Li Pu stood up in front of Li Fan and rolled up his pant leg.

"It really is..."

Li Fan looked in shock at the blue-grey skin that had become bright and shiny, his mouth hanging open in disbelief.

He knew well about the talent this kid had in Summoner skills.

But how long had it been since he received the mnemonic? Learning it so quickly, even just a part of it, was too amazing.

Moreover, if it were just a single leg, he might not be so shocked.

But now it's both legs at the same time; this isn't as simple as 1+1!

Activating "Hardening" on both legs simultaneously is much more complicated!

Learning double-leg "Hardening" in such a short time?!

What kind of prodigy is this?!

Impossible!

He absolutely couldn't believe it!

So he raised his hand, and Li Fan pulled out a short sword from the storage space.

This time, he was going to use a Summoner's weapon.

This short sword was typically used to handle magical beast corpses, with no special effects, just good handling and sharpness.

Li Fan didn't exert too much force at first, lightly tapping the blade against Li Pu's ankle.

Ding ding!

The crisp sound proved its hard texture.

Ding ding!

Ding ding!

Next, Li Fan continued tapping on areas like the calf, knee, and thigh, even increasing the force a bit, yet achieving the same result.

It showed that Li Pu had hardened from his toes to his thighs.

"Teacher, how's my hardness?"

Thankfully, Li Fan was a man, or else Li Pu's words might have been misunderstood.

His expression was normal, not feeling any pain even though cut by the blade.

It seemed that the "Hardening" effect was better than he imagined.

"Makes one's head spin."

Li Fan's face still bore an expression of disbelief.

"Wait a moment!"

But then, he suddenly thought of something: "Double power?!"

"Smart."

Li Pu nodded, smiling.

"..."

But this reaction left Li Fan a bit embarrassed.

Whose line is this, are you the teacher or am I?

Have to admit, Li Pu cleverly exploited a loophole this time.

Running the route for double-leg Hardening was indeed complicated.

It's absolutely not something you'd learn and apply by just looking briefly.

But single left-leg + single right-leg is much simpler.

As a possessor of double power, Li Pu only needed to multitask mentally to activate it.

Separately and simultaneously initiating Hardening on both left and right legs.

Compared to the route for both legs, left-leg + right-leg is much simpler yet yields the same effect.

"Even with this loophole, you really are something special."

Having realized this point, Li Fan could slightly accept it, but had to praise nonetheless.

When he first learned "Hardening," it took him over half an hour to succeed on one... never mind, the past shouldn't be mentioned, bottom line it was quite troublesome.

Of course, this trouble is in comparison to Li Pu.

If compared to others, he's already extremely fast.

Can't deny, as a possessor of double power, Li Pu's talent in control is indeed exceptional.

From the first class with Wu Guinan, he could manifest Summoner power outside immediately, whereas it took him two weeks, but those two weeks weren't wasted.

Once mastering the complex double power control, his power control became more precise and flexible, therefore learning new routes faster.

However, Li Pu understood there were still many deficiencies within himself.

Firstly, the initiation of double-leg "Hardening," takes way too long.

In precision-timed combat, the enemy clearly may not simply allow him ample startup time.

So in terms of proficiency, there's a long way to go, requiring lots of practice.

Moreover, the exploit method of double power.

Currently, it's activated separately from the two powers for the left and right foot hardening, yet his goal is to merge the double powers to collectively initiate double-leg hardening.

Based on the Sprint experience, that would likely result in doubling the hardening effect.

Under Li Fan's guidance, Li Pu underwent another half-day training.

At this point, Li Fan fully assumed his teaching role.

His experience and personally summarized tips greatly helped Li Pu improve his efficiency.

The final training result was Li Pu initially grasped the hardening methods for various parts and surrounding areas.

Some areas slightly overlapped, so generally, it was a full-body hardening.

But at present, he could only harden one part at a time at most, adding double power results in two parts.

For now, he couldn't achieve multi-part composite hardening, as that was too complicated.

"Alright, you really know how to choose."

"The overall complexity of 'Hardening' is far higher than 'Sprint.'

"Once you thoroughly master and initially become proficient, then consider learning the third Summoner skill."

"At that time, I will help you study the interconnected merged version of the 'Sprint' route."

His student's hyper-speed absorption gave Li Fan a sense of accomplishment.

However, this kid chose 'Hardening' as a linked skill to 'Sprint', thus destined to tread a path entirely different from his 'Void Thunder'.

He's somewhat curious, what will 'Sprint' + 'Hardening' + '??' eventually evolve into.

But those answers would likely be postponed for a while.

"Thank you, teacher, I'll be heading back then."

Saying farewell to Li Fan, Li Pu left with the scarecrow.

"Surely there'll be no surprises with the slot I have?"

"Wu Guinan, being the principal's grandson, should resolve it no matter what."

"The Southwest Star Cup might be interesting..."

Watching the duo's retreating figure, Li Fan soliloquized.

Apparently the tournament also has a cube race, which caught his serious interest.

"But then again..."

"Did that scarecrow mistakenly drink my liquor as a beverage?"

Observing the light and slightly tipsy swaying green figure, Li Fan realized at this moment.

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Back at the dormitory, Li Pu had a good sleep.

At a similar time to before, he met up with Dai Mi at the old spot again.

Apart from the rice sack trembling upon seeing Li Pu, the process was nearly identical to before.

Dai Mi pre-paid the training fee of 200 Crystal Coins for level 2, and hurriedly returned to the dormitory.

For Li Pu who had mastered double "Fatherly Love," leveling the rice sack twice was no tough task.

After spending less than 3 hours, the mission was completed smoothly.

Leaving behind the patch-covered, silently weeping rice sack on the ground, Li Pu and the scarecrow headed towards the big rock wall again.

Although it's night now, for someone with "Night Vision" like him, it wasn't a problem.

Hey there, aphid big brothers, Li here.

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