The Tale of the Void Emperor

" Huu...." Athan took a deep breath to calm himself.

" That was...a peak-level Ruler existence, Who used all of his means to defend himself and I..annihilated him? " With a grin, Athan roared, " HELL YEAH!! "

He was finally on par with the beings in this layer of dimension, despite being one plane lower than them.

He felt that if he didn't use all of his power and normally fought against Thorinn by wearing geno frame, Then he could still defeat him before he ran out of geno energy.

" My geno energy is completely drained now. I need to test how may days it takes to fill it fully. " Muttering this, He entered the special space and sat down with others before he started training.

The change in his practice of genome technique included a few things; First, The purple whirlpool increased in size. Second, The geno energy also changed as he didn't require his genesis energy to fill up the pond because the new geno energy was different and more powerful. Third, His speed of extracting geno energy from the whirlpool increased, but the pond's capacity also expanded, so he needs to check how much time it requires to fill up the whole pond.

' I should fill up the pond at least 50% before fighting in the Bloodpath since everyone's powers isn't sealed in that place. '

He then focused on absorbing the energy from the whirlpool.

Meanwhile, Tiana and others were filing up their second branches because only with the new powers that come with lighting up the second branch will they be able to survive in the Bloodpath. 

...

After exact thirty days, He opened his eyes which contained excitement and thought, ' Now this is great. It only takes us a month to completely fill up the pond. But...'

He looked at the progress of the third branch and shook his with a wry smile.

After a whole month of his second soul filling up the third branch of the genome tree, It only filled up the tiny spot. 

' Suppose that's 2-3% of the third branch filled, then I will need 40-50 months or 4 years to fill up the entire third branch. If only my second on it. ' Shaking his head, He decided that he would let the second soul work on it while he progresses in the Erudite Palace Plane.

But first, he wanted to explore the Bloodpath, So he left the special space.

...

The scenery was the same as yesterday, and There was only one way in this vast cave, so he started moving.

He wore the crown on his physical body to strengthen himself and flew forward.

There was nothing new in this vast path beside the blood-red ground and rocks. He increased his speed with his detection barrier and flew even faster.

After ten minutes, Athan was still flying, but his face suddenly changed as he muttered, " Crap..." 

*BOOOM.....*

He felt a force from above him, but it was too late as he was hit by something solid and smacked to the ground.

*blergh...*

After spewing a mouthful of blood, He stood up and saw the thing that hit me.

*ROAR.....*

It was a wyvern that was grey in color with bright red patterns on its body and wings. 

Athan was walloped, but he didn't suffer as much damage as he expected. There was some internal damage, but none of his bone broke. There was only a crack on one area of his spine bone where he was hit, and it was healed quickly by the white gold energy.

' Looks like my body is much more powerful than I expected...' Athan thought as he swiped away the blood around his mouth. 

Although the wyvern was not as powerful as Thorinn, it was still a higher plane of existence than Athan. But after the wyvern hit him, He finally realized that his body that was refined by the energy released from unima core and after he wore the horned crown was much more powerful than he initially expected.

' I can at least confirm that I won't be instantly killed by peak-level Ruler plane beings from now on. ' Athan thought with agrin and flew up towards the wyvern.

The wyvern that was floating in the sky roared before several slashes shoot towards Athan from its wings.

Athan's perception was better, and he was also faster than before, so he easily dodged the attack.

The wyvern roared once again before some energy surrounding its wings as it charged towards Athan at a great speed.

The wyvern was covered in white energy with blood-red sparks that excluded threatening pressure, but Athan didn't move from his position; instead, he used his newly acquired genome skill: Apocalyptic Roar.

A faint purple giant shadow emerged from him. The shadow looked similar to Athan's soul body as it also had crowned horned on its head. 

The purple giant shadow opened its mouth as a faint purple shockwave released, but there wasn't a loud roar as one would expect.

But The wyvern that was charging towards Athan felt a soul trembling roar reverberating inside its head and soul. The terrifying energy around it broke apart before its eyes turned lifeless and crashed down.

*Thud..*

" Huh?..." Athan was dumbfounded with his mouth wide open. He checked his energy pond and realized that Apocalyptic Roar consumed 50% of his geno energy.

After a few seconds, He shook his head and muttered, " This is a waste of geno energy. That wyvern would have died with two chasm severings or a maximum of three if it had any trump card. But this Apcolyptic Roar is really terrifying; It directly annihilates the internal system and soul of the opponent. "

They could try to defend themselves with genesis energy and soul energy, but the nature of his power could easily destroy their internal defense and destroy their soul. 

" I can use this skill as a trump card. Although I doubt anyone can withstand this skill head-on in this layer. " Athan muttered and continued to flying.