"That’s huge! No way. I can't break that. It scares me just by looking at it!"
Selena looked at the rock in her palm and spoke in a panicked tone. She felt that she was already unable to break a rock the size of a fist—what more one of a basketball size.
"You won't know if you don’t try."
Yet Ben rolled his eyes at her. "I thought that I couldn't break it either. But I did," he said. "Give it a try, Sis. Don't you realize that the rock isn't as heavy as you thought i t was while you're carrying it? That's because your strength is no longer an ordinary person's strength. You have the body of a martial artist now!"
Here, Ben paused for a while before
continuing, "Sis, do you know that a person who is truly strong is the one who doesn’t flinch before a tiger, and even thinks of a tiger as an ant!"
When Elaine heard this, she could not help but chortle. "I just told you all that a while ago. You sure pick up fast!"
"Heh!"
Ben rubbed the back of his neck. "I've always been a believer of life-long learning."
"Give it a try, Dear. You're his sister—you have the same mother. If he can do it, you can’t lose to him as his older sister!
Besides, your body is strong now. It won't b e too much even if you punch the rock.
You're different from before, alright?"
Fane spoke from the side, grinning.
"All right. I'll give it a shot!" Selena cradled the rock in one arm and clenched her other hand into a fist, smashing it straight into the rock.
Selena's eyes widened. "So you're telling m e that Ben didn't break the rock that way?”
Fane did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You’re a true genius, my dear. You're definitely a third-grade martial artist. You're pretty strong already!"
"That's right. With talent like yours, you can have the fighting skills of a major with a bit of practice. Furthermore, I guarantee that you can even become a grandmaster i n a month's time so long as you put in the effort!"
Fane said with a grin after he thought about it.
"No way. I'm that strong?"
Selena was extremely excited. She never thought that she would actually be stronger than her brother, who already possessed immense talent.
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