Chapter 168 - 376-388

Chapter 376 - Exposed.

*ba-dum..*

*ba-dum..*

​​This constant sound of a heartbeat was not coming from Athan's physical body's heart. Instead, It was coming from his soul.

The more he acted tamely and subdued, The more he got irritated and stifled. But he was suppressing his emotions.

His gaze, his eyes were turning 180 degrees turn as he looked at Keila with cold killing intent and madness slowly filling them in.

On the other hand, Tronel, Chunsi, and others were shocked at the fact that Keila took Athan as the prime suspect.

But Keila just indifferently waved her hand and said, " If he is not the killer, then I will return him back to you. "

The wave of her hand produced a kind of force that attracted the five hundred formation poles as they left their place and arrived towards her before she put them in her storage rings.

She then summoned a chaotic beast that had the same level of strength as her.

*Eiruuuuuuuuuu...*

It looked like a starfish-like chaotic beast. It had a giant red crystal with light blue sparks in the middle. There was also a blue membrane that connected the five parts of the starfish.

Its size was a hundred meters tall and approx one fifty meters wide.

She trapped Athan and the other three men using a trap-type order technique as she put each of them into a faint dark cube.

Far above in the sky, Drizzly worriedly spoke, " Master Ayurin...When will you step in to save Athan? "

Ayurin shook her head before saying, " She will not harm Athan or others since she isn't sure about the killer. Also, we will follow them and wait until she is outside of the Dosflame region to take action. "

...

Yone and others just watched as they took Athan with them.

Tronel revealed anger and helplessness as he spoke, " Can't we do anything other than watching? "

Shiromi and others looked at Yone, who sighed and said, " It all depends on master Ayruin. She has agreed to help, but I don't know about her strength or that woman called Keila. "

" Master Ayurin? Why would she help us? Wait..."

Chunshi spoke in confusion before she seems to have realized something, " Don't tell me that it was Athan that killed Fen? "

Shiromi, Yone, and Smira nodded with a wry smile.

Others were dumbfounded while one of the executives revealed anger and spoke, " H-he...Damn. Our organization will get into trouble because of him. Damn. We should have taken the initiative and handed him over to master Keila if you knew about it. "

Hearing this, The group of Hidden dragon troupe coldly looked at him. Yone frowned and spoke coldly, " If we abandon our own in this situation, nobody will trust us in the future. Not to mention...Athan is a part of the hidden dragon troupe. His potential is not any less than Shiromi's. "

The two executives shut their mouths and left after Yone told them to get the fuck out.

At this time, Samira spoke with clarity as she raised her eyebrows." Master Ayrurin is likely a top powerhouse, and she should know more about the Ilizol clan. If she decided to help, then it means she knows about the strength of that Keila woman and is confident to take back Athan. "

Hearing that, Shiromi, Tronel, Chunsi, and others were more hopeful about Athan.

...

On the back of the starfish chaos beast that was flying horizontally, The man from Warrior's valley asked after gathering courage, " Why did you capture us? "

Keila turned around with the same indifferent expression on her face that seemed to suppress her anger as she spoke coldly, " Because one of you killed the heir of Ilizol clan, The son of clan leader Denfroz Ilizol inside that chaos phenom dimension. "

" Hehehe...What a joke. "

Keila and the three-man were startled and looked at Athan, who sneered at Keila.

Up in the sky, Ayurin was speechless while Drizzly was shocked as her heartbeat increased on behalf of Athan.

The man from Warrior's valley was horrified seeing Athan's action, and the other two men were also scared shitless.

' What the hell, dude!! Why are you angering this woman? damnn...I don't want to die in collateral damage since I didn't kill any fucking heir of the Ilizol clan. '

They saw how everyone was respectful to her, and their elders had warned them to behave. All that indicated that this woman is some bigshot.

Keila narrowed her eyes as she put pressure on Athan and asked while gritting her teeth, " What do you mean by that? "

Athan grinned as he walked forward. He walked to the wall of the faint black cube before moving his finger from top to bottom while touching the membrane of the cube. He had covered his hand into abyssal darkness to do that.

*chreeeeee....*

The cube started to shred apart before Athan slowly walked out from it.

After standing in front of Keila, He mocked her, " You should have locked up that Fen guy in a locker in your clan. That way, He would live forever. Why bring him out in this cruel world where nobody knows when their death will come? "

Keila took two deep breaths to calm herself and reminded herself that she was to bring him back alive.

Athan was surprised that she didn't attack him. After all, It was clear as day now that he was the one who killed Fen.

' Hehehe...This is interesting. It looks like...I will have a higher chance to succeed now. '

Keila coldly looked at Athan but didn't do anything. But the starfish beast's speed slowed down as it descended on the ground.

After descending, Keila cracked her knuckles as her eyes completely revealed the hate and anger as she spoke coldly, "Master Denfroz told me to bring you back alive. But...not in a perfect condition. "

After saying that, She punched out at a speed that Athan couldn't even capture the motion of punch as he was sent flying hundreds of meters before crashing at a hill and got embedded in it.

The other three men almost peed their pants as one of them begged, " can you please let us go since the real killer is..."

Chapter 377 - Rein Supreme Against Weaker, Remain Dominant Against Stronger.

They didn't go that far and were still within the Dosflame region, so they could return if Keila let them go.

Keila looked at them and remembered her words as she diffused her order technique to let them go.

​​She then took out a pill before flying forward and found Athan embedded into a hill.

Athan was still in the process of healing and grinned when he saw Keila, " I guess nothing is better than pounding someone physically to vent anger, right? "

His legs and hands had screwed over and broken, so he couldn't move and was waiting to recover.

But Keila grabbed Athan's broken hand and pulled him out before forcefully shoving a pill into his mouth. In the process, she broke his teeth.

After eating the pill, Athan's body recovered at an incredible speed. After just ten minutes, his body was back to normal.

Keila was slightly shocked because it should have taken thirty minutes to recover completely even with that pill. But soon, her eyes turned cold and hateful, ' That's better anyway. '

She once again punched Athan in the abdomen.

*Boooom...*

Athan was sent flying as he crashed through the hill and came out from the other side with more injuries than previously.

*Ba dum...*

Currently, Athan's condition was abnormal. His soul was shining as if it had taken enough of suppression from this woman.

His eyes had turned pitch black with a single glowing white dot in the middle.

Seeing Keila arriving in front of him, He grinned widely, " You...can't kill me...Hahaha. "

" YOU!!!..."

Keila's eyes turned red because she wasn't getting any feeling of revenge from beating him. He didn't even let out a groan or shout of pain despite breaking his whole body twice.

She chopped at Athan's shoulder with fury, and red eyes as Athan's body cracked loudly with all of his bones breaking.

Even his heart was raptured, but Keila fed him the pill once again and continued this cycle.

...

Up in the sky, Drizzly couldn't bear to see this any more as she pleaded to Ayruin, " Master Ayruin. Please save Athan. "

Ayurin didn't look at Drizzly but kept her focus below as she spoke, " Why would Athan expose himself? And why is he angering her? "

Hearing that, Drizzly was also confused about it as she shook her head, " I don't know, but he is really scary and abnormal sometimes. As for the pain? It's like a thing like pain doesn't exist for him. "

Ayurin nodded as she looked with curiosity, " Will he be able to endure if he is tortured by a Chaotic power? You know that our life-form is different from those in the lower world, and chaotic powers are more powerful and unique such that the pain we feel is many-fold enhanced when tortured by a chaotic power. "

Drizzly shook her head wryly and spoke with a grimace, " Even chaotic power torture does not affect him. Still, can you please save him already? "

" Wait. There should be a reason why Athan would do something like that. Also, That woman is not planning to kill him, so don't worry. "

...

*Riiiiiiip...*

" YOU BASTARD! How dare you kill Fen. "

She ripped off Athan's left hand as she screamed at him. Her eyes were red and hateful.

But Athan just laughed out loud with his terrifying-looking eyes, " He begged me to spare his life, hahaha. Oh, how arrogant he was when he arrived there. As if killing a pest, He directly attacked me with intent to kill even though I didn't do anything to him and never met him before. "

*ptui...*

Athan spit out blood before speaking again with a devilish grin, " He reminded me of a person. The type I hate the most. The ones who see other people's lives as grass as if you can crush them at your whims. hehehe...You should've taught him better not to mess with random people even when traveling to some backward place. "

*Ba dum..*

" SHUT UP! "

*Dhooooof...*

Keila kicked Athan and sent him flying upward before she shot a dark green orb with black patterns towards him.

The orb hit Athan and settled inside his abdomen before instantly exploding into countless spikes that skewered his chest, back, and even neck.

He fell down from the sky before crashing into the ground with blood everywhere.

' Finally feeling like killing me, huh? Hehehe...'

His body was messed up badly, but it was like it didn't concern him at all.

Keila snapped out her own angered state as she hurridly fed Athan a pill seeing that she almost killed him.

This pill was also of higher grade because she needed to remove the chaotic power she shot inside his body.

After seeing Athan recovering in forty minutes, She sighed a relief, but her anger and hate were not subsided one bit.

Athan stood up, and this time, he finally used his abyssal darkness to cover his body.

" Hehe...Do you know what I planned after killing Fen? " Athan got closer to Keila and just stood five hundred centimeters away from her.

Keila saw Athan's whole body covered in darkness as she remembered the description of Athan given to her by her master, Denfroz.

Athan leaned closer to her ear before whispering, " I planned to wipe out the Ilizol clan after killing Fen. Hehe...That plan hasn't changed, though. "

Hearing such an absurd and ridiculous claim, Keila was dumbfounded. But when she looked at Athan's eyes, she couldn't help but have an absurd notion herself that she almost believed in what he said.

' Impossible! He is just a master order elite—a little ant. '

Suddenly, Athan grabbed her neck as he poured out all of his abyssal darkness in his hand.

Keila was shocked and grabbed Athan's hand instinctively and also exploded with her power as a dark green chaotic power with black patterns appeared and hit Athan.

" Cough...Cough..." Keila coughed intensely as her neck was damaged and hurriedly ate the pill. She used her order force to staunch her neck before healing it and expelling the little bit of abyssal darkness.

On the other hand, Even though Athan was covered in abyssal darkness, The power of that large quantity still managed to break through abyssal darkness as he was hit hard, and his body exploded into several pieces.

Athan's soul glowed even more with power, and his eyes literally oozed out darkness and whiteness in flame-like form.

Milky white aura covered his whole body and other parts instead of abyssal darkness as his injuries were healing rapidly, and even the chaotic power inside his body was wiped clean.

In just a few seconds, His body pieces gathered, and he returned to his perfect state before looking at Keila with his usual terrifying grin stretched across his face, " That Denfroz bastard said that he would wipe out my family if I didn't spare his son. Hahaha...Is that how you beg someone to spare your son? "

Keila started to feel fear because Athan should have died with the previous power released. She even regretted exploding with that power because she wasn't supposed to kill Athan.

But seeing him recovering in just a few seconds and seeing those eyes made her feel fear that she could not ignore.

" Y-you..what the hell are you?! "

Athan walked towards her once again after waving his hand.

Two splashes of white aura released from his body and stuck to Keila's hands before they turned into dark chains.

Keila felt weakness all over as she couldn't even use her physical body.

Athan grabbed the chains and pulled her towards him before grabbing her neck once again, " Take out the contact card of Denfroz. "

The soul inside Athan was brightly burning as he gained more understanding of Abyssal Void of Fabrication.

His power, his origins, refused to back down against something weaker than it. He is to reign supreme against the weaker and remain dominant against the stronger!!

Keila trembled uncontrollably seeing such Athan and had a thought, ' Who did we mess with? '

She took out the contact card of Denfroz, but she didn't want to give up and used a soul order technique, ' He is just a master order elite, His soul should be weaker. '

Thinking of that, Right after she took out the card, She used her soul order technique and didn't even hold back as she used all of her soul energy to execute it.

Athan felt a wave of powerful soul energy shooting towards him as it directly entered his void region and hit his soul that was burning brightly in black and white.

But...

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....*

Keila's eyes turned red as she felt her soul shredding apart and getting devoured.

Inside Athan's void region, His brightly burning soul devoured Keika's soul energy, and Athan's soul power contaminated the soul sense connection she had with her soul technique as she received feedback of Athan's soul power.

She couldn't do anything as her brain stopped working and died shortly.

On the other hand, Athan also reached his limit as he fainted but not before his body was covered into a cacoon of darkness and whiteness releasing from his shining black and white orb.

Ayurin and Drizzly had horrified faces as they were in a stunned state through their experience of watching that terrifying Athan.

Chapter 378 - Ayurin's Plan-1

Ayurin and Drizzly descended and stood near the black cacoon with white patterns on it. The white designs were like veins and were glowing and pulsing, while the black part was like an abyss, A true darkness.

This situation is similar to when he first understood the Abyssal Void of Fabrication that he grasped and had grasped 2% of its understanding.

​​Drizzly looked at cacoon and then at master Ayurin before asking with a worried and confused expression, " What should we do now? Athan killed that woman and then turned like this...but-"

" Let's try to solve the future trouble now. " Ayurin interrupted Drizzly as she picked up the contact card Denfroz from the ground.

" That..." Drizzly looked at it and was startled, " I wonder why Athan asked for Denfroz's contact card? "

Shaking her head, Ayurin indicated that she also doesn't know before speaking, " I don't know but let's try to scare him to solve the future trouble. "

After saying that, she activated the contact card.

" Keila? What's the status? Did you find him? "

Hearing him, Ayurin's lips curved as she replied, " Old fool Denfroz. How are you? "

On the other hand, who was sitting in the hall alone was startled.

He frowned and started thinking because he had heard this voice before. After a few moments, he remembered it and spoke in a stern tone, " You are that little girl, Ayurin. Am I right? "

" Humph, I am not a little girl anymore. I am just one step behind you in strength. "

" Where is Keila? Why do you have my exclusive contact card? "

" Keila is dead. Of course, I didn't kill her, but I saw how she died. "

Hearing that, Denfroz's face turned dark, " Who killed her? And what about the killer of my Fen? "

Ayurin didn't answer him directly and instead replied with a question, " Why did you want to capture Athan? From what I know about you, You don't seem like a person who wants to avenge your son with your own hands. You have many sons and-"

Denfroz interrupted her with a snort, " That's none of your business. Anyway, I don't care who killed Keila. But if you are there, then bring that killer of Fen to me, and I will reward you. How about...some resources and a chance so that you can reach the same realm as me? "

" Woah...That's a rather sweet offer, but I'll have to decline. I don't want to risk offending Athan. Oh, by the way, Athan is the one who killed your son and...also Keila. "

Hearing that, Denfroz's face..froze before a vein popped on his head. Taking a deep breath, He spoke in a suppressed anger, " Are you taking me for a fool?! That ki...Athan or whatever was just in Tier-3 order base. He could never kill Keila. "

" Really? Then how could he kill your son with a protective talisman that could save him from a Zen order elite person? hehehe...I know you old coot wants the secret behind Athan's power BUT...I suggest you forget about it if you want yourself and your whole lineage to survive. "

Hearing the threat, Denfroz's eyes turned frosty. Still, before he could speak, Ayurin continued, " I am not going to be your enemy but Athan. How about I show you how and why? Go to a boundless pavilion's branch and tell them to add a hologram function to this card. I know that will be expensive, but this is about the life and death of your clan. "

Denfroz fell silent after hearing that and started thinking deeply for one minute whole before replying to Ayurin, " Alright. "

He stood up and left his clan before arriving at the boundless pavilion branch in the town.

After getting inside, He saw a person, and his face turned dark, ' What a bad day it is. '

" Hahaha, If it isn't clan master Denfroz. You seem to be in a bad mood. Did something happen? "

A middle-aged man wearing a European count robe with flaming red hair and green eyes laughed aloud before speaking to Denfroz.

Denfroz looked indifferently at him before replying coldly, " My son, Fen is dead. "

The middle-aged was stunned for a moment before he nodded seriously, " That's a very joyous matter, indeed. I must hold a party with Clan head Suilon and Clan head Robeol. "

' Damn annoying bastard! '

Two veins popped on Denfroz's head before he took deep breaths to calm himself and started walking towards the desk.

The old man behind the desk lazily looked at Denfroz, " What does clan head Denfroz want? "

" I want to add hologram function to one of my given cards. "

" 200 high-grade chaos stones. "

Denfroz was going to take out the money when he heard that annoying voice right behind him, " Hey, That's interesting, Deny. Why do you want hologram function suddenly? Is it related to your son's death? "

Denfroz turned around with dark face sand with gritted teeth, " Clan head Hawkray. Can you just go if you have finished your business here? "

Hawkray laughed out loud as he adjusted his red hair and turned around to exit the building.

Denfroz sighed before he turned around, but just then, he heard Hawkray speaking as he walked out of the store, " Since you want me to share the good news of your son's death in such a hurry, then I'll do just that. Have a bad day, Deny. "

*crack...*

" Control yourself, Clan master Denfroz. If you damage this shop, your bill won't stop at just 200 high-grade chaos stones. "

Denfroz took several deep breaths before taking out 200 high-grade chaos stones and giving them to the old man.

The old man nodded before he asked, " No. of card? "

" 37. "

" Alright. Wait for two minutes. I'll add the function soon. "

After saying that, the old man went deeper into the shop before coming out after minutes.

" Done. "

Denfronz indifferently nodded as he walked out.

The old man watched him leave and sighed before muttering, " Your reputation is really too bad, Denfroz. That must be why you are hurrying to go Upper Chaosverse. "

Shaking his head, He once again lazily sat down on the sofa chair and closed his eyes.

Chapter 379 - Ayurin's Plan-2

Drizzly curiously looked at the cacoon and waited for Yone and others to arrive here since she has already contacted them.

On the other hand, Ayurin was also waiting for Denfroz to add the hologram function to the card in her hands.

​​Suddenly, She noticed an additional golden pattern appearing at four corners of the card.

" Good. Now I should also prepare. " Ayurin muttered with a smile and then closed her eyes as she continuously waved her right hand in front of her.

Soul energy and order force released around her hand before forming into a white cloud controlled by her soul sense.

After several minutes, She received contact from Denfroz. Ayurin accepted the contact as the card's corners lit up before forming a mystical screen on top of it.

Ayurin saw Denfroz's dark face on it and smiled, " Just watch this, and you will know why I said that your life and your clan are in danger. "

She then pointed the card at the cloud screen she formed herself. With her soul sense connected to it, She replayed everything she saw in the past few hours on the cloud screen form.

The scene started at the point where Athan sneered and said, " Hehehe...What a joke. "

Denfroz saw everything silently. He was startled seeing Athan's tenacity and his audacity in the face of death and pain.

His face changed when he heard the mummer of Athan, which he whispered into Keila's ears, " I planned to wipe out the Ilizol clan after killing Fen. Hehe...That plan hasn't changed, though. "

After that, He saw Athan transforming and killing Keila. He was shocked at the sight of Athan and his terrifying demeanor and eyes that bordered on pure supremacy and dominating against everything.

He also knew that the trigger of Athan and regretted it. He regretted threatening Athan's family when he asked Athan to release his son, ' If I didn't threaten him with that...'

At this time, He heard Ayurin's voice as if she had read his mind, " The interesting thing is that, He tells everyone that he had no family left in the world. Maybe there's a story behind it, but that's not the main point here. "

Ayurin diffused the cloud and turned to Drizzly before signaling her to get away from the cacoon.

Drizzly nodded and silently walked away from the cacoon.

After that, Ayurin turned the card towards the cacoon before saying, " You see that strange cacoon-like thing, Denfroz? That's Athan. After killing Keila, some strange powers released from his body and covered him into this cacoon. I am sure he is undergoing a considerable change and will come out way stronger. "

Of course, She didn't know if Athan will come out much stronger or with just slight changes. But at this time, She can only exaggerate things Denfroz.

Denfroz just listened, and by now, his face had turned dead serious from the previous indifferent expression plastered on his face.

At this time, Ayurin pointed her finger at the cacoon before saying, " I'll show a glimpse of his power. "

She took the contact card back so Denfroz could see her hand's finger pointed at the cacoon.

" I'll release one of my most powerful offensive techniques on that cacoon, but...the effects will be out of your expectations. "

After saying that, A powerful pressure was released from Ayurin's body as her eyes turned dark blue. A tremendous amount of energy was released from her body before forming around her hand.

A dark blue spinning ring with bright yellow lightning appeared around her hand that she pointed at the cacoon.

She took the index finger that she pointed out back and turned it into a flicking motion by pressing it with her thumb before she flicked it.

*Chiiiiii..kraaa...*

The moment she flicked her finger forward, The energy from the spinning ring released with destructiveness as a lightning bolt-like attack shot forward and hit the cacoon.

The ground around ayurin cracked, and the sky also cracked with the thunder of the same color as the spinning dark blue ring with a bright yellow pattern.

Denfroz's face froze because he could see that Ayurin didn't hold back and really attacked cacoon.

*BOOOOOOOOM...*

But strangely, When this destructive attack neared the cacoon, It slowed down to an infinite degree before a dark aura released from the cacoon and devoured the destructive attack itself.

When Denfroz saw this, He nearly jumped from his throne, ' That's the same kind of thing that devoured the attack I released from talisman's energy and killed Fen. '

" As you can see, Denfroze. My attack couldn't even go near it, let alone scratch it. "

Denfroz remained silent with his face stiff and eyes deadly serious.

Ayurin then turned a bit left before showing the contact card towards herself. A smile formed on her face before she asked, " What do you think? You wouldn't want to provoke such a monster, right?

According to what I know, He has a unique body physique. It's likely from upper Chaosverse or some other place. You already saw that he is not easy to kill, and his powers, which will boost even more about coming out of the cacoon, will be terrifying. Do you...really want to make him an enemy? "

Denfroze closed his eyes before taking a deep breath. He then opened his eyes and said coldly, " But he said that he would wipe out my clan and me. "

Ayurin shook her head as she pursed her lips before smiling and saying nonchalantly, " You don't have to worry about that. My dear student, Sen, and Athan are close friends, and I am also familiar with him and his friends. I will pursue him to forget about you and your clan since, from the start, Athan hadn't really suffered any loss. "

Denfroz deeply sighs before speaking, " Alright. I won't go after him anymore. "

After saying that, He directly cut the connection with the contact card.

Seeing this, Ayurin internally cursed before muttering, " Old coot. I wanted to talk about compensation, but he cut the contact before that. "

But after a moment's thought, She shook her head, " Nevermind. He had already eaten double loss, and If pushed too far, he might try something funny in the future. "

She was still not sure if Denfroz will give up in his pursuit of Athan or not, but He will become extremely cautious from now on, and at least, he wouldn't provoke Athan without gathering more information.

...

Ilizol clan, palace hall.

Denfroz had his eyes closed as he was deeply thinking something. After a while, he opened them and muttered, " Dangerous indeed. But...before I go Upper Chaosverse, I'll try my hand one time on him. "

He then stood up and walked out of the hall while thinking, ' I'll have to make some preparations. '

...

On the other hand, Ayurin and Drizzly just stood there. Ayurin had already tried, but whatever power she used to move the cacoon would be devoured, and it will be dangerous to touch the cacoon due to that case.

That's why she showed Denfroz that cacoon was so terrifying that even her technique couldn't scratch it.

Drizzly suddenly spotted some silhouettes and smiled, " It looks like Boss and others arrived. They would be shocked to know about things done by Athan. "

Chapter 380 - Back To The Youhan Tree.

Yone, Tronel, Samira, and Chunshi arrived while the rest returned to the organization. Shiromi wanted to come, but Yone rejected her.

The four of them started moving and soon spotted Drizzly and Ayurin, But they didn't see Athan.

​​Drizzly didn't tell them about the whole situation; She just told them to come here because it's important and related to Athan.

" Where is Athan? And...what is that egg-like thing? "

Yone asked after he descended from the flight and while walking towards Drizzly.

Drizzly chuckled and pointed at the cacoon, " That's Athan. "

She then told them about everything that happened here.

Yone, Chunshi, Tronel, and Samira were dumbfounded throughout the process of listening to Drizzly.

" cough...Drizzly. You are not pulling our legs, are you? " Tronel believed her, but he couldn't help but have some doubts. After all, it sounded too absurd to be true.

They actually believed her, but it was just simply too shocking.

" She is not pulling your legs. It's all true. " Ayurin replied with a faint smile as she waved her right hand to produce a cloud of soul energy and order force.

Yone and others watched the whole process as they gained a clearer understanding of the situation.

Drizzly then told them about how master Ayurin contacted Denfroz to scare him and give up his pursuit of Athan.

Yone and others turned serious as they bowed her, " Thank you for the help. We will not forget to repay this favor. "

Master Ayurin waved her hand to disperse the cloud before she spoke while smiling, " Don't need to repay anything because I do not see what I've done as some favor. So, you can forget about such things. "

" This..." Yone was stumped and...didn't really believe it but now was not the time to talk about such things.

" What do we do with Athan right now? Since we can't get near him, do we stay here and look after him until he comes out of his cacoon? "

Hearing what yone said, Tronel smiled wryly, " Whatever power that comes near it is devoured or obliterated by that strange darkness, so...we don't have any other choice. "

At this time, Ayurin appeared thoughtful and spoke as she looked at Athan-cacoon, " You all keep a hundred-meter distance from the cacoon. Let me try something. If it workes, then you can take Athan back to your organization. "

Yone, Drizzly, and others were surprised, but they nonetheless moved a hundred meters away from the cacoon.

Ayurin took out a sword that was clearly of very high quality. She then flew up in the sky before waving the sword gently.

A sharp sword order force released and struck the ground a hundred meters away from the Athan-cacoon.

Seeing what she was doing, Others immediately understood her plan as Samira spoke as she pumped her fist, " This might work. If we can't move or lift the cacoon to take it back, we can just take the piece of ground below it back to the organization with the cacoon on it. "

Indeed. They saw Ayurin separating a hundred-meter radius big piece of ground below Athan-cacoon after continuously working with her sword moves for two minutes.

She then used her chaos force to lift up the piece of ground.

*Crrraaackk...Kaaadaak!*

Yone and others flew up and arrived in front of Ayurin before thanking her again.

" It's ok. Now let's go. I'll take it back to your organization since I must pass by your place when returning to Gelamix Town. "

...

Youhan Tree organization...

Inside The pocket space branch of the hidden dragon troupe, Two guests had arrived here and were talking to each other.

" Exactly when will that guy come here? We've been here for four months already. "

Tealery revealed a helpless expression while speaking.

Arcued smiled wryly and shook his head, " Youhan Tree has been treating us well, so it's ok. They also let us train in their various facilities like High-grade crimson power pool and Order Empowered Tree, which is the specialty of Youhan Tree. "

" Well...That's true. "

Just when they were talking, Shiromi walked into the pocket space branch and heard them.

" Athan has landed into some trouble, but...He should be fine, I think. "

Tealery and Arcued turned around to see Shiromi walking towards them with a wry smile filled with worry, " You can call me Shiromi. Athan and I went to the same CPD, and some trouble occurred there. "

Arcued and Tealery were startled to hear about that. With his brows creased, Arcued asked, " What happened to him? "

" Yeah, What happened? "

Hearing their questions, Shiromi shook her head, " I don't know his current status, but..." she then proceeded to tell them about the whole story of what happened.

Tealery and Arcued were a bit speechless, but they became rather pessimistic after hearing about the trouble of Athan.

Tealery sighed before speaking with a wry grin, " Don't tell me our trip here was wasted? "

Shiromi frowned at her but spoke politely, " We have asked help from someone powerful, so th-"

Suddenly, She paused and took out a contact card, " Sister Samira? "

She activated the card and heard one thing before Samra terminated the contact, " Come outside. Athan is fine. "

Shiromi didn't put a barrier, so Tealery and Arcued heard everything and looked at each other with astonishment.

" Let's go. "

Shiromi led both of them outside, and just when they exited the Youhan Tree, They heard a loud...

*Boom...*

To the right side of the Youhan Tree, A big piece of ground landed, and many members of Youhan Tree gathered hearing the commotion.

Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued hurridly went there and saw Ayurin, Drizzly, Yone, and others just descending before they stood near an egg-like thing on the piece of ground.

They dashed there before Tealery asked, " I don't see Athan. "

On the other hand, Shiromi and Arcued looked at the egg-like thing with doubt.

Shiromi looked at Drizzly and asked, " What exactly happened, Sister Drizzly? "

Drizzly looked at Yone, who nodded and flew up before telling other organization members to leave and put up a big barrier that covered the piece of ground, preventing people from seeing things happening inside.

After that, Drizzly pointed at the cacoon, " That's...Athan. "

Chapter 381 - Arrangements, Out Of Cacoon.

After hearing everything that happened here, Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued were so shocked that they couldn't say anything for a while and just stared at Athan-cacoon.

" By the way, Who are you two? "

​​At this time, Samira questioned as she looked at Tealery and Arcued. Drizzly felt like she had seen them somewhere, and just before she remembered them and was going to tell others about them, Arcued beat her to it.

Arcued slightly bowed before speaking politely, " We are Athan's...Umm, friends and also teammates. We decided to come here and train together with Athan for the upcoming final test of Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Tealery nodded with smiled wryly, " We only have four years to breakthrough to Orderic Catastrophe now. So, we need to hurry and roam the Chaosverse to find opportunities so that we can make faster progress. "

Ayurin's ears twitched hearing that as she suddenly smiled. She took out a contact card and said something.

Yone, Tronel, and others were astonished to hear that before they smiled.

Yone nodded with a smile, " So you two are also winners. It's kind of strange to see Athan making friends, Hahaha. Although It's been short since he was with us, I feel that his personality is...quite distant and a bit apathetic. "

Drizzly smiled wryly and added, " Well, he has different faces depending on the situation. Sometimes, He behaves a bit extreme and like a madman. Well, you already saw that in the memory cloud of master Ayurin. "

" Indeed. I had never seen Athan like that before. " Tronel and Chunshi nodded in agreement.

" But I have and twice at that. " Shaking her head, Drizzly sighed, " This case with Keila was the third time. "

At this time, Ayurin interjected, " What are your plans now? I don't think you know when Athan will come out from the cacoon, right? "

Yone, Drizzly, and others shook their heads.

Ayurin thought for a moment and said, " There is no other choice then. You have to stand guard here because I doubt we can transport Athan through a portal in his current state. Anything that goes near him is met with destruction, and the portal will also meet the same fate. "

Yone nodded with a serious expression, " That's true. We can't take such a risk. " He then paused for a moment adopting a thoughtful expression, " There was a similar case previously when his unique body physique was upgraded. At least, That's what he told us. Although he didn't turn into cacoon at that time, he slept for a few months before waking up. "

Hearing that, Samira raised her eyebrows, " Maybe this confrontation with Keila triggered the upgrade of his unique body physique again? "

" Whatever the case, Tronel, and Chunshi will stand guard here until Athan wakes up. Meanwhile, Shiromi and these friends of Athan will search in the surrounding regions for a Chaos Phenom Dimension. "

Yone issued some orders before he looked at Samira and Chunshi, " How many elders arrived here with you? "

Arcued answered politely with a slight bow, " One elder, He is the grand elder of my clan. "

On the other hand, Tealery did the same, " Two elders. "

" They should be in the guest area, right? You can call them and prepare to go on the journey to find a chaos phenom dimension to train. Shiromi and Samira will also be joining you. "

...

After arranging everything, Everyone dispersed.

Ayurin surprisingly decided to stay here as she took out a table and chair. Her reason for staying was that she wanted to observe Athan.

Yone and others didn't reject her since she had arrived here to help Athan. It would look bad if they told her to leave right now. Not to mention, she was currently the most powerful person in the Dosflame region.

Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued left with their protectors, and once they found a chaos phenom dimension of C-grade, They would contact Yone so that when Athan comes out of the cacoon, He can go there directly.

...

A month passed, and there was now an additional person sitting in front of Ayurin.

" Master, did you managed to understand anything after observing Athan daily? "

Tronel and Chunshi were also sitting at the same table, and they looked at Ayurin after hearing the question of Sen.

Ayurin shook her head as she picked up the teacup and took a sip, " Nothing solid. But..." She narrowed her beautiful deep blue eyes while looking at Athan-cacoon and said, " Whatever power he has is outside of this world. "

" Outside of this world? " Tronel and Chunshi repeated with a confused expression.

Putting the teacup down, Ayurin smiled, " Five days ago, I extended my soul sense towards the cacoon. I was ready to cut it as soon as it went near one meter of it because the cause of Reika's death was soul obliteration by Athan. "

" Master! " Sen stood up with wide eyes, " How could you do something so dangerous? "

" Calm down, Sweetie. I am perfectly fine. " Ayurin smiled wryly as she looked at her dear student before she continued, " Anyway, My powerful soul sense was also obliterated by it instantly. So, I guessed that his unique physique or whatever is not from this world. Maybe its origins are from Upper Chaosverse? "

Hearing that, Tronel respectfully asked with a serious expression, " Master Ayurin, Do you know more about Upper Chaosverse? "

" Nope. Some of my preceders went there but didn't return, So I don't know what's in there or how is it is different from this Chaosverse. But it's been said that these Ancient powers' origins are in Upper Chaosverse, so they should have factual information about it. "

*Crack...Ripp..*

Suddenly they heard the sound cracking and ripping and hurriedly looked at the cacoon.

The cacoon shone with a black glow while the white vein-like patterns were also pulsed with a white glow as the cacoon started to crack and rip apart.

After a few seconds, They saw a white hand with black and white patterns on the skin penetrating the cacoon from inside.

" Ohh...His hand. Those patterns look...cool. " Sen spoke with wide eyes. The patterns were curved linings of black and white and looked really badass.

But those patterns disappeared after a second, and his hand returned to normal.

*Ripppp....*

Chapter 382 - New Look, Mentality Change.

Athan ripped apart the cacoon with his hands before coming out. But there was a change in his clothing.

His previous clothes were gone, and now he had a dreamy white robe with black patterns over his body. This robe didn't look corporeal, but it was like a clump of aura in the form of clothing.

​​His hair had become longer such that they reached his shoulder, but their color remained the same light gray.

His face was covered in a mask of white with black patterns on it. This mask also didn't look corporal but a clump of aura that was constantly moving ever so slowly while maintaining the form of the robe.

His eyes had more change as his pupils became more mysterious, with a bit deeper glow of white and black in sparky patterns in his irises.

" Woah, Athan. You look different...but even better looking than previously. "

Sen dashed towards Athan as she sized him up with a grin, " Hmmm...Is this safe to touch? "

She pointed at Athan's mysterious-looking robe and asked while slightly stretching her right hand towards it.

" Don't, Sen! "

Ayurin panicked and shouted because she had personally seen how mighty the darkness power used by Athan is.

Athan slightly smiled and nodded, " Go ahead. It's safe to touch. "

Ayurin was surprised but then realized and smiled wryly, ' Since it's his own power, he can obviously control it. Phew...'

It seems that the impact on her seeing Athan's power was not as small as she showed externally.

Sen looked at Ayurin, who nodded and then touched the robe, but her hands went through the aura-like robe that was constantly unstable like a flame.

Athan saw Tronel and Chunshi also sighing a relief before they came over towards him and asked him if he was feeling uncomfortable.

" I am fine. Better than before. Anyway, How long was I inside? "

" A month. "

Athan nodded calmy before saying, " I need some time alone. After I am done, I'll contact you, Tronel. "

" Wai--" ....." Nevermind. Go ahead. " Tronel was going stop Athan to inform him about some things, but he changed his mind and told him to go.

Athan nodded to Sen and others as he smiled, " See you later. "

He took out a token of Youhan Tree before injecting chaos force inside to open a portal to his house inside the Hidden dragon troupe's base and went inside.

After Athan left, Tronel and Chunshi looked at each other with surprised expressions.

Tronel rubbed his chin before speaking, " Hmmm...I feel like Athan has changed. "

Chunshi nodded in agreement as she appeared thoughtful, " Indeed. He has changed. How do I say? Umm...It's like the feeling that he gave off previously, like he is always on edge, disappeared. Instead..."

Ayurin interjected Chunshi before continuing her sentence with a pondering expression, " Instead, He feels like a stable and calm ocean now. But this ocean is not regular. There's more to him behind that front, whether good or bad. "

...

After coming out from the portal near his house inside the pocket space branch, Athan didn't go inside his home but walked near the riverbank before he sat down crossed-legged and closed his eyes.

Inside his Void region...

His soul had changed significantly compared to previously. Now, Instead of just a white border glow around his black soul. There were clear and visible white marks and patterns on his soul.

The white organs of his soul were also more distinct.

The black and white orb near his soul had also changed. The black orb had white marks on it, while the white orb had black marks on it.

Both orbs were connected with a black and white chain.

Athan checked the contents of the black and white orb.

' Their reserve of space has increased. If I could hold a hundred units of abyssal darkness inside the black orb previously, I can now hold three hundred units of it. As for the white orb, The milky white aura...no, It should be known as Nascency Voidpulse. I can also now store more Nascency Voidpulse inside the white orb. '

Basically, he can now store more Nascency Voidpulses when he devours things using abyssal darkness.

Abyssal darkness devours things into nothingness which, in turn, produces Nascency Voidpulses inside the white orb.

Nascency Voidpulse can let him create anything out of it as long as he has a sufficient understanding of it. Additionally, He can revert the Nascency Voidpulse back to its original thing. For instance, When Reikent lost his finger to abyssal darkness, Athan got nascency voidpulse inside the white orb. So, Athan returned that nascency voidpulse back from nothingness into Reikent's finger to reproduce his finger.

Doing this doesn't require any understanding, but it's useless when creating other things. For example, He can get nascency voidpulses by devouring chaos stones with abyssal darkness. Now, to make the same finger of Reikent, He needs to sufficiently understand that finger because this time, he is creating it and not returning it.

' When the abyssal darkness devoured me in that place, my existence was wiped out and turned into something like nascency voidpulses but even more mystical and powerful than what I currently have. That resulted in everyone forgetting about me.

So, just like I have nascency voidpulses inside the white orb, There should be something like a white orb out there, but it should be on a much grander scale and mystical than my white orb. That place, space, or thing should contain my previous essence and my proof of existence in the form of something like a greater version of nascency voidpulse.

If I can get access to that place, then I might be able to return the memories of myself that others lost after my existence was wiped out. I likely managed to make a connection and grasp this power in that place. My soul fragments were still connected after I scattered my soul, and when some of them turned into that mystical void, my wild instincts managed to make the connection with that power and grasped its understand. Basically, A seed of that power was born inside me. And for now, I have gained a total of 5% understanding of this power. '

After thinking about things for a while, Athan opened his eyes and muttered, " It's just a matter of time. " Pausing here, A gentle smile formed on his face, " But even before that, I will make them mine once again. After all, They fell for me the first time so that they will fall again. But I need to find them first. "

His mentality has changed.

Only he knew how much shock and devastation he felt when he found out that they had all forgot about him. After all, They were the source of his happiness.

With that, He turned desperate, and he wanted to work hard to return their memories of him so they can be together with him again. At that time, He didn't think of making Tiana and Avelia fall for him again without their memories of him.

But now, He had started to think about making them his life partners once again, even if they don't remember him anymore. Naturally, He will continue working hard to access that mysterious place that is the source of his powers and return his proof of existence so they can remember the time they spent together with him in the Elenex Universe.

" Since Chaos Monolith Hills and Great Bridgade Palace are both ancient powers, I can try to find them after getting into Chaos Monolith Hills. " Athan felt happy as the smile never left his face, " I am coming, Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Though behind his current happy expression was a dominating resolve and a tyrannical will that threatened to wipe out anyone or anything blocking his path. He will regain everything and become the strongest such that he won't have to suffer the same fates that his previous two lives suffered.

Chapter 383 - Adventuring Out, Ayurin And Sen

" Hahaha. Good, Good. "

Yone laughed out loud, seeing Athan perfectly fine and in his new style.

​​" Shiromi and your two friends haven't found a chaos phenom dimension yet. I have told them you have awakened, so they are now waiting at Timberbell Town in the Rising Willow region. "

" Got it. Sen and I will be leaving right away. "

Athan nodded with a smile before looking at Sen and master Ayurin, " That was your plan from the start, right? "

Ayurin chuckled and nodded, " Correct. I had already made arrangements for Sen, but since you and the other three are going on an adventure to train yourself, I thought this could be a good chance for Sen. "

At this time, Yone appeared a bit apologetic and said to Athan, " Normally, I should be sending a protector with you, but everyone from our troupe is busy.

Drizzly is close to her breakthrough, so she is focusing on that while others are busy doing a mission with the eldest brother ( First leader ). Could send an executive with you, but..."

Pausing there, He looked at Ayurin with a weak laugh, " Cough...Might I trou-"

" No need for that, Leader Yone. " Ayurin interrupted him with a mischievous smile. Yone was stunned seeing her beauty but snapped out of his reverie when he heard the next thing.

" I'll be going with them, so you don't have to worry about anything. "

" Ehh! You are coming along, master? " Sen was startled hearing that, but she was also happy.

Yone was also surprised because usually, a figure like Ayurin should have more things to do.

Ayurin patted Sen's head with a smile, " Yep. I'll be coming with you, sweetie. After all, you are at the top of my priority list in the next four years. "

After four years, Sen will go to take the test of Chaos Monolith Hills, and Ayurin believes that she will pass and after that...They won't be together. So, she wanted to give best to her student before she leaves.

" That's reassuring. So, there you have it, Athan. Here, Take this protective talisman that I made. However, It can only block one attack from a Zen order elite. It sucks, but that's my limit, Hahaha. Have a safe trip. "

Athan nodded with a grin, " Thanks. Something is better than nothing. Also, we will definitely reach the goal, pass the test and join Chaos Monolith Hills, so prepare to celebrate. "

Yone joyously laughed, " That would be the best thing happening to us in a millennium. "

...

After that, Yone, Athan, Sen, and Ayurin left the pocket space branch of the Hidden dragon troupe.

Yone went to do his own things while Athan, Sen, and Ayurin left for the Timberbell town in the Willow region.

After coming out from the Youhan Tree, Ayurin summoned a chaos beast that looked similar to Athan's Skymare Tingale.

But this Skymare Tingale was starry silver with a blue glow and bigger than Athan's Skymare Tingale.

The three of them hopped onto it before Ayurin commanded it to fly south-east.

Ayurin, Sen, and Athan sat down on the fluffy cloudly back of the beast.

" Master, How many days will it take us to reach Timberbell town? "

" With our speed, It will take fourteen days. "

Hearing that, It will take fourteen days. Athan started pondering, ' My comprehension ability should have increased quite a lot after I grasped an additional 2% understand of my void power. Hmmm...In fourteen days, I should be able to comprehend the next level of heavenly stream pressure. Let's see how much my comprehension ability has increased. '

After taking out the order scroll, Athan started training.

Seeing this, Ayurin smiled before looking at Sen. Sen appeared awkward and took out a scroll. But her scroll was different from the standard order scroll as it was much broader and bigger.

Seeing that, Ayurin nodded with a gentle smile, " Your order base has reached Mid-stage Tier-3, and you will likely reach the peak easily because of the extreme compatibility you have with the inheritance. But after that is done, You will have to increase your soul strength. Your soul strength is quite lacking to breakthrough to Orderic Catastrophe. "

Sen nodded seriously before focusing on training.

...

Days passed as they continued flying.

After nine days, Athan opened his eyes with a surprised expression, ' Eight days. Not bad. "

He then started infusing Dawn-break fruit's energy into the body of Heavenly Stream pressure order ken.

Ayurin sensed something looked at Athan, ' His body aura is rising. It looks he made a breakthrough and started infusing dawn-break fruit's energy to saturate the core.

But judging the body aura, He made considerable progress in his body strength compared to a year ago. Just as I guessed, His comprehension ability, will, and such traits are superior to normal geniuses. '

At this time, Athan looked at Ayurin and asked her about his Epic-grade Chaotic spirit egg's situation.

Hearing about the situation, Ayurin was stunned for a moment before she chuckled, " That's because you kept getting stronger before reaching the requirement of hatching it. Chaotic spirits are always at the same level of strength as their master. They can have a lower level of power but can't be higher level than their master.

You got the egg when you were in Tier-1 order base, but you progressed quickly, and as such, the requirement to hatch the egg was also prolonged. Now you are at Tier-3 order base, so the egg will need sufficient chaos force and order force to hatch as a Tier-3 order base Chaotic spirit. "

" I see. That makes sense. But, will it continue this way? "

Ayurin shook her head and replied, " Nope. Epic-grade chaotic spirit eggs have a limit of peak-stage Tier-3 order base. After you break through to the orderic catastrophe, The egg's requirement will not prolong, and it will hatch as a 3-star epic-grade chaotic spirit. After that, you can train it to make it at the same level as you.

But it will take time for you to break through to the orderic catastrophe, and in the meantime, the egg will likely hatch. "

Chapter 384 - Meeting Up.

" Wake up, you two. The Tiberbell Town is in sight. "

Athan and Sen opened their eyes and saw the outline of Timberbell Town faraway.

​​Athan found another benefit of his recent transformation. He could now control his body even better. He thought he would have to consolidate his body after he broke through to 3rd stage of Heavenly Stream pressure, but he didn't need to because his body rapidly started adjusting to his newfound physical strength upgrade without him needing to consolidate it.

Until now, He was borrowing this body made of a mystical clay combined with his soul power to house his soul, but now, It had fully integrated with his soul and his void powers.

That's why those patterns of black and white appeared on his body when he just woke up inside the cacoon.

The manifestation of his stylish outfit was the influence of his sub-thoughts. The outfit and the mask can appear and disappear with just his thoughts. They acted as a certain kind of defense and a cover for him. If he wished, then nobody can see through him.

Naturally, If he activated the protection of his outfit, It would consume abyssal darkness from the black orb. He had decided to keep this mystical outfit on his body instead of other clothes for obvious reasons.

Also, Ayurin was wrong regarding Athan being able to control his power. Previously, He couldn't control it such that he can make some people exception to the effect of his abyssal darkness. Whether he wished or not, If someone other than him touched the abyssal darkness, they would be subjugated to its power.

But now...He can wrap others around his abyssal darkness, and they would still be safe as long as he wished so.

Athan checked his body thoroughly, and the reason he didn't need to consolidate his body anymore was due to the power of the white orb. It would perfect his body after each refinement such that he can naturally wield his newfound physical strength without trouble. His innate healing factor also received a boost due to his upgrade.

In the last four days, He was comprehending and trying to grasp the final level order of Heavenly Stream pressure and had already made considerable progress in just four days.

But now, They had reached the Tiberbell town, and it was time to focus on his main thing; The progress of his order base.

He was still 10% short of fully saturating his current essence core of Force of Glittering river order ken.

When they landed at the town entrance, Athan took out the contact card of Shiromi and asked, " We have arrived at Timberbell Town. Where are you? "

" Ohh, Athan. are you here already? That was fast. Anyway, No one wants to waste time, so just come to the main entrance and meet us there. "

Athan looked at Ayurin, who spoke with a smile, " We are already at the main entrance. "

" You heard that, Shiromi. " Athan spoke.

" Alright. We are coming there in a minute. "

Athan put the contact card inside his void region instead of putting it in a storage ring outside. Previously, The contact cards wouldn't receive signal if they were inside his void region, but after his recent transformation from the cacoon, He could make it such that his void region can be connected to the outside world while still blocking intrusion like before.

It didn't take long for Shiromi and others to arrive at the main entrance.

They were a total of seven people: Shiromi, Samira, Tealery, Arcued, Two clan members of the Rudwin clan, and one clan member of the Duhom Clan.

Rudwin clan was Tealery's clan, and she convinced her father, the clan head, that maintaining a close connection with Athan and training with him would bring more benefits. After all, despite being just a mid-stage Adept order expert at that time, He wiped out a bunch of mid-stage and high-stage Master order elites in one go with his power.

Her father was convinced and let her go outside to train with Athan while sending two elders as her protectors. One elder was a middle-aged man, while another elder was a lady who looked to be in her forties. They were husband and wife and also uncle and aunt of Tealery.

On the other hand, Arcued and his parents were not that high in the hierarchy in the Duhom clan. Nobody expected Arcued to win while their clan genius, the son of clan head, failed despite being a mid-stage Master order elite. So, it was a real shock for them to see Arcued being one of the winners.

Arcued spoke honestly to the clan head in private about Athan and also convinced him after telling him about the capabilities of Athan. The clan head of the Duhom clan was no idiot; Otherwise, He wouldn't be a clan head. He also let Arcued go while sending a supreme elder of their clan with him as his protector.

Strength-wise, The supreme elder of the Duhom clan was as strong as Yone. In comparison, the Uncle and Aunt of Tealery were as strong as Tronel and Samira.

They were all Zen order elites.

But when they arrived at the entrance and saw Ayurin, They were startled.

" This Huza Duhom respectfully greets Grandmaster Zither. "

The supreme elder of the Duhom clan bowed respectfully and greeted Ayurin because he knew her. After all, the Duhom clan was situated in the same region as Ayurin's Zither Palace, The Toragale region.

Tealery's uncle and aunt also bowed and greeted Ayurin respectfully because they heard about her at Youhan Tree.

Samira spoke respectfully with a raised eyebrows, " Master Ayurin, Are you here for some business or? "

Ayurin smiled faintly at her question, " I am here for the same purpose as you. "

Hearing that, Sen happily giggles.

Shiromi was curiously looking at Athan after arriving here and finally spoke with a pondering expression, " You seem to have changed a bit, Athan. Also, What's with that outfit? It doesn't look like it's made from any physical material. "

Tealery and Arcued nodded in agreement with Shiromi.

" I know about the trouble that landed on you but not in detail. Last I heard, you were in a cacoon? It feels like you transformed after coming out of your cacoon. I wonder how strong you are right now. "

Tealery chuckled while looking at Athan and looked at him as if sizing him up.

But at this time, Arcued coughed and spoke awkwardly, " Can we get going already? Let's not waste any more time. "

Everyone laughed hearing him and summoned their chaos beasts.

Samira and Shiromi on one chaos beast, Arcued with Huza Duhom, Tealery with her uncle and aunt on one chaos beast while Ayurin, Athan, and Sen sat back on Ayurin's Skymare Tingale.

" Which direction should we go in, Master Ayurin? " Samira asked after their chaos beasts floated in the sky.

Ayurin looked in the north direction while saying, " We'll go north. There are many more regions in this direction as it leads to the end of the Valklaid continent. There should be many chaotic habitats in this direction, so let's go there. "

Huza, Samira, and uncle and aunt of Tealery nodded in agreement with Ayurin.

They all flew towards the north direction, with Ayurin taking the lead with her Skymare Tingle.

On the other hand, Athan, Sen, Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued closed their eyes while sitting on their respective best calmy before continuing their training.

Once they find a C-grade chaos phenom dimension, They will go inside while Ayurin and others who arrived here as their guards will wait for them outside since they can't enter C-grade chaos phenom dimensions.

Chapter 385 - Infinite Bridge Plexus. Everyone's Progress.

" Finally! Let's go, let's go. "

Tealery shouted as she jumped up from the chaos beast and entered the portal leading to a C-grade Chaos phenom dimension.

​​After a month of traveling, They found a few other chaos phenom dimensions, But they were not of C-grade, so they didn't enter it. But today, they finally encountered one in a wild area. There was no town or village near this portal.

It's easy to tell apart the grades of the CPDs because of their portals. Higher grade CPD's have a more intense order force structure of the portal. C-grade CPD portals give similar order force intensity to those with people of Tier-2 and Tier-3 order bases.

Seeing Tealery going inside, Arcued also rushed in.

" They are really in a hurry. " Shiromi spoke with a smile before looking at Sen and Athan, " Let us go in too. "

The three of them went inside after Ayurin, Samira, and others told them to be careful.

...

Snow and Ice filled the atmosphere of this chaos phenom dimension.

There were icy trees, mountains, ponds, and even beasts of Ice.

But these Ice and snow included not just white snow but also light yellow and light blue snow.

" This is one of the most beautiful Chaos phenom dimensions I've seen so far. " Tealery spoke with shining eyes as she looked around.

Arcued crossed his hands as she spoke with cluttering teeth, " It feels cold. "

Sen looked at with disdain hearing that, " Just use your chaos power to block the cold. "

Athan nodded as he looked at Arcued, " I remember you having a fire-related chaotic power. " He then slightly narrowed his eyes for a second before raising his eyebrows in surprise, " Your order base has reached early-stage Tier-3. That's fast. "

Arcued touched his nose with a smile, " Well, The clan head spent a fortune to get me the resources so that I can progress faster. Another reason is that when I picked the 5-star essence order method after the competition, I prioritize my affinity with it.

If I pick an essence order method that feels comfortable to me, I can comprehend and grasp its order faster. That's why my order base went from mid-stage Tier-2 to early-stage Tier-3 after I got resources from the clan head. "

Arcued was truly grateful to the clan head. Instead of resenting him because his son didn't win, He helped him get resources by spending a fortune.

He had seen a similar case in a neighboring clan, where the clan head's son was not selected to join the elite grooming group of an organization, but a lower member's son of his clan got selected. He then secretly killed the little family of his own clan so that the one spot in that elite grooming became empty again. He then bribed some officers of that organization to let his son get that spot.

When this incident was blown out due to one of the bribed officers, The clan lost its reputations, and the organization removed his son from the elite grooming group.

" Enough chit-chatting, guys. Let's go and find a wild chaotic power. "

...

While Athan and others were training to get stronger, Something similar was happening to Tiana, Avelia, Qerin, and Mike.

After they entered the Great Bridgade palace, They were given their abode in a wide and mystical mountain that was filled with heavenly nature and a peaceful atmosphere.

There were other such abodes in this vast and massive mountain because all beginner-rank members of the Great Bridgade palace are to stay in this mountain known as the Foyer-Jour mountain ranges.

In their abode, There was a letter and a ring on it. The ring was a storage ring, and inside it was an order scroll.

This order scroll was unlike anything they had seen before because it contained a unique method and technique that belonged to the Great Bridgade Palace.

Infinite-Bridge Plexus. This was the name of this scroll.

The letter mentioned that before doing anything else; They are to learn the method and technique in this scroll.

But it turned out that this scroll was no joke as it's been a year already, and they still haven't fully learned it.

Avelia, Tiana, Qerin, and Mike would sometimes meet up and discuss their understanding of the scroll so far.

Today, They met once again, and while they were discussing, Tiana suddenly closed her eyes as a unique kind of force other than order force and chaos force appeared.

This force contained both order force and chaos force and also something else, and it even had an appearance of golden particles.

" These golden sparks look the same as the bridge that the old man summoned. It seems like Tiana managed to learn the method. " Avelia spoke with some excitement before she stood up from the chair and went near Tiana.

" Don't disturb her. " Qerin and Mike spoke at the same time, but Avelia rolled her eyes at them, " Do you think I would do such a thing? Idiots. You two also come and try to sense this force close. We might be able to find our own breaking point. "

Inside Tiana's chaos region, The golden force took the shape of a round transparent thin sphere with golden energy swirling inside it. Tiana looked at the sphere and thought, ' So this is the Plexus sphere mentioned in the scroll. Finally, It's done. Now I only need to master the technique to utilize this orb. '

She then opened her eyes and saw Avelia, Qerin, and Mike starring at her, Startled, She was taken aback, " What are you all doing? "

" Hehe...Nothing. But dang, Tiana. You managed to master the method. Now you only need to learn the technique. " Avelia grinned and spoke before continuing. " Cough....can you please tell us more about this so that we can also grasp something? "

Tiana gently smiled as she adjusted her lengthy hair, " Alright. Observe and listen carefully. "

She took out some of the golden energy from the Plexus sphere and told them what she understood regarding the method.

...

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, A year passed.

Now there were only three years of time left for Athan, Sen, Arcued, and Tealery to reach Orderic catastrophe and use the black card of Chaos monolith Hills.

They were currently in their third chaos phenom dimension of this year and were training.

Athan and Arcued were absorbing the wild chaos force while Sen and Tealery were comprehending and trying to grasp the next level order of their essence order method.

Shiromi had already broken through to Orderic catastrophe three months ago and used the black card to open the portal and disappeared in it.

Arcued had just comprehended and grasped the mid-level order of his essence order method, so he was absorbing the wild chaotic power to progress.

Athan had comprehended the high-level order of his essence order method, so he was also absorbing the wild chaotic power to saturate his essence core.

Tealery was comprehending and trying to grasp the peak-level order of her essence order method while Sen was doing the same, except that she was learning the high-level essence order of her inheritance.

Athan and Arcued were sitting under a waterfall of sparkling brown water. This was a wild chaotic power.

Athan took in everything without holding back, while Arcued was taking it slowly by putting a barrier of order force around him to control and guide the flow of this wild chaotic power.

A month passed by just like this before Sen opened her eyes with a smile, " Finally, I caught up to Athan. "

Tealery opened her eyes hearing that and grinned, " Not really. You can start absorbing wild chaotic power now to finish your order base at high-grade Tier-3 but Look at Athan's way of doing it; You can't match his speed with the way he is absorbing the wild chaotic power. "

Sen was speechless but snorted, " So what? We are still in the same process right now: progressing towards the High-grade Tier-3 order base. "

After saying that, She stood up and walked towards the waterfall before sitting beside Athan to absorb the wild chaotic power.

Tealery chuckled before closing her eyes again. But before training, she started thinking, ' My order base is already at high-stage Tier-3, and I am progressing towards Peak-stage. Athan and Sen are progressing towards high-stage while Arcued...He is progressing towards Mid-stage. Hmmm...Will he really be able to break through to the orderic catastrophe in the next three years? '

She felt that Arcued would miss this chance. Sure, he might be able to reach a Peak-stage Tier-3 order base before the five-year time limit is up, but the target is to break through to the orderic catastrophe. Unless he is really lucky and finds his breaking point in a short time after reaching peak-stage Tier-3 order base, He will fail and won't be able to use the black card.

' We'll see how it goes for you, Arcued. Hehe...You would make an excellent handyman to Athan, so I hope you can breakthrough to orderic catastrophe before the time limit. '

If Arcued listened to Tealery thoughts, He would be beyond speechless.

Tealery then put other thoughts behind the back of her head and focused on training.

Chapter 386 - Progress. Encountering A Permanent CPD.

Another year passed as Athan, Sen, Tealery, and Arcued continue to adventure and train.

Currently, They were moving towards a C-grade chaos phenom dimension that spawned near the headquarters of Nublis Cave. Nublis Cave was one of the organizations in this Cracklier region.

​​They got this information from a nearby town where they took a break to freshen themselves.

" Master, Will they allow us to enter? "

Ayurin smiled at Sen and patted her head, " I will convince them, so don't worry. "

Samira, Huza, and others were speechless hearing that.

On the other hand, Athan was sitting on Ayurin's chaos beast with his eyes closed and training. His order base has high-grade tier-3 in the past year, and he had also almost finished comprehending the peak-level order of Force of Glittering River.

It was due to his reckless way of absorbing wild chaotic power that increased his training speed by a lot.

Arcued had also saturated his essence core in the past year and sat at a mid-stage Tier-3 order base. His speed may seem the same as Athan, but it was not. Athan saturated his high-level essence core for the High-stage Tier-3 order base, while Arcued saturated his mid-level essence core for the Mid-stage Tier-3 order base. The difference is huge between saturating a mid-level essence core and a high-level essence core.

On the other hand, Sen had halfway filled her high-level essence core while Tealery had halfway filled her peak-level essence core. Once she fully saturates it, her order base will become peak-stage Tier-3, and she can start trying to break through to the Orderic Catastrophe stage.

After half an hour, The group reached their destination and saw a bunch of people surrounding the portal.

Ayurin seemed to have found something as she muttered with a smile, " Interesting. "

The bunch of people from Nublis Cave became alert seeing four chaos beasts with powerful people riding on them.

The leader of Nublis cave was present with the full power of his organization. He looked like a frail middle-aged man externally. Seeing the silhouettes coming near them, He narrowed his eyes and spoke in a low but deep voice, " Don't be afraid. Their auras are similar to ours, but our numbers are higher. "

They were a total of thirteen people—the leader of Nublis Cave, Four guardians, and eight elders.

The eight elders were in the last phase of orderic catastrophe; each of them had an additional body trait-like tails, horns, two heads, different skin color, beast skin type, etc.

Among the four guardians, One looked like an average human with no additional body traits, while the leader had a single brown horn on his forehead with bright green patterns over it.

Among the four guardians, Two were Lower Zen order elites, and the other two were Upper Zen order elites.

The leader was an Apex Zen order elite.

This was the full force of the organization because their headquarters was just five kilometers away from here, and they planned to utilize this chaos phenom dimension to the fullest because...it was special.

Seeing Athan and the group arriving within two hundred meters from them, The leader loudly boomed, " Halt! This area is under Nublis Cave. If you proceed any further, We will attack you with our full force. "

Ayurin told everyone to stop and gather towards here. Everyone descended to the ground before gathering into a group and looked at Ayurin.

Ayurin looked at them and lightly chuckled before speaking, " The information we got is not exactly correct. That C-grade chaos phenom dimension is a permanent one, not temporary. "

Hearing that, Samira and others were surprised. The appearance of permanent chaos phenom dimensions was way rarer than temporary chaos phenom dimensions.

After all, A permanent Chaos phenom dimension has a source core, and if one can conquer it, they can place its portal in their organization grounds so that their members can train in it. They are one of the essential things that make up an organization. That's why there are always fierce fights when a permanent chaos phenom dimension is found.

The first operation that Athan participated in with The Hidden dragon troupe was to conquer the permanent B-grade Chaos phenom dimension.

" If that's a permanent chaos phenom dimension, then they will really attack us if we approach further. " Samira spoke as she looked at the group of Nublis Cave.

" But Master, How do you know that it's a permanent chaos phenom dimension and not a temporary one? Their portals look the same. "

Ayurin looked at Sen before saying with a smile, " You will be able to tell them apart once you become a Zen order Grandmaster like me. "

She then looked at the group of Nublis Cave before speaking, " I'll go and convince them. We are not interested in the chaos phenom dimension's source core and just want you kids to train in it for some time. Since this is a permanent CPD, we won't have to travel continuously, and you can train peacefully for a long time. "

After all, The temporary CPDs only last three months to a year before they disappear, unlike the permanent CPDs that are permanent until their source is exhausted after many decades.

After saying that, Ayurin flew towards the group of Nublis Cave.

Seeing someone coming towards them, The upper echelons of Nublis cave looked at their leader asked.

" What do we do, leader? "

" Attack directly or wait? "

" She is coming alone, so maybe she wants to say something? "

The leader thought for a moment before speaking in a low voice, " Don't attack but stay on guard. She seemed to have hidden her aura, so I don't know how powerful she is. "

Ayurin stopped at a five-meter distance from them and spoke with a gentle smile, " We are in search of Chaos phenom dimensions to train our younger generations. How about letting the four kids of my group train in there? "

The men from the group felt lust rising in them after seeing such a beauty, but they held themselves back. The future of the organization was more important.

The leader maintained a clear and cold outlook from start to end and answered after hearing Ayurin's request, " No. We can't allow anyone to enter this CPD. Our younger generation is already training inside. "

" But I don't think that a few additional heads will hurt this newly spawned chaos phenom dimension. You must have a slightly better contact card that can go through chaos phenom dimensions, right?

With that...You contact one of your members that some additional people are coming, so there won't be any clash between them. "

Hearing the perfect counter from Ayurin, The leader was tongue-tied, but he still stubbornly shook his head, " Please go and find another chaos phenom dimension. We can't let you enter this one. "

Ayurin chuckled as she narrowed her eyes with a smile, " I wonder why? *Chuckles*...Is it because this chaos phenom dimension is a permanent one? "

*Shuaaa...Shuaaa..*

Everyone took out their weapon and got into a battle-ready stance.

The leader frowned with a grimace and spoke, " I don't know how you found about that, but...If you take a chaos oath that you will not spread information about this, we will let you go. "

" Leader! Why are you tolerating her? Let's just attack and kill her. "

Ayurin looked at the woman who said this and grinned before she turned to face the leader, " You are not bad. Maintaining this level of civility is rare in such situations. "

Right after saying that, Ayurin released her aura as a strong pressure bore down on them.

The leader cursed inside his head while also feeling fortunate, ' I fucking knew it! Phew...Thank goodness that I didn't attack her from the start. '

He always felt that something was wrong when he saw Ayurin. So, he exercised caution until the end that really paid off.

Feeling the pressure bearing down on them, Everyone started sweating and even trembling.

Ayurin withdrew her aura after three seconds, letting them wipe away the sweat. But, they still looked at Ayurin with fear.

" I have no interest in this permanent chaos phenom dimension, so don't worry. The kids with me will just train here for some time before leaving. After that, you can conquer it and put the portal wherever you want. "

Hearing that, The leader and others heaved a big sigh of relief.

" My name is Maag Spiel, and I am the leader of Nublis Cave. This chaos phenom dimension is really very important to us because our only permanent C-grade chaos phenom dimension in the headquarter will be exhausted after approx six months to two years. "

Chapter 387 - Another Group, Grandmaster Zurushi.

Athan, Sen, Tealery, and Arcued went inside to train, and it turned out that Maag lied about their younger generation training inside. There were only two people inside, and they were currently finding the source core of the chaos phenom dimension.

Maag had already contacted them and told them that four additional people are inside and they shouldn't disturb them.

​​Currently, Ayurin, Samira, and others were sitting inside a big tent set up by Ayurin that covered the portal.

Maag told Ayurin that other organizations didn't bother to check here for two reasons.

First, It was near Nublis cave's headquarters.

Second, None of them expected that it would be a permanent CPD because the previous permanent CPD spawned just three years ago. So, It was really strange that another would pop up this soon.

" We are really lucky that this spawned near our organization. We are at the bottom rug among other powers around here, so competing with them over resources is challenging. "

Samira nodded in agreement with a wry smile, " We had a similar scuffle a few years ago. In the end, We failed to conquer that A-grade chaos phenom dimension. But we already have one A-grade that's still brimming with source, and Two of our leaders were busy with other things, so we didn't try that hard to take it. "

At this moment, The uncle of Tealery asked with curiosity, " Did any of your members became a winner in a Penta region tournament around here? "

Hearing the question, Maag smiled and nodded, " Yep. However, he had already used his black card because he broke through to Orderic Catastrophe half a year ago. "

But his smile changes a bit as an awkward expression appeared on his face, " But if Chaos Monolight Hills includes age requirement, then...he probably won't be able to enter the ancient power...Sigh. "

Ayurin's lips twitched before she shook her head, " Too bad they will definitely have age bracket requirement. How old is that fellow? "

" Cough...He is close to one hundred years old. "

Hearing that, Samira and others became speechless.

Suddenly, Ayurin stood up as a serious but surprised expression surfaced on her face.

" What happened, Grandmaster Zither? "

" Master Ayurin? "

Huza and Samira asked instantly seeing Ayurin suddenly standing up.

Others also looked at her with confusion.

" Follow me. "

Ayurin started walking and exited.

A single giant chaos beast was approaching them. Its size appeared a hundred meters long and fifty meters wide.

It looked like a manta ray but with four separate flat wings and four long and extensive fleers on its head. It had light brown skin with a gentle yellow pattern over it.

The beast stopped a fifty meters distance from Ayurin and others. There were a total of twelve people on the beast.

The leader appeared to be a middle-aged man with a dignified expression and stable but deep aura. He seemed like a regular human since there were no additional body traits like horns or tails.

When he saw Ayurin, He was taken aback, and his expression turned a bit serious, ' Didn't expect to find a Zen order Grandmaster in this region? '

Ayurin smiled at him from afar as she felt that something interesting might happen, ' They must be here for the same purpose as us. Adventuring out to find chaos phenom dimensions and train their younger generation in it. Hmmm...There should be winners of a Penta region tournament in that group. '

The middle-aged man turned around and said something to the eleven people behind him.

He then commanded his beast to descend to the ground before the group of twelve people approached the tent where Ayurin and others were standing.

" Fellow Grandmaster, I am called Zurushi. Behind me are some younglings whom I have taken out for training. We heard about a chaos phenom dimension in this area and arrived here so they can train inside. "

Zurushi cupped his fist before speaking to Ayurin. He was at the same stage as Ayurin, but their exact strength was unknown.

He also hasn't realized that this CPD is permanent because Ayurin had blocked the portal's aura from leaking out of the tent.

Ayurin smiled and also cupped her fist, " Grandmaster Zurushi. You can address me as Grandmaster Zither. You can let your young ones enter this CPD, but I have a few things to say before that. "

" Please do. "

" First, Our group is also like your group. We were out here to train our young ones for the upcoming event of Chaos Monolith Hills. "

Zurushi nodded, " I figured that to be the case since the group over there wore matching clothes while you five have different appearances. "

Ayurin nodded with a smile and continued, " Second, This is a permanent CPD. "

Zurushi waved his hand and shook his head, " We are not interested in taking it. "

" Third, There are currently six people inside. Two of them are finding the source core of this chaos phenom dimension, and they have worn similar clothes as this bunch. " Ayurin pointed at Maag Spiel and the group who wore a matching designed robe as a symbol of their Nublis cave.

" As for the other four people, They are from my group. "

Zurushi nodded plainly, " No problem. We have no intention to clash with either of the group. "

Ayurin chuckled while smiling and shook her head, " Hehehe, Well...I want you to clash. "

Hearing that, Everyone became stunned.

Zurushi was also taken aback as he questioned with his brows creasing, " Can you elaborate on that? "

Ayurin didn't answer right away but looked at the group of people behind Zurushi and spoke, " It looks like you have eight younglings to train. Hmmm...Well, What I mean is that I want your group to attack my group and fight with them. "

Zurushi frowned and shook his head, " Eight people against four? Do you wish death for your younglings? "

" Of course not. I am planning to inform the kids inside that an additional eight people will be entering to fight you, and also, they are not to kill them. "

Hearing that, Everyone except Samira became speechless.

A demonic-looking young man with red horns on his forehead sneered, " It should be us not killing them after entering inside. Not the other way around. "

A girl who had thin dark red moth-like wings also snorted loudly to show her disdain.

Ayurin just chuckled and looked at Zurushi before beckoning him to go towards the tent, " You can let them enter. I still wish that your group initiate a battle with my group should they find them inside. I will tell them not to kill your younglings in the fights, so you should tell them to do the same.

But If one of you showed intent to kill, then you will likely face wipe-out because there's a devil in there. "

Zurushi looked deeply at Ayurin before indifferently nodding his head, " Thank you for letting us use this chaos phenom dimension. "

He then turned around and told the eight people to go inside. Two of them looked like regular humans, while the other six were humanoids with mixed races. Zurushi and the other three elders acted as guardians for the group of eight younglings just like Ayurin, Samira, and others.

The group of eight enterings inside the portal consists of four men and four women. One of them had a mid-stage Tier-3 order base, while the rest of them had either a high-stage Tier-3 order base or peak-stage Tier-3 order base.

A tree-woman with a body of redwood, green eyes, and two branch-like horns on her head paused before entering the tent and spoke, " We'll slay devil if there's one and crush god if there's one. "

This girl exuded the aura of Peak-stage Tier-3 order base.

In response, Samira laughed, " These dialogues only sound good in fantasy drama and books. Hehehe, Trust me. You don't want to face the wrath of that devil inside. "

" Humph. "

Hearing the response of Samira, Tree-girl almost fell to the ground but just snorted and went inside.

Zurushi silent transmitted voice into Tree-girl's ears, " Kazia, Tell everyone that they may fight but don't show intent to kill. Think of the fight as a sparring session. But of course, If they showed intent to kill, then you need not hold back. "

...

Inside the permanent CPD...

Arcued, Athan, Sen, and Tealery traveled and quickly found a source of wild chaotic power. This area had geysers and the wild chaotic powers sprouted out every two seconds in the form of water with vermillion sparks in them.

The chaotic power coming out from geysers would take the form of snakes with two long antennas on top of their eyes and attack Sen and Tealery sitting near the geyser spots as they were absorbing the wild chaotic power.

Athan and Arcued were comprehending and trying to grasp the next level order of their respective essence order methods.

Suddenly, Athan felt something and took out a contact card, " Master Ayurin? "

" Athan, several people will be coming inside to train. If they try to fight you then you can spar with them but don't kill them...unless they first show intent to kill. "

Chapter 388 - Fight! Go, Arcued.

" Hey guys, I sense some presence ahead. "

" Let's go. They should be the four people who are training here from that so-called Grandmaster Zither's group. "

​​...

Athan was still comprehending the next level order of Force of Glittering River, but he suddenly opened his eyes as he sensed something. He got the call from Ayurin two hours ago about additional people entering but didn't expect to meet them so soon.

" Sen, Tealery and, Arcued. Pause for a bit as we have some guests here. "

Hearing Athan's voice, They paused their training and gathered around Athan while looking in the north direction.

A group of eight people was approaching them on foot.

Kazia was in the lead with the red skin and horn man as they seemed to act as group leaders.

Their group stopped five meters away from Athan and others, and one of them laughed loudly, " Hahaha. Only one of them has a peak-stage Tier-3 order base, and we were told that we would lose if we fight them? What a joke. "

Kazia stepped forward with a serious expression and spoke, " Before coming in here, We were a bit insulted and doubted of our strength. For our own satisfaction, We desire a one versus one battle with you. Do you dare to accept this challenge? "

" Hehehe. Of course, we dare to accept. But why such stiff expression? Relax a bit. " Sen spoke with a chuckle after seeing Kazia's serious expression.

But Tealery feined a startled expression and spoke, " What are you saying Sen? She is a tree-girl, so obviously she would have a stiff expression on her face. "

" Pfff..." Arcued couldn't contain his laugher hearing that, and even Athan could help but shake his head with a faint smile.

Kazia's face turned stiff, but even the group of her people found it funny as they tried to hold back their laughter.

Athan observed Kazia's expression to check if she will get pissed off by such a small thing, but she just took a deep breath and asked, " Who will come to fight from your side? "

" You go first, Arcued. Go all out, and don't worry about injuries. Even if your limbs are cut off, I will heal them. " Athan spoke with a carefree smile as he looked at Arcued.

' Damn...Instead of caring for my wellbeing, you are displaying a carefree smile while talking about my limbs cutting off? '

Arcued was speechless and shrank his neck timidly, " I am the weakest and...honestly, I-I don't think I'll win. "

From the group of eight, The one with red skin and horns snorted, looking at Aruced, " Humph, A coward. How did you even manage to become a winner in the tournament? "

Sen looked surprised and asked, " Are all eight of your also winner in the tournament and picked the opportunity of Chaos Monolith Hills? "

" Of course. Honestly, You all don't look that impressive. Especially, That pretty boy. "

" Hehehe, We heard there's a mad devil here? But none of you resemble even close to that. "

Hearing them speak, Sen, Tealery, and Arcued looked at Athan, ' Well...There is indeed one here, but you can't judge a book by its cover. '

" Go Arcued. Do you want to let them mock you like this? Is this all that amounted to your pride? You are going to lose at most, not die. So, go all out and fight. "

Hearing what Athan said, Arcued gulped and thought, ' That's right. I swore after returning that I will strive to become like Athan. You can do it, Arcued. Some pain needs to be endured to become strong.'

He then took a deep breath and walked forward with a solemn expression, " Who will fight me? "

Kazai spoke with an indifferent expression, " Opak, You go. You are also the weakest of our group. "

Opak was a mid-stage master order elite since his order base was mid-stage Tier-3...Just like Arcued. So, order-base-wise, They were equal.

A buffy man with a bald head and dark green scaly body stepped out from the group. He also had a tail, and his eyes were vertical.

Suddenly, Athan spoke with a grin, " Why don't we make it more enjoyable and thrilling? You two...go in that chaotic Geyser area and fight there. If you are not careful, you might die, but not if you constantly cover yourself with defense technique and order force. This way, You will reveal your management of energy control and other expertise. "

Arcued's widened as he thought, ' Dear devil, Why are you making things difficult for me? '

Others were surprised at this proposal as Kazia asked Opal, " What do you say, Opak? Are you up for that challenge? "

Opak looked at the geyser area that sprouted watery snakes with red sparks and long antennas every few seconds. He revealed some hesitation for a few moments, but then he turned determined, ' This challenge came from the other party. We can't afford to reject it if we want to prove that we are superior to them. '

Thinking of that, He nodded at Athan, " No problem but..." pausing there, he sneered at Arcued, " Why don't you ask your own teammate? "

Athan smiled and didn't even look at Arcued before saying, " No need. Now go and start fighting without wasting time. "

He proposed fighting that area for this reason as well: Time-saving. They will run out of gas faster if they fight in that area and also have to finish the battle fast.

Arcued sigh, but he accepted and also determined, ' You can do it, me. I should be confident of my own ability even if I am not a genius. I will show them the worth and resolve of an average person. '

Both of them jumped into the middle of the chaotic geyser area and covered themselves in a barrier of order force.

They stood ten meters apart from each other.

Arcued took the initiative as he dashed forward with his claws weapons.

On the other hand, Opak took out a staff with a blue stone that had green patterns on it before waving in forward to release an order technique.

" Organto Aqvine. "

Two thick and whirling water vines materialized before they shot towards incoming Arcued.

Arcued put his hands in crossed shape in front of him as he used defensive body order technique, " Crimson Shield. "

Thick blood came out from the pores of his hands before forming into a round shield with black patterns.

Though at the same time, Two chaotic snakes attack Arcued from behind him, while Opak was also assaulted by a chaotic snake that came out from a geyser hole near him.

Arcued tensed up, but he ignored the snakes after strengthening the part of the barrier on his back.

Seeing this, Athan shook his head and spoke, " He shouldn't have wasted his order force to strengthen that barrier. At most, He will be only slightly injured, and that injury won't affect him much as long as he can endure the pain. "

Although Opak also slightly strengthened his barrier even though there was only one chaotic power snake attacking him.

" Both are a lost cause. " Kazia shook her head and commented.

Athan looked at her and asked, " What would you have done if two snakes attacked you? "

Kazia looked at chaotic watery red snakes and sensed their power before saying indifferently, " I wouldn't strenthen the barrier and choose to ignore the injuries and pain since we have to conserve order force to block more powerful attacks from the opponent. "

Hearing that, Tealery chimed in with a chuckle, " Though Athan wouldn't put an order force barrier in the first place. "

" Hehehe, True. " Sen giggled and nodded in agreement with Tealery.

...

After Arched blocked both attacks, He released his order technique while dashing, " Blood Sun Cross. "

He slashed his claws in the air as two cross projectiles of hot blood with dark orange sparks shot towards Opak with great speed.

Opak turned serious as he had no time to dodge this fast strike and hurriedly used his defense order technique by slamming his staff on the ground while instantly channeling order force in it, " Sprouted Wall. "

A bluish-green vine wall sprouted from the ground to block the attack, but he knew that Arcued had also reached him, and he would soon attack him, ' Hehehe. I'll set up a trap. He will either come from the front after breaking the wall or most likely from the sky. '

He channeled more power into the staff as he executed another order technique.

But Arcued noticed that the wall also blocked the sight of Opak of him and suddenly had an idea, ' That technique...Although I only learned it to its beginner level, It should be helpful here. '

Arcued had reached Opak's wall as his Blood Sun Cross failed to break past the defense, and instead of jumping up, which was his plan at first, He abruptly stopped and used an order technique, ' Underground Earthflowers. '

Instantly, Below the ground of Opak, Several earth flowers of metal grey colors released and bloomed before released sharp shards.

Right after that, Arcued Jumped up to attack from above after Opak panicked seeing the Underground Earthflower attack.

But when he realized that this attack was not that powerful, It was too late as he saw Arcued jumping upon him with sharp shining claws.

Though at this moment, Three chaotic watery red snakes attacked Arcued from behind him.

Seeing that, Opak was ecstatic, and instead of preparing the defense order technique as he first intended, He released an attack order technique.

Arcued panicked and cursed his bad, ' DAMN! Why at this time? What should I do? I don't want to lose. I really don't want to lose! '

Out of the corner of his eyes, He saw a glimpse of Athan's calm face, and in that short period of a single instance, He remembered his adventure with him in the tournament and how ruthless he acted towards both him and his enemies.

' Two seconds. Opak's attack will hit me in one second, and the snakes will hit me in one second. FUCK! I'll do it. If Athan can endure pain, then I can too. '

He didn't have time to turn around or anything since he was mid-air. Two snakes were behind him, and he needed to get close to Opak before two seconds, or He will release his order technique.

Taking that into consideration, He released his weakest body order technique that he learned at his earliest, " Gust Force. "

Gust Force released from his hand, and since his hand was in front of him, He was pushed back and hit the snakes earlier before instantly shooting downward at a faster speed.

" Arghhhh...." A shout of pain released from his mouth, but his resolve didn't diminish as he used the ability of his 3-star claws.

The claws shined as they became sharper and materialized countless small swirling needles and pierced the chest of Opak while the claws penetrated the stomach of Opak.