Bea stopped mid-motion.
"Use special abilities like a Pokémon…?"
She stared at Bai Chen, unsure why he suddenly brought this up.
Bai Chen leapt down from the stands.
"That's right. Like this."
Black-red aura surged over him—
Qi Reinforcement, fully activated.
Bea's Pokémon shuddered, cold sweat running down their backs from the sheer pressure.
After a brief demonstration, Bai Chen dispelled it.
Bea's interest vanished instantly.
"Humans can't learn Pokémon moves."
Bai Chen clicked his tongue.
"Your horizons are way too small.
This isn't a Pokémon move—this is a human technique.
Ever heard of something called 'Battle Qi'?"
Just like how he once tested whether Monster Hunter World humans could use Z-Moves,
he now wanted to see—
Could people native to the Pokémon world learn hunters' Qi techniques?
He had already checked Bea's status panel.
She didn't have the common Rarity-3 body-enhancement skill hunters were born with.
She was simply a gifted ordinary human.
But extremely self-disciplined.A natural martial arts prodigy.
"Battle Qi…?"
Bea searched her memory.
She had never heard the term before.
"Yeah. You regulate your inner energy with breathing, and strengthen your body—like this."
He activated Qi once more and punched the ground.
A tremor rippled through the arena—
A ten-centimeter crack tore straight across the battlefield.
Bea and her Pokémon stared at the fissure with shock.
What kind of power was that?
Bai Chen withdrew his Qi.
"Well? Interested in learning?"
Bea's face was stiff.
"You're sure humans can actually learn this?"
"I learned it. Whether you can depends on your talent and luck."
Bea fell silent.
Her rational mind said Impossible. But her instincts whispered that Bai Chen's so-called Qi… didn't sound completely absurd.
Breath control was already part of her martial arts training.
Bai Chen added with temptation:
"You lose nothing by trying.
I can guide your Qi flow and teach you techniques.
In exchange…
You'll lend me your Dynamax Band afterward."
Bea glanced at the white band on her wrist.
After thinking, she nodded.
"I don't mind lending it.
But… does this 'Qi' really exist?"
"According to theory, yes.
Sit down. You'll understand once you feel it."
Bea simply plopped onto the dirt.
Bai Chen stepped closer and removed the armor from his right arm.
He raised two fingers and pressed them gently to her forehead.
"In simple terms, Qi is your own internal energy—your stamina.
Training it increases stamina and lets you consciously use energy for superhuman power."
Bea listened, confused.
It sounded far too mystical.
"First, you need to believe you can use Qi.
This world already has Aura, psychic powers…
compared to those, Qi is completely normal."
Bea repeatedly told herself she could do it—
a kind of self-hypnosis.
Bai Chen could have directly transferred a Qi skill to her using his system.
But that would defeat the point.
He wanted to know if a native could learn Qi on their own.
"I'm going to send my Qi into your body.
Close your eyes and follow my breathing."
Bea obeyed.
Golden light flickered in Bai Chen's eyes—
Natural Vision and Super Perception are activated.
He could see her meridians, a faint layer of internal energy flowing weakly through them.
He guided a thread of his Qi into her.
The moment it entered Bea's body, she cringed.
A crawling sensation—ticklish, painful, intrusive—ran beneath her skin.
Like something slithering along her meridians.
"Endure it. Focus on the Qi."
The sensation was real.
Even from the outside, you could see something tiny moving beneath her skin.
Her breathing grew ragged.
Bai Chen guided her breathing rhythm, teaching her how to awaken the dormant energy inside her.
His Qi completed one circuit—
Then he sent a second wisp through the same route.
"Remember this pathway.
Breathing is everything. Don't lose the rhythm."
Twenty minutes later, Bai Chen withdrew his Qi.
Bea gasped for air, drenched in sweat.
Just twenty minutes felt more exhausting than three hours of normal training.
"Rest a bit. Then try to move your Qi on your own."
She recovered quickly and centered herself.
Following his breathing method, she concentrated.
Three minutes passed.
Then four.
Bea exhaled sharply, face pale.
"Did I fail? I didn't feel anything moving…"
"No. You succeeded."
Bai Chen's golden eyes dimmed back to normal.
She had indeed stirred her inner Qi—But the difference in raw capacity was enormous.
If Bai Chen had a full basin of Qi…A normal hunter had a bottle cap.
And Bea?
A single strand of hair is worth.
But even so—
She did it.
The quantity didn't matter—The breakthrough did.
"I really succeeded…?"
She looked at her trembling hands in disbelief. She felt nothing except exhaustion.
"You did.
Keep practicing daily, and in half a month, you'll feel it clearly."
With her current body, she would need a year of effort before using Qi in real combat.
As for full Qi Reinforcement…
Twenty years, at least.
Bai Chen thought silently:
Didn't expect this actually to work. Qi really is universally compatible.
Just then, a white band appeared in his field of vision.
Bea held it out to him.
"You wanted to borrow the Dynamax Band, right?
Here."
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