Elven cultivators

In the days that followed.

In addition to cultivating and comprehending the techniques, Anton also had an additional arrangement to temper his Dao heart by using inner demons as a guide.

Every so often, he would take the Heart Demon Inducing Agent and enter the Heart Demon Illusion to hone himself.

And each time he successfully overcomes a tribulation of inner demons, the illusion of the next tribulation of inner demons will change to a different one.

Or perhaps they successfully ascend to heaven, looking down upon the Dawn Continent, but become complacent with their false achievements and stop striving for further progress, indulging in pleasure.

Or perhaps they are transported to another world and immediately possess endless wealth, power, and beauty, becoming so engrossed in these things that they abandon their path of cultivation.

Or they may be trapped in an inescapable predicament, facing endless terror and despair.

Fortunately, Anton was able to break through each impasse, see through illusions, and question his true self.

Each time he successfully overcomes a tribulation of inner demons, the quality of his true essence becomes purer, and his efficiency in comprehending cultivation techniques also increases.

The only downside is that as the number of times the Inner Demon Summoning is used increases, the boost brought by the Inner Demon Tribulation gradually weakens.

When he overcame his inner demons for the twenty-third time, he could hardly feel any improvement in himself.

Clearly, the inner demon tribulation had already pushed his potential to its limit.

"It seems this is the end of it."

Anton let out a long breath, not too disappointed.

After all, he had already gained enough from the inner demon.

Now, his speed in condensing true essence is twice as fast as before.

This means that he can increase his true essence by 10% in about five years.

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In about twenty more years, I will be able to reach the completion of the Foundation Establishment stage.

This efficiency is far superior to what it was before!

Moreover, the increased purity of his true essence also significantly reduced the energy consumption when he used the Star Luo Sword Scripture.

The most obvious manifestation of this is that he has been able to use the "splitting into two" technique in the light splitting and separation as a routine method.

Even if it is "divided into four", it can still sustain itself for a period of time.

As for the more powerful "one splits into eight", it can only be used for a maximum of three or four minutes for the time being.

But that's enough.

Anton's strength has improved significantly compared to before.

Now, when facing Marcus again, he wouldn't even need to use the Five Battalions of Divine Soldiers and the Fire Shield; he could easily take him down.

After a moment of delight, Anton flipped his wrist, and a small, exquisite crystal bottle appeared out of thin air in his palm.

As he shook his hand, the liquid in the crystal bottle swayed gently.

The liquid was clear throughout, but not transparent or colorless; instead, it presented a deep silver-blue hue, with a hazy and beautiful quality reminiscent of the night sky.

It was the Moon Essence Elixir.

After reaching an agreement with the Emerald Court, the Silvermoon Clan gained another trade route.

Although the Emerald Court is located far in the center of the continent, separated from the Silvermoon Forest, this trade route is only traversed a maximum of twice a year.

However, the Jade Court is rich in resources, and the Silvermoon Clan can trade with them for a large amount of rare materials.

The most important of these is the Moon Essence Elixir.

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Over the past ten years, Anton has accumulated a considerable amount of Moon Essence Liquid.

He estimated that if he saved for another ten or twenty years, he should be able to gather enough to refine the Condensation Pill.

It's just in time to gather them before the Foundation Establishment stage is completed.

"Now all that's missing is the Yang energy and the Earth element material."

Anton pondered to himself.

He had recently received a message from Scott saying that there was a lead on one of the materials on the list.

And that material happens to be one of the main materials belonging to the earth element.

If all goes well, the main materials for the land will be ready soon.

At that time, the only missing element will be the Yang energy.

Regarding this, Anton has only identified two usable materials so far.

One type is yang crystal.

One is dragon's breath.

The former is easier to get started with, but takes a long time.

Over the years, Anton has been collecting the essence of the sun and moon every day, but so far he has only accumulated a small amount.

It's far from enough to refine Yang Crystals.

The latter doesn't take much time, but it's extremely difficult to get started.

Putting aside whether he's confident he can collect dragon breath from the dragon, even if he is, there's no dragon for him to collect it from right now.

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After all, the Shining Dragons of Kreisor Dragon City have all left Eldron Plains.

The same applies to the guardian dragons of other dragon towns.

If you want to find a dragon now, you'll probably have to go to the Dragon Court in the center of the continent.

"Looks like we'll have to think of another way."

Anton shook his head and decided to put the matter aside for the time being.

Besides the Moon Essence Elixir, the most common resource the Silvermoon Clan traded with the Emerald Court was the Magic Core.

Including those purchased from Grayrock Castle and those exchanged from the Meteor Dragon Society, he has gradually acquired more than four hundred magic cores over the years.

He used them all to forge the Five Camps of Divine Weapons.

He now has more than 800 soldiers in his five battalions, enough to form a Five Elements Formation of 625.

Above that is the Five Elements Grand Array, numbering three thousand one hundred and twenty-five.

However, gathering so many soldiers from the five battalions is clearly not something that can be done in a short time.

"The Five Elements Formation with the number 625 is more than enough to suppress the peak of the Gold rank."

"I'm afraid I don't even need to lift a finger against those at the peak of the Gold rank; I can just wear them down with the Five Battalions of Divine Soldiers."

Anton was confident that, with his current strength and trump cards, he had a high chance of winning even if he faced two Golden Peak players at the same time.

Moreover, once he masters the Yin Water, he will have another powerful trump card.

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A year has passed in the blink of an eye.

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Spring of the year 9342 in the Dawn Calendar.

Treehouse, quiet room.

Anton sat cross-legged, his eyes lightly closed, his breathing long and shallow.

Within the dantian and dantian, the primordial true essence, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, rushed towards the very center.

The speed was so fast that it gave the illusion of collapse.

Upon closer inspection, one can discover a drop of water resembling black jade suspended in the very center of the true essence.

The water droplet was no bigger than a fingernail, its entire body as dark and deep as solidified night, with no luster flowing on its surface, as if it had swallowed up even the light.

However, if you look closely, you will find that the water droplets are flowing slowly inside, like the undercurrents surging in the deep sea. They are silent and yet contain a terrifying power that can crush everything.

After an unknown amount of time, just as the true essence was about to be exhausted, the black jade water droplet finally stopped absorbing the true essence. Its surface shone with a faint, deep luster, and it gained a certain feminine yet profound charm.

Two distinct spiritualities converged perfectly.

"It's done!"

Anton opened his eyes, a joyful smile appearing on his face.

After years of painstaking effort, he finally mastered the near-divine method and condensed the first drop of Netherworld Heavy Water.

This drop of water is no bigger than a thumb, but according to ancient records, this single drop has the power of a thousand pounds.

He just hadn't tested it yet, so he didn't know exactly how powerful it was.

Coming to his senses, Anton reached out and gestured.

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The drop of dark, heavy water instantly leaped from the dantian, hovering three inches above the palm, slowly rotating on its own.

"go."

Anton flicked his fingers lightly.

The dark, heavy water shot out, drawing an arc in the void before turning and hurtling towards him.

At the same time, Anton's body suddenly glowed brightly, having activated the Fire Shield.

The next instant, the black jade level silently collided with the crimson-gold light curtain.

Ripples spread outwards from the point of impact, surging outwards like waves.

The fire shield hummed loudly and trembled violently a few times before gradually calming down.

As the light subsided, Anton could clearly see that the light barrier of the Fire Shield had dimmed considerably.

It should be noted that during the battle with Marcus, the Fire Shield withstood a full-force attack from a peak-level Gold Saint, and it only trembled slightly.

But now, even facing just a drop of dark, heavy water, it feels like I'm struggling to withstand it with all my might.

"Such powerful force."

Anton's smile deepened. He raised his hand and summoned the Yin-Yang Heavy Water back to his palm as if it had a spirit. It remained suspended and slowly rotated, but its color was slightly dimmer than before.

However, this is not a big problem; it can be recovered by replenishing some true energy later.

"good."

A genuine sense of satisfaction appeared in Anton's eyes.

The power of this near-divine technique far exceeded his expectations.

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If just one drop is this powerful, what kind of power would it have if it were refined into ten or a hundred drops?

Just thinking about it makes my heart race.

"The Yin-Heavy Water possesses both Yin and Water attributes. According to the standards of the Dawn Continent, it is at least a superior law, and should be even stronger than pure water elemental power."

Now, Anton has truly 'awakened' his own power of law.

They could call themselves the pinnacle of their golden age.

"However, while the Yin Heavy Water is powerful, its condensation speed is too slow."

Anton sighed softly.

It took him two whole months to successfully condense a single drop of dark, heavy water.

This is even with a significant increase in the purity of his true essence.

Before taking the Heart Demon Inducing Elixir, it would probably have taken three or four months to condense just one drop.

Fortunately, as the true essence grows stronger, the time required to condense the Netherworld Heavy Water will become shorter and shorter, and there will be no situation where it takes ten or twenty years to condense a hundred drops.

"If one can cultivate in a place filled with gloomy and cold energy, the speed of condensation can be further accelerated."

When Anton thought of places filled with gloomy, cold air, a particular place would subconsciously come to mind.

Dark and shadowy regions.

That world that never sees sunlight and stretches endlessly underground.

There are too many places there suitable for practicing Yin and Water-related techniques.

Underground rivers, icy pools, ice caves... and those extremely dark areas where even fluorescent moss cannot grow, must contain rich yin energy.

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It is perfect for condensing the dark and heavy water.

The only problem is that Anton didn't find a suitable location in the area where the Mind Flayer city-state is located.

I estimate we'll have to go to other areas to find it.

But this brings us back to square one.

We must first deal with the Mind Flayer City-State!

Without dealing with the Mind Flayer city-state, he couldn't explore other areas in peace.

"The clan has developed very smoothly in recent years, and its strength has increased many times over compared to before. In terms of military strength alone, it is not inferior to the Heart Demon City-State."

"Regarding top-tier combat power..."

Anton shook his head.

The Silvermoon Clan now only has him and the Grand Elder at the peak of the Gold rank.

Relying on his two trump cards, the Five Battalions of Divine Soldiers and the Netherworld Heavy Water, he was confident he could hold off three Golden Peak warriors.

It can barely be counted as four.

Even if we cooperate with Grayrock Fortress, they can only send one Gold Peak at most—and they still need to leave one to guard their base.

There are only five at most, far fewer than the Mind Flayer City-State.

Once war breaks out, the number of top-tier combatants will be our biggest weakness.

Without resolving this issue, there is no way to talk about destroying the Mind Flayer city-state.

Anton also considered using formations to ambush high-level Mind-Stealing Demons.

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However, peak-level Gold Saints are naturally intuitive, and high-level Mind Flayers who are born with spiritual energy are even more outstanding in this regard.

I'm afraid they'll detect us before we even step into the array's range.

After much deliberation, I realized that direct confrontation was the only option.

Of course, there are other ways.

If he could gather 3,125 Five-Stage Divine Soldiers and condense 100 drops of Netherworld Heavy Water, he would be virtually invincible below the legendary rank.

Let alone three Golden Peaks, even if the number doubled, it would be a piece of cake to deal with them.

"Let's slowly build up our trump cards."

Anton exhaled and continued to condense the Yin Heavy Water.

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