The twig shot forward.
Zerina reacted instantly; her powers surged. The twig slowed down, and before it could reach her, it dropped on the ground.
"Faster".
Saying that, he flicked stones and twigs at her from different angles.
Some stopped, some veered off and some she failed to stop in time. However, Zerina did not get discouraged; instead, she was filled with excitement.
Training with Reinhardt, she could feel herself getting stronger rapidly. Reinhardt threw a stone, faster and with more force.
Zerina focused; the gravity around her did not spike instantly. Instead, she influenced everything around her.
When the stone struck the area near her, it came to a natural halt. It did not drop on the ground, nor did it get crushed by the weight of gravity, but instead, floated there as if glued to the invisible air.
Seeing the result, Zerina smiled. This was far more fun than using gravity to crush things.
Reinhardt vanished and reappeared behind her.
"Now apply it to yourself".
Zerina reacted, but it was too late.
Tap... He flicked her shoulder. The force sent her stumbling forward.
However, before she could fall, dark purple light surged out and stopped her body from falling down mid motion.
"Eh?" She blinked. Her attention broken, she fell down on the ground.
While falling, Zerina realised that her momentum was a little too fast.
Bang... the ground underneath her was crushed.
Her tail arched upward, and Zerina quickly propped herself up, her eyes full of life.
"Wait..." She took a step. Her body surged forward, then she abruptly stopped again. "I can speed myself up... and slow myself down..."
Reinhardt crossed his arms and smiled. "Learn to adapt to the change in momentum. Even a small change can create a massive difference."
Zerina’s breathing deepened; her instincts kicked in. As time passed by, her movements became unpredictable.
Sudden bursts, sudden stops. Angles that didn’t make sense. Like a shadow slipping through space.
Reinhardt raised his hand. "Alright, refine what you learned on your own time. Now, let’s move on to the other aspect of gravity.... Space. Look at the air around you. Although it might seem empty, it’s filled with movement. Everything is always in motion. If you control gravity, you control that motion. And that means... You control the space itself."
Hearing this, Zerina opened her eyes wide. "Are you telling me I can control everything in space?"
"Not everything, just enough." Reinhardt corrected.
And thus started Zerina’s training to control space.
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Somewhere within the jungle, inside an area that was cleared out from a recent battle, two figures could be seen standing still in the middle of it.
One of them was a tall, handsome man with golden hair. The other was a sexy demi human woman from the panther tribe.
At this moment, the demi human woman had her eyes shut closed in focus. Everything around her was floating, as if she was the centre of it all.
This strange phenomenon lasted for a while until... Snap... the woman opened her eyes.
The moment Zerina opened her eyes, the aura around her changed. She charged towards Reinhardt in a sudden dash, then mid motion, she redirected, guiding her momentum.
She appeared behind Reinhardt and attacked. The strike was easily stopped. Though this time, her attack didn’t stop there.
It curved slightly before it could be blocked. Following a warped path, it changed direction abruptly.
Seeing this, Reinhardt smiled in excitement. "Good".
Unfortunately, at the last second, Zerina’s control frayed, and the gravity field covering the area disappeared. Everything returned to its normal state.
"Still not enough." Zerina stumbled and was about to fall on the ground when a hand reached out and pulled her up.
"You are doing fine, you have taken the first step. Now all you need is practice".
Zerina nodded. She was about to continue practising when Reinhardt raised his hand to stop her.
"Look at the time, the sun is already setting".
The revelation caused Zerina to be quite surprised. She was so engrossed in the training that she couldn’t tell the passage of time at all.
They arrived here early in the morning... that must mean that they were here for almost an entire day.
Reinhardt looked at Zerina, whose entire aura had changed and nodded in satisfaction. He had e here to evaluate how much stronger she had bee. The results left him satisfied.
"Alright, let’s leave" Although a little unwilling, Zerina knew that she could not take any more of Reinhardt’s time after all, he was a busy man.
"We’ll leave. However, before that, how about you try to activate that Ultimate skill of yours? Though his time, try to incorporate everything you have learned so far. Put all aspect of gravity into that ultimate skill of yours".
Zerina’e eyes changed. That’s right, the main reason behind ing here to train was not to help improve her basic fighting abilities but to make progress in her Ultimate Skill.
It was just that learning from Reinhardt was so fun that it pletely slipped from her mind.
However, Reinhardt did not forget that. In fact, he helped her improve her basic abilities to help her progress with her ultimate skill.
Now that she had a better understanding of her powers, she shouldn’t be stuck by a wall anymore.
Zerina nodded, her expression instantly turned serious. The next moment, she opened some distance and leapt up.
High into the sky, higher than before. Her body spun and then... a massive shadow appeared in the sky.
A colossal panther spirit. Its body was pletely black with golden streaks running across its form like lightning. It stretched across the clouds, exuding an ancient, overwhelming aura.
The panther spirit raised its head and roared towards the heavens.
At that instant, the world responded. The orange hue from the sunset changed into dark purplish light.
Like a hemisphere, it covered dozens of miles of land.
Inside the hemisphere, gravity collapsed inward. Leaves, rocks, dust. Everything began to pull toward Zerina.
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