"Don't go falling behind, Wyn, I thought you were strong, is this all you got?"
SWOOSH!
A punch whizzed past Wyn's face, the blow carried a great force that made the air blow past and ruffled his black hair as he dodged it.
Wyn's sea-blue eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth. If he had been a split second late, his face would have been smashed.
Looking at Stone Light who was preparing to launch another one of such devastating blows, Wyn had a grim look on his face.
But everyone in the classroom was watching, it was the last day of school and some people just wanted to leave a record about their strength.
"He can dodge the strike at that distance?"
"It seems he has decent speed, let's see how he would counterattack."
In the center of the class where chairs and desks had been knocked away, Wyn regarded Stone light and saw his eyes burning with a light of zeal.
'#sshole, he really wants to show off, doesn't he?'
No doubt, he knew that for a level 10 like him, he stood no chance against someone who was a level 20.
There was this insurmountable line that separated their strength. And Wyn knew he couldn't overcome that, no matter how. Except if he leveled up.
"But I'm kinda busy, I have no time for yah!"
Just in time, Wyn took a thick metallic slab from a broken desk to block the incoming punch.
Stone Light's eyes widened, his punch had carried great momentum. If he hit the alloy, his bones would shatter under the impact.
In a flash, Stone Light's fist became covered in gleaming purple scales like reptiles and the muscles in the arm received more power.
BANG!
The powerful blow collided with the alloy slab. The collision almost knocked Wyn off his feet, and the shape of his knuckles was indented on the slab immediately.
"What monstrous strength! He just deformed a supersteel."
Wyn turned and dashed away, if he kept on with the childish antics, he would later leave with some broken bones.
Meanwhile, Stone Light had some confused expression on his face. He never thought Wyn would shield with the alloy slab.
If he had been a split second late in merging with his beast, his fist would have incurred great damage.
****
On his way home, Wyn looked up at the news playing on the virtual screen.
"Breaking News: Little Star has successfully completed the second phase of his evolution, emerging as a Demigod."
"Tragedy strikes as Golden Butterfly failed to complete his metamorphosis. Reports confirm severe damage to his body."
"In other news, the Milky Way Space Station intercepted an encrypted Drallock transmission. Experts believe it to be a warning."
Wyn squinted at the news, more than five hundred years ago, the Drallock race conducted a massive scale experiment on mankind, causing them to undergo tremendous mutation.
However, the evil experiment seemed to have triggered a dormant gene in humans and caused them to evolve in every genetic aspect.
Like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, humans gained a unique life cycle containing five phases, each a step towards godhood.
Awakened → Evolved → Metamorph → Demigod → God.
And the higher the phase, the longer their life span increased.
When they saw their evil experiment had not only failed but brought forth a positive evolution, the alien blood boiled frenziedly and they declared war upon mankind.
Ever since that time, the two races had been in a fierce unending war together.
Humanity had managed to conquer many worlds in the vast universe using the technology secrets from the spoils of war.
"I need to level up so I can evolve."
Wyn clenched his fist. Being at level ten of the awakened phase, he would have to reach the level cap of one hundred before he could evolve to the next phase.
During evolution, humans would metamorphose, but there was also the risk of metamorphosis.
A metamorphosis could be completed successfully, but there was a one percent chance of an incomplete metamorphosis, in this case, the human body would suffer a great deal of damage.
Although through certain discoveries, the chance of such a case had lessened considerably.
Wyn remembered the fight at school and his face hardened.
Even though they were both awakened humans, he couldn't lift a finger to Stone Light whose power level was twenty.
Humans' level also represented their power level and being a level ten, there was no way he could beat a level twenty awakened human.
He was once again reminded about how powerless he was, it wasn't about level alone but something more.
"I have to find a way to level up, I have to."
After getting home, Wyn freshened up and refreshed his mind.
He looked around the small old house and saw that it was silent.
"It seems mother has gone to work, and Louis hasn't come from school"
Although his father was late, Wyn lived together with his happy family on planet Loki.
As a poor family, it wasn't easy in this interstellar age but they had managed to survive.
In just a month, Wyn would gain admission into a military school.
Ever since the human race had conquered many worlds in the vast universe, naturally, they had made both enemies and friends.
But the Evil Drallocks were just the natural nemesis of mankind. They were their biological enemy, and the human race knew the war between them wouldn't stop even till the end of time.
The global government of humanity called the Human Race League had mandated military education for every human student.
So Wyn was thinking about how he could make money. Once he entered military school, the part he took in supporting his family would vanish, and it would become harder for his mother and sister to survive.
"I should go now, I might just get lucky."
Wyn walked out of the house with a determined expression, he wanted to try his luck again today maybe he could level up.