"Alright, that's enough for now. You can rest now."

Astaria spoke.

Hearing those words, Nux, who was barely standing and whose entire body was trembling, exhaled deeply and quickly lost all his strength as he fell on the ground.

"Haaahh… haaahhh… haaahhh…"

He breathed heavily as he lay down on the ground.

His entire body was drenched in sweat, his forearms, which he had used to block most of Astaria's punches… it felt like they would break apart the moment he lifted them.

That was not it, his legs were trembling, and to be honest, he couldn't even feel them properly, it was a surprise that he was still able to stand.

2 hours…

He fought for straight 2 hours…

His entire body was aching, his breathing was a mess, and all in all, he was in a bad condition.

As for that monstrous woman?

Besides those droplets of sweat on her forehead, it didn't even look like she had moved.

"…"

Nux didn't know what to say when he saw her like that.

'Fucking monster…'

That was the only thing he could think about.

In the end, he just closed his eyes and stopped thinking about it.

Lying on the ground right now, it felt strange. His heart was beating heavily. He felt like his entire body was being buried into the ground and his head was rolling around.

It was a very strange feeling.

Nux thought he would pass out any moment now.

What was worse?

Astaria forbid him from using a healing potion.

'You aren't even injured. What do you need the potion for?'

That was her statement.

If Nux had even a little bit of strength…

He would have…

No… there was nothing the poor boy could do…

'Fuck, I'll take my revenge soon.'

He opened his eyes as he glanced at Astaria,

'You will soon be playing in my field… see how I'll go extra easy on you…

You can't use your Mana there, can you?'

Thinking about it, a small smile appeared on Nux's face.

Astaria, on the other hand, completely ignored the man who was lying on the ground, and turned towards Arvina.

"Did you notice anything?"

"I did."

Arvina nodded.

"I noticed something very big, actually."

Arvina's face turned serious.

Hearing her words, Nux frowned and turned towards her.

"What is it?" Astaria questioned.

Arvina then turned towards Nux and replied,

"There were little to no mistakes when you two started, however, as time passed and he started getting fatigued, the number of mistakes he started making increased drastically. It was abnormal.

It was as if he had never fought while he was fatigued before."

"Good. I noticed it as well. He started making rookie mistakes once he was tired.

Making unnecessary moves, using more force than required, missing feints and more and more.

These are not the mistakes he would make while fighting normally."

Astaria nodded.

"Actually, you termed it right,

It was as if he never fought while he was tired."

Hearing the two of them talking, Nux frowned,

He then turned towards Astaria and questioned,

"Is… is it because… my stamina is low?"

He was still tired, so talking was still a little difficult for him, however, Astaria and Arvina didn't mind.

To answer his question, Arvina shook her head,

"No, its not your stamina that is low. On the other hand, it is incomparably better compared to other King Stage Cultivators, the problems come when you have already used that stamina of yours."

"Then… then should I increase my… my stamina?"

Nux questioned.

Arvina shook her head.

"Then strength maybe? Or should I increase my Vitality?"

"Huh? Why are you talking as if increasing all these is simple? It will take years you know?"

"…"

Nux glanced at Astaria and didn't say anything.

A screen that had his information then appeared in front of him.

[Name: Nux Leander]

[Age: 19]

[Mana Cultivation: King.]

[Body Cultivation: King.]

[Physique: Devouring Mist Demon Physique – Advanced (+)]

[Talent: Exceptional]

[LVL: 60 --> 61]

(A/N: It's been a long time since he has leveled up, I just didn't show it. Remember, Ember was level 61. Currently, all of them are at 61.)

[HP: 1620/1620]

[MP: 2110/2110]

[STR: 162 --> 164]

[AGL: 172 --> 174]

[VIT: 160 --> 162]

[STM: 199 --> 201]

[INT: 210 --> 211]

[DEF: 159 --> 161]

[Blank Points: 189 --> 192]

Nux had already used his system to increase his strength as much as he can.

He bought weapons, and abilities and did everything he could.

Expect one thing.

The Black Points.

Since he came to this world, he has been saving his blank points and has been using them as stingily as possible.

Therefore, he had saved a lot of them.

A lot lot lot of them.

He had been saving them when he absolutely needed them.

What's a better time than now?

With his every level up, he gains 11 Stat points, and he has saved up a total of 192 blank points.

What does that mean?

It means that if he uses the normal conventions, then just with Blank Points alone, he could level up 17 more times.

Of course, he knew it wouldn't make him an Emperor since he still wouldn't have the ability to control Raw Mana, but it was still something.

Something absolutely incredible.

"What's with that look?" Seeing him staring at him like that, Astaria narrowed her eyes and questioned.

A small, wry smile appeared on Nux's face.

Astaria's expression changed…

"You don't mean…"

"I can increase them…

My strength, agility, vitality, stamina, defense, and even my Mana reservoir, I can increase all of them."

Nux revealed and,

"!!!"

"!!!"

Just as he expected, Astaria and Arvina's eyes widened in surprise.

"…how much?"

Suddenly, Astaria questioned.

"Well… if I use everything I have on only one particular thing, then…

I can double it…

Umm, a little more than just doubling it, but yes, you can take it else doubling it."

"Y-You are saying that… you can d-double your current strength… like, right now?"

"I can."

'Fucking monster.'