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443: Meat
The moment they stepped back into the villa, the quiet atmosphere shattered.Abigail and Emily, who had been sitting around pretending not to worry while absolutely worrying, stood up at the same time. Their eyes moved from Kai… then slowly downward… then widened in unison when they saw what he was carrying.A massive corpse.A three-eyed Iron Buffalo.Its body alone nearly filled half the living room doorway, thick hide still faintly gleaming like metal under the villa lights, horns sharp and curved, dried blood crusted along its skull.For half a second, neither of them spoke.Then, without any warning or dramatic buildup, Kai walked two more steps in, loosened his grip, and dropped the entire beast on the marble floor with a heavy BOOM that made the walls tremble.“I’m going to sleep,” he said flatly, already turning around.Abigail’s mouth opened.Emily’s brain stopped.Zora scoffed loudly from behind him. “Look at him. Drag one little buffalo back and he’s acting like he climbed
442: Weakest Human Alive
Zora yawned and it was not the polite kind, it was the exaggerated, jaw-stretching, absolutely disrespectful kind, like what you’d do in front of someone who had just crawled out of hell and called it a warm bath.“Tsk,” she muttered as she stretched, dusting imaginary dirt off her clothes. “Lazy. Brainless. Humans.”Kai was still on the ground, staring at the sky like it had personally offended him. His chest rose and fell violently, limbs spread out as if the earth had finally claimed him.Then something hit his face.Smack.“Ow...what the hell...”A pill rolled down his cheek and landed near his ear.“Eat,” Zora said lazily. “Unless you plan to die here and fertilize the grass. That buffalo already did its part.”Kai squinted at the pill like it might explode, then sighed and shoved it into his mouth. The effect was immediate.Warmth surged through his body, violent but controlled. His muscles relaxed, his breathing steadied, bones hummed as energy refilled him like someone pouring
441: The Eighth Punch
Three hours.That was how long it dragged on.By the time the twin suns had shifted slightly in the sky, Kai’s breathing was ragged, chest rising and falling like a bellows on the verge of tearing apart.Sweat poured down his face, soaking the ground beneath his feet. His arms trembled uncontrollably, muscles screaming in protest, and bones humming with a dull, dangerous ache.And yet, the Iron Buffalo still lived.It was no longer charging with the same terrifying dominance. Its steps were uneven now, one of its legs clearly fractured, blood seeping from deep cracks in its iron-like hide. One of its three eyes had gone dull, the pupil shattered from repeated impacts. But even like this, it refused to fall.Its life force was stubborn and vicious. The kind that didn’t understand retreat.Every time Kai completed the seventh punch, the same thing happened. The power peaked, spread, battered the beast… and then collapsed. He would instinctively dispel the technique to stop his body from
440: Seven Is Not Enough
The moment Zora saw the slight shift in Kai’s stance, the way his breath evened and his shoulders loosened instead of tensing, she nodded once and turned away. Without another word, she walked back to her earlier spot, sat down, and snapped her fingers.The invisible pressure vanished.The Iron Buffalo let out a thunderous roar and charged again, hooves tearing up the savannah as it rushed toward Kai with murderous intent.Kai didn’t flinch.His expression had changed. Gone was the irritation, the confusion, and the half-baked confidence.What remained was focus, sharp, grounded, and heavy. He could feel it now. The technique was different. The power circulating in his body wasn’t just gathering in his fist anymore, it was flowing, spreading, and humming through his bones and muscles like a living thing.At the same time, a strange thought flickered in his mind.Why did she actually stop him?Zora never stopped training sessions. Not for pain. Not for broken limbs. Not even for death.
439: Power That Refuses to Flow
Kai coughed and pushed himself off the ground almost instantly, reflex and stubbornness working faster than pain ever could. Dust slid off his shoulders as his eyes snapped back toward the Iron Buffalo only for him to freeze.The beast wasn’t moving.It was not charging as it should, it was not even stomping like the raging bull should. It stood there like an invisible wall had been slammed in front of it, hooves digging uselessly into the earth, muscles tensed but locked in place.Looks like Zora’s work.Kai exhaled slowly. “Figures.”Before he could open his mouth to say anything else, space rippled and Zora appeared right in front of him. There was no drama or warning, she just appeared there. Arms crossed and expression flat. Eyes sharp in a way that made Kai straighten instinctively.She stared at him for a long second, then shook her head.“You’re an idiot,” she said calmly.Kai opened his mouth. Closed it. Tried again. “In my defense...”“Did you cultivate back to Return of Or
438: Educational Trauma
The realization settled fully this time.Kai let out a long, tired sigh as everything finally lined up in his head. For a brief moment, there was a strange warmth in his chest, it was not pride and, not excitement, just the quiet understanding of what Zora had been doing from the start. Then that warmth twisted into something far less pleasant.A scoff.Of course.Why would she ever explain things normally?He clenched his fists, watching the Iron Buffalo stomp and snort ahead of him, then glanced sideways at Zora. She could’ve just told me, he thought bitterly. She could’ve said, “Hey, practice the fist technique until ten punches.” Done. Simple. No unexpected broken bones. No near-death experiences. No emotional trauma.But no, that wasn’t her style.Instead, she’d dragged him into a secret realm under two suns, separated a herd of nightmare beasts, picked the toughest baby monster she could find, banned weapons for “meat quality,” and left him to connect the dots while staring deat
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