221 Tournament Commence
Arkhen was also focusing on his main task; Gaining absolute mastery over his bodily prowess. But it was not going that well.
A few days more passed, and it was finally time for the tournament the next day morning.
Arkhen was a bit on edge mentally as he stood on the balcony of his room, trying to relax at 5 AM after waking up.
Today was the last day, and he had to succeed in gaining absolute mastery over his bodily prowess.
Yesterday, he broke the suppression seal three times in total. It was a lot better but not the result he desired.
"Damn…" Arkhen cursed as he thought about it.
[My lord. Don't get nervous and tense. Relax and meditate for a few hours].
Arkhen thought for a second and nodded. For things like gaining mastery over a certain thing, the most important thing was control. He had to remain calm and in control of both in body and his mind.
'Control… I am trying to control myself, and I succeed as well. But, this absolute control is a different realm I feel, right Velshi?'
[Yes. You have realized it that much. Absolute control of your bodily prowess is like 100 steps ahead of normal power control of your physical body].
[Let me give an example of absolute control. If you punch a football, you can control how much force you want in your punch to shoot it to a certain distance. At your current level, you should be able to punch a ball perfectly so that it stops right at the 50-meter, 100-meter, and 1000-meter marks.].
Arkhen nodded. He didn't reach absolute mastery, but he did get very high control of his physical body prowess because of the intense training in the last nine days.
[However, what if you punch towards a falling leaf with your full power, but then you stop your punch just a centimeter away from the leaf, what will happen?]
'Even if I don't hit the leaf, the force produced by my punch will still blow that leaf far away.'
[Indeed. But if you had absolute control over your bodily prowess, you should be able to completely disperse the entire power of your punch just a centimeter away from the leaf and let it fall as it was normally falling].
Arkhen turned silent. This was indeed 100 steps above normal control of physical body power.
…
"I wonder if that boy gained absolute mastery yet?" Lady Rong muttered with a playful smile while sitting in a garden at City Lord's mansion and listening to a peaceful melody.
The garden was at the very top of the mansion, allowing her to see the lively town.
The city lord of this city was also a woman. She wore a traditional long sleeve dress with several layers and looked very beautiful.
Her long dark green hair got lighter green as it neared her head. Despite her unique hair color, they looked strangely natural, making her appear gorgeous.
She was playing a string instrument like Guqin as she sat beside Lady Rong.
The magical thing was that the flowers and plants in the garden were gently swaying because of the melody from Guqin.
Opening her jade eyes with long eyelashes, City Lord Yanshi turned to Lady Rong and asked, "What boy?"
Lady Rong smiled and said, "I found a rather interesting kid and gave him a challenge that would awaken his Ki affinity."
City Lord Yanshi understood and wryly smiled, "So it's about gaining absolute mastery over his bodily prowess using that Suppression Seal of yours… How many days did you give him?"
Hearing that question, Lady Rong chuckled while shaking her head as he said, "Ten days."
"Uhh…" City Lord Yanshi became speechless.
"Moreover, I even said that given his progress so far, he should be able to complete it and said that it would be really disappointing if he failed," Lady Rong said with a grin.
"You are really evil…" City Lord Yanshi said as she shook her head. Normally, it would take way more than ten days to gain absolute control and awaken Ki Affinity with Lady Rong's method.
"Not really. He seems a bit special. I think he might be able to do it," Lady Rong said with a faint smile.
"If you say so," said City Lord Yanshi before asking, "By the way, who is he?"
"I'll leave his identity up to you to guess. He will participate in the 2nd class section of the tournament."
"Wait what! He is still a 2nd class powerhouse?"
"Yep."
"Crazy."
"I know right? He is crazy."
"No. You are crazy for expecting him to gain absolute control over his bodily prowess in ten days even though he is just a 2nd class powerhouse."
"Nah. He is the crazy one. I felt that in him, haha. Moreover, he already has an innate physique. A fairly high-ranking one."
"…" City Lord Yanshi was speechless. "Can you stop giving me shocking news one by one and just say it all at once?"
"That's the last one. He has an innate physique. That's why I expect him to gain absolute control in ten days," Lady Rong said with a smile.
"That's still a bit harsh, but it is within the realm of possibility," City Lord Yanshi nodded.
"Yep."
…
On the other hand, Arkhen told Jeizy to go ahead to the club first while he continued meditating.
He wanted to gain that epiphany, that one link, one spark, to understand the core principle behind the absolute mastery of his bodily prowess.
Generally, one gains control of their physical body as one practices various straining activities that use the body.
However, Arkhen had done too much in the past ten days. He basically fought hours upon hours in intense high-speed battles while trying to control his power to prevent breaking the suppression seal.
So, Arkhen wanted to meditate and observe his inner body while trying to exert his physical strength.
At the moment, he was standing on a solid unique marble stone ground outside the skill pavilion in the Mystic Wonderland. This place was very relaxing and helped him focus, so he arrived here to try his new practice.
Taking a deep breath, Arkhen closed his eyes and lightly punched the air while observing the internal movements of his body.
At first, Arkhen couldn't sense anything, but he finally sensed something as he continued doing this while moving around in the garden, punching, kicking, and even moving his body's muscles internally.
An hour passed, two hours passed, three passed…
Arkhen continued doing this as he tried to grasp that unknown in his body while trying to maintain control of his bodily prowess while punching, kicking, and jumping around.
Velshi was observing Arkhen with a smiley expression on the cute ball. [My lord, I believe in you and your potential. That's why neither I nor Lady Rong told you what would happen if you gained complete control over your bodily prowess.]
[I believe you can do it!]
…
The next day, the tournament commenced.
All participants were called at the town plaza hall where the City Lord Yanshi and other some big shots were present. The highest level of the big shot was, of course, Lady Rong!
The five people were Lady Rong, City Lord Yanshi, and the three others whom Arkhen saw when he went to City Lord's mansion to meet Lady Rong.
The hall had five groups separated into sections for 2nd-class to 6th-class powerhouses.
"Everyone! Stand at your section without moving. We will be teleporting you to the tournament locations of your respective section," City Lord Yanshi said as her voice reverberated in the large hall filled with tens of thousands of participants.
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