Chapter 19: Success

Breathing.

It was such a wondrous feeling.

He had finally become the absolute master of his own body; he could perceive every single part with perfect clarity.

Su Xuan savored this dream-like sensation, experiencing it carefully.

‘Looks like it’s time to up the ante. This kid… he’s really talented!’

Zhang Heng, still eating his watermelon, pulled a remote control from the pocket of his duster coat.

Su Xuan never would have guessed that the phantom-like electric shocks were actually controlled by Zhang Heng.

“Heh~”

Zhang Heng smirked, adjusting a dial, turning it toward “Max,” and then pressed the red button.

“Zzzzz~~”

The entire black frame flickered with a brilliant blue light.

Lightning, like a venomous snake, viciously bored into Su Xuan’s body.

“Ugh~~”

The sudden lightning disrupted the rhythm of his breathing.

The cells, once supplied in an orderly fashion, were thrown into disarray.
On a macroscopic level, Su Xuan suddenly trembled.

‘I can’t lose control!’

Very quickly, Su Xuan suppressed the trembling in his body.

Leveraging that miraculous feeling, he could clearly perceive the fluctuating lightning energy beneath his feet.

The cells on the soles of his feet were frantically breaking down the energons stored within them, transforming them into a special energy to protect the cells and effectively block the lightning’s invasion.

But in order to resist this electric shock, Su Xuan’s steps had come to a halt.

In a daze, a voice reached him.

“Remember this feeling!”

It was Coach Zhang Heng’s voice.If even the electric shocks couldn’t shake Su Xuan’s body, a normal voice certainly couldn’t.

Remember this feeling… this feeling.

Breathing… decomposition… energy… control…

It seemed to become a unified whole, but the formation of this whole was not something Su Xuan could easily grasp.

It was formed under extremely special circumstances, and Su Xuan had to seize this opportunity to properly experience the feeling of controlling energons.

The electricity’s intensity slowly increased, gradually seeping through the soles of his feet and spreading upward.

His consciousness slowly controlled the cells along the path to break down energons.

His meridians began to operate, his Energon Chamber began to throb, and countless energons transformed into energy, neutralizing the electric shock and protecting his cells.

During this process, a large amount of Soul Essence also took advantage of the close cooperation between energons and cells, combining with a large number of energons to strengthen the cells once more.

His skin became even more delicate.

The abdominal muscles on his stomach completely vanished, replaced by a graceful waist and a firm, well-defined V-line, full of natural beauty.

The cells in his chest also seemed to have received an order, an order they had never received before, and began their work.

His entire body began to grow stronger, to evolve.

Hidden injuries, germs… all disappeared.

Su Xuan had taken another huge step forward on the path to the Initial Form, but he knew he still hadn’t mastered the control of energons.

He was still lacking a little something.
He could feel the power of the lightning becoming faint, almost non-existent, which meant the lightning had almost no effect on him anymore.

‘Can’t it be any stronger?’

Su Xuan felt a sense of loss.

He felt that if the voltage were just a little higher, he might have been able to directly grasp the control of energons.

But it was already very good.

Within this wondrous sensation, Su Xuan felt he had learned a great deal.

Under the lightning, his stress response had led him to a corresponding countermeasure.

But when the lightning disappeared, it was like hydrogen peroxide without manganese dioxide; it couldn’t react so intensely.

This meant he still hadn’t mastered energon control.

True control meant being able to make energons decompose into energy no matter the environment.

However, he was now on the right path when it came to breathing.

The beginning of anything is always the hardest, but once you’re on the right track, everything that follows is much easier.

He walked forward, step by step.

Lungs, heart, they pulsated.

Blood, the stream of energons, they circulated.

“My goodness… he’s a true genius.”

The melon was finished.

Compared to that stunning figure, the talent and disposition Su Xuan displayed earned even more of Zhang Heng’s admiration.

Jokes were jokes, and laughter was laughter, but he couldn’t mess with a student’s body.
But when it came to combat, he could do his best to impart knowledge, to train him~

As a veteran who had retired from the front lines, he had suffered a grievous, difficult-to-heal injury in that battle.

Returning to the city, he had been invited to the Jincheng Training Ground.

He had seen many students—some with great talent but lacking in character, others with tenacious wills but ordinary talent.

But it was rare to see someone he could pour all his efforts into teaching.

Could he be the one?

On the steel wire, Su Xuan was like someone strolling down a wide avenue, striding forward.

He passed the corners with ease.

In less than a minute, he had completed the entire circuit.

“Not bad!”

Zhang Heng smiled and applauded.

“Go for one clean run. It’s already eleven-thirty. Finish before twelve, and I’ll take you out for something delicious~”

A barely perceptible, strange smile appeared on Zhang Heng’s face, and he was blooming with joy internally.

‘It’s really delicious~’

“Half an hour?”

Although he had just completed a lap, it didn’t mean he could cross the fifty meters in under ten seconds while wearing that inflatable vest.

The inflatable vest would fully inflate within five seconds.

The immense pressure would restrict his breathing, and the ten-second limit meant he had to be able to move as swiftly as if flying.

Every breath had to be utilized to its absolute limit, not a wisp of air wasted.

Every cell in his body had to be coordinated to unleash extraordinary speed while maintaining absolute stability.

“Hoo~ Hoo~”

Su Xuan closed his eyes, sensing the wondrous state he had just entered, sensing every tissue, every organ, every cell.

With each breath, energy leaped, muscle cells contracted and expanded…

“Begin!”

Strapping on the inflatable vest, Su Xuan’s bewitching face showed a resolute gaze.

The charm of his side profile made even the old rogue Zhang Heng’s heart skip a beat.

Zhang Heng rubbed his nose, silently cursing the word ‘vixen’, then thought of his wife at home.

It was going to be another busy night.

D*mn it, maybe after training Su Xuan, his own family would see the addition of a new member.

“Hiss~~”

The inflatable vest quickly inflated with a hissing sound.

The pressure on his chest grew heavier and heavier, and less and less air entered his lungs.

“Thud…”

He fell.

“Again!”

Zhang Heng’s voice trembled as he urged Su Xuan to get up quickly.

“Thud…”

“Continue!”

“Thud thud…”

“Harder!!”

“Thud thud thud…”

“Move!! Don’t stop!!!”

Faster each time, more difficult each time.
The control over his breathing, the regulation of cellular energy decomposition, failure after failure, yet his experience grew richer and his mind became clearer.

“Breathing… energy… distribution…”

Su Xuan murmured, exhaling the invisible air, his consciousness delving into every critical part of his body.

His eyes snapped open, a bright light flashing within them.

A small breeze suddenly stirred in the quiet room, rustling the hem of Zhang Heng’s duster coat…

Su Xuan was like the wind, moving as swiftly as if flying on that incredibly thin steel wire.

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*TL Note: Soul Essence :A substance linked to a Phantom Soul. Su Xuan’er can feed it to Su Xuan to temporarily boost his power and break his physical limits.