This time, after grappling for a while, George Miller took advantage of a pause when both of them were catching their breath, and focused his attention directly on the five attributes below his career section, stopping at the strength attribute.

Pa!

A light sound seemed to come from inside his head. George Miller felt all the muscles in his body suddenly bulge, and for a moment, he even felt as if he had grown noticeably larger.

Looking again at the strength attribute, the number had increased from the original 0.31 directly to 0.41.

“Just an increase of 0.1? How can there be such a noticeable physical change?” George Miller was slightly shocked in his heart. He glanced at Doris Clark, who was gasping for breath across from him.

Without another word, he charged forward again. This time, as he pushed off the ground, George Miller clearly felt that his speed had increased a bit.

Because strength was converted into explosive power, enhancing his speed, this burst came extremely suddenly.

Doris Clark hadn’t expected George Miller to suddenly speed up. She was still preparing to dodge to the side at the previous pace, but didn’t have time. As she shifted her weight, George Miller slammed hard into her shoulder.

Pa!

Doris Clark spun half a turn and sat directly on the ground, unable to get up. She looked stunned, gasping for air, her eyes full of surprise as she stared at George Miller.

“You actually... huff... still have... so much strength...”

At this moment, George Miller could clearly feel the changes in his body. While he was overjoyed, he also felt a bit puzzled. He didn’t have time to pay attention to Doris Clark’s situation, and turned directly to walk over to Sarah Cooper to report his results.

Sarah Cooper had also noticed George Miller’s sudden burst. Although George Miller had a weak foundation, he was still one of the five people she was paying attention to. After recording his number, she gave George Miller a slight smile and nodded, “Go take a rest first.”

“Okay, Instructor Sarah Cooper.” George Miller wiped his sweat with his sleeve, walked to the side, and sat on the ground to rest, waiting for the other losers to compete for their rankings. Nearly half the people were in the same situation as him.

Watching the remaining trainees sparring under the shade of the trees, George Miller carefully felt the changes in his strength.

He raised his thin arm and was surprised to find that there was now a faint outline of muscle, instead of just skin and bones.

“Just an increase in strength has brought such a big change. My power has increased by at least a third, and I can steadily rank 15th among the trainees, though probably not higher. But it’s much better than before. If just increasing strength brings such a big change, what about the other attributes? Agility, constitution, intelligence... If the other attributes also increase this much...”

A wave of anticipation rose in George Miller’s heart: “Looks like I need to carefully investigate the reason for the increase in potential... If strength, constitution, and speed can all keep improving, I’ll definitely be able to meet the real recruitment standards of the martial arts school. That way, I can also earn a decent income at the school.”

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The increase in strength didn’t bring any major changes to George Miller’s school life, except that he ate more than before. As for his studies, he had completely stopped paying attention. All his energy was focused on researching the attribute symbols.

In order to continue collecting potential percentage, he started paying attention to the jewelry and accessories worn by the girls, and after school, whenever he had time, he would go to jewelry stores in the city pretending to shop for jewelry.

After visiting all the jewelry stores in the city, George Miller only found items that could increase his potential in a second-hand jewelry resale shop: one was a sapphire, and the other was a tiny red diamond on a red diamond earring.

Just by coming into contact with these two items, George Miller’s potential percentage increased to 89%.

Unfortunately, after that, he never encountered such special jewelry again.

George Miller also discovered a small pattern: it had to be jewelry that was very old to have absorbable potential.

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“George Miller, want to go to Bibo Lake this weekend?”

On the rooftop, a few male and female students stood together, leaning against the railing and looking down, chatting casually.

The morning sunlight was cold and pale, giving no warmth as it shone on them.

George Miller stood among the boys, also leaning against the railing. With him were Charles Parker and two other boys he had just met, Franklin Reed and Jack Lewis. The girls were Alice Bennett and two other friends of Franklin Reed.

The seven of them had only become familiar with each other this week.

“Bibo Lake? Where is it?” George Miller asked Charles Parker.

“Near the paper mill on the outskirts of the city. I went there once before. There are a ton of swans there, and all kinds of other birds. Besides, you know...” Charles Parker shot a look at the girls chatting happily behind them, a sly grin appearing on his face.

“The main thing is, it’s secluded enough...” Jack Foster suddenly chimed in. This guy looked pretty mature, with short red hair and dark skin, seeming very honest. But in reality, he loved using this appearance to trick girls.

“Easier to make a move...” George Miller added. The two of them chuckled together.

Charles Parker gave Franklin Reed a look: “Don’t say I didn’t invite you guys. It won’t just be our girls going—Franklin Reed’s other girl friends from last time are coming too.”

George Miller shook his head. He had met those other girl friends of Franklin Reed before.