Chapter 271
Alex slowly raised his right hand and stared at it for a moment, then carefully clenched his fingers into a fist. Though nothing really changed, still it was as if the air around his knuckles seemed to tighten as though the strength inside them had become something more tangible. He held the fist for a few seconds, feeling the immense power resting beneath his skin, before unclenching it again.
"Good," he muttered under his breath. "So this is what it feels like to be in A Rank?"
The name still felt strange in his mind. He had spent so long thinking about the next breakthrough that he had almost forgotten what it would mean to actually reach it. Now that he had, the difference was impossible to ignore. His body felt familiar, but the power flowing through it had changed in a way that went far beyond a simple increase in strength.
