Chapter 3

The next day, after waking up, Su Hao immersed himself in training once again.

Apart from eating and sleeping, he devoted all his time to training!

"Ha!"

"Hey!"

The morning in the residential area was very quiet. Su Hao practiced each move, starting off a bit difficultly, but gradually, he became faster, moving like a swift wind, eventually mastering all the techniques.

After five consecutive rounds, drenched in sweat, Su Hao laughed out loud and stopped.

"Intermediate Basic Combat Techniques, mastered!"

With a week of training, Su Hao's combat strength increased significantly. His combat skills naturally improved, rising from 50 points to 70 points, almost surpassing 80% of the students at No. 1 High School.

It's worth noting that only a genius like his sister Su Ling, with a source ability of over 8, could master the Intermediate Basic Combat Techniques by the second year of high school.

What delighted Su Hao was his physical condition. Seven days of intense training gradually enhanced his physical fitness. After a special test, Su Hao was pleasantly surprised to find that his physical fitness score had increased by another 20 points!

His source ability stabilized at 4.7.

During this week, after conducting numerous experiments on his sister, Su Hao also thoroughly understood the latest model analysis ability.

Model analysis could only create models for ordinary skill cards and was somewhat powerless against source abilities, such as his sister's terrifying Flame Brahma ability. However, this was enough for Su Hao, as even the basic score alone was worth 1 point of source ability!

Moreover, Su Hao was certain that character models and card models were just a part of model analysis. In the future, as his abilities grew, model analysis would certainly become even more powerful!

When creating a character model, he could see the person's abilities and further create a card model. So, what would happen if he created a model of the entire world?

Would it mean he could control the world?

The change in his abilities also fully activated Su Hao's ambition.

The years of suppression as a weakling made him yearn for strength more than anyone else. He didn't want to be a useless person who needed his sister's protection.

War Academy!

The world's top source ability academy!

The dream academy of all students!

"To enter the War Academy, the minimum requirement for source ability is 10, and I currently have only 4.7, which is still far off," Su Hao thought. "The theoretical foundation is 180 points, and the last 20 points are extremely difficult. To get a perfect score, even with a photographic memory, one might encounter problems they've never seen before, making it almost impossible."

"As for abilities, although they have changed, the level hasn't, and it's still in the low score range, so the improvement isn't significant. Physical fitness can't be enhanced in a short time, and the only thing that can be improved is combat skills."

Combat skills... He had already mastered the Intermediate Basic Combat Techniques. To advance further, he needed to learn the Advanced Basic Combat Techniques.

The score for Advanced Basic Combat Techniques is 100 points, 30 points higher than the intermediate level, meaning he would increase his source ability by 3 percentage points, from 4.7 to 5.

Although the improvement wasn't significant, it was a qualitative change for Su Hao.

There were two possible ways to learn Advanced Basic Combat Techniques: one was to buy a tutorial from the market and learn it, and the other was to find a teacher to teach him personally.

Both options were somewhat difficult for Su Hao.

A skilled housewife can't cook without rice; without money, everything was just talk.

But Su Hao had a third option: find a martial artist who had mastered Advanced Basic Combat Techniques, spend some time with her, and secretly simulate it.

Fortunately, Su Hao knew just such a person.

In the Jianghe Park, a quiet area near the lake, a row of willows swayed gracefully.

When Su Hao arrived, he saw a girl in white practicing punches on a willow tree that required both of his hands to encircle.

"Ha!"

"Hey!"

Her delicate fists struck the willow tree, generating a powerful force.

The wind from her punches produced a series of cracking sounds, almost tearing the air.

Seemingly sensing someone's presence, the girl stopped and stood still. Her body sprang up, and she performed a mid-air kick on the willow tree.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound echoed as the sturdy willow tree was kicked in half. Su Hao, standing at a distance, sucked in a breath. If that had hit a person... Chen Yiran, with a source ability of 9, seemed even stronger than before.

"Su Hao?" Chen Yiran turned around, wiping the sweat from her body, and looked at him with a smile. "I thought you would hide from me after Sun Yaotian's warning."

Su Hao smiled. "There aren't many people at No. 1 High School who can scare me, and Sun Yaotian is clearly not one of them."

"I agree," Chen Yiran smiled, her chest heaving from the exercise, making her top tight and very alluring, but she seemed completely unaware of it.

Su Hao also didn't pay much attention, or perhaps they were already used to it.

The two walked around the lake, chatting.

"What are your plans for next month's mock exam?" Chen Yiran asked.

"Me? I'm used to being at the bottom of the class," Su Hao said, surprised.

Chen Yiran looked a bit worried. "With your talent, if you had access to countless evolution liquids and source ability liquids like Sun Yaotian, you might not be weaker than him. Although I don't want to say this, if you need help, I can assist you."

She was referring to a specific area, and Su Hao was clear about it, but he had no intention of relying on a woman for support.

Moreover, he knew that although their relationship was good, it was only that. Maintaining their friendship was already good enough, and involving money would likely ruin it.

But speaking of which...

"Actually, there is something I need your help with," Su Hao said with a smile.

"Really? What is it?" Chen Yiran was a bit surprised and disappointed. She had befriended Su Hao because of his persistence and effort. If he asked for money, it would lose the quality that made her respect him. But she was straightforward and readily agreed.

"I just learned some basic combat techniques and would like you to give me some pointers."

"Really? This?" Chen Yiran blinked her eyes cutely, clearly surprised by Su Hao's request. Seeing his mischievous expression, she knew she had been tricked.

"Hey, Su Hao, you dare to trick me," Chen Yiran said, not in a good mood.

"Come on, it's not like I'm asking for much. I may not be strong, but I have my principles, and I don't sell myself."

"Unambitious," Chen Yiran said, without hesitation, but then asked seriously, "But you really want pointers, right?"

"Of course." Su Hao smiled and bowed. "Student Su Hao requests Teacher Chen's guidance."

Chen Yiran also mimicked a grandmaster's pose. "Please."

Su Hao took a deep breath, and his eyes suddenly glowed. Model analysis, activated!

Flash!

Numerous cards appeared, and Su Hao was shocked to see the abilities Chen Yiran had mastered—ten cards, completely different from his sister's four cards.

Not only was her source ability 1 point lower, but more importantly, the difference in family background was significant. He had always thought his sister's four skills were enough, but now it seemed...

"This poor sister, it seems she's also living frugally." Su Hao sighed, not thinking further, and directly selected the Advanced Basic Combat Techniques card.

Name: Advanced Basic Combat Techniques

Level: 1 Star

Description: The foundation of all combat techniques, including basic combat skills and essentials. Mastering the Advanced Basic Combat Techniques makes learning other combat techniques much easier. This course is a high school self-study course.

A high school self-study course means it's not within the scope of ordinary students.

"Card selected... Advanced Basic Combat Techniques... Analyzing... Model building... Card model built..."

Flash!

A gray card appeared. Su Hao activated his ability, and the source ability he had recovered over a week was completely drained. The Advanced Basic Combat Techniques card finally lit up.

The virtual image disappeared, and Chen Yiran stood with her back to Su Hao, waiting for his attack.

Su Hao took a step forward and used the Basic Combat Techniques.

"Puff! Puff!"

The two exchanged several rounds in the blink of an eye. In fact, the Basic Combat Techniques were not enough to challenge Chen Yiran, but to deepen Su Hao's impression, she also used the Basic Combat Techniques to guide him.

However, what frustrated Chen Yiran was that Su Hao's Basic Combat Techniques were solid and on par with hers.

She didn't know that Su Hao's Basic Combat Techniques had been enhanced by his sister Su Ling's experience and his own experience in combat with Chen Yiran.

The combat experience of two genius girls, combined with Su Hao's integration, made his Basic Combat Techniques display a hint of grandmaster's style, making Chen Yiran feel frustrated.

Gradually, Su Hao began to gain the upper hand.

"Great, Su Hao, you little trickster, you've mastered it so well and still ask me for guidance, just to make me look bad," Chen Yiran thought, not in a good mood.

But seeing Su Hao steadily gaining the upper hand, she smiled and changed her punch style, using the Intermediate Basic Combat Techniques.

"Let's see if you can handle the Intermediate Basic Combat Techniques."