"So, what do you choose?"

"Before I choose, which art are you practicing Paul?"

Paul roll his eyes "It's obviously Phoenix Destruction Art, duh..."

I click my tongue. Duh? How am I supposed to know that? Am I your dad or something?

"Fine, I choose Phoenix Destruction Art then"

Paul grin "Good choice boy. Had you choose other art I wouldn't be able to teach you"

I roll my eyes upwards "So why do you made me choose in the first place?"

Paul laugh "Hahahaha..... it's mandatory boy. My master also made me choose, albeit he only knew of one art"

"There's this time when master........" Paul continue on and on and on

I sigh and shake my head "Enough please, I feel like I'm about to lose my brain cell listening to you"

Paul tilted his head, confused "Brain cell? What's that?"

Oops, I forgot this is not Earth. Seriously though, this guy's too much. I beginning to think that his master is even more worse than him. Sigh

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Paul begin explaining to me what Phoenix Destruction Art is. It's basically destruction in it's purest form. User of the technique cultivate fire elemental mana to create the circle inside their body. User then directed the mana inside their body, giving sensation of heat, cleansing your body of any impurity with fire elemental mana. It is a painful process, Paul said.

Before learning the technique, user need to learn how to discern fire elemental mana from other elements and only then absorb it into the body, guiding it to form a circle. Sounds easy enough.

I begin to meditate, as this is the most effective way to sense mana. I feel a trickling sensation at first then I begin to feel like a wave is crashing onto me. I begin to panic as I heard Paul voice

"Don't be afraid, that is what people called Mana Wave. Continue to feel, let it flow to you"

I gritted my teeth and continue to feel, just as Paul said. I eventually feel 5 different types of feeling. Comfort, Freedom, Steadiness, Excitement and Passion but I also felt helpless, confused, rigid, haste and anger.

"Focus on what you need right now. What do you think fire is like? Focus on that"

Fire? Aggressive, powerful.... Oh, passionate and anger. I reach towards those emotion and fire elemental mana flow inside me very easily.

"Now, guide it to your stomach, then your whole body. Try to create a circle inside your body. It will hurt, but bear with it"

I do as Paul say, guiding it to my stomach then my whole body. I tried to create a circle but it wouln't form. This is harder then it looks. I never thought forming a circle is going to be difficult. It's not so painful though, as I have been through worse then this back on Earth.

"Having trouble creating circle? Try to force it. Force it to submit to you. Make the mana to do your bidding. Be the king inside your own body"

Easier said than done Paul. Well, I guess he's already done this one so maybe this is easy for him. I try to force it, for it to listen to my will but it's no use. Suddenly, something inside of me scream. It give pressure to the mana, forcing it to submit to me. The mana finally listen as I took this opportunity to form my first circle.

I breathe in relief as I slowly open my eyes. I see Paul staring at me like I'm some sort of ghost

"So, how did I do?" I asked as I checked my body. I could feel the heat coursing through me. I feel power. I feel like when I consume another "evolved" back at Earth. It feels refreshing

Paul spaced out for a second "Oh yeah, yeah. You did good, you did good. You must be tired, go back home and eat"

"What about you?"

"I have to discuss something" Paul said, hurriedly leaving the room, leaving me alone.

I stood there, confused