The advancement had gone through much better than I had imagined it to be, and the strength advancement I had got is pretty shocking. I think, with such strength, I have a chance to survive against the Black Sharkman and the other dangers.

  　　I did not even check the things I have got from the constitution seed, which I am sure would increse my strength even more.

  　　I wanted to check it, but there is one more thing, which I am more interested in and I have to finish it as soon as possible. This thing will not provide me any offensive benefits, but still, its value is far above any offensive strength could compare.

  　　I entered inside my core, and it looked similar but also different; at one look, one could not see any change in it, but if they breathed in, they would instantly see the difference.

  　　The most visible one is the density of energy; it had a tremendous change. It had become three times denser than before; while it might not look much compared to hundreds of times, which I am feeling outside, it is not common energy.

  　　It is an energy that is a grade above the concentrated one outside; the benefits of staying inside it would be far greater than staying common energy that is hundreds of times outside.

  　　I felt the changes for a few seconds before moving toward the important thing. I just had to walk for a few seconds to reach it. 

  　　It is a small clay pool with a clay stand in the center, and it is filled with vibrant green liquid. Nearly 15% resources I had used in my breakthrough had been used in making this pool.

  　　It is not a simple clay pool but the form that a very complex formation had taken.

  　　A smile couldn't help but appear on my face when I saw there were no blemishes or cracks on the bowl. It had formed perfectly. I had huge doubts, considering I had barely any time to furnish the formation, which I had completed while in this ruin.

  　　I would have life furnish the formation couple more times through the week, but circumstances had forced my hand, and now, I just hope that this bowl would be able to bear the pressure and succeed; many things are dependent on it.

  　　Dip!

  　　'It is time,' I said and sat down at the center of the pool and threw a white-silvery crystal that appeared in my hand, which I threw down in the pool. A couple of seconds later, a silvery shine appeared on the vibrant green water.

  　　That was the pure soul crystal I had added into the pool, one of the biggest I have; it is a great treasure that even Grand Lords would desire, as it is even capable of aiding even their soul injuries, and I just dipped the piece into the liquid.

  　　I closed my eye and took a deep breath; when I opened my eyes, there was a stainless Blood Soul Lotus in my hand.

  　　This one is the biggest and best among all the stainless blood soul lotuses, and it is perfect to practice the collective crystalized mind formula that the small being that given me.

  　　It is a strange method with a lot of restrictions that not many could practice, not to mention exceedingly complex that even those who have the necessary qualities to practice might not practice it considering how complex it is.

  　　Even after spending months, I was barely able to comprehend the first level, and that was only because of my knowledge and the research I had done.

  　　I looked at the stainless blood soul lotus and closed my eyes; the very next moment, silvery runes began to come out of my mind. These runes are tiny, so tiny that one could barely seed them through the naked eyes, and are jammed packed with the soul energy.

  　　Tens of runes begin to come out of my mind, and all of them are going at this lotus; within a minute, thousands of silvery runes went inside it, but that is far from enough; they were not able to cover a single petal fully, much less the whole lotus.

  　　Seconds passed and turned into the minutes, and soon ten minutes passed. In the ten minutes, more than half of the petals have been covered in the runes from all the directions, but that is not enough.

  　　In a few more minutes, I had become visibly tired and just wanted to stop, but I did not. There are still quite more runes I have to materialize through my comprehension. If I stop now, everything will collapse, and I would lose the stainless blood soul lotus, and I couldn't afford that.

  　　A minute and a half later, I stopped. All my soul energy had been spent; there is not an ounce of it had remained, but I did not finish with runes.

  　　I thought the soul energy I had would be more than enough to materialize the comprehension I have got from the method, but it seeds Iike I had overestimated my abilities again. I still have to materialize around two thousand runes, and I couldn't materialize them with soul energy from the resources.

  　　It needs my own soul energy, and I have none.

  　　The wise choice would stop, as practicing it wouldn't give me any boost in strength; I could practice it when I got stronger, but for some reason, I did not want to wait. I want to practice this method, no matter the cost.

  　　"Fuck!" 

  　　I cursed, and a second later, the silvery runes began to come out of me, and these runes were different; they were a little darker, which is not surprising considering I am over-drafting my soul to create them.

  　　I am burning my soul to create these runes, which is clearly an idiotic thing to do, even when there is no danger, but here, a freaking death reaper is waiting for me, and I should be in the perfect condition to face against it, but instead, here I am burning my soul for a thing that would not help me fight at all.

  　　This compulsion is too strong for me to resist, and it was not from an outside source. It was born out of my own desires.

  　　There are two things in my life that have completely enamored me; one is the rule-bending power, and the second is this method. It is completely different from the method I have ever seen, with a value equal to or far surpassing the Grand Art for someone like me.

  　　A thing that compels even hidden being to speak.

  　　Even if the hidden being had not been spoken about, I would have still practiced it with the same seal. I understood the value of the method and knew it help to me without bounds, nearly as much as rule-bending power.

  　　So, I will practice this method, even at the cost of burning my soul.