Chapter 61 - Increase

The dense area of energy was exactly as described—a unique core that seemed to have a strange attraction to its surroundings. As Fang started to move, the surrounding energy spiraled towards him, as if the core were a magnetic field. It almost felt similar to the tower itself.

However, it was a person who contained this core. Feeling fatigued from the constant influx, Fang stopped and leaned against the wall, catching his breath. After all, he had collapsed and lost all of his energy before reforming it once again.

Curiously, Blue came out as Fang was silently slouching.

In the past few months, she had repeatedly tried to interrupt Fang’s practice to no avail and eventually gave up completely. Looking closely, she realized he appeared uncharacteristically tired. He had never looked this way before.

Although she had given up harassing him, she often observed the energy in his room, intrigued by how Fang seemed to progress without major bottlenecks. Today, she felt the fluctuations of a breakthrough, but shortly after, the energy had completely disappeared from the room!

Had he progressed to 5th grade intermediate?

Suddenly, a hand grasped her shoulders.

She almost responded angrily when she realized that Fang had fallen asleep, sinking to the ground. Unable to withhold her curiosity, she gently sent a probe of energy into Fang.

Usually, when she attempted to seek out Fang’s constitution, she would be rejected by an instant parry, but this time, it didn’t occur. Growing even more interested, she looked further.

No wonder he had become like this!

What kind of method enabled this so quickly? Throughout this semester, she couldn’t learn more about his origins, and he seemed to become more and more mysterious.

Sighing, she sat next to Fang and waited.

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A day passed as usual, and Fang headed to a practice area in the evening.

Lined with an incredibly dense alloy, the floor and surroundings were renowned for their durability. Due to the resistance they provided, most martial skills wouldn’t leave a lasting impact.

Ever since the recent set of conflicts, the institute decided to discourage students from exchanging pointers and instead promoted the training dummies in the practice area. To avoid potential injury, the rooms were separated and corralled off tightly.

Filled with vigor, Fang entered a practice room.

Each dummy was constructed from different materials of varying durability to give the practitioner an idea of their power.

Fang released his energy and started with a single ball of energy.

Bang!

After the dust settled, the dummy showed a slight dent, which began to reform back to its flawless exterior. The flexible material ensured that the dummies would have a long lifetime as long as the damage wasn’t too severe.

He wasn’t surprised by the amount of damage done, as it was just an average shot.

Silently, he quickly memorized the general depth of the damage. For someone above the preliminary ranks, this skill wasn’t worth much at all.

However, by shooting this, he had a benchmark to compare to.

Once again, he formed a ball of energy on his palm, but the buildup took much longer.

Bang!

The second ball of energy hit the wall.

Fang looked in confusion. It wasn’t right—the amount of damage couldn’t have possibly been the same.

Again, another ball slowly revolved around his palm until it was flung into the target.

Bang!

The result was yet the same!

Constant sounds echoed throughout the room as bright flashes occasionally crashed into the dummy. An hour passed, then two hours.

Though the number of energy balls he used exceeded a hundred by now, the results from each hit were nearly identical. The expression on Fang’s face, however, showed no major changes.

As countless other times, he started to condense a whirling sphere when suddenly, a shock ran through his body. Without hesitation, the sphere went flying towards the dummy at an extreme speed, hurtling through multiple layers of the target.

Success!

Fang sighed in relief—the energy had completely surpassed the former attempts by at least tenfold.

He had finally connected to the raging area inside, and by pulling out compressed energy from there, his strength had grown, surpassing the limit!