The Tale of the Void Emperor

While Qerin and Mike were fighting, Avelia survived inside the blood pool as her body shined and experienced the same thing as Qerin and Mike.

The Amarphy race women that appeared in this place at the same time as her also seem to have survived and she wasn't even that much harmed during her time in the blood pool. Talk about good luck.

After Avelia was finished with the process, she heard the voice and sat on the platform that appeared in her blood pool.

...

Athan and Tiana felt that this pathway was longer than usual, but they finally arrived at what seemed like heaven.

Both of them stopped before entering the ground as Athan frowned and said, " This place is fishy. "

From where they stood, They could see a beautiful palace, two ponds with lotus flowers, and colorful fishes swimming inside.

The gorgeous birds were singing with their unique sounds while flying around the exquisite trees. 

" This is indeed fishy. What should we do? " Tiana asked as she also felt that this beautiful place looked fishy in this castle that promoted killings all the time.

Suddenly, They heard footsteps from behind them and turned around.

A dision race woman was coming from the same pathway.

Athan was confused about this since they were the only ones who entered this pathway because nobody in the previous place survived except them.

The dision race woman stopped and looked at Athan and Tiana with a wary expression. Seeing this, Athan smiled and gestured with his hand, " You can go ahead. "

The pathways were wide, and although the dision race woman heard Athan, She was still wary and stayed on guard while moving.

Athan and Tiana saw her pass by them and when she left the pathway and entered the heavenly place, they were startled.

Because that dision race woman disappeared after leaving the pathway and they couldn't see her anywhere in the heavenly place.

On the other hand, The dision woman turned around to look after entering the heavenly place and was shocked because the pathway disappeared.

...

Athan and Tiana heard more footsteps as they saw a Branzol race man coming in the pathway, and this man was also wary of Athan and Tiana and passed by them while being on guard, ready to strike if they did anything. 

Though he sighed relief when he left the pathway, The same thing happened to him as the pathway behind him disappeared, and Athan and Tiana also failed to see him from the pathway.

More Interestingly, The Branzol race man and Dision race woman were no in the same heavenly place either.

Athan thought a few moments and said, " There's a chance that we'll be separated if we enter this place, So I'll send you inside the special space and get you out later. "

Tiana pouted and said, " Be sure to get me out as soon as you enter, okay? "

Athan promised her and sent her inside before walking forward and entering the so-called heavenly place where he didn't know what awaited them.

After he entered, He didn't see the two people who entered before and muttered, " As expected...Everyone entered a separate space after entering. "

He then brought Tiana out, but...

Right after she came out, she disappeared, and Athan couldn't connect to her using his soul technique.

*sigh*

Athan sighed as he expected that something like this might happen, ' Tiana...You better take of yourself. '

He believed in Tiana and started walking towards the palace because he didn't hear any voice.

The palace was not that big as it was only 50 meters in height, and its doors were just slightly smaller in height than the palace itself, which showed that the palace didn't have a second floor.

The doors opened automatically when he arrived in front of them, but he didn't enter directly and first observed the palace's interior.

The palace had ten stands in the middle that formed a circle. Each of these ten stands had an orb floating on top of it, and these orbs were shining in different colors.

As for other parts of the palace, there was nothing noteworthy except the artistic internal design of the palace.

" Still not any voice? " Athan murmured and took a step inside the palace. 

*BOOM...*,,,*Kacha...*,,,*Smack...*

Nothing like that ^ happened.

But he was a bit startled because he heard the voice right after he entered the palace.

[ Congratulation! You are one of the lucky ones to have arrived in this rewarding place. ]

[ Stand in the middle of the circle surrounded by orbs for ten seconds, and you will receive one of the ten orbs as a reward. ]

Hearing his, He felt disbelief and muttered, " No way!! ". He can't believe that he would receive a reward without any trial or challenge.

Although he felt that there would be no free lunch, He still moved forward and stood in the middle since there was no other choice. Just like previous places, unless he finishes his business here, the pathway to exit won't open.

After he stood there, The orbs that were floating started to spin around with him as a center. They started to spin faster and faster as they created a whirlpool.

[ Say " Stop " in one minute. After saying that, one of the spinning orbs will be rewarded to you. ]

Athan was speechless and still didn't believe in this bull shit but he also didn't wait for one minute and directly spoke, " Stop. "

Right after that, One of the orbs shot out from the whirlpool and directly hit him on his forehead. But he didn't feel any pain as the orb entered inside him.

That orb was floating inside his Energy Realm.

[ After getting this reward, you cannot stay inside the castle anymore and will be kicked out in five seconds. ]

Athan was startled because he thought he could still stay here for 11 hours, but It was no longer possible from the current situation.

Five seconds were up, and he disappeared from the palace and arrived outside. He tried to sense Tiana but failed, " Looks like she is still inside. "

But he knew she would come out shortly, so he waited while thinking worriedly, ' I hope Avelia, Qerin, and Mike are safe. They still need to survive in the castle for 11 hours. ' 

He was worried because this castle was really too dangerous as the enemies were not mindless beasts but intelligent people from other races and the peculiar trials of the castle.

He then waited for a minute before he sensed that Tiana arrived outside. He used his soul technique and pulled her into the special space before he also went inside.