One Punch Scare

In the general chat of earth.

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[ Faron: He is going to die, that is a high level monsters. ]

One of the chatter worriedly chatted.

Watching Steve face a monster that is standing in front of him like a grisly cross between a giant worm and a dragon with a long, oblong head and a sharp-toothed mouth around that looks like a tentacle sucker.

[ Yoan: He's gonna die. ]

One of the chatter predicted.

[ Forcross: Come on, don't die here. ]

One of the chatter helplessly chatted as he wanted to see Steve fight against an Ashura.

However, seeing the creature he knew, Steve won't be able to make it.

Even if he ran away or jumped back to the bottom.

[ Draken: Ah! That is a 30th order beast, how is he going to run away from that? ]

The other chatter said,

Sounding very worried and convinced that Steve won't be able to make it.

However, suddenly they became surprised.

[ Tutut: Why isn't he looking scared or worried? ]

They could see that Steve just stared at it a little and then he went back to shadow boxing.

[ Carlamana: Maybe he is just dedicated to boxing before he even died. ]

She said on the chat.

Yet, one could feel that in that chat alone, she is having a doubt of what is going to happen.

Back to Steve.

Steve just stayed at his boxing stance.

Then he drove a punch with his shoulder.

Bang!

A jab!

Pak!

It was like a whip, ignoring the salivating worm beast that is standing on two legs.

The beast did not attack, it's just standing there as if it could feel something was wrong with Steve.

'Should I just kill it?'

Steve thought while he eyes the beast.

Unlike the first time he met a monster, his hands were not shaking. His feet and eyes were not averting from somewhere.

He knew this monster won't be able to hurt him, and his head was thinking of something else. 

What to do with this monster?

'Killing this would be pointless since I can't surpass the mortal limit of 10th order. Also, it looks strong and I have a hunch that it's higher order than me.'

Steve thought in his head while punching the air.

Pak! Pak!

'If I kill it, it will probably take a lot of punches that I made earlier.'

Somehow, he felt like in this game, he became even faster doing the jab.

Steve didn't want to waste the punches he performed on these kinds of useless beasts.

ROOARRR!!

A roar resounded on his ear coming from the mouth of the worm beast.

It woke him up from his thoughts and made him attentive to the action of the beast.

Steve can see that the beast is scuttling.

He knew what it meant.

It is a sign that it would attack him even if he ran away from here.

Steve's face changed.

His brow furrowed, veins bulged in his forehead.

Steve went to his usual boxing stance. 

He jumped a little to relax his body.

The group chat on earth was silent.

First of all, the terrified look Steve was supposed to show did not happen.

Seeing the confidence oozing from him, they felt that something was going to happen that they expected yet not sure what it is.

As if their hearts and minds were synchronized at this moment.

On the game.

After establishing a solid boxing stance, Steve used his legs to step forward. 

The audience on the chat felt like their heart skipped a beat.

While initiating the movement, Steve turned his hips to continue the motion and built momentum.

Afterwards, he engaged his core, shoulders, and arms for the follow-through.

Swoof!

He drove his punch with his shoulder and his weight.

Swish!

The power of the massive blonde man's fist whistled through the air as it felt like it was vibrating in the air.

Grow!

The creature releases a rumbling growl before disappearing completely.

The creature was also fast! 

It instantly appeared near in front of Steve.

However, it only made the punch show its true power.

Pak!

After that there was only silence.

The people who are from earth had their jaws dropped to the ground.

Their mouths were wide open.

Smoke comes out from the yellow punching bag that Steve had on his hand.

He is still not moving, just in the stance after he made a punch.

He is also not pulling his fist yet.

All of a sudden, a system screen appeared before him.

Ding!

[ The player killed a xenowormoth ]

[ 430,000 experience points received ]

Seeing this, Steve slowly pulled his punch.

His face was painted with worry, wrinkles on his forehead were shown and his mouth dropped.

'Damn it!'

He cursed.

'How much borrowed punching power have I used?'

Steve thought as he stared at the deceased creature who only had its bug-like feet left.

The upper body disappeared like a statue who only had its feet at the passing of time.

Green blood was also everywhere, making the ground turn into a green smoking acid.

Ding!

[ The host still has performed 73, 712 punches saved. ]

[ The host borrowed punching power comparable to 56,300 punches. ]

Seeing this, the face of Steve went white. It's as if the blood on his head went down to his body.

'What the-?'

Is the only thing he could say, right here, right now, he knew that he is fucked!

Steve was waiting for additional notification. 

The beast of sweat appeared on his forehead.

On Earth, whenever he killed humanoid beasts like werewolves, they had magical shields or something.

To penetrate that, the system would need to borrow more punching power.

Just like the punching power to kill an immortal, or a humanoid moth with a wonder guard ability that protects it from anything that is not effective to it, etc.

So Steve was horrified if this beast had something like that too.

After all, that's the reason why he avoids conflict against the beasts.

Ding!

[ The player still have 17, 412, the host would not die in 15 days. ]

Seeing this, Steve stared at it for a long time.

He closed his eyes, opened it, closed it again and again and again.

After a few seconds of making sure that this is real, his heart felt like someone took out the fish bone that's stuck on his throat.

"Phew!"

He said.

'Fortunately, that creature doesn't have an added effect before dying.'

He said in his head.

However, Steve was still frowning.

'Now I have to punch a lot again for the Asura.'

Disappointment was heard from his tone, such a waste. 

All of that for nothing just so he could survive.

Steve was about to drive another punch so he would not be punished since she is still wearing boxing gloves.

However, another system screen replaced the first one.

[ The player reached 14th order. ]

This one made all the hair on his back stand up like a needle.

The blood that's not on his head earlier went back and his eyes became a little red.

''What the fuck is this?"

Steve said.

He could not believe what was happening so he tried to ignore it and went to his boxing stance.

Swoof!

Again, his fist madea whistling sound in the air.

However, he felt like something had changed.

Pak!

The jap exploded.

This sound made another jump scare on his head.

"Huh?"

Steve said.

Wondering what was that now?

So he drove another punch!

Swapak!

This time, he is sure that something definitely changed.

His hand movement, his calm breathing, his punchikh speed, his movement speed.

All of them are enhanced.

Steve stared at the system screen.

[ The player reached 14th order. ]

His eyes became bright.

'I have become stronger?'

Steve asked himself, until he felt like there's a voice in his head, saying that he did become stronger.

'I have become stronger!'

Steve stopped sending his fist in the air.

He stared at the corpse and its acidic blood splattered on the ground and he smirked.

"That's what you get for being weak yet trying to scare me."

He mocked as he went to his boxing stance again and made jabs in the air.

Steve was trembling from excitement, the beast of sweat on his forehead disappeared.

Steve stepped forward and stood on the feet left on the corpse of the beast.

"I hope the Asuras will be this easy."

He said.

Steve's bottom lip quivered, his eyes watered but deep inside it's shining with confidence and his very own savagery.

The higher his order, the faster he could perform punches!

Of course, he wouldn't waste a moment to punch in punch!

"I hope Asuras will give me more of them."

He said.

Desiring to conquer and not being held back up anymore.

On the group chat on earth, they are all quiet.

They are also stunned to the confidence iy was exuding. 

Even if the face of Steve was blurry, they could still feel the hunger that's hiding on that blurry face of his.

"Something happened."

Raven man said while watching Steve.

'Something triggered his bad side, what kind of trigger is that?'

He thought.

Thinking to himself and analyzing what Steve just said earlier and earlier before that.

Soon Raven man had one conclusion.

"I see, so that's what triggers his savagery."

Another contingency plan appeared in his head. 

The more scary he thought Steve was, yet, it's a good thing for him and the humanity.