Chapter 4: The Demon Thunder Battle Dao
In Lei Xiu's feelings, the bracers that had not felt much weight were heavy again at this time, and after standing up straight, he relied on his keen sense and years of experience in striking iron, and clearly measured that the bracers he had been wearing were nearly twice as heavy as before, that is to say, each bracer had thirty catties before, and now one bracer had reached sixty catties.
"W-what's going on?"
Looking at Lei Xiu's incredulous shocked expression, Roger laughed with satisfaction, "Haha, this bracer is amazing, this is a bet I won with an old guy, you bring it, and you will know its benefits after a long time." ”
Under Roger's gaze, Lei Xiu put on his bracers, and although he didn't ask, the curious gaze in his eyes couldn't hide it.
Touching Lei Xiu's head, Roger smiled, "Don't you have a lot of questions to ask, it's just that you and I have been studying for almost three years, and it's time for you to know what you're studying." ”
After a pause, Roger looked at Lei Xiu kindly, "Little Lei Xiu, haven't you always wanted to be a demon fighter?"
Hearing Roger mention his dream, Lei Xiu's face turned pale, and then he said in a low voice, "Grandpa Roger, I have given up a long time ago, I have tested my bones and spiritual power before, and my spiritual power is not up to standard, and I will not be a demon fighter in this life." ”
Nodding, Roger said calmly, " That's right, that's true, and I can explain it to you more clearly, Lei Xiu, the reason why demon fighters and mages need strong spiritual power is to communicate with heaven and earth, and to sense various elemental forces in the natural world, almost all people with strong mental power can sense elemental power, and then absorb and use it in a special way, this is the origin of demon fighters and mages, people with low mental power can't sense elemental power, so naturally they can't become magic fighters, let alone mages. ”
"Moreover, there are a very small number of people, although they have strong spiritual power, but their spiritual power is inactive, just like a pool of dead sea, and they can't get in touch with the elements of heaven and earth, you belong to this type, so you are not weak in spirit, but inactive. ”
After Lei Xiu heard this, his face turned even paler, and Roger's account was very detailed, but it also made him feel even more sad.
"However, there are exceptions to everything. ”
Hearing this, Lei Xiu raised his head suddenly, his black eyes burst into unprecedented brilliance, and he stared at Roger tightly.
With a smile in his eyes, Roger continued, "In your case, there is a special name, called the Heavenly Forsaken, although the Heavenly Forsaken cannot communicate with the elements of heaven and earth, almost all of them have excellent root bone qualifications, even if they can't be a demon fighter, they can become the top masters among ordinary warriors. ”
Lei Xiu nodded secretly in his heart, he had already heard the name of the Heavenly Forsaken, At that time, the gentleman who kindly took out the Heavenly Awakening Beast Horn also told him that it was impossible for the Heavenly Forsaken to become a Demon Fighter, and his father was probably also a Heavenly Forsaken, and even as an ordinary warrior, he could fight against the weaker Demon Fighters.
"In the past few thousand years in the Deep Blue Continent, there has been an endless stream of miraculous feats, and there is a school that has done extremely detailed research on the Heavenly Forsaken, and finally found a solution to the problem that the Heavenly Forsaken cannot become a Demon Fighter. ”
Speaking of this, Roger slowly stood up from the chair and stretched out his right hand from the black robe, and then, in Lei Xiu's puzzled gaze, Roger's rough palm suddenly lit up with a dazzling white light, and the brightness continued to increase, and gradually, an extremely subtle blue arc suddenly flashed.
This arc was like the first domino to fall, and more than a dozen blue arcs flashed one after another, and they became larger and darker, and the air also resounded with a crackling and heart-shaking electric shock.
"Bang", a bang sounded, Roger's palm with the current suddenly swung out, slapped on the anvil used to strike iron next to it, and then, the picture seemed to pause for a moment, and then, the solid anvil seemed to be piled up with sand, under Roger's palm, it turned into black iron gravel all over the ground.
Slowly retracting his right hand that had dissipated the current, Roger turned his head to look at his side, at this time Lei Xiu stood in place with a stunned face, staring at the black iron gravel on the ground that still had arcs swimming, his eyes were full of unbelievable shock.
This is an anvil for striking iron, which is far denser and harder than ordinary steel, but it is more fragile than clods of earth under Roger's hands.
"Do you see clearly? This is my unique skill, the Demon Thunder Battle Dao, a kind of mastery that can be cultivated without the need for spiritual power to communicate with the elements of heaven and earth, and the breathing method I let you practice now is the introductory foundation of the Demon Thunder Battle Dao!"
Lei Xiu only felt his heart beat several times in an instant, and his whole body trembled with excitement, it turned out that he could become a demon fighter, and his cultivation was still such a powerful master.
Looking at Lei Xiu's appearance, Roger smiled and said, "Originally, I didn't plan to tell you so quickly, but the speed at which you cultivated the Thunder Breath Technique was faster than I expected, and I was afraid that you would slowly lose your fighting spirit and ideals by striking iron with me, so I told you that from now on, you will be my Roger's disciple and the only heir of the Demon Thunder Battle Dao!"
Taking a deep breath, Lei Xiu barely calmed down the messy breathing just now, and nodded excitedly, "Thank you, Grandpa Roger, thank you!"
"Okay, Lei Xiu, what I'm going to tell you next, you must keep it in your heart, and you must do what I say, because this is your life. ”
Seeing Roger's suddenly serious expression, Lei Xiu was also apprehensive in his heart, and hurriedly focused on Roger.
"First, you are cultivating the Demon Thunder Battle Dao with me, and you must not tell anyone, including your mother. ”
Hearing this, he was stunned, but after hesitating for a moment, Lei Xiu nodded vigorously.
Smiling lightly, Roger continued, "Very well, second, I can only teach you for another five years, and after five years, I will do a very important thing, so I will train you very strictly during these five years, and you will stay with me for at least twelve hours a day in the future." ”
A look of loss appeared on his face, and Lei Xiu's eyes showed reluctance, "Grandpa Roger, do you have to leave?"
Patting Lei Xiu on the shoulder, Roger smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not leaving right away, besides, your future stage will be the entire Deep Blue Continent, and you won't stay in Moben Town all the time, even if we are separated in the future, there will be a day of reunion." ”
Nodding, Lei Xiu smiled and said, "You're right, I can accompany you for at least five more years." ”
Nodding approvingly, Roger's face suddenly sank and said, "Well, there is a third thing, without my permission, you must not teach the Demon Thunder Battle Dao to anyone, this is especially important!"
Under Roger's stern eyes, Lei Xiu nodded vigorously again.
Roger smiled with satisfaction, "Very good, you can go back early today, start to practice with me tomorrow, continue to strike iron in the first two hours, and I will teach you some other things in the next ten hours, you have to make good use of these five years." ”
After leaving Roger's blacksmith shop, Lei Xiu only felt that his chest was hot like freshly boiled water, and his whole body trembled lightly with excitement, the miracle he had never hoped for was so natural and his happened, it was like an illusory and unreal dream!
From the next day, Lei Xiu began his days of penance, and under Roger's teaching, he understood that there is actually a mysterious power in all people's bodies, but because this power is not strong, and it is blocked by a special resistance of the human body, it cannot be used in battle.
And the Magic Thunder Battle Dao is a technique that enhances this kind of electricity, so that this power and the power of thunder and lightning in nature communicate with each other, so as to break through the resistance and achieve amazing power.
Generally speaking, the stronger a person's roots, bones, qi and blood, the greater the electricity in his body, so Lei Xiu's Heavenly Forsaken physique is naturally very suitable for cultivating the Demon Thunder Battle Dao, coupled with his outstanding comprehension and tenacity that is willing to endure hardships, his progress is very fast.
Splitting and concussion method, Lei Xiu has also slowly mastered it, it turns out that subdivision is an introductory foundation called thunder shadow footwork, and the concussion method is a special force technique, both of which can be regarded as entry-level exercises of the Demon Thunder Battle Dao.
Of course, in the process of cultivation, Lei Xiu also encountered a lot of problems, such as the mysterious Thunder Breath Technique, it turned out that there were twelve layers of Thunder Breath Technique, each layer was a special breathing method, one layer was more complex than the other, especially the last layer, it was necessary to close the mouth and nose to form an internal breathing cycle in the body, this layer took Lei Xiu a year to master, just like that, Roger praised Lei Xiu's extremely high talent, which took three months less than he used back then.
After reaching this level, Lei Xiu no longer had to maintain a strange way of breathing, but he felt that every cell in his body was cheering, containing a huge amount of energy, as if he had been reborn.
Spring goes to autumn, the years pass, and in the blink of an eye, three and a half years have passed since Lei Xiu officially cultivated with Roger.
Now Lei Xiu is almost thirteen years old, and due to his cultivation of martial arts, he is now only about a head lower than a normal man, which makes him finally put his mind at ease what he has been worried about.
Because he wears Roger's four bracers for weight training all year round, Lei Xiu is very worried that he will not grow taller, but it turns out that he still grows very fast, at this rate, by the time he reaches adulthood, he will be as tall as Roger's grandfather, you know, Roger is taller than most people.
Running quickly in the forest, Lei Xiu's face was relaxed, and his breathing was not disturbed in the slightest, you must know that now Lei Xiu's bracers, one weighs five hundred catties, and the four of them together have a total weight of two thousand catties, which is no longer a strength that normal people can reach, even if it is a demon fighter, unless there are some people who also cultivate physical strength, it is impossible to carry a ton of weight to run so easily.
However, Lei Xiu seemed to be at ease, and it was obvious that wearing bracers of this weight was not a matter of the short term.
Today, Roger's homework for Lei Xiu is to cut down trees, but this tree is not an ordinary tree, but a much harder than ordinary wood, this kind of wood is hard, comparable to iron stone, but it is not resistant to moisture, and cannot be made into furniture, so it has no use value, and there are quite a few such trees in the Devil's Breath Forest.
Walking deep into the forest, Lei Xiu first looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, he stood in front of an iron-shirted wood surrounded by two people.
Taking a deep breath, Lei Xiu raised his right hand, and gradually, his palm emitted a white light from dark to light, and several white arcs flashed out of thin air.
Exhaling and shouting, Lei Xiu kicked the ground violently, and the side of his palm slashed towards the hemlock wood like a blade, making a muffled thunderous sound, and then, I saw a scorched black hideous cut left on the hard wood, which was cut into about two-thirds of the thickness by Lei Xiu's palm.
Pulling his palm out of the tree, Lei Xiu sighed and muttered, "I'm still far from Grandpa Roger, I can't split the iron shirt wood with one palm, I don't know when I will reach the realm of breaking the anvil with one palm." Shaking his head, as if he wanted to shake out all the distractions, Lei Xiu's eyes became firm again, "Don't think about these things, practice this trick first, I've been practicing this trick for a long time, I must split the iron shirt wood today!"
In the next tree cutting training, Lei Xiu not only used the palms of his hands, but also used his legs, elbows, knees and other parts, and after cutting more than a dozen hemlock trees one after another, he sat on the ground exhausted, and his clothes were already soaked with sweat.
This is also what Roger taught him, according to Roger's words, a powerful magic fighter, his whole body should be a weapon that can attack, if it is just a single habit of attacking with his left and right hands or legs, it is easy to be targeted.
"Hey, I still can't split it in one move, if I keep going like this, I think I can be a good lumberjack like Uncle Mali. ”
With a self-deprecating smile, Lei Xiu rested slightly, and just as he wanted to continue cultivating, suddenly, a red shadow flashed from the grass on his right.
"What's that?" Lei Xiu's eyes widened suddenly.
I saw a squirrel running from nowhere looking at him with wide eyes on an iron-shirted tree, this squirrel was only as big as a palm, the whole body was red, and a pair of eyes were round and very cute, after seeing Lei Xiu looking at him, the squirrel wagged its fluffy tail uneasily, and then jumped to another higher tree, looking at Lei Xiu condescendingly.
Lei Xiu stared at the squirrel curiously, but suddenly his face changed, and the whole person jumped up violently and went straight to the big tree where the squirrel was.
The squirrel was startled by Lei Xiu's movements, and just wanted to jump to other trees, but a gust of fishy wind suddenly came, and a long beeple with a body length of more than four meters and a diameter as thick as an adult's calf had opened its mouth and rushed towards it.
Just when the squirrel was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and was about to die in the mouth of the snake, in a flash, Lei Xiu's left palm had already slashed into the big tree with a blue-white arc.
"Bang!" A loud sound sounded, Lei Xiu's left palm was like a long red knife cutting through cheese, blocking the entire tree and breaking it, the tilted tree affected the movement of the long snake, and the little squirrel fell down, but the long snake persevered to open its mouth again and volleyed into the air.
"Look for death!" Just as the long snake pounced on the squirrel in the air, Lei Xiu shouted angrily, and the whole person jumped high by stepping on the tree, and the right leg had been coiled in an arc at some point, like a thunder axe splitting the body of the long snake.
The vitality of snakes is extremely tenacious, and generally speaking, even if they are cut in half, they will not die immediately, but Lei Xiu's legs carry powerful electricity, and the long snake will be killed by lightning at the same time as it is cut in half.
Flipping in the air, Lei Xiu returned to the ground, just in time to reach out to catch the little squirrel that fell from the air, and it was only then that the severed iron-shirted wood fell down with a bang.
Looking at the frightened squirrel, Lei Xiu tapped its head with his finger and smiled, "Little guy, you have to be careful in the future, but not every time you meet someone to save you." ”
After speaking, Lei Xiu put the squirrel back on the ground, and after the squirrel ran a few steps to widen the distance between him and Lei Xiu, he looked at Lei Xiu again, and then turned around and ran away after whining twice.
It wasn't until the little squirrel disappeared that Lei Xiu excitedly turned his head to look at the iron-shirted wood that had been split by his palm just now, and then glanced at the long cockroach that had been split in half.
"I did it, I did it!" waved his arm hard, and Lei Xiu cheered happily.
After the excitement, Lei Xiu carefully recalled the situation when he split the iron shirt wood and the long snake just now, and muttered to himself, "Why did I not want anything just now, but I was able to split the iron shirt wood with one palm? Yes, it was because I didn't think about anything at that time, and I only had one thought in my mind to save the little squirrel, so I could succeed." ”
"Concentration, that's right, it's concentration, it turns out that when a person is engrossed, he will burst out with such a powerful force! It seems that I will also focus on exercising concentration in the future, and there will be unexpected results. ”
After thinking of this, Lei Xiu wiped the sweat from his forehead and showed a satisfied smile, thinking about the reasons for success and failure afterwards was a hobby for him, and it was also a habit he had developed since he was a child.
Roger's grandfather always said that his comprehension is extremely high and he learns everything quickly, but Lei Xiu knows that his comprehension may not be higher than others, he just likes to think and is good at summarizing reasons.
After practicing the Thunder Slash, Lei Xiu didn't plan to stay in the Demon Breath Forest for long, and after simply tidying up his body, he ran in the direction of Moben Town, he couldn't wait to tell Grandpa Roger the good news!