Ats focused ily, honing in on every subtle shift in the elemental particles swirling around him. The monsters were closing in, their chaotients sending ripples through the particles, signaling multiple attackers from different dires.

  He remained motionless, spinning his spear oo ter himself as he adjusted his stao meet the uhreats. His mind was sharp and calm—a stark trast to the early days of his training, when panic would overtake him in moments like this.

  Suddenly, an attack came from behind!

  His instincts jolted him into a, but the speed of the strike overwhelmed him. The blow nded hard, f him to stumble forward.

  Before he could recover, atack came from the front. Ats spun his spear instinctively, sweeping out in a wide arc—direct hit!

  The on’s momentum carried him to the side, but another crushing impact hit him squarely, throwing him off bance.

  He shed out with his spear in a sweeping motion, trying to keep the attackers at bay.

  Three monsters!

  From their height and movements, he reized them as Lava Hounds.

  Ats gritted his teeth. He wasn’t allowed to use active skills in this session, but his passive abilities were still in py. He made a quick decision—Water Element.

  With a surge of focus, hundreds of faint water elemental particles in the area were drawn toward him, ing around his body and spear like a flowing shield.

  He leapt forward, thrusting his spear toward one of the hounds.

  The recoil of the impact told him he had nded a solid hit. Without hesitating, he unched into another quick maneuver, jumping high and delivering a powerful overhead strike that smmed into the target.

  But atack came from his right side! He shifted his stance, parrying the strike with his spear in a sweeping motion.

  Behind!

  A sudden blow struck the back of his head, sending him sprawling to the ground. He rolled to one side, barely avoiding atack.

  Damn it! They’re overwhelming me from all sides!

  As he scrambled to recover, Ats sensed another presenultiple ones. Lava Beetles. They were swarming closer.

  Ats swiftly moved away from his previous position, knowing the monsters were verging there.

  I’ve fought these things hundreds of times!

  He ched his spear tightly. He uood their movements, their attack patterns, and the most effective ways to kill them.

  But the true challenge wasn’t the monsters—it was the void of sensation. He had only his instincts and the shifting patterns of elemental particles to guide him.

  The monsters followed, closing in!

  Ats suddenly halted and swept his spear in a rapid arc behind him—four Lava Hounds!

  Without missing a beat, he swept higher, catg the air above, then spun his spear in a wide circle around him.

  Five Lava Beetles!

  He smirked, pnting his feet firmly on the ground.

  I’ve got them now!

  Visualizing the monsters’ positions in his mind, he started to piece together the chaotients of the elemental particles. The se unfolded in slow motion in his mind’s eye.

  Attack!

  Ats lunged forward, sweeping his spear in a wide arc. A spin attack followed, striking high.

  Left side!

  He brought his spear down in an overhand strike—feedback through the on firmed the hit.

  He took a few steps back as more monsters closed in.

  Overhead strike! Feedbaother hit!

  He spun his spear, attag in a circur motion. Direct hits—three of them!

  He felt the feedback weakening—these monsters were faltering!

  Pnting his feet firmly, Ats thrust his spear forward with precision. The strike nded , the feedback resonating through the shaft of the on.

  One down!

  [You have killed Lava Beetle Lv. 53]

  [You received 1,233 Exp]

  [Exp: 4,223/179,665]

  Ats allowed a faint smile to cross his lips. He was beginning to uand the flow of this battle, and surprisingly, he was starting to enjoy it.

  His fidence grew with eaent, and he began to move with greater agility and precision.

  It wasn’t that he could defeat the monsters easily—far from it. He o strike their oints multiple times before delivering a finishing blow.

  But this was a routine he had repeated tless times. He had grown so aced to it that even battles sting nearly the entire day felt natural to him. Killing these monsters had bee part of his daily life.

  One of the Lava Beetles, weakened areating, caught his attention. At the same time, a Lava Hound blocked his path directly ahead.

  Ats reacted instantly. Leaping forward, he used the Lava Hound as a stepping stone, ung himself high into the air. With a swift overhead strike, he smmed his spear into the retreating Lava Beetle, driving it into the ground with a resounding impact.

  Still airbors spun mid-flight, redireg his momentum. Using the spin to power his maneuver, he twisted back toward the Lava Hound and delivered another devastating strike, his spear eg with a precise, powerful blow.

  [You have killed Lava Beetle Lv. 51]

  [You received 978 Exp]

  [Exp: 5,201/179,665]

  [You have killed Lava Hound Lv. 49]

  [You received 759 Exp]

  [Exp: 5,960/179,665]

  He had do. It took time to adjust, but Ats successfully cleared the first wave of monsters.

  The set of skills and talents he possessed had been crucial to his survival and stamina, allowing him to ehe relentless assault and volic terrain with greater resilience.

  [Epic - Lifebound Shield (Passive, Defensive) Lv. 1]

  Creates a natural barrier that absorbs a portion of ining damage and verts it into health regeioime.

  [Epic - Inferno Fortitude (Passive) Lv. 2]

  Provides enhanced endurand stamina, allowing him to thrive in harsh voliviros.

  These abilities gave him a distinct edge, enabling him to not only withstand the prolonged battle but also recover and adapt as the fight tinued.

  One week.

  Then, two weeks passed.

  Ats followed a grueling routine, repeating simir training every day. He ran ps, increasing the distand the weight he carried each day, pushing his body to its limits.

  In the sed phase of his training, he faced monsters attag from all dires, all while his senses remained pletely shut off.

  By the third week, the challeed further. Ats now had to run the same number of ps, but in an enviroeeming with roaming mohat would ambush him whenever he passed.

  Several times, he stumbled or fell into streams of molten va. The searing pain should have been unbearable, but by now, Ats had grown numb to it. Pain had bee just another obstacle to overe.

  Every time he was forced to retreat, he would recover as best as he could, then push himself right bato the fight.

  Step by step, he grew stronger, his body adapting to the brutal ditions and the relentless onsught of monsters.

  Four weeks had passed.

  Ats now faced airely new challenge: battling his own troops in a simution desigo test him to his limits. At first, it was a one-on-one skirmish. Then it escated to two oppos, eventually culminating in a coordinated assault by four of his elite fighters.

  This training was both intense and exhirating. Uhe monsters he had fought before, his troops were smarter and far more strategibsp;

  They took full advantage of his blind spots—though, to be fair, every spot was a blind spot for him. It was more about finding the gaps he couldn’t predict or cover in time.

  Zara, with her archery, excelled at disrupting Ats’s momentum. Her arrows struck the joints of his armor, throwing off his movements and causing him to lose ba critical moments.

  Garen capitalized on those openings with heavy, bone-crushing strikes, his sheer strength enough to send Ats stumbling.

  Meanwhile, Ronan unleashed relentless barrages of attacks from uable angles, often using arrows or thrown projectiles to bombard Ats. This stant pressure left him struggling to identify the dire of ining strikes.

  And then there was Kaida, whose fire magic delivered explosive bursts. Her fireballs hit with enough force to hurl Ats across the field, leaving him scrambling to recover.

  It wasn’t just a test of skill; it was chaos—and Ats loved every sed of it.

  The training sessions weren’t just about improvement—they became moments of bonding.

  Every time a session ended, Ats would take off his helmet and armor, only to be met with ughter from the group. They’d tease one another about the chaos of the battle.

  By the sixth week, the real challenge arrived—the culmination of all his current session of training, the ultimate test.

  Ats stood at the ter of the field, surrounded by low hills. He had no idea what he would face, only that this would be anything he’d entered before.

  The only clue he had? This was his first.

  Suddenly, he felt it, a massive surge of elemental particles, moving with terrifying force from one side.

  What?! This is to!

  Before he could eve, something enormous, fast, and overwhelmingly powerful struck him like a battering ram.

  The impact sent him hurtling through the air, smming him into the arena’s terrain wall with devastating speed. His body embedded into the surface, leaving cracks spidering out from the point of impact.

  Damn!

  But, This is it! This is what I’ve been training for!