Douluo Continent: Twin Golden and Silver Dragons Shock Bibi Dong

"This will not only not expose my identity, but will actually further increase my value!"

"What do you call this? This is called a rare commodity that's highly sought after!"

"Not only that, I also want the Martial Soul Temple in Tiandou City to cooperate and spread the news that you are the Pope's personal disciple and that you came to recruit Xuan Hao!"

"I want everyone in the entire Heaven Dou City to know that the Spirit Hall has its eye on me! The Spirit Hall wants a piece of the pie too!"

"In that case..."

Xuan Hao looked at Hu Liena, who was completely dumbfounded, and said, "Even if I get closer to the Spirit Hall in the future, everyone will only think that it's because the Spirit Hall has spent enough money, and that it's the result of me, Xuan Hao, waiting for the right price to go."

"Who would doubt that I'm one of the Spirit Hall's own people?"

"After all, for those self-righteous smart people..."

Xuan Hao pointed to his head:

"The more something is out in the open, the less they believe it; the more something is concealed, the more they believe it to be true."

"This is the ultimate level of 'the darkest place is under the lamp'!"

After listening to Xuan Hao's long speech, Hu Liena opened her mouth but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Although I still felt something was off, there was a sense of absurdity, like "This is actually possible?"

But upon closer examination...

It seems... that's actually true?!

Xuan Hao is currently a highly sought-after prize, coveted by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the royal family. It would be strange if the Spirit Hall didn't react at all.

It is perfectly reasonable and logical for the Spirit Hall to send people to make contact and win them over!

"Your brain..."

Looking at her cunning junior brother, Hu Liena couldn't help but shake her head, sighing with a complex tone:

"It looks so good, but when you cut it open, it's all black inside."

"Those old foxes are incredibly unlucky to have met you."

"Thank you for the compliment, Senior Sister!" Xuan Hao smiled. "Shall we set off now?"

"If we rush back to Tiandou City now, we can still make it to lunchtime. We can also invite Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join us for a get-together; it's more fun with more people."

"..." Upon hearing this, Hu Liena's expression immediately became somewhat strange.

She looked Xuan Hao up and down, her eyes carrying a somewhat enigmatic meaning:

"Junior brother, tell me the truth."

"You've been out there for so long, all your friends... are they all pretty girls?"

First there was that "adopted sister" named Na'er, and now Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling have appeared, plus that so-called "instant friend" Liu Erlong...

So this kid doesn't have a single male around him?

"Look at what you're saying, Senior Sister." Xuan Hao rolled his eyes and retorted confidently:

"Am I supposed to deliberately go out on the street to meet a few grown men, and then hold hands with them to go out to eat?"

"I don't have any strange hobbies. Why would I go looking for men instead of beautiful, attractive women?"

"..." Hu Liena was speechless.

That makes so much sense; she couldn't even refute it.

"Alright, enough talk, get in the car! Take off!"

Xuan Hao didn't hesitate. A burst of brilliant golden light erupted from his back, and his pair of broad dragon wings suddenly unfurled, bringing with them a strong gust of wind.

Hu Liena didn't hesitate and skillfully climbed onto Xuan Hao's broad back, wrapping her arms around his neck and squeezing her legs around his waist.

Na'er, on the other hand, nestled obediently into Xuan Hao's arms, her two little hands gripping his clothes, hanging there steadily like a pendant.

"take off--!!"

boom!!

With a deep sonic boom, Xuan Hao flapped his wings and, like a golden cruise missile, instantly soared into the sky!

The wind howled in my ears, and the scenery below shrank rapidly.

100 meters... 300 meters... 500 meters...

Xuanhao didn't fly close to the treetops or at low altitude as usual, but kept climbing and climbing!

He stopped climbing and began to fly at level altitude only after passing through a thin layer of clouds, when the surrounding air became thin and cold, and the sunset forest below turned into a huge dark green mosaic.

"This..." Hu Liena, who was lying on Xuan Hao's back, looked at the clouds below and was completely dumbfounded.

She instinctively hugged Xuan Hao's neck tighter, her voice trembling slightly in the wind:

"Junior brother... how tall are we now?"

"It's only a little over two thousand meters."

"Two thousand meters?!" Hu Liena exclaimed in surprise, "You...you can fly that high now?!"

As a Soul Master, although she couldn't fly, she had seen pigs run even if she hadn't eaten pork.

Being able to fly and being able to fly high are two completely different concepts!

For a flying-type Soul Master, flying one meter off the ground is flying, flying ten meters is flying, and flying one hundred meters is also flying.

However, as altitude increases, the air becomes thinner, the air currents become more violent, and the temperature drops sharply. This environment places an exponential increase on the consumption of soul energy and the physical strain on the body!

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Generally speaking, even a fourth-ring flying Soul Master is considered quite good if they can cruise at a low altitude of around 100 meters.

To fly hundreds of meters into the air, only a Soul King-level expert could barely manage it.

As for the upper atmosphere above 1,000 meters... it's not just a matter of thin air and sharp winds, but also a test of rapidly dropping temperatures!

At this altitude, ordinary soul power shields simply cannot withstand the continuous drain. Normally, only those who have reached the Soul Emperor level, or even Soul Saints specializing in flight, dare to undertake long-distance raids at this altitude!

As for the legendary 10,000-meter altitude, that is a forbidden zone that only titled Douluo dare to set foot in, because the gale there is enough to tear the bodies of ordinary soul masters apart!

Xuan Hao is only a level 42 Soul Master!

Flying at an altitude of two thousand meters with two people?!

"Calm down, calm down." Xuan Hao felt his senior sister's stiffness on his back and explained:

"If it were before, I definitely wouldn't have dared to fly like this. My soul power would have been depleted after flying for a while."

"But things are different now."

"After consuming that Dragon Blood Mushroom, coupled with the frenzied body tempering at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, my physical strength is already comparable to that of a top-tier Beast Martial Soul Emperor!"

"This wind pressure and low temperature are like a tickle to my body right now."

"Although the consumption was indeed a bit high..."

"But I can still manage to fly from here to Tiandou City."

"Why fly so high?" Hu Liena asked, puzzled. "Wouldn't flying at low altitudes be less strenuous?"

"Senior sister, you don't understand." Xuan Hao pointed to the vast, boundless primeval forest below:

"Although Sunset Forest is not as terrifying as Star Dou Great Forest, it still has quite a few thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts."

"Flying at low altitudes makes you a sitting duck! Not only do you have to be constantly wary of venomous snakes and ferocious beasts that might jump out from the treetops, but you can also be besieged for intruding into the territory of certain flying spirit beasts with a strong sense of territory."

"But it's different at a height of one thousand meters."

“At this altitude, ordinary flying soul beasts can’t even fly up here, and even the ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts that can fly up here are too lazy to bother chasing after us for this little bit of meat.”

"In the world of soul beasts, the altitude at which one can fly represents one's strength and status."

"As long as we fly high enough, the troubles on the ground won't be able to catch up with us!"

"By the way, junior brother."

Hu Liena, who was clinging to Xuan Hao's back, suddenly realized what was happening. She stretched out a hand and waved it in front of her eyes, feeling the howling wind that wasn't truly biting, her eyes filled with confusion:

Why am I not cold at all?

This is the northern part of the Heavenly Dou Empire. It is autumn now. Logically speaking, at an altitude of two thousand meters, the temperature should have already dropped below freezing. Coupled with this flying speed that is faster than a knife, the perceived temperature would definitely freeze a person into an icicle.

This is a must-test question in the "High-Altitude Combat and Survival" chapter of the advanced theory course at the Martial Soul Academy.

Every teacher would repeatedly emphasize: low-level Soul Masters should never recklessly try to fly high. Because being able to fly up and being able to continue flying and surviving at that altitude are two completely different things.

Without the protection of a Soul Saint-level Soul Power, or without a special warming Soul Guidance Device, recklessly entering the high-altitude layer will only lead to hypothermia and lack of oxygen, causing blurred consciousness, and ultimately causing one to fall like a stone and turn into a pile of minced meat.

That's called being brain-dead, not brave.

Choosing the altitude that best suits you, consumes the least energy, and provides the most comfortable environment is the first lesson for every flying soul master.

But now...

Hu Liena touched her face; not only was there no frost, but it even felt somewhat...warm?

It felt like being enveloped in a warm oven.

"This is all thanks to my vigorous blood and energy!"

Xuan Hao explained without turning his head:

"Senior sister, didn't you feel a faint golden-red halo around us?"

"That's the special force field formed by the outward release of the Qi and blood in my body. It's like a natural protective shield, keeping out the biting cold wind and cold air."

"Besides, my body is like a giant furnace. As long as I can fly and as long as I'm still breathing, no one can freeze you!"

"Aside from that initial surge being a bit too intense, and you might not be used to it yet, are you feeling much better now?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Liena carefully sensed the surroundings and indeed discovered a faint red light around Xuan Hao's body that was barely perceptible to the naked eye, radiating a reassuring warmth.

"Your body... is truly a monster."

Hu Liena couldn't help but gasp in astonishment. To be able to form such a "domain-like" shield high in the sky using only one's physical body and blood energy was even more monstrous than many defensive-type Soul Masters.