Bolu was dead tired. Not only had he revealed his true rank as an A rank hunter, he had also surpassed his limit to become the very first S rank. The very first S rank hunter, he was also the first hunter to level up while fighting. The reason that was a very extraordinary feat was due to the fact that while a hunter tries to rank up he had to train both his body and his mind simultaneously and all at once.
Ranking up as hunters was more difficult than it seemed. Most people, commonly those who were not hunters, believed that leveling up or ranking up was just as portrayed in a game, where the more a hunter fights with demon beasts which were a level higher or just the same level with the hunter, the more he progresses.
That was a false belief.
Ranking up was more difficult.
In reality it was more like consumption and absorption. Hunters had to work out twice that of a normal gym trainer in order to create the necessary and much needed cells for their abilities, this process was not limited to muscle cells alone. After that, just like how a constrictor would swallow a prey twice it's size and would need days or months to finally dissolve the nutrients, hunters behave in the same manner. After their rigorous training they would seclude themselves in a secret place in order to distribute the cells in an equal proportion that suits them and then burn up the leftovers. This process which was called cultivation would take them weeks or months or sometimes years to fully organise and it was one of the reason why no one had ever leveled up while fighting because the hunter would need time to stabilize his body so as not to make the excess cell go haywire and end up exploding in their body and that was not going to be a minor incident.
That reason alone was what made every hunters, who were currently watching that particular news where ever they were, jaws drop in astonishment. Fighting and then cultivating was crazy enough, fighting will cultivating was of the chart and unbelievable, literally. Not only that but also the weakness that comes with every breakthrough another rank, which had not taken a toil on
Bolu knew what was happening, yet how he did it or how he still had the will power to still stand against both Kaiju, he didn't care, if he did he might lose his life as easy as it had come. Rather he just wnt with the flow and tried his possible best to stay alert , put up a defence and wear them down, which in his case was easier said than done.
The huge blade came down hard, missing Bolu by a few inches and shattering the ground like glass broken in a million pieces. It was hard, very hard to keep his balance with all the quaking caused by the faint Kaiju still he was able to execute a perfect spinning kick that made the rider fly so high and crash against the Kaiju so hard that he knocked the Kaiju out in the process, surprising both Bolu and the rider.
He knew he had been suppressing his A rank to B rank so that he would be able to trigger his next ranking so he had almost forgotten how strong he was, but this... this strength he had just gained by becoming an S rank was horrifying. He could feel that his senses were more sharpened and yet blunt at the same time maybe it was due to the restraint that came with the breakthrough but with this newly found strength...
Bolu gave a Devil-must-dare grin.
...He was going to enjoy this.