The First Training

The next morning.

Godwind Academy's training grounds.

All nine official members of the Elemental Team had already arrived.

After yesterday's initial introductions, the unfamiliarity between them had faded.

Feng Xiaoyuan slowly stepped before the group, his gaze sweeping across everyone as he spoke calmly.

"Today is the first training session for our Elemental Team."

As he spoke, Feng Xiaoyuan lightly waved his hand and took a wooden box from his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

He set the wooden box on the ground and slowly opened it.

Inside, eight silver bracelets were arranged neatly.

Huo Wushuang curiously picked one up.

"Captain."

"Is this a new Soul Guidance Device?"

Feng Xiaoyuan nodded.

"That's right."

"These are Soul Guidance Gravity Bracelets."

"You must wear them at all times."

"These Soul Guidance Gravity Bracelets can automatically apply the most suitable amount of gravity according to each of your physical conditions."

"The stronger your physique, the greater the gravity. The weaker your physique, the lower the gravity."

"In short, the Soul Guidance Gravity Bracelets can continuously help you break through your physical limits."

At those words, everyone's eyes immediately lit up.

It was their first time seeing a Soul Guidance Device like this.

Huo Wushuang impatiently put one around his wrist.

The instant the bracelet touched his wrist, it flashed with white light.

The next moment, Huo Wushuang was slammed flat onto the ground.

"Ah!"

His entire face was pressed against the floor.

He felt as if his body had suddenly been burdened with hundreds of pounds of weight.

Even lifting an arm was difficult.

"Why is it so heavy?"

Huo Wu also stepped forward to try it.

The moment she put on the bracelet—

Her legs gave out, and she dropped to her knees.

Then she was pressed flat onto the ground as well.

Dugu Yan refused to believe it.

"Let me try."

The next second, Dugu Yan was pressed flat onto the ground too.

Right after that, the other members of the Elemental Team all put on their bracelets as well.

Without exception, every one of them was knocked to the ground by the sudden gravity.

The entire training grounds was covered with sprawled figures.

Only Feng Xiaoyuan remained standing steadily where he was.

He wore a Gravity Bracelet on his wrist as well.

Yet he stood utterly motionless, as though he could not feel the gravity weighing on him at all.

Huo Wushuang struggled to raise his head and could not help but smile bitterly.

"No wonder Captain is absurdly strong."

"So he's been training with something like this on all along."

After some time adapting to it, they slowly rose to their feet.

Though their legs were still trembling.

Huo Wushuang moved his shoulders and could not help but smile bitterly.

"Captain."

"This thing is way too brutal, isn't it?"

Huo Wu nodded.

"Just standing there was constantly draining our stamina."

Lei Jie took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

Ning Rongrong wiped the sweat from her forehead and said pitifully, "Feng Xiaoyuan."

"Is today's training over already? I'm exhausted."

Shui Yue'er panted even harder as she spoke.

"Yeah, yeah."

"Hurry up and announce the end of today's training."

"I'm already missing my soft, cozy bed."

Everyone burst out laughing at that.

However, Feng Xiaoyuan merely shook his head as he looked at them.

"No."

"Since you're all back on your feet, let's begin the real training."

"What you did just now was only a warm-up."

The smiles on everyone's faces instantly froze.

"What?"

"That wasn't even training?"

Huo Wushuang looked utterly shocked.

"That was only a warm-up?"

Huo Wu's eyes widened as well.

The corner of Shui Yue'er's mouth twitched slightly.

"Captain."

"You're not joking, are you?"

Ning Rongrong looked as though she was about to cry.

"Feng Xiaoyuan, seriously?"

"I thought it was about to end."

Feng Xiaoyuan said with a smile, "The real training begins now."

"Alright, take out the Soul Guidance Pistols I gave you yesterday."

Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that.

Huo Wushuang said with a grin, "So we're practicing with guns."

"That's fine. This is easy."

Huo Wu said with a smile, "After practicing for so long yesterday, we're already very familiar with the Soul Guidance Pistols."

"There's nothing difficult about it now."

Everyone took out their Soul Guidance Pistols and held them skillfully in their hands.

Feng Xiaoyuan said slowly, "Raise them."

The moment his words fell, everyone lifted their right hands at once.

Then, at the very instant the Soul Guidance Pistols rose before their chests, Everyone's expressions changed.

Huo Wushuang's entire arm trembled violently.

The muzzle swayed continuously from side to side.

It was as though the Soul Guidance Pistol could fly from his hand at any moment.

Huo Wu clenched her teeth and gripped the handle with both hands.

Yet the muzzle still could not steady itself.

The veins on Lei Jie's forehead bulged as he desperately tried to control his arm.

But he found that the Soul Guidance Pistol in his hand was still shaking without stop.

The others were in almost exactly the same situation.

The Soul Guidance Pistols they could normally lift with ease now felt as heavy as a thousand jin.

Ning Rongrong had it worst. She lasted less than three seconds after lifting hers.

With a clatter, the Soul Guidance Pistol fell straight to the ground.

"Ah!"

"I can't lift it at all!"

The entire training ground fell silent.

Only then did everyone realize that the real difficulty was not adapting to gravity.

It was carrying out other actions under gravitational pressure.

At that moment, Feng Xiaoyuan slowly raised his own Soul Guidance Pistol.

He wore the same gravity wristbands, yet the muzzle remained perfectly steady.

Then Feng Xiaoyuan said calmly, "Although you learned how to use Soul Guidance Pistols yesterday,"

"the enemy won't be a stationary target."

"You need to adapt to being able to hit the enemy in all kinds of environments."

"So right now, I only have one requirement for you."

"Even under gravity, you must still be able to keep your Soul Guidance Pistols steady."

"That way, you'll be able to adapt more quickly in other environments as well."

Feng Xiaoyuan continued, "For now, you're only familiarizing yourselves with Soul Guidance Pistols."

"In the future, the Elemental Team's training will focus on only two things."

"First, becoming proficient in using all kinds of Soul Tools."

"You've already seen how powerful Soul Tools can be."

"In the future, it's entirely possible that most battles will depend on Soul Tools."

"Second, training the coordination between members of the Elemental Team."

"In future battles, we'll be entrusting our backs to one another."

"After all, from now on, none of us will be fighting alone. We fight for the team's honor."

Everyone's expressions gradually grew serious.

Only at this moment did they truly understand what Feng Xiaoyuan meant by training.

Finally, Feng Xiaoyuan said slowly, "Don't do any other training this morning."

"Just hold your guns."

"When the muzzles stop trembling,"

"this morning's training will be over."