The Human Giant



"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."

"What did I tell you about following the pattern and not letting your emotions control you?" 

Even though winter was fast approaching, Yoze looked at the shirtless Evi, who was covered in a thick layer of his sweat. As the days passed since they arrived and provided Mr. Light with advice, they didn't stop their training.

Instead, thanks to having a base and no longer needing to make time for travel, Yoze could focus more on training Evi to pull out his potential. With his help, Evi quickly reached the first level of Spiral Twin Fists and could throw 15 Spiral Koi Fists in a row.

At this level, if he faced Blood Stepper again and landed his hits, he would be able to crush Blood Stepper's skull without a problem. A combo chain of 15 punches might not sound like a lot for someone like Yoze, but that was solely because he was a freak, and all his enemies would be capable of causing mass genocides.

In theory, Yoze's regular Twin Fists no longer had a limit on how large his combo could become; however, he predicted that in most of his battles, he would at most get to one hundred before his opponent died or escaped.

"Evi, at your current strength, you are not even close to becoming a third-rate martial artist, much less beating one. If you can't land a hit on me with five attacks, I will counterattack." Yoze said casually.

Evi, who was focused on punching, immediately felt a shiver run down his spine as he felt his heart pounding as if facing a predator in the wild. Knowing Yoze was serious, Evi stopped attacking and took a deep breath to regain his composure.

Yoze had restricted his strength to just below a third-rate martial artist to help with Evi's training. Yoze was still extremely difficult to hit for someone at Evi's level. 

Once he calmed his heart, Evi lowered his body until he was crouching before sprinting at Yoze as fast as he could. Once he got within arms reach, he threw out a heavy Spiral Bull Fist directly under Yoze's chin.

"Whoosh"

The wind generated from his one-punch was heavy and showed how much power Evi had put into it. Unfortunately, Yoze easily escaped the punch by stepping back, just narrowly missing it by an inch.

Suddenly, just as Evi's Spiral Bull Punch reached Yoze's throat, Evi released his clenched fist and made a grabbing motion at Yoze's throat. Startled by these swift changes, Yoze tried to sidestep to escape, but he found himself trapped as Evi used his flexible body to put himself in a position to attack in any direction.

With Evi's most brutal and powerful attacks aimed directly at Yoze's crotch. Knowing he was bound to get hit, Yoze gritted his teeth angrily before charging directly at Evi. If this was any other novice fighter, they wouldn't have been able to quickly decide to continue their attack or retreat, allowing their opponents to once again regain control of the battle momentum.

However, Evi was prepared, as this was a common tactic that Yoze resorted to whenever he made a good move. At first, he would always lose because of it, but now he was prepared.

Evi's pupils shrunk as he grabbed Yoze's throat and landed a heavy Spiral Bear Fist into Yoze's solid stomach. With a simple twist, Yoze found his body forced to move in a certain direction, which was supported by the hand on his throat.

If he didn't follow the flow, his neck would snap, causing his death. He could only grit his teeth and end up in Evi's control, which ended up in him getting punched 15 times and sent flying a few feet.

"Ha haaa, I won. How was that? Did I improve from last time?" Evi asked as he felt his arms trembling from exhaustion.

"Not bad. Your battle sense was better than when I was at your level. That is, of course, I am training you. By the way, I accept cash, coins, and banknotes." Yoze said as he leisurely patted the dirt off his clothes.

While the battle seemed intense, in reality, if it wasn't because he was trying his best to mimic the fighting style of a thug, Evi wouldn't have won so easily. However, Yoze was more than happy to see that Evi was rapidly improving.

"Yeah, yeah, your free massage coupon is in the mail waiting for you. It's good for one massage from yours truly." Evi said before noticing Gilan and Suzanne standing across from them with two heavy stuffed bags.

"Are those the herbs and medicine pastes Yoze needs for his Blood Pills?" Evi asked.

"Yup, the young master heard that you two wanted to purchase more ingredients, so he arranged for some servants to get them from the other towns and villages. More should be coming in the following couple of days."

"By the way, Yoze, can I be part of your next experiment? After getting to experience it the first time, I think I can handle the effects now, especially after you taught me the Big Golem body cultivation method." Gilan said with a cheerful tone in her voice.

"Hmmm, you're still too skinny at the moment. Once you gain 100 pounds of muscle, I will let you join the next experiment." Yoze's eyes scrolled up and down Gilan's body and noticed she hadn't gained much weight in the past few days.

At most, she had gained a single pound of muscle, which was bad. Even though she wasn't the most talented person in martial arts when it came to the Big Golem body cultivation method, which was graded 7, her talent gave her an additional 200 percent boost.

So, seeing how she was barely progressing even though she had such great talent could only be explained by her not eating enough food and not training. While he understood that she had a job, she would have made some time if she was serious about learning martial arts.

While he was looking for students to accept into the School of Eternal Knowledge, he wasn't going to force anyone to join if they weren't interested. As for letting her take another blood pill, it was unnecessary since he had collected all the data he needed for the first experiment.

"100 pounds…that is impossible. Unless…you are interested in that kind of thing." Gilan muttered as she shyly looked at Evi, who was stunned speechless.