Chapter 16: You’re a monster (1/2)

Chater 16: You’re a monster

“I remember, you’re that teacher back at the registration.” Ayrin scratched his head in embarrassment and asked, “Why are you here?”

“I just happened by and saw you training.”Carter looked at Ayrin and asked, “Is it teacher Huston who asked you guys to train like this?”

Ayrin shook his head. “I only gave it a try because I heard teacher Minlur trains like this.”

“This guy…”

Carter stared, his brows bunching together. He pondered for a while then nodded at Ayrin. “In that case, you might as well link it all together and treat it as a practical skill, it’ll be more beneficial this way.”

Ayrin stared blankly. “Practical skill?”

“A move that can be used in battle.” Carter said in all seriousness, “Physical strength and arcane power are both an arcane master’s weapons. To put it as simply as possible, you have to use means fair and foul, take advantage of everything that can be used in order to defeat your opponent. An arcane master who only knows to use arcane skills is definitely not one expert in fighting.”

Ayrin seemed to understand something from his words. His head nodded firmly up and down on its own.

“If you want to use the power of your body to bring the greatest damage to your opponent, the best way is to avoid getting hit by the opponent before you hit them yourself.” Carter continued in a gentle tone, “Speed can increase the force of the impact, an abrupt change of direction can dodge the opponent’s attacks. Moreover, you can rush in front of your opponent and catch them off-guard with an unexpected strike.”

“Watch carefully.”

After gesturing to Ayrin to make him pay attention, Carter suddenly launched himself, sprinted at lightning speed, then suddenly threw himself forward once near that giant tree Ayrin had been hitting earlier, rolled on the ground, then bounced up with alarming speed before smashing his fist on the tree trunk.

“Pop.”

The hard brown bark split into pieces, countless dense cracks appearing on the shining white wood exposed below.

This wasn’t the end of it yet. Carter crashed against it without the slightest pause. A burst of violent shakes went through the entire giant tree, together with a tremendous bang. Innumerable tree leaves fluttered down like rain.

Ayrin stood there, thoroughly dumbfounded.

Carter’s entire movement smoothly blended into one whole, fast like a bolt of lighting.

There was previously almost no trace on the tree trunk, but now there were two depressions on it, one big and one small. Looking at the tree bark split open explosively, and the strips of wood sticking out, Ayrin was certain that if he were to be hit like this, his fate wouldn’t be that much different from that guy the Ximos had sent flying.

“Sprinting at full speed is so you can increase the force of impact, the roll on the ground can dodge your opponent’s attack and also catch him unprepared.” Carter quietly explained when he saw Ayrin stand in a daze. “This set of movements can train your body and also be used during actual combat. The most critical point is to make the roll and the bounce into one coherent movement. You have to use your entire strength and you can’t slow down. You also have to be careful when handling the timing of your punch. You need to use a punch to seize the initiative and shorten the distance between you and your opponent, prevent your opponent’s next action, but you can’t let this punch slow your ramming either.”

“I got it! Let me try.”

Ayrin nodded excitedly. He shouted, then once again charged toward that giant tree, swelling with bravery.

“Hiss…”

Carter’s eyes shrank. He couldn’t help but suck a deep breath in.

“Pa!” “Pa!” With two explosive sounds, Ayrin bounced up and landed a ferocious punch on the tree trunk, then his whole body crashed against it without the slightest pause.

“Ah!”

Another exaggerated miserable scream rose all of a sudden, but Carter was now frozen, and an expression full of disbelief flooded his eyes.

Of course Ayrin couldn’t possibly compare to him in speed and strength, but Ayrin’s entire movement had been extremely smooth and cohesive.

There was simply no need for repeated practice. Ayrin fully grasped this set of movements in a single try. The difficulties he’d talked about seemed simply inexistent for him.

There was simply no need at all for him to explain things any further.

Ayrin’s movements would certainly become faster and more explosive as long as he continued this exercise.

Carter had personally taught quite a few students before, and he’d also seen some figures that could be described as geniuses, but almost none of them could compare to Ayrin when it came to learning speed and comprehension ability.

“What kind of monster is he, is it a coincidence or is that his nature?… What kind of mysterious bloodline does he actually have?” A fine layer of cold sweat emerged in Carter’s palms; his heart started to bang with uncontrollable violence.

Ayrin sat on the ground in pain. He asked, full of expectation, “Teacher Carter, is it like this?”

“Just like this.” Carter composed himself. “If you’re interested, properly keep practicing by yourself.”

“Thank you, teacher Carter.”

“No need to be polite, you continue your training.”

Carter’s silhouette flashed and shot upwards, becoming a blue shadow streaking among the giant treetops.

“Really awesome. Teacher Carter, you’re definitely an elite teacher in the academy too. But I’m guessing you still can’t beat teacher Minlur or that teacher Rui.”

“…” Carter was in the middle of considering whether he ought to try and teach Ayrin a few more things in the future while he skimmed among the clusters of trees. He almost stepped on empty air and fell down head first from the sky when he heard Ayrin’s words.