This Promotion Ritual was completely different from every Promotion Ritual Iver had experienced in the past.
It was neither the tranquil feeling of the Full Moon Ritual, as though he were immersed in his mother's embrace, nor the blood-soaked darkness and heaviness of the New Moon Ritual.
It was not even like the Lunar Eclipse Ritual. Iver still remembered that after regaining consciousness during his last Lunar Eclipse Ritual, he had entered the instance immediately. When he first awoke, he had even been dazed for several seconds before gradually remembering that he was in a dream.
But this time, Iver's consciousness was exceptionally clear.
He had not fallen asleep at all. Instead, he felt his spirit hurtling through a black tunnel at an almost uncontrollable speed.
It was like riding a roller coaster through the darkness at an extremely high speed. A bitter cold seeped into Iver's chest, like riding an electric scooter at night while wearing nothing but a sweater full of holes. The cold wind poured straight through the gaps in his clothes and into his body, gradually freezing his thoughts and blurring his consciousness.
Every now and then, Iver felt as though he had collided with something, but he was immersed in a hazy state between sleep and wakefulness, unable to think clearly about what it was. Those things were covered in a soft membrane. They did not injure Iver, merely jolting him and slowing him down.
The sensation was like driving over a speed bump. He only felt his body jolt violently, without suffering any harm. At the moment of impact, a wisp of pure white moonlight briefly burst forth.
After passing through a passageway, however, the collisions suddenly became much more violent. As Iver's speed gradually decreased, his consciousness slowly returned, and through rational thought