Chapter 23: Strength Test
Lance hurried to wash off the stinky impurities as soon as possible. When looking at himself in the mirror afterwards, he was amazed to see that his skin was a shade lighter as the tan he had developed in his years on earth was starting to fade away.
Not just the tan, even the stretch marks that had appeared to new muscle growth had started to fade away. Lance was overjoyed as he touched the relatively smooth skin along his biceps.
The only vestiges of his former self could be seen in the minimal amount of fat he still retained in various places, but these would also disappear in a few months of training.
It was still an hour from training time, so the cafeteria was mostly empty as he gobbled down a quick breakfast. He ran at full sprint to the training ground, reveling in the feeling of lightness. Even his endurance had improved by leaps and bounds.
On one side of the huge open field were placed conventional gym equipment, but the weights started from 50 kg, going up all the way to 10,000 kg. These were numbers that one would not be able to see in any gym on earth.
The strength test comprised of 2 numbers: punch power(or PP) and kick power(or KP). These were the main indicators of the raw power of an initiate, but this only held true when the intrinsic nature(or IN) wasn't taken into the equation. Other than these, the squat, deadlift and bench press were 3 numbers that initiates also compared strength with.
Lance started with the three exercises first. His present record was 220, 200 and 180 kilos(squat, deadlift and bench press). This was an impressive improvement from his previous self, but it was still not even the highest in earth standards.
He started with his record weights, but they almost felt weightless. Excited, he hurried to add more and more weights that he hadn't been able to touch till now.
Finally, although he was expecting such a result, it still shocked him: 600 kg squat, 500 kg deadlift and 500 kg bench press!
It must be noted that the world records on earth were all lower than these numbers, albeit only a bit lower. Still, such an improvement in one day was astonishing.
"This is the power of a breakthrough!", said Lance as he talked to himself in awe.
The initial field of the energy construct in his dantian had strengthened his body overall, resulting in this improvement. Almost all stage-1 initiates had more or less the same strength, unless amplified by external factors.
"Finally broken through, have we?". A grating voice sounded in his ears as he turned around to see an old man in white robes walking towards. He had typical Chinese features, with a fair face, a striking nose and a flowing beard that seemed to hide a weak chin. His eyes made him stand out. They radiated might, and it felt as a single glance into them could make one lose all strength as they gave the feeling that standing up to such might was just futile.
The old man had a mocking look on his face. It seemed as if he was strolling idly along the pain, but he was in face moving at a speed many times faster than an average humans running speed. In a few moments, he was in front of Lance.
This was Xuan Long, head instructor of the initiates and due to Lance being the descendant of Attok, the King of Torture, with the sole purpose of putting Lance through as many difficulties as he possibly could within his authority.
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