Chapter 6 The Wild

After two years of training with Oro, I learned quite a lot, and I don't mean just in terms of martial arts.

For example I've learned that Oro will minimize what his stats would likely be, so he is in a constant state of holding back and would use pure skill. I'd say he was minimizing his ability to be D-rated.

This led me to learn that stats are more of a physical showing of what someone can do, meaning that they may not always align with experience, skill, or even techniques that someone can accomplish.

The most major example of this would be the story of a woman who was able to lift a car to save her child even though she physically shouldn't be able to do such a thing.

Oro has also taught me about ki and how those who have mastered it or have talent at wielding it can change its form.

I After learning this, I've been trying to get my ki to take shape, but I haven't even come close to alternating it, even after 2 years.

The closest I've gotten is causing a slight black line to appear as I punch when I use all my focus.

*Damn, wasn't Ken able to make his fire form with ease? I feel like maybe Ken and Ryu are stronger than I initially thought.*

As I was thinking about this, Oro gave my head a light chop.

"Come back to reality. I told you that you would be having some special training partners today, so pack up."

When I look at his face, I notice he seems much more excited than usual, so I decided to head to my room to pack some extra training clothes along with casual ones.

I don't know exactly where he plans to take me, but I did overhear him mutter something about a mountain.

As I pack my stuff, I check to see if I have finally ranked up after so much training.

"Status summary"

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[Name: Dray Rider]

Durability 115->165

Strength 300->400

Dexterity 300->600

Agility 400->600

Speed 400->500

Instinct 600->900

Energy 500->800

Intelligence 250->284

Charm 400->550

Control 600->900

Stat grade: C-

Martial arts

[VK2] [Senjutsu]

Skills

[Enhanced perfect body]

[perfect Body development]

[sun breathing]

[nature style]

[natures mend]

[minor freedom]

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"Damn it I've been training my ass off for two years, but I'm still stuck in C-rank stat-wise, and the only times I seem to get rapid growth is whenever I try to spar with Oro."

"That old man's technique is so good that he limits his abilities to what is equivalent to a D rank stat-wise, and I still can't touch him."

*Heh, at least I was able to impress him whenever I understood my inner martial abilities better, and I discovered I'm able to bolster my abilities if I speed up and amplify my sun breathing, but even with senjutsu, the energy cost seems inefficient.*

My progress in learning my inner martial art has slowed down I think this is because I need to meet people who are equal to me in ability so I can have a real opponent to learn from instead of facing someone so far out of my fucking league that they defeat me without touching me.

After getting fully ready, I exit my room with a packed bag, and I begin my journey with Oro.

I constantly tried to get him to tell me where we were going, but he refused, only telling me it would be a surprise.

As we are traveling, I see Oro's eyes squint as if he is seeing something, and he turns to me.

"Before we get to our destination, it seems you will face an opponent, so steel yourself and be ready; I will watch."

As he says this, I sense a large presence approaching, and I see a large brown bear. It seems to notice me as well, and I turn to see that Oro has vanished, nowhere to be seen.

*I know I faced death and all, but that's still a fucking bear, and I'm twelve for fucks sake.*

I take a slow, deep breath to calm my thumping heart and calm myself, readying for battle.

The bear looks at me with a confused and slightly cute expression, then a hunger appears in its eyes, and the bear gets on its hind legs and lets out a terrifying and violent roar it then gets back on all fours, and starts running at me.

(Thump thump thump thump thump thump)

Its steps seem to shake the ground as it rushes at me. It then jumps and lunges at me with its arms open.

I use some rational thought to realize that I cannot dodge left or right because of the bear's large wing span, so my only escape is up.

As the bear's arms quickly come to capture me, I instinctually feel what my timing should be, so I jump above the bear with an arced spinning front flip, and while in midair.

I Reel my foot back, take a deep breath, condense my muscles as much as I can, and go for a midair kick to the bear's head.

The bear seems to notice this and turns its body and receives a powerful kick to the kidney, causing it to wince and move away from me.

*holy shit I just kicked the fuck out of that bear. I guess that's what you get when you combine the body of someone who can beat a demon with their fist with sun breathing.*

Seeing the bear try to gain its bearings, I focus my ki into my fist and rush at it. The bear notices this and gets onto its hind legs to intimidate me, but leaves its stomach wide open.

I punch full force into its stomach, leaving a black line trailing behind my fist, and the bear takes the punch fine since it wasn't aimed at its kidney.

*shit did I overestimate myself*

Suddenly the black line chases after my fist, and a sudden force bursts right into the bear's stomach, causing it to curl up.

Surprised at this, I drop my guard for a second, confused at what just happened, only to feel a sudden bear arm desperately smack me away, and my back hits a tree.

I have to hold myself back from vomiting, causing anger to well up inside me.

I snarl and get into a stance befitting a wild animal more than a trained martial artist, and I focus ki into my foot and rush at the bear as it rises.

I push myself back into a bipedal stance with my leg reeled back like a soccer player, and I throw my hips fully into a kick with a black line behind it, knocking the bear's head back.

The bear, barely holding onto its consciousness after the kick, experiences another impact as a black line follows the kick and a concussive blast knocks the bear out.

[Ki Form {Dead Line} gained]

End of chapter

Hello everyone! This is my first time writing a fight scene. Let me know what you think. The chapter felt a lot shorter than usual.

I've also thought about raising the number of women the MC will have a relationship with, so it may be more than three. I just want it to feel natural.

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