Wear And Tear.

5 days later,

"Your arms are back to 100 percent."

The system appeared in front of Alex, who was busy meditating.

"Bring out his mirage."

The system's body transformed into Lei and took a defensive stance.

Alex took a deep breath in. He was ready.

He began by releasing a barrage of punches towards Lei. Alex was unrelenting, as this had been his routine for the past few days. Taking his medicine, changing his bandages, doing some basic stretches, and then back to the system space. Recovery took precedence over everything else.

His eyes were focused. After about 20 minutes, the mirage finally moved.

"1 cm."

Alex increased his speed. Time to go all out!

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Lei looked at him. How was this possible?

Only 20 minutes had passed. He had already been pushed back.

Alex didn't stop. His speed kept going up, and Lei was feeling it on his forearm.

In the next 10 minutes, he was pushed back by another 1 cm.

"Stop!"

He opened up his guard and caught his fists.

The impact was strong. Zhao felt pain.

"Why did you do that?"

Alex scolded Lei. The assassins that had been spectating this match were genuinely shocked.

Lei let go of his hands.

Alex glared at Lei. For the past 5 days, he had only been training to reach the 3 cm mark.

"You did well."

Alex looked at his hands. Significantly less damage. He could recover back to full health in a few hours.

"Now, your strength is at the level of every basic fighter in the Zhao family."

Alex calmed down. He looked at Lei and asked,

"What next?"

He looked at his students and said,

"Bring in the pole."

The assassins gulped. 5 of them left to bring in the 'Pole' while the others looked at Alex in pity.

"What is the pole?"

"Have patience."

Lei was smiling. He was going to enjoy this.

The 5 students arrived with a huge stick. It was almost 30 meters in length, and it was thick.

"Wrist training. You have to lift the stick from one end and keep the entire thing in the air."

The students handed the stick over to Lei, who was going to demonstrate it first.

He picked the stick up with one hand and then used his wrist and forearm to raise it on the other side. Alex frowned. He knew how strong Lei was, so when he saw that his arm was shivering due to pressure, he was alarmed.

After 5 minutes, Lei was at his limit. He was visibly sweating.

"It is a difficult task. Your forearm and wrist undergo an immense amount of stress, but the wear and tear help your muscles and tendons to improve exponentially."

He put the stick on the ground and said,

"You begin at 10 meters with both your hands."

He made a small cut on the stick with his finger, making a 10-meter mark.

Alex attempted to lift the stick from that point.

"NNGH!"

He used all his strength to try and raise the tip above the ground, but it didn't budge.

'System, how heavy is this?'

"You need a force of about 160 newtons to get that off the ground."

The weight that he had to pull upwards was around 100 kilograms. For his hands, this was extremely difficult.

"You aim to lift that and keep it in the air for 30 seconds. You can lower the distance to train, but your aim should be from the 10-meter mark."

Alex now understood why everyone was looking at him like that. This training was too strong for a kid like him.

"Along with that, there are many more exercises that I want you to do. Mei will hand you the corresponding manual to train. You can go back to your cell and take some rest now."

"Can I get that Manual right now? I can still train."

Alex still had stamina. He was dying to do the exercises from that manual.

Lei said,

"I told you to go back to your cell."

Alex sighed. Teachers are stubborn sometimes.

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"He is ready to train, doesn't give up, and isn't afraid of pushing himself to his physical limits."

Lei took another sip.

"Aren't you going to train Alex tomorrow?"

"You don't think I have better things to do?"

Wei sighed.

"Then who is going to be training him?"

Lei looked at his brother and said,

"Zhao Jin. He is back from his mission, and he volunteered to train Alex."

"Then it is alright."

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