"Don't lift your feet, and relax your waist and hips!"
Lucian jumped up and put a palm on Hulk's shoulder, pressing the two-meter-tall body back to Two-Yi Stance's posture, "The center of gravity is sinking, and your legs are not for support. You are holding on with brute strength now, and you won't be able to stand for long."
Hulk gritted his teeth and his forehead was already covered with sweat.
"Hulk, very stable!"
"When you said this, your left foot had already slipped out."
Hulk glanced down, and his face immediately turned ugly. He wanted to take his feet back, but as soon as he moved, his body lost his balance. His huge body shook a few times, and he almost sat down on the rocks.
Lucian put his hand on his chest and pushed Hulk back.
This guy's strength is indeed exaggerated, and his body is strong enough, but the way he exerts force is frighteningly crude. In the past, every punch he punched was like hitting his body against a wall. The strength was great, but it wasted more. If this continues, Hulk will sooner or later suffer a big loss if he encounters an opponent who really knows how to offload and borrow strength, such as that purple sweet potato spirit.
"Stand for another hour." Lucian said, "I'll teach you how to punch after you stand."
Hulk's face suddenly fell.
"Still standing?"
"If you want to become stronger, you have to stand."
"Hulk, very strong!"
"Then you don't have to practice."
Lucian took back his hand, turned and walked to the side.
Hulk was immediately anxious.
"No! Hulk wants to become stronger!"
That's good.
Lucian stopped and nodded with satisfaction. The mental comfort was still suppressing Hulk's anger, but what really made him want to persevere was the temptation to become stronger. As long as the goal was clear enough, this big guy was actually easier to communicate with than Banner.
"One hour." Hulk repositioned himself and said in a low voice, "Learn to box after standing up."
"It depends on your performance."
Lucian raised his head and looked to the side, waving to the brother and sister who were familiarizing themselves with their abilities not far away.
"Wanda, Pietro, come here."
The two people's Awakening abilities are only available for a short period of time, and the way of using power is still at the stage of random collision based on feeling. Fortunately for Wanda, her Chaos Magic can attack and defend, at least she has the means to protect herself.
The problem with Pietro is much bigger.
Being fast does not mean that he will not be injured. Facing enemies that are slower than him, he can naturally play tricks on naughty children. However, once he encounters an opponent of the same level or even faster, the shortcomings of insufficient physical strength will be directly amplified. The speedster named Makkari in Eternals is a high-speed warrior in the true sense.
The current Pietro is too far behind.
Wanda and Pietro walked over one after the other. A few strands of Wanda's hair on his forehead were stuck with sweat. Pietro was in good spirits. He just stopped and there was still dust under his feet.
"Boss." Wanda raised his hand and said hello.
"Boss, what's going on?" Pietro looked excited. He had just set a new record for the fastest time around the island.
Lucian didn't answer and directly took out two potions from System Space.
The first version of Compound V has been improved by Sister Sage. Its function is very clear, specifically strengthening the physical body, and it is much more stable than ordinary Compound V.
Both of their eyes fell on the needle.
"What is this?" Pietro asked curiously.
"Something that makes you stronger."
Lucian handed two injections to them respectively.
Wanda took the medicine, looked at the needle first, then looked at Lucian, "How do I use it?"
"Put it into your thigh or arm and push it to the end. It may hurt a little."
Lucian didn't say exactly how much pain it would hurt, and there was no need to say it. Explaining all the consequences in advance would make it easier for them to focus on their fear.
Wanda didn't ask again.
She pulled off the needle cap and inserted the medicine into her arm.
Pietro glanced at her sister and pushed the needle in.
After the liquid medicine entered the body, their movements froze at the same time.
Wanda's fingers tightened and his breathing became rapid. Pietro even bent down and gritted his teeth. The sweat on his forehead fell down the bridge of his nose.
"Ah... this thing hurts even more than before!"
"Hold on." Lucian stood nearby, scanning the two of them, "Don't use your ability to suppress your body's reaction, feel how it changes you."
Pain comes and goes quickly.
After dozens of seconds, the abnormality on the two people slowly subsided.
Pietro stood up suddenly, clenched his fists, feeling the new power rushing through his body.
Muscles, bones, and even every cell seem to have been reshaped, filled with unprecedented toughness and explosive power.
Lucian took their hands, and System Panel popped up in front of them.
Wanda's Super Physique has been upgraded from LV1 to LV3.
Pietro has been upgraded from LV3 to LV4.
Not bad.
"How do you feel?" Lucian let go of his hand.
"That's great!" Pietro jumped on the spot excitedly, "I feel like I can punch through a wall now!"
Wanda felt it in more detail. She could clearly detect that when she activated Chaos Magic, the load on her body became smaller, and the connection between her mind and energy became more stable.
Seeing the excitement of the two of them, Lucian took out two more injections with his backhand.
"Don't be too happy too early." Lucian said, "This is just the first step."
Pietro's smile froze.
This time, the color of the liquid in the needle is darker, as if it has been compressed with a lot of force. They use Sam's blood as raw material, and are specifically targeted at people with low concentrations of Compound V in their bodies. The lower the concentration, the more obvious the effect of the medicine.
Both brothers and sisters were stunned.
Pietro The smile on his face froze.
"Boss... are you still here?"
The heartbreaking pain just now was still fresh in his memory, and he was a little frightened.
"What?" Lucian handed the potion to him, "Are you afraid of becoming stronger?"
"That's not true!" Pietro immediately retorted, holding his neck and said, "It just... hurts a little."
"Don't worry." Lucian thrust the injection into their hands, "This thing doesn't hurt the body very much."
Hearing this, Pietro breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then I'll be relieved!"
As long as it's not physical torture, everything else is fine.
The two picked up the injection again and inserted it without hesitation.
There is indeed no strong pain in my body.
But just when Pietro thought he could easily pass the test, a completely different kind of pain erupted from the depths of his mind without warning.
Scenes that he had deliberately forgotten, or that he dared not recall, appeared before his eyes.
Sokovia's home, the warm smiles of parents.
Then there was a loud noise from falling shells, and the house collapsed instantly. He and Wanda were buried under the rubble, guarding a missile that could explode at any time, and spent two desperate days and nights.
The helplessness, fear, and hatred deep into his bones swallowed him up again.
On the other side, Wanda also closed his eyes and his body trembled slightly.
She also saw it, saw her parents dying in front of her eyes, and saw the desire to change her destiny.
I also saw my own weakness.
Lucian stood in front of the two people and did not help.
He could directly cut off the mental pain, or use force to drag them out of their memories. But he didn't do that.
If power comes too easily, people will not know how to be in awe, let alone why they have it.
Wanda and Pietro have been taken over by him. He can provide resources and opportunities, but he cannot bear the cost of every transformation for them. Only by personally experiencing the difficulty and pain of gaining power can they truly control this power.
"Hold on." Lucian only said three words.
Pietro's body swayed, his hands tightly grasping his trouser legs.
"No... this is not physical pain..."
He closed his eyes and squeezed out his voice through his teeth, "Boss, get these things away!"
"Come out on your own."
Wanda opened his eyes with a red light.
"I don't want to go back there again." Wanda whispered, "That's not my end."
She raised her head and looked at Lucian.
"I saw how weak I was back then, and why I longed for power."
Wanda wiped the sweat from his forehead, his voice was still trembling, but he didn't flinch.
"But now, I have the power to change my destiny."
She paused.
"All this is because of you. Boss, thank you."
Lucian waved his hand.
"No need to thank me. It's your own ability that you can hold on to."
He took a look at the status of the two of them and confirmed that the potion had been fused.
"Not bad, very energetic."
He is very satisfied with Wanda's current state.
Pain is the best catalyst, it can give birth to the strongest will.
"Then what happens next..."
Before Wanda and Pietro could fully recover, Lucian turned back and took out two more injections that were exactly the same as before.
"Let's continue."
The expressions of both of them changed together.
Pietro stared at the two needle tubes, his voice trembling.
"Isn't it?"
Wanda looked at Lucian, "Any more?"
Lucian handed the potion to them.
"Afraid?"
Pietro and Wanda took a step back at the same time.
Hulk, who was standing in the distance, opened his eyes and stretched his neck to look over.
"Why don't they fight?"
Lucian smiled.
"Because this time, it's their turn to feel pain."
Hulk thought for a while and nodded seriously.
"Hulk likes this training."
"Shut up, big guy!" Pietro grabbed the potion and gritted his teeth and said, "Come here!"
After he finished speaking, he inserted the needle directly.
Wanda looked at Brother and also raised his hand.
The second round of strengthening begins.