Sora sat cross-legged under a rge tree, his muscles still trembling from the brutal self-inflicted training he had just endured.

  His body ached, but it was the good kind of ache—the kind that came with progress. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he leaned back against the tree, staring up at the sky. His mind was rag, not with pain, but with the potential of what he had just achieved.

  A series of system notifications blinked in the er of his vision. He had been so focused on trolling his mana and pushing his body to its limits that he had ighe alerts entirely.

  "Let's see what I've missed," he muttered, pulling up the system panel.

  The list of notifications scrolled before his eyes:

  [Skill Upgrade - Regeion (Perfect)]

  [Skill Upgrade - Bone F (Perfect)]

  [Skill Upgrade - Muscle F (Perfect)]

  [Skill Unlocked - Blood F (Perfect)]

  [Skill Unlocked - an F (Perfect)]

  Sora barely took a sed tister the upgrades. Normally, the sight of new skills would have him eagerly reading each description, but his eyes were drawn to the final notification.

  [Supreme Skill Unlocked: Eternal Body Craft]His heart nearly skipped a beat.

  "A Supreme Skill?" he whispered in disbelief.

  He quickly opehe description.

  [Eternal Body Craft (Supreme Skill)]

  A unique skill created for a madman whed his body with pure mana.

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

  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.Sora sat in stunned silence, his mind reeling from the implications. Another Supreme Skill? He had hoped to trahe Martial Titan css, but this was beyond anything he had imagined. It felt like a reward for doing something insane—using pure mana te his body in ways that should have killed him. He had risked everything, trusting in his e with mana to guide him, and now he was being rewarded for it.

  He g his body, still humming with the aftereffects of his training. He could feel it now—mana flowing through him, fusing with his cells, enhang his ans, bones, muscles, and even his blood. The process was automatic, as if his body f had bee autonomous. The mana ged clowing faintly as it fused with his body, refining it at a microscopic level.

  It assive, w stantly without his input.

  Sora tried sending more mana into the process, or stopping it entirely, but to his surprise, the colored mana was beyond his trol. It was ag on its own. His body was now evolving without any scious effort on his part. The result was not shog as he was aware that passive skills were mostly out of his trol.

  And then it hit him—his body was being fed by a Supreme Skill. A skill immuo lesser abilities, even Innate Skills. Could this mean... if he reset, his body wouldn't reset with it? Or was his body strength still reted to his level ?He would o try it.

  The thought sent a jolt of excitement through him. This was more than he had ever hoped for. His path of body f, of pushing his physical limits, had led him here. [Eternal Body Craft] wasn't just about raw strength—it was about stant evolution, and infiential.

  "Hiyoko," he muttered, gng at the little bird perched on his shoulder, "looks like we've got some more training ahead of us."

  Hiyoko chirped in response, puffing up proudly, as if sensing the shift in Sora's mood. His body was still tired, still ag, but his spirit was anything but weary. This was no small step—it was a giant leap forward.

  He kept reading through the skill's effects, trying to his mind around it.

  Essence Fusion: As long as mana was avaible, his body would stantly improve by fusing mana with his physical structure.

  Adaptive Regeion: This effect had a dual fun. Not only would his bee based on the severity of the damage it received, but it would also adapt to that damage, building a resistao it. If he faced simir harm iure, his body would be stronger and more resilient.

  Strength Assion: This effect rofound. Every time Sora used body-f skills like Bone F, Muscle F, Blood F, an F, it would trigger [Strength Assion], permaly increasing his physical strength, endurance, and durability. The increase seemed to slow down as he got further from his current level.

  Unlimited Body Potential: The fourth effect was the most tantalizing. There was no limit to his body's growth. As long as he absorbed enough energy, his body could surpass natural boundaries, potentially reag heights that no human had ever achieved.

  fused about the differences between effects 1 and 3, Sora did some tests.

  Essence Fusion and Strength Assion iernal Body Craft are both focused on enhang Sora's physical body, but they operate in fually different ways.

  Essence Fusion: stant, passive enha of the body through mana iion. It was always w to make Sora's body evolve, but the ges are more subtle and gradual.

  Strength Assion: Active, perma increase in strength and durability that occured when Sora uses specific body-f teiques. It was a focused and dramatic improvement tied directly to skill usage. The effect seemed to slow down as he kept breaking through new limits.

  He took a deep breath. The sheer magnitude of what he had unlocked left him in awe. His entire body was now on an infinite growth path, one where each step forward was formidable. His previous frustrations about his body gging behind his mana trol evaporated.

  This was the solution.

  His focus had shifted.'Yes, resetting to unloew skills from new csses might have been my path so far, but now, I have a new option. I have unlocked two Supreme Skills, and it seemed like the path to Supreme Skills might be the key for further growth. I want to see how far this skill take my body level'

  His regeion was now intelligent, adapting to the threats he faced. Each fight, eajury would only make him stronger. And the fact that the Strength Assion worked in tandem with his body-f skills meant that his previous self-imposed training had paid off in ways he hadn't even realized.

  His journey had only just begun, and he couldn't help but smile.

  "Let's see how far I push this," Sora whispered, determination burning in his eyes.

  ---

  Sora kept his f teiques active throughout the eernoon and night. Every cell in his body was in a state of stant refi. The mana, flowing and fusing with his bones, muscles, blood, and ans, kept enhang his physical structure. But ever since he created the [an F] teique, everything had shifted. His heart, now enhanced by the flow of mana, pumped life ford energy through his veins at an incredible rate. It felt as though he was overflowing with vitality, a wellspring of boundless energy c through him.

  No matter how hard he pushed himself, Sora didn't feel fatigued. His body buzzed with an uing force, as if he had unlocked a new well of strength that couldn't be exhausted. His Adaptive Regeion not only healed his injuries but even replenished his energy reserves. Each time he strained his muscles, bones, or heart, the regeive process seemed to kito overdrive, rest him instantly.

  It wasn't an exaggeration to say that his body ractically incapable of getting tired anymore. Every breath was easy, every movement effortless, and the tinuous flow of mana was like fuel, driving him further.

  M came, and Sora finally stopped his intense self-training. His body hummed with energy, almost vibrating from the vitality that surged through him. The sensation was intoxig—he was strohan ever, and it was time to put that strength to use.

  He left the inn early, the first rays of sunlight barely breaking through the horizon. The streets of Paris were still mostly quiet, and the Adventurer's Guild had only just started to stir with early risers. Sora moved swiftly, his mind sharp, as he made his way back to the guild. Today, he would meet his eammate, Kara, and begin the quest that would test not only his abilities but his new body.

  Wheered the guild hall, he immediately noticed Areva standing near one of the quest boards.

  "You're early," she said, a small grin tugging at the er of her lips.

  Sora nodded. "I wao make sure I was ready."

  Areva crossed her arms, giving him a quice-ood. The team will be here soon, and I want you to get a feel for them. This isn't going to be an easy quest, and I'm trusting you to help them through it."

  Sora had already heard about the team's mixed capabilities the day before. Kara, Areva's disciple, was strong enough to handle herself, but the rest of the group was... less than impressive. Areva had made that clear. Sora wasn't worried, though.

  "I'll keep an eye on them," Sora replied calmly.

  Areva gave a nod of approval. "Good. When you see them, don't judge too harshly. They might not be the most skilled, but they've got heart."