Time flew by amid day after day of grueling yet efficient training.
Seven days.
Only seven days, yet for Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika, it felt as though they had undergone a complete transformation.
With the aid of Lin Yan's almost cheat-like [Muscle-Tendon and Bone-Strengthening Breathing Method], their bodies' potential was pushed to its limits at an unprecedented pace, then restored and strengthened anew.
Their muscles grew firmer, their tendons and bones tougher.
The fifty-kilogram weighted suits that had initially made every step a struggle now felt like nothing at all.
Over those seven days, Zebro had barely slept a wink.
Watching them grow stronger at a rate that defied all reason, he could no longer put his astonishment into words.
He had even secretly tried to imitate a few of their stretches, only to nearly snap his old bones. Only then did he realize that those seemingly simple movements required a specific breathing rhythm to work.
"Just... where did this kid come from?"
With his pipe between his teeth, Zebro gazed through the curling smoke at Lin Yan, who was coaching the three boys in the distance, his eyes filled with conflicting emotions.
He was beginning to believe that Lin Yan had told the truth.
Perhaps this really was some extraordinarily profound training method that had long since been lost.
On the morning of the eighth day, before the mist had cleared, Lin Yan called a halt to their training.
"Today, let's go test the results."
All three perked up at his words.
The instant they took off their weighted suits, their bodies felt so light they could almost float, and every movement brimmed with an unprecedented sense of strength.
When they returned to the enormous Testing Gate, their outlook had changed completely.
"I'll go first!"
Leorio rubbed his hands