Lucian stood alone in the room once more.
But the silence didn't settle. The system didn't close.
[Optional Advancement to Rank B Trial Available.]
[Special Requirement Met: Solo Completion with Perfect Efficiency.]
A slow breath left his lips.
"…Alright."
He closed his eyes, and when they opened again, the light inside them was different.
"Begin."
[ADVANCEMENT TRIAL – RANK B]
Trial Tier: Extreme
Restriction: No system help. No rewinds. No anchors. Just you.
[Commencing…]
Everything shattered.
The room disappeared in a blink, not like before—this time, it was ripped from reality, torn and sucked into a black spiral of collapsing space. The world reassembled itself around him in pieces. Broken stars. Drifting stone islands. Lightning made of ink streaking across the void.
Lucian found himself standing on a floating obsidian platform, cracked and bleeding light from its center. A faint pulse echoed under his feet.
"This one's different…" he muttered.
