The pressure surged beyond his current capacity
His body finally responded
Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth
His knees bent slightly
His internal mana fractured violently
—but he did not stop
Instead he forced synchronization
Not with stable flow
…but with instability itself
He matched the irregular rhythm of the pressure
Turning chaos into a pattern
Turning collapse into structure
"…if stability fails…"
His thoughts sharpened
"…then instability becomes the system"
The field reacted again
More violently
As if rejecting his method
But Neuro did not change approach
He adapted faster
Each second his control evolved
Not gradually
But in sudden jumps
Each failure becoming foundation
Each collapse becoming structure
Another fragment surfaced
A memory again
A battlefield
Not of swords
But something else
Invisible forces colliding
A body moving without hesitation
Not because it was fearless
…but because it had already accepted destruction
"…you survive because you stop protecting yourself…"
The memory ended
Neuro's breathing stabilized again despite worsening conditions
"…so that's the rule…" he thought quietly
The pressure reached a new level
And this time
His body did not break
It adjusted
Barely
But enough
Silence returned to his mind
Not because the trial ended
…but because the first layer had been crossed
Neuro stood there inside the mist blood still at his lips body under extreme strain
—but stable
For now
"…this place…" he thought calmly
"…is not meant to train strength"
His eyes focused deeper into the field
"…it is meant to destroy structure"
A faint pause followed
"…and rebuild something else"
He took another step forward
Not because he had to
…but because stopping had never been part of his thinking