Healing System

Michael sent a kick toward Kai, and, to his surprise, Kai finally managed to dodge.

But dodging was a bit subjective—considering his arm was still broken. Nonetheless, he was able to absorb the majority of the hit.

To no one's surprise, Kai was staring at him with a hint of hatred that was replaced by fear the moment Michael struck.

You've been doing this for quite some time now. But I can't tell... do you enjoy teaching or breaking bones? the system asked sarcastically.

And he answered in kind, 'Both is good. In this case, bone breaking works wonders.'

'Also... he really is something else, no?' Michael looked toward Kai with a small grin on his face.

In just four hours, Kai's constitution had grown by leaps and bounds.

Before, he used to break his wrist on impact, but now, he could even roughly tank one of Michael's weak hits—which by no means was possible for a Tier 1.

Michael just wished Kai's strength was a bit greater. All he was good for currently was being a punching bag.

However, just as Michael thought that, an idea surfaced in his mind. Extending his hand, he decided to try it out.

Mana began gathering and soon formed at the tip of his fingers. Before long, it expanded outward, forming a sword outline.

After finishing the touches, he infused 5% of his inner mana, and, to his surprise, a half-black, half-golden sword emerged, indicating it had both the darkness affinity and light.

But the sword was not meant for him—not yet, anyway. Therefore, he slimmed it down a tad bit and shortened the blade before handing it over to Kai.

"Take this. Let's have another rematch."

Kai looked at the sword with hesitation, but since the situation was not exactly in his favor, he picked it up nonetheless.

Immediately, he was surprised by how light the sword was. He could practically swing it around at full power with just his fingertip.

That also meant the issue of him having very little power could be solved due to the sheer sharpness of the sword, which Michael ensured was much higher than it should have been.

'Only time will tell, though...' Michael pondered for a moment and took a few steps back, letting Kai get accustomed to the sword.

Soon, Michael decided to make the first move, slowly walking up to him and swinging his palm down.

However, unlike before—when Kai would dodge with a panicked look—he simply dashed backward before cutting the air in front of him, causing Michael to halt his downward palm motion.

That was simply because the sword was actually way too sharp. It was even possible it could cut him as well.

But it wasn't anything a little bit of reinforcement couldn't fix. Therefore, he dashed back in, closing the distance between them.

Like before, he prompted a weaker attack, yet this time, he went for a feint.

Swinging his left palm downward, he garnered Kai's full focus, and while that was happening, Michael sent out a kick to his side.

Again, to his surprise, Kai managed to evade it, skimming his robes in the process.

'How is he suddenly doing this?' Michael was completely puzzled. A Tier 1 should not be able to do something like that.

Even if they could, how could someone who just picked up a sword for the first time in their lives do that?

I wonder? You might have found an actual genius, the system remarked with a chuckle.

'Seems like it... because all he's missing is some speed, and he would be an extremely tough opponent.'

Michael glanced at Kai, who was staring at him with a focused look, and said, "I will be stepping up the intensity of the training. If you can last five minutes, you get to keep the sword."

Without even waiting for a response, he dashed in and slammed his fist toward the sword directly, sending Kai flying back.

However, it seemed he managed to negate quite a lot of the force since Michael's Eyes of the Great Sage could not spot any internal injuries.

There was only a single one, and it seemed to originate in Kai's right wrist—the same wrist that held the sword.

It was almost like it would snap after just a few more hits, and, for research purposes, Michael decided to attack it once more.

However, unlike before, Kai's movements were much more precise—some even directly redirecting his incoming fists—causing Michael to increase the intensity further.

Finally, once Michael began using the strength of an actual Tier 2, Kai began facing some difficulties, to the point where, if he wasn't careful, his arm would completely be lopped off.

But since Michael was a healer, each time his strike landed with the sword, he cast a concentrated heal, causing Kai's injuries to visibly heal.

He held no attachments to the sword he had just made, and, for better or worse, Michael was a bit intrigued by Kai's talent with it.

If anything, he was practically bringing up a new genius into the Murim world.

However, as he was lost in his thoughts, he forgot to hold back a little. His fist collided with the sword, accidentally sending Kai skidding across the ground.

'Whoops...' Michael sighed before preparing to cast a heal, but, upon further inspection, he noticed Kai was not injured this time.
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The only thing that stood out was the fact that his sword was slightly fractured. But even then, from the Dantian core Kai had, it was slowly repairing itself over time.

Therefore, Michael had practically created an unbreakable sword—unless one attacked with enough force to shatter it in one go, of course.

Hmm... You should probably devise an actual training plan for him. This Kai kid seems to have a lot of potential to be the strongest in this world. Even if he is reliant on your sword for the moment, his technique is undeniable, the system commented, and Michael nodded back.

'Have anything in mind?'

Well... he might not like it.