Fantasy System

Chapter 69: The group training

"Eh? What do you mean?!" Ed's imagination ran wild for a while, before forcefully calming himself down.

"I want you to teach me your technique." It seemed like Ed's power left a deep impression on her.

"I can't teach you that."

"I know that it might be a secret technique, and I know I'm out of line. But I need to get stronger!" Ellie had some tears in her eyes as she spoke. It seemed like getting stronger was a very important thing for her.

"It's not that I don't want to teach you, I can't. If I teach you this technique you'll probably end up discarding your cultivation. You shouldn't be training both things at once. At least not until you reach Heavenly Establishment." When reaching Heavenly Establishment, people are able to absorb QI from their surroundings, without having to go into a meditation state. Their bodies would be cleansed making them a perfect vessel for QI.

"However, I don't mind training you with QI only." QI and Nen were almost the same. Only with Nen, you can create special techniques specific to you only. But with QI you can practice all sorts of techniques easily. Ed could simulate Nen training with QI even though the results would probably be lacking.

"As long as I can get stronger!" Ellie seemed to agree with his proposal.

"Good. Then we'll meet in the training hall. You guys can come as well if you want." Ed also invited the rest of his friends. It was better than being alone with Ellie.

After everything was over, Ed's friends went to their rooms. Ed summoned his companions and got Raikou to come out of his shadow, they headed to the training room, and he brought out the rest of the cockatrice. All of them greatly enjoyed the feast and looked as if they could go on training for days without stopping. However, Ed would only train for three hours today. He would be undergoing a very intense schedule of training starting tomorrow.

Ed got his companions to train their Ren, and then some advanced techniques while he continued his training of Shunpo. This time he was only using Ten to protect himself in case of falling or going off course. He finished with some Ren training and took a bath. Before going to bed, Ed was thinking about the tournament. 'Since it lasts only for one day, it will probably be a team fight. Perhaps we'll have teams from each class face off against each other, even other classmates.' Ed finally decided to stop with his speculations and drifted off to sleep.

In the morning, Ed made breakfast for everyone. Raikou wanted to train alone, so Ed let him use the training room as much as he wanted. Ed left the room with Suika and headed to the training hall. On the way, he met up with Leon and chatted until they went in separate ways. Ed had also invited Leon to join him in training, but Leon preferred to train alone, so he could fight Ed without having to hold anything back.

Inside the training hall, Ed found Hayato, Emilia, Stephanie, and Ellie. There were also some of the classmates that joined them before, but they didn't plan to rely on Ed's training this time, they wanted to get stronger on their own.

"Hey everyone. Before we begin, can you show me what techniques you can use that involve QI? I want to know the extent of your abilities." Ed already had a general idea about their prowess, but the more he knew the better.

Hayato seemed to be able to use all elements. He could also fuse them like Ed; which was very rare. Emilia used many types of magic, but her swordplay was enhanced with QI. The speed and strength of her rapier reached impressive levels. Stephanie was very proficient at using Earth magic. She can also enhance herself with QI similar to Ellie, but a lot weaker. She's also able to use wind magic. Ellie's only use of QI was body strengthening. Although she was good at it, it was only at a basic level.

'If she's a princess, she should have been using a cultivation technique that enhanced her QI. But it seems to be only able to do that. It doesn't look like she trained in skills that used that abundance of QI.' Ed was able to quickly guess Ellie's situation. Although she had a lot of QI, she couldn't correctly use it. It was just there. 'Nen would suit her a lot if she becomes a Heavenly Establishment cultivator in the future' Ellie's QI would make quite the good use of Nen training.

"I'll be showing you guys how I use QI. It won't be the same as the technique, but it should be better than nothing." Ed began by entering a state of Ren using only his KI. It felt very awkward for him, but he could still do it. He also showed them Ten and Zetsu. Emilia and Hayato could easily use a technique similar to Hatsu, but Stephanie and Ellie had trouble with it. As for Ren and Ten, they all struggled with it for a while.

After a while, they could mostly use the techniques. Ed decided to do some sparring since it would be useless if they couldn't do it while fighting.

"I'll be training with Emilia and Ellie. Suika you take on Hayato and Stephanie." Ed separated everyone according to what he thought was proper.

"But Ed, what if we hurt Suika?" Stephanie seemed worried about Suika, unlike Hayato who could generally guess how strong she was.

"Don't worry she'll be fine. In case this helps you, Suika you can transform to make it easier for you." Ed wasn't worried about Suika at all. He asked to transform into her human form to fight. This surprised everyone, but they remembered that she could transform parts of her body already; doing it on a larger scale seemed only natural.

"Now then, don't hold anything back because we won't be doing so either." Suddenly, Ed and Suika used Ren to intimidate their opponents. This time it was real Ren, not a simulated one. Their companions could feel the pressure.

Author's Thoughts

Shigun

Hello everyone! Enjoy the chapter.