... (Ashers POV)
After coming to my new house, I didn't leave the house. And just sleep on my soft bed. Because this is the last good sleep I am giving myself.
New next day I woke up early at 4 in the morning and came down to the second volume of the tower where the training center is located.
I enter the training centre and saw I was the only one all alone there. "well lucky me, I can do my workout without any disturbance, "
For martial artists what are the most important things to have? Is it stealth, Agility, a huge amount of Qi, divine weapons, or powerful techniques?
No, none of them is as important as one thing that every martial artist needs. And that is 'Stamina'.
In a fight one's stamina determine one's Victory. The more stamina one has the less tired one will be. And the less tired one is the more calm one's mind will be in a fight. Making him think more rationally.
Of course, strength, Agility, and the amount of Qi all these things are equally important but the thing that comes first is stamina.
So, without wasting any time I came in front of a treadmill and start running.
.... (Alex's POV)
Hello, my name is Alex. I am a C- ranked superhuman who works for the Aquarium guild. As a member of this guild, I always want to give my best so I always train my hardest in the gym. For more than 5 years I have been the first person to come to the gym. And I take pride in that record of mine.
But today something unexpected happened. Someone came before me and is working out. The first Space Elements Affinity person in the world and the young star of our guild. What was his name again?
"Aha, I remember it's. Asher Gray".
As someone who takes pride in my workout sessions, I will complete with you, Asher Gray in this gym. Let's see who can do workouts more.
Currently, it's 10:30 am and he is still running on his treadmill. But it seems he is struggling with it. Well, I guess that's what's supposed to happen. After all, he has recently awakened.
It's 12:30 pm but that guy is still running. Well, rather than running it would be more appropriate to call it walking. All the other members started noticing him too. What's wrong with him? He should rest a little at this rate he will die.
It's 1:11 pm this guy just lost consciousness. And he is been taken to the infirmary by Miss Dona. I should work out more.
.....the next day
Today too he came before me and just like before he is running on the treadmill.
1:30 pm he lost consciousness again. And we call Miss Dona to take him to the infirmary.
"Miss Dona, please tell him he should take it easy. Excessive exercising can be harmful to the body".
I suggest Miss Dona.
"Yes, Sir Alex I have already told him that but he asked not to interfere in his training " Miss Dona replied to me and leave the training centre with his unconscious body.
.... The next day
W-What's wrong with this guy? He is doing the same thing again.
But unlike before he lasted for more time. Today he got unconscious at 2:25.
.... 26-day later
He came today too. He doesn't talk to anybody but only runs. So we gave him the nickname, "Silent Runner ".
But unlike before he doesn't lose consciousness anymore. He just runs from 4 am to 4 pm and leaves the gym.
... 61 days later
Today is the first day he starts lifting dumbbells. He is lifting 20-keg dumbbells in both hands.
Unlike before now, he runs for 6 hours and then starts lifting for another 6 hours.
... 71 days later
Today he is lifting 40-keg dumbbells. And it seems he is struggling.
But he is still going on.
"sigh, I should go and advise him not to be so hard on himself. "
"Hey, Asher take it easy. Don't be so hard on yourself ". I advised him.
"It's ok, I am fine. I can handle that much. You don't have to worry, " he replied respectfully.
....91 days later
Today he has officially started lifting 80-kg dumbbells.
He has somehow become an inspiration for other trainees. Now everyone looks up to him. I have heard he has started doing push-ups and sit-ups.
... 115 days later
Today he is doing 160 keg Bench press.
He is also doing other exercises too.
.... 202 days later
This is truly unbelievable. He has bought the weight bracelet. And they have 300 kg written on them. I mean even I can not lift as much as he is doing when I am a C+ rank Awakener.
Yes, you heard it right I have ranked up. I am following this guy for almost a year now. And I have levelled up that much so quickly. Even in the academy, I wasn't able to leave up that much so quickly.
It seems others who have been following him have also gained a lot while doing so. They have given him a new name "Exercise Goru".
..... 365 days later
Today he didn't come to the gym.
Everyone was really worried. So I call Miss Dona and she said he will take some days off from exercise.
Well, I guess he also needs some rest.
... (Asher POV)
I have been working out for a year now. Time goes by so quickly when you are busy.
I have been doing exercise in the gym for 12 hours a day and doing my spear training for 5 hours a day in my private training room in the house.
During this one year, nothing much happened other than the system giving me weird-ass cringe titles like 'Silent Runner', 'Giant Lifter' and ' Exercise Guro' etc. Thank god nobody but I can see these names.
But because of these titles' effects, I was able to gain more stats in less time. But today is a special day. Why you may ask? I called out the 'Status Window'. Soon a blue screen came in front of my eyes.
[Congratulations, you have reached your limit you can not reconstruct your body]
Body Reconstruction is a process where a person reaches the limit of both his body and soul, and then goes through a process to reconstruct his body to go farther in persuasion of strength. In Murim we called it reaching new realms. In my past life, I have already attended this realm. As a result, my soul had already gone beyond the Human Realm. Only my body did not.
But now that it has reached its limit I gave go forth and start Body Reconstruction.
I took out the 'C' ranked Space Mana gem from the inventory. And a beautiful pitch-black crystal came into my hand out of nothing.
"This is the beginning," I thought to myself. From this point on we begin forming our Qi core. In my past life, I use my clan's Breathing Art but now I will be using probably the universe's most powerful Breathing Art. Just things about it make my blood boil in excitement.
Soon I enter my private training room and sit on the lotus position and ordered, "Elle from now on don't let anyone enter the house no matter what ".
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After confirming the safety, I hold the mana gem in a stand in front of me and start inhaling and exhaling rhythmically. Pretty soon my eyes started to become dizzy and before I knew I saw myself in the same dark space where I talk with that Celestial dud.
But unlike before there was no one other than me. Soon I saw a star in front of me. Even in this position, I didn't stop my rhythmical breathing. If I were to stop here I knew I will never be able to go back to reality and die in here.
Because of my breathing, the star's particles started to enter my body through my nose and mouth. Pure Qi started to circulate in my body. No, should I call it Mana? Because in my previous world, there was no such pure Qi. I mean this purity is insane.
I didn't stop breathing soon I started to feel a hot sensation in my stomach. My Qi—no Mana core was forming in my lower abdomen. I can feel the heat coming from it and making my body as hot as a wok on an extremely hot stove.
Soon the hot stove in my abdomen starts to transform into a ball. And an extreme pain rush through my whole body as if thousands of needles were pacing in every micrometre of my body.
"Hold it, hold it, hold it," I started to chant in my head. But still going with my rhythmic breathing. Because if I shout, I know that will be the end of this Asher Grays's life.
After a time that feels like an eternity a round-shaped ⚫ Black Star forms in my abdomen.
"So you have done it"
Suddenly a creepy ass voice whispers in my ears. I look up and to my horror two giant eyes the two pupils as big as the sun with the colour of the rising sun 🔆 just like mine looking at me.
"Who_" before I could finish talking another whisper came into my ear,
"Noootttttt powerful eeeeeeenoughhhhhhhh"
As soon as the whisper ended a pain more intense than the pain before rushed through my body and placed in my lower abdomen.
As if two nuclei particles merge and create a nuclear fusion and eminence energy. My Mana from my Mana core and unknown energy combined and create a completely new mana core more bigger and hotter than before. The heat was so much that it felt like my body was being deep-fried in a deep- frier.
Soon warning bell rang in my ear,
'Ding' 'Ding' 'Ding'
[Warning] [Warning] [Warning]
[Users Mana core is releasing extreme energy beyond users capacity ]
[Initiative measurement is taking place]
[Excessive energy is being absorbed by the system]
[The System is upgrading.... ]
[The System has been upgraded]
[The host has levelled up]
[The host has levelled up]
[Congratulations, the host Rank has significantly levelled up]
[Your Inventory skill has levelled up to level 5]
[Hosts body has to give through significant changes]
[A new skill has been issued to describe the host's body conditions]
Notifications were coming one after another in front of my eyes, but I wasn't in a condition to read them. The pain from before was still hunting me like a trauma. And before I knew I lost consciousness.
..... (some info)
In Murim to describe someone's power they use the word realm like how people on Earth 2.0 use ranking.
Murim has 4 different rankings. They are,
1. Human realm (lowest) = 'F' rank
2. Higher realm = 'A' tank
3. Supreme realm = 'S' rank
4. Mythical realm = 'SSS' rank
Our MC was a martial artist of the Mythical realm.
.... (chit-chat)
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