Another Breakthrough

The scream awakened Alex from the shock. His face instantly became extremely ugly, and his eyes were fixed on Julian.

"I didn't expect you're playing a tiger pretending to be a pig."

There was no need to exchange pleasantries with enemies.

Without a single word, Julian stomped his feet and dashed forward with an unprecedented momentum.

Seemingly taking Julian's silence as a sign of disrespect, Alex's face turned into a frown as he readied his stance to block the incoming attack.

"Be careful! Alex's four-dimensional attributes has reached 65 points and his Thunder Fist on the verge of breaking-through to adept-level. You'll be in disadvantage if you face him head-on!"

A word of warning came from Ryan who was watching the fight with eyes full of concern.

Julian took a mental note but didn't slow down his advance.

Reaching Alex, he thrusted his punch forward, aiming for the chest. The air made a whistling sound as it was splitting apart due to the sheer power of Julian's punch.

Alex didn't back down at all and face Julian's fist head on.

Bam!

The two fists collided in the air, creating a wave of pressure upon the impact.

After the first greeting, they quickly exchanged 7 to 8 moves. The sounds of fist-to-body clashes could be heard endlessly.

Under Julian's fierce offensive, Alex showed a sign of panic, clumsy on the left and right. He was completely suppressed and unable to lift his head!

Alex's expression turned ugly and desperate. By now he must've been realized that Julian was a lot stronger than he expected.

The terrifying whistling fist wind even made his skin hurt the moment it passed by!

Once he got hit, even if he didn't lose his fighting power on the spot, he wouldn't be fine either!

Alex also practiced the Thunder Fist. So, he quickly realized that the guy in front of him has definitely reached master-level!

God was really unfair. He was the one who major in Combat Department but his Thunder Punch was still at proficient-level.

How on earth did a support department student mastered the Thunder Fist to the Master-level?!

Alex was extremely regretful. If he knew that this kid was so powerful, he wouldn't dare to provoke him!

Compared to Alex's embarrassment, Julian really enjoyed the fight.

Master-level Thunder Fist was far more powerful than he thought!

To be honest, Alex's physical fitness was not that much inferior to his, and the total value of the four-dimensional attribute was at most a few points lower than his.

In terms of physical fitness alone, Julian didn't have an obvious advantage over Alex.

The only reason why he was able to beat Alex with ease was mainly due to the strength of master-level Thunder Fist!

"It just one level apart but the difference in power is so significant!"

Julian secretly sighed. He couldn't wait to see how strong perfection-level Thunder Fist would be.

The stalemate didn't last long. Perhaps due to the fatigue, Alex's defense was gradually collapsing and giving an opportunity for Julian to deliver the final blow.

With exquisite control over power and precise movement, Julian's fist pierce Alex's defense and landed a heavy blow into his stomach.

Alex couldn't stand the power of 20 points strength, fell to his knees and curled into a kneaded dough. It was so painful that he couldn't even scream.

The intense pain made him lose his fighting power in an instant!

Without even looking at Alex who was shrinking into a ball like a sea shrimp, Julian strode up to Ryan and helped him up.

"Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine!"

Ryan stammered, still unable to recover from the shock.

He never expected that things would develop in such a way.

The three martial arts students with good skills were easily knocked down by Julian, lying on the ground and howling.

This scene gave him a dreamlike sense of absurdity.

Ryan used to think that ordinary students don't need to spend too much energy on martial arts, but now he was shaken.

Should he spend more time practicing martial arts?

Maybe he could become as powerful as Julian?

Seeing that Ryan was fine, Julian motioned for him to leave together, leaving the three stooges lying on the ground pitifully.

On the way, Julian casually asked how Ryan involved with Alex and the others.

Ryan scratched his head in embarrassment, faltered when he answer his question. "Alex is my current girlfriend's ex, so you know..."

Although Ryan left his word's hanging, Julian already understood that it was nothing more than a petty jealousy.

He immediately lost interest and stopped asking more questions.

*

Arriving at his room, Julian immediately checked his status panel.

[Complete the achievement 'Practical Combat I' and get 300 PD points.]

Julian sat comfortably in his couch, a completely satisfied smile on his face.

With the addition of the newly acquired 300 PD points as the reward of completing the mission, his current PD reserves finally reached 500 points, just enough for him to exchange for Cultivation Crystal.

Switching to exchange store page, Julian immediately spent all of his points for Cultivation Crystal and directly used it on Thunder Fist technique.

Series of image flashed through Julian's mind like an animated movie, all of which were scenes of him practicing Thunder Fist with various stances and postures along with the flaws and their corrections. Countless insight emerged out of thin air, deeply engraved in his soul like a brand.

In Julian's perception, he seemed to have experienced many years of cultivation, but in reality, it only passed for a moment.

After a moment of trance, Julian found that the Thunder Fist on the panel had broken through the next level.

[General Profile]

Name: Julian Kim

Level: 1

[Attributes]

STR: 24

VIT: 22

AGI: 14

SPI: 16

[PD point]: 0

[Martial Arts]

Whale Swallowing Breath – Adept (0/300)

Thunder Fist – Perfection (451/1000)

Julian made a small fist in excitement, squirming in delight. "It's finally perfect!"

The improvement brought by cultivation crystal was exceeding his expectations by leap and bound. He couldn't believe that it actually improved his proficiency by more than 900 at once.

What was more surprising was that the Thunder Fist could still be improve even after reaching its completion.

"What's there beyond the perfection-level?"

No matter how hard he spun his brain, Julian couldn't find the answer to his question. His general knowledge of martial arts was only on the surface level as he was only a student of supporting department. He had to find someone more knowledgeable than him to quench his curiosity.

"Let's find someone from Combat Department later. I might get some answer from them."

Pushing back the matter into the back of his mind, Julian turned his attention back to the panel.

A total of 7 attributes have been added from his recent breakthrough, those are: 4 points in strength, 2 points in vitality, and 1 point in agility. His four-dimensional attributes soared to 76 points in one fell swoop! He was only 4 points away from life energy level 2!

It wasn't that hard to make up for this gap.

After making a rough estimation, he could increase his attributes by another 3 points by levelling up the Whale Swallowing Breathing technique to mastery. If he were to upgrade it to perfection level, he might be able to add 4 points more!

It was enough for him to reach life energy level 2!

In more than two hours, the exchange store will be refreshed. As long another random martial arts card showed up, it should be enough for him to upgrade the Whale Swallowing Breathing!

But before that, he had to complete some missions to replenish his PD points.

The exchange of cultivation crystals had drained all his PD points, Julian was really broke right now!