Bruno could clearly "see" the energy flowing in his lungs, and he could control every single muscle and bone, making tiny vibrations to match his breathing.
The powerful mental strength from the High Rank Meditation Technique made him feel his body in a super detailed way.
Elena moved between the students. If anyone made even the smallest mistake, she would hit them with a stick.
"Lower your center of gravity. Standing so high doesn't help. The most important thing in a fight is to stay balanced."
"Don't move. Stay in one position."
"You're Barry, right? Good job standing like that..."
She was teaching like that.
Boom boom boom...
A faint sound of thunder came from the bones.
Elena hit the stick in her hand and said, "Good. That's the sound. It's a standard occasional thunder noise. If you can keep it going, you'll reach Low Rank... Wait, no."
This sound wasn't coming from a senior student.
She looked around and found it was Bruno. He was standing still with a perfect posture. Under his skin, it looked like something was moving.
Boom boom boom-
The boy's body made another thunder sound.
All the students turned to look at Bruno.
"Boom boom boom-"
Elena put her hand on her forehead, face full of black lines, and muttered, "Another monster again?"
...
Bruno was completely lost in his own world.
The strong mental power pulled his energy, constantly washing over his bones and muscles. The feeling of knowing his body was getting stronger was amazing.
He had a realization now.
Thunderclap Breathing Method and The Ten Thousand Hells were connected.
The first was life-like a sudden spring thunder that woke up everything. The second was death-everything had to go through hell and be judged.
That was interesting.
Bruno hadn't expected to enter the Thunderclap Breathing Method so easily.
It was because of the connection between the two techniques. The Thunderclap Breathing Method affected the bones, and The Ten Thousand Hells was also refining the bones and the mind.
Together, even without thinking, the Thunderclap Breathing Method had already entered the beginners' stage.
The thunder sound went out, and the Enchantment Element was absorbed in. Then, under the pull of the blood and energy, it was truly kept in Bruno's body.
He was changing silently.
As he trained deeper, Bruno became even clearer in his mind: "No, Thunderclap Breathing Method is more than that. It's not just life, it's also death. It's the same as The Ten Thousand Hells-both have the meaning of life and death."
As soon as this thought came, the Enchantment Element around him was like a storm, rushing into his body.
Another deep understanding.
He didn't know how long it had been. Bruno suddenly woke up, and saw Elena standing in front of him, quietly watching him.
"Senior," the boy said right away.
Elena nodded and said, "You did good."
Bruno laughed awkwardly, "I don't know how I got so lost in it."
"It's called a breakthrough," Elena said casually, but there was a bit of bitterness in her tone. "I checked your file. You only started the Meditation Technique yesterday. Looks like you've already entered it. Now you hit a breakthrough and entered the breathing method too..."
She seemed a little angry. She paused, then said slowly, "I can't even talk to people like you. You're all natural-born monsters."
Natural-born monsters.
Bruno's mouth twitched. If he really had talent, he wouldn't have failed to even run a grape vineyard.
Elena thought for a moment and said, "You have good talent. I'll report this to the master. Whether he takes you in or not? That's up to your luck."
"Thanks, senior," Bruno said sincerely.
In this world, people who could say nice things to the higher-ups were real good people.
Elena warned him, "If you want to go further, you should get to stage 1 as soon as possible. The faster you get there, the better it is for your future."
There was even that kind of rule?
Bruno thanked her again.
Then Elena left.
Bruno stood there, thinking, "[Luminous Bone] has a special effect. Maybe it can help the Thunderclap Breathing Method go even further."
When he left the training room, he didn't expect that Kaiden and Barry were waiting for him.
"Wow, you actually entered the breathing method," Kaiden stepped forward and warmly grabbed Bruno's arm. "Just one morning, that's something."
He gave him a thumbs-up.
Even Barry, who was usually quiet and simple, now looked at Bruno with a bit of respect.
Strong people are respected. Especially when they're natural-born geniuses.
Bruno laughed awkwardly, "Senior said it was just a lucky accident. She told me not to get too excited and to solidify my level."
"Hey, that's what they always say. Even in school, the teachers always said we were the worst class they ever had," Kaiden pouted. Then he changed the subject. "Come on, I'll take you to eat. Top-grade food supplements. They're really good."
Bruno's eyes lit up. He nodded silently. He didn't care about this or that-just get some food first.
In the cafeteria.
Kaiden paid and said, "Three portions of third-grade food supplements... no, two top-grade and one special-grade."
When he said "special-grade," Barry's eyes lit up and he looked a little envious.
Bruno noticed the big guy's expression and asked, "What's so special about this food supplement?"
"Nothing special. Top-grade uses premium herbs and rare beast meat. Special-grade... uses Celestial Beast meat. Nothing special," Kaiden said, acting like a rich kid, not even taking it seriously.
Celestial Beast?
That was a beast from the cosmic ocean. He had never seen one before, let alone eaten one.
Bruno instinctively asked, "How much is this?"
Kaiden pushed a top-grade food supplement in front of Barry and said, "Top-grade food supplement, one is three gold coins. And the special-grade food supplement..." He pushed the special-grade one in front of Bruno. "One is sixty gold coins." He then took a top-grade one for himself and started eating it slowly.
Sixty gold coins?
Bruno was a noble, even the lowest of them, and hearing that price surprised him.
No wonder he had never eaten it. Old Hornes, who was a 3-stage warrior, had never even had a chance to eat Celestial Beast meat.
"Go eat," Kaiden raised his chin and laughed, "if you work for me, even special-grade food supplements are not a big deal. Eat one, lose ten, I wouldn't care."
Bruno chuckled and pretended not to understand, then just ate without saying a word.
Eating was fine, but doing business? No way. He just felt Kaiden had bad intentions.
...
At the top of the martial arts hall.
Elena reported everything that happened today to Nell Gaston.
Nell muttered, "A genius? Which newbie just entered the The Ten Thousand Hells in one day? Not bad."
It was just okay.
As someone who had seen real geniuses, and as a powerful Arcane Power user above 12 stages, she had seen many.
Elena handed her a cup of tea and asked with a smile, "Master, aren't you going to take him in as a student?"
"No, three of you are enough," Nell shook her head. Then she changed the subject, "You all need to train harder. Only when the The Ten Thousand Hells reaches High Rank will it show its full power."
"High Rank is too hard," Elena looked helpless, as if saying, "You think I don't want to? But I can't do it."
The red-haired girl continued, "The talent needed for High Rank of The Ten Thousand Hells is not the most important. It mainly needs years of mental power cultivation. Otherwise, you'll never reach that level. It's a time-consuming thing."
Nell didn't argue about that anymore. Instead, she said, "Your older brother, the cousin from afar, the one who works as a helper in the hall, why was he hit by an attack in the hall? Go check what happened."
"Yes, I'll go to the hospital later," Elena nodded and agreed.
On the other side.
Bruno was eating the special-grade food supplement with big bites.
After a lot of effort, he managed to get a piece of meat that was almost transparent. "This is Celestial Beast meat?"
Kaiden laughed, "Right, the price of the special-grade food supplement is mostly on this piece of meat."
Bruno secretly thought, it was really scary.
That meant one piece of Celestial Beast meat cost 24 gold coins. In this world, the average worker made only three silver coins a month, and most used copper coins.
The young man didn't think much. He just swallowed the Celestial Beast meat in one bite.
A huge amount of Enchantment Element rushed into Bruno's body. His blood and energy quickly moved, carrying the Enchantment Element to where it belonged.
Most importantly, Bruno noticed that the dull contract in his forehead was quickly glowing brighter.
Celestial Beast meat actually worked on the contract.