A gradual descent into silence.
Slow...silent.
Thoughts fading away.
Words dispersing.
And eventually, the count of his breath began fading away along with it all.
The sensory grasp of the air stopped.
To enter meditation is to feel the world fade away completely. Like sleep—except you remain conscious.
After endless times of cultivating Apex Energy and meditation, Ryuk was already used to this phase of the training, reaching the perfect meditation state in a little less than ten minutes.
Something that shook Kiyona's heart.
Not like it was impossible for one to descend faster into a meditation stage, but because it was difficult for one who had yet to start cultivation to find a way to let go of his thoughts so fast on his first try.
But all of it was to her advantage.
Her hands reached and held the side of Ryuk's head, her nails brushing against those silky white strands, a sensation of extreme softness—but she ignored this sensation.
