The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan walked into another section before obliterating the wall and killing the final beast with two Chasm Severing. Of course, there was still one more wall left which required him another Chasm Severing.

He had to use eight Chasm Severings to kill the four beasts and destroy four walls, ultimately consuming 80% of his geno energy.

So in the end, It appeared impossible to finish it with just two people. If Ferexa was still alive, They could manage more appropriately from the start. Hemakel wouldn't have died since they could be more alert with additional pair of eyes and have each other's back.

Athan entered the door that appeared in the middle of the hall after he destroyed the last wall.

After going through that door, He appeared in a hall with five doors. 

[ Pick one out of five doors. ]

Athan saw patterns on the floor in front of each door, but he didn't bother to pay attention to them and entered the third door since it was directly in front of him.

After entering through the door, He arrived at a strange place that was not a hall this time.

[ Find a way out of this maze by finding the correct path. Each turn you take will spawn a doomed beast which you will have to kill. The doom beast will drop a hint to the paths that leads to the way out. There are a total of three correct paths among the countless ones in the maze. ]

[ The hint will be in the form of symbols, and you have to connect the symbols to find the way out. The team member's symbols are connected, so if a person in another path gets a symbol, it will also add another two's collection of symbols. ]

[ You have five days to find the way out by collecting symbols. If you can't find the way out within five days, Doom will devour you. ]

" Sigh..."

Athan was dumbfounded and wanted to curse out loud, but in the end, He just sighed.

Just in front of him were nine grassy paths divided by walls of grasses in different colors.  More ridiculously, these walls reached ten meters in height and were connected to the dark gold grassy ceilings, which means nobody could just fly out.

Athan knew that these nine grassy paths led to a very complex and vast maze.

This was supposed to be completed with the help of three people who each choose different paths and collect symbols to aid each other, but here was Athan, all alone.

Athan muttered while shaking his head, " There's no way in hell I can find a way out alone in five days. Not considering that to defeat each beast and get symbol hints, I will have to use my geno energy. "

Suddenly, He got a bold idea, ' Should I make a slash on the grassy ceilings with my Chasm Severing and fly out of this maze? '

He wanted to do this badly, but he also knew that there would be no way out if he did that. He will be likely punished for violating rules, and the punishment would be death for sure.

" But...it's not like I have any other choice...right? " He muttered, seemingly asking himself.

' At most, I'll be able to kill two beasts before I have to recover my geno energy inside the special space which will take fifteen days. And coming out of the special space at that time will be like courting death. '

After thinking about possibilities and their consequences, He finally decided to act on his bold idea, which was the most efficient out of other ways he thought of because no matter how he chose to move, their endings will be the same, So it's better to stick with the most efficient and time saving one.

Looking at the dark gold grassy ceiling, Athan waved his right hands and directly released a Chasm Severing.

The purple slash went forward while devouring space and hit the dark gold grassy ceiling.

Without any surprise, The Chasm Severing continued tearing through the ceiling.

But...too bad. 

Athan's face changed. He felt the most intense danger rings, even more than when Ferexa died and instantly entered inside the special space.

He could hear a faint voice outside as destruction ensued.

While inside the special space, Athan saw everything crumbling, and in the end, all that was left outside was dreadful darkness.

Athan was speechless, ' did this dungeon just self-destructed? '

He couldn't see anything except darkness outside. He thought for a few moments and decided to go out.

With a thought, He appeared outside, but not even a second later, He had to come inside.

Currently, His face was dreadfully dark...literally. Along with his face, his whole body was also dark, and his body was reducing slowly. The darkness that stuck to him in an instant when he went outside was so dense that it even ate away the passive purple aura coating of his geno art and started to devour his body.

Fortunately, The white energy started working as it dispelled the darkness and started to heal the body.

But for the first time, Athan was feeling desperation. He couldn't see the end of darkness outside. 

He could survive by using his geno frame but...how long it lasts? Maximum ten to fifteen seconds, and then he would run out of his geno energy while the darkness that spanned outside had no limit from what he could see with his eyes.

" Am I going to get stuck inside the special space forever? " Athan muttered with a lost expression on his face while his eyes oozed desperation.

This pain of getting eaten by this strange darkness was also quite intense, and even though he was feeling the pain, He endured and ignored it as usual.

" Guardian brother! what happened? Why do you have that kind of expression? Did something happen? "

" Hey Master, It's been a long time since others were here. What are they doing now? "

Mimi and Lucky arrived and asked. They were shocked to see the current state of Athan and were worried.

Athan's altar spirits inside the Erudite palace were also worried about Athan and their own situation.

Athan looked at Mimi and smiled bitterly, " I think we will be stuck inside the special space forever...until I reach the peak plane: Law Rend Plane. "

Mimi was surprised and then giggled, " Then just reach that plane, we got plenty of time. "

Athan sighed and but didn't say anything. He didn't know how much time it will take without the resources. Tiana and others would also surpass him. 

Though He had one plan, and that was to fill the third branch of his genome tree because it was his most powerful ability that had brought him wonders.

Who knows? He might just be able to resist the darkness and get out of this place easily after filling up the third branch.

Mimi suddenly bumped her small left fist into her right palm in a startled expression, " Oh, I remembered something important. I wanted to tell guardian brother about this earlier, but you were busy doing something at that time, So I decided to tell you later. But then, I forgot about it. "

" What? " Athan asked with confusion and curious expression, ' Something important? '

" My mama and papa said that guardian brother should focus on genome power and fill the third branch as fast as possible because it's important. "

" Why it's important? "

Mimi shook her head, " Don't know. I just know that mama and papa told me about it and said that it's beneficial for everyone. "

Athan nodded with a smile, " I am already planning on doing this because it's the only hope for us to leave this place soon. "

" Great! Then take out Lucent and others! I want to play with them. "