The Eternal Family



Ace stood in the middle of a stage made of wood, mud, and grass, his eyes focused as he stared at the buff young man infront of him who was actually an old man.

"What stage are you in your Body gift Kid? And what does your Gift do?"

"I'm just at Stage 0 and my gift only strengthens my body."

"Stage 0?" Bamboo asked, his eyes shining, "So you want to fight me in my current form then."

"What do you mean?" Ace asked as he stood in his perfect kickboxer form, he hadn't won kickboxing championships on earth for no reason.

Bamboo clenched his hands and his veins stretched out, his oily and tan body glistening under the sunlight, "My Gift, I like to call it 3 Demon Forms, I am at stage 3 and I now have 4 forms, 1 my basic form, the current one you are seeing, stag 0 form. Then another three forms, each according to one of my 3 Stages."

Ace blinked and asked, "Can you show me your other forms?"

Chuckling, Bamboo exclaimed, stretching his muscles, "Why not? Now then, look at me now, this is me on stage 0. This muscular, beautiful frame."

Ace looked at the body and Indeed couldn't help but admire it, especially because, unlike his own body, this person's gift made the person very springy. As if their bones were rubber.

And in his guess, if he had to give a status to the Stage 0 body, it should be around 8 and ten because he felt his Main body was equal or even somewhat superior to him.

It was a rough guess since the Man didn't use force yet, but the earlier jump from the wall thing was with this same body.

"Now look," Bamboo's veins tightened as his hands turned into sharp claws, human claws like nothing Ace had ever seen. "This is my second form, Stage 1 form. My body grows exactly twice as strong when I use this."

Ace looked at him without blinking. Twice? So about 20 stats for Stage 1. Even though it might not be equal in all aspects like agility and stamina.

Bamboo's head then lowered a bit, and two bull horns slowly grew out, yet, his scalp surrounded the horns like rubbery skin around it, giving him a slightly demonically strong air. "This is my third form, Stage 2," his voice was slightly hoarse and low, "I am twice as strong as Stage 1, at this point, I can even destroy boulders with punches and my body can't be penetrated by weapons, only gifts work on me."

Ace looked at him, his heart pounding slightly. Bamboo was like a bull, standing upright, Ace could almost feel the ground tremor. Twice as strong as 20 points, it was 40. A level he had never reached in any timeline.

So usually Stage 2 bodies were just that strong? He couldn't help the widening grin on his face, 'wasn't that easy?' he could get such a body in days!

But of course, it was useless against the monkey kid.

Bamboo looked at the grinning Ace and grinned himself, "This is nothing, kid," he said, his voice still deep and low, "Look at this now." Small scales started to pop out of his skin, slithering all over his body as a palpable pressure started to spread around.

Ace, Rome, Raina, and some spectating villagers had their hearts beating out of their chests, they could feel their goosebumps rising. "This," Rang his voice like a roar from a slumbering tiger, the body infront of them had two horns, sharp yet humanly claws, and then scales.

If anything, he looked demonic.

He wouldn't lie, Ace was breath taken.

If it went with the same fashion as points doubling, Stage 3 Bamboo must have 80 points on his attributes. He didn'teven now how strong that must be.

What was a beast? This was a beast.

Bamboo looked around at the star-eyed children, breath taken Ace, and then released a low roar. And then removed the transformations one by one.

And within a blink or two, he was back in his human and young form, but the clothes he wore, the ones made with sewn leaves, were still intact. Not because of the clothes' specialty, but because of sheer immaculate control over his strength.

Ace clapped. Clapped, and said with a grin, "That's it Uncle Bamboo, now teach this junior too!" And then he stood in his Kickboxing form.

Hands held infront of him, one leg infront of the other. His current body wasn't very strong, it was just above 2 stat points on all attributes. Too weak compared to around 8 of Bamboo.

But he wanted to try with this much strength for now and if it was too weak, he didn't mind using his newly earned pleasure points to make his clone body about as strong as Bamboo at Stage 0.

But let's see my limits first.

"Come," Bamboo said, clenching his hands in readiness.

Ace moved closer and punched with his right hand, Bamboo easily dodged by moving his head, a fierce kick came from below but Bamboo blocked with his knees.

And then, they both suddenly stopped.

"What is this?" Bamboo asked, irritated and confused, "Are you playing with me, kid?"

Ace chuckled and backed off a bit, he felt as if he was hitting stone and he knew he was weak as heck. "I am sorry, I couldn't get the touch, Let's do it once again."

Bamboo confusedly glared at him and got ready again. The kid's power was so low, he felt as if he was a woman. Not really but still… what was this weak power and a Body strengthening Gift doing together?

Ace silently breathed in and then out. He could feel a cold, watery wave-like sensation passing through his whole system, he could feel his strength rising.

His main body didn't have many pleasure points, barely 14, since he didn't have sex with Mother again, his points didn't raise. Sex wasn't better the more you did, it was better the better you did.

Yet 14 points, they were enough for now.

Ace's status went from all at 2s to Defence and Agility at around 6 and strength and stamina at 5. He wasn't equal in any attribute to the man. But let's see…he smirked, maybe I could get some of those golden experiences here.