Chapter 62: The advanced techniques (1/2)

Everyone who was present couldn't hide their shock. Even the usually cool faces Emilia looked like she had just seen a ghost. It was a fact that Ellie was the strongest person, physically, in the academy. No one would dare to take a punch from her head on. In fact, even Ed wouldn't have dared if he hadn't gotten Nen.

”Let's stop here; we have a busy day tomorrow.” Ed's voice interrupted everyone's thoughts and brought them back to reality. Most of the classmates left the training area, while some were still processing what just happened. Hayato suddenly approached Ed.

”Ed, what was that power? It reminds me of something my great grand-father uses” Hayato seemed to have an idea about Ed's newfound powers.

”It's a power that helped me get better when I was bedridden. However, I don't recommend learning it since it would just get in the way of your cultivation.” Ed was right. If he was to teach them about Nen, they might focus solely on it and forget about their cultivation which would be a loss. Nen abilities were strong, but they required time and patience. If they were to create a Nen ability without thinking properly about the Vows and Limitations, they would simply be throwing their lives away.

”My great-grandfather did tell us he wouldn't be teaching us until we break through to Heavenly Establishment at least” Hayato was in deep thought now. Ed thought that his Nen and the power of Hayato's family were probably not the same, only similar. However, he was curious about the identity of Hayato's family. It was possible that someone from Earth had traveled to this world, and since they could cultivate, they created techniques similar to anime from Earth.

All of them finally left the training area. Ellie seemed down and devoid of her usual energy. They made their way to the restaurant and ate. Leon met with them and seemed to notice Ellie's condition but didn't ask. 'So he's not just a straightforward idiot.' Ed looked at Leon in a new light.

Ed made his way back to his room and went to the training hall. He, along with Raikou, Suika, Gobuta and Garu assumed training once more. They did the same thing as yesterday and trained their Ren time limit. After about three hours of rotations in this training, Ed decided to teach them about the advanced Nen techniques.

”I can see that we have enough training about the fundamentals. It's time to do some advanced training.” The technique Ed used to block Ellie's punch was an application of an advanced Nen technique. Since he was able to do it, he decided to try the other ones today. It was better to strike the iron while it's still hot.

”First of all is Gyo. Gyo is simply Ren applied to a specific part of your body, usually the eyes. When used it gives an increase of power in that specific part, but it leaves the rest of the body vulnerable. When used with the eyes, it allows you to see aura that is usually hidden. Even if the aura was hidden by the technique called In which I'll explain as soon as I can use it.” Ed showed them an application of Gyo by using it in his hands and followed by his eyes. If anyone Nen master learned that Ed was able to use Gyo with ease after only 1 day of acquiring Nen, they would be vomiting blood.

”Next up is En. This technique is a combination of Ren and Ten. There are two ways to use this technique, you can first use Ren and extend it as much as possible.” Ed activated his Ren and blew it away as much as possible from his body; it reached about 7 meters before finally stopping. ”Then you can shape it with Ten.” The aura that was released by Ren started taking the shape of a sphere that stopped at about 6 meters. ”To be able to call this technique En and not simply Ten or Ren, you need to maintain it for at least 1 minute in a distance of 2 meters or more.” Ed looked as if he was struggling to maintain his maximum reach.

”Another way to use it is to use Ten first to shape the sphere close to your body, and then to increase the size by pushing it with Ren.” Ed demonstrated once more and sat down to relax for a little, advanced techniques were much harder than the basic ones.