I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 141

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Transcendent Genius Trainer – Chapter 141

A considerable surge of mana emanated from the artifact Kim Gyu-cheol had handed over—the Kilo Gauntlet.
Yujun’s eyes widened slightly as he examined the gauntlet.

-Kilo Gauntlet [SS-rank]
Special Skill: Weight Control

SS-rank equipment, the Kilo Gauntlet.

‘He really made it. And better than the original, too.’

Yujun put on the gauntlet with a satisfied expression.
Its purpose was remarkably simple.

‘It enforces weight.’

With the special skill Weight Control, it was an artifact that could add weight to whatever parts his hands touched.

‘This will be an enormous help in high-intensity training.’

Yet the Kilo Gauntlet was difficult not only to craft but also to use.
Mishandled, the force could rebound through the gauntlet itself—potentially causing grave injury or death.
Knowing this, Kim Gyu-cheol spoke carefully.

“I’ve heard there are cases where people get seriously injured or die using this.”

He then quickly waved his hand, worried his meaning had been misconstrued.

“Ah, of course, since you’ll be using it, I’m not worried at all! And you can start using it right away.”

Yujun nodded and touched his leg with the Kilo Gauntlet.

-Adjusting weight!

Thump! Thump!
Yujun’s foot grew heavier, and the ground beneath it sank slightly.

Whoooosh!

‘If I’m going to test it, I should try a weight like this.’

“Trainer!”

Kim Gyu-cheol cried out, clearly startled.
The ground sinking to that degree meant he’d set roughly a ton of weight—a load no trainer should withstand.
At this level, it could even fracture bones.
But Yujun slowly lifted his foot.

‘Oh.’

The system had indeed shown SS-rank, but feeling it firsthand was even better.

‘The weight setting is precise, and the danger is real.’

Yujun examined it carefully, mentally calculating.
He needed to gauge how much his stats had grown through the Incubation Skill.
His current level, and the maximum weight he could handle.

‘A ton is manageable, but anything beyond that would injure me.’

Yujun swung his foot in place.
Whoosh.
A heavy sound cut through the air as his foot sliced.

‘This much.’

“How are you managing to bear this weight with only training, Trainer?”

Watching Kim Gyu-cheol ask in bewilderment, Yujun smiled.

“You did excellent work. Better than the original, I’d say. Especially the design.”
“……!”

At Yujun’s mention of design, Kim Gyu-cheol wiped his nose with his index finger.

“I’m glad you noticed. I put a lot of effort into the design. The Kim family usually produces everything in the same uniform style.”

He smiled back at Yujun.

“Since returning from the dragon training, I’ve been living like a star. Friends I’d lost touch with are reaching out again.”

Thanks to following Kang Yu-jun to Russia, he’d reconnected with old friends.

“Please show me the Kilo Gauntlet once more!”

Seeing his bright demeanor, Yujun’s mood lifted too.

‘He’s taken a liking to it.’

Confidence was far better than a complete lack of it.

‘That confidence translates directly into the equipment.’

Yujun marveled at the Kilo Gauntlet’s quality.

‘He’s clearly never formally learned this.’

When used, the heaviness was identical to the original Kilo Gauntlet.

‘Just like at the Tower of Infinity.’

This would be an invaluable asset for Baek Hyun-jin’s training.

“Oh, and you should probably craft another phone soon. Split between work and personal use. Otherwise things will get chaotic.”

At Yujun’s lighthearted remark, Kim Gyu-cheol tilted his head.

“You’re joking, right?”
“Not at all. I’m serious. Baek Hyun-jin’s training is about to succeed.”

* * *

After a sleepless night, the next day arrived.
More people had gathered at the Lafesta Training Ground.
The Awakened from Ilsan who’d trained here yesterday had brought their friends along.

‘I thought it would get louder.’

Yet Yujun didn’t bother controlling them.
He believed they had the right to witness the return of a hero who’d been active in Ilsan for quite some time.

Interestingly, they hadn’t spread word widely.
Though newsworthy enough to post anywhere, they seemed only to have told close friends and brought them here.

“It’s real!”
“You guys should be grateful. You’re literally standing in the middle of history right now!”
“Thanks! Really, thanks!”

They kept their voices low, their eyes gleaming with excitement as they looked this way.
Yujun turned to look at the two people standing before him.

Baek Hyun-jin looked slightly tired, but his energy was good.
The Association President, meanwhile, had dark circles that had formed in a single night.

“You didn’t sleep well last night. Baek Hyun-jin, I understand, but I’m not sure why the Association President didn’t.”

The Association President wasn’t the one undergoing training, so why couldn’t he sleep?

“Even though it’s not my training, I got nervous.”

The Association President’s expression turned sheepish.
“But Trainer Kang seems to have slept soundly.”

“The potion I took yesterday absorbed into my body quite well.”

And Yujun generally slept well even under considerable stress or worry.
Baek Hyun-jin and Ryu Jeong-hwan laughed and spoke.

“Youth is a blessing.”
“As you age, you lose both afternoon and nighttime sleep.”

Yujun chuckled and got to the point.

“We’ll start training right away today. Yesterday we did Circuit Reconstruction, so today we’ll restore Baek Hyun-jin’s strength.”

Yesterday had only begun recovery, but it wasn’t complete yet.

“We’ve rebuilt the Mana Road, so now we’ll recover any lingering injuries centered on it.”

Whoooosh!

“Recovery of lingering injuries?”

Baek Hyun-jin asked, puzzled.
Did recovery mean rehabilitation?
Now that the Mana Road was rebuilt, rehabilitation training was possible.

“No.”

But what Yujun planned was no lukewarm rehabilitation.

“I’ll heal your body and then begin proper training.”

Baek Hyun-jin’s expression showed incomprehension.
How could a trainer, not a healer, perform treatment?
Yujun didn’t answer further and moved directly into action.

-Soul Link!
-Casting Song of Destruction!

Yujun immediately used Soul Link to cast the Song of Destruction.

-Using Song of Destruction on Awakened One, Baek Hyun-jin!

Whoooooosh!

His body began trembling like a violent wave.
The hidden power of self-healing spread through his entire body along the Mana Road.
Shhhrrr.
Yet the self-healing force didn’t fully activate.
It had been dormant too long.

“Grasp the mana and circulate it.”

He’d lived tens of years without mana.
Regaining the sense naturally took time, but who was he?
Wasn’t he once Korea’s greatest Awakened?
The moment Yujun gave the order, Baek Hyun-jin responded.

“Grasped.”

He smiled and instantly recovered partial sensation, moving in response.

SS-rank was indeed SS-rank.
Looking at him, it seemed entirely possible.

“If we do well, we might finish training today.”

Whoosh!
Yujun swung the Crystal Staff at his now-circulating body.

‘The mana needs to circulate through his entire body. I need to draw out stronger self-healing.’

The self-healing from the Song of Destruction was currently centered only on the Mana Road.

‘It’s only flowing through the core. I need to spread it throughout his entire body—eliminate all lingering injuries and bring him to optimal condition for training.’

Normally, a Mana Road isn’t singular.
A typical Awakened has multiple Mana Roads branching out like a tree’s limbs.

But Baek Hyun-jin wasn’t in that state.
He had only the single massive Mana Road Yujun had created.
That one huge Mana Road wouldn’t sustain the tremendous power Baek Hyun-jin possessed.

‘Somehow he’s managing, but a limit will come soon.’

He didn’t know how many Mana Roads he’d had in his prime.

‘But if traces remain, I need to expand the branches of the Mana Road according to those traces.’

Whoosh!
Yujun stamped hard on the ground and drove the Crystal Staff forward with all his might.

Crack-crack-crack!
Yet the Crystal Staff pushed him back forcefully.
The recoil was incomparable to the first day.

Boom!
A shockwave erupted with a tremendous sound.

‘Very good.’

Yujun’s lips curved upward.
The instant feedback felt intense, shoulders pushed back hard.

Thump.
This much was within his expectations.
Yujun stamped hard and swung the Crystal Staff again.
Tremendous force tried to push him back once more, but Yujun activated Lightning Rod.
He dispersed the impact and simultaneously injected his own mana into Baek Hyun-jin’s body.

‘Now I expand it.’

Whoooosh.
Yujun’s infiltrated mana stimulated the Mana Road.

‘Got it.’

He’d found the traces of the Mana Road.
To expand along those traces, he now needed to draw out Baek Hyun-jin’s combat instincts and make him move this massive Mana Road himself.

‘But too much time has passed.’

“I’ve determined the training direction.”

Yujun spoke to Baek Hyun-jin.

No matter how long ago it was, the body remembers.
After all, he’d trained for decades.

‘Like how rebuilding lost muscle doesn’t take as long as the first time.’

Like muscle memory, the experience and abilities Baek Hyun-jin had built remained etched in his body.

“Training to recall bodily memory is necessary.”

He was an Awakened who’d already reached SS-rank.
Though he’d lost that power, his body should remember those days.

“We’ll conduct combat training.”

So Yujun’s guidance and Baek Hyun-jin’s self-healing as a powerful Awakened had to interlock.
He had to recall and use those memories of when he’d shone brilliantly.

“What should I do?”

At Baek Hyun-jin’s question, Yujun immediately summoned Fen and Taan.
Whoooooosh!

“You’ll recall those memories and abilities through combat-like experience.”

“……!”

The Black Dragon of Destruction.
And the Legendary Beast, Fenrir.
At the sight of the two summoned beasts, the Association President flinched.

Yet Baek Hyun-jin remained calm.
Of course he did.
This was Baek Hyun-jin, who’d witnessed monsters pouring out during the Great Catastrophe.

“That’s the dragon you trained with recently?”
“Yes. His name is Taan.”

Whoooosh.
Baek Hyun-jin immediately sensed that within that small body dwelt power as enormous as a massive dragon.

“This one is Fen.”
“That must be the Demon Beast you trained with before. Both are terrifying.”
“They’ll charge with intent to kill. I’ve staked my life too.”

Yujun smiled.

“Please stake your life as well, hero. I’m ready to command them to truly kill.”
“……!”

The Association President’s eyes widened, his mouth opening and closing, but he ultimately said nothing.
His understanding continued to be shattered.
Yet results kept appearing, so there was nothing to say.

“I’ll handle combat details.”

With that, Yujun immediately issued orders.

Attack Baek Hyun-jin with intent to kill.

Whoooooosh!
He transmitted mana to both summoned beasts.

“Begin.”

Crack!
Fen moved first.
The hero lightly evaded Fen’s straight charge.
His body felt heavy, but instinct moved him.
Whoosh!
Fenrir’s front paw drove hard into the ground, pivoting excessively.
A direction change that might injure the body—yet executing the absolute command from Yujun was paramount.

“……!”

Unprepared for this intensity, Baek Hyun-jin stumbled back and rolled across the ground.
Screeeeech!
Had he not rolled, his body would have been shredded.
Sweat began pouring from Baek Hyun-jin’s entire body.

“Really……?”

The Association President watching this showed a look of shock.
It really was with intent to kill, as stated.

“He’s not going to die like this……?”

The Awakened from Ilsan watching at a distance were greatly surprised.
Then Taan moved.
Whoooosh.
And from his mouth, a powerful breath burst forth.

Screeeeeech!

“Ugh!”

Baek Hyun-jin hastily rolled across the ground, evading the breath.

“This is really…….”

Yujun smiled and raised his hand.

-Proclaiming domain!

Yujun immediately proclaimed his domain.
From now on, this place was a training zone.

-Stat Growth Acceleration!
-Identifying hidden stats!
-Stat: Valor is accelerating growth!

His hidden stat was Valor.
A powerful stat that raised all stats by 1.2 times in perilous situations.
Which meant the higher his base stats, the more his dangerous-situation stats would increase.

Whoooooooosh!
The hidden stat, having been inactive for so long, immediately began growing the moment Yujun identified it.

-Stats normalizing!

Baek Hyun-jin’s speed increased dramatically.
Each time Fen’s attacks intensified, Baek Hyun-jin’s speed overwhelmingly accelerated, barely evading.

“Grrrrr!”
“Kyaaarrr!”

The two summoned beasts trained by Yujun pressed Baek Hyun-jin relentlessly.

Tap.
Yujun moved like lightning in between.

‘I don’t need to change much.’

Just fine-tuning would suffice.
Allow the Mana Road to spread and unfurl the bunched-up mana.

Crack-crack-crack!
Yujun’s eyes moved frantically.
To train Baek Hyun-jin in real-time while he fought the two beasts, he couldn’t miss a single moment’s timing.
Even a brief lapse in focus or looking away meant training failure.

‘Faster still.’

-Valor stat rising!
-Awakener Training System proficiency rising.
-Mind’s Eye – Extreme proficiency rising.
-Precision stat rising!

Yujun’s own stats rose frantically as well.
SS-rank Baek Hyun-jin’s training demanded he give everything.

Thump! Thump!
Whoooosh.

Just from continuously evading, something began forming in Baek Hyun-jin’s hands.
But simultaneously, his speed slowed and his Mana Road usage became tangled.

‘Now.’

Yujun’s eyes blazed as he seized that moment.

-Casting Instant Correction!

This was what he’d learned and prepared for.

‘For SS-rank Awakened, correction through the Crystal Staff is relatively difficult.’

It did have an effect.
But not as dramatic as for S-rank or lower Awakened.
Moreover, Baek Hyun-jin was reconstructing everything.
Thus, dramatic change was necessary.

‘Training is fundamentally not dramatic, or so I was told. You can’t change things in an instant.’

Old memories surfaced.
In those days, young Yujun heard the same words from trainers every single day.

-It doesn’t change easily, so you have to be consistent.
-There’s no such thing as dramatic transformation. Days stack, one on another. You move forward little by little.

He’d known.
He’d believed there was no miracle that changed everything in an instant.
Yet.
Still.

‘I dreamed of a miracle.’

When the glorious nickname “Golden Youth” became a mockery of himself, he’d wished for a miracle.
He’d wanted everything to change dramatically.

‘For dramatic transformation to occur.’

So Yujun pursued dramatic change through the Awakener Training System.

‘Because that’s what I wanted.’

Suddenly, everything appeared to slow.

-Instant Correction successful!

Baek Hyun-jin’s movement was perfectly corrected.

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