BEAST TAMING: OTHERS HAVE MAGIC BEASTS, MINE ARE IMMORTAL BEASTS-Chapter 70 BEATING UP JERICHO

Sean gazes at Jericho before grabbing his head.

"Bones, I’ll skip you for now, I think I want to spar with my good friend here." His voice is laced with threat.

Jericho starts sweating bullets, it seems that he might have stepped into a landmine.

Smiling sheepishly, he looks at Sean’s face and the handsome face is now morphed into that of a demon.

"Wait! Sean let him go for now." The principal pulls him away via psychic power.

"The two of you shouldn’t have a shouting match in this open area; much of what you’re saying will affect those around you," The principal admonishes but still protects Jericho.

"Sean, we’re approaching the test field, I think that you shouldn’t break Jericho’s body for now." This is the main reason she saved him.

Jericho is one of their main fighters, he’s indispensable for the group.

Sean has to take a couple of deep breath to calm himself down but he can’t calm himself down.

The girls are now looking at him with blushes in their faces.

"Let’s just continue." Gritting his teeth, he can only try to divert his attention.

Bones was quite afraid but seeing his eyes, he realizes that he was thinking too much.

He starts attacking him with standard way, this was honed to him after his intensive training.

"Good, good, I know that you’re in the most difficult state for martial artists but even if you get defeated in your current state, you’ll blossom in the future, catching up to Missel and the likes won’t be impossible for you."

Sean is gratified to see that Bones was training truthfully.

The principal frowns and asks. "I can see that he got more arsenal and his movements are now much more compact but compared to how he fights before, it seemed a bit lackluster."

Sean nods his head. "Your eyes are spot-on, right now, Bones is in the digression stage, he’s different from the others who built their foundation from training, I propped him up to the Vital Realm through vitality increase and pressure."

He sighs and continues. "This made his foundation quite unstable, together with his hidden injuries, he wouldn’t get far in the future, so I decided to have him train in techniques while training in basic exercises, his growth might had slow down but his future will at least be secured."

"That’s my buddy for you, he always looks after his students." Jericho chimed in.

"Do you really think that praising me will make me forgive you? You better get ready because once it’s your turn, I’m going to give you a good surprise." His tone is spine chilling.

Jericho gulps nervously, he recalls that his friend is sometimes quite petty in things that aren’t that serious.

The next sparring partner was Kommi, she’s as beautiful and graceful as ever, with a height that surpasses most females, she stands nearing six feet.

With a cry, she spins and kicks him in the temple, Sean’s eyes narrows, this was quite sharp and fast, not to mention, she aims at his vital point.

Jumping backwards, she sends a couple of jabs at him, clearly aiming at his eyes and throat.

She majors in kicks because of her long legs and minor in fists since she has a foundation on them.

Sean frowns. "Your fist is too delicate, it seems that you only trains in striking, not conditioning your fist."

"Your mindset should relate with your fighting style, since you’re gentle, you should fight in a gentle way."

Unlike others, he initiates an attack and grabs her hand before throwing her.

Judo!

He stops her head from touching the floor but the sudden action shocked everyone.

"This is one of the martial arts that I know, it’s called Judo, it uses the soft method and can be taught by you."

He then attacks her with palm strike but when she tries to block them, his palm closes and she feels her sense of balance once again disappearing.

"This path has a lot of potential but I can’t really focus on it because the path I walked is different."

Kommi listens with shining eyes, a path that she hadn’t known of.

"This path consists of three main points, redirection, softness and vital strikes." He shares.

Tai Chi

He only remembers eight types of moves and he decided to teach it to Kommi.

Peng (Ward off): A defensive, upward expansion movement.

Lyu (Roll back): A horizontal, circular movement to neutralize force.

Ji (Press): A forward, squeezing, or pressing movement.

An (Push): A downward or forward pushing motion.

Cai (Pull down): A sharp, downward pulling motion.

Lie (Split): A diagonal, tearing, or splitting action.

Zhou (Elbow strike): Using the elbow for close-range movement.

Kao (Lean): Using the shoulder or back to lean and nudge.

As he shows all the moves that he knows, he seems to enter a state of enlightenment, he starts moving smoothly.

Meanwhile, inside of Beast World, the entire world is shaking, massive amount of energy pours into it, containing the pure spiritual energy and the five basic elemental need.

[Congratulations for the host in creating a martial art technique.]

Tai Chi (Unique): An ancient technique derived from another world and improvised by the system.

Cultivation: If practiced, increase effect of body tempering technique, elemental absorption and spiritual energy absorption.

Universal: Can be trained together with Intermediate Cultivation Technique and other techniques.

Empowerment: Can be used to empower skills.

Longevity: Increase lifespan and enhances physical foundation of the body.

It’s no longer the traditional Tai Chi but something else entirely.

He moves flowing his hand on the air, seemingly slow but at the same time quick.

He starts moving more erratic but simple at the same time.

It’s complex but easy to understand, as if a mishaps of paths, blend into chaos and harmony.

"Yes, this is Tai Chi, the gentle way to redirect power." He turns to look at others but all of them were looking at him with a dazed expression.

"A domain! No! Impossible! How can you manage to create a technique that reserved only for innate rankers!?" Asks the principal with burning eyes.

"Calm down, young Maki, had you forgotten about the existence of Golden Qi!?" Old man Johnson grabs her and shoulder.

The principal pauses before taking a deep breath. "Such a powerful technique! Are you sure you’re going to teach that to Kommi!? I might be a principal but that’s just going too far! What she is to you anyway!?"

Sean thinks about it, he really doesn’t care about teaching it to others when he feels like it.

With the looming threat of humanity, he needs two strengthen as many people as he can, especially those that he deems worthy.

"Other than being my best student, I guess a friend to me and my family." The principal was stunned when he answered her.

Her question was rhetorical, she didn’t expect that he would answer her and it was so shallow too.

"I’ll teach it to you later, swing by my room, it seems that everyone is reacting too dramatically." He whispers to her.

Kommi nods her head as she looks at him with gleaming eyes, he’s truly too good to her.

The next match is Jericho, seeing Sean’s gleaming eyes, the latter looks at the principal with a pleading expression.

Seeing that no one is going to help him, he can only take a step forward and attacks.

The first blow was a straight, suddenly, he feels his force and a lot more, returning back to his hands.

"What was that!?" Jericho was shocked, he looks at his trembling hands then to Sean, seeing his friend smirking, he realizes that it wasn’t an illusion.

Jab! Jab! Jab!

He decided to change his approach and uses move that doesn’t exhaust his vital force nor drain him of his energy that much.

Sean frowns, he realizes that Shock has a limitation and that’s the speed of the attack.

If it’s too quick, then, he can’t really send the shock back to his target.

Jericho doesn’t feel the strange sensation from earlier, his eyes lights up as he changes into kick.

His expression changes as he retreats, the numbness and sharp pain once again returns.

’So that move can return my power but it seems that it can’t keep up with quick attacks.’ Jericho estimates.

He changes his pattern, his body relaxes as he crouches down, seemingly like a beast ready to pounce.

Sean’s eyes sharpens as he once again was presented with how keen the battle instinct of his friend.

Attacks starts flying everywhere, they aren’t as precise as jabs but they had done their job.

Landing blows, these attacks are typically non lethal but their purpose is to land as many blows as they can.

Sean watches intently, recording the trajectory, speed and breathing of Jericho.

He takes a step forward, reducing the full force of the attack and rebounding with shock.

Jericho stops his relentless assault and retreats, he glares at his friend as he cracks his knuckles.

Leo, who was watching from the side clenches his fists, Jericho’s state made him realized just how large the gap between him and the main combatant.

He was even slower than Jericho but the latter managed to control his emotions and was able to make a decision in just one move.

He starts moving up and down, side to side, Sean chuckles, this is one of Jericho’s favourite move and paired up with Golden, even Reina had a hard time hitting him directly.

"As expected of the wolf of Tatsu Academy! You really are a natural born hunter!" Sean shouts before his body starts vibrating tremendously.

Jericho dashes, he knows that hitting Sean in his current state would only harm him but something about Sean’s excitement made his blood boil.

BAM! SWISH! BAM!

A straight with all his strength, followed by a flying kick to the head, he then spins while falling and kicking him in the head a second time.

"What a combination!" Missel exclaim, her eyes burns with fervor.

This is the greatest difference between her and Jericho, Sean said, her mindset is constricted to training, fighting and sparring is different.

Two flying kicks, the spin adds power and at the same time help stabilized Jericho’s body when he lands.

BAM! BAM! BAM! Three traditional karate jab, empowered with a stance.

Wildness and mastery in one setting, Jericho doesn’t only fight with instinct alone but also his training.

Sean smiles, Shock is basically becoming more useless because he disperses all the accumulated damage he took everywhere in his body.

Jericho doesn’t stop, with numbed fists and feet, he continues his relentless assault.

Black Ape Fist!

A left straight but is actually the basic martial arts of the Black Ape Dojo.

’That was a great move, with his straights, he can confuse his opponent with Black Ape Fist!’ Sean thought.

Jab! Jab! Jab!

Jericho was moving in an erratic manner while throwing jabs, he was trying to recover his vital force.

Sean suddenly lunges on him, grabbing his two hands and pinning him to the ground.

His expression changes, he twists his two hands and kicks himself away from Sean.

That was close! His eyes gleams at Sean who now resembles an ape.

Sean lunges again, his act deliberately slow but packed with power.

Jericho eyes gleams, he knows that his friend is helping him.

Dodging the strike, he inches closer to Sean and punches him three times in succession.

One strike from the plexus, another in the throat and the last is in the chin.

Sean wasn’t fazed, he swings his hand again, Jericho ducks and does a leg sweep and uses Sean’s own leg to twists his body only using the strength of his one leg and kicking him in the chin.

"What’s Sean-sensei doing?" Asks Bones, this type of attack seems to be not fitting for Sean.

"He’s honing that big brother of yours, first an ape-type mystique creature so that he can get in the mood." States Fabuki.

Sean changes his form and attacks like a bull, charging with his head, hitting Jericho in the stomach.

"This time, it’s a bull, Jericho’s fighting style is too focused in fighting humanoids but we can’t have that, he’s a hunter and as such, he must focus in fighting mystique creatures." Added the principal.

Sean fighting style looks weird but full of vigor, he had Jasmine use Illusion to truly transform him into a bull.

Grabbing Sean’s hair, Jericho leaps on his back and starts hitting him to the side.

Sean changes his form again, transforming into a crane, Kommi watches with interest.

Graceful, quick and sharp, this was more difficult to deal with than the first two beasts.

Fortunately, Sean was holding back, making it easy for Jericho to find an opening, grabbing his two hands/wings, he hits him in the chest.

Another change, becoming a fierce tiger, slashing at him, causing blood to fly, Jericho’s expression changes.

He knows that big cats are more difficult to deal with and can only retreat but Sean was on to him.

Just as the claws were about to tear him another one, he counters with a hook, then a chopping blow to the head and a knee to the face.

BAM! Jericho was blown backwards, Sean changes once again, transforming into a clumsy but powerful bear.

Jericho changes his style, opting for kiting and hitting to the nose and face repeatedly.

The final change, a python, Jericho was unable to react fast enough and was locked down by Sean.

This was deliberate by Sean, he still wants to get somr pay back from earlier.

That’s why he chose the phyton as the last change because he’s confident that once he gets Jericho in a chokehold, he wouldn’t escape.

Groundwork is all about experience, in this world, not many or probably no one learns how to grapple because humanity’s main enemy are the mystique creatures not themselves.

"Wow, you really give it to him, I didn’t expect that you would really knock him out, he was already gesturing to you that he surrenders but you continue." The principal was speechless.

Sean snorts, not caring about the unconscious Jericho.

He turns to Missel and asks. "Are you going to fight me in a standing way or have a spar with me?"

Missel pauses, she asks. "Is this a different treatment because the two of us are clearly in league beyond them?"

Sean nods his head. "The main combatants are treated more preferably but Kommi and Bones just recently became martial artists, they are still in the process of growing stronger and finding their path."

He turns to Bones. "Especially Bones, he had taken a shortcut and now has to train from the start to not be left behind by you guys in the future."

Missed nods his head, she sleeps knows what path she’s going to take and that’s the same but at the same time, different path from her big sister.

"I want a sparring match in which you can only use your legs." She states her condition.

Sean agrees, he then assumes a basic stance for Taekwondo.

This confuses Missel, their stance is always to raise a foot and not plant it to the ground haphazardly.

Just as she was still thinking what is the stance Sean is making, he made a move.

She was blown away by just one attack, Sean frowns, he had already hold back but it seems that sequence of his moves made it too powerful.

"My bad, come here, Missel, I’ll heal you." He then turns to the principal.

"Can you restrict my movements using psychic power?" The principal was stunned but she nods nonetheless.

Sean feels his body growing heavier.

"Can you make it heavier?" The principal feels a bit insulted, she was already using her psychic power to the degree of silver rank.

It seems that Sean’s body is too tough so she increases it.

Feeling strained by just moving his hands, he nods his head, this was enough to bridge the gap between him and Missel.

He heals her and the two of them once again stands in front of each other.

’What the hell happened earlier!? At first he takes a step forward, he then twists his foot and spins to hit him in the stomach.’ She repeats the scenes in her mind.

"Stay sharp!" Sean shouts before doing a 360 degree kick, bypassing the distance between them in an instant.

BAM! This one kick shatters all the previous thoughts that Missel was thinking.

’As expected, there’s no way someone like him would use a trash technique.’ She thought.

She didn’t manage to block the attack, she was still dizzy.

Sean isn’t going to give her time to rest, just like she said, he treats both her and Jericho differently.

Multiple kicks!

Using one leg to stand and propping his body to a unique stance, he managed to fire multiple kicks with speed just shy away of jabs.

Missed blocks the attacks, she was being pushed back by the barrage, her expression changes as she ducks and does a sweep.

Sean looks at her with appreciation, no matter how steady he is, he’s still standing in one leg, as long as it’s attacked, it will likely unable to continue standing tall.

Sean spins and kicks the air, getting some distance, using his two hands to prop his body, he starts doing dances.

Capoeira

Missel becomes confused but she doesn’t look down on his action, the earlier experience is still fresh in her mind.

BAM! She blocks one of the kicks but Sean was already poses for his next attack.

She can’t read his move, Jericho, who was woken up by slaps and splashes of water, was getting angry seeing her getting cornered, he shouts.

"What the hell are you doing!? Don’t overthink! Don’t try to read his moves! That’s what those dances are for! They’re there to confuse you!"

Sean clicks his tongue and glares at his friend, he wants to train Missel’s mentality but he just had to ruin it.

Missel sees his reaction and felt ashamed, she realizes that her action was incredibly foolish.

She decided not to think too much and just attack, she first kicks then swipes her hand into a striking position, once she sees that she misses, she uses her palm to redirect her body and attacks.

Jericho nods his head, this is the path that she had taken, to burn as bright as the sun, she mustn’t go in defensive nor she needs to think too much.

She needs momentum!

Just as Sean and Jericho predicted, her attacks grows heavier and sharper, not only that, with Sean’s senses dulled by himself and his body restricted by the principal, she’s gaining the upper hand.

Sean suddenly does a sweeping motion, causing her to fall, he then kicks her, only to have his foot grabbed by her.

She takes the attack just to grab his foot.

She grits her teeth and lifts him up, Sean doesn’t resist, nor he can, the principal increases the restrictions in his body.

She slams him but had her face kicked before Sean reaches the ground.

Using his two hands, he blocked the damage from his head and then rolls to get some distance, he switches to Taekwondo once again.

360 degree kick.

Missel meets his kick with her own, causing the two to wobbled, her legs was throbbing in pain.

Sean dashes towards her and then spins, hitting her in the chest but she blocked it with her two hands.

"Learn this!" Sean dashes again and does the exact same move three times.

Missel roars and dashes towards him before spinning a kick to him, similar but her speed is much faster.

"Good! You’re compatible with fire element, use it to your advantage!" Sean shouts before sending a couple of kicks at her.

She’s confused on what he means.

"Your clan can absorb fire element but can’t control them that much, use that fire within your body to send a shock through your feet, wether advancing or attacking, you can use them both."

Her eyes lights up, following his instructions, her speed increases, so does her power.

She flushes in excitement and her attacks becomes relentless.

Sean didn’t attack and just continue to block the attacks head-on.

Their battle ends with her sprawls to the ground, exhausted after her last burst.

"Good, you and Jericho are progressing quite well, continue to train, your foundation is quite stable, you can use pills to increase your ranking speed."

He then turns to Jericho. "You, on the other hand, doesn’t need to use pills and only increase Golden’s appetite, you can use the feedback to increase your strength, can’t blame anyone for the difference between you and Missel."

Ganko becomes silent, she had forgotten that Sean and Jericho came from poor household, Sean was so dazzling that they forgot, compared to those born in wealth, their early foundation is quite shaky.

Sean was trying to remedy their fault with some basic training and evolution.

Bones smiles listening to his idol’s instructions, this is the reason why he trained in basics only.

Sean told him to build up his foundation from way down, he has been training with basics all the time, he might not grow stronger immediately but feels his body is much lighter than before.

"Okay, that will be all, if you have some time, use it to deepen your bonds with your pet beasts." Sean waves his hand and looks at the girls.

"What about you guys? Shouldn’t you also do some training?" He especially glares at Chika.

This lazy girl needs someone to look after her, she’s not only afraid of pain but is also very timid.

Sensing his glare, she playfully sticks her tongue out and hides behind Hina.

"I mean, we can but we don’t want to hold you guys back nor interfere with your training." Hina states.

"Nonsense! Even if you guys don’t do sparring you can still do basic training!" The girls can only join in.

Hina was the one who likes to train, unlike before, she can now sense progress in her body and it won’t take long before she reaches the Vital Realm.

Ganko and Yana trains together, their bodies are wrecked by their streaming, only sitting in front of their computer and not even walking made their bodies weaker compared to normal civilians.

Now, their bodies are a lot stronger and with constant nourishment of meats, vegetables and training, their growth is truly astonishing.

Meanwhile, in a separate space, Sean was watching Chika trains intensely, her pet beasts are also training with Jasmine.

She wants to cry but she knows that Sean is doing this for her own good, her foundation was incredibly poor, it takes a lot of refinement to cleanse the impurities from her body brought by the large amount of pills she had consumed.

Besides Chika was Tsu, she doesn’t train to become powerful, just to increase her rank.

Sean looks at her before looking at Chika and sighs.

"Yana, Hina, Chika, Kommi, Ganko and aunt Tsu, you guys come with me, I’ll teach you my new technique."

He decided to teach them Tai Chi, other than Hina and Ganko, the rest might be compatible with it.

He then presents them a different set of movements that is improved by the system.

Waving his hand, he feels like a gentle flow of wind, erasing his own presence.

He then changes into a forceful motion, like a raging tide.

Generating strength, he exudes power like a tornado.

His moves are now in tune with nature rather than animals.

"I call this move, Redirection." Sean suddenly executes a swaying move.

Everyone doesn’t know it’s effect.

"It seems that you need a demonstration, Jericho, call Golden and have him attack me."

Jericho doesn’t know what’s on his mind but still followed his words.

Golden looks at Sean with eager eyes, after growing stronger, he wants to showcase his strength on two individuals.

Sean and Wuk.

He dashes at him, but when it was mid pounce, it feels it’s power returning to it, knocking it back.

"As you had seen, Redirection redirects the power of the attacker back to them, it’s a form of defensive move that has offensive capability."

"Next move is called Overturning." Sean then takes a step forward and grabs Golden’s head, the latter felt everything turning upside-down.

"It causes the target to lose their strength and balance, you can then slams them with your force."

"Next is Gentle Palm Strike!" He then thrusts his palm, generating a gust of wind.

"I can’t showcase it’s effect because there’s no suitable targets but it’s effect is to penetrate through the skin and muscles of your target, hitting their soft internal organs."

The girls looks at shimmering eyes, the three moves looks quite graceful and beautiful.

"I don’t want to learn Gentle Palm Strike, I’ll stick to King Kong Punch!" Hina suddenly said.

Sean nods his head, he knows that this cousin/sister/fiancee of his likes to attack with force rather than gentleness.

"By the way, even if you guys don’t learn the combat skills of this technique, you can still train in it, the absorption rate of Basic Cultivation Technique increases with this mastery."

Hearing this, two voices appears. "I want to learn too."

They were Fabuki and her older sister, after learning Basic Cultivation Technique and had their meridian points opened, they realized just how beneficial it is for gold rankers.

"Sure, we can train together."

With that, he had to become the teacher of the girls, of course, such technique requires skin contact, he’s already familiar with his family but he’s a bit hesitant against the others.

After they manage to complete one set with proper movements and stances, he left them to their own accord, only by mastering it themselves can they become proficient.

"I’m probably going to teach it to you once you reach bronze rank, you need something to calm that emotion of yours now that Golden had evolved into such creature." Sean approaches his best friend and told him his future plans.

Jericho nods his head and continue practicing a set of boxing martial art Sean had developed and trying to sense the rhythm of Basic Cultivation Technique.

"You aren’t going to go far in your current state, it seems that you can only cultivate in the wilderness, I’m increasingly certain about what that hidden bloodline of yours." Sean looks at him and sighs.

"What is it?" This had been a thorn in his heart ever since they talk about this.

After learning that Hina and the others have mutant blood in them, sure, they were cleansed but still, people of this world looks down on such origin.

"Let’s talk about it in your room, I don’t want anyone finding out." Sean shakes his head before looking at the others.

The entire day was spent in training and leisure, everyone was improving at a normal pace with Sean as their instructor.

Deep in the night, Sean went to Jericho’s room.

Knocking on the door, Jericho opens it with a glare.

"Sorry, I had to teach Kommi about Judo, with her disposition and intelligence, together with her immense potential, it won’t be long for her to learn it." Sean chuckles.

Jericho can only sigh, Sean then look at some of the clothes in his bed and his expression turns strange.

Sensing his friend’s gaze, he turns to the bed and his expression suddenly changes.

"This, I like dressing up as a girl." He quickly states before regretting his poor choice of words.

"Do you really think I don’t know about you and Missel? Please, I might not be good at romance but I’m good at being the observer." Sean rolls his eyes at him.

Martial artists are full of energy, if they aren’t fighting or training, they’re doing something to expend their energy and relaxes their mind.

"But still, I didn’t know that the two of you already crossed that line." Sean was impressed.

Jericho was embarrassed, seeing the admiration in his friend’s eyes, he becomes guilty before spilling the beans.

"She’s the one that initiates it, the two of us always dream of being playboys but now that we reached the Vital Realm and became martial artists, I can’t help but think we’re the prey in our relationships."

Sean becomes silent because his friend’s hit the nail, since he shares the room with the other girls, he can’t even relieve himself, as a person with extreme yang, sometimes, it’s unbearable.

"Let’s just get to the point you lucky bxstard, seeing your happy face makes me want to punch it." Of course, as a man, he also has such desires.

Jericho sheepishly smiles, when there’s no people present, the two of them can relax.

"Still, of your girlfriend isn’t going to visit, just invite me over, I need to rest too." Sean sighs as he lies on his friend’s bed.

"Hahaha, trouble in paradise?" Jericho chuckles as he also jumps to the bed and lies there.

"You have no idea, how can I change my mindset that quickly!? I mean, I treat them as family, it would be weird for me to feel such desire."

"Well, frankly, Hina never really treated you like a blood sibling considering her infatuation with martial arts in the past." Jericho tried to gloss over the details.

"Yeah, but what about Yana and aunt Tsu, what would they think if both Hina and I truly advanced our relationship?"

"Setting Yana aside, do you really think that I forgot the time when you told me you like your aunt?" Jericho glares at him.

’That was the former Sean!’ Sean thought but he can’t really tell that to anyone but he absorbed the former Sean’s memory and he can’t deny that it affected him greatly.

"Yeah, this talk made my heart at least be at peace, if something really happens, I’ll deal with it, it’s just isn’t like me to continue acting ignorant when such a beautiful person already showed how much she feels about me."