Chapter 534 - Deal
Arcued loudly whistled before he laughed and said, "Hahaha, I knew it!"
Lady Fu, the staff lady, and Ingeal's son and daughter were dumbfounded.
"Father's spell failed? How! he is just at orderic catastrophe stage!" Hings uttered with disbelief written on his face.
On the other hand, Tiana, Avelia, and others cheered as they laughed.
Ingeal took a deep breath as he formed a weak smile, "Very interesting, young man. It's been a long time since I suffered a loss like this."
Lady Fu still couldn't believe as she uttered, "Mr. Ingeal, your spell failed? This..."
Ingeal laughed out loud before looking at Athan with a deep smile, "Who are you, young man? Wait, Athan?"-Ingeal remembered something as he raised his eyebrows-, "Athan Void? The recently rising to fame and the only one titled Runic Maestro?" Ingeal shook his head with a wry smile at the end.
"I should have realized this sooner, Hahaha," Ingeal laughed loudly.
Hings and Feina also looked at Athan with surprise, 'So he is the one...'
"If you had realized it was me, then would you still have accepted that condition?" Athan asked with a smile.
"Why not? Hahaha," Ingeal grinned, "Your talent with Runic Artist is high, but it has nothing to do with your strength. But now, it seems that there's more to your power than you are showing on the surface. Anyway, let's talk about the important matter first."
Lady Fu got over her shock before she also got excited a bit and said with a smile, "Athan, I want to buy one Neo-Vortex flower. These flowers are very rare, and there have only been two discoveries of them here so far.
"They are plants from upper-Chaosverse, but as this Midgard continent is between upper and lower Chaosverse, one might find them in Special-grade chaos phenoment dimensions here. The previous Neo-Flower was auctioned at the biggest auction of Midgard continent for two million high-grade chaos stone."
Shaking his head, Ingeal said wryly, "And you found two of them; this is heaven-defying luck."
Tiana, Sen, and others were shocked to hear about the true price of these flowers and looked at Ingeal with bad eyes. He wanted to get two of them for four-hundred thousand high-grade chaos stones! Damn, what a con-man.
Athan internally shook his head as he hated the word "luck" due to his experience. But he was not going to tell them that it was not due to luck that he got such valuable items. Hehe, he just told Primo to pick up the stones with higher levels of powers and energies.
"What's their base price in upper-Chaosverse?" Athan asked.
"Hmmm, their base price in upper-Chaosverse is ten tier-1 ken stones. But we can't pay you with ken stones. So...If we go by the value ratio between tier-1 ken stones and high-grade chaos stones at upper-Chaosverse, then one ken stone is equal to one hundred thousand high-grade chaos stones."
Athan was surprised, "Oh? That's a big ratio gap."-Athan then smiled and said, "So according to that ratio, the price of one Neo-Vortex flower is one million high-grade chaos stones?"
"Indeed, but since they are very rare to come by, they are sold at a higher price in an auction which is the same for all such rare items." Lady Fu said.
"Alright, then my price is one and a half million high-grade chaos stones for one flower and...I am going to sell only one right now." Athan uttered with a faint smile.
Ingeal grinned and nodded, "Alright. But it seems Lady Fu over there also wants to buy one."
"Then you both can compete," Athan spoke with a plain smile.
Hearing that, Lady Fu creased her brows. Her wealth can't match that of Ingeal's wealth, so if they competed, Ingeal would definitely win.
'But I absolutely need one flower to reach the peak of the Evagon-realm early. Because once Dean Lenix is called back to upper-Chaosverse, I will lose my protection,' Lady Fu anxiously thought, 'Should I tell Athan about my situation? Let's hope he becomes willing to sell me one flower hearing about it.'
Thinking about that, Lady Fu hurriedly told Athan about her whole situation.
Athan raised his eyebrows after hearing about Lady Fu's situation and internally smiled as he changed his plan.
'Lady Fu, just compete with Ingeal and bring the price to two million chaos-stones before giving up. As for your situation, I have a solution for you.'
Lady Fu heard Athan's sound transmission, and although she doesn't know what Athan's solution to her problem was, she had no other choice but to go with what he said. After all, the flowers are his.
"Let's compete, Mr. Ingeal," Lady Fu took a deep breath before saying indifferently, "You know about my situation and my need for this flower as well."
"Indeed," Ingeal said with a smile.
"Then I'll keep it short and simple, I am not as wealthy as you, but I can fork out two million high-grade chaos stones right now. If you have more than that, then....sigh, it's yours," Lady Fu finished speaking with a deep sigh.
Ingeal looked at Athan deeply as he asked, "Young man, what are you planning to do with the second Neo-Vortex flower?"
Athan grinned and said, "It's none of your business what I will do with it...But, I'll tell you since you generously gave us four hundred thousand chaos-stones for free,"-Pausing, Athan cracked his finger with a smile-, "I am going to give this flower to Dean Lenix."
"Give? or sell?" Ingeal asked with doubt.
"Give," Athan replied with a faint smile.
Ingeal fell into deep thought and nodded, "Alright, I'll become a fool and blindly trust you. Two million plus one high-grade chaos stones for one flower, deal?"
Speechless, Athan nodded, "Alright."
Both of them finished the transaction as Athan gave him one flower while he received a storage pouch containing two million plus one high-grade chaos stones.
"Humph, don't look at me as if I'm cheapskate just because I only added one high-grade chaos stone," Ingeal snorted, "You all already conned me of my four-hundred thousand high-grade chaos stones."
"Hahaha..."
"Not wrong, Hahaha..."
Athan smiled while Arcued, Theo, and others couldn't help but laugh.
On the other hand, Hings and Feina felt upset. But they knew that Neo-Vortex flowers were hard to come by.. They can make wealth easily again, but the flower won't appear so often.
Chapter 535 - Passionate Battles... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Athan also opened the silver and gold stones, but they didn't contain as many impressive items as the bronze stone.
One had a worn-out high-grade master-tier armor, and he gave it to Theo since it suited him.
"I'll give to a crafter to repair it once we are back at Chaos Monolith Hills," Theo said with a smile. Even though he can't use the full ability of this armor yet, it will still give him sufficient protection compared to his current armor.
The grades of crafted items are as follows:
1-star (low-medium-high)
2-star (low-medium-high)
3-star (low-medium-high)
4-star (low-medium-high)
5-star (low-medium-high)
Elite-tier (low-medium-high)
Master-tier (low-medium-high)
Grand-tier (low-medium-high)
Eve-Tier (low-medium-high)
There are even higher grades, but they can't be found and can't be crafted in lower-Chaosverse.
The goldstone contained an 8-star grade material called Hukrin liquid essence.
Its price turned out to be eight thousand high-grade chaos stones, and Athan decided to sell it to the staff lady since she wanted to buy it.
The silver and gold stones picked by Hings didn't contain that much impressive items. Anyway, Athan was a clear winner of the gamble since the opening of his bronze stone.
As such, Hings gave a hundred thousand high-grade chaos stones to Athan with a grumpy face.
...
After everyone enjoyed the Gambling Den area, they went to the Night of Divine Twilight area.
This place always has night filled with starry rivers flowing in the sky.
This place has a mystical atmosphere, and people come here to have a peaceful sleep inside twilight abodes that will empower their minds and freshen them.
The twilight abodes were small houses made from glowing wood material with magical properties.
"There are many abodes, and since you all are still at the orderic catastrophe phase, you can train at increased speed inside these abodes," Nacy said with a smile.
Lady Fu nodded and said, "Pick any abode and enter. They look small from the outside, but they are double the size from the inside. Still, it's better that you each of you enter into a separate abode."
"There is empowering energy in each abode that will increase your comprehension ability. So, if two people enter, then it will be divided," Nacy said.
"I see. But you said that people come here to sleep, so how does that energy help them?" Tiana asked with doubt.
Nacy smiled and answered, "That energy will display the effect of increasing comprehension only on people at Orderic catastrophe and zen order elite. For others, it's comfortable energy that will relax them and freshen their soul and mind from exhaustion so they can have a good sleep."
"Alright, now enter without wasting time, and don't forget to lock the abode by infusing your chaos force into a glowing blue orb inside your abode." Lady Fu said.
...
Everyone picked an abode and entered inside as they indeed felt the benefits right away and started training.
On the other hand, Athan didn't feel any such benefits.
"Oh well, who cares? We are not here to train anyway," Athan said with a grin as he lay on the comfortable bed and waited as he didn't lock the abode yet.
After a minute, Tiana arrived and locked the abode before slowly moving towards Athan as her clothes disappeared.
After arriving at the bed, she climbed the bed and sat on top of Athan with a seductive smile on her gentle face, "Because of that aphrodisiac effect, I am still wet. See..."
Athan caressed Tiana's supple melons gently with one hand while he stretched his other hand towards the pink wet cave of Tiana as he started arousing her even more.
"..Mhmm....Mhmmm...do it fast!..."
"Aaaahhhhhh...."
An intense battle had started between Athan and Tiana as Tiana was riding the divine dragon of Athan as it throbbed inside her pink wet cave.
After an hour, Tiana was exhausted with sparkling sweat covering her divine light peach-colored body.
Her pink cherries were erect as Athan sucked on them like a baby while moving his hips as his meat rod hit the deepest part of Tiana with every hit, sending her jolts of pleasure.
After a while...
"T-time out..." Tiana spoke as she weakly tilted to the side as thick white liquid came out in tons from her pink cave.
Though before falling asleep, Tiana waved her hand as she opened the lock on the abode.
Athan smiled as he kissed her gently on the lips before moving to another bed as Avelia also entered the abode.
Looking at the state of Tiana already met her slightly wet as she removed her clothes and jumped on Athan like a white tigress and started kissing Athan passionately.
Unlike Tiana, Avelia's skin was white. Her soft breasts were pressing her Athan's chest as both of them stuck together like snakes and kissed passionately.
After a while, while they were kissing, Athan put his divine meat rod in the dripping wet pink cave of Avelia.
"Aaaahhh...." Avelia moaned in pleasure before she continued to kiss while moving her hips on her own accord.
Athan also matched the movement as he moved his hips as well, creating a rhythmic symphony of ultimate pleasure.
"Aaaaaaahhhh...Let's go faster!" Avelia cried out.
"Hehe, alright!"
Athan put her down on the bed as he moved on top of her and started moving his hips fast while also making his meat rod throb inside Avelia, sending her nine heavens of pleasure.
He then also bent down and took one of her soft white melons with a pink cherry in his mouth. His tongue played with the cherry while his hand played with the other soft melon, making Avelia feel good even more and sending her jolts of pleasure with the gentle fondle.
...
After a few hours, Tiana also woke up and joined the intense and passionate battle.
Who knows how many people were doing the exact thing in this land of twilight.
Pleasure-filled moans were resounding in the abode, but they were confined inside, never to come out.
Haha, Indeed. The night will be a very long one....in this land where there is only night.
Chapter 536 - Deal With Lady Fu.
Athan and others enjoyed to the fullest in this luxurious Heaven's Tranquility. They visited all facilities one by one and stayed in each one for ten days.
In the end, they decided to stay in three facilities for the remaining days.
Night of Divine Twilight area.
Garden of Peaceful Heaven.
HyperSpace of Chaotic Sky.
The third one, HyperSpace of Chaotic Sky, was different since it overflowed their body with energy, and they needed to vent them by doing battles and honing their usage of order techniques.
In the end, they spent most days in there to train after everyone managed to comprehend ten zen order sets of essence, body, and soul each.
Everyone except Athan also invoked a soul catastrophe and made some progress in that as well.
...
It was finally time to leave as everyone enjoyed for three hundred days here, which equaled thirty days outside.
After coming out, Athan first delivered two thousand voidling-zoids to Dean Lenix via Golden Path Delivery service. Their fees were high, at five thousand high-grade chaos stones, but they were trustworthy, and their delivery was on point.
As you may have guessed, this Golden Path Delivery service was under Great Bridgade Palace.
...
Afterward, everyone hopped on the flying ship as Lady Fu steered it towards the Great Bridge Portal that was permanently opened and led to lower-Chaosverse from the Midgard continent zone.
"We will not arrive at Vainklad continent directly after going through the portal, and it will be a month-long journey so you can go into meditation meanwhile."
Inside the hall, Tiana and others were sitting and talking but Athan was not present there.
Instead, Athan was at the central control room of the flying ship with Lady Fu.
"Athan, what did you want to talk about?" Lady asked as she and Athan sat across a table with two cups on it.
Athan took a sip from teacup before he smiled and said, "I told you that I have a solution to your problem, right?"
Lady Fu turned serious and nodded, "Yes. Once Dean Lenix is called back to upper-Chaosverse, I will lose the protection and be chased down by my enemies. Actually, Dean Lenix told me that I will find my solution with you, and that's why he told me to act as your guardian in this journey."
Pausing there, she bit her lips and wryly smiled, "But I couldn't entirely believe that. I am also trying to find ways to break through so I can fight back to my enemies, and that Neo-Vortex flower was one such chance."
Athan was surprised at the mention of Dean Lenix here and thought, 'Hmmm, could it be that since he planned ahead to after he gets called back and sent Lady Fu to me? Hahaha, good. At least, after making a deal with Lady Fu, she will provide better protection than Dean Lenix, who can't always stay with me here.'
Athan laughed as he put the teacup down and said with a faint smile, "Alright. So here is your solution. You will protect me and others in my group from now on, and in turn, we will protect you from your enemies."
"W-what?" Lady Fu was dumbfounded and confused as hell, 'I protect you, and in turn, you will protect me? What the hell? If you require my protection, then how can you protect me?'
With a grim face filled with doubt, she asked, "Are you joking? Or by 'we,' you mean you have a powerful enough backing that can protect me? But if there's such a thing, then why do you need my protection? Ughh, I don't get this!"
Lady Fu rubbed her temples.
Athan smiled and stretched his hand forward, "Let's shake our hands, and you will understand."
Lady Fu looked doubtfully at Athan but still stretched her hand forward for a handshake.
As her hand locked with Athan's hand, she heard Athan's voice, "Don't panic even if you feel a slight threat to your hand, just bear with the pain for a moment. Got it?"
"What do you mean?" Lady Fu asked with doubt and confusion.
Athan wryly smiled and said, "I don't want you to kill me accidentally, so I am telling you in advance that you will feel pain and your hand will be destroyed. But I will fix it later, so don't worry. Okay?"
Lady Fu became nervous without any basis before she nodded, 'Huh? He is just an orderic catastrophe phase; how can he do anything to my hand? but why do I feel nervous?'
At this time, Athan released Netherly frost from the orb and told primo to control it such that it only covers her hand to her wrist.
'Only let her feel the power for a second and then remove the ice.'
*shuaaa...*
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." Lady Fu screamed as her hand froze with strange ice as she felt pain and disbelief.
"T-this..is similar power that Linci released! But it is her berserk power that she was born with! how can you use it?" Lady Fu spoke as the ice faded away, but her hand was still dead due to Netherly frost, and she couldn't move it.
"A-and my hand," Lady Fu's lips trembled as she spoke, "Although I don't feel pain, how can I fix it? This strange power is unlike anything else, and no power here can cure my hand now. Y-you...why, Athan?!"
"Relax, I told you that I will fix it," Athan said as he gave Primo some voidpulse and said, 'Primo, you scanned her hand perfectly, right?'
'Yes, Master.' Primo nodded as he floated beside Lady Fu's hand, but Lady Fu couldn't see Primo right now.
Athan nodded and said, 'Since you scanned it, then re-create its structure and fix her hand using the voidpulse.'
He could also scan it and do it, but if he did that, then it would take a long time. After all, the body structure of someone at Evagon-realm is complicated, and it will take time for him to understand its structure. But Primo was a higher existence, and it was a piece of cake for Primo to understand the hand structure of Lady Fu.
At this time, Lady Fu was in disbelief as her hands slowly returned to normal, and in just five seconds, it was as good as before.
It was as if that strange power did not destroy her hand in the first place!
Athan smiled seeing her shocked face as he still had yet to show one more one thing to complete the deal.
"Lady Fu, now can you please conjure your strongest defense around you?"
Chapter 537 - Deal In Seal, Tree In Trouble.
Lady Fu conjured her strongest defense around her as a barrier with an eccentric star-like pattern that was glowing in gold and silver color materialized.
"This is not my strongest defense but my strongest defensive technique." Lady Fu said with curiosity in her voice.
"Alright," Athan nodded with a smile as he pointed his finger towards the barrier.
At this time, Lady Fu saw black flame-like energy released from Athan's finger that looked very plain.
It was very silent, without any presence, and she didn't even feel any threat from it. But her intuition was telling her that it was anything but what it looked like.
As that strange, unassuming black-flame orb hit her barrier, her face instantly changed as she disappeared and teleported a few meters back.
She also healed the hole in her barrier by providing more energy to it, 'What the hell is that power?'
Athan put the abyssal darkness away and said with a smile, "So, how was that?"
"What is that dangerous power? How can you wield it when you are just at the peak of Orderic Catastrophe?" Lady Fu spoke with disbelief as she arrived at the table and sat down.
Athan was becoming increasingly mysterious in her eyes, 'Who is he? A reincarnated mighty being? But if that was the case, he should have reincarnated in upper-Chaosverse.'
"That's not the question, Lady Fu," Athan smiled as he continued, "Now you should have a rough idea on what I mean by you protect us, and in turn, we protect you. For more information, you can ask Dean Lenix right now and tell him that I told you to call him."
After saying that, Athan stood up and left.
...
Lady Fu fell looked at Athan's back until he disappeared from her sight.
After a while, she called Dean Lenix using a contact card.
Dean Lenix--"What's the matter, Lady Fu?"
Lady Fu--"Athan told me to contact you for more information. He told me the solution to my problem that...I protect them, and in turn, they will protect me."
Dean Lenix--"Hahaha, so he showed you his power? But he likely didn't show the full extent of his origin. Anyway, since he told you to call me for more information, then I'll you about some of his feats that only a few people know. Remember, his powers are unfathomable even for me."
Dean Lenix spoke as he still remembers the sight that Primo showed him, 'On top of his own mysterious powers, that unfathomable being acts as a pet to Athan...huuu, scary.'
Lady Fu then heard some of the shocking facts from Dean Lenix, which took her a lot of time to digest.
Even after she finished talking with Dean Lenix, she stayed silent for a long while before a ray of hope finally appeared in her eyes, 'Athan, I accept your deal.'
...
Twenty days passed as Athan and others were nearing the Vaiklaid continent zone.
Vaiklaid continent, Youhan Tree organization...
At this time, the giant Youhan Tree was covered in a hazy red barrier with green patterns on it.
The outside of the Youhan Tree was usually empty, but there were many small huts, abodes, and other such buildings present right now.
A lot of people were gathered and were talking about Youhan Tree Organization.
90% of the people here were those families whose talented sons and daughters that Athan killed in the test.
So, most of the major powers from the three continents were here.
As for why they were here? Well, you already know the answer.
They were here for revenge!
Actually, nobody wanted revenge at first because they were scared of Athan's potential and his future. The things he said with the darkness around him were still carved in their hearts.
But two months ago, A giant ship arrived with the flag of Chaos Eargia Dragon.
They were a major clan from the Midgard continent and arrived here for the Youhan Tree organization.
More specifically, they were attracted here because of Drizzly.
Drizzly had a bloodline of a dragon, and because it was upgraded a bit more than two months ago, the Urhs'in clan's patriarch in the Midgard continent sensed it and sent a force here to bring her to the clan.
Outside the Youhan Tree, there was a small black hut with exquisite brown, red, and black patterns on it with a flag of Chaos Eargia Dragon on it.
The hut was only three meters tall and four meters wide.
But inside the hut, the space was ten meters wide with wooden walls with no ceiling visible since it was a sight of clear sky.
It looked strange that there were mystical wooden walls but no ceiling.
"Elder Jeargen, now that you are here, can you destroy that barrier?"
Elder Jeargen was sitting at the table with a frown on his face. He was a powerhouse at the median stage of Evagon-realm.
There were other six people at the table aside from him, and they were all at the peak of the Zen Order Grandmaster realm. All people here had similar body features with brown dragon scales, dragons horns, and a thick brown dragon tail. But Elder Jeargen was a bit different as he had additional faint red patterns on his dragon scales.
When the six people from the Ursh'in clan arrived here, they threatened Youhan Tree to give them Drizzly, or they will destroy the whole organization, but Youhan Tree quickly used their last resort barrier.
The six powerhouses at the peak of Elite Zen Grandmaster couldn't destroy the barrier no matter what they did, so after two months of futile trying, they finally asked the reinforcement from the clan, and Elder Jaergen directly arrived here after finishing his other operation at Silver Fang area in Midgard continent.
At this time, the six people looked at each other with confusion and didn't know why Elder Jeargen wore a frown on his face. He has been like that since he arrived here.
"Umm, Elder Jeargen, is anything troubling you?"
Elder Jeargen snapped out of his thoughts as he looked at others and said with a creased brow, "I just don't feel good. Something has bad seems to have happened, but I don't know what."
He took out a contact card of his clan patriarch and called him.
A hologram of a man with similar body features as Jeargen appeared over the card but with a bit more red patterns on his scaly body.
"Big brother, I am not feeling well. Can you check if something happened to my family?" Jeargen said with a frown.
The clan patriarch revealed a confused expression and shook his head, "As far as I am aware, nothing has happened. Anyway, just finish your work there and come back fast."
Jeargen hesitated for a moment before he nodded, "Alright."
At the Urhs'in clan...
"Why did you lie to him, Patriarch?"
Patriarch shook his head as he told other elders in the hall, "We have to retrieve that girl first. If Jeargen finds out that his son died, he will rush back here," With a steeled expression, he continued, "I have sensed and drew her image with our clan artifact. Also, Jeargen will sense her because he also possesses a bit of the true bloodline of our ancestors like me."
"Patriarch, does that girl really possess a majority of true bloodline in her body?"
"Yes. She doesn't share the same origins as us, but the dominant bloodline of Chaos Eargia Dragon Ancestor in her is higher than us. After all, who knows how many races did the ancestor mated with in the past. She is likely one of the decedents, but her true bloodline was dormant until recently."
"I have seen her image, and all of her scales are glazed red with black patterns. That's terrific!"
Patriarch nodded with an evil glint in his eyes, "She is still weak, at Zen order elite. But with her awakened bloodline, she should be able to contend with even zen order grandmaster equally. From what I sensed in the artifact, 90% of her bloodline is of Chaos Eargia Dragon. Hehe..."
He swapped his glance in the hall and said, "I will give four of you a bit of her bloodline after extracting it. As for the remaining, It will belong to my family and Jeargen's family."
"Hahaha, we have no objection, patriarch. After all, you are the pillar of our clan and working hard in upper-Chaosverse."
"Sigh, it's unfortunate that Brangen is dead. Patriarch, I don't believe that we can't take revenge for him!"
"Yeah, once we finish this operation, let's take revenge, patriarch!"
...
Inside the hut, Jeargen was still feeling uneasy and decided to contact his son.
But after trying a few times, it didn't work.
'Why is Brangen not accepting the contact? Did something happen to him?'
He once again called his big brother, Zorgia.
...
At the Ursh'in clan, The clan patriarch Zorgia accepted the contact and said, "What's the matter, Jeargen?"
"Big brother, where is Brangen? Why is he not receiving my contact?"
Zorgia smiled and said, "Last I heard, he was going to enjoy at Heaven's Tranquility. I am sure he is enjoying and busy right now, that's why he didn't accept your call. Anyway, since you feel uneasy, hurry up and finish the matter there before coming here. You also know the importance of that girl."
Jeargen sighed and nodded, "Alright."
...
There were still eight days left before Athan and others arrived at the Youhan Tree organization.
But....Jeargen left the hut as he arrived in front of the giant barrier of Youhan Tree.
Chapter 538 - Tree In Trouble-2
"That person is at Evagon-realm! I heard that all Evagon-realm powerhouses as gone to upper-Chaosverse at least once and can go there anytime they want?"
"My family lord is at the peak of Zen order Grandmaster, and he is planning to breakthrough to Evagon-realm, hehe."
"The leader of our organization is rushing here after hearing the news of an Evagon-realm powerhouse arriving here. I hope he can glean something that can help him breakthrough."
"I am just waiting for Youhan Tree's downfall. Humph, that cursed Athan killed my son and daughter both. But now that this major power from the Midgard continent is here, we can be fish in swimming water and slaughter them. Better yet, if Youhan Tree put up their resistance, This Evagon-realm powerhouse will obliterate them himself."
"My family patriarch is here for the revenge as well."
"Youhan Tree is finished!"
...
Inside the Youhan Tree...
Three leaders, all executives, and all members of Hidden Dragon Troupe were in a large hall.
"Let me go out. They are here for me, so they will leave once I go with them! Please..." Drizzly spoke with distressed expression with helpless voice, but one could hear that she was determined with her words.
Yone frowned and shook his head before sighing, "It's not that simple. Even if you go, they might not leave us, and even if they left, others wouldn't leave."
"Humph, It's all because of that slaughter demon Athan's fault! Why did he have to kill so many important people in the test?" One the executive spoke.
"Indeed, now all those are here for revenge! With so many enemies, even if we have a hundred lives, we can't win against them." Another executive spoke.
Yone and other members of Hidden Dragon Troupe clenched their fists but didn't say anything. They considered Athan their family member, and they also believed that Athan shared the same sentiment. They could especially feel that at the test when Athan threatened everyone and at the farewell.
But others in the organization didn't feel the same about Athan.
The other two leaders didn't say anything because of Yone's feelings. Although they didn't interact with Athan that much, they knew that the young man would be terrific in the future. Alas, it was in the future while their trouble was in the present.
"Stop arguing about useless things, and let's focus on the present." Zank, the first leader, said with a grimace on his face.
Afterward, He turned to Yone and said, "Third brother, try contacting master Ayurin and see if she managed to contact Athan yet or not."
"Sigh, leader...It's only been five years since he went to Chaosverse; what can he do by arriving here? I don't think he has acquired any backing there."
Another executive disagreed, "No! Athan is a talented individual, and some powerhouse should be impressed with him even. Ancient organizations are most powerful, and if he managed to get baking of someone from that, we might get a chance of survival."
Drizzly bit her lips as she and others didn't want Athan to come here while on the other thought, he also seemed their only hope because he was in an ancient organization, Chaos Monolith Hills.
At this time, Yone contacted Ayurin and said, "Were you able to contact Athan?"
Ayurin--"Not yet. I want to go to a Boundless Pavilion's branch, but I am being chased right now. My current contact card can only let me contact five continent zone across but can't contact someone at Midgard continent which is not really situated in lower-Chaosverse."
Yone--"Sigh..."
Ayurin--"Unfortunately, you couldn't contact me because I was in a high-grade CPD when you fell into the predicament, and when I arrived here, that bastard Denfroze was ready for me. How long can you hold on with that barrier?"
Yone--"We could hold out for one year since the barrier is created from source power of the legendary Youhan-Tree and our effort of creating formation with it but...just a while ago, An Evagon-realm powerhouse appeared here."
Ayurin--"Evagon-realm! This...depending on the strength of that powerhouse, you have one day to six days before that barrier breaks. Don't lose hope yet, I...will try to lead them to a special place where I might get a chance to escape from them. It will take eighteen hours, and if I succeed, I will contact you."
Yone--"Alright..."
...
Everyone looked at Yone as he put away the contact card and told them about his conversation with Ayurin.
"It's over..." One the executive muttered with despair in his eyes.
"Stop! I told you that we still have a chance! Wait for the news from Master Ayurin."
At this time, the second leader's body trembled as he opened his eyes and said, "That powerhouse has started attacking. According to the damage he dealt just now, we still have more than one day but less than two days."
Suddenly, Drizzly's body shined with glazed red and black scales on her body, and before she disappeared from the hall in an instant.
"Drizzly!"
"Stop!
Tronel, Samira, Chunshi, and others shouted as they all rushed out.
But after she was gone, her voice reverberated in the hall.
"I am going out to talk with the powerhouse and see if I can put some condition for peacefully going with him."
...
Jaergen still had a frown on his face as he attacked the barrier twice and gauged its strength, 'It's going take a bit more than a day to destroy this barrier.'
Suddenly, just as he was going to attack one more time, he sensed some connection through her bloodline before seeing a young lady with magnificent glazed red scales with patterns wings appearing at the other side of the barrier.
Seeing her, Jeargen's eyes shined, 'Such thick bloodline of Chaos Eargia Dragon!'
Drizzly looked at the Draconyte being and said with a pleading voice, "Senior, I am willing to go with you, but can you please chase all of those other people away and tell them not to attack this organization?"
Hearing her, the other six people from the Ursh'in clan's faces changed as they hurridly transmitted their voice to Jeargen.
"Elder Jeargen, we shouldn't do that! Those people have given us many gifts and treated us well."
"Yes, elder Jeargen. We-"
"Shut up! I know what to say." Jeargen said before he turned to Drizzly and said with indifference, "I can capture you after a day easily, so just wait for it. What all those people do to your organization doesn't concern me."
'Humph, there are so many people here, do you think I would be willing to offend all of them? Each one of the major organizations and families here has its people in the Midguard continent. Also, who knows if some of them are loose ends of some people at upper-Chaosverse?'
Thinking of that, he continued attacking the barrier.
Chapter 539 - His Name Is Athan! Carve It In Your Soul!
*BOOOOM!...*
Inside the Youhan Tree...
"It's been eighteen hours...Third leader, can you contact master Ayurin?"
Yone and others were all silent in the hall when this one executive spoke.
Snapping out of his daze, Yone nodded as he took out the contact card.
But after a while, his face changed because Ayurin didn't accept the call.
"What happened, brother?" Zank asked with a frown.
"She...didn't accept the call. Either she has yet to escape, or her trouble increased." Yone spoke with a heavy voice.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaa, I can't take it anymore! Leader, let's suddenly open the barrier and escape in all directions."
"Yes, leader! Let's do it!"
Seeing the maddening expression filled with despair on their faces, Zank internally sighed, 'There's no escape. There are tons of forces all around the Youhan tree, and we are completely surrounded.'
They knew that there was no escape, but there was no choice. They were clinging to luck, chance, hope that some might be able to escape if everyone left at the same time. After all, there are currently more than one thousand people in Youhan Tree.
"Calm down! we still have time." Zank spoke loudly.
...
Drizzly, Tronel, Chunshi, Joza-Eile, Aakerin, Leib, and Samira were not in the hall anymore but in the hidden dragon troop's pocket space branch.
"Drizzly, Those people from the Urhs'in clan came here because of your bloodline, but from how they acted, they don't have any good intention towards you," Leib spoke in a grave tone; his usual lazy voice and behavior was nowhere to be seen.
Drizzly shook her head, "It doesn't matter what happens to me but...if they were not here, others wouldn't have gotten the courage to attack us. It's all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself, Drizzly. What we should do is to focus on the present. I'll continue trying to contact master Ayurin as boss suggested," Tronel spoke as he once again tried to contact Ayurin.
What an unfortunate situation. If even one of them tried to contact Athan, they would readily get through him because Athan was very close to the Vaiklaid continent. Still, to reach the Youhan Tree, the flying ship would take multiple days.
"Sigh...we couldn't even enjoy those rewards given to us by Chaos Monolith Hills fully. Only three leaders, Tronel, Chunsi, Joza-Eile, and Aakerin, broke through while the majority were still training," Samira spoke with a frustrated voice and helpless expression.
...
"Athan, we will give them a surprise, hehe. They will be shocked to see our tremendous progress and increase in strength." Shiromi spoke with a happy smile as she was excited to meet everyone again.
"But I will contact my master right now. Hehe, I can't wait," Sen spoke as she took out the contact card of Ayurin, but after a minute, she frowned, "Strange...Why is master not accepting the call?"
"Oh? That's strange. You are like her daughter, and after no contact for five years, there is no way that she wouldn't accept your call," Athan was surprised before he frowned and said.
"Nyaa, master! If something bad happened to them, you would get a slight premonition feeling about it due to my power, but since you didn't feel such a thing, then they are fine, I guess," Primo said as he floated around Athan.
Athan nodded as he experienced this when he suddenly felt good before meeting Tiana at Runic Master Lornell's palace.
"How many days until we reach Youhan Tree?" Athan asked Lady Fu, who was also here with them in the hall.
"We have entered the Vaiklaid continent, and our destination is the Dosflame region. With the speed of this flying ship, it would take us four days to reach there," Lady Fu said.
...
Four hours passed...which marked twenty-four hours since Jeargon started attacking the barrier.
"Second brother, how many hours until it breaks?" Zank asked.
"Three hours."
Zank nodded and said, "Go and use that item that we got from the reward. It should buy us some more time."
The second leader stood up as he left the hall.
"What item, first leader?"
"Yeah, how much time can it buy us?"
Zank shook his head, "I don't know how much time it will buy us, but we will know once the second brother comes back."
At this time, Yone stood up and bowed towards everyone, "Even though I don't feel that Athan has done anything wrong and I don't blame him, I can understand your feelings as well. I...am sorry."
"Yone...," Zank muttered with a sigh.
Yone looked at everyone said with determination, "Before he breaks the barrier, we will remove it and run in all directions," pausing there, Yone sighed and said, "If I could exchange my life for you all, then I would have done. But they are not here for you and me, so...I can only hope that some of you can survive."
After he finished speaking, He went towards the exit of the hall.
"Where are you going, Yone?" Zank stood up and asked in a grave tone.
Yone turned around with a smile and said, "I will leave first and attract as much attention as I can."
"Yon-"
"Don't stop me, brother. I have made my decision! Don't tell others from the hidden dragon troupe about this," Yone said before he turned to leave, but he remembered Athan and turned around again before speaking with a grin, "All of them will regret this decision once Athan knows about it. He will take revenge for me and all those who die."
Zank clenched his fist as lava was bubbling inside him. Right now, even he felt a bit of resentment towards Athan, 'Athan, You brought us to a new height but...my brother and many others will pay for that price with their life. Sigh...what am I complaining about? That is exactly how this world works.'
...
The second leader arrived outside and saw Jeargen attacking the barrier.
After looking at him with resentment and anger, he took out a blue cube and activated it before it scattered into empowering energy and gave more life to the barrier so it could last longer.
Jeargen noticed the changes immediately and said indifferently to the second leader, "You can't stop inevitable. That cube just increased four more hours to this barrier. After six hours, I will destroy this barrier and take her away."
"You also can't stop inevitable."
Jeargen and the second leader saw Yone arriving and heard his words.
Yone looked at Jeargen and said coldly, "You will regret coming here and taking Drizzly away. Athan will not let you go. If you don't believe it, then you can ask those people outside."
"Humph, don't be fooled, elder Jeargen. The people here told us about that brat. Apparently, he just entered Orderic Catastrophe five years ago and slaughtered many people at the Orderic catastrophe stage in a test. On top of them, the people here were scared by his fancy-horror display."
"Yes, elder Jeargen. But we told them the reality and the power of our clan, hehe. Even if that single brat spent his lifetime, He can't match the strength of our mighty clan."
"True, these bunch of frogs in the well here were scared by a brat at Orderic Catastrophe, but we talked sense into them, so they are not living in that false illusion anymore."
The others from the Urhs'in clan spoke one by one as they sneered at Yone.
Jeargen also couldn't help but laugh, "Hahaha, what a joke. Still, it's impressive that a brat at the orderic catastrophe managed to scare everyone. What's his name?"
Yone looked at Jeargen and spoke with gritted teeth, "His name is Athan! carve this name because he will become your nightmare sooner or later."
"YOU ALL TOO! NONE OF YOU WILL SURVIVE!"
Chapter 540 - NONE OF YOU WILL LEAVE HERE ALIVE!
Yone roared loudly by enhancing his voice, so it reverberated far and wide.
But the response from those people who were here for revenge was equally strong.
They all laughed loudly and sneered because all of them had cast away their fear of Athan.
One of the people from the Ursh'in clan spoke loudly, "If you want to kill that brat, then just call him here right now. Hahaha, I'll kill him for you."
Jaergen looked at him coldly, and the person awkwardly smiled, "I-it's fine, Elder Jeargen. From the information, that brat was an ascender who came from a universe, and he doesn't have any backing."
Yone sneered and said, "He won't need backing. His potential is limitless, and he will definitely take revenge for us in the future. You too, bastards from Urs or whatever clan."
Jeargen snorted as his clawed fist shined with a dark brown hue with slight red and hit the barrier.
*Booom...*
"Frogs in the well...," Jeargen muttered as he attacked.
"Let's go inside, Yone."
Yone shook his head and said as he transmitted his voice, "I will stay here. Second brother, you go inside and prepare."
...
Executives saw their second leader entering the hall and asked hurridly how long they could hold on now.
"Six hours."
Zank nodded as he thought for a moment and said, "Remove the barrier after three hours. At that time, everyone will...run for their lives. Even though our legendary Youhan Tree is big internally, its source energy has been exhausted since the barrier took all of it."
The second leader nodded and said, "A little power of that Evagon-realm powerhouse will crumble our Youhan Tree so let's go outside of the pocket space dimensions. Anyway, there are no energies in these dimensions anymore."
...
At this time, Chunsi received contact from Yone.
Yone--"You all, go at the backside of the tree and stay hidden. Don't escape directly even if the barrier is deactivated, understood? Just hide yourselves."
Chunsi--"What about you, boss?"
Yone--"Don't worry. I am with my first and second brother as we are discussing something important. You should keep trying to contact master Ayurin."
Chunsi--"....Got it, boss."
...
At this time, Ayurin finally managed to lose her pursuers in an illusionist chaos phenomenon. She knew this location that was at the far corner of the Vaiklaid continent.
Right after she came out, she received a call and was surprised to see that it was from Sen.
Ayurin--"Sen? How are you, my little angel?"
Sen--"Master! I finally got through. Hahaha, Master, Athan, Shiromi, and I are coming there with our friends. Don't tell others at Youhan Tree because Athan and Shiromi want to give them a surprise."
Ayurin was dumbfounded but also overjoyed and worried, "Sen! Youhan Tree- wait, Are you together with some powerhouses? How powerful are they? Are there any powerful people from Chaos Monolith Hills? Did Athan find any backing?"
Ayurin rapidly asked the questions because if Athan and others were coming here with no powerhouses, then she wouldn't tell him about the trouble of Youhan Tree, according to Yone.
'Athan shouldn't have the power to contend with them right now. But he will have in the future, and for that, he needs to stay alive.'
But she didn't know that Athan was hearing her voice since Sen didn't put up a barrier.
Inside the ship, Athan had a dark face. From how Ayurin talked, He knew that the trouble at Youhan Tree was not small.
Aren looked at Lady Fu and said, "Can you increase the speed of the ship? How long will it take for us to arrive there at full speed?"
Lady Fu shook her head and grabbed Athan's shoulder, "Don't resist."
Athan nodded, and right after that, both of them disappeared.
Tiana and others were worried, but they heard Lady Fu's voice, "Don't worry and just stay in the ship."
"No! Take me with you! ATHAN!" Shiromi shouted with tearful eyes.
Tiana went to her as she grabbed her hand and spoke gently, "Don't worry. Nothing will happen to them. You should know Athan by now."
Ayurin could hear everything, and her heart turned cold when she realized that Athan listened to what she said.
But she soon heard Sen saying something that dumbfounded her.
...
At this time, Lady Fu was taking Athan with her towards Youhan Tree on her cloud of chaos.
Her cloud of chaos shined with a golden and black.
"How long will it take us to reach there?" Athan asked in a grave tone.
"Around three hours."
Athan nodded as he took out four more voidling-zoids and gave it to Lady Fu, "Soul bind them and ready to use them if necessary. I was not having any premonition, but after hearing Ayurin's voice, I am starting to have bad feelings. Hurry up."
...
At the Youhan Tree...everyone was tense, and since three hours were up, the second leader was ready to remove the barrier.
"Three."
"Two."
"One."
"RUN!"
At this time, Everyone outside saw more than a thousand people suddenly coming out from the giant Youhan Tree and were surprised.
"What are they doing? There's a damn barrier there."
"Wait! They are planning to run by removing the barrier before it's destroyed! EVERYONE GET READY!"
Jeargen was still attacking the barrier, and even though no people of Youhan Tree came in front of him, He could see them rushing out from the three at other sides.
Yone frowned, 'I told them to inform me before removing the barrier so I can go first...sigh, first brother, second brother.'
Yone coldly looked at Jeargen and said, "The moment I and others die will be the start of the countdown for you and all others who are here! Countdown to your deaths!"
Right after that, the barrier disappeared as all people from Youhan Tree flooded outside while using their full power.
Jeargen didn't even spare him a glance as he entered inside while sensing the bloodline.
At this time, the place where Drizzly and others were hiding...Drizzly suddenly stood up as she also felt a faint tremble in her bloodline, "I-I have to go, or he will find this place."
Drizzly left the formation and came out from the underground.
"Drizzly! Wait!" Aakerin and Samira also followed her out while others also came out.
But...once they came out, They saw Jeargen standing in front of Drizzly with his hand grabbing the former's neck, "Caught you. Now I can finally go back."
He then looked at Samira, Aakerin, and others as he waved his hand towards them, "Go away, ants!"
"NOOOOOOO!" Drizzly struggled as she cried out. Her body shone with intense glazed red and black as her wings flapped chaotically to try to remove herself from Jeargon's grip and succeeded as she turned around to check on Aakerin, Smira, Tronel and others.
But what she saw threw her in despair.
Suddenly, Jeargen paused as he looked at his left side and frowned before he waved his hand towards Drizzly and trapped her in a triangle tri-colored barrier, "Keep your eyes on her. Someone troublesome is coming."
...
Athan and Lady Fu arrived at the Youhan Tree and saw chaos as a lot of people were attacking the people from Youhan Tree and killing them.
Yone was rushing out by burning with his full power, but several powerful attacks hit him as two holes appeared in his chest, and his left hand and right leg were destroyed.
He was Zen order master now, but the attacks he received were from zen order Grandmasters.
At his final breath, he saw a blurry illusion of Athan.
Athan's mind went blank seeing Yone dying; his eyes danced with a black and white maddening gleam as a loud but familiar shout reverberated everywhere.
"STOP!!!"
'Lady Fu! Command your voidling-zoids to kill everyone without the badge of the tree on their body and you, go inside towards that powerful presence.'
Lady Fu nodded as she summoned her seven voidlings before going inside.
On the other hand, Athan was mad but calm at the same time, five hundred voidling-zoids appearing around him, and he also took out the chakram that floated behind him along with strange vines of dreamy blue with a mixture of red power pulsing produced from his body.
The people stopped because of his shout and the appearance of so many strange beasts. They saw Athan and found him familiar as well, but right before anyone could speak, They heard a familiar cracked and hoarse voice that seemed to come straight out of hell, "NONE OF YOU WILL LEAVE HERE ALIVE!"
*SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....*
*ROARRRRRRRRR....*
All voidlings cried loudly as well before...a massacre began.
'Primo! I can't control Netherly frost fully, but you can! So, fully focus on imbuing it to all my attacks!'
'ROGER, MASTER!' Primo shouted as he was also affected by Athan's anger.
Chapter 541 - Massacre
"Lady Fu? Why are you here?" Jeargen asked with a surprised expression.
Lady Fu recognized Jeargen as well, but she frowned as she looked at Tronel, Samira, and other members of Hidden Dragon Troupe lying, 'They are completely crippled with no way of recovery unless...sigh, this is worse than dying.'
She shook her head because the last thing Athan said to her was to save these people, and she knew that they were close to Athan. In their journey here, Shiromi and Athan talked about Hidden Dragon Troupe.
She waved her hand as a verdant green globe enveloped Tronel and others. They were barely alive after being completely crippled and injured.
Jeargen frowned after seeing that Lady Fu ignored him and said, "Lady Fu, it's better that you stay out of this matter."
He had secured Drizzly in his order technique after sensing a presence that was a powerful as him.
"Jeargen...I can't let you get away with that girl," Lady Fu said while shaking her head.
Jeargen was standing in front of the trapped Drizzly and hearing Lady Fu's words, his face turned dark as he stretched his hand to the side, indicating that he wouldn't let go of Drizzly and said, "This girl is very important to our clan. Lady Fu...even if I have to go all out, I will take her with me."
Lady Fu was surprised, "You are more worried about her than your son?"
"What do you mean?" Jeargen frowned.
Seeing the reaction of Jeargen, Lady Fu was startled, "Don't you know that your son died?"
"What!" Jeargen's body trembled in shock, and his mind went blank, 'Is that I was feeling bad omen the whole time? Why didn't big brother tell me such important news?'
*Shuaa....*
Lady Fu took his chance as she attacked Jeargen with a dark, thick red beam that was bendable. It shot forward from Lady's palm in a zig-zag manner at blinding speed, aiming Jeargen's head.
Jeargen sensed threat as he exploded with all of his power and conjured a round golden-brown shield to the side of his head to block the attack.
*Crack...*
Before the shield broke, he disappeared from his position, and in the next second, He was seen at the right side of Lady Fu with his deadly dragon-claws coated with some kind of claw armored weapon.
Lady snorted as an umbrella appeared in her hand suddenly, which blocked Jeargen's claw attack.
*Roarr...*
A roar left from Jeargen's mouth before chaotic vibration echoed towards Lady Fu, bypassing the verdant green umbrella.
But Lady moved her hand slightly as the umbrella started to spin as it
released verdant green sparks and absorbed the chaotic vibrations.
Right after that, she disappeared from her place and flew high in the sky.
"Evagon Domain- Flare of Verdant Hell! A mutter left Lady Fu's mouth as the world around them changed as demonic verdant chaotic winds blew everywhere.
They converged into deadly blades of various kinds and attacked Jeargen.
But Lady Fu didn't stop, "Superimpose- Dark Tides..."
Suddenly Black ink-like patches appeared in this hellish verdant world as they attacked Jeargen in tandem with demonic verdant chaotic wind blades.
Jeargen also activated his Evagon Domain as a world blood-red moon appeared with dark brown spots. Both worlds clashed against each other as Jeargen and Lady Fu battled.
...
On the other hand, A bloody massacre was happening all around the Youhan Tree as hundreds of voidling-zoids attacked everyone chaotically.
But the terrifying ones were the seven voidling-zoids that Lady left behind.
She even infused with an area of attack order techniques; Even Titan-voidling was infused by area of attack order technique as its body became twice its already big size with an enchanted body that was killing everyone with a single slap. One-shot! Lady Fu likely infused a powerful body order technique in it.
But its speed of killing was still slower than the other three voidlings, who were just like a nightmare.
Blitzzer, Bladeus, and Artilar were slaughtering tens of people every moment.
These seven voidlings infused with the power of an Evagon-realm powerhouse proved to be a nightmare to all these people. The most powerful people of them were Zen order Grandmasters, and they were the first ones to die.
On the other hand, Athan first preserved the body of Yone before he started killing everyone.
With two chakrams on his sides and with the power of his body physique, Vamporium Cerulean, He was killing Zen order elite and Zen order masters in one shot.
Naturally, what made it easier for Athan to kill them in one shot was Netherly frost that Primo imbued into his attacks.
After thirty minutes...the land around Youhan Tree was covered with various kinds of blood. Red, blue, green, etc.
A few hundred people of Youhan Tree were alive while all outsiders were killed. Those who tried to run were also chased and killed by Lady Fu's voidlings.
Nobody could escape from Bladeus and Blitzzer voidlings.
Athan arrived beside Yone and heard Primo's voice, 'Master...he is dead. His soul departed right after the second we arrived here and saw him.'
Athan nodded with a cold expression and overflowing killing intent. He waved his hands as abyssal darkness released from his hand and devoured Yone's body.
Afterward, he went towards Youhan Tree, where a big battle was happening between Lady Fu and Jeargen.
Seeing the chaotic atmosphere and the high level of battle, Athan thought, 'Evagon-realm...powerful indeed.'
At this time, the sky above Youhan Tree was divided by two; one side was the Evagon domain of Lady Fu, while the other side was the Evagon domain of Jeargen.
He had never seen the full power of Evagon-realm until now, 'With the current amount of abyssal darkness I possess and the power of that level, Evagon-realm can in less than two seconds.'
That means that all of his abyssal darkness can only block the attack of Evagon-realm for less than two seconds before it is consumed. At least, the level of power he felt in the battle between Lady Fu and Jeargen indicated that.
'But I don't need to block their attacks.' Athan thought as he shouted towards Lady Fu to stop the battle.
'Primo, ready to conjure a dome of Netherly frost around me in case that powerhouse attacks me.'
'Got it, Master.'
"Jeargen, stop!" Lady Fu shouted as she ceased her attacks but kept her defense.
Jeargen was confused. In reality, He didn't want to fight in the first place and just wanted to take Drizzly and return to his clan to know about his son's death. How did he die? Who killed him? was he really dead, or did Lady Fu fool him?
'She stopped battle because of that brat's shout. Who is he? From the aura he is exuding, he is just a damn ant at the peak of Orderic Catastrophe,' Jeargen thought as he also ceased attacking but kept his defense.
"Lady Fu! You better not play tricks and let me go. I don't want to waste time here right now!" Jeargen spoke with a dark face and grim voice.
Lady Fu indifferently looked at him as she deactivated her Evagon-domain and descended beside Athan.
Athan already saw Tronel and others lying inside a bubble of sort and a triangle dome defensive structure surrounded by six people from the Ursh'in clan.
He then turned to Lady Fu, who was beside him, and asked, "Who is he?"
"Jeargen, a powerhouse at Median Evagon-realm. He is from the Ursh'in clan and wanted to take Drizzly to his clan forcefully."
'So Drizzly is inside that triangle dome structure? Also, why do they want Drizzly? Hmm...both of them had dragon features which makes it a matter of bloodline...I see.'
At this time, Jeargen descended and waved his hand as he deactivated his order technique.
Drizzly was untrapped as her haggard appearance filled with tears appeared, soon she noticed Athan and cried out in a shocked manner before speaking worriedly, "Athan!? Y-you...Run! Don't stay here! H-he is very powerful! At Evagon-realm!"
Drizzly wiped her tears as she spoke, "Please...run away and stay alive for us."
"Annoying...," Jeargen muttered with a frown as he waved his hand and made Drizzly unconscious by suppressing her soul.
Looking at Drizzly's state and Tronel and others who were barely alive but...completely crippled, Athan clenched his teeth.
Looking at Jeargen, he coldly uttered, "So it was because of you that people here got the courage to attack Youhan Tree."
"Brat! Who the hell do you think you are? A measly chaos wa-" One of the members of the Ursh'in clan spoke but was interrupted by Jeargen, who had a cold expression.
"Lady Fu, If you can peacefully let us go now without wasting our time to fight a needless battle where none of us will come victorious in a short time, I will owe you a favor."
Lady Fu didn't answer but looked at Athan.
Seeing that, Jeargen frowned, 'What's going on? Why is she asking that brat's opinion? As far as I know, Lady Fu doesn't have any relatives left in the world anymore since her clan was wiped out.. Even if there was one, she would be the most powerful existence of her clan and wouldn't stay under a brat with such low strength.'
Chapter 542 - Athan's Trick.
Athan rapidly started thinking of a way to save Drizzly and kill that bastard.
After a moment, he decided to make use of his weak order base, 'I need to make some build-up for that...'
Athan looked at Jeargen with a frown and asked, "Why do you want Drizzly? You are even keeping her alive, so there should be something you want from Drizzly, right?"
Jeargen frowned and said, 'I have to hurry and return to the clan, but Lady Fu won't let me go that easily unless...that brat says so? Judging by how she looked for his opinion, she might listen to her. Hmmm...if that's the case, I can't tell them that we will extract her bloodline and kill her.'
"We just want her to become our clan head's foster daughter and then marry his descendent so that we can have powerful future generations," Jeargen said indifferently.
Athan frowned and asked again, "So her life will not be in any danger if she goes to your clan, right?"
Jeargen shook his head, "No. She will be treated well and will also become powerful at a faster rate."
Athan nodded as he visibly sighed relief and said with determination, "Let me talk to her for a few minutes. You can stay near me while we talk, and Lady Fu will stay away, so you don't have to worry about we taking her away."
Lady Fu nodded and said coldly, "If you don't agree to that condition, the-"
"Fine, I agree. I'll just give them five minutes. Once the time is up, you will not obstruct us anymore." Jeargen spoke in an impatient tone. He just wanted to fucking return to his clan and find out news about his son as soon as possible.
Lady Fu looked at Athan as she didn't know why he wanted to do this. But since she was here, Jeargen won't make a move on Athan because doing that would not benefit him since she showed much importance to Athan.
Athan started walking towards them and arrived beside Drizzly before holding her up in a standing position using his chaos force.
Jeargen and others from the Ursh'in clan surrounded him and Drizzly.
"You have five minutes," Jeargen plainly said as he waved his hand and woke up Drizzly and also created a powerful barrier around them so they couldn't escape even with any tricks, 'I can't see inside this brat, but the power he radiated is at Orderic Catastrophe, is that brat that threatened everyone here? Well, he can't escape from my barrier.'
Athan also put up a small normal order force barrier around and said, "Don't listen to us."
"Humph, we have surrounded you, and we don't have any interest in your talk. Your five minutes had started, so hurry up." A man looking in his late twenties from the Ursh'in clan spoke.
At this time, Drizzly opened her eyes blurrily and saw Athan in front of her, "A-Athan? W-what are you doing?"
'Primo, don't let Drizzly be affected by Netherly frost, and don't let it spread further.'
'Roger-nyaa!'
Jeargen and others were not worried about Athan and Drizzly since they had surrounded him.
But Jeargen suddenly sensed a threat, but before he could act against it, A burst of strange, soul-chilling frost exploded from Athan's body.
He could activate his defensive techniques and powers before the frost hit him with his speed, but...
'HOW TH-' He didn't know how that brat possessed such a terrible power that even he couldn't block.
That was his last thought before the Netherly frost froze his and others' soul to death along with their body.
Their cells and even their bloodline froze to death.
Lady Fu saw everything with wide eyes as her body also trembled with cold.
Fortunately, Primo controlled the Netherly Frost and didn't let it spread further after it hit Jeargen and others.
Drizzly was shocked beyond belief, "T-this...Athan, how did you become this powerful?"
Athan shook his head, "This is my not my power."
"Nyaa! It is master's power but not now. Netherly frost is part of AVOF, and master is the ruler of AVOF, so in the end, Netherly frost is master's power," Primo spoke with stubborn expression.
Athan wryly smiled but didn't argue.
"Drizzly...," Athan looked at Drizzly and sighed, "It's my f-"
"It's not, Athan! It's not your fault but my fault!..*sniff*, they were attracted here because of my bloodline," Drizzly cried out with tears falling off her eyes.
Athan closed his eyes for a moment before he opened them. His current eyes revealed a calm and serene expression with a hint of cold killing intent in them.
He didn't believe what he did was wrong; he would do it again if he got the chance. He would kill all people except fifty people in the test again.
But he owed an apology is as well. This didn't indicate that he regretted his decision. NO! But he just owed it because he was part of this act and one of the reasons that led to this consequence.
"Yone is dead."
"Mhmm...," Drizzly nodded with her head down, tears falling off her eyes.
"Tronel and others are crippled and severally injured."
"Mhmm..."
At last, Athan said coldly, "I will remove Ursh'in clan from the face of this world."
"Mhmm...When you go there, take me with you."
At this time, Athan had an uncontrollable urge to start training as his soul burned with determination. He didn't hold back anymore as he began to his breakthrough to Zen order.
The intense fight previously already stabilized his rapidly growing strength.
But before he started his breakthrough, He told Lady Fu to handle some things.
Lady Fu nodded as she first made Drizzly unconscious and put her beside Samira in the healing bubble she created.
Afterward, she went to the two hundred or some people who survived.
"Please! Save our two leaders! They are still barely alive."
Lady Fu dashed towards them and put them in a new healing bubble as well.
She then took out a Defense+Healing type Runic Ward hundred meters range and told everyone to stay in the range. Afterward, the army of voidlings stood guard around the Runic Ward according to Athan's instruction.
While Lady Fu commanded her seven voidlings to guard around Athan, Tronel, and others.
After taking a last look at Athan, who had closed his eyes while sitting crossed-legged, she flew up and disappeared.
Chapter 543 - Zen Order Realm, Will Athan Succeed?
Half a month has passed since the incident at the Youhan Tree...
Many people came here because of the massacre. After all, those major powers didn't come here with full strength. So when their family members and members of organizations saw their souls slip destroyed, it caused panic.
As such, many people came here and died before the rumor started spreading about this massacre.
This incident caused many to turn into Athan's enemies, especially the relatives of these major powers who were at Midgard continent.
But on the grand scale of things, this massacre was not that big. Only major powers of the three continents were affected, while there were many other continents out there.
A total true powerhouse from those three continents, who are currently in the Midgard continent, can be counted with one hand.
...
The survived members of Youhan Tree and all others were inside the Youhan-Tree, making the organization functional again.
The other organizations that were not enemies with Youhan Tree came daily with gifts and praises.
But Athan and others didn't bother with that.
Currently, All members of Hidden Dragon Troupe and Athan's group are inside a high-grade pocket space branch of Youhan Tree.
The Youhan Tree was almost dead, but Lady Fu used one of her treasures to start its revitalizing process and also repaired its core.
"Can Athan really do that?" Drizzly asked with doubt and hope as she looked at Athan and other members of the hidden dragon troupe.
At this time, Athan was sitting crossed-legged while Tronel, Chunshi, Joza-Eile, Aakerin, Leib, Samira were sleeping in front of him with lost consciousness.
Lady Fu put them in such a state to increase their healing and remove Evagon-realm power's aura from their body.
Shiromi looked worriedly at them, but her voice was filled with her confidence in Athan, "Since he said that he can do it, then will do it."
Athan had told them that although they were completely crippled now, He had a way to start their journey to getting strong again.
Naturally, they will have to start again from the Tier-1 order base. But that was nothing as long as they could start training again.
Athan had also officially broken through to the Zen order realm.
Zen order realm has three major stages.
Zen order Elite.
Zen order Master.
Zen order Grandmaster.
Each major stage has three sub-stages as well.
Once entering the Zen order realm, people will have to grasp zen order-level chaotic powers through either scroll or by adventuring in Chaos phenom dimensions to grasp the wild zen chaotic powers.
The main goal is to create a complete mini-chaotic world of their own unique power by combining chaotic zen powers.
A complete mini-chaotic world has to have at least three hundred zen order sets in it.
Aside from the usual essence, body, and soul zen order sets, there are mystic zen order sets that can be comprehended from observing chaos phenomenons, enlightenment, and order technique scrolls.
The sub-stages of the Zen order elite are three: First order, Second order, and Third order.
Athan is at the first order in Zen order elite stage right now, and by breaking through the zen order realm, he managed to create an Orderic Orb from his Order Eidos.
To break through to the second-order, he will have to complete one mini-chaotic world or grasp at least 300 zen order sets.
Breaking through to second-order will allow him to create another Orderic Orb from his Order Eidos, which will allow him to create a second mini-world or add more zen chaotic powers to his current in-progress mini-chaotic world, Laimiz chaotic world.
Athan decided to use his current Orderic orb to add Zen chaotic powers to his Laimiz chaotic world. But for that, He wil first have to grasp those powers, which he will do after helping Tronel and others start their journey again.
He was currently focused on scanning their chaos region, which was destroyed with no order base in it.
They had no order force or chaos force inside.
The only thing they could do was to control chaos essence in the atmosphere, which is useless without their order base.
Their souls were also injured, and three days ago, he finished healing their souls in the same way he healed Arcued soul.
But this time, he was careful not to overwhelm their original soul with the remanent of his soul power, so they don't become like Arcued.
Lady Fu said that it would take tens of years to heal their soul injuries with normal external soul healing pills.
There are high-grade natural treasures, but they are hard to get, and it will take some years to recover their soul entirely even with them.
But...Athan told her that he could do it in a few days. And...he indeed did just that.
He healed their souls in three days, and when Lady Fu checked their souls, her eyes nearly popped out of her sockets.
But after that, Athan also told everyone that he could let them walk on the path of chaos and order again!
That was practically impossible!
The only way one can start their journey again after being crippled is...after dying.
Yes. They can die, reincarnate elsewhere with no memories and start their journey again.
This is the only way for people who lost their order base. At least, that's what everyone believed until Athan opened his mouth to say the shocking words that he could help them start their journey on the path of order and chaos again.
It's been three days since he said that, and he was still sitting there with his eyes closed.
'Will he succeed?' Lady Fu thought as she sat there on the couch.
'He had already shown me magical things that are beyond the scope of my knowledge, so...There is really a chance that he can help them with this as well. Just who are you, Athan?'
She remembered things said to her by Dean Lenix a few days ago and was already excited regarding her future.
'Athan....I can't wait to see you grow up to become an unstoppable force of chaos!'
Chapter 544 - Onwards To Train At Full Speed!
After three more days, Athan finally managed to find a way to their solution.
Just like how he walked on the path when he couldn't gather chaos essence from the atmosphere and had to build Maelstrom of Chaos.
He also helped them create the same thing and told them his experience and how did he progress.
"I-it's working! I grasped my first order of a chaotic power and successfully created the core," Tronel cried out in shock as he looked inside his chaos region.
Aakerin, Chunsi, Joza-Eile, Leib, and Samira were surprised and excited.
They looked at Athan as if he was a magician.
Lady Fu was also shocked, 'H-he really did it. What the...'
Athan smiled at them and said, "Alright, now we shall not disturb you anymore since I am sure you are eager to regain your power. Hehe, I am also eager to get strong, so although I want to stay with you for a bit more time, I can't."
After saying that, He turned to Lady Fu and said, "Lady Fu, can you relocate this Youhan Tree to a different place and then create a powerful barrier to hide and protect it?"
Lady Fu thought for a moment before saying, "I know what you want to do, but it will take a couple of months."
"It's fine," Athan said as he turned to Tiana and others with a grin, "I am going to find a wild Zen-grade chaos phenom dimension and train inside. Who is coming with me?"
...
Naturally, everyone wanted to come along as they were determined to train and breakthrough to the Zen order realm.
As such, Tiana, Avelia, Sen, Shiromi, Linci, Tealery, Arcued, and Theo went out with Athan in search of a wild chaos phenom dimension.
After five days, they finally encountered an appearance of such CPD.
It just formed in front of them.
When they were going through this unknown region, the atmosphere suddenly changed as mystical novas of colorful energies appeared all over the sky before a dark portal with colorful energies materialized.
"According to its energy, It's definitely a zen-grade chaos phenom dimension," Theo said with his narrowed eyes that shined dark blue.
"Let's go," Athan nodded and said.
...
Once everyone entered this chaos phenom dimension, they appeared in a chaotic gravity atmosphere.
Everyone once in a while, the gravity would change in omni-way. It means that not just up and down, but one will randomly feel a pull or repel from any object in this chaos phenom dimension.
Chaotic, mystical rocks were floating everywhere, and each of them was surrounded by wild, chaotic powers.
Mountains, Hills, and forests were also floating in the sky with various wild chaotic powers.
Athan and others conjured chaos force barrier around them to resist the atmosphere and chaotic gravity of this atmosphere as they stood on a mountain.
"Athan, can you give us your remaining Kuriazak fruits? I don't want to wait for soul order catastrophes to come!" Sen spoke with determination.
Tiana smiled and said as well, "Yes, Athan. Sen and others have become more powerful after coming out of purgatory, and their innate physique has developed to their level as well. Avelia and I have also developed our physique and trained much in Heaven's Tranuiqlity with them, so I am sure we can survive consecutive catastrophes."
"Yes, emperor! We can do this!" Arcued shouted with determination.
Athan smiled seeing their resolve, and nodded, "Alright, You all won't need many fruits like me to call catastrophe, and you are all halfway to it already. With the remaining hundred or so Kuriazak fruits I have, you all can easily breakthrough to zen order after surviving the catastrophes."
"Yeah. We want to catch up with you as much as possible," Avelia made a fist and said with a grin.
Afterward, Athan gave them the Kuriazak fruits as they started training.
He left the voidlings of Lady Fu here along with Primo and told them to protect others while he continued his adventure in search of powerful chaotic power.
From now on, he had decided not to use the scroll. Instead, He will comprehend and grasp the wild zen chaotic powers.
The wild zen chaotic powers here were different because each spot had immense space and a world of its own.
Just like the Miz-Lu Enchanted Kingdom, Athan could send his soul sense to that Miz-Lu Enchanted Kingdom's world and grasp its order, but here, He will directly go to wild zen chaotic powers' worlds with his body.
He spread his soul sense while moving and judged which chaotic power had offensive supportive properties.
After an hour, He finally arrived at a mountain that was burning with dark orange flame with bright crimson sparks in them.
"Hmmm...I need to take a look into this," Athan muttered as he flew towards that mountain.
Once he arrived there, he felt a powerful attraction pull.
But he didn't resist that and let himself be pulled. Naturally, the closer he went, the chaotic it became as his body started burning.
He could defend himself, but he didn't do it since it didn't matter. He would heal later, and he was not feeling pain, so he didn't bother.
Others would be dumbfounded at his body's magical healing speed that was due to the healing factor.
Naturally, Aegis Starwood also played its part in the rapid healing.
But when Athan was extremely close to this strange mountain, the potency increased, and his body burned even more such that even his bones became visible.
When his body was almost burned, he disappeared and appeared in a vast burning world of dark orange with red sparks everywhere.
Burning mountains and rocks were chaotically flying everywhere, and if one were not careful, they would either get serious injuries or die.
Still, Athan didn't care and just closed his eyes with a wild grin on his face, 'What better way to grasp a power than to feel it deep within one's bone and soul?'
Athan laughed as he exposed his consciousness to this wild chaotic power.
His consciousness started to burn, and this would generally cause immense soul pain, but Athan ignored it and focused on comprehending the zen order sets of this world.
His body was flung, seriously injured by the chaotically flying rocks that were burning in dark orange flame with red sparks in them, but Athan didn't do anything to defend himself.
His consciousness was also burning, but he still didn't do anything.
He didn't do anything because he was not feeling pain. Still, even though he was not feeling pain, his body and consciousness were getting injuries.
But due to his high healing factor, he was healing as well, and since the healing couldn't keep up with the injuries, he also created several Blitzzer-voidlings and gave them the nature of Aegis Starwood and the power of Laimiz chaotic world. That way, he was constantly healing while getting injuries.
Although Athan didn't dodge the burning astroids of chaotic power of this world, the voidlings did dodge constantly while healing him under his command.
This was the best and fastest way for Athan to progress because...he could just ignore the pain, unlike others.
After discovering more about this chaotic power and its properties while he was comprehending it, Athan decided to name it Crimson Inferno.
Chapter 545 - Nyahahaha....!!
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A week passed before Athan finally comprehended its initial order, allowing him to control that power and gain its connection.
But he didn't continue with this power and moved out of the Crimson Inferno world since he could now leave and enter here as he pleases.
Naturally, he couldn't teleport there from anywhere, but instead of the world itself forcing him to enter, he could not enter and leave.
"Now I need another zen chaotic power which can complement the previous ones," Athan muttered as he continued flying in a random direction.
...
At Ursh'in clan...
"So, did you find it who is responsible for ruining our plan?" Patriarch of Ursh'in clan spoke in a dire tone.
"Yes, patriarch. It's Lady Fu."
"Lady Fu?" Patriarch frowned, "Impossible! She wouldn't make more enemies when she already had a bunch. Also, her strength is on par with Jeargen at best, and she can't possibly kill him in such a short time."
"T-this...From the investigation by paying a lot of money Great Bridgade Palace and found the traces, It was Indeed Lady Fu. We also confirmed that as of right now, Lady Fu's ship is at the organization where our target lived before."
Patriarch fell into thought for a while before he stood up and...conjured a portal with a wave of his hand before disappearing into it.
But the elders heard the patriarch's voice in the hall, "Prepare the ship! Kearin, Reben, and I am going to retrieve our target after ten days! We need the Eargia Chaos Dragon's bloodline inside that girl!"
...
At this time, Dean Lenix received contact from the patriarch of the Ursh'in clan and smiled, 'Looks like he took the bait.'
Actually, he was the one who let them find out that the culprit behind this was Lady Fu.
That was because several days ago, Athan contacted him and told him that he wanted to obliterate the Ursh'in clan in front of everyone and make a show of his power among the upper echelons of the Midgard continent.
At that time, he told Athan, "Are you going to use Linci's power to make that show? It will certainly shock everyone if you use her berserk power because almost all of the upper-echelons know about her existence.
"No! This time...I will show them something new, something more terrifying than they can imagine!"
Hearing those ice-cold words, Dean Lenix was shocked and thought, 'Is he going to use that mysterious power of that cat-like being?'
But he didn't ask anything more at that time and just said, "Alright, I'll prepare for that show."
And now, looking at Ursh'in clan's patriarch's contact, he smiled and accepted it.
Ursh'in Patriarch--"Dean Lenix, I will not beat around the bush. I want you to tell Lady Fu to stop protecting that girl. The better thing would be that she hands her over to us. I...can pay whatever price you say for this."
Dean Lenix was surprised, 'Guess I will take some benefits while doing this.'
Dean Lenix--"Hmmm...Alright, but you are not planning to harm her, right?"
Urshi'in Patriarch--"I will not even touch a strand of her hair as long as she doesn't obstruct us from taking that girl. Just say your price, Dean Lenix."
Dean Lenix--" One Neo-vortex flower. I know your clan has one, and you saved it for Jeargen. But since Jeargen is no more..."
Ursh'in Patriarch--"Impossible! My son has already entered Evagon-realm, and that flower goes to him. Change your price, or I don't mind killing Lady Fu!"
Dean Lenix--"Nope. Give me that flower or forget about it. Also, If you kill Lady Fu, then as my oath stated, I will slaughter everyone in your clan before returning to upper-Chaosverse."
Ursh'in Patriarch--"Hump, Dean Lenix! Don't forget that I also have some connection to upper-Chaosverse now! I have joined an Expendetion Force in an organization that's not any less powerful than Chaos Monolith HIll!"
Dean Lenix--"Hahaha, stop threatening me with that. Do you take me for an ignorant old fool? Alright, give me the flower, and you can do whatever you wish. Otherwise, forget about that girl...with high purity and density of Eargia Chaos Dragon."
Dean Lenix--"Also, I know that you plan to get under Eargian Chaos Dragon Saint- Jura after awakening your bloodline in more purity. Surely, the price of the Neo-Vortex flower is nothing compared to that. If that girl were born in upper-Chaosverse, Jura Saint would have noticed her immediately and taken her under his wings, but...since she is here, it is your great chance to rise up! Give me a decision in one minute, or I will use my connections and reveal her existence to Jura Saint."
After saying that, Dean Lenix cut the contact and smiled.
But after a few seconds, He wryly smiled and shook his head, 'In the end, I ended up exhorting and threatening him...sigh. Let's hope I didn't overdo it since I don't actually have a way to reveal Drizzly's existence to Jura Saint in a short time.'
After half a minute, Dean Lenix received Ursh'in clan's patriarch again, "Deal! I am going to send you the flower right now."
...
After a week, Athan grasped another zen chaotic power's initial order and made a connection with it.
Athan named this chaotic power Hollow Kernel.
'Done. With this, my first mini-chaotic world will have full supportive powers that can support all areas like damage, defense, control, speed, etc.'
Without wasting any time, He used his Orderic Orb and added his new chaotic powers, Crimson Inferno and Hollow Kernel, to his Laimiz chaotic world.
His Laimiz chaotic world started to have changed as burning rocks, and hollow spirits in the shape of weapons started to roam in the world.
'Now I need to start comprehending and grasping more zen order sets of Miz-Lu enchanted kingdom, Crimson Inferno, and Hollow Kernel.'
But instead of comprehending them one by one, he had found a way to comprehend all three at the same time.
He acquired this ability while he was meditating in the Music Valley. At that time, He wanted to create three major consciousness that could comprehend three things simultaneously.
He knew the ability on how to do that but couldn't use it since he lacked soul strength at that time. But After breaking through to the Zen order realm, he acquired a boost in his soul strength, and now, he can finally use that ability.
But at this time, Dean Lenix contacted him.
Dean Lenix--"Athan, The plan is in motion. After three days, people from the Ursh'in clan will leave here. With their speed, It will take them at most twenty days to reach there. But they might arrive early too, which will be as fast as in ten days."
Athan--"Thanks, Dean Lenix. Also, who will be recording everything that happens here? Did you make an arrangement about that?"
Dean Lenix--"Hahaha. Right now, Zangrel and I are bored, so we will come there personally. This is also to make sure that nothing happens to you in case some unexpected situation arises. Anyway, what exactly are you planning?"
Athan--"Hehe, That's a secret. Alright, since they are coming soon, then I will start the preparation."
Dean Lenix--"Hahaha, fine. Then Zangrel and I are arriving there after three days. We want to leave fast, but before leaving, we have to erase our traces so that nobody knows that we wen there. But we will reach there before people from the Ursh'in clan because of Zangrel's chaos bridge. Alright then, I shall not disturb you anymore."
...
At this time, Athan put the contact card away as he closed his eye with a devilish grin on his face, "Arcued, I guess It's time for the Void Emperor to make his appearance."
Athan opened his eyes as they danced with a black and white aura oozing out of them, 'Not me, but Void Emperor.'
At this time, For a brief moment, Athan's appearance changed. Eccentric black and white patterns appeared all over his body. His void robe and void mask also appeared with those strange, mystical patterns for a brief moment.
His appearance became the same as how he appeared when he came out of the cocoon.
His soul was brightly lit as the connection with the AVOF solidified.
All of that only happened for a brief moment before his appearance returned to normal.
At this time, Primo, who was far away, looked in Athan's direction with star-struck eyes filled with excitement, 'So you finally couldn't hold back anymore, Master? Nyahahahha....'
Chapter 546 - Vast Expanse Of Greyness.
Several days passed as it was finally time for Athan to execute his risky plan.
Dean Lenix and Zangrel had already arrived at the Youhan Tree, but they were disguised as guests of Lady Fu from the Midgard continent.
On the other hand, inside the chaos phenom dimension...
Seeing Athan leaving the chaos phenom dimension, Primo spoke, "Master! I am coming with you."
Athan smiled as he patted Primo's head and said, "Just stay here and keep an eye on them. Nothing will happen to me."
"But maste-"
"Primo, just stay here. This is the trial that I choose myself as well, and I want to do it alone. You being there will make me feel as if I am secure, and I don't want that," Athan said with a serious expression.
Primo's fluffy black ears turned down with its eyes looking pitiful, "If you say so, Master. But, Make sure that you are in control of the power, not the other way around."
'Or I will have to intervene.'
Athan smiled and nodded, "Naturally. I said I would not let anything control me, and that included my own strength as well."
After Athan left the chaos phenom dimension, he made a bee-line towards Youhan Tree. According to Head Lenix, who contacted him an hour ago, the people from the Ursh'in clan will arrive here in three days.
Seeing Athan arriving, the people from Youhan Tree had mixed feelings, but they still respectfully greeted him.
They knew about Athan's wonderous means and were in awe of that, but they still partially blamed him for their trouble, and Athan didn't feel that there was anything wrong with them thinking like that.
Athan nodded as he flew inside and entered the high-grade pocket space branch where Lady Fu, Dean Lenix, and Head Zangrel were staying.
"Hahaha, Athan! You are finally here. I wonder kind of show you are going to show us this time," Head Zangrel spoke with a loud laugh.
Athan faintly smiled and said, "You will know that after three days."
After saying that, Athan sat down on the couch and said, "Dean Lenix, Head Zangrel, I know you two are here personally in case something unexpected happens and to save me, but...that would reveal your existence here, right?"
Dean Lenix and Head Zangrel looked at each other before smiling, "Indeed."
Head Zangrel grinned as he tapped his bald head with all of his fingers in a rhythm and said, "Revealing our existence will not do any real harm to us, but it will just open a way for our enemies to a fact that MIGHT help them get the upper hand. Nothing is certain in our world, so we are used to staying cautious."
Dean Lenix nodded with a smile, "But, we know your potential, so we have already decided to support you once you reach upper-Chaosverse. If there was a need for us to intervene, which I think will likely not happen, still, if such need arises, we will make a move."
Athan nodded before he spoke somberly, "I understand. But...I want you two to take an oath that you two will not intervene in this matter and just watch and record everything. You don't have to worry about my safety because nothing will happen to me. What I am going to do is just to reveal an existence to spread fear and lay the foundation for my power. The enemies who are coming here are just pieces on board for that."
Athan's eyes danced with a black and white gleam before he spoke with a grin, "The only players in this show are me and my...power."
After saying that, he stood up and turned around, "I am going to seclude myself for the final preparation. Contact me when they are a hundred miles away from Youhan Tree."
...
Athan left this pocket space branch and arrived in another empty high-grade pocket space branch.
All five high-grade pocket space branches were occupied.
The two leaders of Youhan Tree occupied the first one.
Members of the Hidden Dragon Troupe occupied the second one. The third one was occupied by the remaining high-ranking members of Youhan Tree for meetings, and Lady Fu and her two guests occupied the fourth one.
The fifth one was occupied by Athan alone since he asked for one, and nobody had an objection.
After entering, Athan sat down crossed-legged under a random tree out of habit and spread out his abyssal darkness and voidpulse around him.
A field of abyssal darkness and voidpulse materialized around a meter radius of him.
After that, eccentric black and white patterns appeared on his body as Athan's appearance started to change.
Athan's soul was brightly lit as the same pattern appeared on it.
'Abyssal void of Fabrication...you are a void that devours things into the abyss of yours and... recreates the things you devoured in that abyss. But...I AM YOUR OWNER!'
Athan's soul left his body, which caused his body to return to normal. But his soul was still brightly lit with eccentric black and white patterns.
Athan (his soul, which looks the same as him) then...scattered is his own soul.
But in this field of the abyssal void of fabrication he created around him, his soul gathered together again as he felt a connection to that mystical place again. That mystical place was the source of his power.
...
Imagine a vast expanse of grey.
In this space of greyness, there is a light grey orb with dark and white patterns over it.
Inside that orb...is a vast world that has two sides. One side is beautiful, peaceful, and heaven-like.
The other side is dark, deathly, and hell-like.
But the skies of this world were colorful, just too colorful, with many strange and mystical powers whirling everywhere.
This two side world was constantly changing. The changes were not significant but minor.
This world was not like this before. Instead, this world inside the orb just occupied a black and white aura everywhere with those colorful powers at one corner of this world. Other than that, there was nothing here.
But now, this world was very lively.