Chapter 377 - Gravity Training (1/2)

Since Nik now lived within Shen Xiu's estate— The Sacred Family's New Quarters— the location of training was shifted to the much greener backyard with a pleasant scent of wet soil lingering in the surroundings. Nik looked at his apprentice with a warm smile. Even if he now had a physical relationship with the three of them, that didn't stop him from treating them as genuine students when the situation asked for it.

Korra, Lanruo, Xiu, Ning'er, Ryu'er, Ziyun, and Asami.

The seven of them stood straight.

”Honestly,” Nik began with a wry chuckle, ”It is shameful to admit that each one of you has a drive that I lack. Though days, it felt like I have learned from all of you more than I could teach. Of course, I don't mean that with you, Asami. You are a newbie.”

”Hey,” Asami snorted softly while crossing her arms under her bosom.

”For that, I am grateful,” Nik grinned and then released a terrific pressure that suppressed the seven of them physically, ”But, my earlier words were merely a prelude to the next phase of your training. Body Strengthening.”

The seven of them had to mobilize a tremendous amount of physical exertion only to stand with bend backs. Their gazes tilted up and matched Nik's smile. They couldn't even reach up to his gaze, and the fact deeply affected the petite Ryu'er.

”Hoooooooo!”

A deep growl escaped her lips, the locks of hair over her head flew wildly as her neon blue irises circling around the deep red pupils finally matched Nik's gaze as veins popped all over her body. With a feral grin, she felt her heart drumming against her modest bosom, Ryu'er cackled for the first time with genuine excitement flashing on her expression, ”This... is a piece of blueberry cake!”

She stood straight as the six of them looked towards the only thin figure standing straight. Her body was giving off an unseen pressure, and for the first time after they all apprenticed under Nik, the elder ones looked at Ryu'er anything besides a cute girl that needs protection.

”Well said, kid!”

Korra grinned as her muscles flexed hard. Her biceps grew slightly prominent, and instead of matching Nik's gaze, she tilted her head towards Asami and spoke with a smug grin, ”Oi, Oi, Asami. Don't go bowing dawn at mah feet, girl.”

”Heh!”

Asami chuckled with her forehead filled with sweat. She, too, grew comfortable to pressure, at least, comfortable enough to raise her head, ”Don't go tooting on your muscles, Korra. How barbaric.”

The others soon stood straight enough to move, and oddly enough, Lanruo did not complain.

”Want me to stop here or...

Can you move a single round around the field?”

”Hell, no!”

The six of them shouted before Ryu'er felt her courage deflating. Surely, it would look bad on her part to continue—

”No need to hold back, Ryu'er,” Nik chimed as the six girls felt the pressure around them disappearing and the collapsed on their knees. Only Ryu'er remained standing straight. The weight was almost comforting. She finally felt slightly free w=even with such an enormous pressure boring down on her.

”If you get ahead of others, that is your merit.”

Nik matched her gaze. The look of excitement still remained evident on her as Nik continued with a grin that made him resemble a wolf.

”Or the fact that I live with a pressure double than what all of you felt is enough to make you stop holding back?”

Nik inquired, making the girls widen their eyes. This was the truth. His physique had long gotten used to the twice the natural gravity of this plane. This face also made his physical attacks far more effective than usual.

”T... twice?”

Ryu'er inquired with an astonished gaze. A simple nod from Nik made Ryu'er turn on her heels and start jogging around the field.

”Come on. You shouldn't lie to a little girl,” Asami chuckled as Nik looked towards her, ”I didn't lie, Asami.”

Nik clapped his hands and continued, ”Anyway, since you cannot control that much of pressure, I'll reduce it by half.”

While Xiu and Lanruo already knew that this wasn't a spirit technique, Nik didn't explain his Gravity Manipulation to others and subjected them with a 50% increase in gravity. He had gotten so proficient in the manipulation of gravity that aside from their bodies, the strands of gravitational force did not affect ay thing else. Not even the bed of grass underneath.

And so, they joined Ryu'er to train their physiques.

Meanwhile, Nik turned his head and subjected Shen Yue with a 30% increase in pressure and manipulated his mind to train on the other side of the estate without a hint of remorse. Due to Nie Li's apparent hate for Shen Yue, Nik had already decided to prepare Shen Yue as a back-up plan if his first plan didn't work.

Finally, after hours of training, Nik allowed the girls to have rest. Of course, he let them off slightly early since they had t walk for a few minutes before reaching their dorms. Xiu wasn't a benevolent saint, and aside from Asami, who already lived here and Lanruo, who ad already satisfied Xiu's heart, she had made herself more than clear that she wouldn't allow others to use her premise as a bathhouse.