Chapter 604: Spike in Pressure (1/2)

'I have made quite a progress during these past few days.' Raven hummed inwardly as he rested inside his tent.

Their training under this heavy pressure really squeezed out their hidden potential, most specifically for Raven who doesn't see much action as needed. Right now, although he could still feel the weight of the immense pressure, it doesn't hinder him so much to the point of rooting him on the spot unlike before,

Additionally, Raven already managed to circulate his Cosmic Energy under normal speed even while he's at outside of the formation. The immense pressure outside slows down his energy circulation previously, but not that problem was solved. Additionally, since he could achieve what was his previous speed of energy circulation even under the influence of the immense pressure, his energy circulation without it was much faster compared before.

If that's not enough, thanks to him repeatedly circulating his energy throughout his body, the purity of his Cosmic Energy was exponentially rising. This was thanks to the filtering effects of the World Tree Sprout as it was the medium that purifies his Cosmic Energy. And since he's actively resisting the immense pressure outside, his Cosmic Energy was being purified even more, creating a cycle that benefits him greatly.

In the short span of days, his improvements could rival what it would normally take him months to accomplish.

Aside from him, the improvement of his current teammates were also nothing to scoff at. Due to the influence of the pressure, they were ironing out the imperfections on their techniques. Slowly but surely, these techniques were being refined into their most optimal state which would undoubtedly bring them immense boost on their upcoming battles.

All in all, their decision to take advantage of this pressure to boost their growth was a correct one. Thankfully, Raven realized this and brought this to their attention, if not then they wouldn't have been able to grow even stronger.

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”Everyone has proper adjusted to the pressure right?” Raven asked after their breakfast, earning nods from his teammates. ”Since that's the case, let's move a little forward yeah?”

The War Gods look at each other and nodded. Henry then said: ”Sounds good. Since we've already minimized the effects of the pressure outside, then let's see what's lies on the top.”

”Meh, I wouldn't jump into conclusions if I were you.” Theo interjected, causing Henry and Logan to frown.

”What do you mean?” Henry asked. However, instead of answering his question, Theo just looked at Raven. This was him telling Henry to listen to what Raven has to say.

Raven of course knew what Theo implied, so he nodded and explained himself: ”Well, it would indeed be nice if we could just charge towards the peak right away. However, I don't think that it would be as simple as that.”

”You see, typically in places where pressure like this exists. The closer we are at out destination, the heavier the pressure gets.” Raven stated, causing Henry to momentarily be dazed and had the sudden urge to slap himself.

Yeah, how could he forget about that simple fact?

”So yeah, I don't think it would be that simple. I bet the pressure we have to endure will increase as we goes closer to the peak.” Raven said, ”The guardian at the 13th Checkpoint said that there's 10,000 miles left for us to trek. I bet you once we enter the 9,000 meter territory, the pressure will suddenly spike. Well, I could also be wrong. But we'll find out about it shortly aren't we?”

”We're going there by foot so we would instantly feel it if there's a spike in pressure. Then, we go back to camping and adjusting ourselves to the increased pressure and move forwards. Rinse and repeat. So yeah, this is going to take a while.” Theo explained, allowing the rest to catch a glimpse of how the last stretch of their journey is going to look like.

Raven nodded to Theo's words as he too thought the same. He had been placed in these kinds of situations before that he's no longer surprised. And the rest were experienced people so they too understand what's about to happen.

”Oh well, that doesn't really sound so bad.” Logan commented. ”At least there won't be some pesky beast that will hinder us anymore. If there were then this is truly going to be a pain in the ass.”

”Even if there is, Raven would most likely have a way to deal with them so you don't really need to worry about it.” Charles commented as well.

”Oh, true.” Logan nodded.

Raven simply smiled and didn't deny this. He has indeed his ways to deal with beast, if there would be any. Heck, he even had a way to nullify this immense pressure around them if he wanted to, he's being quiet about it.