Calm

Darkness.

This was all Atticus could see.

Elder Lorthan had assumed that Atticus had jumped into the spiritual lake without thinking about the consequences, but he couldn't have been more wrong.

Yes, the elder had mentioned that Atticus would experience an unimaginable amount of pain, a fact that would have terrified most people. But Atticus was not like most people.

Atticus was no stranger to pain. He had endured it countless times, pain so severe that it would have broken others. However, that didn't mean he sought it out. If pain could be avoided, he would prefer it that way.

But now, things were different.

Having won a set of incredibly powerful techniques during the Nexus Event, abilities that could only be described as unfair for one person to possess, Atticus had gained something invaluable. Among these techniques was a skill from the Regenerari race that would forever change how he approached training.

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