John closed his eyes, assuming a seated meditative position, and focused on the mental image of the Asuras aura domain during that hellish battle. The pain of the trial rained down on him ceaselessly, making it nearly impossible to think about anything other than the pain.
It was all encompassing, all consuming.
John took a deep breath and held it in while he focused on stabilizing his mind and pushing out the pain. He exhaled a while later, feeling a sliver of thought created in his mind, one that could ignore the pain, and focus on the Asura domain.
'The Dao of Pain. That was most certainly one of the Daos I felt from the Asuras aura. It wasn't that the aura was strong enough to cause pain, but that it emanated the actual Dao instead. Then why did it take me so long to realize that?'
