"Why are you so shocked?". The energy strand asked "You just said my energy is similar with the son of the heavens, Oba-talar ". Dele replied in an excited tone. "You dimwit, having similar body energy doesn't mean you're the person or you are as talented as the other ", the cosmic energy quickly explains to the dumbfounded kid."Oh, then what does it mean then?". Dele asked further not minding the cosmic energy harsh tone a bit. The cosmic energy strand was silent for a while before replying hurriedly."I need to go now. We might have a chance like this another time "." wait don't…..", Dele was about to start persuading it not to go before he suddenly felt the energy disappear and replaced by a new energy strand."It's gone, I still have a lot of questions to ask it". Dele mumbled in disappointment.Just as he was about to continue cultivating, he suddenly realized that there was someone standing right in front of him."Did you pass out while cultivating?". Tomi who was standing right in front of him asked with a worried look on her face."Argh!, you scared me!". Dele panicked "Since when have you been standing there?""I just came in sometime ago. Don't tell me you have been training all night?" Tomi asked in disbelief."What do you mean all....." just as Dele was about to reply her, he suddenly noticed that the room was bright and sun rays were coming in from the only window in the room."How come?, I just had a conversation with that strange energy for a few minutes and it's already morning?", Dele thought within while checking his body condition to see if there's any issue."Did you meet an accident in your cultivation?" Tomi quickly asked out of concern."No, I don't think so. As a matter of fact I feel lighter and better, I can also draw energy faster." Dele stood up and tried circulating the cosmic energy around him to form a flame but only a flicker came before it quickly died off. Although he failed to achieve what he intends to do, the little he did was still able to make Tomi utterly speechless."What..did you just do?"Tomi closer to him while pointing to the hand the spark came from earlier."Did I just see a spark?""Yes...I tried converting the cosmic energy I drew just now to form a flame but I guess I can't do that yet." Dele answered completely oblivious to the shocked expression of Tomi."You scoundrel!, so you have been training secretly all this days and made me think you've been learning nothing!"She moved closer and stepped on his foot to vent her anger."Ouch!, what's wrong with you?. What do you mean I've been training secretly, I just started energy training yesterday!". Dele held unto his toes and started blowing on it to ease the pain."Now you are even lying to my face, do want a beating so badly?. How can you master energy drawing and circulation to create flames in just one night?"It was at this moment he suddenly realized that Tomi's reaction was totally justified, he remembered Tomi saying he would need at least three days to improve his body condition before he could begin learning how to draw energy faster. Seeing that there's no way she'll believe whatever he has to say, Dele decided to just go with the flow and accept whatever deduction she made about his training progress."Alright, I'm sorry. I just wanted to surprise you, that's all "."Humph ". Seeing that he admits to it, Tomi was both furious and happy at the same time. At least he wasn't a lazy person after all."Come, let's go to the training room and see how much you have learnt ". She turned around and began walking out of the room."Are we not going to class?". Dele called after her.
"Idiot, it's Saturday!"
"Oh…."
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At the training center, not many people are there this time around since it's the weekend. Picking one training spot, both of them got prepared and stood facing each other."How good is your martial art and body movements?". Tomi asked while stretching her body."Just so so". Dele replied while getting ready mentally for the upcoming spar."Alright, here I come."Tomi made two quick steps forward to get closer to Dele followed by a left punch right to his face. The fist came close to his face but he was able to slightly dodge it by moving his head to the right. Tomi quickly followed up by changing the fist to elbow aiming at his head that was still moving away from the punch. Dele quickly pulled back with three steps to dodge and regain balance at the same time."You've got good reflexes but you are still slow". She kicked the floor with her foot and got close to him in an instant with another fist to his face which he also weaves barely with his palm then she made a turn around using the force in his palm and threw an horizontal elbow right to his chin but he was able to dodge it."Tsk, you're not bad". Tomi said while getting into her stance before continuing the fight.What Tomi doesn't know however is that Dele is not that good at martial arts, the only reason he was able to weave through all the attacks was because he was able to read the energy flow in her body. Once she decided to make a move he'll see through it and quickly think of a counter, but even Dele himself knows he's not fast enough to take on Tomi easily.Although he was shocked by this ability of his, he have no time to stop and process it.Tomi also realized that although he could somehow predict her attacks, he couldn't dodge it all properly because he's not fast enough. Knowing that, she got into stance again with a sly smile on her face."Now let's get serious ".