Akashi looked at his stats and couldn't help but have a wide smirk on his face.
Although this was hard mode, meaning difficulty in leveling up through training, stronger enemies, and all, there was one thing he had appreciated.
Leveling up had restored his stamina, HP, and Chi to their peak.
This meant that he could deal with the remaining 6 with the same energy.
'Man, I have exhausted more than half of my Chi and half of my stamina already. But with this level up, I can fuck up the bitches.'
'But they don't know that I have a system. I should act weak.'
'Sen Zu says, act weak when you are strong. Act strong when you are weak. He's got a point, though.'
'But to pretend to be tired after taking two down is quite an obvious act. I should make it gradual. Trained assassins like them shouldn't miss that point.'
Akashi took a few deep breaths, then jumped slightly in the air. The air beneath him turned into spinning wind that carried him across the field.
In no time, Akashi found himself circling aimlessly, trying his best to find them. And somehow, seeing them hiding better, concealing their presence, felt quite scary.
Yet, there was no reason to worry.
Because…
The earth suddenly softened. Had he been any type of bender other than an airbender, he would have been swallowed. A hand tried to extend from the earth and grab his legs.
Akashi, staring down at it, waved his arms in different directions. The air spun quickly, carrying massive force behind it, each gust capable of pushing a kid flying.
The hand got battered by the pressurized wind, cut in different directions, and soon turned into a blended mess.
And then, without a hint of mercy, Akashi leaned, grabbed the bloody arm from where it hurt, and drove on his spinning ball, moving very fast while dragging the guy alive.
[+4000 exp]
He was worth more experience points than his friend.
[+2500 exp bonus.]
And the bonus experience points were still there.
It seemed that if he fought against a team or an army, each defeated person would carry bonus experience points.
That made Akashi consider going to hunt in dangerous places, like the ones that Aang and his team almost died in. After all, this world didn't lack dangerous giant beasts.
As he just stopped, Akashi was stunned. Three men were in the air, extending their hands at him.
It seemed that they had realized that they wouldn't stand a chance against him if they attacked him separately or tried to get him off guard.
Every escape route seemed to be closed.
And if he focused on one or two, the other would deliver a fatal blow.
And if he blew the wind around him, he might be able to push them away at once, but they would get an opening, or he would run, and they would continue this game.
His mind raced with many thoughts in that frame of time.
[4 points have been used]
[Agility —> 15]
With the newfound speed, he dashed forward, removing any resistance around him, and quickly struck with his palm against their faces.
His hand jab was so fast that he believed he would have a chance against Muhammad Ali himself.
The hands got into their noses, pushing every ounce of oxygen around forcefully through their systems.
And the result was them falling down with their irises fading to white.
Of course, the clash wasn't cost-free.
[-120 HP]
Their gloves, made of earth, went past him and grazed his skin, causing shallow wounds on his ribs, neck, and thigh.
The problem wasn't in the depth of the wounds more than it was about the location of the wounds.
They were studied very well to cause severe bleeding that would lead to death.
But… that didn't take a lot of his health points. More or less, he still had health points above 30. And it would regenerate in a few hours.
Well, not that.
He had just leveled up, and the wound regenerated instantly.
[Martial arts up to level 5]
[+9000 exp]
[2000 exp bonus.]
[2000 exp bonus]
[2000 exp bonus]
[You leveled up]
[You leveled up]
[Level 18]
The attribute points he had spent returned almost instantly as he leveled two levels in a row.
He stretched his hand to the sky, feeling so accomplished and so happy with what he had gotten.
"There are still two motherfuckers left,"
He muttered as he smirked to himself.
He still had three skill points to spend.
'I can use one point to unlock a sub-skill tree. I still have 2 points.'
Akashi thought as he put two points in the Airbending skill tree.
[Airbending up to level 18]
At the temple, as he had leveled up, he felt that he could sense the air around him slightly.
Now, with two more levels up, he could sense the air around him and the shapes it hit more precisely. The reach also got longer.
The control he commanded over the air increased, making him feel it as if it were almost an extension of his body.
There was also one trick he could do.
'Not only air resistance to be removed, but to make a vacuum core. I wonder what happens if I could trap someone in. Such a trick would use a lot of Chi. Hold on. That's it.'
Akashi vanished from his spot, running in a space free from resistance to his next target.
The assassin turned his head in horror, looking at Akashi, who then stopped in front of him and extended his hand at him.
The air started spinning around the head of the man.
But inside that spinning sphere, there was no air, but a complete vacuum core. As for the winds spinning, it was to prevent the air from the outside from entering.
The air was forcefully pulled out of the man's body, making him fall unconscious in less than three seconds.
[+4500 exp]
[+2000 exp bonus]
As he turned to the last one, the latter had jumped to the ground, trying to sink.
Akashi rolled and spun, sending an air blade in his direction, which hit him on the back of the head, causing a severe wound and forcing the man to fall unconscious, half of his body in the earth.
[+3000 exp]
[+2000 exp bonus]
Apparently, against teamwork, the battles are very rewarding when it comes to experience.
[You leveled up]
[Level 19]
'That should be eight,' he thought to himself, looking around at the bodies.
Now, he should think of a way to deal with the dead bodies.
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[Name: Akashi.
Level: 19
Class: Airbender.
Skill Points: 2
Attributes Points: 11
***Skill Trees***
Airbending — level 18
Martial Arts — level 5
***Skills***
Poison Resistance — level 3.
Driving — level 5
***Attributes***
Wisdom. 10
Strength. 4
Vitality. 10
Agility. 15
Stamina. 6
*******
HP: 500/500
Chi: 250/250
Stamina: 300/300