"How is it? Did you succeed?" Gu Shenghui, who arrived beside Wang Wenze after separating from Pei Yan, looked at Liang Qian wiping away tears while supporting Wang Wenze, then turned to Pei Yan, who was sitting heavily on the ground and gasping for breath, and asked.
Pei Yan nodded with difficulty without speaking, while on the other side, Elder Lin had already placed his hand on Wang Wenze's wrist. After a while, he breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "The endogenous energy inside him has been completely transformed into primal energy from the inside out."
"Then why did he pass out?" Liang Qian asked tearfully, holding the unconscious Wang Wenze.
"Ah!" Elder Lin checked with his fingers for a moment and then said gently, "Don't worry. His primordial energy is now far more abundant than before the transformation, reaching the standard of a fourth-rank awakening. He's just overwhelmed by the sudden surge of energy. Let him rest well, and he'll recover once his body adapts to this energy." After saying that, Elder Lin gestured to Liang Qian and others to help Wang Wenze down to rest.
Having done all this, Elder Lin came to Pei Yan's side, stretched out his hand to pull him up, and patted his shoulder, "Well done. What do you plan to do next?"
"It depends on the situation. I'll see what Old Wang's condition is when he wakes up. In the meantime, I'll continue training and getting familiar with my abilities." Pei Yan answered, vigorously wiping his wet head with the towel handed over by Engineer Li.
Elder Lin nodded in satisfaction, pulling Pei Yan aside and whispering, "We've done everything according to the agreed plan regarding your sister, but all this takes time. Are you sure they'll come to you?"
"They will. Even if they don't, that woman will find a way. Now, I have to make myself stronger while waiting. I will make sure those bastards regret it." Pei Yan clenched the towel in his hands and said angrily. He then looked at Elder Lin and asked, "They won't discover the people you sent to investigate, right? If there's any mistake, my sister could be in danger!"
"Don't worry. They absolutely wouldn't guess who we sent!" Elder Lin replied, his lips curling into a meticulous smile.
Half a day later, in the training ground, the awakened Zheng Jia Ru and Pei Yan sat cross-legged facing each other. Zheng Jia Ru continued rubbing his seemingly perpetually sleepy eyes, yawning lazily, "Through the last battle, I have some understanding of your situation. Do you know where your shortcomings are now?"
"I'd like to hear the details," Pei Yan responded sincerely, eagerly seeking guidance.
"Your abilities are very strong. Each one can be considered a powerful ability in the Investigation Hall." Zheng Jia Ru said as he picked up a tablet from beside him, swiping through videos, and continued, "But these powerful abilities have also resulted in you having formidable combat power at the third-rank awakening, but the time has been too short for you to skillfully integrate these abilities into a formidable combat force."
After speaking, he played a video of his fight with Pei Yan and handed the tablet to him, "For you personally, it's like you are individually using three abilities rather than integrating them to create greater destructive power."
Pei Yan took the tablet, watching the video above, and deeply nodded in agreement with Zheng Jia Ru's words. Zheng Jia Ru leaned over, pointing at the video screen as he explained, "In this clip of our battle, although you used the Power of Thunder to enhance the speed of your mechanized body to the extreme, you were repeatedly outpaced by my speed and ended up at a disadvantage. Do you know why? I've watched your combat video with Xia Yu. You could be considered a close-quarters combat expert now. I think you should understand."
After Zheng Jia Ru finished speaking, he leisurely slurped a yogurt while waiting for a response. Pei Yan stared at the screen for a long time before sighing, "I know, my movements are too uncoordinated."
"Exactly. When you accelerate, it's just a mechanical straight-line acceleration, simply used in body technique movement, but when you engage in close combat, your punches and kicks don't have much speed variation. This allows you to instantly defeat low-level ability users with speed, but against genuinely formidable close-quarters experts, you lose your speed advantage, leading to a stalemate in close combat." Zheng Jia Ru explained with a yay-for-you expression while sipping his yogurt.
Pei Yan now felt very pleased; indeed, he had chosen the right sparring partner, with similar abilities and fighting preferences, quickly spotting his weaknesses. He felt that listening to this conversation was more beneficial than reading books for ten years.
"Yes, yes! What else?" Pei Yan nodded eagerly like a pecking chicken, pressing for more answers.
Zheng Jia Ru casually tossed the empty yogurt container aside and patiently explained, "I know you were somewhat hesitant in using your abilities during the previous battle because you were worried about hurting me, but you still exposed many issues, such as the problem of combining abilities I've mentioned before. Not long ago, I saw your electromagnetic cannon performance in the training ground. Although the power was indeed strong, the preparation time was too long for it to be decisive in solo combat."
Pei Yan rubbed his chin and agreed, patting his leg. Indeed, to unleash a full-power electromagnetic cannon, it takes at least five or six minutes to transform. During the fight with Liang Guangsheng, he only succeeded because of Ye Jiumu's ability to hide him, achieving a surprise attack. In a true one-on-one battle, the opponent wouldn't give him time to transform.
"That presents a problem. Now there are two solutions. First, find a way to shorten your transformation time. The second is to develop another one-hit-kill move! For example, my body reinforcement is my confidence when fighting." Zheng Jia Ru offered his suggestions.
"I already had some preliminary ideas for the first solution when I advanced to the third rank awakening. I'll give it a try. Tell me about your thoughts for the second kill move so I can use it for reference." Pei Yan leaned forward excitedly, full of fighting spirit.
"Hmm, that involves a multi-ability fusion. For example, integrating vibrations into your punches to shatter my flesh during a battle is great, but you could also add a jolt of thunder to paralyze my body at the same time, fully utilizing your abilities to create your own kill move."
Listening to Zheng Jia Ru's words, Pei Yan bowed his head and fell into long contemplation. His words were true, but using multiple abilities simultaneously was a difficult task. He began calculating with his brain, comprehensively distributing his abilities and choosing the best combination moves for himself.
Seeing Pei Yan's eyes brightening increasingly, Zheng Jia Ru knew his words had opened up his thoughts. He lit a cigarette, quietly observing Pei Yan. He wondered how much this kid could grow because of his suggestions, realizing he couldn't relax either; it wouldn't be so easy to win in their next encounter.