The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan used his detection barrier instantly after killing the monster and instantly sensed several beings, and they also sensed the detection barrier and broke it apart.

" Shit...When will this turn into smoke and then stone? " Athan cursed under his breath but didn't stay there any longer and flew towards a mountain at the left side at a fast speed before entering the special space.

Right after that, He saw several people zooming at the location of the giant hole as the spider monster finally turned into smokes.

Athan was speechless and muttered, " Couldn't it turn into smoke instantly after dying? " He could only complain at this since it turned into smokes at the same timing as the previous monster.

The stone also didn't appear as it was likely plunged into the hole since Athan killed the monster before it could leave the hole and stand on the solid ground.

The four people who arrived here included a Brazol race man, Two Requiroar race women, and one Blumbra race man.

" Looks like someone managed to kill the monster and even reaped the rewards. Damn it. " The blumbra race man cursed.

One of the women of the Requiroar race looked at him and said, " Do you really think it was a work of a single being? "

" Or what else? no one cooperates with each other this fast, and by some chance, a group of people cooperated and were moving together, then they would definitely fight over the reward. " The blumbra race man replied with a snort.

" Indeed, It's a bit unreal that everything was over at such a fast speed. The being who killed the monster likely used a one-time super powerful item that he might have gotten from the reward because it's impossible to kill the monsters here alone. " The man of brazol race spoke in a hoarse voice, and after saying this, He didn't linger any longer as he flew away.

The blumbra race muttered something and was preparing to fly away, but...

*screeeeeeee....*

Sharp claw-like attacks shot towards him as two women of the Requiroar race assaulted him.

" Fuck....." He was injured because the last-ditch defense he put up wasn't that useful.

" Hehe, Since you are already here, then you don't need to go. " One of the women spoke as attacked the blumbra race man once again.

" Screw you!!, Rule power, Condense. " shouting this, The blumbra race man used all of his energy and covered himself in a flash of silver lightning before shooting away.

A flash of silver lightning streak across space as he successfully escapes after breaking the rule domains of the two Requiroar race women.

" Damn it, He escaped. Remilla, If you had condensed your rule power, then we had a chance to kill him. "

" You are also not sure and said that we only had a chance to kill him. He is indeed powerful, and his bearing had confidence. He had the power to kill one of us easily but choose to escape since he can't kill us when there are two of us. "

  Merilla turned silent as she agreed with her sister. These two sisters were born with a strange connection. They could always sense other's general location, So even if some trial separated them, They could always meet up with each other while moving cautiously.

Both sisters also didn't stay anymore and left as Athan heaved a sigh, " Looks like none of them bothered to check the huge pit. "

The main reason for them not checking the hole was how fast the battle ended, and it was obvious that no one would leave their loot after killing the monster.

Athan plunged into the vast pit quickly and reached the ground, where he actually saw a similar stone with blood patterns.

" hmmm? Why is the reward for killing the monster the same? " Athan muttered, and he also checked the mark on his hand and thought with surprise, " Why did the two stars lit up instead of one this time? '

He thought about it and guessed that he only dealt a killing blow to the previous monster, which didn't earn him that much credits according to rules here as only one star lit up. But he killed this spider-shelled monster all by himself, so his Bloodmark filled more, and two-star lit up.

It didn't take long as his unima core started to tremble after he arrived near the stone. The blood pattern on the stone separated and formed into a ball before dissipating.

Athan suddenly felt a strange power as if he sensed something and directly entered the special space before closing his eyes and sitting down the crossed leg.

After a while, Athan saw faint blood-red strings floating around him and thought with astonishment, ' This...is rule power. '

He comprehended a faint rule power related to blood magic...possibly due to the new power he received. 

Blood Magic: Vindication Covenant.

But Athan smiled wryly and thought, ' Damn...I haven't build my Erudite palace, so I can't contain this rule power. '

If he didn't contain it, Then he would lose it as soon as he stopped focusing, and he would have to get that same feeling again to comprehend this rule power again.

' Wait...Those rule fragments might work. ' Athan remembered those rule fragments and instantly brought some of them out.

As soon as those rule fragments came out, The blood-red string occupied them as they also turned red. 

Seeing this, Athan heaved a sigh before putting the rule fragments inside. He still had some of the normal rule fragments left, so if by chance he comprehended rule power again, He could save them using rule fragments.' 

" But I can't delay my progression just because I am in this Bloodpath. " Athan muttered and decided to progress in Erudite Palace plane after filling up the Bloodmark.

But he also needed to get the complete series of this Blood Magi because he knew after getting this second power that there are two more powers of similar nature.

He also knew that this blood magic would show its true power when gathered together, and It displays more strength when used by rule power and primal energy both.

In short, People could get rule power related to this blood magic, and it would display more power when used with it and primal energy. 

Athan decided to check the new Blood Magic: Vindication Covenant later as he started to recover his geno energy.