Chapter 244 - Curious Elenex
" Kid...I don't want to interfere with what you do because I can't predict the result of such interferences. The only thing I can guess is that your life is filled with such difficulties and dangers that I can't even imagine. It is outside of my scope. So...Good luck, Athan Void. You can stay here as long as you want and no one will interfere with what you do. "
Saying this, senior Rishen disappeared with a smile on his face.
Athan stood there dumbfounded because he didn't expect senior Rishen to leave just like that and let him stay here.
But he soon snapped out of his those and sighed as he muttered, " I wanted to ask how much time passed since the Roumbra blood war started, but he left just like that. "
Shaking his head, Athan closed his eyes as he put those things back in his mind. Right now, He needed to find or create a proper way to get strong.
" Hey, human. Can you tell me how did you get that power? "
Hearing the voice, Athan opened his and was shocked to see the universe's will in front of him.
But this time, its appearance was different. It looked like an adult with 6ft height and looked around twenty-five years old. Instead of blur features, It had clear features and wore beach boxers and an Aloha-type shirt with a curious expression on his face. His hairs were dark blue and white skin without any blemish. His eyes were light blue with dark iris.
Athan recognized him due to the slight similarities. Still, most importantly, The feeling and aura this person gave off were the same as the one who kicked him out from the Roumbra Blood war dimension.
" Are you will of this universe? "
" Mhmm mhmm...You can call me Elenex. The one you saw previously was my clone that handles the Roumbra blood war dimension. I have many clones that manage different works of this universe. "
Athan was slightly shocked at this revelation and asked, " And you are the real will of the universe? Also...can you tell me how much time passed since the Roumbra Blood war started? "
Elenex grinned and nodded, " Correct, I am the genuine will of this universe and...It's been fifteen years since the Roumra blood war started. "
Hearing that fifteen years passed since he was sucked inside the genome power whirlpool, He was shocked and wondered, ' Tiana, Avelia, and others must have progressed to the first layer by now. I wonder how they are doing? Wait...If they also filled the third branch of their genome tree and were transported...'
Seeing Athan in a daze, Elenex asked, " Now would you tell me how did you get that power? "
Athan looked at Elenex and started thinking rapidly before finally decided to speak, " I don't remember fully. All I know is that I was in the midst of extreme darkness of nothingness, and it erased my very existence and everything related to me inside the people who know me. But I managed to grasp something at my last moment, and..."
Athan told Elenex the truth after that. Like how he encountered a being and a beast that, despite not giving him any feeling of danger, were probably so powerful that he couldn't even imagine.
Elenex appeared even more curious and excited after hearing the story of Athan, " Hahaha, Interesting. So, You currently don't know how to progress from now on? "
Athan nodded and became hopeful as he asked, " Do you have any idea on how should I proceed? How to store primal energy inside my body? "
Elenex shook his head while smiling, " I don't know. Strangely, I can't even sense what is inside your body and the power with my senses and means which are the most profound in this universe. Though, I can gauge your physical strength, which is pretty weak. "
Athan felt dejected but only for a second because he knew he would have to do this himself.
" Athan. Why don't we do this? From my experiences spanning eons, I can say with a hundred percent certainty that you see and feel things more clearly when you are hovering between life and death. So...I'll drop you in a situation where you will hover over a thin line between life and death. What do you think? "
Athan was dumbfounded hearing this, but...He felt that this idea was feasible, and hearing about hovering between life and death made him instinctively excited.
" Alright. This idea is good, but...Why do you want to help me? "
Elenex laughed out loud with excitement, " Because I am curious. I want to see what happens and how you find your way. I'm bored most of the time, so you are like a breath of fresh air for me, and I can't wait to suck you in. "
" W-what?...." Athan almost spurted blood when he heard the last line. Though he got the metaphor within that sentence, it was still weird, ' I wonder where he learned this line? '
" Alright, Athan! Let's go. "
Seeing Athan's reaction, Elenex grinned, and with a wave of his right hand, Both of them disappeared. He felt that excitement from Athan, so he didn't ask more and directly took Athan to dangerous places.
...
Both Athan and Elenex appeared in an unfamiliar sky filled with wind currents.
But Athan was covered in a powerful and profound barrier and was floating beside the Elenex. Of course, Elenex was the one who was supporting Athan in the air since Athan was not capable of flying.
" Why did you bring me here? " Athan asked Elenex confusedly as he looked around. The only thing he could see was a sky filled with wind currents. He didn't know how powerful these wind currents were because he couldn't feel anything while inside this azure barrier.
Elenex looked at Athan and grinned, " The beings of my universe have made step by step progress so that they can finally grasp the highest level of power of this universe, but...
Your situation is different, and you have managed to grasp something even more profound than what my universe can offer. According to what I think about your situation, You might be able to do that again and grasp the highest level of power of this universe if you are between life and death. So...I bought you here. "
After saying this, The barrier around Athan disappeared.
*Zreeeee...Zreee....*
" What the hell! "
Chapter 245 - Once Again Between Life And Death
The extremely powerful wind currents lacerated Athan, and in just a second, He was covered in blood from head to toe.
He closed his eyes lest they would get hurt and cursed, " What the hell is this place? "
Athan was still floating, but these profoundly powerful strong wind currents were lacerating him.
" Athan! You have one minute! If you can't comprehend the laws of Air in one minute, then You will die. The winds will get stronger as you descend, so...Goodbye and good luck. "
Right after Elenex finished speaking, Athan started to descend amidst the strong wind currents.
At first, Athan was confused when he heard that he only had one minute since the current wounds on him were swallow, But when he heard that the winds would get stronger as he descends, he understood.
First, He would descend, and Second, The winds will get stronger. Both of these things would screw him over and kill him if he fails.
" Urgh...." Athan slightly groaned because these profound wind currents became even stronger after ten seconds and reached his bones as they started to lacerate his bones.
' FOCUS! FOCUS! I have to do this. ' Athan ignored the pain which he was used to and tried to sense the power contained in these winds and what drove them to become this powerful.
Elenex watched as Athan descended with a fast speed and muttered, " Show me a miracle boy. I want you to comprehend the laws in these winds. Athan...The bonds of the universes do not seem to shackle you even though you have yet to break through to the Lord-level plane, so you do it. Grasp them, Master them and save your life. "
...
Forty seconds passed, and Athan was in deep focus, trying to comprehend the laws in these wind currents.
But...he was starting feeling extreme danger to his life. Currently, Athan was barely hanging, and most pieces of his bones and flesh were missing. Even if his soul was mutated, it couldn't survive in this dense sky filled with fierce winds. He had that power of nothingness, but he couldn't harness it, and the aura from the black orb was not the pure power of nothingness. Athan knew that it appeared after he fed the primal energy to the black and white orbs. That aura was the primal energy in the basic sense that gained the attribute of nothingness from the black orb. That's why it could only erase a bit of senior Rishen's shield even though Athan didn't hold back.
Fifty seconds passed...
' Wind...Air...Eido...'
Athan's current state was horrible. He didn't even resemble a human and was just a piece of rectangle meat barely holding together while descending.
Elenex frowned because he couldn't sense what was going on inside Athan, and only five seconds were left before Athan's soul will come into contact with these winds and...be destroyed.
If there was another person, He could easily sense what they have comprehended, their power, how much they progressed in their specialized laws, etc. But he couldn't peek inside Athan.
Inside the void region, transparent streaks of wind aura started to flow out of nowhere. Athan had successfully grasped the Air ( wind ) laws.
Athan hurriedly controlled the profound wind currents around him, which can only be controlled by those who have comprehended Air laws and stopped himself from descending further.
But when he sensed with his soul sense that all his body was not just unrecognizable meat, He...screamed internally.
A dark Athan with a white border around him appeared and watched his body. The wind currents couldn't do anything to him anymore because he successfully comprehends the wind laws by constantly understanding them with his soul sense during the fall.
Athan looked at his body and sighed, " Sigh, How true it is that...hovering between life and death can make wonders happen. "
" Indeed, But not everyone has that resolve and ability. You have that knack inside you and have gone through a similar situation before, and that's why you don't feel scared about life-threatening situations, but instead...you get excited. "
Elenex arrived and looked at Athan's soul with extreme curiosity in his eyes.
" So this is your soul? How wonderful. You told me that your soul was mutated, but I didn't expect your soul to be like this. Hahaha. "
" We can talk later, but first, Can you heal my body? It's in such a mess, and I don't even have any healing power. "
Elenex grinned and waved his right hand, which produced a dense amount of pure life energy that was filled with life laws.
Athan returned inside his body and started to suck in the life energy to heal his body.
Inside his void region, He let the black and white orb suck the life energy, but the black orb didn't absorb any life energy. Athan decided to check on it later and first fed the white orb the life energy, which sped up the process of his body recovering.
After two minutes, His body returned to its perfect form and same appearance; Light grey hair, mystical black & white eyes, and pure white skin with ideal body shape and muscle linings.
Opening his eyes, Athan took a deep breath before speaking, " Huu...Now this feels good. "
He then waved his hands and controlled the wind energy around him to cover himself.
Afterward, He looked at Elenex before asking, " I have comprehended the laws of Air and wind here but...I still can't store any energy inside him, so how am I supposed to use them? I can use them here since this place is fully filled with th..."
Suddenly, Athan stopped speaking as he sensed something incredible.
Seeing Athan's reaction, Elenex laughed, " Hahaha, looks like you finally noticed. "
Athan blankly nodded as if he felt something incredible. He felt a connection with something that...doesn't require him to store primal energy inside his body.
While Athan was still in a daze as he sensed that profound connection, Elenex waved his hands and took another to another place.
This place was very mysterious and didn't seem like it contained any laws.
Chapter 246 - Source Dimension, Finding Ways
Athan snapped out of his thoughts after He and Elenex arrived at a place that seemed strange because it didn't contain any law power and appeared to be a simple place without any type of energy.
The land was grassy, and there were trees and a pond to their left side.
After arriving here, Elenex was just about to speak something, but Athan interrupted him.
" I have a request. "
Elenex raised his eyebrows, " What request? If it's easy and I can do it without breaking my rules, I can help you with that. "
Athan nodded and adopted a thoughtful expression before speaking, " Can you let me see some people? I want to know about their situation. They are currently in Roumbra Blood war. "
Elenex was slightly surprised, " Didn't you lose your memory? "
Athan shook his head and said straightforwardly, " I lied. "
" Hahaha. If you lied, then you are good at lying. Even I couldn't tell that because I can't peek inside you, and your expressions are unwavering. It must be because of your previous experience. "
Athan smiled wryly, " So? Will you help me with that? "
" Alright! If you just want to see some people, then it's easy. Though, do you want to meet them or just see how they are doing? " Elenex asked because, from his experience, He knew that depending on the situation, Athan might not want to meet them.
" I don't want to meet them. Just show me their situation. They should be in the first layer of the Roumbra Blood war. Do you want me to draw their appearances? "
" No need. If I am right, The people you want to see are those that rapidly ascended to the first layer despite being very young. They also possess some strange power that's outside of my scope. "
Athan hurriedly nodded.
" Alright. I have several rules as the will of this universe, but it is no problem if you just want to see their situations. As far as living beings are concerned, I can't help them become strong directly or bestow them unique physique or talents.
But I can do things like what I did with you. I took you to that dangerous place and left you to die. At that time, If you didn't manage to survive on your own by comprehending the laws, I wouldn't have helped you. I also didn't heal your body specifically and just brought the life energy around you, which you sucked in forcefully and healed yourself. "
Hearing about all this, Athan nodded.
Elenex waved his right hand and produced a silver-blue screen in front of Athan that had four sections.
After a second, Each section displayed the situation of Tiana, Avelia, Qerin, and Mike.
Athan watched them with longing in his eyes, but he knew that...even if he met them, They wouldn't remember him.
All four of them were fighting against different types of beasts that were gigantic and powerful.
" You don't have to worry about them. They can definitely survive and reach the Lord-level plane sooner or later with their current strength. "
Athan nodded and smiled, " Thank you for fulfilling this request. You can take away the screen. "
Internally, He sighed relief, ' Looks like they filled the third branch and seemed to have survived inside their respective genome realm space. It appears that I was the only one who met with such an unfortunate situation. That Elvidelen...I also want to meet him again and thank him for toying with me instead of directly killing me. Hehehe. '
Elenex looked at Athan, who let out an intense killing intent for a second.
" Hey hey. Who do you want to kill? Anyway, Whoever you want to kill must be far more powerful than the current you. Right? "
Athan smiled and nodded. His smile was filled with excitement, " Indeed. He is far more powerful than me and you too, I think. But...That's not going to discourage me. Now let's get to the main point. Why did you bring me here? "
" Hahaha. Now that's some strange excitement you are showing. Anyway, The reason I brought you here so that you can try out your accessibility with the source dimension. "
" So that's called source dimension? Although it solves my energy problem, that's just as long as I am in this universe, right? "
Elenex shook his head while smiling, " I will tell you about it later, The relation between Universes and the Chaosverse and what is between them. But right now, you are too weak. First, You have to find a way to make your body stronger. This place is without any energy or interference, so you can try to use the air and wind laws and the connection you formed with the source dimension to see if you can find any way to make your body stronger. If you can't find any way in three days, then I will move you to those life and death places once again to comprehend other laws. "
Instead of nodding, Athan posed a question which he asked before with a severe expression, " Why are you helping me? "
Elenex understood why Athan asked and smiled faintly, " 80% is because of your unique situation and my curiosity. 20% is for something that will benefit this universe or, in other words, Me. Of course, this benefit will only happen if you managed to get strong enough to survive and reach the Chaosverse. The beings from this universe haven't reached Chaosverse yet and are currently stuck in the middle. If you can quickly become strong, then you might be able to change the situation earlier. "
" Oh..." Athan was surprised, " So the passage from the Legendary Sectors doesn't lead to Chaosverse? "
" Hahaha, Of course not! You will find what is in the middle when the time comes. "
Athan thought about Tiana and others and asked, " But I think the situation in the middle can be solved by some people you know, right? "
Elenex smiled wryly and shook his head, " Nope, Your companions can't solve it because they will directly go to Chaosverse with this girl's help. "
Elenex showed an image of Qerin to Athan, " This girl has means to leave and reach the Chaosverse directly. She also plans to bring your other companions with her, but it won't benefit me if they skip the middle part. "
Athan was slightly shocked and asked, " How do you about those things? "
" Hehe...Well, Her father visited this universe and..." Elenex told Athan about what he knew about Qerin and her father, who visited here fifteen years ago.
" Anyway, That's it. Those two are the reason that I am helping you. Actually, I am not helping you directly at all. I am just bringing you to different places, which is hardly any inconvenience. The rest of things depends on yourself. "
Athan nodded in understanding and after talking about this place a bit, He closed his eyes and started to think of ways to break the current limit of his body and make it stronger.
...
Only lord-level powerhouses have a connection with the source dimension that contains Primal essence.
Athan also has this connection now so even though he still can't store the energy inside his body, He can at least use the primal essence anywhere due to his connection to the source dimension.
Normally, people need to comprehend laws, make their law idol stronger, and break their shackles of the universe to make the connection with the source dimension and reach the Lord plane but when Athan returned here as a mutated soul, He was already unshackled. So after he comprehended his first law, He directly formed the connection with the source dimension.
Chapter 247 - Surprise But....A Terrible One.
After closing his eyes, Athan first checked the situation of the black and white orbs. He remembered that only the white orb absorbed the life energy, and the black orb didn't.
Looking at them with his soul sense, Athan thought, ' First, They are the part of my body. Second, Both of them readily absorbed the primal energy, and that's why my body recovered quickly. But...I tried to let both orbs absorb the life energy, but only the white orb absorbed the life energy and then fundamentally provided it to my body so that it could recover quickly. On the other hand, The black orb didn't absorb the life energy. '
Athan wanted to experiment with this again, so he brought out Primal essence from the source dimension and controlled the black and white orbs so that they would absorb this primal essence.
And indeed...Both of them absorbed the primal essence, and his body started to get stronger.
Both of his orbs could absorb the primal essence, and Athan felt that his power of nothingness from the black orb became a bit stronger, ' I can produce a weak power of nothingness from the black orb but not independently. Previously, It used primal energy as the medium and now primal essence. As for my body...'
Athan was surprised at first, but he soon shook his head because his body only got a bit stronger, ' The body barely strengthened 10% before it hit the limit once again. It could be because of the primal essence. Previously, The primal energy strengthened my body a bit and now primal essence, but I still haven't found a proper way to make my body stronger gradually. Now let's see what happens if I do this...'
Afterward, Athan turned the primal essence into pure wind law energy. He could do this because he comprehended wind law.
' Now, let's see if both of them absorb the wind law energy or only the white orb. ' While thinking, Athan controlled the black and white orbs and tried to let them absorb the wind law energy.
The transparent wind law energy arrived at the black and white orbs, but just like what happened with life energy, Only the white orb absorbed the wind law energy, and the black orb didn't.
' But what happens after it absorbed the wi- ' Athan interrupted his thoughts as he opened his eyes with shock and surprise.
Elenex, who was watching Athan, was also surprised as Athan's body produced pure wind law energy, and powerful wind currents surrounded Athan.
Athan looked at his hands and legs and muttered with an excited expression, " This...My body is getting stronger and..."
His body's structure was changing rapidly, and wind law energy permeated every single corner and every single cell of his body.
' Why didn't this happen when I absorbed the life energy? Wait...I see. ' Athan realized the reason instantly when he thought about it. It was very simple; Because he didn't comprehend the life law.
But right now, He had comprehended Wind law, and due to that, The white orb produced these changes after he absorbed the wind law energy.
Suddenly, The white orb shined intensely and actively started to absorb the wind law energy. It was as if the white orb became hungry.
Athan's body kept getting stronger as his cells absorbed more and more wind law energy through the white orb.
But he soon realized that he was in trouble.
Opening his eyes, He muttered anxiously, " If this continued, My body won't be able to withstand this and blow up into pieces. "
Elenex understood the situation and frowned, " Close your connection with source dimension. "
" I already did that, But the white orb is still absorbing the wind law energy from it. It is essentially my part, so It also has wind law power, and due to that, It is forcefully extracting primal essence, turning it into wind law energy, and absorbing it. Can you do something to the source dimension so that my white orb doesn't forcefully absorb primal essence from it? "
Elenex shook his head, " Source dimension isn't under my control. Didn't I tell you that only those who are unshackled from the universe can connect with the source dimension? Because It's not part of the universes. Although I don't know about your situation, the so-called white orb you mentioned is the one causing this, right? Since it is a part of your body, then why can't you control it? "
" I can't! I am trying, but the white orb isn't stopping, and something inside my soul is propelling this instead. "
Athan spoke anxiously and closed his eyes to understand what is going with him currently.
' The power of nothingness is the black then what the power of that white orb is? I remember comprehending the power of nothingness at the last moment, but...What is that white thing? '
Athan currently doesn't remember because at that time, Only a fragment of his soul managed to grasp this power and because it was only a fragment, He doesn't remember it. He was only a mass of his deepest instinct at that time.
Athan first calmed himself even though his body was on the verge of destruction atomically.
' I need to get enough understanding of that white orb. I just need to get one percent of its understanding, Just the same as the power of nothingness, and I may be able to control the white orb. '
Athan could at least produce power of nothingness from the black orb in the form of a black aura, but he couldn't do such a thing with the white orb until now.
He knew it was related to white particles inside his soul, which he called organs of his soul, so he directly observed them.
He also went into the deepest part of his soul so he might be able to understand and know when he comprehended this power.
Elenex was watching Athan with furrowed brows because he could at least see and sense with this power that Athan's body was on the verge of collapse and that too...cellularly.
The wind law energy was overwhelming every single part of his body. His cells were getting bloated without pause.
" Hurry up, Athan. Whatever you are doing, You have to hurry up. "
Athan was trying his best to make sense of the white power inside his soul and the white orb.
' Cre...Void...Void of...Fabri...'
Elenex frowned and created a barrier around Athan because he knew that...Athan fucked up.
*BOOOOOOOOOOM.....*
Athan's body...was blasted into pieces that were the size of cells.
Chapter 248 - My Path-1
Currently, Athan's soul gave off a blinding white glow, and his ( soul's ) eyes were closed.
His body was still destroyed, and their cellular parts were spread inside the barrier created by Elenex.
Elenex was fascinated seeing Athan's soul, and his eyes were filled with curiosity, " What will happen now? It seems like he managed to get into some sort of epiphany and is understanding the white power. "
Several days passed as Elenex continued to watch Athan, who didn't display anything different. Athan ( his dark soul ) was still giving off a white glow with his eyes closed.
....
Time passed as Athan tried to understand the white power. According to him, He only understood 1% power of nothingness and 0.1% of the white power. He need to at least get a 1% understanding of this white power which seemed to be deeply related to the power of nothingness in a highly complex way.
Six months passed, but Athan's situation didn't change. He was still trying to grasp the white power.
Despite this, Elenex wasn't getting bored and kept looking at Athan and observed him. Six months or six years is the same to him, who is alive for a few eons.
Unfortunately, He couldn't see what was going on within Athan. It was simply outside of his scope. But that didn't stop his curiosity.
Seventh month...
Eighth month...
Finally...A whole year passed before some changes happen.
The white glow around him subsided, and instead, his dead body cells that were spread inside the barrier started to glow in white light.
They slowly gathered together around his soul as his body started to form.
After half an hour, His body recovered to how it was before, and his soul also entered the Void region. But there were some changes in his soul and body.
The white border around his soul appeared thicker, and there were more of the so-called indistinct white organs inside his soul.
His body stopped glowing white, and Athan finally opened his eyes which were different from before.
The mysterious black and white snake-like patterns moved inside his eyes for a quick second before they returned to normal.
" Magnificent! hahaha. " Elenex laughed and removed the barrier around Athan after he saw Athan opening his eyes.
" So? Did you find a proper way to strengthen your body? "
Athan smiled and nodded as he started the previous process once more. He connected with the source dimension to absorb the primal essence before turning it into wind law energy with his wind law. After that, He started to feed the wind law energy to his white orb.
Strong currents of winds surrounded Athan as he involuntarily floated while still keeping the crossed-legged position.
The white orb started to provide wind law energy to every corner of Athan's body and all of his cells.
Unlike before, The white orb didn't go berserk, and everything was under Athan's control.
Elenex could at least feel that Athan's body was getting stronger due to Athan's body aura overflowing.
When Athan sensed that He fully saturated all of his cells and every part of his body, He started the main process.
*Shuaaaaa.....*
Elenex, watching from outside, appeared a bit shocked as he saw Athan's body slowly turning transparent. But after he closely sensed what was going on with Athan, He understood and appeared even more impressed, " That...is the fundamental transformation. He is transforming all parts and cells of his body into the wind. "
" But...If he does that, Will he be able to strengthen his body with other elements and fully display the power of different laws when he comprehends them? " Elenex was a bit doubtful about this, but he could only wait and watch.
After an hour, Athan entirely turned transparent as he turned into wind law energy. His body became an energy body of wind law energy.
After finishing this transformation with the white orb, Athan returned to his normal form and grinned at Elenex, " Alright. I have found a way to strengthen my body. I can also defend and attack myself with the new way of combat that I think will work. "
Elenex laughed and waved his right hand as a powerful gust of wind suddenly descended upon Athan.
*Screeeeeeeeeee...*
Athan looked up and saw a monster bird with a white and green feather body with exquisite patterns. It also exuded wind law from every inch of its body.
" Let's see how you fare against this beast. " Elenex grinned, and right after he finished speaking, The beast targetted Athan.
Athan laughed heartily because he also wanted to know if He can use the combat he developed in the actual fight.
From his back grew a transparent pair of wings with a green hue on them before he launched himself in the air at a fast speed against the flying beast.
*Crashhh...*
But he came crashing down even faster.
" Cough...Cough...Puchiii..." Athan coughed and spurted a mouthful of blood before he looked at Elenex with a glare, " Hey Elenex! What the hell? Are you sure that flying bird only has wind power and not metal? "
Hearing that, Elenex grinned, " Hahaha, Use your so-called new combat way and don't pit your body against this beast. I made it such that only energy can damage this beast. "
Athan cleaned himself with a gust of wind before looking at Elenex with a speechless expression, " You gotta tell something like that first. "
He then looked at the beast flying in the sky. The beast was also glancing at Athan as if provoking him.
Athan glanced at Elenex, " Energy, right? "
" Mhmm..." Elenex nodded playfully.
Inside Athan's void region, There was an additional thing; A transparent core that was giving off a green hue. This core came into existence when he activated the power of the white orb in tandem with his wind law power. He could finally use the power of the white orb just like his black orb.
This wind law core was connected to his physical body and also became the source of his wind law power.
He fed primal essence to this wind law core as his body suddenly gave off an immense wind pressure.
Chapter 249 - My Path-2
Wind law energy coursed through Athan's body. He extracted more primal essence from the source dimension and fed them to his wind law core as he gained more and more wind law energy and a condensed and powerful wind law energy enveloped him.
" Elenex! Just letting you know that This is not the ideal combat way that I imagined. To use the ideal combat way that I imagined, I need to practice more. So, for now, I will just crudely attack with the wind law energy. "
Elenex nodded with a smile, " Understood. Have it your way and just defeat this beast. "
Athan first released a pure and raw destructive wind law energy towards the beast for testing purposes.
He simply condensed wind law energy into a ball shape and condensed it before releasing it towards the beast.
Seeing this attack, The flying beast glanced at Athan and ignored the attack.
Athan became speechless; he could feel the arrogance of the beast and how it looked down on him.
' Just wait, you beast. '
The attack hit the beast, but it didn't even scratch it. Not because its body was powerful but because it used its own wind law energy to negate it easily.
Afterward, The beast flapped its wings towards Athan as countless wind blades shot towards Athan. These wind blades were not just all shape because they were made up of profound wind law patterns that made them all stronger.
Athan hurridly waved both of his hands into circular patterns as a powerful rotating wind barrier formed around him. The rotating barrier was crudely made, but it managed to block the attack. It constantly rotated with wind law power to repel the wind blades.
Elenex nodded and thought, ' If he just simply made a normal wind law energy barrier then, He wouldn't have been able to block the wind blades. Those wind blades have powerful piercing power, so one can only try to repel them to the side. '
Athan created two more barriers and then closed his eyes because he needed to prepare to use the new combat method, which he still didn't know would work.
He stretched both of his hands forward and turned only his hands into an energy body of pure wind law energy.
' I have to transform the wind in tandem with my wind law energy hands. First transformation: A hexagonal sphere. '
Athan turned his wind law energy hands into a hexagonal sphere.
' Second transformation: Omni-directional wind. '
Inside the Hexagonal sphere, Wing strings formed and started to move in a pattern by constantly circulating using the Hexagonal sphere's points.
' Third transformation: Piercing wind.'
The wind strings inside the hexagonal sphere increased in speed and became thinner but sharper.
*phiiisss....*
' Fourth transformation: External wind expansion.'
This step was the hardest because this will create the main stage of the attack, but he managed to do this because...he was using his own hands. He wasn't controlling wind law energy externally but transforming his hands which had now turned into pure wind law energy.
Elenex eyes shined as he saw this and became impressed, ' But it remains to see how it will work. '
After Athan was finished, He opened his eyes. He looked at the bird beast, who had stopped attacking even though Athan put up the barriers around him. The beast was arrogantly looking at Athan and seemed to be saying, " Come at me with your full power. "
Athan was sure that this beast was a creation of Elenex, and he was controlling it.
Taking a deep breath, Athan flew up with the shining Hexagonal sphere floating in front of him. Both of his hands from the elbow disappeared because they were now in attack form.
Seeing that the beast wasn't trying to dodge or run. Athan stopped and smiled at Elenex, " Looks like you want to know if this attack will work. "
Elenex nodded with a grin, and Athan granted his wish.
Athan released the sphere towards the beast as it shot forward at a fast speed.
" I name this technique as...Infinite Shredder. "
The sphere hit the beast before expanding into a giant hexagonal sphere and enveloped the fifty-meter-long bird beast.
*Chii....Klan....Phsiiiii...*
*Screeeeeeeeeeeee...*
Countless holes formed in the beast's body as the sharp and piercing wind threads continuously hit the beast with the support of points in the Hexagonal sphere.
In just two seconds, The bird beast was shredded into countless tiny pieces.
Athan canceled the attack after seeing that he defeated the beast.
His hands appeared once more, and he looked at Elenex with a grin.
*clap..clap...*
" That was good. I am slightly shocked by the power it contained. Your means of attacking with your transformed body is unique. It seems that attacking with your transformed body in tandem with law energy packs way higher power than simply using law energy. "
" Yep! The white power transformed my body after I managed to comprehend it a bit and used its power from the white orb in tandem with my wind law power. The wind law energy I release together with my transformed body parts is more powerful, and I just need to create complex and more powerful techniques so I can use them in battle. "
Elenex nodded but then shook his head, " I didn't attack you by controlling that beast and let you prepare and attack, but in the real battle, nobody will wait for that. You have to do something about that too. "
" Don't worry. I have already thought of some ways and just need to see if they work. "
Internally, Athan looked at the black and white orb using his soul sense and smiled.
His black orb and white orb didn't hold any mystery to him anymore because he knew everything about them. But that doesn't mean that he fully comprehended the source of their power.
He still only understood 1% power of nothingness and 1% of white power. This was all he had right now, Both inside his soul and the black and white orbs.
For now, He knew that he had hit a wall regarding them because these two powers were far too high for the current him. At that time, It was with his sheer will and miraculous situation that he managed to slightly grasp these two powers in that space filled with nothingness.
Anyway, the doors to these mysterious powers had opened to him because of his mutated soul and the 1% of things he managed to comprehend. So Form now on, He will have to slowly and gradually understand these two mysterious powers that were complexly connected to each other.
But for him to even continue comprehending them, He will first have to make his soul and body stronger and ascend to higher planes and places by progressing in his unique path.
Chapter 250 - Lesson From The Best Teacher, The Universe Itself-1
" You can practice later. For now, Let's continue with our main objective. "
Hearing what Elenex said, Athan remembered, and before he could respond, He disappeared from the place along with Elenex.
His vision blurred before he appeared at what one would call...A Hell.
Hellish dark orange flames burned everywhere, and even the atmosphere was filled with countless wisps of fire.
" Athan. I have enchanted this place with my power, So this place is more dangerous than the previous one. Good luck. "
Saying this, Elenex removed the barrier around Athan, who fell from the sky since they were floating.
Right after the barrier was removed, Athan's skin started to burn, and he felt hellish pain that could be felt through even his bones.
Athan was prepared, but he didn't close his eyes directly because the red ground was just a short distance away.
*BOOOM...*
He collided with the ground real hard because he couldn't really fly in this place as Elenex had placed such restrictions.
His bones and organs were misplaced as he felt even hotter and got even more injured internally.
But he ignored all of these, and despite the injuries, He closed his eyes and entered meditation.
His injuries were related to pure fire law energy, and this was very helpful to him if he could ignore the pain and injuries.
' Flame, Burn, combust..'
Time passed quickly as Athan tried to comprehend the fire law energy. His body was getting even more injured, and if he couldn't comprehend the complete fire law, He could very well die in this hellish fire atmosphere.
But instead of getting scared, Athan oozed excitement from deep within. Standing at the edge between life and death excited him, and due to this excitement, his speed of comprehension increased.
' Fire, contagious, spread, Dark, Smoke...'
Elenex was surprised and could feel the fire law energy around Athan getting subdued quickly.
He also understood the state of excitement that Athan was oozing and frowned, " This state...is dangerous. He needs to manage and control this state which he experiences when putting his life on the line. "
Elenex revealed a helpless expression and thought, ' I can't even tell him about this lest he becomes too conscious of it. I hope he can manage this excitement of hovering between life and death and truly control it so he can master this state. '
The fire law energy around Athan was utterly subdued, and his body started to patch itself crudely as Athan expelled the internal fire from within his body.
His natural healing factor kicked in, which appeared in his body after comprehending the 1% of white power when his body was destroyed by overwhelming wind law energy.
Athan opened his eyes and slowly made himself sit as his body gradually recovered, and after sitting crossed-legged, He closed his eyes.
Using his connection to the Source Dimension, Athan began to absorbed Primal essence from it and started feeding the primal essence to the white orb. He also used his Fire law in tandem with this as every inch of his body and all of the cells of his body started to fill up with fire law energy.
The fire law energy was thoroughly tempering his body just like the previous wind law energy.
After a while, His body got stronger by a certain amount which he didn't know, ' I'll have to ask Elenex if there are any physical body strength levels. '
When he felt that all of his body cells were saturated, He started the main process by activating the white orb's power.
He named this process as...Body Transformation.
Body Transformation because his body was literally being transformed into an energy body. Ater this Body transformation process is finished, His control and power of Fire law energy will become higher than normal people.
The white orb shined as all cells, and every inch of his body started to transform.
Elenex could see Athan's body turned orange and then slowly into flame.
Athan was not producing fire from his body, but he was becoming flame himself.
After half an hour, The Body transformation was finished, and Athan had become a literal Flame man.
Athan waved his right hand as he controlled the abundant fire law energy around him and released broad flame waves in front of him.
Nodding his head, Athan was satisfied.
At this time, Elenex teleported in front of Athan released a sigh of amazement, " Your comprehension is so fast that I can only sigh in speechlessness of it. Taking less than half an hour to fully comprehend the fire law? damn! "
Athan scratched his nose in modesty, " Well...I managed to grasp straws of something far higher level, so it is expected that I can comprehend the laws here relatively easily. Also, Your idea of risking my life while trying to understand the laws increases my comprehension speed several folds. So thanks for that, hahaha. "
Elenex smiled wryly and wanted to tell about this state, but he refrained from doing so for Athan's sake.
" Anyway, Do you know why I brought you to comprehend fire law instead of other laws? "
Athan thought for a moment and nodded, " Because Wind can fuel the fire to make it stronger, and my strength will increase with them being my first two laws. "
Elenex grinned and nodded, " Correct. But you have yet to try it. Your task is to create the highest level of flame that can only be achieved when you fuel wind to your flame. "
Athan was surprised and thought for a moment and remembered how the flame had different colors in his previous life according to their temperature and the source substance from which they produced.
' Well...Since I have comprehended wind law, I can altogether use it as fuel instead of separating its nature of air, gas, etc. '
Athan nodded his head after thinking about it, and before starting, He asked, " The flames will change color as its power increases, right? Can you tell me what color the highest level flame is? "
Elenex shook his head with a mischievous smile, " You have to find that out yourself. The color of the lowest level of flame is dull red. Dull red signifies pure flame, but it is also weakest. As the power of your fire rises, the color of the flame will change. "
Chapter 251 - Lesson From The Best Teacher, The Universe Itself-2
Athan looked at the surroundings saw this hellish place filled with dark orange color, ' Dark orange is certainly not the highest color because this place doesn't even have a speck of wind energy or any other substance or energy to make it stronger. Well...no use wasting time thinking. It's better to try it out myself. '
Athan stretched both of his hands forward, and in his right hand, He produced a big wisp of fire. He then produced wind around his left hand.
Control both fire and wind. He pushed the wind towards the fire and used the fire's attribute of combustion to combust the wind.
His dark orange fire instantly turned light orange. Seeing this, Athan continued to combust wind law energy to make the flames on his right hand stronger.
As Athan continued to combust more and more wind law energy to increase his flame's power, Its color gradually changed.
After a few seconds, It turned into dark yellow from light orange.
Athan also didn't know what color would flame become next, so he was looking forward to it. He could feel the temperature and power of his flame getting stronger as he combusted more and more wind law energy to make his fire stronger.
After three seconds, The flames on his right hand turned into light yellow, and as he combusted more wind law energy, The flame's color drastically changed as it became dark blue.
The temperature increased drastically, and the flame power also increased.
Athan looked at Elenex to confirm if this was the highest level, but Elenex shook his head.
Athan nodded and continued combusting more wind law energy to make his flame stronger.
After another three seconds, The flame turned into a beautiful light blue. But despite its beautiful appearance, Its temperature was enough to destabilize the space, and its power was terrifying.
Athan glanced at Elenex, who still shook his head.
Looking at the blue flame on his right hand, Athan muttered, " Even higher than this? Now it's interesting. "
Athan combusted even more wind law energy as his flame got stronger, and its color gradually turned even more light blue. Finally, Its outer layer started to turn white.
But after its outer layer turned white, The flame stopped changing colors even though Athan combusted more wind law energy.
" Looks like this is the highest level of flame. " Saying this, Athan looked at Elenex.
But Elenex still shook his head, " It's not. But you are close. Make that flame entirely white, and you will achieve it. You have to truly combine wind law energy and fire law energy here. You have already comprehended the Fire and wind laws, and now you are at your first breakthrough. "
After he finished speaking, He waved his right hand showed him an image of senior Rishen, " You remember this human right? According to me, He was the first living being you met after my clone teleported to the Human race's legendary sector. This person has mastered the power of fate. He combined the law powers of Time, Space, and Astral and his own comprehension to acquire this power. "
Elenex waved his hand to erase the image before continuing, " Of course...This is not like how you combine several chemicals to produce a new one. To create higher-level law power, You need to have a deep understanding of their parent laws and know how to fuse their law power to finally get the new law power. What you are currently doing is the lowest level of combining law power, which is pretty easy. "
Athan nodded with a serious face as he was grateful to Elenex, who was acting as his teacher.
He focused and closed his eyes as he combusted more wind law energy to make his flame stronger while sensing the flame in his right hand, which was white outer and light blue in the middle.
After ten seconds, Athan finally grasped the true interaction between Wind law energy and Fire law energy as he combusted another portion of wind law energy to make his flame stronger. But this time, His flame finally changed color as it went entirely white. It became a pure white flame that looked very beautiful, but only those hit by it could know how destructive and powerful it was.
Space was literally cracking around the white flame, but Elenex just glanced at it, and everything became stable.
" Good! But this is just the start. You have to figure out how to make this white flame instantly during the fight as nobody will wait for you to make this strongest flame gradually. "
Athan nodded, and he was looking forward to how he would do this himself.
Afterward, Elenex told Athan his plan, " I am going first to let you comprehend the most basic elemental laws, which are: Wind, Fire, Water, Earth, Light, Dark, Space, Time and Mystic. From them, You can try to make your own specialized law power. "
Athan felt something was wrong and asked, " Isn't Lightning a basic element too? "
Elenex shook his head, " It's not. People who are below Law idol plane won't understand laws at all. They can comprehend the intent and rule of many elements and use them with primal energy. Still, none of them will work with primal essence, and they can't directly comprehend the combined law power like how they could comprehend intent. "
Elenex waved his hands and created several diamonds, colorful stones, and different elements like mud, blood and even produced sound melodies before he continued speaking.
" Sure, Their rule power can give them direction on which laws they should comprehend to achieve the law form of their rule power but at more profound and higher level which will take more time for them to do. This is how you become stronger; Step by step. People can't comprehend laws directly, so they start with trying to get intent, affinity, controlling energies, comprehending rule powers, getting a deep understanding of them, and finally...to the highest form of power in this universe, Law power. The altar spirits will teach them about life and consciousness and how to combine. Every process is a must before reaching the pinnacle of this universe. "
Athan nodded with shining eyes as he understood everything and learned much.
Since Athan's soul managed to comprehend a portion of higher power and he was also unshackled from the universe, He can also comprehend the law, and much faster in between life and death state.
Chapter 252 - Departure
Currently, Athan was at a place that didn't look dangerous at all.
The ground was filled with plant life, water bodies, mountain, and the atmosphere was very pure and permeated with comfortable breezes of wind. There was no sun, but the light was present.
Athan was sleeping under a big tree in this place.
It's been a year since Athan comprehended fire law, and since then, Elenex took him to many places where he comprehended all fundamental law powers and found his way to become stronger again.
Suddenly, Elenex appeared on a tree branch under which Athan was sleeping, " Hey Athan. Your companions have broken through to the Lord plane and left the Roumbra Blood war dimension a few hours ago. I wasn't planning to inform you of this at first but decided to after thinking about it. "
Athan's eyes shot open while his face showed a startled expression.
Looking at Elenex, He asked doubtfully, " So...People can leave the Roumbra blood war dimension if they successfully break through to the Lord plane? "
Elenex waved his right hand and showed a screen before saying, " Yep. Here, They are currently on a weak planet that might blow up if they don't control their power. "
Athan wryly smiled as he was used to Elenex joking around. He then looked at the screen and saw Tiana, Avelia and Qerin, and Mike at Tiana's orphanage.
He couldn't help but reveal a longing expression seeing them again, ' Seventeen years...Sigh. '
Looking at the expression of Athan, Elenex waved his hand, and both of them disappeared and appeared in the sky on Athan's home planet in this universe, right on top of Tiana and others who just left the orphanage.
Athan was startled, and before he could say anything, He heard Elenex, " They can't sense us or see us, so don't worry. Of course, unless they have some kind of detection ability related to their genome power. Even I am tempted to train in this genome power but too bad I can't. hahaha. "
Athan saw Tiana and others up close, but right after that, Both Athan's and Elenex's faces changed as they noticed Qerin looking at them with a frown.
" Looks like she discovered us. Well, No use in hiding anymore. Let's meet them. "
Athan slowly nodded, but his calm face masked a hint of nervousness.
Qerin seemed to have informed others about them, so they all became cautious and looked at Athan and Elenex. Both of them were visible to them since Elenex removed his power, which made them invisible.
" Who are you? "
Athan's heart skipped a beat hearing the cold words from Tiana, but he tried his best to maintain his calm.
" Hahaha. Don't worry, kids. We are not here to harm you or anything. It's just that you were the first ones to leave the Roumbra blood war, so I am just here to check on you with my friend here. "
Elenex then glanced at Qerin and smiled, " Your father visited me, so I know your story. It would be better for me if you were to go through a legendary sector's passage, but...that's not happening, I guess? "
Qerin was startled to hear that and asked, " Who are you?! "
" Me? Hahaha, I am just the will of this universe. Anyway, My friend here has some to say. "
' What?! What do I say to them? They don't even remember me...for now. ' Athan looked at Elenex with a frown, but Elenex just grinned at him in response.
Athan then looked at Tiana and others before revealing some hesitation.
Tiana and others were surprised that the person who wore a beach boxer and an aloha-type shirt was the will of the universe. But seeing his gesture that pointed to Athan, They looked at Athan.
Athan's appearance had changed a lot, but they would have recognized him if they remembered him because his height and facial features were the same except the eyes, skin tone, and hair which are now light grey instead of black.
Athan smiled awkwardly at them before speaking, " It's nothing important. I just want to say that be careful out there and don't put yourself in danger. "
He then looked at Avelia and Tiana before smiling gently. He transmitted a message to them with his powerful soul sense, ' I will meet you two soon. Until then, Stay safe. My name is...Athan. '
Afterward, Athan glanced at Elenex, who nodded as both of them disappeared.
" That guy gave me a familiar feeling, but I don't remember meeting him before...How strange. " Mike muttered doubtfully after Athan and Elenex disappeared.
" Ehh...What happened to both of you? " Qerin turned to Tiana and Avelia's direction and was startled to see them dropping tears from their eyes.
Avelia and Tiana had bewildered expressions because they also didn't know why tears were falling from their eyes.
After wiping their tears, Tiana spoke in a confused manner, " Athan...Why don't I remember someone like Athan? But that person gave me a feeling that he was my everything for a second...What's going on? "
Avelia nodded and also felt the same as Tiana.
...
Athan would've been overjoyed to see this scene, but unfortunately, He didn't see it.
Both Athan and Elenex returned to that peaceful planet where Athan was sleeping.
" Elenex...Teacher. Thank you for everything, but now, It's time for me to go. "
Elenex was startled but then understood and nodded with a smile, " Alright! It was interesting and fun seeing you comprehend law powers and honing your combat abilities while dancing between life and death. Your body structure is strange, so I can't say clearly, but your physical strength is at the 10th Star stage, which is the pinnacle body strength one can have before ascending to the Chaosverse. The combat techniques you created, practiced, and mastered are easily on par with Magics I created, but..."
Elenex paused, and his face became serious, " Chaosverse is no easy place. Remember one thing, Chaosverse is chaotic and vast. It is filled with unimaginable phenomenons, chaotic laws, and powers. To get strong in that place, You will have to create...order. There is a saying regarding chaosverse, which applies to everything. To control chaos, you need order. You have to become someone who owns chaos with order, and you will become powerful. "
Athan nodded with a serious face and thanked Elenex once again. Afterward, Elenex sent Athan to the legendary sector of the human race.
After arriving at the legendary sector, Athan spilled out his aura in all directions.
After just a minute, Athan could feel the presence of many people coming in his direction.
Taking a deep breath, Athan thought, ' I might have to show my capabilities, or they will doubt me. '
Soon after, Many people arrived one by one and looked at Athan caustically and curiously.
The three pillars: Rishen, Black, and Fang, also arrived, and along with them, many people of Law idol plane came one by one.
Athan looked at senior Rishen and nodded his head. He also knew the reason why senior Rishen never managed to divine about him. It was because he can't divine things that are outside of this universe. Athan was a person of this universe in his previous body, but he was contaminated with powers that were far higher than the scope of this universe, so senior Rishen always failed and only saw chaos when he tried to see his fate.
Chapter 253 - Chaos Bridge
The people who arrived here were top echelons of the human race, and they numbered twenty-one.
Senior Rishen stepped forward and spoke with a smile, " Little friend. It looks like you changed a lot in the past two years. I tried to search for you after meeting you at that time but failed. "
" Hmmm? Rishen, you know him? " Black asked as his eyebrows raised.
Rishen nodded while feeling shocked internally, ' He is giving me the same or even more powerful feeling of threat that I got when I faced Lord Pelingan from Dision race. His body's physical aura is also way stronger than Black, who has the highest bodily strength among us. He is completely different from who he was two years ago. '
Not just Rishen, But every other powerhouse here also had a serious face because they can sense that Athan was very powerful by the aura he spilled out minutes ago.
Athan didn't want to waste time and directly stated his purpose, " I am here to open the passage of this Legendary Sector. "
Right after speaking this, He directly opened the passage, which was pretty easy for him because all he needed to do was to use his connection to Source Dimension and resonate it here, which will open the passage. The passage just looked like a giant black portal, and it appeared right behind him. They could see that the portal stretched inside more, so it seemed like a passage to somewhere else.
Previously, Fang managed to find a way to open passage because of the infant silver fox chaotic spirit he got from Rotal Zenford. Chaotic spirits have direct access to chaosverse and, with it, one could easily open passage to the chaos bridge. However, chaos spirits won't open it. But since the Silver fox chaotic spirit was just a small baby and in the infant phase, It became possible.
Chaos bridge is the place between chaosverse and universes. Only after passing the chaos bridge can one arrive at the Chaosverse.
Everyone appeared surprised when they heard Athan and saw the black portal behind him. Fang frowned and spoke, " You are looking like a human, But I've never seen you before. Your appearance is...kind of unique and also very young. Can you tell us your origin? "
Athan shook his head and was just about to speak, but senior Rishen laughed and spoke, " His name is Athan, and he has lost his memories. Also, You all don't need to be wary of him. "
Seeing senior Rishen interrupted and speaking on behalf of Athan, Others were startled, but they decided to trust him because of his ability.
On the other hand, Athan through, ' Looks like no conflict occurred. Well, this is not the cliche novels I used to read in my previous life, where conflict breaks out over no reasons or stupid reasons. '
Black looked at Rishen, and they seem to be talking telepathically. Afterward, Everyone glanced at each other as if they were talking telepathically.
After a minute, Five people moved forward and arrived in front of Athan.
Two of them were Fang, and Black and the other three people consisted of two women and one man.
Senior Rishen looked at Athan and smiled before speaking to Athan telepathically, ' These five people will also be entering the passage. I hope you can take care of them. '
Outside, Black spoke to Athan with a serious expression, " We five will also be entering the passage together with you. "
Athan nodded with a plain face and turned around before entering the black passage. The passage revealed a dark path ahead.
Seeing this, Black, Fang, Nireli, Lefiya, and Honkur talked for a bit before entering the passage.
After entering, They could see Athan walking forward in front of them, So they sped up their movement and caught up to Athan but still walked six steps behind him.
If someone walks one step behind someone, It shows that they respect the person in front of them, but...what about five-six steps behind? The answer is simple in this case. It is so that if some mishaps happen, the first one to take burnt will be Athan.
Athan smirked seeing them walking far behind him, but he didn't care because there was no danger until they reach the chaos bridge.
After walking for fifteen minutes, they saw a similar-sized black portal that appeared on the legendary sector. However, They couldn't see anything through this as it looked like constantly moving dark clouds in the portal.
Athan walked through this portal and appeared inside a...big hall.
" A hall? " Athan muttered and was surprised to see many portals in this hall, " Looks like each portal here connects to a legendary sector in the Elenex Universe. There were a total of fifteen portals, which means there are fifteen legendary sectors in Elenex Universe.
Right then, The doors to the hall opened, and Athan saw two people appearing, A woman from the Terred race and a man from the Grakil race.
They seemed to have arrived in a hurry and were shocked to see Athan. At this moment, Black and others also left the portal and arrived in the hall.
" Humans? But how? ", The grakil race man called Merog spoke with confusion, " Don't tell me someone already exited the Roumbra blood war dimension by breaking through to Lord plane? "
Kerret shook her head, " Impossible. Only a quarter-time passed since the Roumbra blood war started. "
Athan didn't want to waste time and wanted to reach chaosverse as soon as possible because Tiana and others already went there.
He started walking towards the Palace door, and seeing that the two beings didn't move and were still in a daze, Athan moved the first and second finger of his right hand such that a V shape appeared.
With this action, The two beings felt a space force around them and were instantly pushed to the side.
Athan's void region had more things inside. There were nine law cores, and all cores were connected to a white Pyramid in the middle by a white energy thread. The cores were also connected to each other with this white thread.
Athan's steps weren't slowed down, and just like that, He went through the palace door.
Though, He was a bit surprised when he saw the lively scene outside the palace.
Chapter 254 - Misunderstanding
Athan saw people of the great five races after leaving the palace.
They were in groups of two and three and stood on the sides, with their total number being twenty-one. Looking at the surrounding, Athan felt that they were in a valley. The land was barren, and the mountains on both sides were also barren without any greenery in sight. The rocks and mountains were dark browns.
When other Lord-level beings saw Athan, They revealed a surprised expression and started speaking amongst themselves.
One of them walked towards Athan.
" So the human race finally has a Lord-level powerhouse? " A Branzol race man walked towards Athan and scrutinized him while rubbing his hand over his own giant gold-bronze protruding belly.
Athan glanced at him for a second before he continued walking forward. He just wanted to finish his business here and quickly go to the chaosverse. He had no plans to interact with anyone here.
Shortly after, Black and other humans also exited the place.
Black and Fang had the same type of expression as they left the palace; Joy.
After coming out through the palace door, Both of them went to a side and sat down crossed-legged.
" Huh? Why are human ants here too? Don't you know that you can't stay here if you aren't in the Lord plane? are you courting death? "
Hearing that, Athan turned around and saw that Black and Fang were sitting crossed-legged right after coming out from the palace, and the other three stood around him as if acting as their guards.
Athan narrowed his eyes and felt that they are going to break through by making connection with the source dimension.
But the situation of the other three wasn't good. They were feeling pressured and were sweating.
The three of them looked at Athan with a plea and spoke to him telepathically.
They all basically said the same thing: they were having difficulty controlling their energies here and feeling suffocation and pressure.
Athan understood that reason and nodded, " Go back, I'll look after them until they break through. "
It was likely because the atmosphere of this place was too much for them as they were still not in Lord plane. On the other hand, Fang and Black had reached a peak in Law idol plane and just needed a breaking point which they got after they arriving here.
Athan returned and moved to where Black and Fang were sitting and stood there with his back facing them.
Suddenly, Athan sensed a commotion ahead.
Athan saw five people coming, two women and three men. They all looked old.
These five people were the true leaders of the five great races.
The leader of the Terred race, who was a woman, looked at Athan with narrowed eyes and revealed a surprised expression. After a second, The other four also showed a surprised expression.
The leader of the Dision race, who was small in height with wrinkled dark blue skin, spoke in a gusto manner despite his size, " Everyone, Prepare for the last time. Today, We will finally reach the chaosverse! "
Hearing that, Everyone was surprised, and when they looked at their great lords of respective races, who nodded their heads towards them, They were overjoyed and confused at the same time.
" What do you mean, great lord? Did you find a way to overcome that problem? Is that true?"
" This...is a bit unbelievable. Great lords, you have suddenly told us to prepare but are you sure we can do it this time? "
Athan was also a bit confused, but he figured that Elenex must have informed them about him.
" Silence! The creator told us that today, That human would solve our long-lasting problem and that too without any casualties during the process. "
Hearing the word " Creator" Everyone shut their mouths and started getting excited because if the creator said so, then the problem will definitely be solved today, but...they still felt surreal about the human part and looked at Athan with skepticism.
Athan knew that the creator they mentioned was none other than Elenex.
" Shall we move now? ", The leader of the Crysax race, who was another woman, asked Athan.
But Athan shook his head, " Wait. We'll go after the two behind me finish their breakthrough. "
Many revealed displeased faces because they felt a lack of trust from Athan. Many thought the same thing, ' It's not like we are going to interrupt their break thoughts by attacking them. '
But the leaders of five races didn't mind it and nodded.
" Can you let me take a look at the thing that will help us solve the problem? " Though, The Grakil race leader smiled and spoke something that confused Athan.
" Hunken! "
" Hunken! "
The other four looked at the leader of the Grakil race, Hunken with a displeased expression, but Hunken just snorted in response, " What's wrong with asking to take a look? If this human can use that thing, then I also certainly can. "
Athan didn't know what they were talking about because he didn't receive anything from Elenex. Elenex just said to him that, He could solve the problem with his power after he reaches there.
" I think you have some misunderstanding. Elenex didn't give me anything that can solve the problem. "
Hearing that, The five leaders were startled and appeared confused.
" But...Creator said that a human would come here to solve the long-lasting problem and showed us your appearance. "
Athan nodded plainly, " True. But he didn't give me anything. "
" Are you saying that you will solve the problem with your own ability? " Hunken asked with a bewildered expression, and he even felt stupid himself for asking this question, but the response got from Athan made him feel like he was dreaming and wanted to wake up.
" I didn't say that, but that's the case. " Athan nodded.
" You are someone who came out from the ongoing Roumbra blood war after breaking through to Lord plane, right? How can you solve the problem that we weren't able to solve for so long? "
Athan frowned because he was tired of their bull shit and just closed his eyes without answering them.
The leader of the Grakil race gritted his teeth seeing Athan's behavior but held himself back from impulsively attacking.
Everyone turned silent and looked at Athan and then the leaders, who seemed to be slightly confused.
The leaders assumed that creator gave something to the human named Athan, and with the use of it, They can finally solve the problem because they obviously can't believe that a human can accomplish the feat which is taking them many millennia with his own power.
The grakil race leader looked at a buffy grakil race member to his left side and told him something telepathically.
The buffy grakil race member nodded and walked towards Athan with a serious expression.
When he was ten meters across Athan, He spoke with his heavy voice, " Lord Athan, Allow me to test your might. "
Right after saying this, Two dark green lasers shot out from his eyes, but the target of these two lasers was not Athan but the two behind him.
Athan didn't even open his eyes and just moved his two fingers. Inside the void region, The space core and mystic core shined briefly along with the white threads connected to them.
Two small portals appeared in front of the laser at that instant, and another two appeared right in front of the eyes of buffy grakil race members.
" Aaaaaa...Damn! "
The buffy grakil race member screamed briefly before cursing as his eyes were pierced by his own lasers. Everything happened in an instant, and he didn't expect this kind of move from Athan.
The Dision race leader appeared slightly shocked seeing this move of Athan.
But Athan didn't just plan to end things here and opened his eyes. His eyes gave a brief black shine and the space core, mystic core, and time core shined briefly along with the white threads connected to them.
" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh....W-what the hell is this? STOP IT! Aaaaaa...."
This scream was not from the buffy grakil race member but the leader of the Grakil race.
On the right hand of Hunken, A black flame-like aura appeared and started to devour his hand.
The other four leaders were shocked seeing the right hand of Hunken just disappearing without not even leaving anything behind. The aura seemed to be feeding on his own energy and spreading to his body.
Chapter 255 - The Problem, Dark Gold Rod.
The other four leaders were going to use their abilities to stop the black aura, but before they could do so, Athan's voice rang out, " Don't try anything stupid, or he will die faster. "
Hunken also realized and hurriedly shouted in panic, " STOP STOP! Don't do anything! "
He then looked at Athan and started begging, " Please stop this. I'm begging you, Lord Athan. Pl-"
*thud...*
" Aaaaaaaa..."
The black aura spread to his shoulder and neared his chest after devouring his right hand. It also spread to his right-wing that was right below his shoulder on his back.
The other four also started to request Athan to stop this.
Athan was just coldly looking at Hunken, and after the black aura detached Hunken's right-wing and neared his heart, He decided to stop as he extinguished the darkness of nothingness by controlling the black orb.
Hunken's right hand, right shoulder, and right-wing were forever gone. After standing up, He looked at Athan fearfully.
Athan once again closed his eyes and ignored them.
The five leaders seemed to be talking telepathically as Hunken described his terrifying experience to them.
After a while, Athan once again opened his eyes as he sensed primal essence from the two behind him.
' Looks like they succeeded. '
Turning around, He saw their Law idol bathing into Primal essence and transforming.
Athan didn't have Law idol because he couldn't follow the norm cultivation path and had to make his own system which he created in the past year.
The white threads were the power of the white orb, and they were truly something. Athan felt that even though the darkness of nothingness and the white power were related, The white power seemed to be more powerful than the darkness of nothingness. He felt that the white power was the very source of the darkness of nothingness. In the past year, He managed to comprehend one more percent power of nothingness but no more progress in white power.
These people have source core inside them and Law idol too which can allow them to use their abilities fast unlike Athan who had to use much time to prepare to use complicated techniques like infinite Shredder which he created.
They can store primal essence inside their source core and use them instantly release their abilities through their Law idol. Law idols can stay inside them, and people can still use abilities, and they can also be summoned outside to use abilities on a large scale.
Law idol is an upgraded form of Genesis Avatar. The Genesis Avatar is transformed when the mind and soul turn into one after they break through to the Law idol plane. At first, Law idol is small and weak, and they gradually make it stronger by comprehending law powers and techniques.
But Athan's mind and soul had directly turned into one after Shiren gathered his soul pieces.
That's why he couldn't absorb genesis energy. Also, Genesis energy was useless outside of the Elenex universe as its creation attributes only worked under the laws of the universe. Genesis energy was just his project that was mixed of Soul energy and primal energy. The effects of Bleed, Slash, gravity, repel, and such intents can't be used in the higher world like the Chaosverse.
Of course, Normal mystic intents such as heavy, slash, bleed, etc., were not under the Mystic Law. They were just by-products of powerful people's thoughts on the effects of Elements. For instance, Wind can slash, so Slash is related to wind, Earth is heavy, so Heavy intent is associated with Earth, Bleed is related to blood element, Water is mild but also heavy, so heaviness is related to water too, Wind is lightness and can be soft too, so those mystic intents are related wind. Metal can be sharp and penetrative, so sharp and penetrate mystic intents are related to Metal, etc.
The Mystic Law mainly contained Gravity, Repel, Attract, and such sub powers.
Chaosverse was...chaotic, so even though the mystic intents of the universe like slash, heavy, sharp, etc., didn't work there, The chaosverse had far more unbelievable powers of the phenomenon there.
Athan was happy with the internal energy system he created to use his techniques using the law cores and white orb's power, but it remains to see how he will progress after ascending to the Chaosverse.
After Black and Fang stabilized and opened their eyes, Athan spoke, " Since you are done with your breakthrough, Then you can either stay here or come with me. "
Saying this, Athan started walking towards the leaders of five great races before telling them to lead the way.
They just nodded as they were quite fearful of Athan after his display of power and started leading the way.
The two mountains and the valley were all just self-created by the leaders after being stuck here for thousands of years.
After moving for 100 kilometers in the valley, They finally saw a vast dark space filled with the debris of strange rocks and strange materials.
In this dark space, one thing was glaringly visible. It was a giant black whirlpool that was spinning with dark brown and black clouds.
But in the exact middle of this whirlpool was a dark gold rod that was crackling with brown lightning. The brown lightning seemed to have been produced from the dark gold rod.
Pointing at the dark gold rod, The leader of Branzol race spoke with a sigh, " That brown lightning producing from the dark gold rod is very dangerous. At first, only a small part of the dark gold rod was visible, and during the past thousands of years, we have slowly pulled it by combining our powers, but many lost their lives during the process because the brown lightning would sometimes flare up and directly kill one or two of us. And...We still don't know how long the dark gold rod truly is. "
Athan hasn't heard of the root problem from the Elenex but didn't expect that it was something like this, ' Elenex might be able to pull that...but why he didn't do it? '
Glancing at the leaders, Athan asked, " Can't Elenex try to pull it? "
" The creator said he can't pull it. Or rather, He is not allowed to pull it. "
Afterward, The leaders told him about how they pulled the rod until now.
Athan nodded after hearing the method as his activated one of his combat ability.
Inside his void region, Earth core, Water core, and space core shined, but this time, not briefly. They continued to shine along with the white threads connected to them before their law powers channeled towards the white pyramid surrounded by the nine cores in the middle.
The white pyramid shined before one of its sides turned dark pink.
[ A/N: the aurora glowing triangle changed into the white pyramid. I also edited this in the previous chapter. Also, Athan's combat method and how he uses his new abilities will be revealed after he ascends to the Chaoverse as there will be some changes of power due to suppression there, and it would be easier to explain at that time. ]
Chapter 256 - Ascended To Chaosverse
Athan's both hands turned dark pick as they stretched forward and grabbed the dark gold rod.
Right after he tried to pull it a bit, The brown lightning flared up and directly released a lightning bolt towards Athan.
According to the leaders of Five great races, Death is the only result of anyone hit by this brown lightning bolt.
But Athan was prepared, His eyes glowed with a dark shine for a moment along with the black orb inside his void region, and instantly, A square shield appeared in front of the brown lightning bolt that was coming towards him.
Seeing the clash between the black square shield and brown lightning bolt, The leaders and other lord-level powerhouses became shell shocked.
The brown lightning indeed managed to destroy the black shield, but it was also spent in the process. In short, mutual destruction.
Athan gradually pulled the dark gold rod as the brown lightning would flare up with his every pull and release lightning bolts towards him. Sometimes one lightning bolt and sometimes two.
But he would block the brown lightning bolts by using the power of his black orb.
After pulling it for a while, He took a break because he can't continuously use the black orb's power.
After using it continuously, He will feel strain in his soul and body, which would weaken him overall.
He had gauged the usage rate of the black orb and white orb with the tests he conducted. The white orb didn't directly impact his combat like the black orb's power of nothingness. There was a limit to how often he could use the black orb's power before he felt fatigued on his body and soul.
On the other hand, the white orb's power was...simply mind-blowing to him. Those threads and the pyramid he created with the white orb's power were simply incredible. Due to them, He could use his techniques very fast and also make more than one combined law powers at the same time. More specifically, He could use four combined law powers at the same time by activating them on the four sides of the pyramid. The base of the pyramid acted as his control to combine the law powers.
Generally, people store primal essence in their source core after absorbing it from the source dimension, but since Athan couldn't store energy inside him, he used the white orb's power.
Athan made use of the incident where the white orb went on a rampage and absorbed primal essence from the source dimension without control even when he closed his connection to the source dimension.
He thought he could use it somehow and successfully made a proper connection between his white orb and the source dimension, so now, The white orb would absorb the primal essence from the source dimension whenever He used his techniques and combat forms. The white orb's white threads connected all nine cores and the pyramid, which made it so that the techniques he used could channel energy and form faster.
Athan was recovering himself while others watched the dark gold rod with their mouths agape.
The leaders felt like crying because Athan alone pulled the same length of the dark gold rod in this half-hour than what they managed to pull in the many past millennia.
After an hour, Athan fully recovered and stood up before pulling the rod with the same method.
He combined Earth, Water, and mystic law energy to create epoxy material law energy. He then transformed his hand into epoxy law energy and stretched it towards the rod before pulling it.
The brown lightning bolt once again released towards him after he pulled the rod a bit, and he blocked it too.
' Hmmm...That's almost two meters out. Maybe I'm close to pulling it out now. '
He continued, and after ten minutes, When he pulled once again, The rod came out completely.
*Crackkk....*
Right after he pulled out the rod, Brown lightning flared up intensely before the rod started cracking and then...turned into dust that disappeared in the dark space of the chaos bridge.
But something mysterious happened. The lightning that flared up intensely formed an image of a roaring face of a creature that Athan had never seen before.
Suddenly, The roaring face turned into a giant bolt of lightning and shot towards the place where Athan and others were standing.
Seeing this, Everyone's face turned pale as they hurriedly used their everything and started forming barriers in front of them.
Athan's face also turned severe as he hurriedly used a considerable amount of black orb's power and covered himself into a black barrier. His body also transformed turned into a diamond body.
After the giant lightning bolt arrived in front of them, Athan was the first one to be hit by it before the lightning bolt cracked up and spread into tiny lightning tendrils and hit other people behind him.
Athan took the highest amount of brown lightning's attack because he was at the forefront of it, and he managed to survive with cracks on his diamond body.
But people who were behind me suffered. Among the twenty-six people, including the leaders, eleven of them died.
Those who survived had blank looks. Suddenly, A man of crysax race snapped.
" DAMNN IT!! "
" GREAT LEADERS! You said that there would be no casualties this time, but this is the greatest casualties of all time. ELEVEN! Eleven of our comrades just died. They've been with us for thousands of years and worked hard to reach this stage! "
The great five leaders had ashen looks because they didn't expect to receive retaliation from the brown lightning like this. Elenex also didn't envision this scenario.
As a coincidence would have it, The great five leaders were closest to Athan, and when the lightning bolt spread behind Athan after hitting him, The lightning tendrils skipped the great five leaders.
Athan glanced at them for a moment before he ignored them and flew towards the giant vortex of brown and dark clouds. The brown lightning no more blocked the vortex after he pulled out the dark gold rod.
Fang and Black stayed behind to get strong because they heed Athan's advice. If they followed others to here, There was a chance of them struck by a tendril of brown lightning and dying before successfully enjoying their time being Lord-level powerhouse.
When Athan flew towards the cloudy vortex, the leaders and other powerhouses noticed but didn't say anything.
Elenex was watching everything here from faraway but he couldn't interfere. Looking at Athan going towards the cloudy vortex, He grinned, ' Good luck in your journey. '
...
Athan arrived in front of the cloudy vortex and without any hesitation, entered inside.
He could see mystical brown and dark clouds around him for a second after he entered but then the scenery changed in front of him before he found himself on top of a land filled with yellow grass. But surprising, This place was lively and filled with people.
But Athan had a frown on his face because while he was in that cloudly vortex for a brief moment, something deep inside his soul resonated to a place. More specifically, his soul resonated with his birthplace.
And his birthplace, where his soul was born from was none other than planet Earth that was situated in a lower axiom universe.
Athan was still standing with his head down while thinking, ' If I return now, Uncle and Aunt should still be alive. But I don't know how to get there. It looks like I'll have to find a method on how to return to universes. '
" Hey, kid. Do you want to join Dagger Tooth Palace? We offer complete guidance to newly ascended beings. "
" Don't listen to him, Little brother. Dagger Tooth palace is filled with scums and bandits. You should join Flowery Hills. Our organization has many beautiful females and males, and they live happily by working together in this chaotic world. "
" Ptui...Who are you fooling? Everyone in the Dosflame region knows that Flowery Hills is shady as fuck. This brother, Don't be fooled by the name and what that guy said about Flowery Hills. The best place for newly ascended beings is none other than Warrior's Valley. You will learn everything necessary and the best guidance on how to become a powerful warrior. "
Athan saw three men in front of him who seemed keen to recruit him to their organizations. The surrounding also had similar things happening.
None of the three men were humans but looked humanoid. They had all looked different in appearance, like additional horns, tails, weird eyes, and one of them had four hands with crystal spikes coming out.
Occasionally, Some people would appear out of nowhere, and then people would come out from big tents and approach them just like how these three approached Athan.
Chapter 257 - Youhan Tree Organization-1
' Should I join one of the organizations here? I am clueless about everything, so it's better that I joined but which one? '
While he was thinking, A man named Reikent and a woman named Soperia approached Athan, and they also wanted to recruit him to their organization. Both Reikent and Soperia were completely human without any additional features like horns or tails.
But while Athan was thinking, Reikent observed Athan intently, and his eyes shined with a slight white glow before he revealed a surprised expression.
" This brother, Take a look at this. If you join our organization, We will give you a treatment equivalent to a special guest and completely guide you on every single thing. "
Hearing this, The other four revealed a surprised and confused expression. They didn't find anything unique about Athan, and according to them, Athan was just a weak, newly ascended being.
Athan saw Reikent, who invited him to join Youhan Tree Organization throwing a shining blue gem the size of his fingernail and a paper towards him.
Athan caught the topaz and the paper.
Soperia licked her lips and looked at Reikent with a smile as her sultry voice rang out, " Reiiiikent...can you tell this big sister why are you giving special treatment to a newly ascended being? "
Reikent had glasses and turquoise color with a slim body build and a robe that matched his hair color. Hearing Soperia, He laughed and spoke, " No reason. Today is a good day, and I'm particularly happy today. So I felt like giving out a guest contract to a newly ascended being. "
Hearing this, The other four rolled their eyes and cursed him in their mind. Special guest treatment is only for those who have grasped a unique or powerful First Order ken and not some newly ascended being.
Athan looked at the small blue gem which contained something he couldn't understand and then read the paper, which had some benefits mentioned:
Personal abode.
Free one-time pass to Low-tier Order Library per year.
Free one-time dip into Crimson power pool per year.
Hundred low-tier chaos stones per month.
Athan smiled at Reikent before speaking, " Thanks, but would you mind explaining what is this blue gem and the benefits of the things mentioned in the paper? Also, You can call me Athan."
Hearing that, Reikent patiently explained to Athan about them. The other four left Athan and Reikent alone because they can't be bothered with Athan anymore. Giving out special guest treatment, even the lowest tier one to a newly ascended, was out of the question for them.
After Reikent explained everything to him, Athan asked a crucial question while narrowing his eyes, " So...why are you giving me the special guest treatment? "
Reikent grinned at Athan, " Because...I feel that you are special compared to normal ascended beings. So I am taking this risk. Though, If you turned out to be nothing special, then...I can only blame my poor eyesight. "
Athan nodded and fell into thought for a moment before asking, " Do you know how one can return to the universe? "
" Hmm? Why do you want to return? "
" I...have some unfinished business in a universe. It is possibly a lower axiom universe. " Athan spoke after thinking for a moment. According to what Elenex told him about the Lower and Higher axiom universes, The universe in which he was born was most likely a Lower axiom universe.
Reikent nodded and smiled, " Alright. I can help you with it, but you are joining the Youhan Tree organization, right? "
Athan nodded with a smile, " Yep. By the way, I imagined chaosverse to be chaotic but didn't expect that it would be like this. "
Hearing that, Reikent laughed out loud before speaking, " It is chaotic. But this is the ascending zone of the Doflame region. Every region has ascending zones, and those who enter into the cloudy vortex from the chaos bridge will arrive in these zones. New ascended beings are considered resources to be cultivated to expand organizations and make them stronger and influential. "
" Oh..." Athan nodded and understood the reasoning. New ascended beings are weak and no value to speak of, so there is also no use killing them. Instead, training them and making them stronger by letting them join the organization and in exchange working for the benefits of the organization have mutual benefits.
" Anyway, Chaosverse is vast and has many strange phenomenons which you will experience from now on. Without joining any power here, you won't be able to progress smoothly and will likely die. "
Reikent told Athan about some things regarding the Chaosverse, and after that, They finally moved towards the tent of the Youhan Tree organization.
The tent's size was like a two-story house.
After entering the tent, Athan saw a portal in the middle of the tent and two others people. But these two were not humans. One of them was a woman who had long white hair, fluffy cow ears, and a tail. Her skin was milky white, and she wore a tight black and white dress. On the other hand, The man had two red horns on his head and a pair of red wings behind his back and wore a white suit made from soft material.
Reikent introduced Athan to both of them.
" That milky woman is Melony, and that gentleman over there is Wunsel. You two, This is our new comrade. "
After that, Reinkent dropped a bomb.
" This is Athan, A newly ascended being, and I...have given him a 1-star special guest treatment contract. "
" What!?"
" What!? "
Both Melony and Wunsel shouted in disbelief at the same time and looked at Athan.
Melony took a deep breath as her H cup melons turned up and down before she spoke with a voice laced with disbelief, " So...the 1-star contract that was supposed to be given to Mrs.Cevelin..." Pausing here, She pointed at Athan and continued, " Is now in the hands of that Little boy? "
Reikent nodded with a smile.
Wunsel had a serious expression as he spoke. His voice sounded solemn and a bit hoarse, " Rei, Do you realize what you have done? "
Reikent gave them an assured smile and spoke, " I will inform Executive Terek about what I've done. You two don't need to take responsibility regarding this. "
" Let's go, Athan. "
Athan smelled trouble, but he felt he could trust Reikent because of the blue gem that secured a way out for him if some problem occurred. Though, Reikent displayed confidence that nothing will go wrong so he felt that there wouldn't be trouble.
He then followed Reikent and both of them entered the portal.