Chapter 351: New Class!

Chapter 351: New Class!

After breaking through, Jack felt immense power pooling within his body, almost begging him to stand up and release it. He remained seated, enjoying this feeling, an excited smile playing on his lips.

He couldnt wait to go out and show Brockbut first, he wanted to tidy up his blue screens.

Congratulations! D-Grade C-Grade

Congratulations! You have developed the Dao Fruit of the Fist, embarking on the path of manifesting your Dao.

All stats +100

Free stat points per Level Up: 10 20

Level Up! You have reached Level 250.

Congratulations! The Bare Fist Brotherhood faction has reached the C-Grade. New functions unlocked in the faction screen.

Class Upgrade available. Please choose your new Class:

Leaving the Class aside for now, Jack focused on the other news. He had reached the C-Gradethat much he knew. He had also gotten an extra hundred stat points, which was less impactful than it used to be but still welcome.

Once upon a time, I was enduring the Ice Pond to get one stat point, and now a hundred barely enter my eyes The world changes when you look at it from above.

Jack sighed.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

The level-up stat bonuses had doubled, which was both good and bad. Good because he would become stronger; bad because it made his body tempering relatively less powerful.

As for the Bare Fist Brotherhood leveling up, it didnt matter yet. He was cut off from the main Systemit wouldnt know about his breakthrough until he returned to Earth or System space.

Jack sank into his soul world again. It had changed; purple flowers blossomed on the tree branches, each like a piece of the night sky. His Dao had undergone a qualitative change, not increasing much but feeling significantly more lively.

This change came from the Dao Fruit of the Fist. Jack approached it for a better look. It hung from his Dao Tree proudly, like a plump apple roughly the size of his hand. Its shape was like a fist pointed downward, and it was purple in color, with a faint aura rising upward like the starry trail of a comet.

Gingerly, he reached out to touch it; it was surprisingly soft, as if one pinch could pop it and waste its juices. Jack hurriedly withdrew his hand, though he suspected this softness was only an illusionhow could Dao Fruits be fragile?

My very own Dao Fruit he thought, a sweet feeling rising in his chest. I have finally reached the C-Grade.

Back in the F-Grade, Jack had once bought and used a Dao Fruit of the Fist to further his own Dao. That fruit had looked very similar to this one, and even their names were the same. Could it be that the fruit he once ingested came from the Dao Tree of a dead C-Grade?

He quickly shook his head. Impossible. There are billions of F-Grades for every C-Grade. If a Dao Fruit was that rare, it wouldnt have been my turn to consume it. There must be some way to mass-produce resources like this

Regardless, this was his Dao Fruit. It feltcomfy.

One down, eight to go.

Unlike the D-Grade, the C-Grade was a period of qualitative improvement. Besides cultivating and deepening his Dao reserve, he would focus on improving his understanding of the Dao and developing more Dao fruits.

Of course, for Jack, his strength would also rise by forging his body into a weapon.

He spared a glance for the door on his Dao Tree. A crack had run through it during the time when his tree almost exploded from containing too much energy. Now, that crack had healed, leaving behind a long scar that made the door seem damaged.

It probably wasnt. He considered checking, but the turtle had told him not to disturb it for no reason. Therefore, Jack left his soul world again, returning to the real one.

System, he thought, show me my new Class.

Class Upgrade available. Please choose your new Class:

Fist of Slaughter (King)

Your fist is a weapon of mass destruction. Build a staircase of corpses and struggle for the top through a road of blood.

One fist to slaughter billions.

This probably originated from Jacks killing spree on Hell. Back then, hed chopped down immortals like vegetables, destroying the Animal Kingdoms disciples to further his own cultivation. It was natural for the System to offer him such a class.

However, it didnt fit with Jacks character. He could slaughter his enemies, but he wasnt a cold-blooded killing machine, nor did he want to be. Tying his advancement to the death of others sounded ominous.

Heroic Fist (King)

Lead the world into a better future. Rise against oppression, become a hero, and devote your life to squashing injustice where it appears.

You raise your fist. The people cheer.

Thisdid sound nice. Fundamentally, Jack was a good guyhe wanted to help the world and stand up for the weak. The only problem was, he didnt plan to do it right now.

Titan Taunt I: Channel your inner punchability to draw the opponents ire, forcing them to fight you. You simultaneously affect their mental state, making them prone to misjudgements, and rile up the crowd.

Jacks brows fell. I made a mistake. System, I changed my mind. Make me a Heroic Fist. Please!

Unfortunately, no response came. Jack was stuck with a Class that sounded cool but only gave him a useless-looking taunting skill.

I must keep an open mind, he thought. Its the skill of a C-Grade class. It cant be badperhaps, when I use it, Ill be overawed by its usefulness.

Taking his mind away from that, Jack opened his status screen.

Name: Jack Rust

Species: Human, Earth-387

Faction: Bare Fist Brotherhood (C)

Grade: C

Class: Gladiator Titan (King)

Level: 250

Strength: 2405 (+)

Dexterity: 2405 (+)

Constitution: 2400 (+)

Mental: 300 (+)

Will: 300 (+)

Free Points: 20

Dao Skills: Meteor Punch IV, Iron Fist Style III, Space Walk III, Brutalizing Aura III, Neutron Star Body II, Titan Taunt I

Dao Foundation: Dao Tree of the Fist, Dao Root of Indomitable Will (fused), Dao Root of Life (fused), Dao Root of Power (fused), Dao Root of Weakness (fused)

Dao Fruits: Fist

Titles: Planetary Frontrunner (10), Planetary Torchbearer (1), Ninth Ring Conqueror, Planetary Leader (1), Grade Defier

It was a sight to behold. After breaking through to the C-Grade, he had finally reached Level 250, and a new section for Dao Fruits had appeared. It was unfortunate that there wasnt a title for being the first cultivator of Earth to reach the C-Grade, but still

How far Ive come

Jack allowed himself a moment of sentimentality, then turned towards the free stat points. His plan was to invest everything in Mental and Will. His body tempering would enhance all his Physical substats, so he didnt want his other stats falling too far behind. The fewer weaknesses he had, the better.

That was a solid plan and Jack was determined to see it through. However, as he looked over his stats, he decided to finally solve another issue that had been bugging him. His three Physical substats had been unequal for a long time. Moreover, since every stat point in Physical represented exactly three substat points, it was impossible to make them equal again by only investing points, no matter how many he had.

But, it no longer mattered. He put two points into Physical, turning them into six substat points. Five of them went into Constitution, equalizing it with the other two stats, and the last went nowhere. He kept it unspent to maintain symmetry.

Get fucked, random five.

After that, he invested the other eighteen points equally between his Mental and Will stats and admired the final result.

Strength: 2405 (+)

Dexterity: 2405 (+)

Constitution: 2405 (+)

Mental: 309

Will: 309

Free sub-points: 1

Was it pretty? No. But it was far better than the damn imbalance hed been forced to endure for over a year now.

The joy that filled Jack at this monumental achievement was only slightly less than that of breaking through to the C-Grade. It made up for only receiving a taunting skill, too.

I really should test that, he thought, standing up. All my new powers, actually, but they can wait a bit. For now, I have to let everyone know Im okay. Who knows how long its been since I began my breakthrough?

After that will come testingbut where will I find suitable opponents? Its not like someone will just deliver themselves to me. Probably.