Nen Power Breakthrough

Training in the valley entered its seventh day. The weather had turned stifling, mountain mist lingered, and even the air seemed stagnant. At dawn, Ryan got up as usual but felt that his body was slightly out of sync. After warming up, he found his leg muscles a little tight from stretching, yet his heartbeat was unusually steady, without the intense exhaustion of the previous days. His body seemed to have adapted to the weights, but the mental pressure still faintly lingered.

As usual, he fastened his protective gear and put on all his weights. Standing beside the rocks at the bottom of the valley, Ryan prepared for a new challenge: under sustained, high-intensity Aura compression, could he break past his previous physical limits and bring about a new change in both his body and Nen Power?

The first training set of the morning was weighted limit-running and evasion. Ryan gave every sprint his all, and he was far faster than when he had first entered the valley. As he ran, he adjusted his breathing, allowing his Aura to naturally coordinate with his muscles' output. Along the way, he deliberately made himself fall and slip, forcing his nervous system to adapt to unexpected situations. After every fall, he got back up, reoriented himself, and sprinted again in the shortest time possible, forcing his body to develop "instinctive reactions."

After that round, Ryan was panting and drenched in sweat, yet he found that his stamina consumption had dropped drastically compared to the previous days. He realized that his body had already grown accustomed to heavy loads, while the fluidity of his movements and the speed of his reactions had quietly improved.

In the afternoon, he sat in the shade of the valley, closed his eyes to rest, and began cycling his