395 Chapter 395 - A Ten Year-Old Shadow (1/2)

Eternal Dominion was astonished when he heard Gu Fei.

To think Gu Fei would actually make adjustment in accordance with the difference 20 Agility would make… That level of control over his own body as well as his conditioned reflexes would have to be at a truly perverse level. If what he said was true, then it would truly not be a bit of an exaggeration to call this man a prodigy seen once every hundred years.

A talent! This what what it meant to be a true talent!

There were some who supplemented themselves through their own diligence, others who had to constantly improve themselves to be ahead of the curve, and other people who would tell others it was possible to find success without any sort of talent. While these people were not wrong in the least, their success did not mean they could surpass the achievements of those who were just naturally gifted. It would merely be wishful thinking for these people who had achieved their own success through such means to assume talented individuals would not work hard themselves, as if such geniuses would merely stay stagnant in the forefront and wait for the others to catch up to them. Such thinking would not fly; anyone could work hard and achieve results, but talent was something not everybody could possess.

Eternal Dominion thought of all this and was once more caught up in memories from days before…

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Ten years ago, his father had visited the Gu Family, and actually lost to the fifteen-year old Gu Fei. Furthermore, it was an utter defeat, a undisputed loss on his part that was soundlessly accepted. Yet his father did not bear a grudge over losing to such a young opponent. However, from that day onwards, this name of Gu Fei of the Gu Family would be raised time and time again, and each time his name was mentioned, praises would undoubtedly follow.

”Look at that Gu Fei from the Gu Family…”

From then on, it was a sentence that Eternal Dominion would most often hear when his father mentored him. Gu Fei had became the primary model for Eternal Dominion when it came to anything about kung fu. His name was like a spectre forever near his side, looking down upon him condescendingly.

His father had hoped Gu Fei would become an exemple for his own son, yet it was apparent there were issues to his teaching method.

Not only did Gu Fei fail to become a good role model for Eternal Dominion, he would in fact feel dejected and sour whenever he heard the name.

Fortunately, Eternal Dominion was not like most of the children out there, abandoning themselves to despair and becoming even worse when he was constantly compared in such a manner. Instead, he had actually been incited into working even harder, training hard day and night, every single day. He had already set his ambition from that point, looking forward to the day when he would visit the Gu Family himself, challenge Gu Fei to a match, and proceed to defeat him. The next time his father begin to mention Gu Fei from the Gu Family, he could then lightly answer, ”Gu Fei? Who the heck is that? Is that the guy I've already beaten?”

Eternal Dominion had fantasized such a scene countless times, feeling invigorated and excited whenever he thought of it, pushing him to work even harder towards this goal.

However, this wish he had was very childish. As he gotten older, fantasizing about this scene no longer stimulated him like before. However, the effectiveness of his hard work from those early years could be seen, for Eternal Dominion had improved extremely rapidly, something his father was extremely proud of. That statement that he loved to mention all those years finally fell out of favor, replaced with a proud yet somewhat regretful and sad comment, ”Not bad. Not bad at all. It's such a pity you do not have the talent that the Gu Family's Gu Fei possessed, otherwise you would surely be up to par.”

In such circumstances, what else but melancholy could anybody feel, were they in his shoes?

Eternal Dominion was truly afraid that he would never get rid of the shadow of Gu Fei in his heart for the rest of his life, so he continued to train and strive for better. The day he was able to easily defeat his father, his father's eyes to shone just as brightly as when he mentioned Gu Fei's name.

”To think you could improve to such a level. Who knows what level that Gu Fei has reached after these ten long years. Perhaps, you should go look for him.” His father's words were subtle, as actually he meant his son should confront Gu Fei and spar with him.

He may not have bared any grudge to that defeat ten years ago, but he was more than happy and proud to see that his own son stood a chance of standing up for him now.

Of course, Eternal Dominion had long awaited for such a day, but it was unfortunate that when he visited the Gu Family, Gu Fei was actually no longer around. After exchanging pointers with Old Man Gu, he felt that he was still lacking in many areas, and he temporarily abandoned his plan to challenge Gu Fei. Who would have thought he would coincidentally come across Gu Fei here in Parallel World? While Eternal Dominion showed a nonchalant expression, he was actually very surprised by this deep down.

Honestly speaking, as a result of his defeat at the hands of Old Man Gu, Eternal Dominion was already not too confident when he began to spar with Gu Fei. Having lost his sanctum of confidence, the ten-year-old shadow harassed him once more. Beaten into retreat after taking the chain of seven kicks from Gu Fei, the very fact that he sought to find a reason to explain his own actions could be seen as a manifestation of this shadow. He had no desire to lose to Gu Fei, not even one bit.

But Eternal Dominion was simply taken aback when Gu Fei proceeded to mention his adjustment to the 20 points of Agility. Eternal Dominion believed he would require quite a bit of time to train and find the appropriate tempo for that attack speed if he were to attempt to recreate the chain of consecutive kicks Gu Fei had executed. But if this man could truly make such adjustments in one go just based off the sensation he had, the disparity between their skills was clear just from this very point alone.

Eternal Dominion was still lost in his thoughts when he heard Gu Fei ask, ”Did my father use this move against you?”

”Ah?” Eternal Dominion was now back in the moment as he replied, ”Nope!”

”Oh, then let's continue!” Gu Fei said, abruptly taking a slanting step forward. That step did not look stable, and his body was instead tipped to the other side.

Outsiders would find this move to look odd, but Eternal Dominion could distinctly tell what it was. ”Shattered Jade Step!”