When Yuki heard the lottery announcement, he was stunned for a moment. Then, his expression quickly turned to excitement as he checked the description of this ability.
[I Am Stronger: Use this skill unconditionally. Each use will overwrite your own strength, making you stronger. Each overwritten strength is the square of the previous level. In other words, no matter how strong you are, it can overwrite to a level above you.]
This ability came from the protagonist Ruphas Mafahl in the work A Wild Last Boss Appeared!.
Simply put, as long as you fight an opponent stronger than you, you will become stronger the more you fight.
In the original story, Ruphas relied on this ability during her battle with the Goddess Alovenas. She grew stronger by more than infinity raised to the power of infinity times, possessing and becoming immune to modified settings, ability nullification, causal interference, conceptual sealing, time manipulation, all laws... everything...
It could be described as an extremely simple and brutal ability.
Yuki never expected to draw this thing from the Special-grade lottery. Judging by its value, this thing should belong to the most expensive tier of skills. Sure enough, when Yuki later opened the mall to check the price of the "I Am Stronger" skill and saw its 30-digit point cost, it was enough to prove its value.
Then, Yuki opened the group chat interface and found that everyone was already discussing it.
Saeko: "I just looked up what Yuki got. A full 30-digit point price! That's terrifying!"
Seitenshi: "It really is too scary! But this thing is just too powerful! It can be used unconditionally, and your strength increases every time."
Raiden: "Simply put, the more you fight, the stronger you get! This thing is really something to envy!"
As a martial artist, Raiden Mei naturally craved a skill that allowed continuous growth in battle. But although this thing was good, its price wasn't very attractive. It made Raiden Mei hesitate.
Huaizhu: "Although this thing is good, it's also expensive!"
Athena: "Indeed. At the very least, this consort believes she cannot save that many points."
Marika: "Agree! But for Mr. Yuki to draw it in the Special-grade lottery shows his luck is incredibly good! So enviable."
Yuki: "Haha, I guess I got a bit lucky!"
Artemis: "Yuki-jun!"
Raiden: "Not just a bit! You hit the jackpot in one draw!"
Huaizhu: "Indeed! Mr. Yuki is being too modest!"
Yuki: "Actually, you can all save up points and try too!"
Athena: "Don't have that kind of luck."
Saeko: "Agree!"
Marika: "Even if you draw this ability, you still need a powerful opponent to fight against to improve!"
Artemis: "Hehe, that's simple. Isn't there Yuki-jun! Just fight him, and you can improve, right!"
Seitenshi: "Good idea!"
Yuki: "Good grief, so you're all treating me like a skill-farming machine."
Raiden: "After all, you're the strongest in the group right now!"
After chatting with the group members for a while longer, Yuki exited the group chat.
He thought carefully. Actually, what Marika said wasn't entirely correct. The "I Am Stronger" ability can be used unconditionally, so it doesn't necessarily require facing a stronger opponent to enhance one's strength. He could completely use an imagined opponent and then activate this ability.
For characters limited to their works within the myriad worlds, their thinking cannot imagine what an existence stronger than them would be like. So they need an actual reference.
But Yuki was different; he was a transmigrator from the Blue Planet. The works he had seen, and the characters similar to O.A.A., were not few in number. So he was fully capable of imagining the strength of an existence like O.A.A., which is stronger than his current self.
Yuki then opened his attribute panel to check:
[Name: Yuki] [Strength: Omniverse Level] [Abilities: Charm Beyond All, One and Only, Know-It-All, Limitless Kidney, Heart of the Universe, I Am Stronger] [Items: Thunder Fire Sword, Red Potion Bottle, Blue Potion Bottle, Pile of Gold...]
Although his strength hadn't changed for the moment, after integrating the "I Am Stronger" skill, Yuki clearly felt a significant increase in his power. His current strength was no longer just far exceeding the Omniverse Level but not yet reaching the Beyond Omniverse Level stage; it had now reached a point just one step away from Beyond Omniverse Level.
Just as Yuki was checking his attribute panel, the class bell rang abruptly.
"Alright, that's all for today's lesson. Class dismissed."
Kirisu Mafuyu closed her textbook and ended the lesson without any delay. Just as she turned to leave, she suddenly looked back and said calmly to Eriri and Yuki, "Yuki-san, Sawamura-san, come to my office now."
After leaving these words, Kirisu Mafuyu walked away with the crisp sound of her high heels.
Yuki snapped back to reality, said something to Tobiichi Origami beside him, and then left the classroom.
In the hallway, Yuki and Eriri walked side by side. Eriri looked like she had something to say but was holding back, appearing very awkward.
"If you have something to say, just say it, Sawamura-san."
Yuki had to take the initiative to speak. After all, for a tsundere like Eriri, expecting her to speak up first was impossible. Otherwise, why in the original story, despite holding the biggest advantage, did she ultimately lose to Kato Megumi?
The main reason was still Eriri's own tsundere personality.
Of course, it also had something to do with the original male protagonist, Aki Tomoya. On the surface, this guy seemed to know nothing, acting completely unaware of the feelings Eriri or Kasumigaoka Utaha showed towards him. But in reality, he knew everything—both Eriri's long-standing crush and the underlying meaning behind Kasumigaoka Utaha's teasing. He was very clear about it in his heart.
It could be said he was precisely using the two girls' feelings for him to get them to help him create a dating game. Outwardly, he seemed like an honest, simple, and pure young boy, but inwardly, he was a somewhat scheming and manipulative guy.
But for Yuki, it didn't matter. Anyway, Aki Tomoya didn't exist in this world. He wasn't a scheming yet cowardly man like Aki Tomoya.
When Eriri heard Yuki's words, she adjusted her emotions and asked, pretending to be calm, "Earlier in class, you were able to answer Kirisu-sensei's such difficult questions so fluently and clearly. Could it be that Yuki-san's academic performance is very good?"
"I think that question is redundant, Eriri-san." Yuki gave Eriri a confident smile. "I should say, my results are indeed good, no matter the subject."
Hearing this, Eriri was visibly stunned for a second, then said in a slightly disbelieving tone, "It feels like you're just boasting!"
"Haha, if Eriri-san thinks I'm boasting, you're welcome to ask me any questions you have later! If I can't answer them, then I'll agree to any request you make!" Yuki said with an amused expression.
"Then it's settled!" Eriri quickly agreed decisively.
Yuki nodded gently.
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