Real Journey Begin
Ben and Lawrence were exchanging blows with the nether side getting the upper hand. Ben would use his skill Lightning step from time to time and get the upper hand but Lawrence was getting used to it. The disadvantage of the Lightning step was you could only move in a Straight line. So every time Ben would use it he would move out of the way but the speed of Ben was overpowering and so Ben would still get him a little. After a few more minutes of nonstop battle, Ben had finally had enough and was ready to use another skill he learned. He backed away from Lawrence and started to garner his energy and mana. He close his eyes and focused on his Lightning aura. Within that second Ben had disappeared and reappeared behind Lawrence but Lawrence was ready and before he could strike Ben he had disappeared and reappeared beside him. Lawrence place all of his Qi in his waist to be able to move fast but Ben disappeared again and was behind him. This kept going three times until Ben disappeared and reappeared at Lawrence's left a few meters away.
[Lightning Travel x6]
[-200 Energy]
[-50 Mana]
Ben then places all his energy into his hopefully final attack.
[Lightning step]
[-100 Energy]
[-20 Mana]
Due to Lawrence being dizzy from moving around over and over he didn't see when Ben had used his skill and received a strong punch to the face broking his jaw and knocking him out.
"Match won. Number two wins." The voice said.
Ben got a lot of messages but couldn't read them because he was too injured. The same person who healed Peter appeared beside Ben and healed him.
Ben went to sit beside Peter and rest. There were a couple of fights happening and after an hour Benjamin left to go to his room.
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He sat on his bed to check his reward.
[Reward]
[+2 Intent level up]
[Level 21]
Exp: 0/9000
He was four levels away from getting to level twenty-five. Since no one was going to challenge him he decided to meditate on his ability hoping to maybe break through to the Beginning stage of power. He focused hard on his ability but nothing changed. So he decided to sleep.
Weeks went by and Ben kept on getting challenged by others. Ryan had challenged him and when Ben defected him he leveled up. He also kept on being challenged by Lawrence and just time would level up. But when Ben got to level twenty-four they stopped challenging him. But others with new abilities challenged him. It was challenging but Ben would always defect them. He had beaten sand users, water users, Earth users, super strength users and so many more but today was the day he was getting to level twenty-five.
He was battling an invisible person. He could only turn his body invisible and not his clothes yet. So he was naked which was a little bit weird but Ben had used his lightning to surround himself and when the person touched him he got shocked and Ben used that opportunity to deliver a cut that showed where he was. Even though he was exposed he didn't stop using his ability and Ben was thankful.
The person in front of them his blood was showing his image.
"I...give up." The boy said as he took his clothes and left.
Ben then got a message he had been waiting for. Finally, he would get his answers.
He went to his room early and sat on his bed.
[Congratulations you have defeated a D-rank]
[Reward]
[+150 exp]
[Exp:9000/9000]
[Congratulations you have finally reached level twenty-five.]
[It's time to level up and evolve.]
[Both you and the system will level up]
Yes/No
"Yes." Ben chose to immediately it came.
[Error]
[Your free status point will interfere. Please use them.]
"Oh, I see well I had to use them at some point." Ben said as he assigned his status.
[Strength:730]+6
[Agility:830]+7
[Stamina:800]+6
[Body strength:920]+6
Benjamin was done assigning his free status and was ready to evolve.
He chose Yes and it started.
But this time there was no pain but he felt energy unlike any he had felt before. He tried opening his system but there was nothing. After an hour the energy just stopped. Benjamin felt refreshed.
The first time he did was to check his status. But this time it was a gold color screen in front of him.
Name: Ben Talon
Hp:100/100
Energy:100/100
Ability: Lightning
Mana:100/100
Level 1
Exp:0/100
Strength:8
Agility:11
Starmina:10
Durability:12
Everything had changed, his stats had Changed, his level had changed, his energy had changed, and his health had changed. Benjamin tried doing some experiments. His speed was the same just a little faster, his strength had increased a little too. It also didn't display his rank anymore. Overall everything had changed in figures but the power was still there.
Benjamin then wanted to ask the system the question that have been inside him for over five years.
"System, who created you?" Benjamin asked his long-awaited question.
"A powerful being." The system answered.
"What is the name of this powerful being?" Benjamin asked.
"I don't know." The system answered.
"Why did this powerful being choose me?" Benjamin asked another question immediately.
"Because of your bloodline." The system answered another question.
"Can you explain?" Benjamin asked.
"No." The system answered.
"Since my goal is to save humanity from this beast I am guessing that's the same reason this powerful being chose me right?" Benjamin asked.
"No, the powerful being's goal is to protect humanity and not to save it from beasts." The system answered.
"It doesn't matter, as long as it's for humanity then I will continue to grow stronger. And if there is something dangerous than beasts then I will deal with it." Benjamin said as he had a new goal. "By the way system, you said I should choose this school because it would help me in my quest for answers. Why is that?"
"This Academy has been blessed by the powerful being itself." The system asked.
"Oh, I see. Well, I guess that's all for today. Now I can focus on breaking through to the Beginning stage of power." Benjamin said as he got ready to fall asleep. But something was wrong. He felt like there was a hole in him that needed to be filled. He crossed his legs and started to meditate.
In a dark room, he saw his Qi and ability in the ball like the last time. After looking around for a while he found a hole and it looked to be endless. He then had this edge to fill it with his power but he didn't know which one. Either his Qi or his ability.
He opened his eyes and fell on his bed. He needed a solution because this feeling was annoying him and he needed to feel it with energy. He then had an idea and checked the time. It was currently 8:30 PM and he had some time before curfew. He got out of his room and went straight to an office. He knocked and heard a man's voice telling him to come inside.
When he entered he saw Mr. Ortiz inside doing something paper work. He sat down and started to explain the situation. And during his explanation, Mr. Ortiz had a look saying he knew what was happening.
"Don't worry, it just means you are ready to break through to the Beginning stage." Mr. Ortiz said with a smile.
"Really!" Benjamin got up excitedly.
"Yes, just put a small amount of Qi in it then pour all of your ability into it." Mr. Ortiz explained how to break through.
"Wait why a small amount of Qi." Benjamin asked.
"Because I am sure you only want to focus on your ability right?" Mr. Ortiz asked with a smile. He signed Benjamin to go to his room since it was getting late.
Benjamin got to his room and sat on his bed thinking about what to do. He crossed his legs and started to meditate.
He found himself back in the dark space and saw the hole. He then focus on his Qi and a few seconds later some energy from the ball of Qi entered the hole. After a few seconds, he stopped and looked in the direction of the lightning ball.
After a while, he made a decision. He continued to pour some Qi energy into the hole and when it was half full he poured his ability energy into it.
When he was done he focused hard and then felt this new source of energy.
He had broken through.
Mr. Ortiz was in his office and had a smile.
"The real journey begins."