Matthew Atkinson
Oxford, United Kingdom
Date: August 1st.
In the early morning, the first thing Matthew did after getting out of the sunbathing machine was to open his attribute panel.
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Race: Human
Constitution: 920 (↑300)
Mental: 284 (↑90)
Strength: 920 (↑300)
Agility: 920 (↑300)
Ability: Kryptonian Bloodline [Stell Body (3)]
Skills: [Fist/Galaxy Impact], [Armament Haki (Master)]
Attribute Points: 280
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This was Matthew's current attribute panel.
His basic three attributes should have been 910, but since July had 31 days, it became 920 on August 1st.
He was just 80 points away from breaking 1000 points in all three basic attributes.
It had only been three months since he received the supernatural opportunity from the Holy Land, yet he already possessed such terrifying attributes.
To be honest, even if Matthew told others now that his three attributes were almost over a thousand, probably no one would believe him!
Natalie, hailed as the "Strongest Freshman," had a mental attribute that had barely surpassed 1,000 even after adding a large number of expendable attribute points.
All Matthew could say was that Superman's Kryptonian Physique was just too amazing.
Matthew was very satisfied with his current attributes.
Then, as he looked at his attributes, a thought suddenly occurred to him.
"When my constitution attribute broke 500, I obtained the [Steel Body] Innate Skill of Kryptonian Bloodline. If I increase all three of my basic attributes to 1000, will I activate a new skill?" Matthew muttered to himself.
He felt there was a very high chance that it would happen!
"If I activate the new innate skill, wouldn't I be even more invincible and safer in the third layer of the supernatural realm!"
Thinking about this, Matthew was tempted.
In the second layer of the supernatural realm, he told Natalie that he would take the girl flying all the way through the supernatural realm and maintain an SSS-grade mission rating for every level!
As a man, he had to do what he said!
Then Matthew began using his expendable attribute points to increase his three basic attributes.
The first thing he had increased was his strength attribute!
When he spent 80 attribute points to increase his strength attribute to 1000 points, a notification immediately popped up in his left eye.
[Strength attribute reached 1000, Kryptonian Bloodline's innate skill successfully activated: Super Strength]
[Super Strength: One of the innate skills of the Kryptonian Bloodline. Once activated, it greatly increases strength and enhances physical attacks.]
[Tip: "Super Strength" is affected by your strength attribute. It currently triples your basic strength. As your strength attribute increases, the Super Strength's effect will become greater and greater.]
At the same time, Matthew felt his body surging with explosive power.
He clenched his fist, feeling as if he could punch right through the entire apartment building!
If he used Galaxy Impact, he could even turn an apartment building into ruins.
"Perfect."
Matthew cheered inwardly, his face beaming with excitement.
As he guessed, when his attributes exceeded 1,000, they could indeed activate his innate bloodline skills.
Then, he increased his agility attribute to a full 1000 points.
However, this time, no new notification appeared.
It seemed that 1000 attribute points were not enough to activate the innate skill in agility!
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Race: Human
Constitution: 920
Mental: 284
Strength: 1000 (↑80)
Agility: 1000 (↑80)
Attribute Points: 120 (↓160)
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Looking at his current attributes, Matthew's obsessive-compulsive disorder immediately kicked in.
His Mental attribute was tolerable. He had gotten used to it anyway.
But the Constitution attribute was a bit unbearable.
After thinking for a moment, Matthew decided to spend another 80 attribute points to increase his constitution attribute.
Meanwhile, he also wanted to see if he could activate a new innate skill after the constitution attribute exceeded 1000 points.
But nothing came of it.
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Race: Human
Constitution: 1000 (↑80)
Mental: 284
Strength: 1000
Agility: 1000
Ability: Kryptonian Bloodline [Steel Body (3), Super Strength (3)]
Skills: [Fist/Galaxy Impact], [Armament Haki (Master)]
Attribute Points: 40 (↓80)
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It looked much better this way.
Although he spent 240 attribute points in one go, Matthew didn't feel bad about it.
Anyway, they were added to his attributes, and he even got "Super Strength" innate skill ahead of time, so it was not a loss at all.
...
Matthew glanced at the time. It was already past eight o'clock.
Matthew washed up and prepared to go to campus.
Today was the opening day of the Supernatural Realm, so there were no classes. He wanted to go there early because he had something to do.
When Matthew opened the door, he ran right into the expert of the Round Table: Ava Owen.
The other person opened the door almost at the same time as him and seemed to be preparing to go out as well.
"Good morning, Miss Owen."
Matthew took the initiative to greet her.
For the past month, the other party has been living across the hall, which could be considered as fulfilling her responsibilities.
Furthermore, the other party did not bother Matthew, and there was no attempt to use a honey trap.
This slightly changed Matthew's impression of the woman.
"Good morning, Matthew. Are you getting ready for university?" Ava Owen said with a smile.
Matthew nodded and said truthfully, "Yes! Today is the opening day of the Supernatural Realm, and I need to go and meet up with my teammates."
"What a coincidence, me too!"
Ava Owen smiled and said, "I'm going to take a transport plane to London now. If the trip goes smoothly, I estimate I will be back around after 2 p.m. Matthew, you can stay on campus a little longer and go back to your apartment tonight."
This was because she was worried that if Matthew returned too early and she wasn't there, the enemy might take advantage of the situation.
Matthew, however, was not worried.
He felt incredibly powerful now!
Matthew was very curious when he heard that Ava Owen was also going to participate in the Supernatural Realm Adventure.
"Miss Owen, if I may ask, which layer of the Supernatural Realm are you going to participate in this time?"
Upon hearing this question, Ava Owen glanced at Matthew before saying, "The 26th layer."
Instantly, Matthew's eyes flashed.
26th layer?
Even if Ava Owen only got 100 attribute points per layer, after 26 layers, she would have more than 2,000 attribute points.
As expected of an expert from the Round Table, truly impressive!
Then Matthew stared at Ava Owen, his eyes revealing eager anticipation.
He now really wanted to test his skills against her and see how strong this woman's defenses were.
Matthew really wanted to see what level his current strength had reached.
Innate skills were not considered external skills; they belonged to the Kryptonian Bloodline.
Therefore, instead of adding their effects to other external skills and adding them to the base attributes, their effects were directly added to the base attributes, increasing them. And the effects of other external skills were added to this increase.
For example, Matthew's base attribute points for defense were calculated out of 3000 (1000 x 3) with the Steel Body effect. With the 200% increase in defense from the Master-level Armament Haki skill, his defense reached 9000 points.
On the other hand, his base attribute points for strength were calculated out of 3000 (1000 x 3) with the Super Strength effect. And with the 120% attack increase from the Master-level Armament Haki skill, his attack power reached 6600 points.
But these were just numbers and calculations. Although these numbers seemed powerful, Matthew wanted to feel his powers by using them.
"Um?"
Ava Owen immediately noticed Matthew's gaze.
The girl immediately frowned and said to Matthew, "Matthew, do you want to attack me?"
"No! Absolutely not!"
Matthew quickly looked away and explained, "I was just too surprised to hear Miss Owen say that she was going to the 26th layer of the Supernatural Realm, and I couldn't control my emotions for a moment."
He was somewhat surprised.
This woman had such keen perception.
He only gave a glance, yet the other party noticed his battle thirst.
Judging from the looks of it, there was a high probability that the path she was taking was also Mental Path.
He just didn't know what this woman's abilities or skills were.
"Yeah?"
Ava Owen gave Matthew a meaningful look, then glanced at her watch and said, "My teammates are still waiting for me, so I can't chat any longer. You should head to campus early, too!"
"Okay."
Matthew agreed and conveyed his best wishes to her. "I wish Miss Owen a successful trip to the Supernatural Realm and a fruitful return!"
Everyone loved to hear such nice words after all.
Ava Owen was going to the 26th layer of the Supernatural Realm, which was a hazardous place, so she was naturally happy to hear such nice words.
"Matthew, I also wish you all the best and hope you break new records." Ava Owen said with a smile.
Then, the two took the elevator downstairs together and parted ways at the apartment entrance.
Ava Owen hailed a taxi. Her destination was unknown to Matthew.
And he walked to the campus.
The University of Oxford was just across the street from his apartment building.
...
Walking down the street, Matthew had a faint smile on his face, looking sunny and confident.
This attracted the attention of girls on the street, who frequently turned around to look at him.
It was clear he was in a good mood.
The main reason for his good mood was that his newfound power felt amazing.
At this moment, the imposing buildings on both sides of the road looked like shoddy construction materials to Matthew.
He was confident that, given enough time, he could turn the entire surrounding area into ruins.
Superman truly deserved to be hailed as the "God Among Men"!
Soon, Matthew arrived at the campus.
And he met with his nine teammates, who made up the team they formed to join this layer of the Supernatural Realm.
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