Chapter 187: Teaching Martial Arts To The Kids
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The second spar against my babies started, and I couldn’t help but embrace them in the heat of the battle. Their little fists and claws come at me like tiny, destructive meteors and exploding stars. Their movements became more refined as we battled, and even though Orion was stubborn about fighting however he wanted, I taught him how to balance better his posture and fighting abilities, and he learned from them.
He acted stubborn, but whenever he found he was lacking or easily stopped, he would begin taking my recommendations and doing as I told him, and he would quickly realize how he would improve as well.
Both of them already had the bodies of children in their six to seven years of age, and their mentality was around that age, or perhaps a bit more developed due to their unique powers and growth. They’re exceptional and most likely geniuses, as they can easily learn math, language, and all other things, memorizing them instantly.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence my two kids are like this; probably the physique they inherited from me and their mothers also made their brains become... well, super brains. In a way, they simply have an incredibly superior thought process and memorization abilities, which are attuned to their bodies reflexes, making them also absorb fighting techniques and improve their own fighting styles very quickly.
They also have tremendous imagination, applying it as they fight to combine, transform, and evolve their techniques as they develop and find weak points to exploit… I know that most people would consider teaching seven-year-old children to fight as immoral, but in this world, they need to learn to defend themselves, and especially to control their own power.
“Mama, look! This is my newest attack!”
Orion, for example, liked applying the power of wolves into his techniques—his beastly side, as he liked to call it—fusing it with his Aura to summon Beast Spirits from it.
This was something completely new I had also seen from his future self—a unique power of them capable of transforming their Immortal Auras into Spiritual Beasts and shaping them as they see fit.
By default, my children had inherited several of my own abilities directly, such as my powerful Physique, which also includes the Seven-Colored Eyes, which makes their eyes rainbow-colored, and also my powerful Divine Photon Essence, which comes naturally out of their bodies.
It is such a natural power for them that it flows from every technique they use; this, further combined with their Immortal Aura and their Spiritual Powers makes them incredibly strong.
They will definitely surpass me one day!
“AWOOOOO!”
Orion’s Aura howled as it formed once more, no longer resembling a werewolf but a huge white and silver wolf, growing a second head.
A two-headed wolf!
It also divided, becoming a massive pack of two-headed, gigantic wolves made out of his golden and silver divine photon essence, beast spirit magic, and immortal aura all combined together.
“HYAAAH!”
With a cute roar, he reached me, with him a huge pack of wolves. As he attacked me, the wolves coordinated themselves, his aura moving as animals instead of as a tool, giving his own aura their own thoughts, as if they were truly living beings.
Whenever I went to strike his chest with a palm attack, he evaded and then sent two wolves behind me, who bit my back and legs, stopping me before he rushed to punch my stomach.
“Not strong enough yet!”
CRASH! CRASH!
I kicked both wolves, destroying them as they exploded into bright photon explosions that seemed to be aimed at me, to either blind me or deal damage; it did a little of both, but it didn’t really affect me.
BOOOM!
However, it was still distracting, enough for him to reach my left side, swinging his claws against me, which he infused with his wolves, making them gigantic through his Aura.
“{White Wolf’s Heaven-Slicing Claws}!”
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
He unleashed his personal Martial Arts, as he released slashing attacks capable of splitting the heavens with each of his tiny claw attacks in the form of large white slicing waves.
I reinforced my body’s endurance as I swung my hands using Soul Blade and other techniques combined, rapidly intercepting his deadly blows.
“{Golden Serpent’s Flowing Fist}!”
I moved at lightning speed, easily intercepting his blows and moving like a serpent around them, rapidly reaching him, as I quickly used yet another technique.
“{Golden Tusked Boar’s Charge}!”
My Aura transformed once more, resembling a boar. With both of my palms forward, resembling the tusks of a giant boar, I pushed my son away with a tremendous shockwave, a force he simply couldn’t evade.
BAAAM!
“Uuaagh!”
As he screamed in surprise, I kept pushing him; he rapidly fought back, and his legs, with sharp claws of their own, rapidly spun around as he started kicking my stomach several times.
“{White Wolf’s Spinning Kick}!”
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
His attacks were strong, I had to admit it, but I held my ground, as I quickly smashed the ground with my foot to regain my foothold, then caught his leg as he kicked me, stopping him, while I used his own force against him, letting the force flow through my stomach, where he kicked the most, into my fists.
“{Golden Serpent’s Flowing Fist Echo}: {Demon Eating Viper’s Fang}”
I pushed my fists forward, changing the form of my hands into spears and piercing through his defensive attacks; his stomach was hit instantly; his aura protected him a bit, but it quickly shattered.
“W-What?!”
BOOOM!
He was sent flying with a massive explosion of golden and purple light. As I noticed Athena behind me, her hands were conjuring dozens of magic circles that were modified into tiny formations.
“{Divine White Heaven Formation Arts}: {Heavenly Restriction Formation}!”
“Again with that one, huh?”
However, instead of the chains coming from the floor, they emerged from her surroundings and her own hands. Using the chains from the formation as weapons, she swung them as giant whims, hitting me from every angle.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
“I see, so you’re using the chains as weapons?”
I laughed as I received her attacks head-on; they were incredibly strong, and each chain could easily restrict or seal energies and powers, but my body could go beyond the power of her chains.
“Yep!”
Athena nodded with a cute smile, quickly grabbing the chains as she wrapped my arms, legs, and body and dragging me towards her, while Orion suddenly appeared, loading all his energy into his right fist.
The momentum was perfect; as my daughter captured me and dragged me towards them, Orion gathered his Ki, Spirit Energy, Mana, and Divinity into a single point.
“{White Wolf’s Star-Eating Fist}!”
“ROOOAARR!”
His Aura erupted as a massive white wolf emerged, roaring ferociously as his fist reached my stomach at lightning speed, an explosion of pure white light engulfing me completely.
BOOOM!
Wow, they really did an amazing job there; they got me!
As the light dissipated, they celebrated another victory.
“We won!”
“Yaaaay!”
Or did they?
“What are you celebrating? You’ve not won yet.”
“Eh?!”
“Wait!”
The two gasped as they realized I had defended from Orion’s attack completely, with both of my arms crossed over my chest, tightly closed.
My aura and my arms formed a new shape, a turtle shell.
“{Black Turtle’s Obsidian Shell}!”
“Eeeh! No way!”
“Wow, there’s such a defensive technique, mama?!”
Orion and Athena had very different reactions. Orion didn’t want to accept this, while Athena was rather curious about what this was.
“Yes! And there’s many more you can learn later,” I nodded. “In the world of martial arts, there’s countless techniques out there, but only a few can actually fit your fighting style, body, and mind. It’s your choice to pick which ones you’ll want to learn and specialize on… But seeing how you two are very talented, it’s not impossible to learn them all easily, eventually.”
“So we didn’t win?” asked Orion.
“No…” Athena sighed.
“Well, we can continue sparring, but I think it’s about time we go eat lunch,” I said. “Your mothers and aunts might be quite hungry… And what about you two?”
“Hmm, I’m hungry!” said Orion, nodding. “I want some big piece of roasted meat!”
“I’m fine,” said Athena. “But yeah! I wouldn’t mind eating something.”
“Alright, let’s go eat lunch then,” I nodded. “So because you lose, you’re eating your vegetables, alright? I’ll make you two a big, delicious bowl of veggies you can feast on.”
“No way, veggies again?!” cried Orion. “I don’t wannaaaaaa!”
“Come on now; you’re big already, my son; eating your vegetables should come naturally,” I said. “They will help you develop your body and your strength, as they’re made with no simple ingredients, but the most high-quality vegetables harvested from my Inner Realm.”
“I don’t care,” he said angrily, looking elsewhere.
Well, what a cheeky little brat he is!
“Come on, don’t you love your mommy? Do it for mommy!” I asked, grabbing him with my arms and kissing his forehead and face. “Mooch, mooch! Mooch!”
“Uwaah! S-Stop, mama!” He got all embarrassed. “Okay, okay! I’ll eat the veggies! S-Stop it!”
“Good boy!” I nodded. “If you eat all your veggies, mommy will gift you something special to get even stronger, alright?”
“Really?!” he wondered, rapidly getting back to his good mood again.
“Yep!” I nodded. “And maybe if you eat them all, completely. For dinner, we can have something delicious… Maybe some cake? Hmm?”
“Ooh! Cake! Cake! Cakeee!” Orion got even more excited. “Athena! We’re having cake!”
“Yeah! Is it our birthday again?” wondered Athena.
“Yes! You’re now five months old!” I nodded. “This’ll be the last time we celebrate them monthly until a year from now passes, alright?”
We’ve been celebrating their monthly birthdays because of their quick growth, which one month meant year, almost, but after this point, their growth will become much slower.
“It is as if you were six years old,” Urbosa stepped in, caressing our boy’s fluffy tail.
“Mama!” Orion quickly jumped towards Urbosa, hugging her and rubbing his face on her belly. “Did you see what I did?! It was awesome, right?”
"Yes, you were incredible,” she nodded. “But you have to take things easy and listen to Bing Xue from time to time, alright? Or you’ll never be able to progress your abilities. Don’t be stubborn, Orion. We want the best for you.”
“Hmm… Ok,” he nodded. He was a bit stubborn sometimes, but he eventually agreed to most things. “But mama should join next; all four of us should go against mommy!”
“Hahah, what do you think, Athena?” giggled Mursha.
“Hmm, I don’t know auntie…” said Athena. “Wouldn’t that be too unfair for mommy, though?”
“Unfair? She’s ridiculously strong! If anything, it would be fair,” laughed Merkite, petting our little daughter. “Well done! As always, you’re the brain of the operation, Athena. Your strategies are always on point! I could never hope to be that smart, haha!”
“Mama, you’re smart!” said Athena, pouting. “Don’t say that about yourself; how would I be smart if you aren’t?”
“Aw, you’re going to make your mom’s heart melt again; come here!” Merkite carried Athena with her arms; our kids were already quite tall, but she carried her like nothing anyway. “Mooch, mooch! So cute! My little princess is so cuteeeee! Mooch, mooch!”
“Ehehe, mama, that tickles!” Athena giggled as her mother kissed her little face and licked her forehead like her tribe usually shows affection.
Eventually, we moved back to the palace, where we found my mother, my sister, and Juan already preparing something for lunch, and we joined them, cooking up a feast.
Fiery Hair and Mursha had a lot of appetite, eating two or sometimes three times as much as before, probably because the children were draining all their energy as they grew up.
I feel like they’re going to be born very soon, so we better prepare for that… I wonder how Orion and Athena are going to react after seeing their little siblings.
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Orion (Future) VS Bing Xue