In this third reset, Sora wao better uand the use of the [Soul Pearl] and develop his uanding of mana, hopefully creating a new supreme skill.

  After Hannah revealed that it wasn’t a secret among the world’s top forces, Sora couldn’t help but feel the pressure of these unknown individuals who had wielded such power long before him and likely reached levels of strength he couldn’t yet imagine.

  Sora's mind buzzed with ideas, with the hope of catg up to the powerful pyers Hannah described. He kept turning over possibilities, searg for the best way forward, and some ideas stood out, each with its own strengths and challenges.

  Ohought was to push his talent level by grinding more prestige levels. The more he used his innate skill, the higher his talent might grow, which could give him the edge he hen, there was the intriguing [Soul Pearl]—if it granted him real power, he could try farming more of them, and that meaing his level all the to 70 each time instead of the usual 50.

  He also wondered if the [Time Bead] could give him better opportuhinking that if he reached his highest possible level and charged it fully, he could train there for years with Kara. His body level would reacredible levels.

  Looking for new [Supreme Skills] or perfeg the ones he already had was another possibility. Skills taken to their limit could be worth chasing after.

  And then there was his mana. His regeion was incredible but mentally draining. He needed a way to use less mana or boost his resistao the strain it caused.

  With all these thoughts swirling, Sora felt genuinely overwhelmed. There were too many paths, eae tempting, and he couldn’t shake the feeling that any choice had its own shortings.

  Reading his css choices, he was tempted by the [Soul King] css, wanting to discover the intricacies of such power but soon dismissed it as he was already walking on too many paths for now.

  Seeing potential iher css suggestions, he chose the [True Mage] css, hoping it might offer cepts to help him achieve his goals. The idea of making mana more effit ealing, but he o dig deeper and see what it was about.

  [Css Unlocked: True Mage (Level 1)]

  [Skill Unlocked: dense]

  Description: denses refined mana and stores it in the body.

  Reading the simple description, Sora uzzled, then face-palmed. dense mana? Why did I ry this? This is so obvious. I always thought pure mana was the stro form... Why am I so stupid?

  He soon tried the skill. As usual, mana was first absorbed, then filtered and refined. However, while other csses would guide mana through the body to use skills, this css added ara step: densing the mana.

  On top of that, the wasted mana from the filtering step was not as signifit as when he used [Mana Amplifier] or [Martial Titan] back when he relied on their guidance.

  A legendary css does waste less mana in the filtering process. It must have a more effit refining process, using most of the mana instead of just a small portion.

  'Now, what do I do with this densed mana?' He thought.

  The densed mana was surrounded by a tiny barrier, preventing it from harming his body. He felt he could store it anywhere or use it immediately.

  He densed more mana through his css and soon used [Mana Sweep] with this new form of mana, a low-level sword in hand.

  The sword sent a cut that sliced through a few hills like they were vegetables before vanishing from sight.

  Hiyoko chirped, asking why he was cutting down mountains.

  “I didn’t io do this ... It usually dissipates after a few dozeers. This isn’t a le skill. This is incredible. I feel like the skill became five times stronger or something. I o test how strong this densed mana is.”

  Seeing the mountains and hills regee taking their inal appearance, he didn't react as the World had evolved to recover from any kind of damage.

  Sora leased with his new css, though it only had one skill. The css was still at level one.

  He turo Kara, who was trolling two es of his former self to spar with each other, attempting to mimic his fighting style. Having them rely solely on punches and kicks wasn’t satisfying, so she was learning how to trol them to fight with better teique.

  “Kara, I o absorb the [Soul Pearl] and experiment with it. I’ll try to fully absorb it, learn a few skills from my new css, and the again."

  “You train however you want. I’ll foastering my innate skill and refining my use of the [Supreme Skill] I have. Hannah’s words really put pressure on me, and I feel like only iime Space] I grow fast enough to catch up with you and maybe create another [Supreme Skill]. You keep oing with your innate skill while I work hard” Kara said, teasing him.

  “Look who's talking.” Shed out loud.

  They still had a few quests to plete, but Sora was not ied in leveling up anymore after his Growth Factor level went back to 1.

  Now they were in a mountain rah a t peak before them. It was the 15 km high Mont-Bnc.

  Not losing sight of his goal, he didn’t bother looking at his status and asked Kara,

  “Let me test the [Soul Pearl] inside your [Time Space] for now. We'll part ways after."

  “Sure, let’s go.”

  She was already spending most of her time there, often leaving Sora alone whenever he fought, trained his [True Mage] skills, or experimented with creating new abilities.

  This time, there was enough energy to st for a year if Sora didn’t e more mana than usual.

  Iime Space], the area was now vibrant with life. Trees, grass, and flowers covered the ndscape, aiced it was rger than before.

  He g Kara, who was seated cross-legged with her eyes closed, then looked up to witness an iing se. One of his es was fighting the five els and the general from their fa...

  'I know I was awesome back then, but not this impressive, right?' He thought, a smug smile on his face.

  Her trol over the es was astonishing, as if they had minds, reflexes, and thoughts of their own.

  During the final battle, Kara absorbed so much Life Force that her growth was astounding. He sehat she had broken through multiple barriers, likely holding a massive amount of power.

  Dismissing these thoughts, he returo his agenda.He sat down and started abs the [Soul Pearl].

  Thanks to his increased level, and overall trol over mana, the process was tless times faster, and after a few minutes, he was done abs all of it.

  Feeling the remarkable weight of this form of energy, he chuckled at his earlier attempt to absorb it right after resetting his level when the amount of mana he could trol was negligible.

  As the [Soul Power] flowed toward the seed in his heart, he followed it with his mind. Abs it, the seed bloomed, f a small bubble, which then absorbed the remaining [Soul Power]. Trag it with [Mana Eyes], he heard a notification sound that nearly startled him.

  [Do you want to enter your Soul Pace?][Warning: This is a separate space that will temporarily cut the e between your body and mind. It’s reeo be in a safe location before entering your Soul Pace.][Yes] [No]After inf Kara that he’d be back, he disappeared into his [Soul Pace].

  He appeared in a new space—a vast desert, with sand stretg out in all dires. A dim light source above barely illumihe area. Trying to fly, he realized he couldn’t use mana in this space. Even his body level seemed to have been lost.

  Looking around, he spotted a small, barely-standing hut and headed towards it. Inside, he saw threads of [Soul Power] entering the walls, floor, and roof, repairing the broken parts until they looked stable enough not to colpse.

  Sora approached the door, knocked, and waited. After a few seds, he entered.

  The hut was empty, save for a bed and a chair.

  To his surprise, there appeared to be someone lying on the bed.

  He approached, speaking softly, “Excuse me?”

  The person had bck hair and was lying on their right side, with their back to Sora.

  Gently, Sora shook the person, but there was no respohis trip to his [Soul Pace] was getting uling.

  'Is this another dream...? Screw it, I’ll pull off the cover.' He slowly removed the cover and nearly jumped ba shock.

  It was… his own body! But he looked different, thihan he was before his first reset, dressed in clothes from before the World Update.

  Taking a closer look, he turned “himself” over. His other self was still sleeping soundly.

  'Who is this? Is it… me?'

  fused, he tried to piece the information he had in his mind, and tried to guess what was happening. Thinking of a possibility, he shook his head, thinking 'There’s no way, right? This 't be my body'

  sidering the optiohought of the implication of such a thing. Remembering a theory, he thought 'Were they right?'

  Many had specuted that this New World was a ge in the world, but others believed it was either a simution or travel to another realm.

  He remembered how some had killed themselves to prove the The World had bee a simution, believing they would return to reality after death. Experiments had been ducted worldwide, and there had been urn of such people. That theory however was very popur to expin their reality.

  He had ruly believed these theories, feeling the world felt too real to be anything else than a true real world.

  There was still a little amount of [Soul Power] remaining in his surroundings, and he saw it floating towards the sleeping figure. As soon as it reached the sleeping figure, Sora atg the se immediately felt a huge tremor, as if ahquake was happening.

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