12 Inner energy refinement technique
After Adam had finished the fighting training class, he went to the headmaster's office.
"Hello sir, I came to thank you for your help. After you had visited us in the morning, the teacher let me join the competition and announced that I have an Outstanding Talent."
"I can see that you have already become a D ranker, how can a talented boy like you, not participate in the tournament? I needed to fake your talent so that people don't start asking questions. For now, I need you to train so hard to be among the top ten."
"Of course sir, I will work hard and get stronger."
"You don't have to just focus on your rank only. You need to train multiple fighting techniques. And don't forget that your true rivals in the tournament aren't your classmates but the second-year and the third-year students. Most of them have already reached the D-rank and Felix Storm, the son of The Warriors Family and last year tournament winner had even reached the C-rank. And because The Warriors is one of the top five strongest families in the city, they must teach him plenty of fighting techniques."
"I understand, sir."
"You are just like me when I was your age. You are from a poor family yet you are unwilling to surrender. So to help you I will give you a technique that I have created myself when I graduated from high school." the headmaster said then he opened an old wooden box on his desk and took a yellow-papered old scroll. "This is a middle-class skill that you will never find in the market because I haven't sold it even when the price was 100000$. I hope you can learn it before the tournament."
Adam's eyes became waterly from joy and admiration. His model had acknowledged his skills and gave him a very expensive gift." thank you, sir, I won't disappoint you."
After he had left the headmaster's office, Adam opened the scroll to make a quick look over.
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Inner Energy Refinement.
Description: Inner Energy Refinement technique it's a passive skill that enhances the inner energy quality by condensing it to forme more dense and pure energy. The inner energy decrease but the power increase by ten times.
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When the skill was fully understood. Adam headed as always toward the Stealthy Cloud Forest to begin his training. He chose a quiet place and started following the instructions. His knowledge of inner energy control that he gained after mastering Inner energy fist, served as a starting point to begin his practice. He was already able to direct his energy toward every part of his body in a fraction of a second. Though the refining process was still very hard and slow. And when he tried to force the fusion the energy became unstable as it gives him unbearable pain.
The technique creates high-quality energy that is ten times stronger than the original energy through fusing it, to purify it.
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Somewhere else in the forest, there was a black-haired tall boy in shiny silver armor that covered every single part of his body except the head. A rectangular shield as big as the boy was fastened to his arm and on the other, he was holding a short hammer.
The boy was fighting the white bears that ruled this part of the forest. Every attack of his hammer crushed the bones of the beasts. Soon the crowd formed by the E rank beasts was wiped out. The boy was also an E rank but he overwhelmed them in every aspect: his defense was unpenetrable, and his hammer was earth-breaking.
"Good job, brother Yassir. Your combat power has reached another level after you bought The silver wolf armor." an archer stepping on a tree branch one hundred meters far from the silver armored boy said through his earphone.
"Indeed, I can feel that not only my defense increased. This armor also increases my attack power."
"I am sure with your current strength you can be one of the top ten in the tournament."
"Brother Yassir, get prepared. A D-rank white bear is coming toward your direction." an archer on another tree warned.
"GGGRRRRRRR!!"A big white beast rushed to the battlefield after it smelled the fresh blood of dozens of slain E rank white bears.
"Come to me baster. I will crush you as I had done to your friends." Yassir said.
The beast slammed the ground and ice thorns came toward the heavy-armored boy. As he couldn't dodge the boy defended with his big silver shield so the ice thorns were instantly crushed.
"Brother Yassir, more D rank white bears are coming toward you. You should retreat or you will soon be surrounded."
"We will cover your back so you should start retreating now."
"Surrendering? Me? Never! How can I become one of the top ten in the new generation if I am afraid of some stupid D rank beasts? Don't worry, my armor is very tough these weaklings won't even be able to scratch it."
"But you are still an E ranker and you still want to fight several D rankers alone."
"Earth Breaker," Yassir said while attacking the beast. He used a weapon strengthening technique. His hammer glowed as his inner energy appeared on it.
When he reached the beast, the later attacked with his big sharp claws. But Yassir blocked the attack with his shield and then he threw his enchanted hammer toward the bear's head that instantly crushed and the beast fell dead on the ground.
"See, I told you they are weak. I have just killed my first D rank beast. And I am not gonna stop with just one."
