The Tale of the Void Emperor

" Wake up, you two. The Tiberbell Town is in sight. "

Athan and Sen opened their eyes and saw the outline of Timberbell Town faraway.

Athan found another benefit of his recent transformation. He could now control his body even better. He thought he would have to consolidate his body after he broke through to 3rd stage of Heavenly Stream pressure, but he didn't need to because his body rapidly started adjusting to his newfound physical strength upgrade without him needing to consolidate it.

Until now, He was borrowing this body made of a mystical clay combined with his soul power to house his soul, but now, It had fully integrated with his soul and his void powers.

That's why those patterns of black and white appeared on his body when he just woke up inside the cacoon.

The manifestation of his stylish outfit was the influence of his sub-thoughts. The outfit and the mask can appear and disappear with just his thoughts. They acted as a certain kind of defense and a cover for him. If he wished, then nobody can see through him.

Naturally, If he activated the protection of his outfit, It would consume abyssal darkness from the black orb. He had decided to keep this mystical outfit on his body instead of other clothes for obvious reasons.

Also, Ayurin was wrong regarding Athan being able to control his power. Previously, He couldn't control it such that he can make some people exception to the effect of his abyssal darkness. Whether he wished or not, If someone other than him touched the abyssal darkness, they would be subjugated to its power.

But now...He can wrap others around his abyssal darkness, and they would still be safe as long as he wished so.

Athan checked his body thoroughly, and the reason he didn't need to consolidate his body anymore was due to the power of the white orb. It would perfect his body after each refinement such that he can naturally wield his newfound physical strength without trouble. His innate healing factor also received a boost due to his upgrade.

In the last four days, He was comprehending and trying to grasp the final level order of Heavenly Stream pressure and had already made considerable progress in just four days.

But now, They had reached the Tiberbell town, and it was time to focus on his main thing; The progress of his order base.

He was still 10% short of fully saturating his current essence core of Force of Glittering river order ken.

When they landed at the town entrance, Athan took out the contact card of Shiromi and asked, " We have arrived at Timberbell Town. Where are you? "

" Ohh, Athan. are you here already? That was fast. Anyway, No one wants to waste time, so just come to the main entrance and meet us there. "

Athan looked at Ayurin, who spoke with a smile, " We are already at the main entrance. "

" You heard that, Shiromi. " Athan spoke.

" Alright. We are coming there in a minute. "

Athan put the contact card inside his void region instead of putting it in a storage ring outside. Previously, The contact cards wouldn't receive signal if they were inside his void region, but after his recent transformation from the cacoon, He could make it such that his void region can be connected to the outside world while still blocking intrusion like before.

It didn't take long for Shiromi and others to arrive at the main entrance.

They were a total of seven people: Shiromi, Samira, Tealery, Arcued, Two clan members of the Rudwin clan, and one clan member of the Duhom Clan.

Rudwin clan was Tealery's clan, and she convinced her father, the clan head, that maintaining a close connection with Athan and training with him would bring more benefits. After all, despite being just a mid-stage Adept order expert at that time, He wiped out a bunch of mid-stage and high-stage Master order elites in one go with his power.

Her father was convinced and let her go outside to train with Athan while sending two elders as her protectors. One elder was a middle-aged man, while another elder was a lady who looked to be in her forties. They were husband and wife and also uncle and aunt of Tealery.

On the other hand, Arcued and his parents were not that high in the hierarchy in the Duhom clan. Nobody expected Arcued to win while their clan genius, the son of clan head, failed despite being a mid-stage Master order elite. So, it was a real shock for them to see Arcued being one of the winners.

Arcued spoke honestly to the clan head in private about Athan and also convinced him after telling him about the capabilities of Athan. The clan head of the Duhom clan was no idiot; Otherwise, He wouldn't be a clan head. He also let Arcued go while sending a supreme elder of their clan with him as his protector.

Strength-wise, The supreme elder of the Duhom clan was as strong as Yone. In comparison, the Uncle and Aunt of Tealery were as strong as Tronel and Samira.

They were all Zen order elites.

But when they arrived at the entrance and saw Ayurin, They were startled.

" This Huza Duhom respectfully greets Grandmaster Zither. "

The supreme elder of the Duhom clan bowed respectfully and greeted Ayurin because he knew her. After all, the Duhom clan was situated in the same region as Ayurin's Zither Palace, The Toragale region.

Tealery's uncle and aunt also bowed and greeted Ayurin respectfully because they heard about her at Youhan Tree.

Samira spoke respectfully with a raised eyebrows, " Master Ayurin, Are you here for some business or? "

Ayurin smiled faintly at her question, " I am here for the same purpose as you. "

Hearing that, Sen happily giggles.

Shiromi was curiously looking at Athan after arriving here and finally spoke with a pondering expression, " You seem to have changed a bit, Athan. Also, What's with that outfit? It doesn't look like it's made from any physical material. "

Tealery and Arcued nodded in agreement with Shiromi.

" I know about the trouble that landed on you but not in detail. Last I heard, you were in a cacoon? It feels like you transformed after coming out of your cacoon. I wonder how strong you are right now. "

Tealery chuckled while looking at Athan and looked at him as if sizing him up.

But at this time, Arcued coughed and spoke awkwardly, " Can we get going already? Let's not waste any more time. "

Everyone laughed hearing him and summoned their chaos beasts.

Samira and Shiromi on one chaos beast, Arcued with Huza Duhom, Tealery with her uncle and aunt on one chaos beast while Ayurin, Athan, and Sen sat back on Ayurin's Skymare Tingale.

" Which direction should we go in, Master Ayurin? " Samira asked after their chaos beasts floated in the sky.

Ayurin looked in the north direction while saying, " We'll go north. There are many more regions in this direction as it leads to the end of the Valklaid continent. There should be many chaotic habitats in this direction, so let's go there. "

Huza, Samira, and uncle and aunt of Tealery nodded in agreement with Ayurin.

They all flew towards the north direction, with Ayurin taking the lead with her Skymare Tingle.

On the other hand, Athan, Sen, Shiromi, Tealery, and Arcued closed their eyes while sitting on their respective best calmy before continuing their training.

Once they find a C-grade chaos phenom dimension, They will go inside while Ayurin and others who arrived here as their guards will wait for them outside since they can't enter C-grade chaos phenom dimensions.