While many things were happening on the surface, Lyla was ardently learning how to control the system from Serpina. The gigantic amount of mana sent from the World Tree’s copies filled up the cultivation room’s floor today too, just like any other day. Lyla placed her hand on the restriction device on top of the ring surrounding the crystal and closed her eyes. Serpina stood next to her with her arms crossed and stared at Lyla indifferently like usual.

Whooosh!

Mana spread out from Lyla’s hand and seeped into the restriction device. The crystal shone and the ring shook gently.

Flinch! The mana, which had been climbing up the pillars, suddenly halted. Although it circled around the pillar, it didn’t go up into the crystal. Seeing this, Serpina said, “That’s enough.”

Lyla stopped pouring in her mana. Thus, the mana circling the pillar climbed up to the crystal, inserted itself, transformed into a white light, and disappeared through the wall.

“Haa!” Lyla heaved and wiped the sweat flowing from her forehead. This exercise wasn’t physically difficult, nor did it take a lot of her mana, but it...