NOVEL NEXT Chapter 33: Training II
The proficiency in martial arts and cultivation techniques was divided into the initiation stage, minor achievement stage, major achievement stage, mastery, and perfection. The cultivator can unleash up to 25% of the total strength of the technique in the initiation stage, up to 50% in the minor achievement stage, up to 75% in the major achievement stage, and up to 100% in the mastery stage. As for the perfection stage, it was only for demonic geniuses and the creator of that technique where they can unleash up to 200% of the total strength of the technique. Every martial arts grade has a power range, if we take the low-tier mortal grade technique to have a power range of 1-5 then the mid-tier will have 6-10, the high tier will have 11-20, and the top-tier will have 21-50. As for spirit grade techniques, their range will start from 100. There exists a great chasm between every major realm. Even within the same tier, there will be a lower limit and upper limit of power output. So within the power range, proficiency in the technique will determine the output a cultivator can achieve.
Amrit’s parents were looking at him with a dumbfounded gaze. Although they can copy the movement as described in the technique, every technique from spirit grade and above emphasizes intent and form. They could mimic everything Amrit did perfectly with the practice of an hour but the intent and fluidity of movement was something that may take years. Looking at the dumbfounded gazes of his parents, Amrit proudly raised his chin and said “I have said that the inheritance came with proficiency. I can be at the mastery stage if I practice this technique for an hour.” Feeling Amrit’s attitude would rise above the roof if this continued his father decided to kick him down a notch. “Alright alright, even if you achieved perfection, you are still in Qi Qi-sensing realm. Hurry up and start explaining the key points.” Unlike his Heavenly Halberd technique, the spirit halberd technique had fewer variations, the first move had six simple variations for slashing and footwork whereas the second move had twelve variations of sweeping at 360⁰ angle.
The first move was pure offense and the second was both offensive and defensive. After explaining the intricacies of footwork and halberd variation, he started training with his parents. He would spar with them and correct their flaws now and then. His parents only used the spirit halberd technique and brought their cultivation level to the peak of the Qi-sensing realm so that they could go all out. Sometimes he sparred with his father and his mother viewed it from the side and sometimes he would spar with his mother. When his parents sparred with each other, he stood on the side and gave pointers. Even with their suppressed realm, they gave Amrit a hard time. Even if they hadn’t mastered the spirit halberd technique, they had decades of experience and their battle instincts. Not to mention their divine sense and strong body. While his parents were improving by leaps and bounds, he was nearing mastery. Before it was just muscle memory and now he was in full control of every variation consciously.
Although the parents were happy with the progress of martial arts, they were shocked by Amrit’s strength and his progress with the technique. The surprising part was that they were both battle cultivators and had developed an instinct for battle, but they were having a hard time keeping up with Amrit. If they didn’t have divine sense, reflex, and strong body, they wouldn’t be able to stand ten moves from Amrit provided they were only using the spirit halberd technique. If it was any other Foundation Building cultivator from the clan, they would be suppressed by Amrit within a few moves. It seemed like the Rijal clan would gain another battle cultivator soon, they thought. They looked at each other and smiled. They began training even more fervently. After training for about three hours they could unleash about 10% of the total strength of technique. The initiation stage reached up to 25% and it was easy to reach 25% but above this is a minor achievement stage and there is a bottleneck between them. Although with Amrit’s teaching, they can quickly reach the peak of the initiation stage, reaching a minor achievement stage may take some time. Even with Amrit’s help, it may take 10-15 days.
All three members were sweating and panting heavily but the parents were even more surprised because of Amrit’s endurance. Even though he had shown astonishing endurance and willpower before the legacy, Amrit himself didn’t realize his willpower and endurance had increased significantly. Despite increasing various attributes of Amrit, neither the legacy nor the bloodline could increase willpower drastically. With arduous training and suitable techniques, there are ways to increase willpower and endurance but these methods would take years. The changes, Amrit didn’t bother with them after all this was the first time he had let loose after obtaining the legacy. Even now he was only using the spirit halberd technique, there was no cultivation technique, heavenly halberd technique, or the nine nether steps involved. If he used all those he was sure that he would be able to fight evenly with initial stage Foundation Building cultivators.
They had been training for hours and the sun would set in a few hours. His father had a lot of work to do so he left saying they would train tomorrow. His mother was also tired so she waved her hand and the array cleaned them and the surroundings. The array was imbued with top-tier spirit gathering array so the mother-son duo sat in silence and recovered their Qi. Looking at the chipped blades of the halberds, Amrit shook his head. They had thought these mortal halberds would handle their practice but when they started training, it turned out all three of them were competitive. Their training became a show of strength, neither side wanting to concede. This resulted in the cracking of the blade of halberds. Radha collected three chipped halberds and put them in her storage ring. She looked at Amrit and said “You should go and rest for today. I will take these halberds to the third elder for repair. We will resume the training tomorrow.”
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