Ved tried even harder to fly up but the more he tried the more stamina he drained. Eventually he decided to land.
The pressure wasn't so much so that he couldn't fly up but it did feel like he was carrying boulders which just drained his stamina even faster.
However he noticed the pressure lessened the closer to the mountain he was as if it was trying to stop him from flying.
He chose to climb the rest of the way. His body ran through the dense forest like an agile cat but with his size, the trees shook and broke wherever he passed.
He ran on the steep mountain like it was a flat even ground, not missing a single step. While his speed was slower than flying it was still very fast.
In less than two minutes he had covered over 30 kilometres which was halfway between the first and second layer of clouds.
The essence density on this layer had grown even higher than the lower clouds, it was still not enough to impede him but it made him very uncomfortable.
