The Tale of the Void Emperor

" Henkor, right? You will stay there and watch your future in those four people. " Athan's Icy voice rang out while his face had a cold smile.

He waved his right hand towards the four people as small flying insects with sharp teeth started to materialize in front of him before flying towards the four people lying on the ground.

They were voidlings-Peelers. He designed these insects especially for peeling their skins and other things with their unique blade-like teeth.

They looked black and white, but there were some bright yellow spots with a brown hue because he gave them the power of lightning dust. Among his chaotic powers, lightning dust ought to bring the most amount of pain to a person.

The main part of these insects, their teeth, were made from a mix of abyssal darkness and lightning dust. 

" Peel their outer skin. Don't even leave a single centimeter of skin on them. " Athan commanded as the insects started their work.

But suddenly, A loud voice reverberated, " STOP! "

Behind Athan's direction was one of the two underground passages, and from it, a man walked out.

Athan frowned as he also stopped his Peelers and turned around before speaking coldly to the middle-aged man, " Who are you? And why stop? "

He could feel that this man was very powerful, and that's why he exercised caution. But if he gets in his way, then...he doesn't mind adding him to his game too.

" I am the currently assigned judge of this stadium. According to rules, You can't attack an unconscious opponent. " The middle-aged man with crocodile scales spoke. He also had two thick tails and wore leather clothes that only covered his chest and lower part.

Athan suddenly smiled hearing that and shook his head, " You are wrong. They are not unconscious. I just put them in an illusion, and that's why they can't move. Actually, you can use your soul sense and check them yourself. "

The judge frowned hearing Athan because he didn't sense any illusion-type attack from Athan nor sensed Athan's soul energy attack, and that's why he was fairly confident in his judgment.

Nonetheless, It was his job, so he extended his soul sense towards them before looking inside their chaos region with his soul sense.

*Grrrrrrr....*

The judge saw a terrifying giant black head of a strange beast that only consisted of black flamy aura and two creepy white eyes and creepy white teeth. The beast growled deeply as the souls of the four people were trembling in fear.

He also felt innate fear within him and sensed danger, but he was not as suppressed as the four people, ' What a terrifying illusion. Damn, how are the new recruits this time is so strong? First, that cold girl, and now this masked guy. fuck! '

The judge removed his soul sense from those people and weakly smiled as he nodded, " You are right, and they are indeed in an illusion. You can carry on with whatever you were going to do but don't kill them. There's a motto of our Chaos Monolith Hill [ What doesn't kill us, makes us strong. ] That's why conflicts are openly allowed here but not killings. " 

After saying that, He turned around and left.

Henkor was waiting for this chance as just when the judge turned around; He attacked Athan since Athan was still showing his back to him.

But Athan just grinned and turned around, ' Gaze of Void. '

Henkor also fell to the ground as the audience watched this with bewilderment.

Athan walked towards Henkor since he just got dragged nearest to his spot. He walked there and pointed his finger towards him as a purple web shot out from the finger and bound him.

After that, He used his order force and levitated Henkor into the air before summoning a Voidling-Eagle.

*Chiiiiiiaaaaaaa...*

" Grab the end of the web and float in the center. " Athan commanded the eagle.

The eagle grabbed the end of the web's thread given to it by Athan and flew up in the sky before floating in the center.

Henkor was not handed in the air, and Athan additionally created a cage of abyssal darkness around him.

" What is he doing? "

" I don't know. But I have a feeling that...he is going to do something terrifying. "

The people were talking about Athan's action. Arcued, Sen, Tealery, and others were also not aware of Athan's intention, but they knew that it would be soul-chilling.

After creating the abyssal darkness cage around Henkor, Athan removed his gaze of void's power from Henkor as he suddenly opened his terrified eyes and fear on his face.

" Don't move. Just stay there obediently. If you move too much and hit the black cage, You will not get away with just simple pain. " 

Hearing the cold voice of Athan, Henkor, who just thrashed around a bit, stopped his struggle instantly. 

After calming down, He realized that the web around his body was fragile, and he could break it easily, but...he was not sure about the black cage around him. 

" Y-you...Let me go right away. I am nephew of Venzar, and he is a high-ranking member of the Star-Breaker hill faction. "

Athan shook his head while smiling, " Stop dreaming. You can break the webs that bound your body easily, but...if you do that, not even your body remains will remain in this world after hitting the black cage. "

Henkor sweated intensely. He didn't want to believe Athan's word, but he also didn't want to risk his life. 

Seeing him turning silent, Athan nodded and grinned, " Good. Now watch the show. "

He commanded peelers to start doing their work.

*cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....**cricri.....*....

Athan created two hundred peelers and assigned fifty of them to each person as they started peeling their skins. Naturally, Their clothes were also being peeled.

The four of them were not unconscious, but their soul and mind were suppressed such that they couldn't do anything. 

As such, when peelers started peeling their skins, Their body twitched involuntarily while their mind and soul screamed in pain while being suppressed.

Everyone saw their bodies twitching furiously as their skins got peeled, but they couldn't do anything.

Henkor was trembling to see that and looked at Athan before begging, " Please let me go. Please...I Sur-" Suddenly, A thin black blade that almost touched his lips, and there were small black threads around the edges.

" Hahaha. I said...Stop dreaming. You have to be prepared for anything you plan to do to someone else because that's how this world works. Now, if you speak one more word, You will lose your mouth permanently. You might even die too. Hehehe, I don't care about consequences since I'm a madman, but if you want to really die, then go ahead and speak. " Athan spoke coldly as he smiled and waved his right hand slightly beside him. 

*roar.....*

Four dark blue tigers with white stripes materialized.

Voidling-Breaker Tigers.

These tigers had four sharp outer teeth like sabertooth tigers, but they were smaller than general tigers.

" Once every inch of their skins is peeled, Their limbs will be eaten by these beasts slowly. Ahh, and don't worry. They will not die because...hehehe. " Pausing there, Athan waved his right hand once again as two bowls appeared.

" As you can see, These two bowls contain a total of sixty pills of two-type. The white pill with blood-red stripes is my own creation as it will recover their physical body very quickly, while the other type of pill can energize their mind and soul and also remove fatigue. " Athan stated with a devilish smile as he pointed at the bowls.

Everyone in the arena stadium trembled hearing him as their soul chilled while cold sweat appeared on them. They couldn't even imagine something like that happening to them. 

Also, did he come here with preparation? Why does he have so many pills?

Also, what was that pill that could heal the physical body instantly? Honestly, Everyone felt that it was bull shit. Those four powerhouse's physical bodies long surpassed the Flower phase and arrived at the Atmospheric phase. To heal the physical body of that level, one needs 5-star body healing pills.

But they didn't know that Athan had added his voidpulse into those pills, and since he can easily analyze their body, his voidpulse could recover those body parts.

At this moment, The four people's clothes were completely gone, and their skins were also peeled as blood covered every centimeter of their bodies.

Even their manhood's skin was not spared from getting peeled.

" Go. Start eating their limbs slowly. " Athan icily spoke as he commanded the Breaker Tigers to do their job.

*Roarrr..**Roarrr..**Roarrr..**Roarrr..*

Athan was also sensing the four people's souls and minds, and if some mishaps happened, he would instantly feed them those 4-star special pills he created based on the one he borrowed from Master Ayurin.

The arena stadium was as silent as it could be, with Henkor literally crying silently.

Athan swept his glance at Henkor and around him as he thought, ' No one should think about messing with my people and me after this. '