Adri remained standing beneath the towering tree, her eyes gently closed as the faint streams of energy continued flowing through her body. The surrounding mana had long since settled, yet within her, countless tiny currents continued to circulate in perfect harmony.
Limbo didn't blink.
His gaze was no longer fixed on adri herself.
Instead, it followed the countless streams moving beneath her skin.
Every point.
Every connection.
Every fluctuation.
They resembled rivers flowing through invisible channels, splitting apart before converging once more. Each stream followed a precise path, never colliding, never slowing unnecessarily.
His silver eyes silently traced every movement.
The lower points gathered energy.
It rose upward.
Another point recieved it.
Then divided into several smaller streams before sending them throughout the body.
Again.
Again.
Again.
Like an endless cycle.
Adri slowly opened one eye.
She had noticed it several moments ago.
Limbo wasn't watching her posture.
Nor her breathing.
His eyes were following something else entirely.
"...Can you see it?"
Her sudden question pulled Limbo from his concentration.
"Yeah."
His answer came so naturally that it startled Adri.
She stared at him for a moment.
"...wait..."
"You can actually see the energy flow?"
Limbo looked at her with genuine confusion.
"...Yeah."
"Since I was little."
"I thought everyone could."
He awkwardly scratched the back of his head before laughing lightly.
"People used to say I stared at empty air."
"Something's I'd even try to catch it."
He unconsciously reached forward, making a grabbing motion.
"They never understood what I was doing."
A faint smile appeared on his face.
"That's one of the reason people kept their distance, most of time."
"They said..."
"...I was weird."
Silence followed.
Adri simply Looked at him.
Not with pity.
Not with disbelief.
But with genuine astonishment.
Most cutivatiors, mage even warrior's spent year's merely learning how to sense mana.
Some never succeeded despite decades of training.
Even those blessed with talent could only vaguely perceive it's presence after countless hours of meditation.
Actually seeing the flow....
The circulation...
The pathways...
That was something entirely different.
Yet this child...
Had been watching them since infancy.
".... Incredible..."
She whispered almost unconsciously.
Lbo titled his head.
"Is it really that strange?"
Adri slowly nodded.
"You have no idea."
Limbo's attention returned to the flowing currents almost immediately.
His thoughts naturally began piercing everything together.
Every point connects...
The lower points gathers ..
The upper points receives...
Then branches...
Returns...
Repeats...
There was rhythm.
Order.
Structure.
His programmer's mind automatically stopped viewing it as cultivation.
Instead...
It resembled an enormous network.
Each energy point functioned like a node.
Every pathway became a connection.
Nothing moved randomly.
Everything served a purpose.
His eyes memorised every route.
Every turn.
Every sequence..
Adri quietly watched him.
Then...
Without saying anything...
She deliberately changed the circulation.
The flow accelerated.
One pathway reversed.
Another paused briefly before continuing.
Limbo's pupils contracted.
He noticed every single change.
"...You changed it."
Adri looked genuinely surprised.
"You noticed?"
Limbo nodded.
"The flow became faster."
"You reversed The third stream."
"And this point..."
He pointed towards her lower abdomen.
"It stopped for a moment before redirecting."
Adri remained silent.
He really can see it...
Not guess.
Not imagine.
See.
She had never met anyone capable of such perception.
Not even Ruddi.
Unable to suppress his curiosity any longer, Limbo slowly closed his eyes.
"If the flow follows this order..."
He inhaled quietly.
"...then maybe...."
He attempted to imited everything he had just observed.
His breathing slowed.
His posture adjusted.
His concentration deepened.
Nothing happened.
No energy gathered.
No warmth appeared.
No strange sensation.
He opened his eyes.
"... Again."
He repeated every movement.
The same rhythm.
The same breathing.
Nothing.
One more time.
Still nothing.
Not even the slightest response.
Limbo let out a quiet sigh before opening his eyes.
"...It didn't work."
Adri wasn't surprised.
Instead, she smiled faintly.
"It wasn't supposed to."
She slowly walked towards him before
Gently tapping his forehead with a finger.
"What you observed..."
"...was only movement."
Limbo looked at her silently.
"You don't know, what an this energy point truly as..."
"You don't know how to awaken it."
"You don't why energy chooses One path over another."
"You don't know how each point functions."
"You only witnessed..."
"...the flow, like mana..."
She smiled kindly.
"Observation is key to learn, but it isn't understanding and knowing."
Limbo lowered his gaze.
Strangely....
He didn't feel disappointed.
Instead...
His curiosity had only grown stronger.
As limbo replayed every movement inside his mind, a familiar blue screen quietly appeared before his eyes.
"New Energy Pattern Observed"
"Recording..."
He froze.
Another line slowly formed beneath it.
"Unknowing structure identified"
Designation: Energy point.
The notification flickered.
Then...
Nothing.
No new skill hint.
No mastery pop up.
Nor any achievement display.
No level.
Only information.
"... Energy point..."
Limbo quietly repeated the unfamiliar words.
"So that's what it's called..."
The system had merely recognised it's existence.
Nothing more.
He still couldn't understand it.
Adri noticed his thoughtful expression.
"Thinking?"
Limbo nodded honestly.
"I remembered everything."
"The circulation."
"The order."
"The pathways."
He looked at his own hands.
"But..."
"I still can't do it."
Adri smiled.
"Good."
Limbo blinked.
"...Good?"
"If you could learn something this important simply by watching once..."
"...then everyone in this world would became a master."
She slowly turned toward the forest beyond the barrier.
"This requires guidance."
"A teacher."
"Someone who corrects every mistake before it destroys you."
"It requires patience."
"It requires years."
Then she looked back at Limbo.
"You possess remarkable eyes."
"They allow you to see what countless people spend their entire lives chasing."
She paused briefly.
"But eyes alone..."
"... aren't enough."
Limbo silently nodded.
For the first time...
He understood that some things couldn't be solved through observation alone.
Knowledge.
Experience.
Guidance.
Those were things no talent could replace.
Still...
His eyes drifted toward Adri once more.
Quietly memorizing every energy point.
Every pathway.
Every movement.
One day....
For sure...
He would understand them.
Far beyond the sanctuary...
Inside the corrupted forest...
A lone subordinate hurried towards Traka before kneeling respectfully.
"They're moving."
Silence followed.
Traka slowly opened his eyes.
A faint smile crept across his face.
"So..."
He looked toward the eastern horizon where the first days of sunlight had begun breaking through the darkness.
"...the game begins."