Stats first, Level later

[ Ding! Due to your intense training, Strength has risen by 5 points! (+5 STR). ]

[ Ding! Due to your intense training, Strength has risen by 5 points! (+5 STR). ]

[ Ding! Due to your intense training, Constitution has risen by 5 poi... ]

[ Ding! Due to your intense training, Constitution has ris... ]

[ Ding! Due to your intense training, Agility has... ]

[ Ding! Due to your hellish training, Willpower has risen by 5 points! (+5 WIL). ]

[ Ding! Due to your... ]

[ Ding! ... ]

[ ... ]

Jaden relentlessly tempered himself as he put himself under a hellish training.

One might say that it's easier to train oneself in-game however such claims are definitely false. Only a monster like Jaden with a strong mental strength and perseverance could continuously and endlessly train himself just to improve.

If someone else did something like this then he/she would probably collapse mentally if not physically under such strenuous conditions.

"Training 15 hours straight and I don't even feel tired! VR really is amazing." sighed Jaden.

He then checked the logs to see the total attributes he received.

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[ The number of attributes that the player has gained for the past 15 hours is as follows: ]

- Strength has risen by a total of 40 points (+40 STR).

- Agility has risen by a total of 25 points (+25 AGI).

- Constitution has risen by a total of 40 points (+40).

- Willpower has risen by a total of 15 points (+15).

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"I can't believe that no one's even trying to raise their attributes by training. It's so easy!" laughed Jaden.

"Hmm, it seems that the higher my attributes are the harder it is to increase them with training." He pondered as he remembered the fact that it was harder to increase his attributes now than before.

By the end of his training, the system gave him fewer points than normal so it seemed that one cannot increase his attributes indefinitely just by training.

"Only 5 hours have passed in real time... I should really strike while the iron's hot and get as many extra attributes I can. I would be ahead of everyone else by then, and when I reach higher levels and add more AP (Attribute points gained from leveling up) onto my stats, the difference between me and them would be immense." said Jaden with excitement.

If the GMs and Admins knew that something like this would happen, then they would probably be shocked speechless and would definitely remove players' capability to increase their attributes from training. Because this guy is literally breaking the balance of the game!

(Note: GM = Game Masters, Admins = Administrators, obviously... )

With his current stats he, with just his monstrous attributes alone, could probably take on a Level 20 player. And along with his unmatched martial arts, he could definitely kill a player at Level 30 or 35 effortlessly!

And with his added attributes from his OP Items, then even monster bosses at that level would want to avoid this guy if they could!

Jaden clenched his fists and laughed. "Alright, I'll continue and train to enhance my attributes as much as I can and then go level up afterward."

Therefore, another bout of stats grinding began.

[ Ding! Due to your hellish training, Strength has risen by 2 points! (+2 STR) ]

[ Ding! Due to your hellish training, Strength has risen by 2 po.... ]

[ Ding! Due to your hellish training, Constitution has ris... ]

[ Ding! Due to your hellish training... ]

[ Ding! Due to... ]

[ Ding! ... ]

[ ... ]

For 5 days straight, in real time, Jaden spent all his time grinding his stats tirelessly. He only took a break when he ate with his parents, trained his martial arts, took a shower, or used the toilet.

Sure, one can do most of those things while in the gaming capsule since it has built-in functions, but he still wanted to do it outside the capsule since he's hygienic.

Other than his continuous advance in attributes, another thing which brought him joy was the fact that he's also able to improve his martial arts while in-game! This is amazing because if you add both his training routine in the real world and in-game, then he could really develop his skills faster than ever!

As both his parents watched their son get "addicted" to Infinity Online, they both smiled gratefully.

His father clenched his fists and smiled widely. "Good good good! That brat is finally interested in something else other than his martial arts!"

His mother also teared up with joy as she nodded her head. "It's been a long time indeed. I hope he also makes some friends inside the game."

Since Jaden was a kid, he only had one thing in his mind, training! He trained his martial arts unto something unprecedented in this world. His abilities are infinitely lethal therefore, it was a good thing that the child grew up to be a kind person.

If he became an assassin or something, then the world would probably descend into chaos since he's basically a superhuman!

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[ Due to your inhuman training, your attributes have greatly risen! The amount of attributes which you have received is as following: ] (Note: I was tempted to say "self-torture" instead of training XD)

- Strength has risen by 65 points! (+65 STR)

- Agility has risen by 40 points! (+40 AGI)

- Constitution has risen by 50 points (+50 CON)

- Willpower has risen by 35 points! (+30 WIL)

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After endlessly training and trying to boost his status, he finally stopped.

"Phew! It's impossible to increase my stats any further than this. How sad." sighed Jaden sadly.

If it were anyone else had heard him, they would probably try and strangle him and shout at his face 'YOU'RE STILL NOT SATISFIED?!!'

"At least I obtained two skills from this outcome. One of them is even a Legendary ranked skill! Jaden giggled.

He then checked both of them.

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[ Peerless Sword (Legendary)]: Passive Skill.

- Permanently increases the max level of all sword-related skills by 5.

- Increases Proficiency earned towards all sword-related skills.

- If a sword is equipped Physical Damage and Attack Speed are automatically increased by 70%.

- If a sword is equipped the player is able to use the following skills:

Skill 1: Thousand Sword Slash = Releases a countless amount of Sword Qi/Light in a short amount of time, with each of them dealing 100% True Damage. Current Number of Sword Light: 10. The number of Sword Light increases by one every level. Max Sword Lights possible: 150 Sword Lights. Cooldown: 30 mins. Mana cost: 100.

(Note: Both Physical and Magical Defense are useless against True Damage. Basically, true damage always does 100% damage because it directly ignores the target's defense.)

Skill 2: Locked.

Skill 3: Locked.

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[ Mana Drain (Special) ]: Melee, Passive Skill. Every basic attack on a target drains his/her mana by 1% of the total damage dealt.

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The skill {Peerless Sword} could be said to be specially fitted for Jaden. If other players found out how Jaden obtained this skill, who knows what they would think?

And {Mana Drain}, could be said to be the terror of all players, and the bane of all mana-reliant classes.

(Note: Mages and Healers for example.)

During his training earlier, after endlessly swinging his sword as if he was in a trance, a world-shaking announcement suddenly woke him up from his deep focus.

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[ Global Announcement! ]

Swinging one's sword one hundred times is already tiring, a thousand times would be even more exhausting, ten thousand times is simply hellish yet you were able to continuously swing your sword for more than a million times with 100% precision and accuracy! This achievement is unprecedented and unsurpassable, and it shall bask in glory for the ages to come! The system has awarded the player Unparalleled with the Legendary ranked skill {Peerless Sword} for achieving this remarkable feat! Congratulations!

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With those words echoing throughout the whole server, every single player was sent in an uproar as they all wanted to know who this player named Unparalleled was. However, they had to admit, his accomplishment was definitely inhuman to the point where no one could ever hope to repeat such a feat ever again.

Meanwhile, Jaden calmly checked his stats.

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Attributes:

STR = 140 (+20 )

AGI = 112 (+20 )

CON = 120 (+20 )

INT = 15 (+20 )

WIS = 20 (+20 )

PER = 30 (+20 )

Innate:

LUC = 10 (+20) + 20

CHA = 85 + 20

WIL = 70 + 20

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(Note: The extra attributes from his training is already added. The (+20 ) is from the {Sword of the Unrivaled}. The extra +20 at luck is from the {Goddess of Luck's Blessing}. )

"Good thing that I found that a player could increase one's stats by training. It was definitely worth it, grinding these much attributes with just a mere 5 days. I'm 100% sure that there's not a single player anywhere in the world that has attributes that even come close to mine!" Jaden laughed with pride.

After finishing everything, he sighed as he looked at the Training Ground with complex feelings since this was the place which gave him a tremendous advantage, giving him a lead against other players. After a few seconds, he then walked out of the place and appeared back at the Beginner Village.

"Selling this Common Grade Iron Longsword for 10 coppers only! This is a Limited Offer!"

"We're a leveling party and Looking for a decent Level 7 or 8 healer!"

"Hey there fella, do you wanna spend some time with this big sister?"

"Hey! Hey there brother! You seem strong, are you looking for a guild? Come and join the Shadow Gangsters! You'll definitely love it here! We have plenty of equipment, potions, money, hey, wait where are you going? Come back!"

As soon as he left the Training Ground, the same bustling scene and random noises came at him just like before.

He then took a deep breath, looked at his level which was still 0 and smiled. "I've given you all a head start, now it's time for me to catch up."