Damien felt like face-palming himself.
Who the fuck was this idiot anyway?
How blind or rather how weak was he for him not to notice that Damien's aura was stably in the mid-level Enlightenment realm.
Talk about a blind man teaching how to see with the eyes.
Damien felt exasperated.
What was this guy's problem?
Some people were too stupid for their own good.
Shaking his head, Damien ignored the boy and continued with his training. He had much better things to do than to mind a blind arrogant idiot.
The boy though immediately became angry. "Dude why are you ignoring me? Stop acting like a creep I say and get your weird ass out of this place!
We came here to absorb mana not to dance and contort our body!
If you're that unserious with your training, then leave so that those of us who are focused can have our peace of mind!" the boy berated angrily.
Damien didn't even hear him.
He was fully immersed in learning the Mind needle technique. Already, he could feel that he was really close to grasping it just like he was able to with the Karate.
All his attention was on the technique so how could he possibly hear the ranting of the idiot?
The ignored boy gritted his teeth in anger and walked away briskly.
He returned less than a minute later and this time he wasn't alone. He had brought someone with him.
"Senior, that's him. He's the one causing trouble. He won't let us absorb mana in peace," he said, pointing his finger at Damien who was now doing a headstand.
"Hey you! Stop what you're doing and act properly!" the senior ordered.
Of course, Damien didn't hear anything.
Obviously pissed off, he walked over to the upside-down Damien and roughly shoved his legs forward, causing Damien to fall with a dull thud.
"What is it again?" Damien asked furiously.
Why couldn't these idiots leave him alone?
Couldn't he train in peace?
Damien's patience was at its limit. He stood up and turned to face the senior and the nosy guy.
"You're disturbing others with your training. If you want to do all those stuff, get a room so you don't distract anyone. This is a public place and you're not the only one here," the senior said.
Damien looked at him. "Why can't they get a room? If they don't want to be distracted by anything, they can pay for a room upstairs so they can train in peace.
Besides, their complaints only show their lack of focus. If they were truly focused on absorbing mana, they wouldn't be distracted by my training.
This just shows that they lack concentration," Damien countered.
"Stop being rude and listen to what I'm saying! No one around likes what you're doing. It's better you stop for peace to prevail so everyone can have their peace," the senior admonished.
Damien turned away and continued with what he was doing.
There was no reasoning with idiots like these.
There was nothing they could do to him in the training center. Fighting was forbidden. The only thing they could do was to report him to an instructor.
Unfortunately, that was also going to be a lost cause.
The instructors rarely paid attention to the freeloaders on the first floor. It was only those floors above which could trigger their quick reaction.
The instructor would even see Damien's actions as harmless because he was also training but not in the normal way.
There was nothing they could do if he ignored them and continued his training.
With this in mind, Damien started practicing his karate technique while simultaneously controlling his mind needles.
Currently, he had been able to increase the number of the mind needles he could control from one to three. They spun around him in circles or moved around in all directions as Damien split his focus into three to individually controlled the mind needles.
His control had been stiff and shaky at first but it was improving at a rapid speed.
Damien was sure that in about a few minutes, he would finally grasp the technique and comprehend it just like he did for the karate technique.
Unfortunately, the people he had ignored looked at him with murder in their eyes.
"Do you know his name?" the senior asked the boy, his eyes narrowed down to slits.
The boy and those around shook their heads.
"He disrespected you senior. It's plain as day that he is seeking to cause trouble. Won't you teach him a lesson?" said the boy.
"I will. He has to learn that it's not anywhere that he can acts as he pleases. Leave him for now. The moment he's getting out come and call me. I'll help you beat him up," said the senior maliciously.
Patting the boy on the back, he walked away.
The boy glanced at Damien. "Hmpf!" he snorted before turning away.
Very soon, that troublemaker would be taught a lesson.
Damien though had long forgotten about the idiot and his backup.
He was so close to fully comprehending the mind needle technique!
"Come on! Just a little more," he encouraged himself.
In the past minutes, he had been able to add one more needle to the three needles, making four.
If he could add a fifth, he would have finally comprehended the technique!
And he was so close!
Damien bit his lower lip and ignored the throbbing pain in his head. He was so close to comprehending this!
He couldn't let any headache stop him.
Never!
Damien gritted his teeth as he finally stood still. Slowly and painstakingly, he created a mental image of a needle and started trying to form it.
Success!
The easy part was done.
It was now left with the hard part of bringing it out physically and letting it complete a full cycle around him.
Slowly, Damien eased the ethereal needle out of his mind and into being. It almost fizzled and dissipated but Damien urgently pumped more mana into it.
Had it not been for the mana density of the first floor which was constantly replenishing Damien's mana, Damien would have long run out of juice!
If he had done this at home, he wouldn't be able to achieve half the progress he had accomplished here.
Frank was right.
It was far better to learn techniques in a mana rich environment because it was very tasking and stressful.
Damien felt like he had run a marathon.
Even with the increase of his body's capabilities and stamina, Damien felt exhausted.
After this was over, he was going to get himself a smattering of food, a shower and hit the bed. That would be the only way to do justice to this.
Now the fifth needle was out.
All that Damien needed to do was to complete a full cycle of the woman's strange poses while maintain all five needles.
"Aw crap, here we go again," Damien whined inwardly as he began another bout of weird poses.
Not far from him, the boy who had complained gritted his teeth in anger while watching Damien. This guy was too much! He was distracting him again!
He had to do something about it!
He couldn't wait till he left to beat him up. He needed to teach him a lesson now.
He was going to reciprocate the distraction manifold!
This troublemaker would soon regret for distracting him!
The boy firmly made up his mind and in anger he walked towards Damien like a man on a mission. People around had long noticed and instinctively knew something was about to go down!
"It's left with one last set," Damien moaned as he pushed himself to continue the cycle.
Finally, he was getting closer to comprehension!
It was left with one final pose.
Urging his body on, Damien did a sitting pose and crossed his leg over the other. Thus, he was half squatting on his left leg with his right leg firmly crossed on it. He then held his hands behind his back and patiently controlled the five mind needles to slowly circle him.
As their orbit came to an end, the five needles fused together to become one and finally it was complete!
*BOOM!
Damien's eyes shone with sudden clarity.
He had comprehended the mind needle technique!
Damien was so elated that he didn't even care to check on who was walking up to him in anger as he was busy going over what he had comprehended mentally.
That was when the annoying boy finally stood in front of Damien and delivered a hefty slap across Damien's face with a smirk!
"Oooooh!" people nearby gasped in shock!
The troublemaker had annoyed the guy so much that he couldn't hold back and slapped him!
How would the troublemaker react?
They turned to look at Damien.
Damien controlled the combined mind needle and hit the boy square in the forehead with it!
It penetrated into his brain and pierced into it!
For one horrible second, the boy's smirk froze on his face.
That was when the pain kicked in.
"EYAAAAA!!!" the boy screamed in a shrill high pitched voice and fell to the floor, writhing and convulsing while holding his head in sheer agony.
It was as if someone had stabbed him with a needle right into his brain!
It hurt so much!
The boy's agonized screams and high pitched squeals filled the training center.
This caused all the students to look over.
Everyone looked at the boy in shock then glanced at Damien in fear.
"Oops. My bad," Damien said lightly.