“You can, but you have to understand the principle of not biting off more than you can chew.” After pinching Nana’s cheek, Mei still stood up and took a few steps back.
Red lightning danced on her fingertips once more, but it was no longer a fixed target.
Instead, it transformed into several small arcs of electricity, drifting through the air at varying speeds.
“Watch closely.
The difficulty with moving targets lies in predicting their trajectory while maintaining a steady energy output.
Don’t panic just because the target is moving.” Nana pushed herself up from the ground, brushed the dust off her clothes, and locked her gaze firmly onto the drifting arcs of electricity with determination.
She took a deep breath and tried to split the Honkai Energy within her body into several thin streams, hovering at her fingertips—this was the “Split-Control Method” Mei had just taught her.
It was still very unfamiliar to her.
As the first arc of electricity grazed her shoulder, she flicked out a stream of energy.
However, due to a miscalculation in her prediction, it only barely grazed the edge of the arc, causing it to dissipate into tiny specks of light.
“Ugh…
it’s a bit hard.
Just a little bit off.” Nana smacked her lips, undeterred, and immediately turned her attention to the next arc of electricity.
This time she slowed down her pace, first staring at the direction the arc was moving and estimating its speed in her mind.
Only when it reached the right position did she steadily send out a burst of energy, accurately colliding with the arc.
“Hit!” Her eyes lit up, and she couldn’t help but tilt her chin up.
Nana: *Smug Cat Expression* Seeing her like this, Mei couldn’t help but chuckle.
“Don’t get too ahead of yourself~ The ones coming next will only be faster!” As soon as she finished speaking, the remaining arcs of electricity suddenly accelerated and even began to crisscross, making Nana’s head spin.
She quickly focused her mind, but just as the energy in her palm was halfway condensed, she lost her composure because an arc suddenly changed direction.
The energy spiraled out of control and overflowed, blasting a small, shallow pit into the ground.
“Sss…
that was close.” Nana patted her chest and scratched her head in frustration as she watched the arc that had escaped.
Mei walked slowly to her side and reached out to straighten her slightly messy bangs.
“What’s the rush?
Moving targets are about’stability’ and ‘accuracy,’ not’speed.’ You were too eager to strike just now, which ended up disrupting your own rhythm.” As she spoke, she took Nana’s wrist and guided her hand to move slowly.
“Follow its trajectory, feel the synchronization between your energy and your vision, and then apply force when the timing is right.” Nana raised her hand following Mei’s lead.
With her gaze locked onto an arc of electricity, the energy at her fingertips was sent out unhurriedly under Mei’s guidance.
This time, the energy struck the arc accurately, producing a crisp crackling sound.
“So that’s how it is…
I was always thinking about catching up to it before, but I forgot about synchronization.” “As long as you understand.” Mei let go and stepped aside.
“Try again.
I won’t help you this time.” Nana nodded and stood firm again, her eyes focused intently on the drifting arcs of electricity.
This time she was no longer impatient.
Her gaze followed the trajectory of the electricity, and the energy at her fingertips condensed and released at a steady pace.
Though she missed occasionally, she was always able to adjust quickly.
Gradually, she hit more and more arcs, and her movements transitioned from clumsy to fluid.
Even the smile at the corners of her mouth became increasingly evident.
It wasn’t until the last arc of electricity was shattered that Nana let out a long sigh of relief.
She turned to look at Mei, her eyes full of excitement.
“Mei, Mei!
Look!
Was I much better this time?” Like a child hoping for praise, looking to see if her parent would compliment her.
Mei stepped forward and ruffled her hair, the smile in her eyes impossible to hide.
“You’ve improved, but it’s not enough.” She changed the subject, and a thinner but faster arc of electricity condensed at her fingertip.
“Want to try challenging a target at its limit speed?” Nana couldn’t help but gulp.
This seemed…
a bit too difficult…
But hey, you never know until you try!
“Let’s try it!
It won’t hurt!” Mei raised an eyebrow and chuckled.
The thin arc of electricity at her fingertip instantly turned into a red afterimage.
Its speed was more than twice as fast as before, and one could almost only see a blurry red line darting through the air.
“Careful now.
In actual combat, the trajectory will only be more random than this.” Nana’s nerves instantly tensed.
She stared deathly at the afterimage, even subconsciously slowing her breathing.
She tried to mobilize the Honkai Energy in her body, wanting to split off several streams to keep up with the speed of the electricity.
But that arc was simply too fast; just as she locked onto one direction, it had already darted to the other side, causing beads of sweat to form on the tip of Nana’s nose from anxiety.
“Don’t just stare at its position; feel its energy fluctuations!” Mei’s voice came at the right time, offering a suggestion.
Nana suddenly snapped out of it.
She stopped obsessing over tracking it with her eyes and instead tried to use her mind to capture the energy traces left by the electricity.
When the afterimage flashed past her again, she flicked out a burst of energy based on intuition.
Although she was still half a step slow and only grazed the edge, it was already much better than missing completely like before.
“I’m getting the hang of it!” Nana’s eyes lit up.
Feeling motivated, she concentrated to feel it once more.
This time, she predicted the path of the electricity in advance and condensed energy at the position it was about to reach.
A flash of pale purple light from her fingertip accurately collided with the red arc!
With a soft “bang,” the two energies collided and dissipated into the air.
Nana couldn’t help but clench her fists and cheer, “I hit it!
Mei, I hit it!” Seeing her excitement, a gentle smile rippled in Mei’s eyes, but she didn’t stop her movements.
Two arcs of electricity of the same speed condensed at her fingertips.
“Not bad, but can you handle two at once?” “What?!” Nana’s cheering came to an abrupt halt.
Looking at the two darting red afterimages, her mouth twitched, but she still gritted her teeth.
“Fine!
Bring it on!” She took a deep breath and split the Honkai Energy in her body into two streams, each locking onto one of the arcs.
At first, she was always losing track of one while focusing on the other, either missing an arc or failing to stabilize the energy control, causing it to overflow.
But with each attempt, she gradually found a rhythm.
Even though she was still in a flurry, she could occasionally hit both arcs at the same time.
After an unknown amount of time, Mei withdrew the electricity.
Nana immediately slumped onto the ground, panting heavily.
Her arms and palms were slightly sore from the continuous energy manipulation, but her face was flushed with excitement.
“Well?
Do you still think ‘it won’t hurt’?” Mei walked over to her and handed her a bottle of water, her tone teasing.
Nana took the water and gulped down more than half the bottle.
Wiping the corner of her mouth, she gave a defiant huff.
“It was hard, but I didn’t lose!
Next time, I’ll definitely do better!” Mei smiled and ruffled her hair, her fingertips brushing against her flushed cheek.
“Greedy little kitten, digest today’s content first.
However…
your performance did indeed exceed expectations.” Nana looked up at Mei, her mouth curving into a cat-like grin.
Suddenly, she gave a mischievous smile and reached out to grab Mei’s hem.
“Then shouldn’t there be a reward?
For example…
I get to be on top tonight?
Or something else?” Mei let out a scoff after hearing that.
It seemed this smug little kitten was getting a bit carried away~