Chapter 169 - More Power

Axel took a deep breath as he stood in the middle of the open field, his eyes closed in concentration. He focused his mind and started to gather an aura around him.

"Void"

For the next two days, Axel continued to train with Void, pushing himself to his limits and beyond. He focused on controlling the aura within him, learning to manipulate it with precision and finesse.

"I need to change a place. Standing on a place for two days gathers attention."

Axel sat on a rock, his eyes closed, and his breathing was deep and steady. He focused on the feeling of his own aura, feeling it flow in and out of his body like a living, breathing thing. He had been practicing Void for two days now, and although he still didn't fully understand how it worked, he was amazed by the results.

As he continued to meditate, he felt his aura begin to expand, filling the space around him like a warm, protective cocoon. He could sense the presence of other living things nearby, their own auras pulsing like little stars in the darkness. He felt a sense of connection to everything around him, as though he were a part of a greater whole.

Axel opened his eyes, feeling more energized and focused than he had in a long time. He stood up and stretched, feeling the tension in his muscles loosen as he moved. He had been so absorbed in his training that he had lost track of time, but he knew that he had made significant progress in mastering his ninja abilities.

As he walked back to his campsite, he couldn't help but smile to himself. He knew that he still had a long way to go before he could truly master Nen, but he was excited to continue his training and see where it would take him.

As Axel sat down and looked at the dark sky. He smiled.

"Time passes, and everything goes on."

"It's been about one year; I have been living here maybe even more."

Axel closed his eyes and then entered a deep sleep.

-

In the morning, he woke up and stretched out. Focusing all of his nen, his nen started turning in color. Taking a purplish-whitish color, not too purple and dark like evil-colored nen, but purple in strength and white in good nature.

Seconds later, his ordinary aura reached a size of four meters in all directions. It was his entire aura, about 30% of a Royal Guard.

In the sense of aura volume and power, there should be no more than seven to ten people stronger than Axel at this point.

Axel closed his eyes and smiled again.

"The number of marked people reached 22.000."

"It is too bad that there is still nobody who is marked with my ability and has the ability to use nen."

It was bad for Axel not to have any NEN users in his marked list. One has to know that if a nen user is marked, the amount of nen Axel is going to gain from that is too much compared to an ordinary individual.

Not to mention the amount of regeneration.

Axel took a deep breath and then decided.

"I have a good amount of time; I should use void on basic combat capabilities, hand-to-hand combat, the use of the apostle's nen ability, and sneaking abilities."