35 Chapter 35: Prelude to Hell? Final Par

COMPRESS!

COMPRESS IT MORE!

This is what has been on Robert's mind this past month. He wanted his Seikuken to be compressed to the utmost, and he wanted his focus to be sharper than even the best crafted sword. The essence of the evolution of Seikuken is to only make the most appropriate action at the very last moment using the least amount of movement. In a sense, this was minute subtlety, but in its combat form.

Finally, Robert was able to achieve it. The next step of Seikuken was finally in his grasps. Standing in front of him was Yue. She was still in that small circle of hers, and not once was he able to get her to move out of that circle with his martial skills. Today, however, was the day he would make her move. Stepping forward, he faced Yue once more. This day's session was almost over, and Robert was already bruised in many areas of his body. Can you believe it? All these bruises, and yet not one was from a kick or a leg attack. All of it was from being countered, punched, palmed, and all other moves used with only the upper body.

Robert's eyes turned calm, but compared to before, this was different. His eyes seemed to be blank in a sense. It was like looking into the eyes of a dead man. His aura, however, spoke a whole new story. His aura and pressure were miles ahead from when he was merely using Seikuken. Right now, it was suffocating at the same time calming. Contradictory, but that just reinforced the fact that getting a read on this aura was a more daunting task than before. Lastly, the biggest difference compared to before was the fact that Robert didn't take any stance. He merely stood before Yue radiating that pressure and aura. Seeing this, Yue smiled as wide as she could.

\u003cRyusui Seikuken\u003e

"Heh, so you finally reached the next step? It took you long enough, pipsqueak." Yue said before raising her hand, and made a "come on" gesture at Robert.

Robert didn't flare up nor did he think of anything. He didn't even punch. He finally remembered what he was doing wrong. Seikuken and Ryusui Seikuken weren't offensive martial skills. They were defensive or to be more precise, they were counter skills. Yue raised here eyebrow seeing Robert not doing anything, but then shrugged. Yue sent an extremely quick jab towards Robert's face. People from Tier 4-2 would barely see anything, and only the people from Tier 1 would be able to counter this.

"You can get your rest. You deserve it." Yue said as she made a smile that was different from all the smiles she had shown to Robert so far. It was a sincere smile filled with affection.

Yue brought Robert back, and Galerion was present in the room. Looking at the fainted Robert, Galerion simply looked at Yue who made a wry smile. Galerion nodded, and cancelled his plans for today's training session. Galerion casted a cleaning spell on Robert, before being placed by Yue on his bed. Robert had a good sleep that day.

The next 4 months focused on Robert training his Ryusui Seikuken, and other martial skills. Robert also learned quite a few new spells from Galerion, and he also expanded his ice type spells. Robert found a liking to ice typed spells, and decided to make this his main. He also learned his first expert ranked spell called "Frost Crush" which basically surrounds the target in a sphere, before quickly compressing it causing the target to be hypothetically crushed. He also learned another expert ranked spell called "Fire Dracora" which is basically an evolved version of the fire dragon spell bringing about a more lifelike dragon.

Robert noticed that what he lacked before was unity with the elements, and understanding. He also lacked mana so he was trained by Galerion to increase it by emptying his mana tank over and over. He also was made to meditate while being distracted by Galerion using several spells that disrupted his concentration. This spells ranged from harmless yet annoying ones like water falling down on him, his butt being heated up slowly, and it progressed to more dangerous spells like being submerged placed in a fire cage which made him feel extreme heat. In the end, it was all worth it. Finally, the day of the tournament came. Robert was already briefed about the tournament, and he knew he would be facing people from all Tiers. He is pumped up. Robert was now walking towards the podium where the tournament will be held. This was located in the west side of Archpoint. Robert then noticed a commotion among students that he passed.

"Hey, hey did you see him?" One male student from Tier 3 asked.

"Who?" The male student's friend answered back.

"You didn't see? Red hair,and regal aura while still being extremely young? He just passed by.Who else fits this description, but..."The male said and paused before continuing.

"Sebas Arc?"

To be continued….