’A few minutes more,’ I thought as I ran around the traps. The people have refreshed the traps, and some looked very recent. They are likely the people who had come here for blue-sartil recently. It is why people don’t trust cultists. I avoided every trap. I don’t mind taking a few minutes extra to travel the distance, rather than dealing with the mess those traps would create. I am confident that I could walk through many of these traps without triggering them, but I would rather not take the risk. It had been four and a half days since I left for this place. Sleeping only for two and a half hours, I need to recover from the method. It didn’t affect me much. Especially when I don’t spend time in my core, I could go weeks without sleep if I didn’t spend time in my core. The main reason I sleep every day is because of the core. It takes a lot. Minutes passed and stopped as I reached the edge of the crater. Below me is the violet field, spread over a hundred kilometres, which is nothing to me, much less to the strongest, but despite that, no one has been able to reach the centre of it. I watched for a few seconds before starting to climb down, reaching the edge. I didn’t enter. Instead, I stopped at the edge. A moment later, several tools appeared in my hand and entered into the mist, while the door appeared behind me, and I stepped through it. I want nothing more than to walk inside that violet zone, but I am not in my best state. I wanted to be fully prepared and rested. The data and tools that would be collected would also be helpful. Seeing what happened last time, I want to be as much as prepared as possible. The bastard might still be there. I don’t want to take the risks. Last time, I had survived, but there was a lot of luck involved. I am more prepared and powerful this time, but I don’t want to take needless risks. I freshened up and walked into the kitchen. It’s a little early for dinner, but I’m hungry. I am skipping lunch since I begin the journey. I don’t like to do that, especially when I am out. An hour later, there was a meal in front of me, which I ate while watching the realistic view of the crater. Earlier, I used to eat in a room, but now and then, I started to bring out the view. The change helps with the loneliness. Once I finished, I went directly to the practice. I could have waited till midnight, but I want to get a good night’s sleep tonight. I fell down as I finished the last pose of the dance. I wanted to lie down slowly, but the tiredness of the journey and lack of sufficient sleep had made me really tired. It was a miracle that I was able to practice the methods successfully at all. When I woke, it was early morning as usual. I am feeling refreshed, like I have not felt in the past couple of days. Eight hours of sleep could do that to you. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novęlfire.net I didn’t get up immediately. Instead, I closed my eyes. A moment later, I appeared in my core, before walking toward my clone. I am still on the edge, and every hour receiving the data from the violet zone. One of the tools I had designed would collect data every hour and bring it to the abode. With the quality of tools, this time, I had collected a lot of quality data. Most importantly, the location of blue sartil metal in the middle region. These tools are better than they were last time, and they have found a lot of metal. It’s not enough for my purpose, but it will put me on the way. I looked at every graph and studied every line of data. It didn’t take me long, seeing my clone had already studied them. A few minutes later, I walked out, and two hours after that, I was standing at the gate. "I hope I will be finished in the single trip," I said to myself and stepped out. This time, I am more prepared and powerful. If possible, I want to finish it with a single trip and return, before anyone realizes I had gone anywhere. I appeared at the edge of the violet zone and took the step inside. Immediately, I felt the powerful restriction. Even with my breakthrough and large increase in power, I couldn’t bring out my soul sense. I wonder if that would be the case when I make a breakthrough into the Prime. Though I won’t be here to find out. It will take me years, decades to make the breakthrough, that is a lot of time. I don’t want to spend that much time in this forsaken place. I cleared my thoughts, and a moment later, formations activated, sending the waves of energy. It couldn’t be compared to the soul sense, but it is the only option I have, and thankfully, this time, my method is much better. I could now not only sense things more clearly than before, but could also sense things for longer. It will help me a lot against the dangers, the monsters, and others. Speaking of monsters, my tools had sensed only one monster, and it looked calmer. Which is good, but I cannot trust it fully. The sample is small, but I am considering it an encouraging sign. I don’t want to face the monsters here. I have seen how powerful they are, and despite my advancement, I would try to avoid engaging with them. I moved through the violet zone, and my speed isn’t fast, but it’s not slow either. The last time, I had scanned through the outer part of the violet zone. So this time, I am going directly to the middle and hope I will get all the blue-sartil I need there, or I might need to ventral central part of it. I really don’t want to do that.