Brotherly talk

"Brother, it looks like you are close to your next Rank promotion," Andrei said between heavy breaths, clearly exhausted from the grueling training session.

"A few more weeks, maybe five at most," Alex replied as he clenched his fist and felt the mana flow through his refined veins at a much smother and faster pace, a clear indication that he was reaching closer to the limits.

Alex needed to refine his veins to better facilitate mana throughout his body and build his strength to an acceptable level, which, in the case of a normal individual, was having at least three physical attributes reach twice compared to a newly ascended First Rank.

But for Alex, the second requirement was never present because right after the promotion, all his physical attributes had grown past the mark of 500 points, at least three times that of an average peak First Rank individual, and now all his stats were close to the mark of a thousand.