Chapter 231 - Dead
[ Go inside one of the two Doom chambers in 10 seconds or die. ]
Hemakel had already given up on life. He can't clear any doom chamber on his own, and Athan can just leave this place.
" Let's go inside that door. "
" What!? " Hearing what Athan said, Hemakel was shocked and confused.
" Can't you leave as you please? Why do you still want to court death by going there? "
" Do you want to fucking go or not? " Athan had a dark face as he snapped.
Hemakel regained hope as he hurriedly nodded, " Go go, Let's go. " He then walked towards the door Athan pointed and entered without hesitation.
He didn't even think of the possibility that Athan wouldn't enter after him because he didn't care for apparent reason.
Athan also entered right after Hemakel since he can't let Hemakel die. He still hoped that the two of them could somehow clear this dungeon filled with chambers of dooms with his genome power.
The chamber of doom they choose to enter was the one that required them to find a way out within a limited time frame.
Athan picked this for an obvious reason: Find a way out. He guessed that finding a way out wouldn't require them to fight much, which would consume less of his genome energy in this time limit chamber of doom, and they might be able to clear it.
But he found out how very wrong he was after entering through the door.
[ Enter into one out of three doors in five minutes. ]
" Go and enter into one of the doors. I'll follow you. " Athan spoke with a deadly calm voice.
Hemakel hesitated for a moment, but then he nodded and carefully observed the doors.
The doors were open, and all they could see in them was darkness. But there was one thing to notice: a pattern on the floor in front of each door.
The first door had a criss-cross pattern in a fifteen square centimeter in dark grey color.
The second door had an " X " inside an " O " pattern with bright orange color.
The third door had a dark gold triangle with a vertical and a horizontal line inside it.
" Do you have any idea on what these patterns represent or their meaning? " Hemakel asked Athan after noticing the patterns.
Athan looked at the patterns carefully, and the only thing that came into his mind was that the patterns represented something that awaited them behind the respective doors.
" Maybe they represent the contents or things behind the doors? Anyway, I also don't know, so just choose a door and enter. "
Hearing that, Hemakel nodded and entered the second door.
Seeing that, Athan also followed behind as he arrived in a hall with the same base as the pattern.
The hall appeared round with four walls. The four walls were connected in an X shape, which created four sections in the gaps of X inside the round hall.
Athan and Hemakel appeared in the same section, and before long, A beast materialized in front of them.
[ Defeat the beast after letting it destroy the walls in your section. Only the beast can destroy the wall and make way for you. ]
[ Break down all four walls within ten minutes to open the passage to the next checkpoint, If you fail to destroy the walls within the time limit, you will be doomed. ]
*ROARRR.....*
Athan understood what he had to do, so he hurriedly spoke, " Stick to the wall and let the beast attack you. Don't get hit by its attack and let its attack destroy the wall. "
Hemakel nodded and instantly towards the wall. Athan also did the same and dashed towards another wall.
The beast looked like a lion with a large 10-meter tall and 6-meter long body. Its thick dark green fur and two bright gold eyes targetted Athan.
The Lion's speed was not slow as green smoke suddenly shrouded its body before it instantly appeared in front of Athan while stretching out its dark gold claws.
*ROARRR....*
Athan was shocked by its speed and barely dodged its attack, but not without any cost.
He dodged to the left, so the claw hit a half portion of his right leg as the bones of his leg cracked with a clear sound.
If he didn't have the purple aura coating his body due to his geno art, he would've lost his right leg and would get into trouble since it takes a bit more time to regenerate the portion of his leg with white gold energy.
But more frustratingly, That attack of the beast didn't manage to destroy the wall. Though there were countless cracks on the wall, it wasn't destroyed.
Hemakel dashed towards Athan after attacking the beast with his attacks which injured the beast a bit.
Provoked, the beast dashed towards Hemakel, who used a space movement spell as he went behind the beast and appeared before the cracked wall.
The beast turned around and attacked, which Hemakel dodged successfully.
*Crackkk....*
The wall cracked even more for a moment before it was blasted apart by the claw attack of the beast.
Athan had already run towards the wall that wasn't cracked and released a crude soul attack to attract the beast's attention.
The beast roared after being hit by Athan's soul attack, which annoyed it and gave it a headache.
Roaring angrily towards Athan, The beast shrouded itself in green smoke before speedily appearing in front of Athan to attack him.
Athan was prepared for its speedy attack this time and dodged, which hit the wall instead and produced countless cracks on it.
But at this time, something unexpected happens.
" Aaaaaaa.!!....Sav-"
Hemakel, who was preparing to aid Athan, screamed as his body got torn into two from his waist.
After cutting Hemakel into two, The same beast waved its hands at a fast speed and created more pieces of Hemakel, ultimately killing him.
The one who did this was a bug-like beast with pure black skin with grey-metal patterns. Its two solid and sharp scythe-like hands appeared deadly.
Athan also didn't notice this beast as it appeared after the wall was destroyed. His attention was on this giant lion beast and not this bug-like beast with a height of just 1.5 meters high.
Hemakel also didn't notice its presence behind him since the beast seemed to have shadow attribute powers.
After killing Hemakel, It merged into the darkness as it prepared to sneak attack on Athan.
Athan cursed and didn't hold back anymore as he conjured two Chasm Severings on his two hands before using one to kill the Lion beast.
He then waited for the bug-like beast to attack him, which it did after a few seconds.
*Shua.....*
Athan was prepared as he also killed the bug-like beast with the second Chasm Severing.
" Phew...." Taking a deep breath, Athan calmed himself, but his face was still dark.
There were still three walls to destroy and two more beasts that were behind those walls.
Athan conjured one more Chasm Severing and released it towards the cracked wall and destroyed it. He then used another Chasm Severing to kill the beast that was behind it.
Now he was down to 60% geno energy and he still had to destroy two more walls and a beast.
" Damn it! "
Chapter 232 - Darkness & Getting Stuck
Athan walked into another section before obliterating the wall and killing the final beast with two Chasm Severing. Of course, there was still one more wall left which required him another Chasm Severing.
He had to use eight Chasm Severings to kill the four beasts and destroy four walls, ultimately consuming 80% of his geno energy.
So in the end, It appeared impossible to finish it with just two people. If Ferexa was still alive, They could manage more appropriately from the start. Hemakel wouldn't have died since they could be more alert with additional pair of eyes and have each other's back.
Athan entered the door that appeared in the middle of the hall after he destroyed the last wall.
After going through that door, He appeared in a hall with five doors.
[ Pick one out of five doors. ]
Athan saw patterns on the floor in front of each door, but he didn't bother to pay attention to them and entered the third door since it was directly in front of him.
After entering through the door, He arrived at a strange place that was not a hall this time.
[ Find a way out of this maze by finding the correct path. Each turn you take will spawn a doomed beast which you will have to kill. The doom beast will drop a hint to the paths that leads to the way out. There are a total of three correct paths among the countless ones in the maze. ]
[ The hint will be in the form of symbols, and you have to connect the symbols to find the way out. The team member's symbols are connected, so if a person in another path gets a symbol, it will also add another two's collection of symbols. ]
[ You have five days to find the way out by collecting symbols. If you can't find the way out within five days, Doom will devour you. ]
" Sigh..."
Athan was dumbfounded and wanted to curse out loud, but in the end, He just sighed.
Just in front of him were nine grassy paths divided by walls of grasses in different colors. More ridiculously, these walls reached ten meters in height and were connected to the dark gold grassy ceilings, which means nobody could just fly out.
Athan knew that these nine grassy paths led to a very complex and vast maze.
This was supposed to be completed with the help of three people who each choose different paths and collect symbols to aid each other, but here was Athan, all alone.
Athan muttered while shaking his head, " There's no way in hell I can find a way out alone in five days. Not considering that to defeat each beast and get symbol hints, I will have to use my geno energy. "
Suddenly, He got a bold idea, ' Should I make a slash on the grassy ceilings with my Chasm Severing and fly out of this maze? '
He wanted to do this badly, but he also knew that there would be no way out if he did that. He will be likely punished for violating rules, and the punishment would be death for sure.
" But...it's not like I have any other choice...right? " He muttered, seemingly asking himself.
' At most, I'll be able to kill two beasts before I have to recover my geno energy inside the special space which will take fifteen days. And coming out of the special space at that time will be like courting death. '
After thinking about possibilities and their consequences, He finally decided to act on his bold idea, which was the most efficient out of other ways he thought of because no matter how he chose to move, their endings will be the same, So it's better to stick with the most efficient and time saving one.
Looking at the dark gold grassy ceiling, Athan waved his right hands and directly released a Chasm Severing.
The purple slash went forward while devouring space and hit the dark gold grassy ceiling.
Without any surprise, The Chasm Severing continued tearing through the ceiling.
But...too bad.
Athan's face changed. He felt the most intense danger rings, even more than when Ferexa died and instantly entered inside the special space.
He could hear a faint voice outside as destruction ensued.
While inside the special space, Athan saw everything crumbling, and in the end, all that was left outside was dreadful darkness.
Athan was speechless, ' did this dungeon just self-destructed? '
He couldn't see anything except darkness outside. He thought for a few moments and decided to go out.
With a thought, He appeared outside, but not even a second later, He had to come inside.
Currently, His face was dreadfully dark...literally. Along with his face, his whole body was also dark, and his body was reducing slowly. The darkness that stuck to him in an instant when he went outside was so dense that it even ate away the passive purple aura coating of his geno art and started to devour his body.
Fortunately, The white energy started working as it dispelled the darkness and started to heal the body.
But for the first time, Athan was feeling desperation. He couldn't see the end of darkness outside.
He could survive by using his geno frame but...how long it lasts? Maximum ten to fifteen seconds, and then he would run out of his geno energy while the darkness that spanned outside had no limit from what he could see with his eyes.
" Am I going to get stuck inside the special space forever? " Athan muttered with a lost expression on his face while his eyes oozed desperation.
This pain of getting eaten by this strange darkness was also quite intense, and even though he was feeling the pain, He endured and ignored it as usual.
" Guardian brother! what happened? Why do you have that kind of expression? Did something happen? "
" Hey Master, It's been a long time since others were here. What are they doing now? "
Mimi and Lucky arrived and asked. They were shocked to see the current state of Athan and were worried.
Athan's altar spirits inside the Erudite palace were also worried about Athan and their own situation.
Athan looked at Mimi and smiled bitterly, " I think we will be stuck inside the special space forever...until I reach the peak plane: Law Rend Plane. "
Mimi was surprised and then giggled, " Then just reach that plane, we got plenty of time. "
Athan sighed and but didn't say anything. He didn't know how much time it will take without the resources. Tiana and others would also surpass him.
Though He had one plan, and that was to fill the third branch of his genome tree because it was his most powerful ability that had brought him wonders.
Who knows? He might just be able to resist the darkness and get out of this place easily after filling up the third branch.
Mimi suddenly bumped her small left fist into her right palm in a startled expression, " Oh, I remembered something important. I wanted to tell guardian brother about this earlier, but you were busy doing something at that time, So I decided to tell you later. But then, I forgot about it. "
" What? " Athan asked with confusion and curious expression, ' Something important? '
" My mama and papa said that guardian brother should focus on genome power and fill the third branch as fast as possible because it's important. "
" Why it's important? "
Mimi shook her head, " Don't know. I just know that mama and papa told me about it and said that it's beneficial for everyone. "
Athan nodded with a smile, " I am already planning on doing this because it's the only hope for us to leave this place soon. "
" Great! Then take out Lucent and others! I want to play with them. "
Chapter 233 - The Beginning And The Plan
" I miss Athan...I wonder where he is right now? "
" Probably second layer. With all the advantages we have over other people, with Athan having the best ones, The unlimited energies and the special space, He is sure to advance faster than us. "
" Say, Tiana, will we meet him in the second layer? We are close to reaching the peak of the trinity source plane and will be able to break through in two or so months and reach the Law Idol Plane. "
Tiana nodded with a longing expression, " I'm sure we will meet him in the second layer. Even with his advantages, he can't possibly jump to the first layer so fast. "
Avelia also nodded with hope as her eyes lit up, " Right. Then we should continue and find some trials or dungeons to get the rewards. I can't wait to meet him. It's been almost three years since we were together. "
...
Tiana and Avelia met each other a year ago, and since then, they were moving together because people are allowed to team up in this layer.
Two and a half years ago, When Athan entered the chambers of dooms, He could enter with his team, but since he was alone, Two random people joined instead.
Even now, Athan is stuck at that place filled with darkness and cooped up in the special space as he constantly filled up the third branch of his genome tree.
Inside the special space...
Athan eagerly looked at the third branch of his genome tree that was almost 100% filled.
" Just a little bit..." Athan muttered as he extracted the final amount of geno power required from the whirlpool as it got directly absorbed by the third branch and filled up the tiny corner of the branch.
*Shine...*
The third branch lit up in a mysterious purple glow, just like the first and second branches but...this time, one more thing happened.
Right after the third branch lit up, The entire genome tree also started to lit up, and more shockingly, The Ark, Which was silent until now, trembled intensely.
Athan was suddenly filled with the feeling of uneasiness, but he didn't know what to do. He simply had no power or knowledge regarding this mysterious genome power and the Ark.
The Ark suddenly left Athan's soul realm and appeared outside in the special space.
Athan looked at the Ark as It started to let out a strange sound.
Mimi noticed this instantly as she also arrived there.
The feeling of uneasiness inside Athan was growing as he hurridly asked Mimi, " Do you know what's going on? "
Mimi shook her head, " I don't know, guardian brother. "
Just at this moment, A purple whirlpool grew big inside his soul realm and disappeared before it came outside with intense pulling force that only applied to Athan.
In just one second, Athan was sucked inside the purple whirlpool and disappeared.
The Ark shined in even more black light as it spread to every corner of the special space before...nothing left.
The mountains, the houses, Athan's altar spirits, Mimi, everything...disappeared.
...
Inside one of the higher axiom universe...
In the dark space that spanned to unknown length, A dark globe was present. It was mixed with space itself, and without any powerful detection or special abilities, no one would discover it.
The dark globe was not of planet size, but only the size of a 10-kilometer radius.
Though inside the dark globe was a different scenery. There were beautiful plains of grass, tree, and mountains with water bodies such as ponds and waterfalls.
It didn't look like this space had a size of just a ten-kilometer radius.
At one of the waterfalls where beautiful arrays of flowers were present, A house was built near the coast of the river.
A man and a woman were sitting crossed-legged just outside the house on a shining mattress with inscribed patterns. Their features looked similar to humans, but they were of a different race.
The man and woman both had a gemstone on their forehead, just like Mimi.
The man suddenly opened his eyes as if he sensed something and said to his wife, " Kelly. It's time. That human soul has completed its purpose. "
Hearing that, The woman named Kelly opened her eyes with a bright smile on her face, " Really?! We can finally meet our daughter again. "
The man also smiled and nodded before standing up and stretching his right hand forward as he made a slashing motion with his hand.
Instantly, Everything started to fall apart and disappeared. The dark globe also disappeared as the man and woman appeared in the black expanse of the space.
After that, The man closed his eyes as he seemed to be using some kind of ability using his soul.
" Honey, That soul wouldn't have removed your brand from the Ark of Exordium after he activated it, right? "
Kelly spoke out her concern regarding their plan. Denkris shook his head with a stable smile as if everything was under control, " Don't worry, I can still sense both of my brands. We needed a human to activate the Ark and a weak human at that so that he can't erase my brands. That's why we ran to the lowest universe and picked a random soul there. There is no way he can remove my brands from the Ark. Mimi should've urged that human to fill the third branch of the genome tree, which is the condition to call back the Ark and....I have already called it back. "
Right after he finished saying that, A space tear appeared from which the Ark came out.
The genome power was not something that just anyone could use, But there was a shortcut to access that power to start train in it, and it was the Ark of Exordium.
The will of this universe was internally crying in pain as its core was forcefully torn open. The will of this universe looked like a middle-aged man. He was observing the couple with eyes that were only filled with one thing. FEAR.
The couple knew about this, but they didn't give two hoots to the will of this universe. Instead, Kelly had a somewhat guilty expression as she sighed, " I still feel bad to deceive Mimi about this. What will we answer when she asked us to explain all of this? Like what happened to his so-called guardian brother, whose mission was to protect her? "
Denkris steeled his face and said, " We didn't have any choice. Only our innocent Mimi can earn his trust, and he would believe in her. " Suddenly, hate started to fill his eyes, " Don't forget that only with the Ark of Exordiam can we have a chance to take our revenge on the Fiorel Star Empire that destroyed our clan. We managed to acquire the Ark of the Exordium, but that stupid condition that only humans can activate the Ark was our real block. "
Kelly nodded and sighed, " The previous owner must be a human. That's the only explanation for that condition. Anyway, Since the Ark is activated, Let's hurridly enter inside. I want to meet my daughter. "
After they got the Ark, They were constantly pursued by the forces of the Fiorel Star Empire and Druiworent Empire, so Denkris and Kelly had to run while not being able to use the Ark of Exordium since they couldn't activate it.
They hurriedly started to plan such that their daughter could be safe at some other place and also figure out a way to activate the Ark while they attract the attention of the forces of those two empires.
So they descended to the lowest universe and picked a weak human soul from it after thinking of this whole plan.
Inside the special space...
Mimi, Lucky, Lucent, DeathKnight, Skylord, and Silvestra were panicking after Athan disappeared.
Mimi started crying, " Mama and Papa didn't say that something like this would happen. What should I do? It's my fault that my guardian brother disappeared. "
" I can't sense any sort of connection with Master!! " DeathKnight suddenly shouted after he noticed that his connection with Athan disappeared.
" What!...Y-you are right. I also can't sense any connection with Master. "
Lucent and Skylord also cried out, and Silvestra also failed to sense the soul connection it had with Athan.
At this moment, Denkris and Kelly appeared inside the special space, which was in reality known as Ark Space. The moment they appeared, The whole atmosphere of the Ark space changed tremendously as primal energy and all other kinds of energy ceased to exist. Instead, something more powerful permeated the air.
" Mimi, my daughter! "
Mimi, who was crying, suddenly looked up with a shocked expression that was soon filled with happiness, " Mama and...papa? How did you appear here? "
But her look soon turned into a sad one, " But...I did as you told me, and the guardian brother disappeared. What happened to him? "
Kelly's expression turned unnatural, but she still formed a smile, " Don't worry, Your guardian brother is safe. He had fulfilled his mission to protect you and now is at a place where he can get stronger to protect you better. "
" Oh..." Mimi's worries were swept with that as she soon introduced her friends to her parents joyfully. She had total faith in her parents.
Lucky, Skylord, Lucent, and others were also relieved after hearing the explanation about Athan.
" So Master was sent to another place to get stronger? Phew...I almost thought he died since I couldn't sense my connection to him. "
Denkris internally thought as he wished good luck to Athan, ' Don't blame me, kid, I gave a second chance to such a weakling like you for this purpose. I hope you can survive in that place for my innocent daughter who...might forever wait for you. '
Chapter 234 - Genome Realm Of The Purple Monarch
After getting sucked inside the purple whirlpool, Athan appeared in a strange place.
This place had rocks, trees, plants, mountains, etc., like everything that nature would have but...They were not in their natural colors as all of these were in varying shades of purple mixed with slight white and silver colors.
Most things were purple in different shades like dark purple, light purple, heliotrope purple, Amethyst purple, Pale purple, etc. Hundreds of purple shades.
His geno frame was automatically activated when he appeared here, and it didn't even consume any energy here.
He also lost all of his other powers...He could see them but couldn't use any of them here. But most shockingly...He couldn't enter the special space!
" What the fuck happened? " Athan muttered with still some confusion on his face.
Looking at his surroundings, He was somewhat dumbfounded. This place was filled with geno power. He released several Chasm Severings, and none of his geno energy from the pool around the genome tree was consumed.
" Wait...Then can I fill up the fourth branch here? Considering the dense amount of geno power I am feeling here, It should be easy. " Athan was excited at this and tried it right away.
But...it didn't work. He simply couldn't absorb any geno energy and fill the fourth branch here.
He also knew that his geno frame and geno energy he released were not supported by his own geno energy around the genome tree. Instead, they were supported by the geno energy in the atmosphere.
' Why did that purple whirlpool sucked me inside and brought me here? ' Athan thought hard, but he couldn't understand anything, which frustrated him a lot.
*Shuaaaaaa...*
Hearing the sound of air tearing, Athan hurridly looked at his left side and saw someone appearing in a purple armor that looked different than his purple armor.
That figure stopped a ten-meter distance away from Athan and exclaimed, " Huh!? What the hell? "
Athan was sweating because he was feeling danger from the person in front of him. Instinctively, He thought to enter inside the special space but failed and remembered that he lost the special space.
" Umm...Hello? Can you tell me what this place is? " Athan calmed himself real quick and asked.
That figure removed his helmet, which revealed a face that didn't belong to a human. That face had four pointy ears like elves and long light red hairs. There was an additional third eye on his forehead, while other features were similar to human except for the eyes, which had beautiful irises patterns in red and purple color.
A somewhat strange aura released from him, which affected Athan. He felt clear inferiority steaming from his very existence.
" Remove your helmet! "
Athan instinctively removed his helmet with a blank face. After removing it, he came back to his senses and felt anger rising inside him...along with slight fear.
" A human? This weak? Strange...truly strange. "
" Who are you!? " Athan fought back on this strange inferiority and heavy pressure as he asked loudly. The strange aura no longer affected him as he steeled his mind.
" Hahahaha..." That person started laughing out loud, " What a joke! Hahahaha...You are so weak that my sneeze could kill you if not for this place but...hahaha..."
Athan trembled in anger, but he took a deep breath to calm himself, ' Calm...I have to calm down and maintain my shit together. This place is strange and dangerous and...I've got no special space to hide inside. '
" Hahaha, human...Do you know why I am laughing? " The person stopped laughing and asked with a playful smile with something hidden behind that smiling expression.
Athan put on a plain face with an indifferent expression before asking, " Why? "
Athan had calmed down, and to get information, he has to lower himself in front of this man even if he doesn't want to. He will never waste this second chance of life for some stupid pride.
He had sworn to become the strongest such that nobody can control him and be at the mercy of others ever again.
" You are an anomaly of a human compared to what I heard about them. You are so weak but still have wielded this genome power. Truly strange. Do you know? In this place, people can only use their genome powers. This is where people who practice the genealogy of purple monarch appear when they fill the third branch of their genome tree. " Pausing here, He once more started to laugh.
" Damn Hahahaha...This is just so...amusing and...awesome. " After saying this, His expression turned into one hundred and eighty degrees.
From laughing, It became savage and filled with hate.
" A human...hehehe "A wicked grin formed on his face as he continued, " Try your best run away from me. "
Athan cursed inside his head as he felt that things were turning bad real quick and quickly used his geno skills.
[ Apocalyptic Roar! ]
Right after that, He released five Chasm Severings.
*ROARRRRR!...*
*Shuaa...Shuaa...Shuaa...Shuaa...Shuaa...*
All of his attacks hit the man before a cloud of purple smoke produced at his place.
But as the purple smoke started to clear away, The figure of that man perfectly fine and without any scar appeared.
" I don't know if I am lucky to have met a human or you are unlucky to have met me. But I've always wanted to kill a human. I hate humans so much and was longing to kill one since I was born but never expected that my wish would be granted this early. I still can't believe that I met a human and this weak at that. Even my father hasn't killed any hateful humans yet. "
Athan was dumbfounded to see this much hate oozing out from the alien man in front of him, " Why do you hate humans so much? "
" Hehehe...Because of a human empire, Our entire race has to hide in the secret realm. Their slaughter and genocide of our kins are branded into our souls. "
Right after that, The man waved his right hand as a spinning purple orb with four blades around it like a shuriken shot towards Athan at a fast speed.
[ Geno Skill: Apex Tamakrin ]
Chapter 235 - Despair
Athan hurridly wanted to release five Chasm Severings but realized that he couldn't actually conjure five of them and only managed to conjure two. The two chasm severings shot forward and hit the Apex Tamakrin, but they failed to block it completely as the blades spinning around the orb actually tore apart his Chasm Severings. The blades were damaged but none of them broke.
Athan was shocked at this was preparing to dodge, but The man suddenly waved his hands once more as purple chains appeared around Athan's body that tightly bound him.
Unable to dodge or block, Athan was hit as he spouted a mouthful of blood. His geno frame seemed to have weakened after the chains bound him so the Apex Tamarkin injured him.
Athan didn't want to fight this guy because he was simply no match for him. He didn't understand why his attacks were weaker than that alien man when both used and consumed the same type of power.
Athan didn't know that the one who targeted him was very talented and had blessings. He had advantages compared to other people who practice the genealogy of the purple monarch.
Because...He was a descendent of the person who later became the Absolute Purple Monarch! The very source of this genome power! A being who had become an Absolute Transcedended Mythos! This being was on an entirely different scale and existence, Though he also can't interfere in matters of this world because he wasn't in this world and not connected to his race anymore. He was no more bound to race and had become a one-of-a-kind existence. Though the spark he had left behind when he was ready to cast his past shelf away was lit up after millions of years and had set itself inside this young man of Elvira race.
Even the current Elvira race community didn't know that the existence that later became the Absolute Purple Monarch was once a member of the Elvira race.
Six thousand years ago, their major community faced genocide from allied human empires and the Selvetor Empire of the Blood Demon race, who joined in for fun.
This man was the hope of their entire community, and that's why he was named Elvidelen. It means the Hope of Elvira.
So one can only say...that Athan was not lucky to have met him or this man's luck was too good that he encountered Athan and a chance to kill the first but not last human in his life.
This place was a fair place where everyone could only use the same level of power and use their wits to kill someone.
They also have to comprehend a genome trait of this genome power to break the first hurdle. Without breaking through this hurdle, They can't return to the real world and continue to train their genome power.
Athan ran while using the maximum power he could use in his geno frame.
" HUMAN! YOU CAN'T ESCAPE. "
But while he was running, Elvidelen threw sharps and tapered whirling blades to attack him.
These blades would lacerate and bleed him and even peel off his bones, but not one was aimed fatally towards him.
' FUCK! THAT BASTARD IS TOYING WITH ME. ' Athan angrily thought while running. The white gold energy was consuming rapidly to heal the wounds. The energy was being consumed in large amounts to heal the wounds caused by this genome power.
' If this continued, I will soon run out of the white gold energy. damn it! '
After a minute of suffering many wounds and running, something happened.
The whole place, even the air, started to tremble. Both Athan and Elvileden stopped dead in the air.
A colossal apparition started to form in front of them that spanned tens of kilometers in height.
" Apparition of the Purple Monarch!! WHAT LUCK! " Elvidelen shouted with an excitement-filled face.
The apparition was giant, and it even caused this Geneology realm to collapse a bit as space started to crack below the apparition.
Athan noticed that Elvidelen was distracted, and without a second thought, He ran with his full power towards the apparition.
He appeared near the giant leg of the apparition. He was feeling a true dread and innate reverence just by the presence of this massive entity.
But right at this moment, Athan's face changed.
" Human! Did you really think you can run away from me? Hahahaha, You are thinking about running in this situation? my powers had automatically become one fold potent with just the presence of this apparition. WHAT A LUCKY DAY! I met a human and encountered the apparition of Purple monarch, which only appears once in tens of thousands of years. "
' If I can comprehend something powerful by observing this apparition, then it will be thanks to this human, hehe. Guess I'll give him a quick but... long-lasting death! Hahaha. '
Athan's face changed because the chains once again bound him. This time, He felt a clear threat of death.
' Am going to die? '
" Bye and thanks, human. Thanks to you, I'll be able to grow stronger faster and kill more humans earlier. Enjoy your trip to hell. "
The chains tightened around him as he fell downwards with great speed, as if the chains were pulling him down. His head rolled down from his shoulders as a purple blade cut it off.
Both his head and body fell into the cracks of space that appeared after the apparition started to form. The gaps of space revealed eternal and dreadful darkness as Athan's head and body fell.
Elvidelen muttered with a hateful but satisfied face, " My first human hehehe...Suffer for long and then die into nothingness. "
According to him, Sending Athan into the cracks of space after cutting his head would bring Athan long-lasting suffering and die most horribly. He knows that none can survive there, not even the strongest people below the Absolute Transcended Mythos.
...
Athan still retained his consciousness even after his head was cut off. It seems that the geno frame ( his helmet and armor ) maintained this connection and prevented him from dying, but...Looking at the cracks of space that contained absolute darkness where he was heading. There was only one thing in his eyes.
Despair.
Chapter 236 - Who Is Athan?
" Tiana...I'm feeling very uneasy. "
" Me too...I feel like something happened to Athan. He...should be safe, right? "
Avelia and Tiana were sitting under a tree as the white gold energy was healing their injuries. They just came out after clearing a dual-mode dungeon, which was the most dangerous experience for them until now.
Even while fighting, They had uneasy feelings sprouting inside them.
Tiana grabbed Avelia's hand as her eyes turned into one that displayed total faith in Athan, " No matter what happens to him. He will be fine. I believe in him. "
" Mhmm...He will be fine. He is blessed with good things, and I'm sure he can handle himself. "
...
Sadly, Even though he was " blessed " with good things, His bad luck also increased. This increased tip towards bad luck was the consequence of him getting a second chance at life. His soul should have returned to the core of the universe, be washed a new and breath life into another living thing. But all that didn't happen due to the interference of Mimi's parents.
What a good coincidence for Athan that he got a second chance at life. He was happy and wanted to become strongest and also wanted to have revenge if possible.
He also got many extraordinary and mysterious things like the black whirlpool, Special space, etc., which helped him get stronger quickly.
But he knew that nothing was under his control. He got powerful things and advantages, and he also knew that he would have to face the consequences for that...but before he was prepared, here he was, In the darkness that was slowly eating away his powers into nothingness.
Athan's head and the body floated into the absolute darkness.
But he was not dead. He was alive and had consciousness. He could see the cracks above him that slowly got far from his sight. The helmet and armor, which was his geno frame, still covered his head and the body, but he could feel that his geno energy was slowly consuming.
" Why...why this happened? Mimi said she didn't know anything about what would happen after filling up the third branch, and she didn't sound fake. What went wrong? " Athan's eyes were filling with despair as he thought about how all of this happened.
Indeed, Mimi didn't know anything, and she even cried for Athan. Though Mimi's parents knew that it would be tough for Athan to survive here, it was not impossible since everyone gets a fair chance where he appeared after being sucked into the whirlpool.
It's just...he met someone who is destined to be a great person in the future. Maybe it was his destiny or Athan's destiny that led him in this situation.
" Is...t-this the end for me? " Athan couldn't help but cry. Tears fell off his face as he remembered the pain he had suffered until now to get strong. Even though he had good things, He also suffered unimaginable pain right from the start to get this far.
" Tiana...Avelia, I want to meet them. But...I can't...right? Why...WHYYYYY..."
*Shatter....*
" NO..NO...My powers...NOOOOOOOOOOO!! "
His Unima core shattered, and his energy realm was destroyed by the power of purple chains that seeped inside his body and started to destroy everything.
" WHYYYY! WHY DID I GET THE SECOND CHANCE? JUST TO GO THROUGH THIS JOURNEY OF PAIN AND HOPE....Before...before finally ending up here? Arghhhhhhhh...."
A soul tearing headache occurred as his genesis realm collapsed and the purple power of chains started to devour his soul.
*Silence.....*
The cracks created by the apparition of the purple monarch also disappeared as Athan simply turned silent and gave up. He was not dead yet, but....He would soon die. There was no way out for him now, and he knew that.
' ...Nothing...It looks like everything is gone. I am left with nothing...Perfect. Nothing I had was mine in the first place, except the pain and hope to make my own destiny and never to be controlled by others...hehe. What a joke. '
The darkness around him, which scared him to madness and despair before...was not as scary to him now, ' Just like this darkness...this darkness...filled with nothing. How similar to the current me. '
His soul body was currently tearing apart in the most painful way by the purple power of chains, but...He felt nothing.
But the tears once again filled his eyes because he truly lost the last hope he held before getting this second chance.
' So...I won't ever meet my parents after I die too...right? Will I just...turn into nothing in this darkness? '
At least if he died in his first life, where he held the belief that he would meet his parents after dying, he wouldn't be in this much despair. But after getting a second chance, seeing a vast world and knowing about even vaster worlds, The supernatural powers, etc., and Finally, this darkness in which...he would turn into nothing. He knew that he wouldn't meet his parents now. He would just...die in the most horrible way possible, with not even a spec of his soul left.
' Why...do I deserve this? What did I do wrong to deserve this? '
The genome energy ran out, which caused his geno frame to disappear.
The heartbeat of his body was getting slower and slower while Athan was losing consciousness.
Athan's face, which was filled with tears and despair, formed the saddest smile possible, ' At least...people will remember me. '
' Sorry, Uncle and Aunt, I really wanted to meet you again and let you know that I am not dead. But it seems that I can't now. '
' Avelia and Tiana...Will they wait forever for me? Aahhh...How selfish of me to think something like that. '
' It's time...but...I am unwilling to be erased...'
' but...I also can't do anything. It looks like there's no...third chance. '
' Is there anything that comes after turning into nothingness? If so....'
' sigh...Maybe...turning into nothingness is not bad too...No pain, no hope, nothing. haa...what a...life it will be. '
The terrifying darkness everpresent in this place of nothingness consumed his bare body and head, which displayed his face that had changed into another expression from despair at the last moment.
...
At the same time, shocking and despairing things happened everywhere.
In the third layer...
Avelia and Tiana were traveling while sitting on a giant beast that looked like a manta ray. This giant manta ray-like beast had light pink and dark patterns on its body and had eight eyes and two giant antennas.
Both Avelia and Tiana, who were talking to each other, suddenly stopped talking as confusion filled their face.
" Athan...we are talking about Athan, right? " Tiana spoke with confusion and doubt.
Avelia had an uncertain expression on her face, " Yeah...Athan...But who is he? "
Tiana shook her head, " I also don't know...Who is he? And why were we talking about him? "
Avelia and Tiana were scared because of this strange phenomenon. According to them, They had no recollection of this person called Athan. They have never met him or seen his face, so why were they talking about him?
" Sister Tiana, Let's not talk about it anymore and continue. We will ask for more details about this person called Athan when we meet up with Qerin and Mike. "
...
At the same time, Mike was fighting against a beast in the third layer and was thinking about how he would catch up with his bro and he gotta work hard for it but he suddenly stopped as a blank face appeared on his face.
The beast took this chance to attack Mike as Mike snapped out and barely dodge but he was still injured. Without holding back, Mike used his geno skill and finished off the beast before he sat down with an intense frown on his face.
" Bro...Who is my bro? His name is Athan but...Why I can't remember him? What the fuck is going on? "
...
In the legendary sector...
Senior Rishen was meditating on a beautiful mountain when he suddenly snapped his eyes open.
His eyebrows started to crease as a deep frown appeared on his face, ' Athan...Athan...Who...is this Athan? I am sure something is wrong here. '
He decided to do divination regarding this name, but he couldn't find anything. Such a person didn't exist according to this divination. The hazy imagine of Athan in his mind also disappeared entirely after a few seconds.
...
Inside the Ark Space...
Mimi was happily riding on the back of Skylord, " Giggle...You can't catch us. Hahaha..."
" You are cheating! You are empowering Skylord so that he can run fast. That's cheating! Just wait for master...Master? "
Lucent spoke in an upset tone, but at the end, his face turned into a confusing one, " Hey hey...Skylord, DeathKnight, and Silvestra...We have a master, right? But...why I suddenly can't remember him? "
DeathKnight frowned hard and nodded, " I'm sure we have a master, but...I also can't remember him or how he looks like. "
Mimi had a curious expression on her face as she asked, " What are you all talking about? "
" Mimi...You know our master, right? Your guardian brother. " Lucent asked with a hopeful expression.
Mimi showed a thoughtful and then a confused face before she shook her head, " guardian brother...I think I have a guardian brother, but I also can't remember him. "
Everyone who knew Athan...even Mimi's parents, Athan's uncle and aunt...Every single person...forgot Athan. The image of Athan's in their mind, their experience with him. Every single thing regarding Athan ceased to exist inside them.
Chapter 237 - Dark Wisp
The darkness that swallowed Athan into nothingness really turned him into literally nothing.
His past, present, and future ceased to exist at that point. Nobody remembers him anymore, and...he found about this at the last moment of his life. He found out this when his half-destroyed soul was being swallowed by the darkness that...Nothing, not even other people's memory of him, would remain.
When that dispair was replaced by another expression at the last moment, this was his thought.
'...Dying horribly in the first life and even more horribly in the second life?...My whole existence, my entire two lives, my happy moments with Tiana, Avelia, and others, the pain I suffered to get strong, the journey and adventure...All these...just lost their meaning? '
His soul was only half left due to purple power destroying it, and even that was engulfed in this darkness. At that moment, He accepted it.
That's why...the despair that was upon his face at the last moment disappeared. Athan...scattered his own soul. He shattered his soul as it turns into pieces at the last moment. This was an utterly unbelievable thing that one would do. Why would someone shatter their own soul at this moment?
Athan did it because he understood something from his situation. He was gambling because...He wants to live, and He wants to exist. He wants to...merge into nothingness so that he can exist. At this moment, Athan understood the essence of nothingness.
' I WILL EXIST, EVEN IN THIS NOTHINGNESS, I WILL EXIST! '
After the darkness devoured Athan's existence, Something happened in this place where there was absolutely nothing.
A dark wisp that had a shining white border lit up in this terrifying expanse of darkness.
This dark wisp continued to exist in this place where there was nothing present, not even time.
No one knows how long the time passed since this place didn't have that. This place had its own, altogether different rules. The time of worlds didn't apply here.
The dark wisp was the size of a peanut, but...it was slowly getting bigger. But after becoming the size of a tennis ball, the dark wisp stopped growing.
After who knows how long, in this darkness where there was absolutely nothing, Shockingly...Two being appeared.
A man and...a beast. This man wore a pure white robe, Just like his long white hair. His face was plain but without any blemish. On the other hand, The beast looked like a pure white tiger with a single horn on its forehead, and It had exquisite and dreamy fur patterns.
A strange phenomenon occurred when this man appeared. A somewhat big amount of darkness around him disappeared and was replaced by pure white cushioning clouds like cotton.
This man was still far away from the dark wisp, but he could clearly sense it when he appeared here.
" Strange. " The man muttered as he started walking towards the dark wisp.
The Tiger's eyes were closed from the start, and it was in a sleeping position, but it still floated behind the man.
The man seemed like he didn't like to float, so he walked on the white cotton-like clouds that were transformed from the darkness around him whenever he moved.
" Shiren, Don't bother with useless things, and let's finish our job. " A lazy voice rang out from the white-horned Tiger.
The man formed a smile that appeared very gentle inherently. It seemed like his usual smile is always like this.
" Lazy fellow, You keep sleeping. I'll finish our job. I'll wake you up when we return. "
The Tiger opened its eyes lazily, " Thanks. I'll take that offer. "
After that, The Tiger disappeared, and only the man was left.
" Now let's see what just happened here. " muttering this, The man approached the dark wisp.
Due to his natural presence or power that was turning the darkness into white clouds, The darkness around the wisp also disappeared when the man approached it.
But the wisp was fine. It was still the same size and looked like a dark wisp with a white border around it.
Shiren stretched his right hand forward when he neared the wisp as the wisp was pulled towards the man before it rested on the man's right hand.
" looks like a fragment of someone's soul managed to comprehend the essence of $#%@* at the last moment. "
Shiren's pure white eyes with light golden iris flashed for a moment.
His entire presence changed as even more darkness that was far from him turned into white clouds.
However, this lasted only for a second before he returned to normal. After this, He knew everything about Athan, His first life, How he got the second life, what he experienced, and how he appeared here, and what...he managed to do at the last moment of his life.
" An unfortunate soul, I see. However, this one managed to exist in this place as a fragment of his soul, but...sigh, If he stays like this, he won't get himself together anytime soon even though he managed to grasp a little of #$%@&. "
He was surprised about this occurrence and thought of something as a smile formed on his face.
" Whether due to a coincidence or divine intervention that we met here. I'll give you a push. Since all it requires is a thought from me. though, your journey from now on will certainly not be a pleasant one. "
The man paused here as he remembered Athan's life and spoke with a mischievous smile.
" Wait...Should I really do this? From what I observed in his life, he had suffered a lot. "
The dark wisp became unstable as if it heard things spoken by the man in the white.
" Oh! What a strong instinct to survive and to exist for a mere fragment of the soul...interesting. "
The man waved his left hand and hovered it over the dark wisp as fragments of Athan's soul which he shattered previously, started to appear from the white cotton clouds.
Unlike the dark wisp, these fragments were all pitch black without a white border around them.
" Make no mistake, The main reason to give you this push is not sympathy. But...only because you fascinatingly managed to grasp the essence of $#@% on your own. As a Divine of Sarangna, I felt that I should give you a push so that you may bloom earlier. "
The dark wisp got bigger and bigger after the other fragments merged into it and finally started to take a humanoid shape.
" Though whether you successfully bloom or not depends on you. "
A pitch-black humanoid soul body with a white border around it finally formed. Athan's soul...was revived.
' I am not dead? But I'm sure I merged into the darkness after I shattered my soul. '
Athan's soul opened his eyes and saw a man with a smile on his face.
" Who are you? " Athan asked with an indifferent expression.
At this moment, The Tiger suddenly appeared and looked at Shiren speechlessly before speaking, " Are you kidding me? How many lives are you going to save and revive after coming down every time? Can't you have some damn pride in your former title? Mr. Divine Destroyer? "
" Sheesh, This one is a bit special. " Shiren smiled.
" He is indeed special to be able to grasp that a little, but whether he managed to master and fully comprehend it is a different story. "
" Hahaha, To be able to grasp that while being this weak of existence and grasping it at the last moment of his life is very fascinating. Even if I didn't appear here, he would gather himself together after some time. Here, I am just giving him a push. That's all. "
Athan couldn't hear what they were saying, but he frowned and asked, " Why did you save me? "
Shiren laughed out loud, and this time, Athan could hear this laugh.
" Wasn't expecting that you would question me instead of thanking me. "
Athan shook his head with a grin, " Thanks, but...If you saved me for some kind of purpose, then no thanks. You can kill me again. "
Shiren and the horned tiger were surprised at what Athan said.
" Now, this is strange. Your deepest instinct clearly shows that you want to survive and exists very strongly. " Shiren smiled as if he found something interesting.
Athan nodded, " Indeed I want to, But...not if you want me to do something for saving me. Make no mistake about this, though; This is not pride or anything like that but...my other deepest instinct. Even if you didn't appear, I would eventually form my complete soul after an indefinite amount of time. "
" A cheeky one, aren't you? Hahaha...You are interesting. A considerable change compared to your previous self. "
" Anyway, Since I, Shiren of The Divine of Sanragna, have decided to do something, then you can't stop it. Your situation and how you managed to grasp that fascinatingly at the last moment of your life were interesting, so...Here you go. "
The man waved his right hand towards Athan, and Athan disappeared.
But the place Athan appeared was another expanse of darkness...to which he was familiar with. After all, His downfall started after he was stuck here.
What will happen to Athan now? He neither has a solid body or special space. His entire existence is kind of different from others. He will have to figure out everything himself and find ways so that he can continue to survive.
Chapter 238 - That's Not An Unconventional Way But A Ridiculous Way!
The place where Athan appeared was none other than the corrosive dark space of Chambers of dooms.
He was trapped here after failing to get out from the chambers of doom after Ferexa and Hemakel died and had to turtle inside the special space.
This time, The corrosive darkness couldn't do anything to him even though he was just in his soul form.
' That guy sent me here, but...I don't know what to do from now on. With my current strange condition, I can easily survive in this corrosive dark space, but...how do I get out from here? '
His soul looked just like him, with a six-plus ft height and same facial features, but instead of the previous gold soul, It looked like a dark soul with a white border.
' It looks like I comprehended something extraordinary unconsciously at the last moment. However, I still can't control it or fully understand it. It's just my soul got mutated after I managed to grasp a minuscule of this power. '
At this moment, Athan heard the voice of Shiren.
" Kid...You need a corporeal body and enough power to get out from that weak little space of corrosive dark energy. Here...I am giving you this little clay. Play with it and create a good body for yourself. However, the body of this clay would be fragile, and you have to find your own unconventional ways to make it stronger, so Good luck in your journey, kid. I'll be looking forward to your development since I'll get a sparring partner if you manage to reach my level, hahaha. "
A dark brown mass appeared in front of Athan that looked just like clay. Its size was not big as it could fit on his palm.
Athan grabbed it but found nothing special, ' Am I supposed to create a body with this tiny mass of so-called clay? '
...
" Shiren...I don't understand one thing. What was that another power inside that kid's soul? He indeed managed to grasp that slight source of nothingness when he was at his last moment, and a fragment of his soul mutated after it managed to absorb the minuscule amount of it, but...It doesn't match that second power which even I couldn't recognize. At first, I thought that the white border was the usual soul source energy that everyone would have, but...it also contained something else, right? "
Shiren's face stretched as he smiled widely, " I don't know, Twez. I don't know...but that's why this is interesting. "
He laughed out loud as his eyes revealed the ever so slightly excitement deep within.
" That little kid managed to step into territory unknown to me, hahaha. How interesting...He managed to touch something that even I am unaware of. Actually, He is also unaware since it happened when he was only a clump of his instinct in the form of his soul fragment.
Maybe only Yukiel of the Eternity would know about it, but...I am not telling her, and you also better not. "
The horned tiger, Twez snorted in disdain, " Shiren...You are giving too much credit to that kid. It's a big question if he will even manage to grasp that power further and become stronger. To reach our level, He will have to go through many life and death situations. It wouldn't be strange if he died halfway. In the first place, He will have to find ways to get stronger by finding a new way considering his unique situation. "
Shiren nodded with a grin, " Indeed. If his situation weren't unique, I would have taken him with me to my territory and watch him closely, but...I can't."
Twez was slightly shocked after hearing ' I can't ' from Shiren and spoke, " Now that's the word I hear after a long time from you. Though, Why you can't? "
Shiren narrowed his eyes while still smiling, " Because...I simply can't. Anyway, It's better not to know some things, right? "
Twez's felt chilly and nodded before it lazily spoke, " Alright, I am going back to sleep. Wake me up when you are done containing that pest and finishing the job. "
After that, Twez disappeared, and Shiren took out a white-colored flute with two gorgeous white feathers attached to its end and started playing it after muttering something.
" Little kid. You better not die halfway because I am looking forward to meeting you up there. "
...
Athan was currently trying to control the clay and understand it to make a body for his soul, but it wasn't going well.
" How the hell am I supposed to create a body when it isn't stretching or expanding -_- is it really clay? " Athan muttered as he tried all ways possible.
After a few moments, he remembered what Shiren told him and muttered, " Unconventional...He told me to find an unconventional way...hmm. "
After thinking for a while, Athan finally decided to try the most unconventional way he could think of to create a body for him. Though, He didn't know if it would work or not.
" Unconventional way means something that is not normal...and eating this clump of strange clay is certainly not normal, so that should be the way. " Athan nodded as he felt that this was definitely the most unconventional way to use clay.
If Shiren found out about this unconventional way of Athan, He would be dumbfounded and certainly say this, " KID! That clay is to create a body for your soul and not to feed it to your soul!...This is not an unconventional way but a ridiculous way. "
Shiren certainly didn't expect that Athan would instead consume the clay. Even Shiren didn't know what would happen if Athan consumed this clay material that is generally used to house souls and sub souls.
At present, Athan, who is in his soul form, put the clump of clay material in front of his mouth and directly ate it whole.
The white border around his soul shined for a very short moment after Athan ate the dark brown clay material, and after that...He blanked out.
Chapter 239 - Body And Soul
After blanking out for who knows how long, He awakened his consciousness.
" What the hell was that? " An intense frown appeared on his face when he thought about what he experienced after he blanked out.
He had a strange dream, but he didn't remember much of it. The only thing he remembers from that dream is an eye. He remembers seeing a giant pair of eyes. These eyes looked mysterious, and both irises had beautiful patterns of black, white, and light gold.
Right at this moment, Athan felt something inside him. More like, Inside his soul.
He closed his eyes before he felt something similar to the clay he ate and activated it.
*Shuaaaa...*
Countless pure white strings blossomed from him and started to wrap him.
Athan was calm because he understood what was going on and simply closed his eyes.
After a few moments, He was wrapped entirely by the white strings and turned into a cocoon.
*Crack...*
After a long time or in a blink of an eye, No one knows how long, but the cocoon started to crack rapidly before it shattered utterly; Revealing the pure white and naked body of Athan.
The shattered fragments of the cocoon turned into white sparks before they disappeared inside Athan's body.
The current Athan looked very different from before. His pure white skin could produce envy from even the beautiful women, and his natural muscles and body shape looked heavenly.
His face was the peak of handsomeness, but his eyes and hair appeared strangely captivating. Athan didn't see his eyes yet, so he didn't know, but they looked similar to the pair of eyes he saw in his dream. Similar but not same because his irises had white and black mixed in a beautiful pattern, but there were no light gold patterns.
The color of his hair was neither black nor white but light grey. Their length reached his shoulders.
Athan moved his hands and legs and stretched them as he felt his new body.
He could feel the presence of his soul inside his body, but there was no soul realm, energy realm, or genesis realm like before.
He closed his eyes as he checked everything about his body with his soul sense.
Instead of the Soul realm, Genesis realm, or Energy realm, He felt a region inside him. Inside that region was his dark soul with a white border.
Athan controlled it, and his soul easily separated from his body, but he was dumbfounded when he looked at his body from his soul form.
He noticed his hairs and eyes and was shocked and embarrassed by his own perfect body.
" Damn...The body looked just like what I imagined it to be, and my dragon too. Wait...those eyes...They look kind of similar to the pair of eyes I saw in the dream. Strange..."
Athan's soul didn't stay outside for long and entered inside his body since he needed to know how powerful he currently was and if he can find a way out from this corrosive dark space.
" Hmmm...I currently have zero energy inside me, and I don't know how powerful my body is. "
After thinking for a few moments, Athan decided to punch aimlessly in this space to see if he could crack it and find out how strong his current body is.
" I also want to wear clothes but...sigh. I don't even have any energy which I could control to coat it around my body. "
Shaking his head, Athan threw out the useless thoughts and took a deep breath before he punched out with his right hand.
He used every inch of his physical power in this punch.
*BOOOOOOOM.....CRACK...*
A thunderous sound rang out along with cracks that started to spread in the corrosive darkness around his punch.
But the cracks were recovered in an instant so that Athan couldn't go outside through the cracks.
Athan's raised his dark eyebrows and muttered, " It looks like my physical power is not enough to get me out from here. "
" I need to get energy...But how? " Athan thought for a few moments, but in the end, he decided to do the thing he was supposed to do from the start.
He closed his eyes and entered into meditation. He wanted to understand his mutated soul and the power he managed to grasp.
When he fully entered into a deep state and observed his soul deeply, He found something mysterious.
His current mutated soul was very different from his previous soul. He can see strange patterns inside his soul. These patterns didn't describe any profound meanings, but Athan felt that...they were the internals of his soul, Just like how there are veins, cells, and organs of his physical body.
These patterns seemed completely white and were very indistinct inside his black soul.
Athan thought about using his soul energy. After all, He could feel that his new mutated soul also has soul energy.
He opened his eyes and looked at the corrosive darkness around him that wasn't affecting him in the slightest.
" Let's see..." Muttering this, Athan let out a small amount of his soul energy and was surprised by how it looked.
His soul energy looked like black energy with a white border just like his soul.
But right at the moment when he let out his soul energy, Athan was shocked and became ecstatic.
He...could feel his soul energy devouring the corrosive darkness. Not only that, But he also understood the properties of this corrosive darkness as he seemed to have comprehended a part of this corrosive darkness.
He closed his eyes and started to understand what was happening.
After a long time, He smirked as he finally found a way to gather this corrosive dark energy.
Athan closed his eyes and hurriedly started to channel the devoured corrosive dark energy inside his body.
He gathered this corrosive dark energy inside the region where his soul lay.
" Looks like I can gather this corrosive dark energy now, but I still need to find a way to cultivate and properly use it. " Athan thought about all of his training until the Spirit Astride plane as decided to try the different ways...Both conventional and unconventional.
Chapter 240 - Getting Out
Athan was currently looking at the region inside his body where his soul was staying. There was another thing in this region, and it was the mass of dark corrosive energy.
He could absorb the dark corrosive energy until he ran out of his soul energy, which means that his soul energy was used as the medium to bring that dark corrosive energy inside the region.
" This doesn't look like soul realm, energy realm, or genesis realm. Hmmm...I should name it something. "
Athan adopted a thoughtful expression, ' After my soul ate the clay, something happened, and I lost consciousness before seeing a strange dream which I can't remember. I'm sure that my soul and the peculiar power inside it created this flawless body by using clay that I ate, and this region inside me is also the result of the mutation between those two. '
He then observed this region, He couldn't see the end of this region, and it was all pitch black. In this pitch blackness, His soul shined bright due to the white border around it. The mass of dark energy was gathered a short distance away from his soul, and it was enough to fill a swimming pool.
" Alright. I'll name this region the Void region. " Athan nodded as he liked this name.
' Phew...Now let's get back to work. First, I have to control this corrosive dark energy, and for that, I need to study and comprehend it. I'm sure I can do it. ' Athan encouraged himself as he closed his eyes and started to study the corrosive dark energy which was staying tamely inside his void region.
He had comprehended a part of it when his soul energy came into contact with it, but it was just a part. He could not control it to with ease like his previous powers.
After a few hours of studying this corrosive dark energy, Athan opened his eyes frowned.
All of the dark corrosive energy inside his void region was gone when he finally managed to comprehend it fully. His soul absorbed every inch of it.
" Whatever, Since I comprehended it, Then...I can control it. " Muttering this, Athan waved his right hand as if he wanted to grasp the corrosive dark energy, and it worked.
Athan sighed a relief when he managed to control it and decided to gather it inside his void region.
But as soon as he let the corrosive dark energy inside his void region, It automatically went inside his soul as if some force was pulling it in.
Athan frowned, and after thinking about it for a few moments, He knew the cause for this phenomenon.
' Looks like my soul is automatically absorbing it since I comprehended this corrosive dark energy, but...I don't feel as if my soul got stronger or anything. '
He started to brainstorm about ways to store this energy.
' I have already comprehended this power of corrosive darkness so I can control its energy in this space, but I can't store it. Previously, I had primal energy, the source of all energy that could manifest the properties of powers that we comprehend, But...I currently don't have any Primal energy, nor do I have the energy realm to store it. '
Previously, He had the Unima core inside his energy realm, which contained the more powerful version of primal energy.
Primal energy is the source of all energy in this universe. In the basic sense, Once one comprehended any intents, rules, or laws like Fire, Water, Lightning, Wood, Metal, Sound, or even mixed and more powerful elements. They can manifest their powers at the cost of using the primal energy stored inside their core and also genesis energy, depending on what kind of spells they are gonna use.
" Looks like I am in a more dire situation than I thought. This place doesn't have pure primal energy, and it's just filled with this raw corrosive dark energy. In the end, I have to leave this space first. "
Athan waved his right hand and started gathering dark corrosive energy around his hand.
He gathered and condensed it into a form of a gauntlet. This way, When he throws the punch with his full power, His physical strength can also aid in breaking this space.
" More...I need to gather enough to make a big hole. " Muttering this, Athan gathered more energy and condensed it.
" Wait...this is a good idea. " He suddenly thought of an idea which would let him use this dark energy for some time even after coming out.
He started to gather even more energy and covered his whole body with it. Basically, He wanted to create a suite of corrosive dark energy.
After a while, He fully covered himself in a plain and cool armor that looked similar to the black dragon scale armor he created way back when he got the black crystal due to the Ark.
( The black whirlpool was just a gateway, and those crystals and other things that happened to him were due to the Ark. )
" Finally, It's time to leave this place. " Athan muttered and balled his right hand into a fist before punching out with his full power.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM...CRARARARACK..*
A big hole formed in this space filled with corrosive dark energy, and without wasting any time, Athan dashed forward and entered through it.
" Crap..."
He appeared directly in the sky and started to fall since he couldn't actually fly.
*Thud...*
The ground cracked where he fell but he wasn't injured since his body was not as weak as described by Shiren.
Standing up, Athan saw a clear sky with mountains and greenery around and couldn't help himself anymore.
" I...AM...BACKKK! "
" Hey hey, Why are you shouting as if you've returned from hell? Wait...Wait...T-that... "
Athan turned around and saw a scared face of an Amarphy race man. He was confused as to why that Amarphy race man was frightened.
The Amarphy race man stuttered at the end, and without finishing, He directly ran away after Athan turned around.
" What the hell? Why was he scared? " Athan frowned and muttered. He thought about it for a moment and finally knew that reason.
' So it's because he sensed this corrosive dark energy armor. I think it's called darkness of doom officially since that voice in chambers of dooms kept sounding like that. '
Athan didn't care about it anymore and started searched around and found a giant tree and hid inside its hollow trunk.
Chapter 241 - Scary
After making himself roughly comfortable inside the hollow tree truck, Athan assessed his situation carefully.
" First, I don't have a way to store energy inside my body. "
" Second, I don't have energy realm, genesis realm, or soul realm, but instead, I have this region which I named Void region. "
" Third, I can't fly, which is a big let down -_- "
Athan rested his chin on his hand and started to think about how he should progress.
" Hmmm? wait...are you kidding me? " Athan speechlessly saw that his armor that was made up of doom of darkness was dissolving.
He tried to control it, but he couldn't stop this process no matter what he did.
" Fucking Great! "
Actually, He felt that this was the work of the voice that is managing this whole dimension of Roumbra blood war. This doom of darkness was obviously under its control.
*ROARRRRRRRR....*
" Now what? " Athan muttered with annoyance.
Athan created a small hole inside the tree trunk in the direction of the voice and saw a Three-headed Lion.
Athan didn't feel any threat from it, and so, He decided to test his current physical strength. Of course, He first covered himself with the big leaves of the tree since he became naked after his armor dissolved.
Coming out of the hollow trunk, Athan attracted its attention.
" Hey, Stupid lion. Come here for your daddy. "
The Three-headed lion, who had dark green fur and light yellow patterns on its body, looked in the direction of Athan and roared before charging towards him.
Athan stood in a simple boxing stance and waited. But after a second, He frowned because the lion that was coming towards him stopped and opened its three mouths before a tremendous amount of energy gathered into the form of three giant energy bombs before they shot towards Athan.
But Athan didn't move from his position because he still didn't feel any threat from this attack and braced himself.
It only took another second for those giant energy bombs to arrive in front of Athan, and at that exact moment, Athan also punched out with his full strength.
*BOOOOOOM....*
He tried a slight trick with this punch. He coated his soul energy around his fist because he felt that his soul energy was different from how the normal soul energy was supposed to be.
Powerful soul energy can affect everything, but his soul energy appeared to be strange and powerful.
He consumed 10% of his soul energy by coating it around his fist, and when his punch came into contact with the incoming energy radiations from the three giant energy bombs, a strange thing happened.
From the energy radiation to the three giant energy balls, everything disappeared before...appearing inside his void region.
But Athan decided to take a look there later and hurriedly dashed forward in front of the confused three-headed lion and punched with his full power since his fist still had soul energy coated around it.
The lion snapped out of it and swiped its right claw towards Athan.
Athan's punch and the claw met before a tragedy happened. Of course, This tragedy happened to the three-headed lion.
Athan's remaining soul energy around his fist was consumed, but the lion cried out in despair before it started to dissolve into energy and disappeared.
Of course, at the same time, A mass of additional dark green and yellow light energy appeared inside his void region besides the energy of the three energy bombs, which looked like a mix of green and yellow energy.
Athan was dumbfounded, but he didn't stay here and entered the tree trunk before thinking about what had just happened.
" Alright...So I knew my soul energy could transport energy inside the void region, and I knew that it was powerful than normal soul energy and had additional effects, but...It just dissolved that lion into energy...like seriously? " Athan muttered as he still couldn't believe the thing that just happened.
That lion was not a joke and was a powerful beast that could only be dealt with by my peak-Spirit Astride plane people.
Right at this moment, Athan saw someone appearing in front of him and was shocked. This person appeared in front of him inside the tree trunk out of nowhere.
Athan felt intense danger from this person that looked like a young boy with 5.3 ft height and blur body features. The boy wore simple white clothes like a loose rob and pajama.
" Who are you? " Athan cautiously asked as he felt a threat to his life.
" Your presence is disturbing this dimension. " An emotionless voice rang out the young boy.
" What? "
Athan frowned because he couldn't understand how he was disturbing this dimension with his presence.
" You have two choices, Either leave from this dimension or die. "
Athan started to sweat because he could feel that death was very close to him right now.
" Can you tell me how am I disturbing this dimension? "
" Leave or die. "
Athan frowned because he wanted to know how his presence affected this dimension, but now he had no other choice.
" I don't know how to leave, so I can't leave this dimension. If you can do that, then be my guest. "
The boy nodded, and with that...Athan disappeared.
...
Athan felt scenery changing in front of his eyes as he appeared at an unfamiliar place with but familiar atmosphere.
" This...is Legendary sector? The atmosphere does feel like that of the Legendary sector that I visited before. "
Athan then took a deep breath before he just sat down and wiped the sweat from his forehead, " That was damn scary..."
He rested for a minute before he stood up and started running towards the mountainous area he saw on the east side.
His current physical body was not as powerful as his previous body, but he knew that this body had some strange property that was definitely due to his mutated soul.
His running speed couldn't break the sound barrier, but it was expected; a strong body doesn't mean fast speed.
After running for a few minutes, He found a small cave and settled inside. He was still a leaf man since he didn't have actual clothes.
After sitting crossed-legged inside, He was feeling headache about how to proceed from now on.
First and foremost, He will need to find a way to gather the primal energy inside his body.
Chapter 242 - Black And White Orbs
Athan was currently sitting inside a small cave with his eyes closed while sucking in the primal energy.
The primal energy gushed towards him and entered inside his body.
After a minute, Athan opened his eyes with a sigh. He could gather primal energy inside his body, but it would leave shortly from his body.
With his creased eyebrows, Athan was thinking about his situation.
' I can suck in the primal energy from the atmosphere, though...I can't store it. It looks like I need a medium like Primal core to store the primal energy, but that's the problem. How do I make a primal core from nowhere inside my body? Wait...my body? '
' I should first know more about this body. I need to see the deepest part and its fundamentals. Only by knowing every single detail about my body can I begin the first step. '
Athan closed his eyes and started to scan minor details of his body.
' Hmmm...It looks just like a normal body. I have blood, bones, organs, etc., but...What are these things? '
After Athan used his soul sense to see the fundamentals of his body, He found that his cells were different, and there were other things besides the cells that made up his body.
The other things besides his cells were black and white strings; these strings were microsized just like cells, ' they feel same as the power inside my soul. Interesting. Let's see if I can control them. '
Athan thought about moving them, and these black and white strings indeed moved. Well, That was expected since this is his own body.
' But what should I do after moving them? '
He started to observe and sense their power closely to see how he could make use of them. He felt that they were the key to make his body stronger and even make himself stronger overall. As for storing primal energy inside his body, He had put it back in his mind after this discovery.
After thinking for a while, Athan decided to gather all of these black and white strings together. They were the fundamental structure of his body, but he still wanted to try this.
" Argh..." Athan felt weakness when he started to move them en masse.
After thirty minutes, He moved all black and white strings without leaving a single one before gathering them inside the void region by using his soul sense.
" Siiii....." Athan's appearance changed tremendously during this process, and he finally sucked in a heavy breath after putting all of the black and white strings inside the void region.
His skin sagged and appeared lifeless. He became so weak that He couldn't even stand up and move his limbs. His heartbeat was also getting slower.
' I need to do something, or this body will drop dead. ' Athan used his soul sense and went through with his plan.
He controlled the black and white strings and started to condense them by squeezing them together. Of course, He didn't mix up the black and white strings.
He also used his soul energy to and that was when he received a surprise. When he used his soul energy, The process became very smooth. He finally condensed them into two orbs; one black and one white.
' Crap...I'm dying. At least my body is. ' Athan cured before he started thinking, ' Alright, since I moved their position and extracted these strings from my fundamental body structure, My body became weak and started to die. But...They are still part of my body and are connected with it. So....'
Athan opened his eyes weakly but his spirit was brimming, ' I hope this works. '
He then gathered primal energy towards him and directly fed them to the black and white orbs.
The primal energy was indeed getting absorbed by the black and white orbs he formed using his soul energy and the black and white strings.
At the same time, His body also started to recover. Athan felt energized, and all of his cells became lively again.
Athan stood up and felt his body recovering as the black and white orbs sucked in more primal energy.
" Although these black and white orbs are not storing the primal energy inside them but instead making my body stronger after absorbing the primal energy, It's still good enough. At least, I found a way to make my body stronger. Now it remains to see how far my body can get strong this way. "
Athan continued to absorb the primal energy, and after a while, He reached the point where his body recovered to its max state before he started to move the black and white strings.
He continued to let his black and white orbs absorb the primal energy and his body kept getting stronger.
Though, It didn't last for long since he started to feel pain through his body after his body got a bit stronger than before. Along with pain came injures, and Athan stopped absorbing the primal energy.
He observed his body carefully, and the thing he expected happened, " Looks like my body reached its limit. "
He stood up and came out of the cave before throwing a punch with his full power.
But at the exact moment when he threw a punch with his right hand, Athan was startled because he felt something coming out of his fist.
*Shuaaaaaaaaaa...BOOOOOOOM.*
When he punched out, his fist released a black aura that traveled some distance before disappearing.
" That...came from the black orb. " Athan muttered because he knew that the black aura released from the black orb, and it looked strikingly similar to the darkness of nothingness. Of course, It wasn't as strong as the darkness of nothingness in that space.
He closed his eyes for a minute before opening them with excitement inside them, " Finally...something I can use properly. "
Athan stretched his right hand forward before extracting the black orb's power as the black aura appeared over his hand.
He moved in front of a tree and punched forward. Of course, He didn't hit the tree with his fist but stopped before hitting it and let the black aura hit the tree instead.
Without any sound or presence, The black aura devoured the twelve meters tall tree and all of its branches before leaving a single half-branch.
This single half branch was left because the black aura ran out of its power after devouring everything else.
Right at this moment, Athan's face changed, and he turned around because he sensed someone's presence.
Chapter 243 - Athan Void
In front of Athan was none other than...Senior Rishen.
But seeing the expression of Senior Rishen, Athan mentally screamed and shouted, ' Please...please remember me. '
" Hey, kid. Who brought you here? And what are you doing here? "
Athan's lips trembled, and his eyes turned slightly red, but he hurriedly closed his eyes.
Senior Rishen was confused seeing Athan's behavior, but he waited.
After taking two deep breaths, Athan opened his eyes and smiled helplessly, " I was teleported here by a young boy with blur facial features and white cloths. He looked supremely powerful, as if he could kill me with just his one thought. "
Athan paused here and looked into the eyes of Senior Rishen before speaking hesitatingly, " This...elder. Do you know me? I mean...do you remember seeing me before? "
Senior Rishen shook his head, " I don't know you, and this is the first time I see you, but..." Senior Rishen smiled and looked deeply at Athan, " Interesting...You met the will of the universe, and it sent you here. Mind telling me who you are and your origins? "
' He doesn't remember me...So that means Tiana, Avelia, and everyone else also...' His eyes almost became wet again when he thought about how nobody remembers him anymore, but he stopped them instantly and stabilized his emotions.
He then focused on what senior Rishen said and was startled when senior Rishen described the young boy as the will of this universe. He then formed a wry expression and answered senior Rishen's question with sadness contained in his voice, " I...I lost all of my memories, so I don't remember what happened to me. All I remember is that I met this so-called will of the universe after waking up in a jungle, and it transported me here. "
" Oh..." Senior Rishen nodded his head before he narrowed his eyes while looking at Athan, " I don't sense any kind of energy from you, but your body is as strong as someone who has refined his body with primordial force. Very Strange...I can't sense anything but pure flesh and blood power from your body. "
Athan scratched the back of his head and acted in a goofy manner, " I don't know what happened to me and don't even know where I am. Since I didn't know what to do, I wandering around. "
Senior Rishen smiled and nodded before pointing at the small broken branch of three, " And destroying trees, Right? "
Athan started to sweat and laughed awkwardly, " he..he he...That, I was just checking my strength. "
" Right. That was a strange power. Would you mind showing it to me? Oh, and let me just give you some proper clothes first. " Senior Rishen still had that kind smile on his face as he asked Athan.
Senior Rishen waved his right hand in front of Athan as colorful energy wrapped around Athan's body, which then turned into a simple but fancy designing robe covering his body.
Athan became a bit embarrassed hearing the last part, but internally, he sighed, ' Finally some proper clothes. '
He then looked at senior Rishen and entered in a dilemma as he started thinking rapidly, ' What should I do? Senior Rishen is reasonable and broad-minded. But if he sees me as a threat to the human race, he will eliminate me for sure. I need to prove that I am not a threat. '
Athan took only two seconds to decide what he had to do and smiled towards senior Rishen before nodding his head, " I'll show you. But I activated it accidentally after waking up and don't know how to recover it after using it up. "
" No problem. Use it against this shield. " Senior Rishen waved his right hand, and a golden shield with dark brown and grey patterned materialized in front of Athan.
The shield blocked Athan's view of Senior Rishen as it appeared between them. It was the three-meter tall stylish diamond shape shield, but Athan felt tremendous pressure from it. He felt a similar power to the magic but far more potent and higher level than it.
' So this is the power of law? ' Athan thought as he looked at the shield.
" Kid. You can start anytime. "
Hearing the voice of senior Rishen, Athan replied with " Ok " and formed a fist.
On the other side, Senior Rishen's eyes were slightly shining as he was ready to use his fate technique to see the destiny of Athan and his impact on the human race. The reason for this was his instinct. He felt that he should prob the kid in front of him to the fullest.
Athan was ready on the other side and threw a punch.
*BOOOOOOOM...*
His punch hit the shield as it produced a loud boom. The black aura also released from his fist that started to devour the shield, but...It didn't last long. Of course, Athan never intended to use his full power of the nothingness and just used the minimum aura of nothingness which was basically carried by the primal energy from his black orb. He still can't produce the terrifying power of nothingness that he experienced himself.
The black aura disappeared after devouring the small part of the shield, like 10% of the total shield.
At this moment, Senior Rishen saw the fate of the kid in front of him and felt deja vu.
He first checked the impact of Athan on the human race and sighed a relief before getting excited, ' Good good. It looks like he is not a threat to humanity but a blessing. Phew. '
He then tried to see the fate of Athan and almost pissed himself.
It was very chaotic, But more than it, He felt scared, which surprised even him. He felt as if he was looking at an endless abyss that was ready to devour everything.
*blerghhh...*
*thud...*
His divination was interrupted, and he spurted a mouthful of blood before falling down.
The shield in front of Athan disappeared, and when he saw the state of senior Rishen, He became worried and dashed forward, "Elder, What happened to you? are you alright? "
" cough...cough...I am fine, kid. " Senior Rishgen stabilized his soul and energy inside his body before standing up.
After standing up, He closed his eyes.
Athan silently waited and saw senior Rishen opening his eyes after a minute, " Elder, are you okay now? How did you get injured? "
Hearing Athan asking with concern, senior Rishen smiled and laughed, " Don't worry. Nothing happened. Anyway, can you tell me your name, Kid? "
Athan nodded and put a grin on his face, " My name is Athan. "
" Just Athan? "
Athan was startled, and after a moment, He smiled that contained deep sadness, " Name is Athan. As for my second name...Since I have nothing left now and lost my memories, my second name will be Void. From now on, I am Athan Void. "
" Hahaha, Kid. Remember that you are alive right now and living even if you lost everything. And since you are living, you can start afresh. Also, who knows, you might remember your past and also recover what you lost? Life is full of unexpected surprises, Both good and bad, but it's not the end as long as you are alive. "
...
' Can I really recover what I lost?....No! I will definitely recover what I lost. Avelia, Tiana, Mike, Qerin, Senior Rishen...Everyone. There should be a way to let them remember my existence since I have grasped a minuscule of this power of nothingness....Maybe, After I can master it, They will remember me? Yes! I need to master this power but...sigh It gonna take a long time. '