Science/Magic

Chapter 40: The One Living in the Swamps (1)

"Ha!" Liu Ying shouted and threw a punch to the air. The strength of the punch broke the sound barrier and created shockwaves that shook the trees on the surroundings.

Without confirming the effects of the punch, Liu Ying took a step forward and threw another punch with his other hand.

"Ha!"

This time, the punch was a bit weaker.

"You did it wrong." Bloed chastised Liu Ying harshly. "You must use all your body when you attack, not just your arm."

Liu Ying panted heavily and nodded. She then started to punch again since the start.

After Bloed promised to teach Liu Ying combat techniques, they decided to start the next morning one hour before departing.

Bloed was not sure about what to teach her. He asked Liu Ying if she had experience in any weapons, but Liu Ying had only used a spear before.

Bloed had never used a spear. The only weapons he had used in his life were swords (when he just got exiled), daggers (Made with monsters' fangs and claws), and sabers (Camilla and Tito taught him).

So, Bloed opted for teaching her hand-to-hand combat.

Bloed knew a few styles of hand-to-hand combat, and he was rather good at them. In fact, he had integrated and adapted many styles of combat in his sabersmanship to make it more complete. So, he did not have trouble teaching her one or two styles.

However, Bloed soon discovered a problem.

It took Liu Ying longer than he expected to learn a technique.

Bloed remembered that he only needed to see a technique once to imitate it; after a bit of practice, he could grasp it to perfection, and after one day, he had already integrated the technique to his combat style.

But when Bloed started to teach Liu Ying, he discovered that most people did not learn as quickly as him.

In fact, Liu Ying was very talented, and she just needed a bit of training to learn a move, but when compared to a super genius like Bloed, she fell a bit short.

Well, Bloed's ESP ability was [Enhanced Brain Capacity] after all. Learning something faster than others was something normal.

Anyway, when Bloed discovered that Liu Ying could not learn as quickly as him, he decided to adapt the lessons and concentrate on the basics. Punches, kicks, and evasive moves seemed like a good option, so he chose a Muay Thai variable as her combat style.

Like that, Liu Ying's first session of training started.

" Master, do you think it's a good idea?" Regina frowned beside Bloed. "Why did you agree to teach her? Master, you are not thinking about keeping her with us, right?"

Bloed smiled wryly. "Of course not. Actually, you can think of this as a bet."

"A bet?" Regina tilted her head.

"Yes, a bet." Bloed replied. "Liu Ying comes from an illustrious background. Even although her family fell, there is a possibility that one day she will be able to regain the glory and authority her family lost."

Bloed then watched how Regina practiced the punches and kicks with a serious expression.

"Today I'm doing Liu Ying a favor, planting a seed. If one day, Liu Ying becomes someone powerful, she will remember this favor and repay us. Who knows, maybe she will be the next demon king."

Regina furrowed her brows. "Master, the probabilities of that happening are very low. And even if she succeeds and manages to recover the glory of her family, perhaps she will not repay our favor and instead will become our enemy. After all, she and you are different. She is not one of us."

Bloed nodded. "Perhaps you are right, hence it's a bet. If I win, we will have a valuable ally in the future. If I lose, then I just taught her a bit of Muay Thai, I did not lose much."

Regina fell silent before nodding.

Liu Ying was very talented. At just fifteen, her cultivation had already reached C-Rank.

Moreover, Bloed discovered that Muay Thai was very suitable for her. Maybe it was due to her bloodline, but each one of her attacks seemed to carry a special overbearing pressure that Bloed's moves lacked.

This world's cultivation ranks were similar to the human confederation's grades. G-Rank was the weakest, followed by F, E, D, C, B, and A.

However, when it came to the equivalent to an S-Grade ESPer, the name changed.

Instead of being called S-Rank, they were called demigods.

Bloed didn't find it strange that the strength classifications were similar in both civilizations. Mana was an ESP ability, after all, so the amount of mana someone could manipulate depended on their psychic energy, that in this world was called soul power.

Due to that, for someone to reach B-Rank in this world, their psychic energy (soul power) had to be at B-Grade, the human confederation's equivalent to a B-Grade ESPer, hence the similarities.

Of course, cultivation levels or ESP grades were not everything in a fight. Bloed was a good example of that. As a C-Grade ESPer, he could fight B-Rank monsters as an equal.

Liu Ying was similar. Her special bloodline granted her an inherent advantage against other combatants, so she could also face B-Rank opponents, although with a bit of trouble.

Liu Ying finally finished all the moves and stances correctly after failing five times. Even then, her moves had some flaws, but Bloed considered her result barely enough to give her a pass.

With a smile, he grabbed a towel and passed it to her.

"How do you feel?" Bloed asked.

Liu Ying furrowed her brows. " A bit strange. This martial art you are teaching me is different from the ones I had seen before."

"Oh? Where is the difference?"

Liu Ying thought for a moment before shaking her head. "I don't know. I just feel it's more savage? Wild? I don't know. How did you say it was called?"

"Muay Thai." Bloed replied.

"Muay Thai, huh A strange name... Bloed, everything about you is strange. I'm curious about where are you from."

Bloed smiled wryly. It was not as though he could tell her that Muay Thai was a martial art of another world.

But suddenly, a voice came from the trees.

"Indeed, everything about him is strange."

Instantly, the group's faces changed.

Regina's reaction was the fastest. As she stood in front of bloed protectively, she materialized an energy blade on her hand and slashed towards the trees.

Instantly, everything in two hundred meters was cut into two.

But the voice remained relaxed, and only showed a bit of admiration.

" Such a powerful puppet."

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