ATLA, In A Darker World

Chapter 23 Dark Feelings

The stats of a regular adult male was around ten points.

From his testing, anything below 15 wasn't exactly too outstanding. A Constitution below 15 points was at the level of a specially trained athlete. So was speed, strength, and all other physical stats.

The same law applied to skills as well.

Anything below 15 such as 13, 14 could only be considered good. 15 was excellent. 11 and twelve was at most above average.

But this law stopped at 15, which from Luca's understanding, was the peak of what regular humans could achieve. From sixteen upward, you began entering the realm of beyond possible.

A Marksmanship of 16 points was enough to be placed among the top three best shooters in the world back on earth if not first place.

Fifteen and below could be reached with enough time and effort by anyone. But from this level, hard work simply wouldn't cut it.

An extremely strong natural talent was required to advance even further. 16 was at the level of the best. Seventeen was already beyond human ability, entering the realm of inhuman.

18, proper low tier superhuman levels of power display.

Even a fully trained Firebender with strong physical fitness would only have these physical stats at around thirteen to fourteen. Prodigies could go one step further and those truly determined could go one point further on top of that.

So how fast would someone be at a full speed of eighteen?

It wasn't at the level of instantaneous movement within a certain range, it wasn't even at the level of a blur. But one thing was for sure, it was fast. Really fast.

“Since you won't decide, then I'll help you count ….”

'Wait.....!' Tyro's eyes widened. 'What?'.

But it was too late.

Luca had already appeared before an Earthbender and swung his weapon before he could even react.

Squelch!

“Argh!”

Barely two seconds had passed, yet another arm had been severed from the body. The speed at which it took place was astounding.

One the old man had never witnessed before.

Thud! The Earthbender fell to the floor clutching his bleeding arm in pain.

Blood flowing out profusely without end.

“For every few seconds you delay, one of your own will lose a limb”. Then he turned his gaze to the next one.

“I wonder if you guys can still earthbend with one arm …". He said while walking, two Firebenders previously confronting earthbenders were in his direction. Frozen in shock.

“Step aside …. All of you”. And so they did, lowering their hands and moving out of the way to reveal the enemies they previously fought.

They weren't the only ones. All Firebenders immediately disengaged from their foes.

The earthbenders had their faces change drastically.

“Don't let him get close. Attack ......”. Seeing a greater threat, they immediately changed focus. Luca immediately picked up the pace as he saw numerous rocks shooting towards his direction.

- Battle Instinct: 14, Blademanship: 16 -

His eyes briefly examined the directions in which the attacks emerged from.