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Time passed quickly and just like that, there's only a year left before the end of the Smelting Trial.
While the other participants gathered as many achievements as they could get, this Smelting Trial turned out to be another seclusion for Raven.
Raven honed his skills even more, as he got to control his outrageous boost in physical strength, he ultimately felt immense confidence. He truly felt unstoppable. Even though he experienced just how absurd his physical strength was during these past nine years of seclusion first hand, the feeling and satisfaction of possessing legitimate strength makes him feel giddy and slight dizzy.
Having the seal released on his Cosmic Energy enabled Raven to perform more complicated techniques with relative ease. Due to the immense capacity this brings him, he no longer has to spend his longevity to cast powerful skills in case of emergency in the future.
