I Became a Transcendent-Level Genius Trainer - Chapter 143

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I Became an Overpowered Genius Trainer — Episode 143

Episode 143.

Baek Hyeon-jin nodded at Yujun’s words.
To a higher place.

At those words—to recover his strength and ascend to an even greater height than before—Baek Hyeon-jin became certain that Yujun saw something different about him from the very beginning.
This wasn’t about discussing success or failure.
He was already assured of success; what he was observing was how much stronger Baek Hyeon-jin could become.
If that was the case, then he needed to keep pace.
As far as he could possibly go.
Meanwhile, Yujun was harboring a similar thought as he watched Baek Hyeon-jin.

‘Common sense has to be abandoned.’

Baek Hyeon-jin was SS-rank.
SS-rank fundamentally transcended all conventional wisdom.

‘His mana has been refined into something like a sharp, single blade.’

The keen mana circulated internally, slashing at his circuits from within.

‘The more he uses his abilities, the more his insides get damaged. This is a destruction-type problem.’

Likely, he’d undergone training even back then.
But just as he’d mentioned, no one had been able to train him.

‘Naturally it had to be that way. To fix this, he’d need to stop using his abilities.’

This was an unavoidable phenomenon whenever the ability was activated.
Intuitively speaking, the only solution to this problem was to not use the ability at all.

‘But that’s not possible.’

Yujun had wrestled with this same issue before.
Because of this contradictory situation—where refining oneself to grow stronger would instead cause injury and weakness—he had removed sword-wielding SS-rank Awakeners from his team more than once.
But if he mobilized his full capabilities, there had to be an answer.
The first method that came to mind was Skill Blooming.

‘Check skills.’

-Awakener, checking the skill tree of Baek Hyeon-jin!

-Resonance [Bloomed] Flash [Bloomed] Dragon Scale Slash [Bloomed] Meteor Strike [Bloomed] Mirror Shield [Bloomed] Starlight Slash [Bloomed]
-Blooming Starlight [Bloomed]
-Starlight [Bloomed] Holy Step [Bloomed]
……
……

Whoosh—!
An enormous number of skills filled Yujun’s vision.
So much so that even Yujun let out a hollow laugh.

‘What, tens of skills?’

Baek Hyeon-jin’s skill count was overwhelmingly greater than any Awakener Yujun had trained so far.

‘And barely any unbloomed ones.’

Among those dozens of skills, scarcely any remained unbloomed.
It meant he’d pulled every ounce of his power to the limit and reached SS-rank.
Next, Yujun immediately checked his Traits.

-Trait [Weakness Creation]
-Hidden Trait [Sweat Waterfall]

‘Those traits are insane.’

Trait: Weakness Creation.
It was a trait that designated a target, created a weakness, and dealt fatal damage.
But the Hidden Trait was even more exceptional.
Hidden Trait: Sweat Waterfall was rare even among rare traits.

‘This is a trait that’s hard to obtain even in the Tower of Infinity. When I was climbing the Tower, Awakeners with this trait were something I’d always fill a slot with right away.’

This Sweat Waterfall trait doubled training efficiency—an essential trait for rapid growth.

-Upon successful training, you can store the Hidden Trait!
-You can store Weakness Creation and Sweat Waterfall.

Yujun had already learned the skill for granting Hidden Traits.
That’s why he could store them.

‘My enthusiasm just grew.’

The Sweat Waterfall Hidden Trait was valuable to assign to anyone.

‘Double training efficiency.’

It would maximize growth in Awakener training.
Though Yujun hadn’t yet properly assembled his team, once the Tower of Infinity was generated later, there would be no Hidden Trait as valuable as Sweat Waterfall.

‘Even if I only grant it to Gyu-cheol, the benefit would be enormous.’

Gyu-cheol’s growth was already fast.
With this Hidden Trait added, there was potential for him to become the first Craft-type SS-ranker.

‘Right now all SS-rankers are Combat-type.’

With this in mind, Yujun confirmed Baek Hyeon-jin’s traits and immediately continued sifting through his skills.

‘Found it.’

And discovering one particular skill among them, his eyes lit up.

-Starlight Mist [Unbloomed]

A support-type skill: Starlight Mist.

‘I know this one.’

Baek Hyeon-jin’s ability, Sword Sage, was quite literally the technique of gathering mana like starlight into a blade.

In other words, it meant he could maximize mana utilization.

‘The Awakener Baek Hyeon-jin honed it to endless sharpness.’

This support-type skill, Starlight Mist, was designed to soften such mana.

‘If I soften it, he could endure it, but… that alone won’t be enough. Then…’

-Blooming the skill!
-Required Points: 10,000P

The required points were a full ten thousand.

‘Same as when I bloomed Tan’s skill.’

Yujun currently had more than sufficient points.
He’d already had plenty, and having trained Lee Su-yeon additionally, plus having trained Han Jun-su who was a Summoner-type Awakener, he’d gained an extra twenty thousand points.

‘I have over sixty thousand points left.’

So Yujun didn’t hesitate.

“First, I’ll bloom the skill.”

‘And simultaneously, I’ll coat the Mana Road.’

He planned to create a sheath that could contain that sharp mana.

“And with that skill, I’ll create a sheath inside Awakener Baek Hyeon-jin’s body.”
“A sheath?”
“Awakener Baek Hyeon-jin’s mana is so sharp that it continuously scrapes his insides. As long as he uses his ability, this is unavoidable. So if I create a sheath like a sword sheath to contain this blade-like mana, it will solve the problem.”

Since he couldn’t stop using his ability, creating a sheath to contain the sharpness of that mana was the answer.
It was a fascinating approach.

“How would that work?”
“After blooming the skill, I’ll activate it and inject my mana to coat the Mana Road.”

Both methods were approaches he’d never heard before.
Particularly the idea of blooming a skill was quite astounding.

“Skill Blooming isn’t something that happens easily.”

Crackle—.

“I can do it.”
“……!”

There was no point in discussing how Yujun could bloom skills or anything like that.
Everything Yujun had accomplished so far defied conventional understanding.
Baek Hyeon-jin readily nodded, and Yujun stepped closer, saying:

“Let’s begin.”

Yujun immediately opened the skill.

-Consuming Points to bloom the skill!
-The skill has bloomed!

Whoooosh—!

-Points consumed.

He’d never imagined a Trainer could bloom skills so easily.

Whoooosh—.

His hands shimmered, and the energy began spreading throughout his body.

True to its name, it was a beautiful skill.

Seeing this, the Director spoke urgently.

“I should express my gratitude to the Director.”
“And the Recovery Potion you took yesterday—I personally went to great lengths to secure it.”
“Thank you, Director.”
“Ahem! I wasn’t looking for thanks… I’m just glad it helped!”

Baek Hyeon-jin’s entire body began to glow as he drank the potion.
Yujun raised his focus further, watching this.

It felt similar to establishing the Mana Road yesterday.

But paradoxically, Baek Hyeon-jin’s physical condition had improved considerably since yesterday, which posed a problem.

He then struck the collarbone, lower back, and thigh simultaneously.
Injecting mana at each strike point to activate it, he then brought his hand behind Baek Hyeon-jin’s back.

But in that instant, the mana surged and then immediately rebounded against Yujun.

Blood trickled from Yujun’s mouth.

The first attempt had clearly failed.

Because of that, a powerful backlash had struck Yujun.

It was only natural.
This Baek Hyeon-jin was no longer one reduced to ash.
Centered on the Mana Road Yujun had built, he’d already returned to normal, and having consumed a Mana Enhancement Potion, his mana reserves were substantial.

“Ugh.”

Yujun groaned for the first time.

It was probably refluxed blood.

‘Iron supplementation.’

Yujun took another deep breath and steeled his resolve.

‘I never expected it to work on the first try.’

He was accustomed to repetition.

Failure. Failure. Failure.
One became ten, ten became a hundred, a hundred became a thousand.
Keep trying until it works—that was Yujun’s life and his creed.

“…….”

Director Ryu Jeong-hwan felt reverence in this training process.

And he suddenly recalled Yujun’s past.
Though Yujun has been on a winning streak lately, one mustn’t overlook what lies beneath.
Not long ago, Yujun’s life was filled with failure.
He had been treated as one of Korea’s most promising prospects, then was abandoned.
Today’s Yujun was built upon that period of repetition and failure.
They say a person becomes stronger after being broken, but Yujun had likely been broken countless times.

“I was greatly mistaken….”

It was a massive misconception.

Thud—.

To completely protect the Mana Road from his sharp mana, he had to redraw and rebuild the mana circuits.

‘New strength is needed.’

Yujun immediately learned a new skill.

‘This is exactly what I need right now.’

-Conditions met!

-Consuming 7,000P!

His Precision stat had already accumulated sufficiently to learn Mana Refinement.

-You have learned Mana Refinement!

This wasn’t simply an ability to refine only his own mana.

‘I make my mana and Awakener Baek Hyeon-jin’s mana identical, then control the repulsion.’

Making it feel like a single mana through refinement.

-Using Mana Refinement!

And Yujun himself could now handle mana more effectively.

Whoooooosh—!

‘This is the Mana Road I created.’

So he could coat it.

With such confidence, Yujun spread his mana wide.

Whoosh—.

“Please activate your ability.”

Whoosh—.

With the same force as before, as if he could cleave mountains in two.
Shhwip—.

“…….”

And then he slowly lowered the blade.

Shhwip—.

-Abnormalities: None.

The minute lacerations had completely disappeared.

Whoooooosh—!

‘It’s complete.’

Yujun’s face radiated with joy as he bit his lip.

Ding—!

-You have trained an SS-rank Awakener!

-Achievement [Challenger] acquired!
-Achievement [Trainer of the SS-rank] acquired!
-Calculating training score!
-Training Score: 7 / 10

Countless notifications announcing successful training greeted Yujun.

‘I succeeded.’

Amid a wave of accomplishment, Yujun rapidly scanned the notifications.

“This is…….”

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