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That night Owen spent it by practising his breathing. When Owen left the cave to join the Pavilion, Kovinth had told him that when one reaches the pinnacle of the breathing technique they can even breath underground with no problems. Although Owen couldn’t believe it, at the same time he fully trusted his master’s words. And naturally his master’s words were more believable. His breathing was calm, and with every breathe Essence within a few meters disappeared. Because the Essence was so thick Owen, would sometimes think he was inside of the Water Crater again. Luckily Owen wasn’t breathing in the water within the Boundaries or he would likely have already drowned again. Yet this time his master wouldn’t be there to save him.

‘No matter how much I breathe in, I can’t help but think Essence is amazing.’

As the Essence within his body flowed through his veins and arteries he was able to be feel rejuvenated. It didn’t matter how fatigued his muscles were, after a few breathes time the Essence with flow within the muscles and revitalize them. It was truly a unique feeling. He wore a happy expression as he made a fist and punched the tree in front of him. A loud crash was heard and the tree caved in. Although the cave in wasn’t large, it easily fit Owen’s entire fist.

‘Even though I broke through I didn’t have a chance to get to see how strong I was.’

When Owen was still at the Low Opal stage he had known that he could easily dent the trunk of a normal tree. It wasn’t to say that was impressive, but considering that it was at the very beginning after creating his first block it was still something to be happy about. Now he was able to make a hole in the tree trunk. It was said that in the Jade stage that being able to shatter a tree with a fist was more than possible. At least that was how Kovinth described it too Owen. As for the other stages there were too many details and small things that restricted strength. And because of this one’s strength was instead measured by the hardness of one’s skin. Eventually Pathwalkers would reach the stage that only diamonds could scratch them.

But this wasn’t to say that other things couldn’t hurt them. It was only a rough approximation. This was to say that many factors came into play when fighting. If a Jade Pathwalker was careless a Opal rank could kill them. However if they shielded themselves with Essence, the other was required to break it with Essence. It was something like a magic shield but at the same time it was the most common use of Essence. Though when they reached the Topaz stage they would be able to be feel the elements and eventually begin to control them with fusing them with their Essence.

As Owen was thinking about all of these details, he got up and finally decided to get some rest. Slowly but surely, he walked into the lean-to, laying his down on his hands, with his already shut eyes, he subconsciously stopped the Blind Motion technique. He listened to the beat of his calm heart, and slowly fell asleep.

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The next day Owen continued to travel. He hadn’t found any Devourers as of yet because he still still overly close to the Pavilion. After being forcefully thrown in here by the Keepers it was no wonder they didn’t want to be anywhere near them. As for a village Owen had still yet to find one. He was only walking step by step with a meter long distance made with every step. Even when the ground was uneven this didn’t hinder his meticulous walking ability.

As Owen continued to walk around aimlessly he saw a mountain. As he stared at the mountain he noticed a peculiar thing about this mountain. Although most mountains were green, and that didn’t change for this mountain either, however there was a red gaseous cloud rising from a point on the mountain. Full of curiosity Owen made for this destination.

He wasn’t sure what he would find here, but none the less he was more than interested to find out. After all Sky Essence was what he needed most, and from the looks of the red cloud there was definitely some sort of Sky Essence forming over there. Owen wrapped the Tiny Thin Sash around his waist and put the Little Light Rock into his pocket. With that he set off.

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Meanwhile, from a certain distance away was a familiar distortion in space, invisible to the surroundings, was watching Owen very carefully. This distortion only continued to watch Owen as he left for the mountains. Surprising the form spoke and what came out was a loveable sound that even birds would be jealous of.

“Where is he going?”