Chapter 7: Punishing a band of three (1/2)

Chapter 7: Punishing a band of three

“Pa!”

Huston kicked up a patch of grass and struck it on Ayrin’s face with deadly accuracy.

What made people even more petrified was, Ayrin still didn’t show any sign of waking up. He still snored rhythmically, even after the patch of grass fell from his face.

“Wake him up right now!”

Huston almost couldn’t bother maintaining his own image anymore. It was nasty enough already when he said he didn’t know what his own dream was just now. This time he actually had the gall to fall asleep. Did he really think he was only for show?

“Sleeping even here even now, interesting!”

Belo became immediately excited again. He grabbed Ayrin and shook him shook fiercely, he even happily gave Ayrin a kick.

Ayrin finally woke up with great difficulty, his eyes droopy.

Huston controlled his temper that was on the verge of exploding. He wiped a handful of shiny, greasy hair and asked with a fake smile, “Classmate, do you think my level is too low, what I’m saying is too boring?”

Looking at Huston’s insidious appearance, every freshman knew Ayrin was going to be very miserable. But what made them even closer to fainting was, Ayrin wasn’t completely awake yet at this moment asked with a confused, “What?”

“You just fell asleep.” Huston looked very coolly at Ayrin and said, “That’s why I asked you if my level was too low and what I’m talking about too boring.”

Ayrin immediately shook his head.

In truth, he was certain it was the bloodline acting up again. On the way here he’d eaten breakfast to his fill, and as a result, that inexplicable drowsiness had suddenly struck once again. He’d fallen asleep before he even had time to put up a resistance.

Huston smiled coldly, seeing Ayrin’s headshake. “If it’s not because the quality of my lecture is too low, then it must surely be because your learning is sufficient already and you don’t need to study? If that’s the case, then repeat the content I talked about just now. Start from the power of arcane masters. From which two parts does the arcane master’s power comes from? Hurry up and tell us!”

Ayrin weakly answered, “Physical strength and arcane power…”

“Go into more details. There’s also the difference between arcanists and arcane masters I talked about!”

“Physical strength is divided into two parts. One part is the power stored inside all the tiny particles of our bodies, called physical power. The other part is the power of the spirit’s will. As to arcane power, it’s the power from the external elements we can sense after our Awakening. People who can only use body movements to make physical strength and arcane power achieve a certain degree of integration are called arcanists. Only those who can refine physical strength and arcane power into “primordial arcane particles” and store them inside the body can be called arcane masters. There are in total seven “arcane gates” that can store “primordial arcane particles” inside an arcane master’s body. We can open these “arcane gates” after going through training, tempering, and even fighting. The more “arcane gates” we can open, the more “primordial arcane particles” we can store, and the more powerful the arcane master.”

“There’s something even more fundamental for an arcane master, what is it?”

“It’s the power of bloodline. Pure giant bloodlines have astonishing innate physical power and extraordinary strength. Pure beastmen bloodlines are born with the power of wild changes and inconceivable explosiveness…”

“Very good.”

Huston couldn’t have imagined that Ayrin already remembered these things from the inside out when he was still in Cororin. But he merely smiled when he saw Ayrin being able to repeat them so clearly and so completely. “Since your learning’s truly good, then the “Explosive Blazing Punch” is also very easy for you. Come out and demonstrate for us.”

“The little shorty is screwed.”

Moss started to take delight in Ayrin’s misery as soon as he heard Huston.

Every Holy Dawn Academy teacher trained in different martial skills. Only a small fraction of them studied the “Explosive Blazing Punch,” Huston among them. The parents of many freshmen present at the scene were arcane masters, some of them even former students from Holy Dawn Academy, but the teachers they’d met were different and the martial skills they’d learned were also different. On top of that, they were sent to Holy Dawn Academy as soon as they Awakened, to learn the basics. That was why Moss was certain there might not even be a single person there who’d learned this “Explosive Blazing Punch” in advance, to say nothing about this shorty who came from Cororin.

Ayrin helplessly stood up and walked in front of all the freshmen, his lack of confidence written on his face.

He only heard the first part of Huston’s explanation. He didn’t even see the complete scene of Huston firing his punch out afterward, he was already asleep.

“Charge swiftly with quick steps and stamp down… bring up a flow of wind as much as possible… When you feel the brush of the raging winds, match it with the chant and focus your spirit very fast, then use arcane power…”

There was no way out now, Ayrin could only bite the bullet. Under Huston’s proud eyes, he tried to remember Huston’s explanations about the “Explosive Blazing Punch” as fast as he could, then he charged out forward.

“Explosive Blazing Punch!”

After Ayrin’s swift and loud chant, everyone saw Ayrin’s entire right arm ignite with red blaze the moment his fist flowed out, a blaze that quickly wrapped around his fist then assembled into a fiery cloud that exploded with a rumble.

“Success?!”

“He actually really blasted out a blaze, he used the Explosive Blazing Punch?!”

“Where does he come from, how can he comprehend this arcane skill in one try?”

Freshmen immediately exploded in disarray. There was even an expression of adoration to be found now in the eyes of many girls when they looked at Ayrin.

Moss was still delighting in Ayrin’s misery a few seconds ago. Now he was thoroughly frozen.

The proud expression on Huston’s face also instantly stiffened.

How was that possible!

The “Explosive Blazing Punch” looked simple and sounded simple when explained, but many key points, even the most basic speed at which arcane power circulated, were impossible for beginners to achieve without going through repeated practice. Back in the days, even he himself could barely display the “Explosive Blazing Fist” after a full ten days of practice. Moreover, he couldn’t even guarantee success every time.

Ayrin was a little dumbfounded himself. Only, he vaguely felt this move didn’t seem very difficult for him.

This wasn’t a coincidence!

True freshmen couldn’t possibly achieve such speed in their manipulation of arcane power!