Chapter 85: Chapter 85 Look, Learn, and Excel
Sending him flying over to the side of the sand with one kick,
"Hmm, better, not good, but better" Lieg commented as Hoku from the distance was still on his feet… well, on his knee with a bruise face stareing down Lieg; still pissed at him for what he saw earlier.
"Your body is getting better at taking in mana" Lieg observed,
(Dammit… I hate the fact that his words are what's keeping me sane compare to me losing consciousness from before, my blood feels like is on fire, my muscles like iron at times when striking, then flows like a new spring while moving, my breath calmer than ever before as if the feeling of the atmosphere is melding with my body… I can tell now, my speed and power have increased tenfold, if I can bare these beastly instinct telling me to kill, destroy, devour; at the back of my head, I'll be able to kick his ass)
Hoku eyes filled with confidence as he continued to plan his next move. Lieg, just stared back at him and explained.
"So you've got a hang of your mom's blood… good but",
As Lieg continued.
Hoku (Now then focus on his movements).
(Sfx Pat)
Hoku thought to himself before… "But I hope you know, that you're going to have to keep this level of success at this stage".
Lieg explained with his right hand on Hoku's left shoulder appearing right beside him; without him noticing, making only a single visible motion, in his vision.
Lieg had clear the distance between them instantaneously. Hoku remain silent still staring at where he was just a second ago, only seeing a small wave of dust at the feet of where Lieg stood; he slowly turned his head to see if he was really seeing this guy beside him.
"Stage 1 is where you are in a mild mood, you're going to have your body's mana built up subconsciously, while holding on to the bare minimum of outside mana" Lieg continued,
Hoku still trembling at the thought of being overwhelm even after being serious about focusing his attention on Lieg.
Throwing a wild left swing of his arm, clenching his teeth out of mixture frustrated and fear.
(Sfx Pat)
"The goal now is for you to bring this stage out on your own, and keep it up all day long till it feels like breathing" Lieg continued this time appearing on his right shoulder.
(Again?… How is he… no don't give him the chance to get a up on me again)
Hoku thought, but literally after thinking that, tensing his arm to swing.
"Hey are you listening?"
Lieg asked appearing right in front of him unfazed by anything looking in his eyes with his eyes not even glowing cold gold like usual. He stared back at Hoku calm while he spoke fluently about what Hoku must do,
"Really I'm telling you years worth of training, and your not following it at all?… focus on one thing at a time, control your emotions" Lieg explained.
As Hoku was able to regain his composure, leaping out of his area, giving Lieg some distance all while slowly changing his breathing.
"Good… are you still in control" Lieg asked,
"…Yeah, for the most part" Hoku explained,
"Good now on the next stage",
Waving his hand in disagreement with Lieg's last statement "Wait, wait, wait… I'm not even fully aware at this stage and you want me to go up a stage?",
"Still hearing that voice echoing Kill him, at the back of your head?",
"…Yeah",
"Good let it flow out a bit, while holding the whole instinct back without showing emotion",
"… Yeah… uhm… let's see…HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO THAT WHEN I'M ALREADY PISSED OFF!!" Hoku shouted.
Lieg looked around surprised by his statement, then pointed at himself "What did I do?",
Hoku confused by Lieg's reaction "…You didn't touch Howywee?",
"No" Lieg replied,
Hoku sighed in a breath of relief "So you weren't fooling around with those girls?…",
Lieg didn't say anything "…",
Hoku asked him again with eyebrows raised "So you didn't fool ar-",
"I heard what you said" Lieg replied.
"…Oh… ooohhh… Ok then… so let the temptation leak out right" Hoku said, breaking from the meaningless question at Lieg realizing he wouldn't give an answer.
As he continued to inhale and expand his chest out, arms perfectly held up shoulder height thinking about him to remember as a payback all the ungodly amounts of kicks he's gotten from him, in just 3 days.
Going on all four, "Try thinking of yourself as a cup being overwhelm with water… now try topping over the water yourself in any direction you want instead of letting it overflow in your cup out of your control. Focus on your own base mana within the cup, allow the extra weight to go with your basic movements, slowly engulfing your body has you absorb more" Lieg explained.
Hoku remained extremely quiet,
(Think of myself as a cup being overflow),
Hoku's body started to solidify in a coat of white aura.
(It's rotating, the mana around my body has well as into it… its, it's like a cycle)
As Hoku's body began, forming fangs, claws, and two light pillars of light on his back.
(The mana from the air, I can feel it flowing into my body as well as influencing my head with thoughts of death and destruction).
Lieg was just as he was before, standing still waiting for him to get this over with;
(Focus, focus, focus not on death and destruction but damage… damage… the thrill of a fight, the fight… the hunt)
As Hoku was in this stage his skin changed from a light tan to a pale white dragon like scales,
"Congrats on reaching Stage 2 ".
His the two pillars started swirling around forming bright white wings on his back as he smile at Lieg pupil sharp as can be, claws out, fangs out a bit
"Let's go!!".
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