HOT!

It was terrifyingly hot!

It was like the blood flowing through his veins had turned into red-hot magma, squirming within every inch of him with the beating of his heart, which had become so intense that it felt like a single pound could rupture his entire body apart.

BAAADUMP!

Another pulse erupted.

White’s eyes widened as every vein across his arms suddenly bulged outward violently, the skin around them turning crimson from the sheer amount of energy flooding through his body.

His muscles tightened unnaturally.

Every fiber beneath his skin squirmed and contracted repeatedly, growing denser and harder with each passing second, as if his body was being reforged from the inside out.

CRAAACK!

White’s fingers twitched once, and the air around his hand fractured instantly.

The terrifying heat only worsened.

Sweat couldn’t even form on his body before evaporating away completely, his skin burning so hot that faint steam continuously rose from him into the air.

BAAADUMP!

His heartbeat slammed once more, and it echoed like a gigantic war drum resounding through the heavens, each pulse causing the muscles across White’s body to violently expand before compressing back down again.

His chest rose sharply as the veins around his neck began thickening, forcing him to slowly rotate his head.

"Grrrhhhhh!"

His breathing became rough and uneven as he felt the overwhelming energy racing wildly through pathways that suddenly felt far too small to contain it all.

Then came the pain.

"Grrrhh...!"

White gritted his teeth hard enough for blood to drip from his lips as his bones began producing loud cracking noises beneath his flesh.

His shoulders broadened slightly.

The muscles across his abdomen compressed tighter and tighter, becoming frighteningly defined while the pressure within them continuously rose.

His height began to shift from his lengthening and thickening bones, energy flooding through him and refining every inch of his physique with terrifying force.

BAAADUMP!

A third and final pulse, so violent that White nearly blacked out.

His hair drifted upward wildly as energy exploded out of his pores uncontrollably, wrapping around him while space cracked so violently that a vortex of black, which seemed to absorb all the light in the world, began spiraling around him.

It was an overwhelming sensation of power, but one that didn’t continue further as everything suddenly halted, and an incredibly cold stream of energy flowed into White.

It was the exact opposite of the heat that had just assaulted him, causing him to freeze while standing upright.

The uncontrollable energy pulsing out from him slowed down, and his beating heart resumed to a crawl until it barely beat once every ten seconds.

In that moment, when everything finally settled back down, the golden panel flashed before him.

[Congratulations on Successful Stats Implementation!]

[NEW STATS]

[Strength: 1,500]

[Agility: 1,500]

[Spirit: 1,500]

[Attribute Points Left: 600!]

"Huuuuu..."

White exhaled deeply in relief, closing his eyes as he quietly hovered high within the clouds.

"I can resist gravity now..."

He mused quietly, lowering his gaze beneath his feet.

Even without his wings, he remained suspended effortlessly in the sky.

This wasn’t him using Limitless to forcefully maintain levitation.

No.

This was simply his body.

Its overwhelming physicality had reached a stage where the pull of gravity itself no longer felt capable of dragging him down.

White slowly opened and closed his fingers.

The sensation was unreal.

Every movement carried a terrifying pulse of power behind it, like each muscle fiber in his body contained compressed explosions waiting to be released.

His physique had changed again.

The previous visible bulkiness born from his constant growth had compressed inward, becoming vastly more streamlined and refined.

His body now looked perfectly balanced.

Not overly muscular.

Not lean.

Every inch of him simply radiated an overwhelming sense of physical perfection.

The muscles beneath his skin no longer looked human.

They looked dense... dangerously dense.

As though an unimaginable force had been compressed tightly beneath every inch of flesh.

Even the air around him felt different.

White could sense it.

The atmosphere itself bent faintly around his body, rippling from the sheer pressure unconsciously leaking from him.

He slowly clenched his fist.

KKKKRRRRCK!

Space around his hand distorted slightly, and White froze in shock, eyes filled with faint horror.

He had put no energy behind it, nor had he activated any of his skills. It was just strength, pure physical strength.

An indescribable sensation surged through him.

It felt as if he truly wanted to, he could crush apart the space before him with his bare hands.

Then his senses spread outward.

No.

Exploded outward.

White’s eyes slowly narrowed as he felt countless waves of aura rapidly approaching his location from beneath the city... powerful ones.

Even with them being thousands of meters away, he could easily identify the auras, noticing them to be the Supreme Commanders, along with an unknown yet equally powerful aura.

They all must have sensed the terrifying eruption of power he had unleashed moments ago.

It took quite a moment, but eventually they reached him, hovering in the air with their special skills and abilities.

"All I heard was that you needed to satiate your hunger, White, and the cafeteria building got blown apart. Up causing trouble again?"

A Supreme Commander said as White slowly turned his head with a smirk on his face.

"What? It’s like I’ve suddenly gotten myself a troublemaker name around here."

He said, turning to them.

"What happened?"

The dark-robed Supreme Commander asked.

"I broke through to a new stage."

White said.

"Cosmic Rank."

He said.

"I can’t sense that."

A Supreme Commander said as White chuckled.

"Not in this body, no. Though I can feel it. Couldn’t keep that energy in, so I unleashed it upward."

White said, and seeing their blaming gazes,

"What? I’m 18! Did anyone here get taught how to safely break through to the Cosmic Rank at 18?"

White asked with an eye roll that seemed to finally shake them out of it.

"18, and already at the Cosmic Rank. Seriously, what monster have you, Supreme Commanders, created again this time?"

It wasn’t a Supreme Commander who spoke.

It was a man, short, about 1.7 meters tall, yet incredibly stout, his pitch-black uniform barely hiding the bulging muscles on his body.

He was older, seemingly in his 40s, with a thick beard and a bald head.

His hands were crossed together, a natural aura of power, and the arrogance born from that power radiating off him even in silence as he stared at White with an amused smirk.

"White Sinclaw,"

The Lead Commander, who was always in a dark robe, called out.

"Meet Leo Romano."

He introduced.

"A member of one of our Elite Special Operations Squads, Destroscension."

He explained.

With the introduction, White could finally understand why the man’s uniform was black instead of the normal gold.

"I wouldn’t say it’s a pleasure lifting your bags."

White said, and the man threw his head back, laughter ringing loudly in the air.

"Glad to see you at least know your rightful place."

He said before turning his back and cracking his shoulders.

"Now come. I’ve got a facility to destroy!"

He said, before shifting his hands backwards and slamming them together.

It sent forth a shockwave that turned the man into a blur, disappearing into the distance.

It left only White with the Commander.

"Don’t worry, I won’t cause any trouble..."

White said, floating away from their enclosure. He had yet to move far when the words resounded from behind.

"You have permission to give them a helping hand... only when absolutely necessary."

It was the familiar voice of the Lead Commander, and White didn’t turn his head back, only a slight grin forming at the corner of his lips before he followed after Leo in the distance.

"Breaking through the Cosmic Rank... Even if he’s fused with Lord Grade Artifacts, isn’t his current cultivation speed a bit too monstrous?"

A Supreme Commander said from the side as they all looked at the disappearing silhouette of White.

"If our words still hold, then right now, he is undoubtedly the youngest Cosmic Rank human on Earth."

Another Commander added.

"Just one more cultivation stage, and he’ll be at the peak of cultivation on Earth, Galaxy Rank!"

Another Commander chimed in.

"Imagine a 20-year-old Galaxy-ranked human. That’s insane."

While they all continued their discussion, one of the Commanders remained completely silent.

It was none other than the Lead Commander, whose features were obscured by the dark robes.

The shadowed figure stared blankly in the direction of White before shifting his gaze to the spot where White had stood moments earlier.

He took a step forward, appearing there, and remained in the same position for a couple of seconds, silently replicating the exact way White had stood.

"Ultimate Commander Err?"

A Supreme Commander called out, noticing the pause.

The man finally stirred, stepping away.

"Is something wrong?" another Commander asked.

He remained silent for a while before dropping a bombshell that froze all of them in place.

"White’s energy wave..."

The man spoke.

"It’s already at the Galaxy Rank."