The beginning of the human counterattack

In a vacant lot a young man could be seen standing with his back straight while in front of him stood a tree with a thick trunk. Before testing his skill or putting points on other attributes Nicolas decided to test his current physical strength to be able to measure the difference.

Fist slightly raised, Nicolas hesitated a moment before sending a punch toward the tree. He wasn't very confident in his strength as he didn't have time to test it yet, he could already see himself rolling on the ground in pain when punching the tree, however Nicolas underestimated the strength increase given by the attributes and his core strength. Fusion. With a loud sound, Nicolas's fist penetrated the tree leaving a fist-sized hole in its surface. Stunned by this result, Nicolas looked at his hands in disbelief, still filling most of his mind.

Wasn't that a little strong?

After preparing himself Nicolas hit the tree three more times when several holes were left there by his fists. A few minutes later the tree collapsed to the ground when Nicolas landed the fifth punch, he still felt quite confused about his strength and even with a small increase in his confidence he wondered if he could rival some weaker Stone Men.

'Add 5 Points in strength'

Nicolas said before walking towards another tree. There was no lack of trees and plants around the vacant lot so he didn't need to worry too much, plus he had gone a little deep into the forest and was confident that the surrounding vegetation would hide him from unwanted visitors, plus if anyone if he got closer Nicolas would be able to identify by the rustling of the leaves these were the reasons why he decided to choose this place to train.

Now without hesitation Nicolas punched the surface of the tree a few times making a hole approximately 30 centimeters in diameter, it was as if Nicolas's fist was hitting paper instead of wood, if his sheer physical strength already gave you such an increase he couldn't imagine how good was his "Boost" ability plus his stats.

'Add 5 Points in Speed'

This time Nicolas' attacks were charged with much more speed and power, it was not enough to move at an undetectable speed for human eyes, however most people would have problems if they wanted to avoid his blows, so the third tree fell with much less effort on the part of the young person.

Before Nicolas could raise any more of his points a notification suddenly rang in his mind and alarmed him.

[New mission! ]

[Save the human child! ]

[Rewards: 300 exp, +5 points]

Seeing this notification Nicolas paused for a moment in contemplation. This mission was simply too vague, there were thousands of ways a person could be in danger and Nicolas couldn't deduce which one this child was facing. Besides, if in the worst case she was being intimated by a Stone Man Nicolas ran the risk of not being able to save the child and still be exposed if he did something rash.

Suddenly a scream filled Nicolas' ears when he unconsciously started running towards the place. With the recent upgrades in his attributes, Nicolas' speed was not to be despised, in just a few seconds he approached the place and looked at the wave happening before his eyes.

The worst case unfortunately happened. There was a boy of almost 10 years old with his back to a tree trunk as he stared angrily at the man in front of him, the man had a robust stature along with his roughly textured gray skin and well-defined muscles he looked like a sculpture to the outside. rather than a living being. The boy hugged a small bag as if it were more important than his life and looking closely Nicolas could see that the child's forehead had a slight wound.

"Hehehe you filthy brat! I'll show you what happens to funny people like you". The man holding a copper spear said menacingly.

By the way of things Nicolas deduced that probably that child was running away from this man for some time and entered the forest to try to outwit his pursuer, however the difference between the ages and races of both was evident when the man still managed to reach the boy.

The man's eyes were cold as he pointed the tip of the spear towards the boy's neck, even though it was a child it was evident that the man was determined to kill him. However, his cold eyes soon widened in shock and pain when a fist suddenly appeared, slamming into his chest, even though he was taken by surprise the man still looked away quickly only to see that the fist belonged to another human.

With the force of the attack the man's body fell to the side before he rose quickly and looked at Nicolas with mixed emotions of shock and anger. When realizing that the other part was a human, the man's heart became even more angry, apparently he had already been irritated by this "inferior race" earlier and now another one joined to irritate him even more.

"What the fuck is this? The man's look of disgust was evident. "You know it's a crime to rebel against your masters, don't you? "

Nicolas didn't know why, but after seeing the look of contempt that the man had towards the child, his heart filled with anger, he had already been through this type of situation countless times, but this time it was different. It was as if every inch of her body screamed to spank that man to pulp, when she saw the man's disgusted look and heard the word "gentlemen" her anger intensified to a frightening level, all the thoughts that ran through her mind involved ways of beating that man.

Part of Nicolas' mind was screaming:

'What the fuck am I doing?!

Already most of his mind screamed:

'I'm going to kill this son of a bitch!!'

Nicolas bent his knees as he bent his body forward, a few seconds later he faced the Stone Man and shot forward with frightening speed. Without the man being able to notice that human he approached him with enormous speed and hit him in the face making him fly for several meters before landing on the ground.

"This strength…" The man thought. '3rd Level of Body Refinement?! Can this human cultivate?!!'

When that thought passed over the man's face, his whole body shuddered. He knew what the existence of a human cultivator meant and it didn't mean anything good to his own race, he decided he would kill this human at any cost after all only that human's eyes gave him a sinister feeling as if he was witnessing the birth of a monster.

"I don't know how you managed to cultivate, human..." The man slowly stood up with a solemn expression. "But you die here. "

As soon as he finished his words, the man held the spear in an inverted hand position as he quickly approached Nicolas after a burst of speed. In that instant he released the aura of a "4th Level of Body Refinement" aiming to destabilize his enemy psychologically. The problem was that he had no idea that Nicolas did not know how to read auras correctly, if he was aware that the enemy would know what "Body Refinement" meant he would spit out a lot of blood after all that was one of the main foundations for someone to start your cultivation.

Nicolas also darted forward, not feeling threatened when they were just three feet apart. Nicolas dodged by a strand of a blow that traveled towards him in a circular motion and landed a punch against the man's face. o to the side.

'Add 5 Agility Points! '

Nicolas had no idea what he was doing, he didn't know any fighting style or martial arts movement, all he could do was fight a crude and flawed fighting style that oddly enough was having an effect. Nicolas was ecstatic, his anger quickly replaced by excitement as adrenaline rushed through his blood.

The feeling of subduing his enemy, the sound of his fist hitting the flesh, the heat of battle ... all of this made Nicolas extremely excited, as if in that fight he was discovering his purpose in life: to destroy his opponents.

The battle continued for a while. Nicolas was hit by a circular blow that opened a horrific horizontal cut in his belly, yet his excitement only increased it was as if he ignored the pain and wounds always advancing towards the enemy like a raging beast, unfortunately for the man that was the worst kind of opponent there was.

Nicolas got a few more wounds to his stomach and a shallow cut to his shoulder. Before the battle could continue he decided to finally test his skill. When "Boost" was activated Nicolas felt all of his muscles and veins swell as his eyes took on a bright blue color, the man who had been moving at high speed suddenly seemed to move in slow motion as Nicolas felt his body go down lighter and stronger... that was the "Boost"!

Suddenly the man felt a terrifying sensation overtake his body. Every one of his cells screamed warning of extreme danger as he witnessed Nicolas's transformation, yet he couldn't move before Nicolas began to attack.

Nicolas's every fist carried a monstrous force as he suddenly began to fire a flurry of punches towards the man's body, it was as if he was being bombarded by a barrage of attacks that seemed unrelenting. Nicolas was really overcome with adrenaline, at that moment he no longer had that posture of a calm and helpless young man, at that moment he was like a ferocious tiger that would not hesitate to finish his enemies.

Each attack that hit the man's body seemed to carry his 17 years of pent-up anger. Anger at spending 17 years being seen as trash and looked down on by stone men seemed to project into those fists as the man's injuries aggravated.

Not even the exceptional defense of the Stone Men, not even that rock-hard skin could for those fists that somehow seemed to signify the beginning of something greater, those fists that somehow signified the beginning of human counterattack.