Affinity:Chaos

Buzz! Bang!

A lightning bolt struck a tree, breaking it apart.

"You're doing it wrong. Although this attack seems to have destructive power, it's only on the surface," The lady said to Grey who was panting, his expression was one of exhaustion.

"I've tried it over fifty times, can I rest a little?" Grey asked, gasping for breath.

"No, if you continue this way, you're not going to be any good," The lady shook her head.

After saying this, Void appeared beside her, with a piece of meat on his paws.

"Thank you, I'm starving!" The lady said, ċȧrėssing Void's back as she collected the meat from him.

Grey swallowed when he saw this. He had been trying to get the technique the lady was teaching him since he woke up, but it was already well over midday, yet he still hadn't been able to.

The lady hasn't given a single chance to rest, telling him to repeat it continuously. According to her, after striking with the lightning element countless times, one would get attuned to the ways of the element.

Grey on the other hand preferred learning at a slow pace. He had never been a fast learner, but persistence and quick thinking has always made training new techniques easy for him. He needed time to think, but the lady isn't willing to give him any.

With no other choice, he was forced to continue practicing the technique. According to what the lady told him, if he could master this technique, it would greatly improve the destructive power of his lightning element. He could even implement the skill on his other elements as well. Not just that, but it also consumed lesser essence as well.

This skill required making the lightning's power go sink into the body of the target, sending out the destructive power from the inside. It would make defending against it extra tasking on the opponent.

When the lady gave an example of the skill, Grey was left dumbstruck by its power. The boulder she attacked exploded, literally from the inside out. Unlike his attack which would only do damage from the outside, then maybe bȧrėly striking deep, this attack completely destroyed the boulder.

To make sure Grey didn't feel it was because of her strength advantage, she reduced the strength of her attack to be equal to someone at the Peak of the Origin Plane, yet, the attack power was still something Grey couldn't generate.

Once, twice, thrice, he continued, before long, he had lost count of how many times he had attacked with the lightning element, all using the same attack.

It soon got dark, and to Grey's fortunes, the lady told him to take a rest for the day, saying he would continue at sunrise the next day.

Grey's exhausted body fell on the ground, he could bȧrėly keep himself standing. His essence was suċkėd dry, and this affected him tremendously.

He was soon hit with a wave of dizziness, and soon fell asleep.

The next morning.

Grey started his routine once again, he had recovered from the exhaustion of the previous day to the amazement of the lady. Normally, even though Elementalists recover quickly from exhaustion, it's not easy to do so when they empty their essence reserves.

If only she knew Grey had what seemed like a double essence bead for his lightning element, this was the reason he was able to last almost throughout the day in the first place.

Grey continued the same routine. Before he knew it, four days went by while training.

He had started going for early morning physical training before the sun comes up, and during the day he would continue attacking with the lightning element.

At nights, he would try comprehending the earth element. Presently, he had been able to get to the four hundred meters mark. The weight he was feeling in that area was already well over eight hundred kilograms.

He noticed that the more he stayed in the earth space in the Chaos Space, the stronger his physical body was. He still couldn't understand how it was possible since his physical body wasn't entering the Chaos Space.

Thanks to this, his physical body's strength was starting to gradually improve. For a long time now, he hadn't been able to increase the strength of his physical body. It was still equivalent to an Elementalist in the Early stages of the Origin Plane. But within a few days, it had shot up to the Mid stages of the Origin Plane.

He knew that as long as he is able to get to the five hundred meters mark in the earth space, his elemental grade would not only increase, but the strength of his physical body would also shoot to the Late stages of the Origin Plane, this is all on the premise that he continues training his physical body.

Three days soon went by, and the one week time Grey was given was up. He was currently standing in the middle of the field, around him were multiple ice statues.

He inhaled softly, before opening his closed eyes. A streak of lightning flashed across his eyes, he pointed in the direction of the ice statue in front of him as a lightning bolt shot towards it.

Buzz! Bam!

The lightning hit the ice statue on the ċhėst, and within a matter of seconds.

Bang!

More lightning bolts appeared in the sky, shooting towards the rest of the ice statues in the field.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One by one, the ice statues started to explode, just like the first one.

"Good job, you're right on time," The lady said from the side.

Grey turned to look at her with his calm eyes, with a gentle nod, he indicated that he was ready for the battle.

Just as they were about to leave, he recalled a piece of vital information.

"Since I'll be fighting alone, will I have to fight them one by one? And if it's one by one, how many people would I need to fight?" He asked.

"We'll know the number of people when we get there," The lady shrugged.

'Damn it! I'm f**ked!' Grey cursed internally.