Heretic Trainer: The Gym Is My Cultivation Method

Raviel hovered in the air, looking down at Gaeion, whose body was still faintly glowing.

"Are you alright now?"

Garion straightened up and smiled faintly, rolling his shoulders.

"Of course I'm fine, and also... this time I'll be serious and show you just what a unique physique can do."

Raviel smirked.

"Then show me."

He lifted his arm, and the air around him started to roar again.

Flames and thunder twisted together, forming an even bigger flaming storm that spread across the sky.

Garion didn't move yet. Instead, he looked at the faint blue screen floating beside him.

[Unique Physique: Graviton]

[Description: A physique born from the mastery of pressure and density, allowing full control over gravitational force within and around the body.]

[Abilities:]

[- Gravity Control: Manipulate gravity around the body to increase or decrease weight and pressure at will.]

[Locked]

[...]

Garion raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"So my physique is related to gravity, huh?"

He crossed his arms, scanning the details again.

"Still locked, huh… It looks like there's more to unlock later. Maybe it'll evolve again in the next realm."

He smiled and clenched his fist.

"But even this first ability, the [Gravity Control], fits me perfectly."

Raviel, still hovering, frowned slightly.

"What are you mumbling about down there?"

Garion smirked.

"Just reading the manual."

Raviel tilted his head in confusion.

"Manual?"

Garion laughed softly.

"You'll see soon enough."

He took a deep breath and raised his hand. The moment he focused, the air around him began to bend slightly.

Small pebbles lifted off the ground, hovering in the air as the pressure around him increased.

The earth beneath his feet cracked quietly.

Raviel's eyes widened a little.

Garion smiled, his tone calm.

"[Gravity Control]."

The moment he said it, a pulse of invisible force spread out from his body.

The flames and lightning around him slowed down, their movement distorted as if the air itself had become heavier.

Raviel frowned, sensing it immediately.

"What's happening? How can my flaming storm weaken, and the pressure I put on you be basically gone?"

Garion chuckled.

"Let me explain it."

He raised his right hand and clenched it slowly.

"My unique physique let me control the pressure itself, so your flame storm..."

The air around him became even heavier suddenly.

"... are now useless around me."

A heavy pulse burst out from his body, and the flaming storm around pressed downward, crushed into nothing.

Raviel's eyes widened even further.

"So that means... anything around you will be crushed into nothing, including even my godly pressure."

Garion smirked.

"You're not the only one who can pressure the people like God anymore."

Without warning, Garion jumped off the ground, shattering the earth beneath him.

He shot forward like a bullet, closing the distance between them instantly.

Raviel's expression quickly changed.

"What the?!"

Garion appeared right in front of him, his right arm pulled back.

"Let's see if a god can take a punch from a mortal like me."

Raviel quickly reacted, summoning another spell to protect him.

"[Flaming Storm Shield]!"

A blazing shield formed in front of him, made entirely of burning red fire mixed with streaks of yellow lightning.

Garion didn't care about it and just landed his punch against it.

BOOM!

The sound from the clash echoed throughout the field, but it was not enough to break the shield.

The flame from the shield also burst outward and engulfed Garion's entire arm, burning his skin instantly.

Raviel smirked, seeing the current situation.

"Your strength is good, Garion. You manage to push me this far even though you're still at the second realm, but..."

His grin widened.

"In the end, the second realm is still the second realm. There is no way a second realm can beat a third realm."

Garion only grinned, although his entire arm was currently being burned.

"Maybe... what you said is the truth, but... don't you remember that I'm different?"

Garion tapped his chest with his left arm.

"I'm the leader of God Gym, and I'm the founder of an entirely new path, the God Physique Path, so..."

His right fist tightened, and the glow of his aura turned darker and denser.

Raviel frowned as he suddenly felt something strange. The pressure on his shield began to rise.

"What?!"

Garion only smirked as the flames on the shield compressed inward, crushed tighter and tighter until the shield itself started to tremble.

"Damn it... how can this be happening?! How can my shield crack?!"

Garion's smirk deepened.

"Didn't I tell you before? I control the pressure, so I can make my punch even heavier than before."

The pressure rose again, and the shield shattered like glass, scattering the fragments into the air.

Raviel was forced back a few steps, thanks to the impact of the shield breaking.

Up on the ship, Dahlia's eyes widened.

"Master... he managed to break through the patriarch's shield?!"

Rynor grinned wide.

"Master's punches are really no joke."

Arden nodded slightly, analyzing Garion's punch.

"He compressed the air himself with his punch. Basically, a master can make his punch as heavy as he wants."

Rachel couldn't take her eyes off the screen.

"So... basically he's turning the pressure around him into his own weapon?"

Rynar laughed.

"Exactly. That's Master for you."

Back on the field, Garion stood straight up, shaking off the flames that were still in his arm.

"Not bad, Raviel. That shield of yours was not only strong but can also attack."

Raviel steadied himself midair, breathing out slowly to calm himself.

"Yeah, it was strong and my best defensive spell until... you broke it barehanded. You're just a madman."

Garion grinned. "Never said I was."

But, the next second, Raviel smiled again as his aura rose once more.

"Then let's see whose power can bend the world further. My domain or your weird, unique physique."

Garion's eyes gleamed, going back into his battle stance.

"Sounds good. I'll make sure this next one really hurts."

The air around them began to shake as the energy from Flaming Storm Domain and Graviton began to clash.