The Elemental Tower - Chapter 30

Chapter 30: A Tough Shield Warrior’s Training

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Ke regretted it!

After agreeing to the Warrior’s training proposed by Dra, he understood after a few minutes of her teaching what it felt like to be broken-hearted.

It was true that Dra knew a lot about the Warrior’s training in her original world, but the Warrior’s Profession was known to be “Tough Shield Warrior”.

In simpler terms, it was for war defense!

One would be beaten!

The Profession was regarded as cannon fodder among Humans, meant to take damage from enemies, so as to provide a good timing for the main force.

That was also the exact reason a Tough Shield Warrior had a unique characteristic.

One could take beatings very well!

It also meant that one had strong self-protection qualities, because cannon fodder that could be easily taken out was meaningless, and only a tenacious one showed enough presence to attract the enemy’s firepower.

A Tough Shield Warrior was a Profession for those who could survive even when facing enemies that were much stronger.

This was also the best Profession for Lin Ke if he wanted to protect himself.

After Dra explained to him the characteristics of the Profession, he made a firm decision to do it.

However, he came to a painful realization during the training that it was not a Profession for normal people.

While there were many ways to train for the Profession, there was only one thing that Lin Ke could do at the moment.

He could only suffer beatings!

Suffering beatings was a skill that required technique. The more relentless the person who was beating, the more serious the injuries suffered by the one who was being beaten, which would affect one’s future progress. If the person who was beating was merciful, the effect of the beating could not be displayed.

Accompanied by a unique skill, a Tough Shield Warrior would slowly strengthen one’s body through the beatings, and could show a special Defense Ability against stronger attacks.

Of course, the process would not work if one were to be hit by desperate punches. Even though a Tough Shield Warrior was cannon fodder, one could not be trained by just any force.

Dra employed the safest and the most gentle method on Lin Ke.

Firstly, Lin Ke needed to remove his shirt – he was supposed to remove his bottoms too, but was so shy that he insisted that Dra started with the upper body movements first.

He stood on empty ground while forming a cross with his arms, then Dra began slapping his body lightly.

It was so light that Lin Ke would have thought that she was stroking him if she had not explained in advance.

As Dra slapped Lin Ke’s body like she was caressing him, heat energy from her palms penetrated his body slowly. Lin Ke remembered that she mentioned that it was something called Qi, and a Warrior would normally have to cultivate for more than ten years to achieve it.

Lin Ke instantly felt comfortable after his upper body was beaten gently, such that his weariness went away.

Following that, Dra proceeded to the second round of slapping.

This time, she exerted more force, and the sounds “pop, pop, pop” were heard. Consequently, Lin Ke’s skin began turning red, and he also felt sharp pains.

The sharp pains then went away due to the hot Qi, and Lin Ke felt as though he was treading on air.

For the third round, he began feeling soreness. Dra was slapping him harder, and he noticed that his skin turned black and blue.

Needless to say, he soon felt severe pain, but the hot Qi did not drive the pain away this time. Instead, the soreness just kept coming like waves.

Nevertheless, Lin Ke could endure the pain.

Only during the fourth round, “pop, pop, pop” sounds were no longer heard when Dra slapped his body, because they became “bam, bam, bam” sounds.

The change of sounds was due to Dra’s slapping force having intensified. Each time Lin Ke suffered a hit, he felt intense soreness that was not only limited to his body’s surface, but also in his muscles, bones, and organs. In fact, the vibrations from the slapping motions caused those parts to twitch.

Each breath he took came with burning pain, and he was about to fall to one side as he started losing balance.

Dra reached her hand out to pull Lin Ke back, and used her other hand to continue the slapping. With that, endless hot Qi gushed out from her palms.

The hot Qi slowly penetrated into Lin Ke’s muscles, and went further into his bones. Under the excruciating pain, the Qi became the source of unbearable pain.

Finally, Lin Ke cried miserably as he could not take it anymore. Dra slowed down upon hearing him, but soon continued slapping him hard.

Since Lin Ke did not ask her to stop, she continued.

When the fourth round ended, before Dra proceeded to the fifth round, Lin Ke stopped her. “Stop, I’ll die if you continue.”

Dra stopped at last. She nodded slowly when she looked at Lin Ke who was about to collapse. “You’re almost at your limit. Sadly, you only underwent four rounds. If you’d like to complete the fifth round, you’ll have to be slapped numerous times.”

Lin Ke felt like dying when he heard her. He quickly asked, “If the fourth round is already unbearable, won’t the fifth round be so painful that even an iron sheet would be cracked?”

“Yes, or the Defense Ability of a Tough Shield Warrior can’t be unleashed,” Dra responded seriously, “Besides, 5 rounds are only the number of rounds required to build a Tough Shield Warrior. I’ve seen the strongest Warrior who was said to have completed 13 rounds of cultivation, the Giants had to lift a gold hammer to hit the Warrior for the process to be completed.”

Lin Ke gulped when he heard that.

‘How fearsome is the defense of a figure like that? Is that Profession still considered cannon fodder?

‘If a person like that is hit by the Giants with a hammer during cultivation, how can anyone hurt him during battles?

‘Can a giant dragon hurt him?’

Lin Ke looked at Dra. ‘Did that fella fight Dra before? She’s a Red Dragon.’

“I can’t defeat her, because my attacks are useless against her, but we’re not mortal enemies,” Dra mentioned when she noticed Lin Ke looking at her, “In fact, we have a close relationship, and I learned some foundations of a Tough Shield Warrior’s training from her.”

Lin Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly. He could see that his body was covered in dirty blood, and he knew that he had turned into a bloody man.

Moreover, his body swelled, and he could still feel the piercing pain. He dared not imagine how he was going to sleep at night, and what would happen if his body were to touch his bed.

“I’m sorry. After the Tough Shield Warrior’s training, it’s best that you bathe in a special liquid medicine, because it’ll help you recover.” Dra supported Lin Ke by his arm to head to his Dormitory. “We don’t have that here, but the Dormitory can help you recover too, so you’ll be fine tomorrow after staying here for the night.

“I can help you with your recovery too.”

Dra smiled brightly. After helping Lin Ke to his bed, she reached her hands out to press his shoulders lightly.