[Ding! Because of your sincere intentions in helping others, you have received a reward.]
[Ding! You have received 10% cashback for all future purchases.]
James raised an eyebrow the moment he read the notifications since he had never expected this.
He genuinely just wanted to help her out without thinking of anything in return. If he wanted something in return, he would've told her about it, as he could also increase her favorability.
Let alone the fact that the hospital's bills were only $250,000, even if they were double, triple, or even around $1 million, he would've still helped her because he always remembered those who had been kind to him when he was at his lowest.
Not only that, but James thought that this amount of money wasn't that much for him after experiencing just how fast he could multiply his money using the system. He just considered this money as 'time,' since he could just wait until the weekly cooldown time was over.
Subsequently, James immediately looked at his wealth since he wanted to calculate how he would spend it to upgrade his rank once again and bought something from the system.
[Name: James Morgan]
[Wealth: $9,650,690] [System Points: 9,913,000]
After thinking about it for a while as he looked at the shop to see something to buy with his system points, he decided to put aside 8.5 million system points and use the rest to upgrade his stats.
He had calculated that he needed to spend 2.940 million system points to max his stats. So after using his 1.400 million system points to upgrade his stats, he used $3.080 million to fill up the 1.540 million system points that he needed in the first place.
[Wealth: $6,878,690] [System Points: 8,653,000]
[Stats]:
Strength: 99 | Agility: 99 | Health: 99 | Sense: 99 | Mana: 99 | Magic: 99
Afterward, he used $6 million to upgrade himself from E-rank to D-rank Awakener in an instant.
[Ding! $6 million has been successfully deducted.]
[Ding! Congratulations to the host! You have successfully broken through to D-rank Awakener!]
[Ding! You have received 10% cashback—$600,000 has been credited to your account.]
The moment he heard the notifications, James felt the unfamiliar, unknown energy start to pour into his body.
James smiled satisfiedly as he couldn't stop marveling at such an experience where he could become stronger in an instant like this.
Subsequently, James bought two items from the system shop that had become the reason why he had put aside 8.5 million system points.
[Ding! 8,500,000 System Points have been successfully deducted.]
[Ding! You have successfully purchased the Frostfang Sword, a B-rank longsword. The item has been transferred to your inventory.]
[Ding! You have received 10% cashback—850,000 System Points have been credited to your account.]
[Ding! 1,000,000 System Points have been successfully deducted.]
[Ding! You have successfully purchased the Frozen Grasp, a C-rank Skillbook. The item has been transferred to your inventory.]
[Ding! You have received 10% cashback—100,000 System Points have been credited to your account.]
After all this spending and increasing his strength, James immediately checked his personal information.
[Name: James Morgan]
[Wealth: 1,478,690] [System Points: 103,000]
[Age: 21]
[Race: Human]
[Rank: D]
[Skills: – ]
[Stats]:
Strength: 100 | Agility: 100 | Health: 100 | Sense: 100 | Mana: 100 | Magic: 100
Looking at his own stats, James was pleased because he literally just became a D-rank Awakener from the weakest rank, F-rank.
However, before he closed the system's panel data, he squinted his eyes as he thought that there was something missing, yet he couldn't remember what it was.
After a while, he finally remembered what it was. He forgot to apply the Tempest Meridian Body to his body since it wasn't automatically attached and was sitting in his inventory.
Without waiting for long, James instructed the system to apply it.
[Ding! Applying Tempest Meridian Body to the host's body.]
[Ding! Process initiated…]
The moment the process began, James felt as if a torrent of violent lightning surged through every fiber of his body.
"ARGGGGHHHHH."
A scream tore from his throat as his body convulsed uncontrollably. The sensation wasn't just pain since it was as if countless bolts of lightning were ripping through his meridians, scorching his muscles and bones.
From sitting on the toilet, James collapsed onto the bathroom floor, his back arching as if invisible chains of lightning dragged him into the abyss.
"Big Brother James?!" Liora's panicked voice rang out, followed immediately by her running towards the master suite room.
But before she could get inside, Lan Yaolei blocked her path. "Young miss, don't go in. It's dangerous!"
Lan Yaolei also prevented the others from entering, her expression tense. She knew exactly what was happening to James.
That familiar surge of energy pouring out of him… She recognized it well, because she too possessed the Tempest Meridian Body.
"B-but…" Liora's eyes brimmed with tears, her lips trembling.
"This isn't something we can interfere with, young miss. Young Master James is undergoing an awakening." Lan Yaolei shook her head solemnly.
"Liora, let's wait over there." Kai picked her up and petted her hair gently. "Big Brother James will be fine. Don't worry."
Selene lingered by the door for a moment with a worried expression before following Kai along.
Once the others had left, Lan Yaolei's eyes narrowed as she stared toward the outside villa.
'If they dare try to do something funny in this situation, I will definitely smash their heads into paste.'
She then gave a deep look toward the door behind her for a second before walking towards the outside solemnly.
The moment she arrived at the main door, Lan Yaolei looked at Kai and the others and said with a serious expression. "Please, stay here and don't go anywhere."
When she was in front of the door, she released her power toward the outside and looked around. "Show yourself and state your purpose before I consider you to have ill intentions."