Aren was suddenly paralyzed and drowned in the water. As such, he closed his mouth and stopped breathing to stop the intake of water.
However, when he did that, he sensed that he was actually properly receiving oxygen or something else that kept his body functioning without any hiccups.
'Could this be one of the perks of lifeform elevation? After all, I am no longer a normal human or, rather, a mortal. Instead, I am a supreme-lifeform,' Aren thought as he focused inside the water and sensed that he was absorbing oxygen or something else from the water to keep his body functioning.
His skin's pores were actually absorbing something from the water like oxygen that kept his body functioning and prevented him from suffocating.
'Interesting...as for this new thing aside from Oxygen that is functioning my body, let's call it life force for now,' Aren thought before he focused on the strange awakening process in his body.