Ten thousand cultivators.

5 years later.

Anzar spent this period in complete closed-door cultivation.

First, he reached the peak of the Nascent soul realm.

Anzar witnessed that the qi inside the kingdom improved immensely. As Lilla said, the country finally had access to an extracted spirit vein.

Thanks to his spies, Anzar discovered that the 2 elders of the Blue Cloud Sect died on the battlefield against the wolf clan members 35 years ago.

However, Aderfi is still a life and even became an elder himself. Therefore, he needs to be careful if he meets him.

At the moment, it appears to him that the Blue cloud sect doesn't intend to make things complicated, or they don't know about him.

In any case, he isn't far from reaching the Soul formation realm, and at that moment, he can deal with this possible problem head-on. Time is his best weapon.

He also got informed that the battle of the 3 sects of the Souss country against the wolf clan branch he participated in went from a proxy fight to a more formidable one. Even Aksil Imjad and some other old monsters intervened, which pushed the wolf clan entirely out of the country.

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The improvement of qi density enhances the morale inside the kingdom. Everyone is cultivating and trying to reach a higher realm, Anzar's forces included.

There are 10 Nascent soul realm experts inside the kingdom, and all of them wanted to be the first to reach the Soul formation realm because the benefits are tempting, which led to a race between them.

The first to achieve the Soul Formation realm will presumably become the Master of the new sect. Even if it's just a tiny and subordinate sect, the advantage and prestige of being the sect master are still enormous.

Anzar is interested in something more than just this prestige or benefits. Even if he became the sect master, he would only focus on improving his Loyal forces in the shadow, the Siphax Legion.

However, this will allow him access to much information and make him closer to the imjad family. As a result, he will gain their trust. Then when the time comes, he will strike from the inside.

During these five years, Anzar improved his fighting technique even further.

He improved and created his techniques thanks to his grand accomplishment with the axe.

First is his main attack. He named it the Fatal Axe strike technique: This heavy melee attack will inflict enormous internal damage on the body and the meridians.

He also created the Strike Wave technique: This is a long-distance attack. He will unleash a penetrating wave made of qi that will have the same purpose as the Finish Axe Strike but with less effect due to the distance.

This technique was necessary to compensate for his lack in terms of long-distance fights.

Then, The Axe Blade Storm technique: This is also a long-distance attack that will send an enormous amount of waves on his enemy. This technique isn't enough to penetrate the body, but necessary if he has the handicap of the number.

Anzar also improved his Protective layer of qi to a much more formidable shield. He called it the Protective Shield.

This shield is very effective, especially with Anzar's dense qi. However, this shield can only be used temporarily because of its high consumption.

Anzar spent considerable time improving and creating these techniques during his closed-door cultivation. As a result, he is confident that they are at least at the early Heaven grade.

However, even without these techniques, his combat prowess isn't lacking for a nascent soul realm expert.

His movement and flying speed are top-notch for nascent soul realm cultivators.

Anzar finally managed to reach the level of Master of arrays. His understanding of arrays reached a new height. He can now create his arrays. But to do this, he will still need more Investissement.

During the last 5 years, he will often meditate and immerse himself in deep introspection, but he still couldn't enter the enlightenment state again.

However, his control over his thought improved, and his ability to analyze and deduce enhanced yet again.

Giss also managed to obtain much more information about these islands in the sea of Abyss.

Those islands are an ancient battlefield, some suspect it was a continent like the south fire continent, but it was completely destroyed because of an incredible battle.

Inside the islands, cultivators will search for treasures and benefit from the remains of this ancient battle, but the risks are also high.

Even after so much time has passed since this battle, deadly abilities and restrictions still spread in the islands and the sea of Abyss.

Anzar couldn't help but ask himself what realms those monsters were to have their technique still effective after thousandth of years.

He is always surprised by how vast and mysterious the world is.

While preparing himself, Anzar saw hundred of cultivators flying in the sky at full speed in the direction of the sea of Abyss.

All the cultivators that had a token are heading toward the islands. In general, they all come from powerful sects and forces from the hight-rank countries.

Only a few that aren't from a high-rank country managed to obtain a token and enter the islands. Just like Anzar.

But the mist still needed to dissipate more to allow cultivators to enter. So, everyone was gathering in the sky above the sea of Abyss and waiting for the right moment.

Once the preparations were done, Anzar flew at full speed like the others in the direction of the islands.

Anzar understood that this exploration would take years until the mist thickened again, But he wasn't worried about the Siphax Legion. Kahina should breakthrough at any time into the Nascent Soul Realm.

Everyone is improving by leaps and bounds thanks to the Siphax Breathing technique reserved for the most inner and loyal members and to the significant improvement in the qi density.

Anzar Flew around a hundred other cultivators. Then, he left the kingdom and entered the sea of Abyss.

After several hours at a sonic speed, he can see an incredible and ridiculous number of cultivators in front of the mist.

He estimated the number to be ten thousand, all in the golden core and nascent soul realms.

This number truly broadened his horizon. Many of these cultivators came from just one country, the Afia kingdom.