The Attribute Limits of a Lv.1 Awakener

After winning, Wu Kui raised his arms and flexed his muscles, striking a pose of boundless strength. "Let me ask you this: who else?"

The Class One students beside him jeered, "Hey, your Class Two is an honors class too. Don't you have anyone who can put up a fight?"

His words immediately drew angry looks from the Class Two students, but no one dared step forward.

A group of Class Two girls turned to look at the boys and urged, "Come on, get up there! You're not expecting us girls to do it, are you?"

Under normal circumstances, female Awakeners had an advantage in agility and spirit, while male Awakeners excelled in strength and constitution.

Shen Lina, a very pretty girl from Class Two, teased, "What's wrong with you boys? If nobody steps up, we'll have no choice but to send out Goddess Youwei, who has the best martial arts grades."

Han Youwei had been standing at the back of the crowd, listening to music through her earphones, with no intention of getting involved. Suddenly hearing her name mentioned, she couldn't help frowning.

Then Shen Lina and the other girls crowded around Han Youwei and ushered her to the front, laughing. "Han Youwei has the best martial arts grades in our class. Wu Kui, do you dare take her on?"

"My strength is really low..." Han Youwei felt a little uncomfortable as the others pushed her along.

"I really wouldn't dare. I surrender. I surrender, all right?"

Although Wu Kui said that, his expression was full of smugness and contempt for the boys of Class Two.

Besides, if they competed purely in strength, he actually wouldn't lose to Han Youwei.

That was because Han Youwei's agility and spirit attributes were relatively high.

The real reason Wu Kui conceded was to give Li Weilian face.

"What do you know? Han Youwei and Young Master Li are the only two A-ranks at Donghai No. 1 High School-a golden couple. If anyone's going to compete, it should be them," the Class One students clamored.

Shen Lina looked at the boys from her class behind her and needled them. "Hey, are you boys any good at all? The other class's A-rank hasn't even made a move, and you've already admitted defeat?"

The Class Two boys all looked embarrassed. None of them accepted it, but no one who made it into an honors class was stupid. They had long since figured out that Wu Kui had an ability that enhanced his strength. Even if they went up against him, they would definitely lose.

The students from both classes were laughing and making a fuss.

Only Fang Yuan and Beef Meatball were exceptions. They sat in a corner, gnawing on chicken wings.

More precisely, Fang Yuan was eating, and Beef Meatball was watching.

Beef Meatball finally couldn't take it anymore and reached for Fang Yuan's half-eaten chicken wing.

Fang Yuan slapped his pig's trotter away, speechless. "What are you doing? I've eaten half of this, and you're still reaching for it?"

"I don't mind."

"I do."

Beef Meatball's face was full of resentment. "If you hadn't screwed me over, I wouldn't have lost my chicken wings."

"You're blaming me for that too?" Fang Yuan rolled his eyes at him.

"Of course I'm blaming you. You didn't even tell me his ability was Strength Enhancement. I don't care. Either give me the rest of your chicken wings or win mine back for me." Beef Meatball pointed at Wu Kui, his face full of indignation.

Their conversation finally attracted everyone else's attention.

Last time, Li Weilian had ordered his subordinates to find someone to teach Fang Yuan a lesson at the martial arts gym, only for the black guy they sent to get beaten up by Fang Yuan instead.

Now that such a good opportunity had come along, how could he let it slip? He immediately gave Wu Kui a meaningful look.

Wu Kui took the hint and walked up to Fang Yuan. "Fang Yuan, do you dare compete with me?"

Fang Yuan sucked the last of the meat off the chicken wing and held up the bone. "All done. I've got nothing left to bet with."

Veins bulged on Wu Kui's forehead as his anger surged.

Fang Yuan immediately noticed his Rage Points increasing, and his interest was piqued.

Does this guy have a short fuse or something?

Just a casual joke had earned him +5 Rage Points.

Wu Kui snorted. "You don't need to put anything up. If you can beat me, I'll give you a case of cola!"

Fang Yuan stood up and brushed the dust off his trousers, about to speak.

Shen Lina spoke first. "Fang Yuan, don't try to show off. Your martial arts grades are at the bottom of our class. Don't embarrass us. It's bad enough that Niu Dazhi lost once. If you lose too, our Class Two will never be able to hold our heads up again."

"Exactly. Why not just focus on the academic-track exams? Why even come to martial arts class?" a girl beside her chimed in.

Fang Yuan's martial arts grades really were near the bottom of his class. He had gotten into the honors class mainly on the strength of his academic grades.

And because his martial arts grades were poor, he had no chance of becoming a powerful Star Martial Warrior in the future.

In the eyes of the girls in his class, Fang Yuan's talent in martial arts was inferior even to Niu Dazhi's, so he wasn't very popular with them.

Wu Kui held up a finger and taunted, "Fang Yuan, do you dare compete or not? If you don't, get your ass back to preparing for the academic-track exams, and stop fucking coming to martial arts class!"

"A case of cola, right?" Fang Yuan looked at Wu Kui for confirmation.

"That's right. What, you actually dare take me on?" Wu Kui was rather surprised.

Fang Yuan walked up to the square table, swept an arm toward his classmates behind him, and announced loudly, "Everyone stand back. I'm about to show off."

His words immediately drew a sea of disdainful looks.

Then.

Fang Yuan noticed a string of +1s popping up in his Rage Points, with one or two +10s mixed in.

All I did was show off a little.

And I've actually angered everyone. This is such a... pleasant surprise.

Fang Yuan planted his elbow on the table. "Come on, muscle bro."

"Muscle bro" angered Wu Kui again, adding another 10 Rage Points.

With a dark expression, Wu Kui quickly reached out and clamped his hand around Fang Yuan's, giving him no chance to back out.

"Watch me finish you in a second. Hah!"

Wu Kui exerted a sudden burst of strength, trying to slam Fang Yuan's hand down in one go.

But after he exerted himself, Fang Yuan's hand didn't budge.

He frowned and tried again, but still couldn't move it.

A slightly surprised look appeared on Wu Kui's face.

He had known all along that Fang Yuan's martial arts grades were near the bottom of Class Two, so he had assumed Fang Yuan's strength was 13 or 14 at most. With just a little effort, he should have been able to finish him in a second.

He hadn't expected to be unable to budge him.

Of course, Wu Kui wasn't worried. He still had a trump card.

"Let's see if your hand stays up this time!"

As Wu Kui spoke, he used Strength Enhancement. His strength instantly shot up by 20%, reaching 18.

"Hah!"

With a loud shout, he used all his strength to force Fang Yuan's wrist down.

Yet despite how ferocious his efforts looked, Fang Yuan's hand remained planted there, completely motionless.

"Impossible! My strength has already shot up to 18. How could you possibly withstand it? You must be cheating!" Wu Kui stared into Fang Yuan's eyes suspiciously.

When the surrounding students heard the figure of 18 strength, they all looked astonished.

"He actually reached 18? Isn't that way too high?"

"The attribute cap for an Awakener with a Star Power level of Lv.1 is 20. His 18 is almost at the limit."

"Lv.1 Awakeners only have a cap of 20?"

"It's in the basic martial arts theory textbook. Don't you read?"

"Can't you break through that limit?" asked one of the students who didn't pay attention in class.

"It's not that breaking through the limit is completely impossible, but once a Lv.1 Awakener's attribute reaches 20, they've basically reached their body's limit. Improving it any further is extremely difficult."

"So you can break through it," the student said casually.

"You're getting way ahead of yourself. Forget breaking through the limit-even reaching it is difficult. Do you know what the average attribute is for Awakeners with a Star Power level of Lv.1 in the national Awakener database?"

"What is it?"

"The average attribute is only 14.3, and that's with a lot of middle-aged Awakeners whose Star Power levels are stuck at Lv.1 pushing the figures up. Otherwise, the average would be even lower. You can't even reach the limit, yet you're already thinking about breaking through it. You're really getting ahead of yourself."