Experience Points (New book seeking support!)

"Angelia, you actually lost!"

The students parted as two white coaches stepped out.

"Yes... I lost!"

Angelia gave a bitter smile, looking somewhat dejected.

Reflecting on it, even if she hadn't been careless, Sulu's mastery of the Krav Maga Combat Arts completely exceeded her imagination; he didn't seem like a novice at all.

She said to Sulu, "I have nothing left to teach you. You don't need to come for private lessons anymore."

This would undoubtedly save a large sum of money, but seeing Angelia's dejected expression, Sulu suddenly felt a bit embarrassed.

"Kid! You're quite the fighter. Let me have a go with you!"

One of the coaches suddenly jumped onto the ring.

"Charlie, that's enough!" Angelia's face darkened. "It was just a simple match; what do you think you're doing?"

"Angelia, Charlie is just excited to see a good opponent and wants another round, don't get so worked up..." The other coach stepped forward with a grin, his eyes filled with hostility as he looked at Sulu.

This was stirring up public anger.

Sulu felt his scalp tingle. "I can... but let me rest for a moment!"

His hands were itching, but having just finished a bout, he wasn't at his peak and needed to rest properly.

This is also due to my physique stats being too low...

Sulu walked to the corner, unscrewed a bottle of water, and took small sips.

This was a sports drink provided by the Combat Club, carrying a faint salty taste.

At this moment, Angelia walked over, helped him massage his muscles, and whispered, "I'm sorry... Charlie is a suitor of mine. I don't like him, and I didn't expect him to cause you this kind of trouble..."

"I should be the one apologizing!"

Sulu didn't mind.

It was normal for young men to be driven by hormonal impulses.

With the combat techniques he possessed, even if he lost, it wouldn't be too embarrassing; he would just treat it as gaining practical experience.

"Charlie's right leg was injured before! Also... watch out for his chokehold!"

As she left, Angelia lowered her voice to warn him.

"Thank you..."

Sulu loosened his joints and walked onto the ring.

"Very well, let's begin!"

Charlie cracked his neck, his joints popping, and with a sinister grin, he lunged forward with a right hook.

Bang!

Sulu raised his left arm to block, clearly feeling a sharp pain in his arm. Hmm... this Charlie's arm strength is definitely superior to Angelia's!

This white coach was slightly stronger than Angelia.

Fortunately, Sulu had been warned and maintained a strategy of movement, avoiding a direct clash.

He's going for a chokehold!

Suddenly, he saw Charlie pounce like a black bear, arms wide open, and immediately understood his intent. He quickly hooked his left leg out.

Bang!

Charlie's finishing move missed, and he lost his balance, falling onto the ring with a look of frustration.

"Hoo... hoo..."

Sulu panted heavily and took the opportunity to step off the ring. "This Charlie is a bit harder to deal with than Angelia... but luckily, I still won. Huh?"

Suddenly, a light screen appeared before his eyes, making him almost suspect he was hallucinating:

[XP+10!]

There's actually... experience!!!

Sulu wiped his face with a towel to hide his shock. Why?

He had clearly defeated Angelia earlier, yet he hadn't received any experience points.

Could it be...

Seeing Charlie stand up with that hostile gaze, Sulu suddenly realized something and formed a guess: The key lies in the definition of an 'enemy'? Angelia and I were just sparring, while Charlie has hostility toward me! In other words, it's the difference between a green-named mob and a red-named mob; green-named mobs don't give experience! But red-named ones do!

Thinking of it this way, many things suddenly became clear.

If that's the case...

Sulu looked at the large number of students and the few coaches in the Combat Club, his eyes almost glowing.

What was it that he saw?

This was a bottomless pool of experience!

"That didn't count... let's go again!"

Sure enough, the humiliation of failure had turned Charlie's eyes bloodshot as he blocked Sulu's path.

"Charlie!"

Angelia's expression changed instantly.

If the previous bout could be considered a friendly exchange, this was now an overt act of vengeance: "You can't do this, I'm going to tell the club president!"

"Angelia... have you been bewitched by this brat?"

Charlie roared, "It won't matter even if you tell the president; I must defeat him today!"

"You..."

Angelia was furious and about to retort, but a hand landed on her shoulder, turning her around.

"Coach, as it happens... I'd like to go again too!"

A smirk tugged at the corner of Sulu's mouth as he wore a provocative expression: "No matter how many times you want to go today, I'll keep you company!"

"Good!"

Taking advantage of the brief rest before stepping onto the ring, he quickly pulled up his attribute panel:

Name: [Sulu Portley]

Profession: [None]

Rank: [0]

Title: [None]

Strength: [1.2], Agility: [1.2], Constitution: [0.7], Spirit: [1.6]

Skills: [Corpse Maiden Creation LV1], [Krav Maga Combat Arts LV1]

Passive: [Common Hebraic LV3], [Basic Physics LV4], [Demon Hunting Lore LV1], [Ancient Hebraic LV2]

XP: [10]

A pale blue light screen, visible only to Sulu, materialized, showing subtle changes in some of the columns.

"The four basic attributes like Constitution cannot be directly increased with experience—is it because the XP value is too low?"

Thinking back to how learning [Corpse Maiden Creation] alone cost fifty XP, Sulu pondered.

Fortunately, after scanning through, he noticed a faint '+' sign next to Krav Maga Combat Arts, indicating it could be upgraded with XP, and he couldn't help but feel secretly delighted as he touched the '+' sign with his mind.

[Consume 10 XP to upgrade Krav Maga Combat Arts? Yes/No?]

A prompt box immediately popped up.

"Yes!"

Sulu chose to confirm without hesitation, though he sighed inwardly; this Krav Maga Combat Arts clearly didn't compare to spellcasting abilities.

He only had 10 XP, and [Corpse Maiden Creation] LV1 remained unmoved, clearly requiring far more experience to upgrade.

[Krav Maga Combat Arts upgraded to LV2! Mastered 'Eight Forms', Constitution +0.2, Strength +0.2!]

With a flicker of thought, the attribute panel changed rapidly.

So, every level of Krav Maga Combat Arts grants a 0.1 increase to Strength and Constitution?

Sulu felt a mild heat flow through his entire body, along with a more proficient grasp of the Eight Forms in his mind, and he couldn't help but smile. He stepped onto the ring and beckoned to Charlie with his finger: "Come on! I hope you won't disappoint me!"

This was a massive gift package of experience, after all—he couldn't afford to miss it!