The Tale of the Void Emperor

But He didn't reveal himself and just very slowly entered inside the building while floating a few centimeters above the ground.

He pointed his two fingers towards the ground and released two Voidlings-worms.

He then did the same thing as previously and released a thread of voidpulse and embedded them into the worm's body before transforming them into chaotic power-lightning dust.

But at this moment, Due to transforming voidpulse into lightning dust, The other person in the building instantly sensed its aura in this silent building and looked in Athan's direction.

He revealed doubt because he couldn't see anyone here. But after narrowing his eyes, He saw two tiny worms floating in the air as they wriggled about and thought, ' Why are worms floating? Wait...Why are there worms in the first place? '

At this moment, Athan deactivated his Chemo Bend order technique and grinned at the person, " Good luck. "

Right after saying that, Athan snapped his finger.

Just as he snapped his finger, The two worms in the other building exploded into a small explosion, but that small explosion was enough to trigger one cannonball that was near it. 

*BOOOOOM*

Though the big blast of this one cannonball triggered all other cannonballs, Huge blasts started to occur, and the whole building was destroyed.

But the blast continued as their power spread far and wide as more and more cannonballs triggered.

...

A few moments earlier...

Right after Athan snapped his finger, The person in front of him had his face changed into a shock. 

But Athan was not idle as he pointed his finger at one cannonball and used an order technique, " Point Zero Bombardment. "

He used it as its minimum power as a small point was materialized near the blast before tremendous and compact lightning dust chaotic power burst out from that point.

" YOU FUCKING MADMAN! "

The green-haired boy cursed as he used his quota of Immortal Aegis Runic Ward to get absolute protection for two seconds.

But he was dumbfounded when he saw Athan not doing the same, ' Hehe. DIE, FOOL. '

Athan just grinned at him as he covered himself in his bony armor and used two defensive order techniques.

The first one was the Spiraling cave of no return as he conjured several spiraling holes around him, and then he used the Quadic Tower Protection order technique that conjured a solid tower of Aegis Starwood chaotic power nature that covered him.

[ Quadic Tower Protection ]

- Covers himself into a solid tower with impressive defense. There are four different layers of protection inside the tower for better protection against different kinds of attacks.

He wanted to use the third technique too, but a powerful impact hit his defense, and he was blasted out from the building and his Quadic Tower was also destroyed.

' Shit...'

He hurriedly used abyssal darkness and consumed all of his voidpulse to create a solid cover as tremendous and horrifying energy impacted him.

*Boooooooooooom.....*

*Booooooooom...*

*Booooooom...*

*Boooooooooooooooooooooooom....*

*Blast...BANG! *

He hit the stronghold's wall before blasting through it and landed on the ground with a boom.

' I didn't want to use abyssal darkness, but I suppose there's no other choice if the explosions of those cannonballs contain this much power. Hmmm...Glad that the fifty percent of abyssal darkness of my current reserve was enough to keep me alive. '

Athan spewed a mouthful of blood as his bones were broken and organs were in a mess. 

But he started to recover while focusing on the state of the stronghold.

These compact blasts of cannonballs superimposing on each other created horrifying energy waves that destroyed the entire stronghold and killed everyone inside it. After the first blast, Those four flying beasts' attention was attracted, and they swooped down into the stronghold, but it was their last mistake.

The green-haired person wanted to cry, but no tears came out. He had to use his second quota of immortal aegis runic ward because the blast lasted more than two seconds, and he was utterly not confident of his defensive techniques to keep him safe amidst this terrifying situation.

' I, Gidolynn, swear that I will kill that fucking madman!! Huuu...' Taking a deep breath, He thought, ' He didn't use his quota of protection first, but he should have used it a moment later after realizing the magnitude of these blasts. He should have survived, but his condition must be bad because he must have suffered injuries initially. '

The blasts were subsided, and only destructive energies were left in the atmosphere. Gidolynn started walking towards the direction where he saw Athan blasting away.

After a while, He saw Athan lying on the ground with the bloodied body, ' What's with his clothes? They are not shredded, but blood is passing through them. '

Shaking his head, He threw out useless thoughts as he viciously looked at Athan, " You bastard. Because of you, I wasted my two immortal aegis runic ward's quotas. Now how do I survive for the next three months? "

Athan's eyes were closed because he was focusing on healing. He also noticed this guy coming towards him but didn't pay attention to him.

Though after hearing what he said, He opened his eyes and glanced at him coldly.

His bones had patched up, but there were still cracks on them. Despite that, He released a blast of Skyline blow from his hand on the ground and put pressure on his legs to jump up slightly before gaining a foothold as he stood as valiant as a mountain.

Gidolynn was dumbfounded. Not just him but all other watching this scene were shocked that Athan stood up despite his injuries.

" Coward. You became a loser the moment you decided to rely on the Immortal Aegis Runic Ward to survive the next three months here. " Athan slowly walked towards him with his eyes cold and stood just a meter away from him. His overbearing voice thundered Gidolynn and the spectators watching.

A stifling pressure covered Gidolynn as he looked at Athan, ' What the...I am not injured at all while he is full of injuries. I can definitely kill him! '

Athan saw intent to kill in Gidolynn's eyes as he grinned with his eyes gleaming black and white, " Kneel. "

This time, Athan didn't hold back and used more of his soul energy and put more pressure by using his soul sense.

Gidolynn felt suffocation both physically and mentally as his knees gave in, and he fell down on his knees with a thud before he could attack Athan.

He saw a nightmarish beastly head with terrifying white teeth that made it look even more creepy inside his head. 

" Weak. " Athan muttered with his expression changing into an indifferent one.

Pointing his finger at Gidolynn, He released a Voidling-Tiger, " Eat him. "

*Rawr...*

Afterward, Athan looked at the back of his card to check his points and saw a four-digit number.

[ 4350 Points. ]

The first name also appeared on the leaderboard.

Athan Void - 4350 Points.

" Now, let's take some rest to recover energies. " Muttering this, Athan swept his gaze at the surroundings before moving towards a thunder tree. More specifically, A cave near that thunder tree.

...

The ten envoys became silent after watching this scene.

But Rezy broke the silence shortly as she asked, " Who was in charge of setting up strongholds? "

A fishhead envoy with two sharp fings growing out of his back responded, " It was me. "

" Blackfinn. Go right now and change all strongholds that are similar to the one that just got blasted apart. "

Blackfinn frowned and asked, " There are not many strongholds with a similar setup like that one. Is it really necessary? "

Rezy nodded with a thoughtful expression, " Yep. It's necessary. If someone like Athan and that Gidolynn encountered a similar stronghold, they would try to blast it from inside using the power of cannonballs to get many points at once. "

Rukia smiled and nodded in agreement, " That Athan had planned well as he created those little worms with his strange power like a time bomb. I bet his original plan was to escape after planting those worms, and after he gets out, He can trigger the worms to explode the whole stronghold. "

" Alright. I'll go and change those strongholds into something different. "

Blackfinn waved his right hand and opened a portal bearing entering inside.

Rukia looked at Rezy and asked, " Interesting, right? "

Rezy's attention was on the screen of Athan and nodded after hearing Rukia, " Indeed. That power to conjure beasts and doing those things...Those were interesting indeed. He seems to have a unique physique cause of how he flew without using any order technique. His body literally changed its fundamental structure. "

Rukia nodded as she also turned her attention to Athan as a smile of temptress formed on her beautiful face, " I like wild ones like him. Hehehe, Let's hope he passes so that I can recruit him to the Roseblade Hill faction. "

Rezy's eyebrows twitched slightly, but she didn't say anything.