The war was starting in 2 days... Could he reset and level up to 70 or so in 2 days... That seemed difficult. Even with the experience boost of this zone, he would have to level up to be strong enough to grind experience here... And the experience system made being power leveled by a friend difficult, as tribution to the fight was an important factor.

  He would have to try it ter.

  S Kara, sharing his newly unlocked skill option with her. As she read the brief description of [Soul Pearl], she uzzled as he was.

  "It doesn't really expin anything," Kara said, frowning.

  Sora sighed. "Yeah, to know what the Soul Pearl does, I’d probably have to reset ure it out somehow. But I don’t think it’s smart to ask around about something that’s likely important."

  Kara nodded in agreement. "Aing now? Not the best timing."

  "Exactly. Hitting level 70 before the war was already hard enough. Doing it again after resetting? No thanks. I’ll just find out after the war," Sora replied, his voice steady with resolve.

  Kara hen tilted her head slightly. "So what now? Want to see what my [Time Space] do?"

  Srinned. “Yeah, leveling up is getting tougher, so we might as well.”

  Kara took out the [Time Bead], the small orb shimmering faintly. The item description appeared before her:

  [Time Bead: Absorbs mana to feed the Time Space Realm inside. Needs a certain amount to activate. Current amouy.]The bead began to pull mana from the surrounding air, but the process was slow, almost too slow for Kara’s patience. She instinctively brought her hand close to it and focused. The flow of mana quied as she poured her own energy into it.

  Seeing her draining herself to speed things up, Sora raised his hand to help. Mana began to pulse through the air around him, his preseing like the eye of a storm as he fed the bead faster than before. His mana regeion kicked in at full throttle, making the process feel like a stant surge of energy.

  Minutes passed as they tinued p mana into the bead, the energy cyg faster with Sora’s influehen, with a soft pulse, the bead shifted in her hand. Kara received a notification.

  [Time Bead Charged: Activation Possible]Kara g the bead's new description, her eyes widening as she read the new information.

  [Current Charge: 1 week]A warning followed:

  [Caution: Using mana at a high rate ihe Time Space will reduce the remaining time left.]She looked up at Sora, excitement dang in her eyes. “It’s ready. We ehe [Time Space] for a week… but every time we use mana, it’ll eat into that time.”

  Sora smirked, anticipation building. “The's try that”

  Kara reached out toward the Time Bead, feeling a pull as it ected with her mind. A notification appeared, asking if she wao activate the [Time Space]. She hen noticed an option to ihers, with “Ralph Eden” dispyed as an option sihey were in a party together.

  She selected his name and firmed. Instantly, they both vanished, along with the Time Bead.

  [Time Dition Active : 1:500 – Iime Space: 1 week = ~20 minutes outside]

  [You have ehe Time Space]When they reappeared, they were inside a strange world, almost like a pocket dimension carved out of reality. The space around them stretched a few kilometers wide, bordered by a barrier. The nd was eerily ft aed, resembling ay, expansive field. There were no trees, no life, nothing but an endless stretch of open field. The sky, a barrier, ale white, stretg far above them.

  A new notification caught Kara's eye as she saw the remaining time in the space:

  [Time Bead: Current Charge – 1 week]She looked at him with excitement. “We’re in. It seems like every week we spend here will be barely a blip outside—20 mi most.”

  Sora smirked, a thrill running through him. "A whole week in here with hardly any time passing out there. This is perfect."

  Sora took in their surroundings, his gaze sing the emptiness. “So… this is the Time Space?” he ented. “It is quite ... big!”

  Kara didn’t answer immediately, her attention focused on a pahat had materialized in front of her. Her eyes widened as she read through it, and she let out a sound that was somewhere between a ugh and a groan.

  “What’s up?” Sora asked, raising an eyebrow.

  Wordlessly, she shared the panel with him. It was a ization menu, filled with all sorts of options: trees, kes, mountains—even houses and furniture. They could seemingly create anything they wao popute this empty realm.

  Sora skimmed the list, his initial excitement quickly fading as he saw the prices.

  “Ten million gold for a house? One million for a bed? A huhousand for a chair?” Kara muttered, exasperated. “Who came up with these prices? It’s like they’re trying to bankrupt me before I evearted! Selliems within my own skill’s space…”

  Sora shook his head, clearly amused. “Guess this space will stay empty for a while. Let’s stick to what we have and make the most of it.”

  Kara gave a relut nod, shifting her focus back to the barren nd. She closed the ization panel, and as she did, she felt a stirring within her Supreme Skill. Life force began to flow out of her, and almost instinctively, she spread it around them, coaxing the nd to life. Patches of grass sprouted from the ground, small pnts appearing here and there, bringing a touch of greeo the empty space.

  She took a deep breath, feeling the flow of life force around her. “Well, if we ’t afford to decorate this pce, I at least make it feel less empty with my [Life Force Mastery].”

  Sora watched as a faint carpet of green formed beh their feet, a small smile tugging at his lips. “At least we won’t be training in a plete wastend. So, what’s the pn?”

  Kara nodded, summoning a [Life Source e] of herself. The duplicate stood beside her, aical version, and began helping her el the life forto the pnts around them, making the area feel a little more alive.

  Turning her gaze back to Sora, Kara said, “I’ll work on pushing my Supreme skill to the level. Using life force here feels… easier than outside, somehow. This pce is rich with mana, and the quality is excellent. I also unlocked many new skills for my css, so I'll train them and see if I perfect a few”

  Sora took a deep breath, feeling the abundanana surrounding them. It felt like his own mana... 'Wait, isn't this the mana i gave to this space ? No wonder she thinks it's high quality'

  Dismissing his thoughts, his mind drifted to his ret battles, the fights he’d lost, and the areas he o improve. There were skills he’d ed, powers he hadn’t fully explored. He thought about his Supreme Skills and how he could refine his abilities even further.

  The details of his [Eternal Body Craft] skill came to mind. Its effects were potent, fog on enhang his body’s physical capabilities.

  [Eternal Body Craft (Supreme Skill)]

  Description: This Supreme Skill allows the user to tap into the essence of infinite physical potential, refining every part of their body. The skill offers the following abilities:

  Effect 1: Essence Fusion – Merges mana with the body's cells, bones, muscles, and ans, stantly enhang their structure and capabilities.Effect 2: Adaptive Regeion – The bees based on damage received and adapts to bee resistant to simir harm.Effect 3: Strength Assion – Each refi permaly increases physical strength, endurance, and durability.Effect 4: Unlimited Body Potential – No growth limit, provided suffit energy is absorbed, allowing the user to surpass natural physical boundaries.Warning: Supreme Skills ot be affected by anything lower than Supreme level skills, including Innate skills, Special skills, or Racial Skills.

  To make the most of this space, he needed a way to push his body to its limits, triggering the effects like [Adaptive Regeion] and [Strength Assion]. If he could somehow endure sistent damage while healing, it would force his body to adapt and grow stronger even faster.

  Then there was [Mana Evolution].

  [Mana Evolution (Supreme Skill)]

  This skill evolves alongside the user's prehension and application of mana. With practid adaptation, the user's mana grows stronger, more effit, and more versatile over time. Each breakthrough in uanding unloew effects, enhang the user's e to mana and granting powerful new abilities.

  Effect 1 : Mana Eyes: Allows the user to see mana at all scales, zooming in and out depending on the need.

  Effect 2 : Loved by Mana: Mana will assist the user and minimize rebounds from misuse. Mana will always try to help the user if possible.

  Effect 3 : Mana Growth: Every time mana is used, it bees more refined, effit, and powerful.

  Effect 4 : Mana ization: The user guide how their mana evolves. Progress depends on the user's talent and prehension.

  Warning: Supreme Skills ot be affected by anything lower than Supreme level skills, including Innate skills, Special skills, or Racial Skills.

  It allowed him to refine and ize his mana. When he had reached Level 70, he’d felt a pull, an awareness of the elements around him. He had barely touched the surface of what [Mana ization] could offer. Maybe here, in this realm, he could experiment and start molding his mana to align with the elements, giving him access to new abilities.

  “This space has potential,” he said, turning to Kara. “Let’s push it as far as it go. I’ll focus on experimenting with my mana, seeing if I finally uand this ization effect. ”

  Kara he spark of excitemeurning to her eyes. They had aire week here, a bnk ste to mold and shape to try all kinds of new skills

  Sora took a deep breath, activating his [Mana Eyes] aing his focus zero in on the air around him. Normally, he kept the skill running passively to track mana flows in battle, but now he wao look deeper, way beyond what he usually observed. He wao see if the air taihe same pos he remembered from his high school Physics csses—mainly oxygen and nitrogen.

  Oxygen and nitrogen… and there be a bit water, he thought. Is the air here still the same as before the World Update?

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