The next morning, Lin appeared before Ren with her trademark sadistic smile. Not even his exhaustion from the cultivation process could save him from training.
"Faster!" Lin's voice cut through the morning air as she made him run with weighted bands strapped to his limbs.
When he was finally released that afternoon, his muscles trembling from exertion, Ren decided to demonstrate his cultivation process to his friends. They gathered around, watching with curiosity and apprehension as he meticulously laid out his materials.
"First, I crush the poisonous fungi..." Ren began explaining, his movements precise and practiced.
Min nodded along, following the process with keen interest until Ren reached the part about overloading with ten times more mana than Taro and controlling his veins with the tentacle while enduring excruciating pain.
His eyes glazed over, and he toppled backward like a felled tree.
"Min!" Taro lunged forward to catch him.
