongest power!

  This is mainly reflected in the route and method of fusion with the flesh when the beast blood crystal pearl is merged, each fighting skill is vastly different.

  Lin Xiao Feng had previously acquired several combat techniques, among which the beast blood crystal of the collision gold mouse beast was merged into his forehead bone, the beast blood crystal of the iron back lizard beast was merged into his back muscles. As for the beast blood crystal of the red dragon colt, it naturally flowed down along the spine, passing through the leg bones and entering the soles of both feet, making his feet instantly hard as hooves, and his killing power and bounce were also strengthened.

  However, this is just a superficial way of cultivating beasts and cannot be considered exquisite at all.

  The true art of combat lies in the application and path of the Beast Blood Crystal Pearl.

  The combat skill of "Fast Horse Whipping" is to quickly infuse the beast blood crystal beads of horse-like monsters in the cognitive sea into one's legs through the body's blood vessels.

  The lower limbs mainly refer to the parts below the knees, including the gastrocnemius muscle, soleus muscle, tibialis anterior muscle and peroneal muscles on the calves, as well as both feet.

  The calf muscles receive an injection of beast blood crystals and instantly boost their strength, causing the body's explosive power and bounce to surge.

  The feet will become as hard as hooves and can tread on stone and split steel.

  "Actually, what I previously understood was just a superficial application method. Now I finally understand the deeper aspects of beast taming."

  Lin Xiaofeng immediately recited the entire "Fast Horse Whip" from memory if he obtained the treasure, and then entered the Beast Blood Castle.

  Standing in the Beast Blood Ancient Castle's training grounds, Lin Xiaofeng slowly urged on the Scarlet Dragon Colt's Beast Blood Crystal Pearl within his Sea of Consciousness according to the method described in "Fast Horse Whip".

  The beast blood crystal transformed into a stream of blood light that left the sea of consciousness and merged into the carotid artery in the head, which was equivalent to getting on the highway. The beast blood crystal sped down from top to bottom through the aortic arch, abdominal aorta, femoral artery and vein, and finally reached the anterior tibial artery and dorsal pedal artery in the calf. In the end, like fireworks dispersing, the beast blood crystal merged with the calf and both feet.

  This change seems slow, but in fact it's just a matter of an instant, several times faster than Lin Xiaofeng's own deliberation.

  Moreover, the Beast Blood Crystal Pearl uses blood vessels as a conduit, consuming very little spiritual energy and having a higher efficiency.

  "Wow!"

  Lin Xiaofeng bent his legs slightly and jumped lightly, feeling a powerful explosive force in his legs, his figure shooting out like an arrow.

  The wind whistled past his ears, Lin Xiaofeng's figure lightly floated down to the ground. He turned around and took a look, then jumped back to the original spot, amazingly more than five meters away!

  What an amazing bounce!

  Lin Xiaofeng took a surprised breath, and at this time the beast blood crystal quietly returned to the sea of consciousness through the same path as before. He lowered his head, looked at his legs, and there was no change from before, but he knew in his heart that this "Fast Horse Whip" was absolutely extraordinary.

  "Whoosh!"

  On the training ground, Lin Xiaofeng's figure kept jumping up and down.

  The body method of the golden mole beast is characterized by its flexibility and variability, with a relatively small range of activity.

  The swift horse whip is a body method that excels in speed, accelerating suddenly when performed, swiftly and fiercely, taking several meters in one step, arriving instantly!

  Lin Xiaofeng fully devoted himself to his training!

  To improve your skills, there is no shortcut. The best way is to practice, constantly practice, hone and try, so that you can truly exert the real power of "Swift Horse Whip".

  On this day, the sky above the Beast Blood Castle was a dull gray.

  Lin Xiaofeng stopped in his tracks, wiping away the beads of sweat on his cheek and taking a deep breath, his eyes shining with excitement.

  Time passed slowly in the Beast Blood Castle, and after more than ten days, Lin Xiaofeng had thoroughly mastered the first level of "Fast Horse Whip", suddenly bursting out with astonishing explosive power, taking a step forward, truly like a fine horse suddenly rising up.

  "Fast Horse Whip" is divided into two layers: one layer is "Surprising Heaven One Step", and the second layer is "Double Linked Ring".

  Astonishing one step, refers to a powerful and swift movement, shooting straight up with incredible speed.

  Double Step Linkage is a technique developed on the basis of Surprising Skyward Step, taking into account the unpredictable changes in battle situations. The ancestors of the Gale family considered that after making a full-force leap, there might be unexpected changes, so they created a second step based on the first one.

  However, this second step is just a fine-tuning, moving about an inch of distance, and this inch of distance may help the members of the Gale family avoid fatal blows and make favorable moves.

  This seems like just a minor adjustment in details, but it's extremely demanding for cultivators. Without the strength of the Eight Sides Boundary, one can't even begin to cultivate.

  Lin Xiaofeng had also tried to cultivate, but he would naturally land on the ground after taking one step, and there was no extra power to take a second step, unless he made preparations in advance, but that didn't count as a true double-step link.

  The true ingenuity of the Double Step Link lies in its ability to respond to changing circumstances and provide a better way to defeat the enemy after fully exerting oneself, making it an extraordinary emergency measure.

  "The Double Step Link isn't that easy to master, I've already grasped the Heaven-Defying One Step, and now I'm much more at ease when facing monsters. For now, I won't rush into cultivation, I'll go hunt the Red Bear Beast in Yu Lian Shan where the monsters are rampaging, and also grasp some practical combat skills!"

  Lin Xiaofeng thought back to all the battle techniques he had ever seen, including "One Horse in Front" and "Horse Treads on Heaven" from the Beast Ability Martial Hall, as well as some techniques he saw in the Thunder Flag's flag department.

  These battle skills are all possessed by horse-type monsters. Lin Xiaofeng had obtained the Vermilion Dragon Colt's abilities, and at this time, he could fully cultivate them.

  With Lin Xiaofeng's current status, he can ask Lie Feng Wu Hong for top-notch martial arts training, but everything must be done step by step, and it is impossible to achieve overnight. Only after thoroughly mastering these basic martial arts and solidifying the foundation can one start training in top-notch martial arts more suitably.