Chapter 494 - Lenix & Zangrel.
After forming a soul bond with Skymare Tingale and making it his contracted chaos beast, Athan left it in the care of Efyeed and Primo.
After that, Athan swept his glance at others who were meditating before he stood up.
" Primo, inform me if something happens. " After saying this, Athan flew deeper into the cloudly land towards the hill palace of Dean Lenix.
" Okay, Master. "
Athan and Primo had a deep soul connection, so Primo could send his thoughts to Athan even if he was a considerable distance away. As for the range limit? He hasn't tested yet.
While flying, he took out the contact card of Dean, which Dean gave him when he met him previously and told him that he was coming to his Hill Palace.
" Alright.. I am waiting. "
...
After a while, Dean Lenix and Athan were sitting in front of each other as Dean Lenix told Athan about what he did at the Star-Breaker Hill faction's place.
" That's all. But obviously, Ruzald doesn't believe that Munvald died inside the special-grade CPD, and he will also find the truth pretty soon as there are many means to do that. "
After he finished speaking, Dean took a sip from his cup of tea before looking at Athan with a faint smile.
Athan yawned before he asked, " So what's the fastest way to end this matter? "
Hearing the question, Dean Lenix was dumbfounded, " Why are you asking me that? "
" Eh, Why not? I am just asking for an opinion. You know about everything more than me, so I want to know the fastest method to end this matter. " Athan grinned as he spoke.
" The fastest method...It would be to kill every Gardues here. But the root of the Gardues family lies in Upper Chaosverse. Let me tell you about them first. " Speaking up to here, Dean Lenix put the teacup down on the table.
" Munvald's existence was known to the main Gardues family at Upper Chaosverse because of his talent, and after breaking through to Evagon-stage, he was going to go to Upper-Chaosverse and join the main family as one of the many seeds to be cultivated. "
Athan raised his eyebrows and asked, " So do they know that Munvald died? "
Dean Lenix shook his head, " Nope. At least, not yet. It's hard to contact anyone from Upper Chaosverse from here, but people from Upper-Chaosverse can easily contact someone here. That aside, they will know about Munvald's death soon because although it's hard, it's not impossible, and only the organizations have the means to contact the main branches at the Upper-Chaosverse.
Ruzald must be rushing to Great Bridgade Palace, and he will likely reach there after a day once he leaves the Silver Fang. Silver Fang is one of the areas here where Bridge Portal can't open, but once he leaves Silver Fang after a day, He will reach Great Bridgade Palace, and the first thing he will do is to likely contact the main Gardues family at the Upper-Chaosverse and give them news about his son's death. "
Dean Lenix paused there before he smirked, " But don't worry. He won't be able to contact the main family. "
" Ohh? How? " Athan was surprised. Does he have authority at Great Bridgade Palace? Logically, He shouldn't have the authority to stop the vice-head of Great Bridgade Palace from doing anything he wants at Great Bridgade Palace.
Hearing the surprised expression of Athan, Dean Lenix just smiled and took out a contact card before saying, " Zangrel, The person you wanted to meet is in front of me. Also, I might as well tell you that he is just at Orderic Catastrophe. "
" What! You are pulling my leg, right? You are saying that a brat at Orderic Catastrophe killed Munvald? "
" That's what I am saying, and...he did that in front of my eyes. "
" Interesting. As bullshit as this sounds, since you are saying that you saw with your own eyes with such a serious voice, I need to believe it. Anyway, so why did you call me? "
Dean Lenix grinned and said, " You want to see....how he killed someone far powerful than him? "
" Hahaha, Of course, I want to see. Even though I believe what you said, I still have doubts because such a thing happening is outside of my knowledge and perception. "
" Alright. Then first, don't let that Ruzald contact the main Gardues family. Second, tell him that you found the killer and bring him to Volteir Belt. At that place, you will see a miracle. "
After saying that, Dean Lenix cut the contact and looked at Athan with a grin, " Are you ready? Know that we won't make a single move on Ruzald, and he will be left entirely up to you. Whether you can kill him or not depends on you. "
Tiana had told Athan that the head of Great Bridgade Palace goes by the name, Zangrel. So he was surprised to find that Dean Lenix and Head Zangrel had just close connections.
" Hahaha, If I didn't meet Linci, then I wouldn't have accepted your rapid plan and would've thought of another plan. Anyway..." Athan laughed as he spoke with a cold grin, " Munvald was bound to die. To dare to have such thoughts about Avelia is unacceptable. "
" That also baffles me. How are you able to use that girl's power? " Dean Lenix asked with curiosity and baffled expression. This was the only reason he believed that Athan could kill Ruzald. When he saw Munvald getting frozen and then disappearing without a trace, He felt the Netherly frost that was several times more potent than he felt when testing after Linci arrived here.
' Even I would have died if I got hit by it. '
Hearing the quest, Athan grinned, " That's a secret. Anyway, what will Ruzald do when he sees me? His son's killer? will he directly kill me or imprison and torture me? "
Dean Lenix laughed out loud while shaking his head as he said, " Hahaha, I think he won't do anything. He will simply think that Zangrel is pulling his legs by bringing someone at Orderic Catastrophe and labeling him as his son's killer. "
After that, Dean Lenix and Athan planned their things. Dean Lenix told Athan that the head Gardues family at Upper-Chaosverse will know about it eventually, even though it might take some years.
Although the death of one seedling is not major for the head Gardues family and the branch family of Gardues here is not that important for the main family as it is just an off-shoot branch.
But the ones who supported Munvald inside that family might bear a grudge towards Athan once they find about Munvald's death.
They talked about an hour more before Athan left.
After Athan left, Dean Lenix fell into thought, ' Athan...what a strange brat. It looks like Zangrel, and I will be able to advance and not stay blocked once Athan finally arrives at Upper-Chaosverse. '
Although Dean Lenix and Head Zagngrel were at the peak of powers in the Lower-Chaosverse, It was not the same case in Upper-Chaosverse. The thing was, They had almost reached their limits, and that's why they were thrown down here to manage the sub-branch of the organizations.
But Dean Lenix saw miracle and hope in Athan, and that's why he decided to support him from sideways.
Chapter 495 - Going Out.
For one whole day, Athan constantly absorbed Netherly frost from Linci.
' I told her that I would help her, but now she is making things easier for me. Guess I should also think about something to make it easier for her. ' Athan grinned as he looked at Linci, who was meditating.
' Hmmm....Primo. '
" Yes, Master. "
" Can you make that same orb capable of absorbing Netherly frost that is inside my void region again? But make it such that it can stay outside? Here, take all of my Voidpulse and try to make something like that. This way, even if I am not around, Linci can interact with others normally. "
When Athan went to Dean Lenix's place, he told Primo to stay here for some reason, and one of them was so that Primo could absorb Netherly Frost because Tiana was sitting within two meters of Linci. But Primo wouldn't leave Athan for long periods of time since the only reason Primo arrived here was to stay with Athan.
Primo nodded as he took all voidpulse and said, " Alright, Master. I will try to make something like that. But I likely won't succeed in one try, so I might need more voidpulse. "
" It's fine. Let me know when you need more. But I am going out after ten or so minutes. Meanwhile, you will have to stay here. Don't worry; I will return soon. "
" Master! Th-this...I can't. I want to come with you. " Primo spoke with a pitiful expression.
Athan smiled and patted Primo's head before saying, " Nope. I will do this myself. You don't need to come with me. I know your purpose, but...I told you that I wouldn't let such a situation arise. Now obediently, stay here and wait for my return. "
Primo's ears went down but still nodded, " Alright, Master. "
' I believe in my Master, and I won't doubt him. That's my faith in him. ' Primo thought.
" But Master, if you don't come back in a few hours, I will come to you. I am here to stay with you, after all. " Primo spoke with pitiful expression and sparkling eyes filled with tears.
" Hahaha, sure. But if you plan to do that, then wake Tiana first and let her move outside from Linci's range. " Athan laughed before saying.
After that, he waited for Dean's call as it's already been a day since he was absorbing Linci's Netherly frost, and he should be calling him anytime now.
Five minutes, Athan sensed the contact card of Dean Lenix vibrating and giving him a single as he picked it up.
" Athan, it's time. "
" Got it. "
Athen turned to Efyeed, who had surrounded Skymare Tingale with its mystical energy, and said, " Do you want anything? Like any kind of material or things for the advancement of Limbus? "
Limbus is the name that Athan decided for Skymare Tingale.
" No, Master. My power allows me to access various kinds of chaotic energies, so for now, I can strengthen Limbus to a 6-star chaos beast easily. After soul boding with you, Its ability to integrate chaotic powers has increased dramatically. I think with my aid; It will become a 6-star chaos beast after a year or two. But it will take a longer time to advance without external aid after that. " Efyeed said to Athan.
Athan nodded with a smile, " Alright. What about you, Primo? "
" Nyaa, I am exposing Limbus to a minuscule of my aura to trigger some changes after its soul bond with you, but it will take some time to take effect. This is only possible because of its soul bond with Master, heh. Lucky fellow. " Primo flew around Limbus, who was covered in a colorful membrane of energies of Efyeed and said.
...
After talking with Efyeed and Primo, Athan left as he flew towards Dean Lenix's Hill palace.
There, Dean Lenix had opened a portal and was waiting.
After Athan arrived there, They entered through the portal and arrived at a floating piece of land.
Athan looked the surrounded and saw that there were many floating pieces of land. The sky was raging with chaotic winds, and Athan had to hurridly cover himself in abyssal darkness through the void robe to protect his body from this atmosphere.
" Dean, can you conjure a barrier around me to protect me? "
Dean looked confused, " But you are fine with that black energy of yours. "
Athan faintly smiled and said, " Yeah, but I want to finish this fast without wasting time. So, just do that. " After saying that, He removed the coating of abyssal darkness from his body of his void robe as the atmosphere started to shred and corrode his body.
Dean Lenix was speechless as he hurriedly conjured a barrier around Athan to protect him.
" Thanks. " Athan nodded with a grin before asking, " So, when will they arrive? "
" Ten minutes. "
Athan nodded before his expression turned cold, " After finishing him, let's go to the Gardues family. I will follow your rapid plan and wipe out every Gardues there. "
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At Great Bridgade Palace...
" I found your son's killer. "
" What did you say, Head Zangrel?! " Ruzald asked with bloodshot eyes.
Head Zangrel smiled wryly and said, " I said that I found your son's killer. You also know that Lenix is my best friend and I told him to investigate. In the end, He found the killer and captured him. It seems that your son had made enemies with an Evagon powerhouse by killing his son several years ago. He was planning this for a long time and acted when those groups of people went to special-grade CPD. He also had two other Evagon powerhouses from Dark Daggers that he hired for this plan. "
Head Zangrel paused there and sighed with sadness before continuing, " The other kids are still held captive by them, and that's why Coddys had to lie to you. If he didn't do as they said, then he would be killed by them as well. "
Ruzald's body trembles as he looks gratefully at Head Zangrel, " Thanks a lot, Head Zangrel. Let's go, let's go. Bring me that bastard. I will rip him apart myself. "
Rulzad spoke with bloodshot eyes and anger in his voice.
Head Zangrel raised his eyebrows and asked, " Don't you want to contact Head family in Upper Chaosverse first? "
Ruzald waved his hand before speaking coldly, " That can wait. I want to kill that bastard first and take revenge for my son. "
Head Zangrel internally smirked after hearing that. But outside, he appeared sad and said with a sigh, " Alright, let's go. "
Chapter 496 - Change Of Plan, Athan's Decision.
Head Zangrel opened a bridge portal that directly led them onto the place piece of land where Athan and Dean Lenix were standing.
Seeing the bridge portal conjuring, Athan and Dean Lenix looked at it.
Athan let out his orderic catastrophe aura as two men walked over to this floating piece of land through the bridge portal.
Athan saw a man with bloodshot eyes and understood that he was Ruzald.
Ruzald rushed forward out of the bridge portal but was confusing upon seeing Head Zangrel and a brat at the orderic catastrophe stage, 'Where is the killer?'
He didn't feel strange that Dean Lenix was here because, as Head Zangrel said, Dean Lenix was the one who captured the killer of his son.
Dean Lenix smiled at Ruzald and said, "No need to be confused, Ruzald. First, let me introduce you to this young man."
Athan smiled as he walked towards Ruzald and stretched out his hand for a handshake, "Hello, elder.."
But Ruzald had a grimace as he turned around and looked at Head Zangrel, "Head Zangrel, where is the killer?"
Head Zangrel appeared genuinely confused as he looked at Dean Lenix, "Hey Lenix, where is the killer?"
But he was also looking at Athan with interest in his eyes, 'Is he the person that Lenix told me about? He is really at Orderic Catastrophe. I wonder how he will kill Ruzald?'
Athan's eyes were on Ruzald as he turned around and looked at Dean Lenix after Head Zangrel asked the question.
He completely ignored Athan. According to Ruzald, He had no time to waste on an Orderic Catastrophe brat.
'Move away.' Lenix said telepathically to Zangrel as Zangrel teleported away.
And right at that moment...
"Boring..." Athan muttered as he released half of the stored Netherly frost from his hand.
*Shuaaaaa..*
A gust of dark blue nova hit Ruzald that instantly froze him and killed his soul.
"Wha...what the hell?" Zangrel's eyes almost popped out seeing this scene as he stood beside Lenix.
Next, he saw Athan touching the dark blue frozen body of Ruzald as a mystical black flame-like aura covered Ruzald and, in ten seconds, devoured him completely.
"Wielding such power at Orderic catastrophe stage..." Zangrel was shocked beyond belief before he turned to look at Lenix.
Lenix faintly smiled and nodded, 'You should know what this entails.'
" Let's go, Dean Lenix. " Athan said as he turned around and grinned at both of them, "No need to be awe at this. This world...and the world beyond this is way vaster than you can imagine. "
"Hahaha. After seeing you, I indeed believe in that." Head Zangrel laughed out loud before he waved his hand closed the bridge portal before opening another one.
' So there is hope for Lenix and me after all.' Thought Zangrel.
...
The three of them walked into the bridge portal before arriving in front of a floating palace.
The palace was hectic as members of Gardues family knew that Munvald died, but just a few moments ago, the soul slip of the family head, Ruzald, also turned into ash.
Everyone was panicking, and the two brothers of Ruzald and other senior members were sitting inside a hall with dire expressions with dark grimaces on their faces.
"Did you two find anything?" Juzald, the younger brother of Ruzald, asked one of the people sitting at the round table.
"Nothing. I tried to contact Head Zangrel, but he is not picking it up."
"I think...we are facing a disaster. The first thing we should do is to rush to Great Bridgade Palace and contact the head family at Upper-Chaosverse." Luzard spoke with a grimace; he was the youngest of the three brothers.
"The little use we had for the head family is also gone now because Munvald died...sigh."
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Outside...
Athan looked at the palace and didn't move forward.
"I've changed my mind," Athan said with a grin.
"How much wealth do they have? They must be quite rich, right?"
Hearing the quest of Athan, Head Zangrel laughed and said, "Of course. Although they don't possess as much wealth as the organizations here do, The Gardues should have a huge amount of health nonetheless. After all, they are one of the more powerful families here with a connection to Upper-Chaosverse."
Athan turned around looked at Dean Lenix and Head Zangrel before saying, "Then I am not going to wipe them out. At least, not today, and I would need their wealth for the things I have thought to do at Upper-Chaosverse."
Athan started walking back while saying, "I want to kill them myself in a normal way. That way, I can completely exploit them."
"So when are you planning to do the deed in the future?" Dean Lenix asked as he and Head Zangrel also started walking back into the bridge portal.
" You said there are two more powerhouses at Evagon-stage there, right? Then I will go there once I reach Zen order master or grandmaster. " After saying that, Athan paused and at Head Zangrel before saying with a smile, "Head Zangrel, I think you won't let them contact the head family at Upper-Chaosverse, right?"
"Hahaha, naturally. Lenix and I have decided to tie our fate with yours." Head Zangrel laughed out loud before he continued, "We would have been happy to help you directly, but we can't do that because our actions will be easily discovered by the traces of our powers if we were to make any attack on them."
Athan waved his hand and said with a carefree attitude, "It's okay. I will do that myself. But I need to bid time, so I hope you keep an eye on them and don't let them contact Upper-Chaosverse."
" As for Dean Lenix, I have a straightforward request for you. My speed of progress is even slower than a snail's pace after entering Orderic Catastrophe so, I need a lot of Kuriazak fruits to advance in this stage." Athan spoke with a wry smile.
"How slow it is?" Head Zangrel asked with a curious expression. He knew that the more talented and powerful the individual was, the slower he would advance in Orderic Catastrophe phases.
"Sigh...I had to eat eight Kuriazak fruits just to call out my 2nd catastrophe of body order phase." Athan said with a sigh.
Dean Lenix and Head Zangrel were shocked. Eight of them just to call a single catastrophe? What the hell!
"Ahem...With this speed, I think you can only advance by using Kuriazak fruits. Otherwise, It will take too long for you to pass all phases of the Orderic Catastrophe stage." Dean Lenix said with a weak smile, " I will arrange for a large number of fruits every month and deliver them to you."
Chapter 497 - Athan's First RenKen Order Technique.
After Dean Lenix and Athan returned to Chaos Monolith Hills, Athan decided to use his compensation reward, One entry into Skyforce Pagoda.
But before that, He went to Newcomer's Abode, where others were meditating under Efyeed.
Seeing Primo floating in the air while in deep thought with the light blue color pulsing orb in front of him, Athan smiled and said, "How much you progressed, Primo?"
"Nyaa....I am already stuck. I need more voidpulse," Primo spoke with a frustrated expression.
"Hahaha, It's fine. Here, take it," Athan laughed and said before giving Primo all of the voidpulse he recovered when he used Abyssal darkness on Ruzald.
He then told Primo that he was going to take his reward, and it would take some time, "I don't know how long it will take, but I won't be too far from here, and you can easily sense that. So, for now, focus on creating that orb."
"Okay, Master," Primo nodded before concentrating on the orb in front of him.
...
After flying a bit deeper, He arrived at the Hill of Trialist, where there were three giant pagodas.
He moved towards the first pagoda, which was the Sky Force Pagoda. The other two pagodas were also for trials, but they were not for people at Orderic Catastrophe.
Athan had already got all the general information about Sky Force Pagoda, and he also told dean Lenix to convert all the rewards get gets from Sky Force Pagoda into Kuriazak fruits.
Although dean Lenix told Athan that he would provide Kuriazak fruits to him every month, he couldn't take them out from the resource of Chaos Monolith Hills. That's why it will take him some time to gather Kuriazak fruits from other ways every month.
But Athan could convert the rewards from Pagoda into Kuriazak fruits because it's allowed. The rewards from Sky Force Pagoda are more valuable, but Athan doesn't need them.
So this conversion will grant him many Kuriazat fruits in one go since the rewards from the Sky Force Pagoda have a way higher value than Kuriazat fruits.
Athan entered the pagoda's ground floor, which only had a desk and a middle-aged man reading some scroll behind the desk. There was no other person besides that middle-aged man.
Athan walked towards the desk and gave the middle-aged man his crystal card.
The middle-aged took the crystal card without looking at Athan and scanned the crystal card on some stone tablet before giving it back to Athan.
"You can start climbing now."
Athan took back the crystal card as he moved towards the narrow staircase and walked up.
At the end of the stairs, He encountered a door that looked like a portal and entered inside.
*shuaaaaa....*
*roar...*
Athan arrived in vast lava plains with high temperatures that started burning his body slowly.
A kilometer away from him were three chaos beasts that there four meters tall and looked like Bisons but with turtle shells and lava spikes on their shells.
Athan directly summoned his cloud of chaos as he flew towards them and tried out his new moves.
In the past four months, when he was practicing in Runic Arts, he created simple Runic arts to shape his Voidlings and to fuse them with his order techniques better.
' But I need to get voidpulse first. ' Thought Athan as he dashed forward by activating all of his chaos body traits and chaos matrix.
With Athan's speed, those chaos beasts couldn't even touch him as he bombarded them with his order techniques.
*roar....*
Athan also conjured five motile crystal cannons as they floated in the air and attacked the chaos beasts.
One of the crystal cannons released lightning dust laser bolts, the second crystal cannon released orb shots of Force of Glittering River(FGR), while the third crystal cannon was a mix of Lightning dust and FGR.
The other two motile crystal cannons were also mixed type.
Athan just flew around with his fast speed while attacking the chaos beast with his order techniques, and they couldn't do anything to Athan due to his speed.
After two minutes, the three chaos beasts were bombarded to death by various order techniques as they disappeared into motes.
"So, they were not real?" Athan muttered before a staircase appeared out of nowhere.
Seeing it, He walked towards it and went to the second level of the pagoda.
At this time, He appeared in grassy plains with nothing in sight except for nature.
After a second, He heard a voice, "If you move out of the circle, you will be sent out."
Athan looked down and saw a 3-meter radius circle border forming around him.
Right after the border circle formed, Three flying chaos beasts appeared in the sky.
Seeing this challenge, Athan smirked, "Interesting. It looks It is time to create a RenKen order technique."
He had already thought of some combination, and he just needed to try them out.
The RenKen order techniques were techniques that are created when one combines a weapon order technique with the body/essence/soul order technique.
By no means is it easy to create a RenKen order technique because the techniques need to fuse completely to create a perfect technique.
All of his defenses were on, and he also became a 12-meter giant by activating his The Giant body chaos trait.
A dark emerald jade bone armor appeared over his 12-meter giant body, and his new armor also became bigger to match his 12-meter giant body.
He also fully transformed his body into a Chaotic Body-Aegis Starwood.
He decided to bear the brunt of their attack, and that's why he prepared a full-proof defense. After all, the range of his movement was just a 3-meter radius, so it's better to just bear the attack since it didn't matter to him how much he was hurt and injured.
The chaotic flying beasts had ten meters of wing-span with blade-like wings, and they were black and dark green skin and feathers.
*Creeeeeeeeee.....*
A rain of sharp feathers shot towards Athan, but Athan just stood there with several defense techniques around him.
While Athan received their attacks, his eyes were closed, and he had chakrams in both of his hands.
He was activating two techniques by properly adjusting the set of order forces in his chakrams.
The first technique was the chakram weapon order technique, Shadow Shredding of Hell.
The second technique was Point Zero Bombardment.
His plan was the converge multiple points of Point Zero Bombardment at five spots in each shadow of Shadow Shredding of Hell.
That way, Once the shadows of chakrams hits, A intense explosion of multiple points will occur.
This was a relatively simple RenKen technique. The range of Point Zero Bombardment was not enough to reach those Chaos Beasts flying in the sky, but his chakram can reach there, so by combining those, He could blast those flying chaos beasts.
The Point Zero Bombardment was a pure offensive technique, and if multiple of its points were converged, the explosion would really be tremendous.
After three minutes, Athan did his first try to execute his first RenKen order technique, which he named Point Zero Hell Blasts.
Opening his eyes, He activated the sequences of sets of order force and chaos force inside his chakram before throwing them towards the three flying chaos beasts.
*Shuaa...*
The two chakrams turned into nine chakrams as they pulsed with the dark blue force of glittering river while burning in hellish orange flames, which was the chaotic attribute of the chakrams themselves.
Athan looked on with focus as all three flying beasts were hit by three shadow chakrams each.
The chakrams' speed was obviously faster than the flying beasts as Athan used his full power to threw them and propelled them with his order force.
As the shadow chakrams hit the flying chaos beasts, several intense dark blue explosions occur in a large area.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOM....BOOOM....BOOOM.....*
The beasts couldn't even let out a cry of anguish like the previous beasts as they were simply blasted into white motes.
Seeing that he succeeded in the first try, Athan grinned. Though he knew that the main reason he succeeded in the first try was due to his order occupation, Runic Artist.
Since he learned those threads and sets of order force to form, The combination of techniques went smoothly as he created proper sets of order to combine and fuse the techniques.
Naturally, the most significant factor was that...Athan's understanding, order grasping, and comprehending power were off the charts compared to general geniuses in Chaosverse.
Chapter 498 - Breakthrough, Avelia's Feelings.
One by one, Athan cleared all floors of the Pagoda, and after an hour and twenty minutes, he successfully cleared the 10th floor.
[ Congratulation! You have successfully cleared the Sky Force Pagoda. ]
Actually, there was a record of clearing the whole Pagoda, but Athan took his time to use his techniques and practice. That's why it took him one hour and twenty minutes.
After he came out from the Pagoda, he directly went towards the Hill Palace of Dean Lenix.
...
Dean Lenix wore a surprised expression as he asked, "I thought you would break the record."
Athan sat down on the couch in front of him and shook his head with a smile, "I took my time to clear it since I wanted to test a few things. Anyway, did you covert the reward from pagoda into Kuriazak fruits?"
"I already sent a person for that job, and he should be coming here with the fruits in five minutes," Dean replied.
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Five minutes soon passed, and a middle-aged man appeared in the palace hall.
He looked at Athan with a curious glance before handing the Dean a storage ring.
"Good. You can go now." Dean Lenix said to the middle-aged man who left.
"Here, There are a total of seventy-two Kuriazak fruits. Let's see how far you can reach with these fruits," Dean grinned as he handed the ring to Athan.
Athan took the ring with a wry smile, "Let's hope it's enough to let me pass the body catastrophe phase."
Afterward, Athan left the Hill palace and returned to Newcomer's Abode.
He didn't go to Efyeed but stayed on the hill next to it and started eating the fruits.
After he ate eight fruits, A catastrophe arrived with the destructive wind that started assaulting his body.
But he easily survived it, and his body also received a boost.
'I wonder how many catastrophes I need to pass before I breakthrough from the Body catastrophe phase to the Essence catastrophe phase?' Athan wondered while eating more fruits to call another catastrophe.
All people had to experience different catastrophes in each phase before reaching their desired level of strengthening to break through.
As for how many catastrophes Athan needs to pass before his body becomes an orderic body? No one can know this beforehand.
Orderic body is a kind of status that one gets. It means that their body has become perfect and in tune with the order. Once that happens, They can house a stronger order force and chaos force in their chaos region.
Athan soon experienced another catastrophe after he ate eight fruits and easily passed it as well.
...
Several people soon noticed continuous loud sounds and arrived to see that Athan was experiencing catastrophe every ten or so minutes.
"How did he get so many Kuriazak fruits?"
"Who knows? But those catastrophes are not even bothering him in the slightest. Sigh...How can he remain indifferent with those injuries on his body? His face isn't even twitching in the slightest."
"I've been wondering about that exact thing when I saw him the first time at the Arena. He is a monster."
Several new recruits were attracted to this place as they watched Athan going through consecutive catastrophes.
...
Athan went through a total of nine catastrophes, and fortunately, after he survived his ninth catastrophe, Athan clearly felt changes happening to his Order Eidos and his body.
Several dreamy light blue and white patterns appeared all over his body and also on the body of Order Eidos, which looked exactly like him but with different skin since it looked like hazy blue with order patterns all over the body.
Athan closed his eyes as he felt the increased generating of order force in his Orderic Codex, and more importantly, his body started to strengthen a lot.
With all those things strengthening, His Body chaos traits naturally became stronger. After all, the strength of the Body chaos traits is connected to his physical body's strength.
After thirty minutes, the process was finished, and Athan opened his eyes as he felt his newfound body strength.
He took out an SBP card and infused his soul sense into it as his new Superficial Battle Strength appeared.
[ Superficial Battle Power: 42670 CW ]
Athan was surprised to see the increase of twelve thousand, but it was expected since he went through nine catastrophes one by one and passed the whole phase in one go.
But he still can't train in Initial-level elite order methods since he had already asked Dean Lenix, and he told Athan that since Athan already meets the required comprehension ability, He only needs to pass Essence order catastrophe to start practicing in Initial-Elite methods.
"Still need fifty-eight thousand more battle power before I can create my faction. Hmmm...," Athan went towards Efyeed with a thoughtful expression as he was thinking about what to do next besides the case of the Avelia.
He looked at Avelia and Tiana, who was meditating and smiled before looking at others.
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Several days passed as Athan and others would train and practice with each other while Mike and Qerin didn't waste time and sat down under Efyeed to get unique physiques.
Tiana and Avelia were not in a hurry, but that's because Tiana wanted to accomplish Athan's wish first.
She felt sad whenever she thought of the situation of Athan as how everyone forgot his existence and what he had to suffer.
Sen, Shiromi, and others told her how Athan wouldn't even feel the slightest pain no matter how serious the injury was and was indifferent to every suffering. Hearing all that, Tiana couldn't help but cry.
Avelia also heard them, and she also felt heartbroken despite not remembering Athan.
All these days staying together with him, Avelia was feeling more and more loving towards Athan.
"Avelia...I think you already know your feelings for Athan. You must be confused, but you don't doubt that those feelings are fake, right?" Tiana said with a serious expression as she looked at Avelia.
Avelia was blushing, but she still nodded, "I don't think these feelings that make my heart race are fake."
Hearing that, Tiana smiled widely and said, "Good. Then it is time. We always wondered about the shadow we saw several years ago in our dream, right? Although it stopped at that time. But we also found some strange laps in our memories. "
"Indeed..."Avelia nodded.
"Then It's time to fill up those gaps and see the memory of the person that was, is and, will remain most dear to us," Tiana spoke with a lovely smile.
Chapter 499 - Sadness And Happiness.
"What the hell happened? How did the Vice-head of Great Bridgade Palace and his son die? This is...like so sudden."
"Indeed. There was no news of them trying to attempt something or like that...hehe, which means that someone or some people killed them."
"The Great Bridgade Palace itself is silent about this matter. But the news is that they are doing an intense investigation. After all, they also don't know the cause of their deaths."
.The news about Vice-head Ruzald and his talented son, Muvald, who was rank three on Supreme Genius Leaderboard die mysterious spread like wildfire.
Head Zangrel announced that he would look after Gardues family, and if someone dared to have their eyes on them, They would become enemies of Great Bridgade Palace.
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"Head Zangrel, thank you very much for your support." Juzald and Luzard, the current heads of the Gardues family, bowed towards Head Zangrel in gratitude.
Head Zangrel had a solemn expression on his face as he shook his head and said, "As the head of Great Bridgade Palace, it is my responsibility to look after your family since Ruzald is no more. I have already sealed this space and put up formations so whoever your enemy is won't be able to harm your family anymore. But still be careful when you go out and do your business, you two."
Juzald and Luzard nodded with serious expressions.
"We will. Also, did you contact the head family in the upper-Chaosverse?" Juzald asked with hope. He knew that they didn't have much value in the head family's eyes but still hoped that they would aid them.
" I did," Head Zangrel nodded before he sighed, "But they are also busy with something important, so they can't do anything right now. Still, worry not because they left this matter to me, so I will do my best to find the perpetrators who plotted this scheme to kill Ruzald and Munvald."
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Naturally, Head Zangrel didn't contact anyone from Upper-Chaosverse. All of this was Head Zangrel playing with them until Athan will root them out in the future.
Things went smoothly because the Gardues brothers and other family members were scared that the killer would kill them next after killing their pillar of support, Ruzald, and their hope, Munvald.
Naturally, Juzald and Luzard were not scared and wanted to take revenge, which is why they will be taking part in the search.
But they didn't know that their fate was already sealed.
...
On the other hand, Athan was finally going to show Avelia the memories of his time spending together with her and others.
Currently, Athan, Tiana, and Avelia were inside one of the small open-air pavilions at one of the hills on Newcomer's abode.
Avelia had a nervous expression, and her heart was racing. All these days of staying with Athan, her feelings for him were made clear by each day, and she couldn't deny it.
Athan gently smiled as he grabbed Avelia's hand and said, "Are you ready?"
Avelia bit her lips and nodded with a blush. Seeing this, Tiana chuckled, "You were completely different when you met Athan the first time. Hehe, now look. You are acting like a little girl in love."
"Tiana!..," Avelia pouted at Tiana, and Athan also laughed out loud as he remembered his early days.
"Alright. I am starting now." Athan said as he started showing all of his memories to Avelia.
Avelia nodded, and right after that, she closed her eyes as many memories of her being together with Athan surfaced.
At one point, her face turned completely red like a tomato. But in the end, tears started to fall from her eyes.
" A-athan...," Avelia spoke his name before she directly hugged him and started crying.
She was feeling heartbroken for him that he had to suffer such a fate.
Athan smiled and caressed her back before saying in a gentle voice, " Everything is fine now. I am just happy that you are back to me now. "
"B-but..*Sniff*...I can clearly feel my emotion and love for you, but *sob* why can't I remember you in my real memories? What happened to you?" Avelia asked as she looked at Athan with tear-filled face.
Avelia was sad for Athan and also happy that finally, she and Tiana returned to Athan's side.
Athan wryly smiled and shook his head, "I met an accident when I was in Genome dimension realm. But everything is fine since you and Tiana have returned to me."
Avelia smiled with teary eyes and nodded, "Yes. I am never going to leave you again. Never."
Tiana's eyes were also filled with tears as she hugged Athan with Avelia.
Athan was truly happy right now as a heart-warming smile formed on his face, 'Everything is and will be fine from now on...I will make sure of that!'
This thought of Athan will bring about chaos and carnage, but he will make sure to achieve his goal and ambition! Even more so when he already knows that he is still weak compared to the vaster worlds out there.
...
A month soon passed just like that as everyone peacefully trained and practiced.
Athan also told Tiana and Avelia to sit under Efyeed without wasting time so they could acquire innate physique because the sooner they get it, the better.
Athan had also told Dean to convert his Newbie leaderboard rewards into Kuriazak fruit, which was agreed by the management of Chaos Monolith Hills. And Dean also finally sent the first batch of Kuriazak fruits to Athan.
So he now had a total of 27 Kuriazak fruits. Dean sent him 24 fruits, while the other 3 were rewards from his first rank on the Newbie Leaderboard of the previous month.
Currently, Athan was sitting crossed-legged on an empty hill nearby while eating the Kuriazak fruits.
He had already eaten eight fruits and waited for the catastrophe, but after a minute, he frowned since the catastrophe didn't arrive.
'Don't tell me I need more fruits to call catastrophe in Essence Catastrophe phase?...sigh.' Sighing, Athan ate another fruit, but nothing happened.
He then ate one more fruit and finally sensed the coming of catastrophe.
'Ten fruits for one catastrophes? Fuck,' Athan cursed before he closed his eyes and focused on defending against the Essence catastrophe because it would directly appear inside his body and attack his Order Eidos and also try to destroy his chaos region.
Inside his void region...
The Orderic Codex bubbled with dark pink energy like lava as several creatures suddenly produced from it and started attacking his Order Eidos.
But Athan was prepared as he used his chaos force and order force to execute essence order technique to kill those beasts and also used defensive-essence order techniques to defend against their attack.
After a while, He successfully survived his first essence catastrophe and felt a strange force-producing from catastrophe codex.
This force was not aggressive, but it was the reward of sort for passing the catastrophe.
The force enveloped his Order Edios and Chaos Curtain as he felt his Order force and Chaos force upgrading.
This upgrade brought qualitative change to order force and chaos force while also increasing the recovery speed of his order force in Orderic Codex.
After the upgrade was over, Athan didn't consolidate his order base just like his body strength because Kuriazak fruits had the ability to do that for him.
'Continue eating...,' Thought Athan as he started eating more Kuriazak fruits while also thinking about methods to get more Kuriazak fruits since he now knew that he would need more of them to call his next catastrophes.
Chapter 500 - Resolve And Determination!
Athan could only go through two essence catastrophes with 27 fruits since it's taking him ten fruits to call one catastrophe in essence order catastrophe phase.
The next day, Athan and Linci decided to use their quota of entering into a high-grade chaos phenom dimension and went there to hunt chaos beast and bring some items for the task they accepted.
Linci didn't want anything from those tasks, but she still accepted some for Athan.
Athan's plan was to get some more Monolith Credits and buy Kuriazak fruits.
But while Athan and Linci went to high-grade chaos phenom dimension, Sen, Shiromi, Tealery, Arcued, and Theo also decided to go somewhere.
"Let's go, everyone! We will go definitely survive special training in Purgatory Hill and come out better." Sen pumped her fist as she spoke with the fire of determination in her eyes.
Purgatory Hill.
It was the only place in the Chaos Monolith Hill where deaths occurred. Not often, of course, but there were indeed cases of people dying every now and then because their will was not strong enough not to survive the special training there.
The main thing about Purgatory Hill was that the entry was free, and one could only enter one time in each major stage. This means you may enter one time when you are at Orderic Catastrophe and a second and a third time when you break through to Zen order. There was no section for the Evagon order stage since people can ascend to the upper-Chaosverse once they break through to the Evagon order stage.
"Theo, your decision to go with us is also final, right?" Shiromi asked with a serious expression.
Theo looked at everyone and took a deep breath before he grinned," Don't look down me! I have sworn the same oath with you all, and I consider myself to be a tough guy. To keep up with Athan and see a new height with him, I will not let pass any chance to get strong."
Theo then laughed out loud and spoke with pride and ambition in his voice, "My ancestor went to upper-Chaosverse and told us that if you are weak-willed without ambition and scared of death, you might as well just stay here. But I am not willing to do that! Now let's go. Purgatory or whatever, I am going take it head-on!"
Arcued laughed out loud, hearing that as he smacked the back of Theo before saying, " That's my brother! hahaha, Let's go."
Sen, Shiromi, and Tealery were also determined as everyone flew towards Purgatory Hill.
After arriving there, They went to the section for Orderic Catastrophe and registered themselves.
The staff lady with red bunny ears looked at them and asked in surprise, "Are you sure you want to enter right now? Although you are at the end of your essence order catastrophe, It's best to use this chance after you break through to the Soul order catastrophe phase. After all, you will spend three years inside."
Sen shook her head and smiled, "But we heard that if we break through to soul order catastrophe while being inside the purgatory, we will receive a greater boost in soul strength."
The staff lady looked at them and sighed, "Then you should also know that breaking through inside is very difficult and...among all who tried to do that, only two out of ten people survived."
"We know! But we are not afraid. There is a companion of ours who goes through hell without batting his eyes! He...is unbelievably strong despite having a lower order base than us." Shiromi spoke with a deep voice and steeled resolve before she faintly smiled, "He hasn't received any supreme blessing or anything, and his fate...has been very unfortunate. We can't even imagine one percent of his suffering, but we know because of him that without suffering, we can't surpass the norm."
"Also, hehe, we believe in ourselves that we can do it! We have received strength from him, and if we want to go to new heights with him, we can't let go of any chance to get strong," Tealery spoke with a grin.
Indeed, They all receive powerful innate physiques because Athan became master of Efyeed, and in the past year, They had made some progress in them and matured their physique's power to an extent.
They believe that they can fully mature it to their current level after entering Purgatory Hill.
"Let's go! After three years, we will surprise Emperor!" Arcued shouted with an excited face as he was the first one to enter the gothic-hell-like portal.
Others also entered the portal with steeled resolve.
The staff lady was dumbfounded, "Emperor? To ignite such fire in them, I wonder who their companion they spoke about is?"
...
Sen and others didn't tell Athan about it, but they told Efyeed where they were going.
Inside the high-grade chaos phenom dimension...
Athan and Linci were moving together inside this catastrophe environment of chaos phenom dimension.
Linci was finding the materials from caves and other places while Athan was fighting the chaos beasts.
"This...is Starmetal vine?" Linci spoke with a surprised expression while picking up Orichule vines inside a valley.
Starmetal vine was a valuable high-tier material that could be used to create extremely solid armors and weapons like hammers, giant poles, blunt staves, and such weapons.
After all, their specialty was extreme heaviness and impact scatter attributes that were useful against defending and also striking with wide and heavy attacks of the hammer and such weapons.
"This will let Athan buy at least eighteen to twenty Kuriazak fruits if we were to sell it at the market...Hehe, lucky." Linci smiled as she happily started gathering the single string of Starmetal vine. "
On the other hand, Athan was trying out new combos to create RenKen order techniques while fighting against peak 6-star beasts.
This CPD had chaos beasts up to early-stage 7-star beasts, but he had yet to encounter a 7-star beast.
After killing beasts, he would take their bones and, the most valuable part, chaos core before moving again.
Chaos cores are only found on 4-star and higher beasts, and they can be used to create many Alchemy-related things.
Each chaos-core had its own chaotic attributes, which can be used to make different things.
While Athan and others were busy doing their things, Dean Lenix decided to release those kids he had trapped after telling them what to do.
When he told them that even Ruzald was dead, everyone became shocked and felt that things were getting out of hand.
Though, he still didn't tell them that Athan was the one who killed Munvald and Ruzald.
Dean Lenix swept his glance at everyone and spoke in a solemn voice, "Remember, there are bigger players behind this plot and several organizations, so you better keep your mouth shut and spread the version about Munvald being killed in special grade chaos phenom dimension. As for how his father died? That has nothing to do with you since I can attest that you were all here when his father died."
He looked at Illias, Maejas, and others from Great Bridgade Palace before asking in a deep voice, "Understood?!"
Illias and others wiped the sweat from their face as they hurriedly nodded and responded in a grave voice, "Understood, Dean Lenix. We know nothing about this matter now."
"Good," Dean Lenix smiled and nodded as he waved his hand to remove the Evagon Domain so they could freely leave this hall.
Chapter 501 - Return And Plan.
Athan and Linci returned from their adventure after a month with a big haul.
After leaving the chaos phenom dimension, They first submitted the items to the Task & Mission hill center to get the Monolith Credits before going to the Trade & Market Hill to sell other items.
This place was a bit deeper on the cloudly land, and it was also very big and full of people.
They went to the trade center to sell the items directly instead of opening a temporary stall since Athan didn't want to waste time.
After entering a private room, the staff arrived there to appraise the items and buy them.
"Peak 6-star chaos beast bones...."
."Aquatic Thunder Limestones..."
...
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"Oh? A string of Starmetal Vine?" The lady spoke in a surprised tone as she saw a string of Starmetal vine, "This alone is worth 500 Monolith Credits."
Linci and Athan were sitting on the couch in front of the staff lady, and Athan was pleasantly surprised to hear the price of that material.
"Great finding, Linci."
Linci smiled happily and nodded.
After a while, The staff lady counted the price of all items and said, "All those items are worth a total of 845 Monolith Credits."
Athan nodded before speaking, "How many Kuriazak fruits can I exchange with that amount of Monolith Credits?"
"Hmm...The price is 50 Monolith credits per one, so you can get a total of 17 Kuriazak fruits by paying additional 5 Monolith Credits."
Athan slightly frowned, but he nodded and gave his crystal card to the staff, "Exchange them to Kuriazak fruits and take five credits from my crystal card."
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After getting 17 Kuriazak fruits, Both of them flew back towards Efyeed.
"What now, Athan? You already need 10 Kuriazak fruits to call one catastrophe and will more fruits later. If you got anything to do, then I will help you with it." Linci said.
"I have two plans in my mind. I just need to check which plan brings me more Kuriazak fruits faster."
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After returning, He was surprised to receive a message from Efyeed that Sen, Shiromi, Telaery, Arcued, and Theo went to Purgatory Hill and will return after three years.
"Purgatory HIll...," Athan muttered with a faint smile. He had heard about this place and knew that it was very beneficial to people as long as one could survive for three years inside.
But he didn't think that it could provide any benefits to him, so he didn't plan to waste three years in there. It might be purgatory to others, but not for him.
"Since they are determined and have resolve to enter there, I can only wish best for them. I believe that they will come out stronger," Athan spoke with a smile.
Linci also nodded as she looked at Athan and chuckled, "Yep. Their driving force is you, and they all possess the tough will and are determined enough after staying with you for many years."
Linci had heard about everything from Sen, Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued, so she knew their admiration and respect for Athan.
Although Theo was the latest member, He was also awed by the complete domination displayed by Athan in the test as no matter how many people attacked and injured him; he didn't bat an eye to himself and just focused on his ridiculous goal to kill everyone except 50 people and ended the test before the deadline.
Athan smiled as he touched his nose. He didn't know what kind of future awaited us, but since they were willing to accompany him on his journey, He had no reason to turn down their resolve and will to accompany him.
Turning his gaze to the Primo, who was floating with his eyes closed, Athan asked, "How much did you progress, Primo? Were you able to make the thing?"
Athan didn't see any orb around Primo and guessed that Primo should have taken it inside his body.
Primo didn't open his eyes but said to Athan, "Master, I have already perfectly finished it, but I need voidpulse because I used all I had on experimenting."
"Alright," Athan said before he waved his hand and sent all of his voidpulse to Primo.
After taking, Primo still didn't open his eyes.
"What is Primo creating?" Linci asked with curiosity.
Athan grinned and said, "It's a surprise."
Athan and Linci patiently waited for ten minutes as Primo finally opened his eyes and took out a lapis blue orb with dark blue clouds and green patterns on it.
"Nyahahaha, It's done! Master, I have perfectly created this thing, and Linci can carry it after infusing a bit of her soul energy in it." Primo flew towards Athan with an excited face as the cute cat showed off the mystical orb to Athan.
Athan patted its head with a smile, "Great work, Primo."
Primo giggled before explaining the work of the Orb, "Master, this orb has less attraction force than the one inside you, so when you are near Linci, You will absorb it instead of this orb, but when you are not in range, This orb will do its job."
After saying that, Primo went to Linci and said, "Infuse a bit of your soul energy inside, and you can control the movement of this orb. Since you can't control Netherly frost, it will be sealed inside the orb, but if you want to attack, you just have to use your soul sense to unlock the seal, and it will attack whoever that is close to you."
Linci was absolutely shocked hearing this and looked at Athan, "T-this...I am not dreaming, right?"
Athan gently smiled and said, "Nope. It's real."
Linci was moved as her eyes welled up, but she also felt a strange disappointment which she couldn't describe but understood in a few moments, 'Is...is it because Athan will not stay beside me for more time from now on?'
But nonetheless, she was happy that Athan did this for her.
"Thank you so much, Athan." Linci brightly smiled, which looked like the blooming of a heavenly flower.
Athan nodded with a smile as he sat down crossed-legged before saying, "Now I am going to sit in meditation to start my first plan. Meanwhile, you can roam or do anything you want since your Netherly frost won't bother anyone."
Linci hesitated before she smiled wryly and sat down beside Athan, "I...I am not close with anyone except for you guys. Anyway, I will also just sit in meditation and train."
"Alright."
Afterward, Athan closed his eyes and started inspecting and exploring the Kuriazak fruit with his soul sense.
He wanted to completely understand this fruit and see if he could create it using his voidpulse.
Chapter 502 - Progress.
Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into...fuck it.
Anyway, three months have passed since Athan started to use his soul sense to completely inspect the structure of the fruit and understand its profoundness.
And today, He was finally done.
'It took more time than I expected,' Athan thought as he stood up.
"Athan, here's the storage pouch that contains the fruits sent by Dean Lenix. I didn't want to disturb you, so I just kept them," Linci said as she gave three storage pouches to Athan.
"Thanks," Athan nodded with a smile as he took the pouches and counted the fruits..
' Fifty-six...hmmm. I'll just eat them and advance before trying to create them, ' Thought Athan.
"Linci, I am going to call some catastrophe and advance. Meanwhile, can you buy some white marble stones from the market? I need them to practice since I want to create new runic patterns for my 2nd plan."
"Sure."
"Thanks."
Simple and short. Afterward, Athan flew towards the empty hill and started eating fruits while Linci went to the market.
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After eating seven fruits, A catastrophe directly arrived because the previous three fruits effect already shortened the calling of the next catastrophe.
Afterward, He ate all fruits one by one and experienced six other catastrophes.
While surviving so many catastrophes at one go, his Order Eidos got powered up rapidly with his order force and chaos force increasing in their potency significantly.
So far, He had experienced nine essence order catastrophes, and he didn't know how many he needed to survive before he breakthroughs.
But according to information, With each surviving catastrophe and receiving a boost, the Order Eidos will have more and more order patterns until it triggers the manifestation of the Orderic orb.
...
After surviving catastrophes and receiving a significant boost in strength, Athan checked his Superficial Battle Power.
He turned his soul to its second mode, where it became a normal soul, took some of the normal soul energy, and infused it inside the SBP token, which caused a large curtain to conjure in front of him where he wished.
Afterward, He took out his chakram and released a RenKen technique.
Athan had already refined this technique to perfection as now he could control the six blasts of a shadow chakram at one point for more damage.
*shuaaa....*
*BOOOOOOOOOOM...**BOOOOOOOOOOM...**BOOOOOOOOOOM...**BOOOOOOOOOOM...*.....
The ten shadow chakrams hit the curtain, and ten resounding and intense blasts occurred with brown-yellow lightning and dark blue river force blasting the curtains since Athan had added both Lightning dust and Force of Glittering river as the natures of this technique.
Naturally, he made them into ten condensed blasts, but if he wants to make destruction in a slightly larger area, then he can execute it normally for sixty blasts.
Athan nodded as he was satisfied with this result and looked at the SBT token.
[ Superficial Battle Power: 60740 CW ]
He was not surprised at the result because this technique was highly offensive, and his order force and chaos force received nine upgrades consecutively as their potency was on a whole different level than before.
Since the technique decides the output of one's attack power, if Athan used normal Point zero bombardment or Four stances of destruction, then his Superficial Battle power wouldn't have such high numbers.
...
Athan then returned to Efyeed, where Linci was already waiting for him with ten white marble stones properly set on different stools near Efyeed.
Athan was surprised and laughed as he thanked Linci.
But before he starts his learning and experimenting session regarding Runic Artist, he wanted to check the efficiency of creating fruits with voidpulse.
"Linci, how many low-grade chaos stones do you have?"
Hearing Athan's question, Linci thought for a moment and said, "I think I have four-five million. Anyway, take all of them since they are useless to me. If you want high-grade chaos stones, then I also have hundred thousand of them."
Athan nodded before his right eye twitched in realization and asked, "Wait...did you say that you have hundred-thousand high-grade chaos stones? or just thousand?"
He was sure that he heard...hundred thousand. And it wouldn't be far-fetched either since she is from the upper-Chaosverse. But he still asked.
Linci chuckled and said, "Hundred thousand. Well...High-grade chaos stones are actually the lowest form of currency in the upper-Chaosverse."
One can know that only Zen order and above can use High-grade chaos stones since they contain the highest level of order force and chaos force. Naturally, that highest represents the ceiling of lower-Chaosverse.
Suppose an Orderic catastrophe person tried to absorb order force and chaos force from a high-grade chaos stone. In that case, His order base and body will be badly damaged since he won't be able to house this high level of order force and chaos force, let alone use it to execute his technique.
On the other hand, If an orderic catastrophe person tries to absorb low-grade chaos stone, then first, he will have to send that chaos force and order force through chaos curtain and orderic codex, respectively, to turn them into usable forces with proper potency or their order technique's potency will be lowered.
Although he can recover the forces using low-grade chaos stones, It wil take some time to complete the process and will also require a large number of low-grade chaos stones.
...
"Do you need high-grade chaos stones? I also have no use for them." Linci asked with an expression that was eager to help Athan in any form.
But Athan faintly smiled and shook his head, "Nope. I don't need high-grade chaos stones but low-grade chaos stones."
He then fell into thought for saying, "One million should suffice for a long time."
After saying that, Athan stretched his fist towards Linci. Athan got this High-grade storage ring from Dean Lenix, which allowed the instant transfer of things.
"Alright," Linci nodded as she also balled her hand into a fist and touched Athan's fist as both of their rings touched each other.
Linci then closed her eyes as her soul sense saw another space connected to her ring and transferred one million chaos stones there.
"Done."
Athan nodded and thanked her before he closed his eyes and started devouring low-grade stones to get voidpulse.
The thing with his voidpulse was that it didn't matter if Athan devoured a high-grade chaos stone or a low-grade chaos stone with his abyssal darkness because both of them would produce the same amount of voidpulse as long as their size, mass, and such things were same.
It was like if you use a bullet to kill an ant, it will die. And if you use a bullet to kill a mouse, It will also die. But the case here was that, to abyssal darkness, both high-grade and low-grade chaos stones were the same. Both were ants.
It was a power from a way higher world, and to it, everything here was the same in quality, be it high-grade chaos stone with more potent forces or low-grade chaos stone with low potent forces. Both were the same to it. The only thing that mattered was the size, mass, and such simple things.
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After Athan consumed all of his abyssal darkness to produce voidpulse, he started creating the first kuriazak.
Chapter 503 - Athan's Plan.
Inside Athan's void region...
A small mass of voidpulse was floating in front of Athan (naturally, his consciousness, which takes the form of himself inside his void region)
As Athan used the knowledge he gained by inspecting and researching the kuriazak fruit, the voidpulse slowly turned into Kuriazak fruit's shape.
Slowly, the fruit came into being, and after thirty minutes, a brand new kuriazak fruit was created.
Athan still marveled at this mystical use of voidpulse.
The fruit was palm-sized with a considerable mass and power inside it, which roughly cost Athan 20% of his voidpulse.
'Hmmm....to perfectly shape and infuse my knowledge into voidpulse to create the fruit takes thirty minutes, and I need 20% of my voidpulse...' Athan fell into thought as he started calculating and thinking about another plan.
The whole conversion process went like this: A fully stored reserve of his abyssal darkness used to devour chaos stones until it becomes empty produces enough voidpulse to fill in the 60% reserve storage of voidpulse.
And it takes one hour to completely recover his abyssal darkness, which means that he can continue to make two Kuriazak fruits every hour.
After all, it takes thirty minutes to create one fruit that requires 20% of his voidpulse while one hour to get 60% of voidpulse.
'Every hour two fruits so forty-eight fruits in one day. Wait...I need to see if this fruit works or not first.' Athan suddenly thought as he had yet to verify if this fruit would even work or not. He was feeling that something was missing in the fruit but couldn't pinpoint it. But he left it at that and focused on creating more fruits to test them.
As such, an hour passed before he created three more fruits and flew towards the empty hill before eating the four Kuriazak fruits he made.
He didn't know if these fruits had some special connection with Chaosverse or not since the effect of calling out catastrophe was that mystical. Although he believed that the fruit's effect of consolidating order base and body strength would work 100%, he was unsure about its effect of shortening the time to call catastrophes.
Taking a breath, Athan ate four fruits one by one and closed his eyes.
After a minute, Athan sensed...
Nothing.
'Indeed...,' Athan sighed.
Opening his eyes, He stood up and flew deeper into the cloudly plain while calling Dean Lenix, and he needed to talk to him.
...
"So? What did you want to talk about?" Dean Lenix asked as he moved his fingers as cups and kettle floated in front of him, which poured himself and Athan some tea while he leaned back on the comfortable couch.
"Can you take me to a place where the Kuriazak fruits are produced?" Athan asked directly without beating around the bush.
"Oh? Well, let's go then." Dean Lenix directly stood up before speaking with a smile.
Athan was surprised that Dean didn't ask him about the reason, but he won't bother asking about such a thing to Dean as he also stood up and followed the Dean.
Both of them flew deeper into the cloudly land before they went towards a hill range called Herb Garden Hill range.
Many people were surprised to see Athan flying beside Dean and started whispering.
...
After entering the Herb Garden Hill range, They entered inside a beautiful and naturally made palace of mystical vines.
Everyone inside the palace bowed and greeted Dean.
"Take me to the place where you are growing Kuriazak fruits," Dean asked the Palace master directly.
The palace master respectfully bowed before he nodded and led them towards one of the portal doors.
After entering, Athan saw a vast field of two meters tall trees with dreamy blue and orange patterns.
But the surprising thing was that each tree only bore a single fruit.
"As you can see, those trees of Kuriazak only produce a single fruit in one cycle. Now I won't ask you why you wanted to see this place, but I can't allow you to take the fruits here because the resource management hill center manages their distribution, and they are not my property but whole Chaos Monolith Hill's property." Dean Lenix said with a smile.
Athan faintly smiled and nodded, "I'm aware. I just want to take a look and check something."
Athan could feel a mystical power in the tree, and it felt exactly like one related to calling the catastrophes by shortening time. He indeed felt something missing in the fruits he created but couldn't pinpoint it. Now that he saw trees, he understood.
The fruits plucked from the tree maintained a mystical connection with trees, and once someone ate the fruits, the tree was doing the work of calling catastrophe for the person who ingested the fruit.
And there was no such connection found on his fruits because he didn't research the tree. In the first place, He didn't understand the faint connection in the fruit's power, so the fruit failed from the start.
'I wanted to break through fast by creating fruits, but it doesn't matter now. Instead of wasting time on researching the tree, I should go with my second plan, which will let me hit two birds with one stone.' Thought Athan before he turned to Dean.
"Thank you for bringing me here. I saw what I wanted to see." Athan said with a nod.
"Hahaha, I see. Then let's return."
After Athan and Dean left, the palace master was dumbfounded, 'The Dean brought him here himself just because that kid at orderic catastrophe wanted to see Kuriazak trees? What the hell...'
...
Athan returned to Efyeed and stood in front of the first white stone marble with his Runic brush in his hands.
He had decided to go with his ambitious plan to invent something brand new.
At this moment, Athan didn't know that the thing he was planning to create would cause uproar through the whole midguard continent.
"Linci, I will be in absolute focus mode, so don't let anyone disturb me," Athan said with a smile while his eyes had a fire of excitement.
He closed his eyes and used his soul sense to observe as he put his brush on the white marble stone.
'This is going to take some time, but...hehehe, It will be worth it.'
The most beneficial thing was that he managed to absorb all knowledge from the book that was lent to him temporarily by Master Lornell.
Athan knew that in this journey of creating his things, he would advance in the path of Runic Artist by several stars, but he just wasn't sure how many layers of runic patterns would require him to create the thing he had in mind.
Those who can do two layers of runic patterns to conjure Runic Arts are considered 2-star Runic Artists, and their brush also upgrades once they are able to do that.
This goes until one is able to do five layers of runic patterns at once and become a 5-star runic artist. But after that, the requirement to advance in the path of Runic Artist becomes extremely tough.
Taking a deep breath, Athan started carving golden patterns on the white stone marble with absolute focus.
Chapter 504 - Blessing Of Runic Order.
At this moment, One side of Eyfeed was a bit lively.
The four Nimpere clan brothers were lamenting while also admiring Athan. And Tiana, Avelia, and Linci were practicing as they sparred against each other in the ground next to Efyeed.
Mike and Qerin returned to Great Bridgade Palace after acquiring the innate physique.
Linci, Avelia, and Tiana decided to take a break as they flew down and looked at Athan, who was standing with his eyes closed while golden threads were swirling around him.
"I wonder when Athan will wake up? Can you take a guess about it, Linci?" Avelia asked Linci as she and Tiana didn't know much about order occupation.
But Linci shook her head and said, "I can't guess. Athan has entered one of the rarest forms of enlightenment regarding order occupation. Having this epiphany means that....his comprehension and affinity of Runic Artist path are very high. It is known as the Blessing of the Runic Order because this is a blessing granted by the Chaosverse to exceptional individuals."
Tiana was surprised and asked, " Before he entered this enlightenment eight months, he already became 3-star Runic Artist, right? Then how much will he progress once this enlightenment is finished?"
It's been a year since Athan started his practice as Runic Artist, and after practicing for four months non-stop, he became a 3-star Runic Artist. He didn't even eat any Kuriazak fruits sent to him by Dean Lenix in those four months since he was so absorbed in practice.
But right after he became a 3-star Runic Artist, He received this enlightenment known as the Blessing of the Runic order, and since then, he has been just standing there with his eyes closed as those golden threads swirled around him.
In the first month of Athan having this enlightenment, the news spread far and wide with a big uproar as many people came to see him. Dean Lenix, various Hill Masters, and some outsiders also arrived to see this rare phenomenon of Blessing of the Runic order.
Naturally, all major powers now knew about Athan because the news about him being able to have this rare enlightenment was printed in Sun-Moon News scrolls that are distributed across the whole Midguard continent.
[ A genius has revealed himself in the Chaos Monolith Hill! According to our information, He only took four months to initiate the path of Runic Artist and another four months to become a 3-star Runic Artist. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. The real shocker is that because of his exceptional talents; He managed to get the rare enlightenment, Blessing of the Runic Order! AND He is just in Orderic Catastrophe stage and his age...well, we shall not disclose this as it will break the heart of many younglings. ]
Naturally, they mentioned his age in the next paragraph and still broke the heart of countless people who were struggling just to initiate the path of Runic Artist.
In that month, the Nimpere brothers also woke up and were shocked to see many new changes around their Big Brother.
Two months after that, Mike, Qerin, Tiana, and Avelia also woke up after acquiring the innate physiques.
And at the present time, It's been a total of eight months since Athan entered this enlightenment, and Avelia and Tiana were waiting for Athan to wake up for five months.
"The threads around him are increasing each day and getting more profound; this is definitely the sign of him improving while in enlightenment," Tiana spoke as she looked at Athan.
"Hehe, I am also practicing every day, and when he wakes up, I am going to cook him delicious dishes." Avelia giggled and said with a happy smile.
Linci looked at Avelia and said with a grin, "You also seem to have a very high affinity with Mystic Chef path; in just those five months, you managed to become 2-star Mystic Chef."
Tiana smiled as she remembered one of the parts of the memory information given to her by Athan.
In that part, Athan and Avelia had a slightly stiff relationship, but Avelia would cook for Athan every day, and the food would mysterious disappear.
Tiana couldn't remember that part properly but felt that the disappearance was related to her and Mimi.
"Avelia, isn't it time to cook some food? hehe, let's see how much you improved since last month." Tiana said with a chuckle.
"What! Sister Avelia is going to cook day? Hahaha, Let's go and get some good ingredients!" Eldest brother spoke with shock before he laughed out loud.
The second brother also cheered, "Yeahhhhhh! Let's go, eldest. We might also find our future wives on the way, so we shall not miss this chance of adventure."
On the other hand, the Third and Fourth brothers didn't waste their breaths as they just flew away while speaking, "You two dumbos, stop wasting time on talking, and let's go."
"Holy shit, Eldest! The third and fourth brothers are getting sharper than us...hmmm. I would be pissed to hell if they managed to get their partners before us."
Afterward, The eldest and second brothers also flew away as four of them went to the Trade & Market hill since it's one of the most populated places, and many beauties are roaming the market constantly.
Tiana, Avelia, and Linci couldn't help but laugh at the antics of those four brothers.
...
While flying towards the Market & Trade hill, the four brothers were discussing about their chances seriously.
"There are bound to be many beauties there, but nobody will act recklessly, understood?"
"What do you mean, Eldest?"
"What I mean is that...we will make our moves by order. If we think about getting our partners all at once, it will take time, so...how about you all help me first?" The eldest brother spoke with a solemn expression.
"What! That's not fair, eldest."
"What's not fair? Humph, think about my face! I am the eldest brother, so I should be the first one. Look at it in a logical process; if we work together, then I will be able to find my other half quickly, right?"
The other three brothers nodded.
"But, Eldest-"
"No buts! Just listen first. After we are done with me, my wife and I will also help you, and with a girl on our side, It will be even easier to find partners for you, right? say, am I right?"
" Ohhh...." The three brothers nodded in understanding.
The eldest said a few more things and finally convinced his three brothers.
"Brilliant, Eldest! Now I am starting to see the hope of us succeeding in this endeavor quicker than expected!"
The eldest proudly smiled, "Of course! I am the eldest brother, after all. Now let's go and find some good quality ingredients first. If I find a beauty, then I will approach her while you support me, understood?"
"Aye, aye, Eldest!" The three brothers spoke in chorus.
As such, the four brothers soon reached the market and it didn't take long for the eldest to find a beauty as his eyes wide opened.
"Hey, you three. You know what to do."
After saying that, the eldest approached the beautiful girl with mouse ears and a tail with gorgeous dark blue hair.
She was looking at the stall that was selling beast cores.
'So she is walking on the path of Alchemist? Hmmm...,' Eldest thought while approaching her.
"Hello, beautiful. I haven't seen you before. Are you a new recruit?"
The girl looked at the eldest as she raised her eyebrows and nodded, "Yeah, I am new recruit. Who are you? Do you have any business with me?"
The eldest glanced at the beast cores before he looked at the girl and smiled as he praised her, "You must be quite a talented Alchemist since you are looking at 5-star beast cores despite being a new recruit. Very impressive."
The girl looked at the stall before she chuckled and shook her head, "Oh that? Hahaha, I am not the Alchemist but my boyfriend is. I am just here to get some materials for him."
*kacha...*
The three brothers who were walking towards the eldest with the plan of praising him to heaven in front of beauty paused in their steps as they clearly heard the sound of glass breaking.
The eldest brother smiled sadly as his lips twitched slightly before he said, "May you live a very happy life. Goodbye beauty."
Chapter 505 - Shock!
Four more months passed as Athan was still standing with his eyes closed. The number of threads had increased and were more profound.
Tiana and Avelia also went to Newbie Event Palace and cleared the four events.
No surprise as they jumped to rank 3rd & 4th.
Today, They were sparring with each other as usual after training.
But suddenly...A bright golden light shot in the sky that attracted everyone's attention.
Tiana and others descended and looked at Athan in surprise..
The golden light was released from the Runic brush in his hand as it was going to rapid changes.
All those threads surrounding Athan were infusing into the runic brush in Athan's hand.
Athan opened his eyes that gleamed with excitement while his face had a faint and confident smile.
He waved his right hand as he took out hundred thousand low-grade chaos stones in his right side while taking out all of his void pulse in front of him.
Afterward, He closed his eyes and started waving the Runic brush in front of the void pulse, which slowly transformed.
While he was forming runic patterns on the voidpulse that was transforming into something, a small mouth of abyssal darkness conjured and started eating the chaos stones.
A good chunk of chaos stones disappeared as Athan used up all of his abyssal darkness.
But he didn't stop his work of forming runic patterns and...creating runic symbols on the mass of voidpulse.
After ten minutes, Athan waved his hand as he infused lightning dust inside a mass of voidpulse that was resembling a creature.
The creature looked like a small tiger, and it had runic patterns carved over its body by Athan.
Another ten minutes passed as Athan waved his other hand and released abyssal darkness towards the creature.
The creature slowly turned black and white with golden patterns and yellow-brown veins over its body.
Afterward, for the next hour, Athan only used his Runic brush to carve various runic patterns and form symbols.
Tiana was shocked as she looked at those complicated runic patterns and symbols, "Five layers of runic patterns and three-dimensional runic symbols...along with that brush..."
Avelia looked at Tiana and asked with excitement, "What stage of Runic Artist Athan became?"
Tiana smiled widely and laughed, "Hahaha, Athan became 8-star Runic Artist."
Linci looked at the Athan and the thing in front of him before saying in a shocked voice, "What is he creating? He is using his unique powers to create something with his own Runic patterns and symbols."
At this time, many people also arrived because the golden beam was quite long and thick.
Dean Lenix and other Hill Masters arrived and saw Athan, who had his eyes closed while creating something with his Runic Brush.
"HIll Master Faoust, are my eyes playing tricks or...those five runic patterns and three-dimensional symbols are real? Only 8-star Runic Artist can form three dimensional runic symbols with five-layered runic patterns."
Hill Master Faoust was a Master Runic Artist ( 10-star Runic Artist are considered Master Runic Artist ), and he had a serious expression on his face as he looked at the thing that was in front of Athan.
Dean Lenix didn't walk on the path of Runic Artist, but he knew general information and could recognize the five-layered runic patterns and Three-dimensional runic symbols, 'Athan...hahaha, you are making my hopes even higher with every shocking feat you display.'
He turned to Hill Master Faoust and asked, "Faoust, do you have any rough idea on what is Athan creating?"
Hill Master Faoust had a serious expression as he focused on the runic patterns and three-dimensional runic symbols on the strange creature.
After ten minutes, His serious expression turned into a slight frown," Dean, as you know that each Runic Artist creates his own runic patterns and runic symbols by understanding the set of the order of every effect in this Chaosverse. I can roughly understand the meaning of those runic patterns and symbols, but I have no idea what he is creating."
Hearing him, everyone was shocked.
Shaking his head, Faoust continued with a wry smile, "As a Master Runic Artist, I should be able to understand what he is creating, but the thing he is creating...I have never seen it before, and I don't know what that creature and those powers are."
With his gaze still on Athan's work, He spoke with narrowed eyes, "With how impeccably he is working on his art, It won't take long for him to become a Master Runic Artist. In the first place, we all know that all those people in history who managed to receive the Blessing of the Runic order managed to become Master Runic Artist rapidly."
"You are right, Hill Master Faoust. But nobody in history managed to receive Blessing of the Runic order this fast and this early. I heard he was just 3-star Runic Artist when he managed to enter this enlightenment. But among those in history, the earliest one who managed to enter this enlightenment was 7-star Runic Artist. So it might still take a long time for Athan to reach Master Runic Artist."
"You are wrong, Hill Master Zoltan," Faoust shook his head before he continued, "Athan managed to enter this enlightenment and...most importantly, he stayed for one year in it. This is the highest time spending while receiving this Blessing. The highest record was seven months, but Athan had broken it and received it for a year."
Hill Master Faoust's mouth formed an arc as he spoke, "I think we are going to witness a birth of Runic Grandmaster in the near future and whatever he is creating...hehe, I can't wait to see it."
Runic Grandmaster!
Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
To date, They have only heard about Runic Grandmaster but have never seen one in lower-Chaosverse. Many Hill-masters and Dean Lenix knew and even saw Runic Grandmasters, but they saw them in upper-Chaosverse, not here.
Dean Lenix's eyes gleamed with excitement, 'If Athan managed to reach Runic Grandmaster before going to upper-Chaosverse...no, it doesn't matter even if he becomes Runic Grandmaster after going there. But if he managed to reach it, his value will shoot up by a significant margin, and the main organization will grant him special status.'
Unfortunately, Dean Lenix didn't know about the future plan of Athan. Otherwise, he wouldn't be thinking of such things.
But Primo was looking with disdain at everyone and thought, 'A bunch of ignorant fellows. Master being able to do this is the most given thing in the world. But it's good that they recognize his greatness, Nyahamph.'
Chapter 506 - Voidling-Zoid
It's been two days, but Athan was still focusing on creating his thing.
By now, Dean and others had left, but another wave of Athan's news spread throughout the Midgard continent.
[ The miracle genius Athan has finally ended his enlightenment in which he shockingly stayed for a year and came out as an 8-star Runic Artist! IN JUST ONE YEAR. This is the fastest a person has ever progressed in any order occupation, not just Runic Artist. ]
[ One more thing is that he seems to be creating something, and even many 10-star Runic Artists couldn't figure out what was he creating. It seems like he is creating something brand new, and we can't wait to see that invention. ]
....
At this time, the thing in front of Athan had changed from being a creature that looked like a tiger into a round black & white orb with golden patterns.
"Athan was also infusing that cold power of your inside that thing too, right Linci?" Avelia asked with curiosity as she looked at the orb in front of Athan.
"Yeah," Linci answered while nodding as she looked at the orb.
At this moment, the orb glowed with intense golden light for a brief moment before it started shrinking.
The orb that was the size of a normal-sized tiger turned into a thumb-sized orb.
After that, Athan finally opened his eyes as a faint smile lingered on his face along with excitement.
"He is finally done," Tiana said with a smile.
Athan turned around and laughed out loud as he looked at Tiana, Avelia, and Linci.
The three girls approached Athan and asked with curiosity about the thing he was creating.
"Big brother! We missed you."
The four Nimpere clan brothers also dashed towards Athan as they stood respectfully on the side and bowed, "Thank you for the great opportunity. We brothers have acquired powerful innate physique, and we will not let Big brother down and find suitable wives for us using it."
Silence...
Athan, Tiana, and the other two looked at the four brothers with a speechless expression before everyone burst out laughing.
"Let's go, brothers! Now that we have finally greeted our Big brother, we will go train hard in CPD to make our physique powerful and impress the beauties."
"Yeeeaaah, let's goooo...."
Afterward, the four Nimpere clan brothers prepared to leave.
"Wait," Athan stopped with a grin as he threw the thumb-sized orb towards them.
The eldest brother caught the orb, "This..."
They knew that it was their Big brother's creation and must be valuable but didn't know why he would give it to them.
"This is the prototype of the thing that I aim to create. It...shall be known as Voidling Zoid. To use that thing, you will have to infuse a bit of your soul energy and soul sense into it to establish a connection with it."
The four Nimpere clan brothers looked at each other and gulped before the eldest asked, "What does it do, big brother?"
"Hahaha, find that out yourself. Since you are going to a CPD, then use it for hunting chaos beasts," Athan answered with a laugh.
"Thank you very much, big brother!" The four brothers thanked Athan with excitement as they wondered what kind of thing Athan created and flew deeper into the cloudly land.
"What exactly is that thing, Athan? You called it Voidling Zoid, so it is some kind of voidling? How powerful is it?" Tiana asked with curiosity.
Avelia and Linci also nodded as they looked at Athan, seeking his answer.
Athan faintly smiled and said, "That's not the final product as I need to improve a lot in that, but...hehe, that thing is powerful enough to kill a Zen order Elite and capable of fighting against Zen order Master."
"Wait...you are saying that with this thing, other weaker people who are at any orderic catastrophe phase...can use that thing to kill a Zen order elite and fight against a Zen order master," Avelia asked with a shocked expression.
"Not just you, but now others as well?" Linci asked with a follow-up the same question with shock on her face.
"Hahaha, correct! For now, I have two blueprints in mind: Voidling-Zoid and Voidling-Mecha Zoid. The latter is a bit difficult, and it will take time to do it, but I will complete the former soon," Athan spoke with excitement as he laughed and continued, "I just realized that my power could be utilized as an ultimate support power as well. Hehe, I can't wait to complete my first Voidling-Zoid."
"Sure, but that can wait. We have waited for a long time, so we want to spend some time with you." Avelia said with a pout.
"Of course, that's my intention as well." Athan gently smiled as he held Avelia's hand.
Tiana smiled warmly as well.
On the other hand, Linci blushed a bit as she said, "Umm...Then I will go since I have some work to do regarding crafting."
After Linci left, Athan, Tiana, and Avelia also flew deeper into the cloudly land before they entered a high-grade CPD for the duration of one month by paying 500 monolith credits.
...
On the other hand, The Nimpere clan brothers entered inside a mid-grade CPD for training.
This mid-grade CPD was known as the Garden of Blood Root, and there were chaos beasts up to peak 6-star grade, which means that they were equivalent to people at the peak of the orderic catastrophe phase.
After entering, they directly fought with Bloodthirsty vine chaos beasts and cursed their luck for encountering two peak 6-star chaos beasts.
All of them glowed colorfully as they were also using the innate physique they got through Efyeed, but that power was still in the growth stage and was not matured to their level.
"Big brother, let's hope your creation can beat those beasts. Otherwise, we will have to run away in front of that treasure." The eldest brother muttered as he badly wanted that high-grade material Symphioning Blade Grass but couldn't take it because of Bloodthirsty vine chaos beasts.
He then infused his soul energy and soul sense into the thumb-sized orb before it shined brightly.
After the brief glow, the orb expanded and changed form as it became a badass-looking tiger with two cannons on its back, black glowing teeth, and vein patterns of yellow-brown and dark blue on its body.
Eldest could feel a connection with that strange beast, and without wasting time on being surprised, he used the connection and commanded the beasts to attack the chaos beasts.
*Roar.....*
The voidling-Zoid moved with exceptional speed as it appeared in front of the most powerful chaos beast in the group.
The two cannon on its back pulsed with a terrifying aura before a bust of Netherly frost was released.
Right after that, the Tiger dashed in front of another beast as it swiped its claw that sparkled with yellow-brown lightning and dark blue at the chaos beast.
*Chreeeeeee...*
The chaos beast was shredded and died.
Afterward, the Tiger opened its mouth and released a sharp beam of black aura that turned into a sword and sliced the remaining chaos beasts with it.
"Sword wielded by the mouth of a beast? That's new!" The youngest brother shouted in excitement as he was also a sword user.
"That sword exudes a similar aura to the black power of big brother. No wonder those beasts died instantly."
"Scary...how did big brother make something like this? He can sell those orbs at a very high price considering their power. Also, weak people will have more safe adventures."
"Don't forget about those words of big brother. He said that this is an only prototype, which means that this thing is still not complete."
"Damn!!"
The four brothers sucked in a breath of cold air.