Thanks to this discovery Marcus was able to achieve his goal. He had taken the first steps to organise an orderly army that moved like a single unit no, that moved and seemed like a single person! Since the soldiers all have the same foundations it is possible to implement standardised training that could cover the needs of all. He also wouldn't have to worry about ruining great talents since if they show the talent then they would be promoted. The higher their position in the army the greater the clearance they had which means they had access to stronger and more specialised Cultivation Techniques. Due to Marcus' discovery, they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to integrate their new Cultivation Techniques into their old ones. Moreover, these Cultivation Techniques wouldn't need to be made by Marcus as his discovery is universal and could be applied to all Cultivation Techniques in the universe and perhaps even the...

While Marcus had been creating custom Cultivation Techniques for them, the Honour Guards had been trying their hardest to break out of the encirclement that they had found themselves in. They fought with barely any rest, they had tens of minutes at most between every fight. Although this was enough time to get out of the valley, they would be dead if they encountered another team. Therefore they had two ways to break out of the encirclement, close the dungeon and stop the influx of adventurers or be strong enough to blast a path out of the encirclement. Perhaps carve would be a better word. The adventurers were like waves in the sea, the moment you make a path through them they quickly collapse in on the path after a brief period of time. Therefore the only way to make a path would be to advance slowly and carve out a path. They would have to continually advance as the waves crash down behind them. They had slowly inched their way out of the valley but they had barely made any progress. Three months had quickly pa.s.sed and they had barely been able to move a hundred metres from their old position. They had also put themselves into a more precarious situation since the adventurers could now attack them from all sides as they no longer had the benefit of having their backs against a wall.

Meanwhile, Gaia had been organising a three-month-long compet.i.tion between all the inhabitants of the dungeon. It had first set up a preliminary round on each of the floors and the winner would be able to partake in the compet.i.tion. The top ten in the compet.i.tion would be given Cultivation Techniques and some weapons and armour. Furthermore, the human, elven and dwarven civil wars have gotten more chaotic. A winner wouldn't be decided any time soon.