Chapter 30: Force out the potential? (2/2)

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At night, Liszt sat on a tree branch on top of a tree inside the forest of giant trees.

This branch was only as thick as a thumb. Sitting on it, Liszt continuously swayed with the night wind. It seemed this branch could break at any moment, or perhaps Liszt could fall from this branch any second.

Unexpectedly, neither of these situations happened.

A peculiar wind rolled out of the forest like a transparent python, falling opposite Liszt. Carter’s figure emerged on a thin branch in front of him.

Carter stood on this tiny branch, extremely steadily, as if he were a heavy stone. The curious thing was, the tiny branch under his feet also seemed to have turned into a heavy stone, set fixedly in place without moving a single bit.

Throwing a glance at Carter who just appeared in front of him, Liszt stretched his back and said lazily, “Don’t you think that’s a big waste of arcane particles?”

“I’m not like you, I’m not a monster who’s ready to fight in peak condition at all times. In a place as peaceful as Holy Dawn Academy, it doesn’t matter much if I waste a few arcane particles.” Carter smiled, then he became serious again. “Huston conducted the wall running test today with that group of freshmen. Ayrin ran sixteen steps on that boulder we very often ran on.”

“He’s so amazing?” Liszt clapped his hands and smiled. “It’s truly a good result that surpasses expectations.” He didn’t seem to think much of it when Carter cast a glance his way.

“What surpasses expectations even more is the speed of his progress and the speed of his recovery.” Carter solemnly said, “When I saw him a few days ago, it would have been impossible with his strength and speed to run more than ten steps. Also, you must have seen that as well, his body recovers much faster than an ordinary person. That means he can train for longer compared to others, or you could also say he possesses more training time compared to others.”

“Even a physique like Minlur’s seems worse than his.” Liszt rubbed his chin, smiling. “Such a recovery ability, normally it only fits pure barbarian bloodlines, but he’s obviously not from a barbarian bloodline, so I don’t understand that part either.”

“Not only his healing ability, even his learning ability is especially strong.” Carter sucked a deep breath in and told Liszt, “I taught him the “Explosive Air Surge” not long ago. It turns out I only had to guide him a couple times before he more or less grasped it. Now it’s only a matter of fine-tuning details about regulating the amount of power.”

“What you mean is, you suspect him of having dragon blood?” Liszt shook his head. “If it were a dragon bloodline, our library’s senior Plum would have seen it a long time ago. His astounding physical strength and learning ability indeed make you think of high-level dragon bloodlines, but you must also have noticed that the arcane power he uses doesn’t have the might of dragon bloodlines. For high-level dragon bloodlines, even during the Awakening stage, the might of the gathered arcane power when using arcanist techniques is visibly much stronger than ordinary bloodlines.”

“Correct, the strongest part about dragon bloodlines is that their arcane power and arcane particles are especially strong. When using the same secret skill, the might will be much stronger than other people.” Carter agreed with what Liszt said, but his face was even more bewildered. “Then what kind of mysterious bloodline is it in the end?”

“I wouldn’t rack my mind so hard about this issue if I were you. This question will naturally be answered in the future.” Liszt smiled. “Anyway, we’ve ascertained he’s special enough. Just like Chris, he’s a genius hard to come by in our Holy Dawn Academy. That’s enough.”

“You can say that, but every time I see this guy’s attitude, I can’t help thinking about this issue.” Carter shook his head, vexed. “Last question. It turns out senior Plum already took a fancy to Chris and taught her his secret skill. It’s obvious you also appreciate her very much, and she obviously has the bravery to lay her life down in order to achieve victory. She should be very suitable for your secret skill Holy Gate of Life, why don’t you try teaching her and see whether she can learn it?”

“The reason’s very simple.” Liszt said, “Say I teach her. If she grasps it, she would certainly have the courage to use it, but her body can’t bear it. She’d die.”

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“Explosive Air Surge!”

In an empty spot inside the forest of huge trees, his body once again drenched in sweat from head to toe, Ayrin suddenly swung with his left hand while punching with his right.

With a deep and forceful chant, the movement of his hands became so fast they created series of blurs.

“Boom.” An explosive sound.

When his body reached its limit under the fists’ momentum, he once again put all his strength into his fists. He almost seemed to shoot out something material, his body trembling all over from the recoil.

A mass of air visible to the naked eye charged out from his fist like a blast wave, bombing on the trunk of the great tree in front of him.

A white hole appeared on the hard trunk. Many dozen pieces of tree bark flew out.

“Amazing!”

Ayrin’s eyes were full of little stars when he looked at the bark cracked open.

“My belly’s so hungry.”

The next second, he once again held his belly, a pitiful miserable expression on his face.

Now, the thirst and hunger in the minute particles inside his body didn’t feel sated anymore. That “Giants’ Food” had already been digested after one day, and now his belly once again felt empty. He was so hungry he felt a little wan.

“Hm?”

Right at this moment, he heard a strange sound come from inside the forest, vaguely, sounding like Belo’s voice.