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Chapter 325 - Training-1

[ A/N: Penta region tournament changed to Penta regional tournament. ]

After choosing this peak 3-star chaos beast, Skymare Tingale, Athan was led to another place that had a white and green colored pond.

The pond was not that big. It was just a three-meter radius round pond.

The one who brought him here was kornella. After they arrived here, She told Athan to wait here for a while and left.

So for five minutes, He was just observing the pond as it gave him a mystical feeling of order and chaos. He knew that this should be the so-called Meta-Aerodite pool but didn't know how it would benefit him by training for ten minutes inside it.

At this moment, Athan suddenly turned to his right side and saw Mr.Devon walking towards him. He was currently in an underground cave without a proper wall, with the only thing here being the pond. There was also only one entrance to this place from which Mr.Devon entered.

" Sorry for the wait. Now let me explain to you about your next reward, the Meta-Aerodite pool. " But after saying this, He paused and smiled wryly, " It's funny how you took the first rank. This Meta-Aerodite pool is a very scarce resource, and it was only placed in reward of champion along with the epic chaotic spirit egg because Sen was thought to be the final winner due to her obvious superiority of strength against other peak Tier-1 order base participants. But...nobody expected that a dark horse would grab it from her. "

Athan nodded with an indifferent smile, " Such is Life. Satisfying and joyful But also unpredictable and cruel. "

" Indeed. Now, let's go back to the main point. What you are going to do after entering this pool is to absorb its mystical power inside you. This mystical power will automatically inhabit your order base after you absorb it. As for its uses? I will tell them later. First, go inside the pool and start absorbing the energy from this meta-aerodite pool. You should be able to absorb everything in ten minutes. Now, go. "

Athan nodded and went inside the pond. The mystical water of the pond barely reached his knees.

After he sat down crossed-legged, He started absorbing the power of this meta-aerodite pool.

Once he started, He noticed wisps of white energy with a green hue in it gathering inside his order base.

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Mr.Devon saw the water inside the pond reducing slowly and nodded, ' He should be done absorbing everything after around nine minutes. Still, The lad got a superb deal to get the power of this meta-aerodite pool. It's already purified, so he won't even have trouble using it to get stronger quickly. '

It didn't take long for ten minutes to pass.

By now, There was not a single drop of water in the pool, and Athan also stood up before leaving the pool.

After that, Mr.Devon explained to Athan how that mystical power he absorbed inside his order base works.

Athan nodded after hearing everything and said, " So when do I start training? Also, Since you said that I would take one year to absorb all the benefits of this mystical power, then what about the Penta regional tournament? When does it start? "

" There is still some time before the Penta regional tournament starts. It will take at least one and a half years. The participants in that tournament are only those who have won in a similar competition that we held here in the surrounding regions. "

Mr.Devon paused here before he started walking to the entrance of this cave, " I'll tell you more on the way. "

They both left the cave, and Mr.Devon opened an earth passage as they started walking to another place.

" The Penta regional tournament won't have any Tier-1 order base participants. There are only two sections of that tournament, and the batch who won in the Tier-1 order base section in the surrounding regions' competition will participate in the tier-2 order base section of the Penta regional tournament.

That tournament will not be as simple as this. It will be unique in every way. I also don't know much about it, but each regional tournament is held in a different chaos phenom dimension. Anyway, The only rewards left for you are fifty thousand chaos stones and the egg of the epic grade chaotic spirit. "

They arrived in another hall where an egg was placed on soft feather-like material.

The egg was one and a half meters big, and it had various blue, pink, and yellow patterns like veins over it.

After arriving here, Mr.Devon first gave a storage pouch that contained fifty thousand low-grade chaos stones and then told him to put a drop of his blood on the egg.

Athan nodded and walked towards the egg before dropping some of his blood on the egg.

The blood got absorbed into the egg before it slightly glowed and disappeared.

Athan felt something inside his void region and saw that the egg had appeared right beside his order base.

At this moment, Mr.Devon nodded with a smile, " Good. Now, you have to feed some of your order force and chaos force every day. When it starts glowing, You have to feed it order force and chaos force until it stops glowing. If you keep this every day, It will hatch in a year or one and a half years at most. We didn't allow chaotic spirits in this competition, but everyone will use their chaotic spirits in Penta regional tournament. "

Athan was a bit started and asked, " If that's the case, then people who have a more powerful chaotic spirit will have an obvious advantage. "

Hearing this, Mr. Devon appeared was stunned instead and then smiled wryly, " It looks like you don't know about chaotic spirits. Anyway, The only advantage a chaotic spirit would have on another chaotic spirit is the chaotic power that they can wield. Their base strength is always the same as their users. Once your epic-grade chaotic spirit hatches, Its strength will be the same as your order base strength.

Of course, A higher grade chaotic power has a more powerful and unique kind of chaotic power that is more useful and powerful. In this regard, You will have an advantage. However, there will definitely be some participants with epic-grade chaotic spirits, but not many. "

Chapter 326 - Valeria And Ayurin

" Since you have finished your training, let me lead you to your temporary home until the Penta regional tournament starts. About the Demon Xubaji whose pupil you killed..."

Mr. Devon paused here before grinning, " You don't have to worry about that case anymore. Our Lord has already solved that problem for you. But She also has a high expectation of your performance in the upcoming Penta regional tournament because this Penta regional tournament is slightly different than previous ones. "

Athan looked at Mr. Devon before he faintly smiled, " Weather your Lord has a high expectation of me or not, I will perform what I consider my best. "

Mr. Devon smiled wryly hearing that, and nodded.

He then opened a passage with a wave of his hand as they arrived at another hall with a portal in it.

" Go inside the portal. The whole mini pocket dimension is your home. It's not that big, but it's a good place for you to train for the upcoming tournament. Also, If you find another portal or a space rift inside, Then don't enter even by mistake. Just find a good spot and start training to absorb the benefits of meta-aerodite pool. Though, you already know that your final progress will depend on your comprehension and order grasping ability. "

" Alright. "

Saying this, Athan entered inside the portal.

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Somewhere in the Underground system...

There was a medium-sized hall about fifty square meters big.

In the middle of this hall was a pond. Near this pond was a beautiful woman sitting on a comfortable and soft cushion chair with a fishing rod in her hand.

The pond looked mystical as its border had pale blue wisps of dreamy smokes, and its water was deep blue with its depth unknown.

The water was still with not a single ripple on it except the occasion ripples produced when the woman moved the fishing rod.

The woman's eyes were closed, and she was leaning on the comfortable chair while gripping the fishing rod.

She looked completely human with not a single additional inhuman feature on her body. She had an angelic shape body figure and looked very beautiful with her natural ash-blonde-colored long hair.

Her lips were light pink and big that matched her beautiful and flawless face. There was a light gold mark on her forehead and two long and round ear cuffs on her two ears.

Suddenly at this time, A wooden door slowly materialized In front of the woman but at the other side of the pond.

But instead of someone coming out from it, A sound of knocking echoed in the hall.

*knock knock...*

" May I come in? "

A voice of another woman came from the materialized door. The voice was soothing and comfortable to hear as if listening to peaceful music of zither.

A faint smile appeared on the woman who was fishing in the pond while sitting on the chair.

She opened her eyes and looked at the door before saying in a reprimanding tone, " You are late, Ayurin."

A sound of melodious chuckling came from the door before it opened and an equally beautiful woman arrived in the hall.

She wore a beautiful dress with white material and some light yellow and light brown designs on it. The dress covered her whole body, and it had multiple thin layers that swayed to the sides along with long sleeves.

Her long black hair was braided with an array of small beautiful flowers, and her dark blue eyes looked mystical but captivating.

" I had some matters to attend to and also to swat away an annoying fly who was after me, which took some time. Anyway, How did the competition go, Valeria? " Said Ayurin as she walked towards Valeria and took out a chair and a fishing rod.

After sitting on the chair, Ayurin also started fishing in the pond like Valeria.

" There was a surprise in a competition. But for you, it can be considered as a slightly bad surprise, Hehehe. "

Hearing what Valeria said, Ayurin raised her eyebrows in surprise, " What happened? "

Valeria grinned at Ayurin before saying, " Sen lost. She didn't get the first rank in the competition. "

" Uhh..." Ayurin slightly frowned before realizing the bad surprise, " Wait for a second...Do you mean that someone other than Sen took the rewards we prepared for her? That epic grade chaotic spirit and meta-aerodite pool? "

" Indeed. " Valeria nodded while smiling.

Ayurin was speechless and said with a wry expression, " You could just change the content of the reward and give Sen those two things in private. "

" Nope. Since we decided that rank one would get it, then I didn't change the content. Anyway, The champion is somewhat interesting. Do you know what his order base was? "

Hearing the question, Ayurin felt once again speechless, " Obviously, the champion has to be at the very peak of Tier-1 order base and Red realm 1st step body strength just like Sen. Though I still find it hard to believe that Sen lost. "

Valeria shook her head while smiling, " What's hard to believe in that? You should know there is always a higher mountain and a bigger sea than what we've seen. Even I know some Tier-1 order base kids who can beat Sen. Anyway, The strength of the champion was only at the third stage of the Tier-1 order base and body strength at the Red realm 3rd-step. "

" What! Impossible. "

Ayurin replied instantly in disbelief, with her melodious voice turning a bit higher.

" Hahaha. That was my reaction when I saw Sen getting defeated. But that boy indeed has a mystical physique that can be considered overpowered in his current stage. It's likely of a very high grade, and that's why Sen also couldn't defend against it. "

Pausing here, Valeria turned her attention back to the pond, " Anyway, I felt that If his order base and body strengthed increased more, then he can perform exceptionally well in the upcoming Penta regional tournament. You should know that this tournament is different and important than the previous ones. "

Ayurin's face turned slightly serious as she asked, " So they are really going to observe this tournament, huh? "

" Yep. It looks the chain effect really started because of that move from Great Bridgade Palace. "

At this time, The string on Ayurin's fishing rod moved.

This small change brought a big change in the expression of Ayurin and Valeria.

" Damn! What's wrong with your luck? You just arrived here and already got one stuck in your bait while I am sitting here for the whole day and haven't even caught a single one yet. "

Valeria spoke with disappointment and sadness.

On the other hand, Ayurin had a joyful smile on her face as she carefully pulled the reel in to catch the fish.

" Don't worry, hehehe. I will give you a bite after getting it cooked by Talenish. Anyway, You can call her here while I catch this spirit order fish. "

" Oh...You already sensed it? If it's a spirit order one, It will be very delicious. But...Talenish, that girl is not here right now. It will take one more day before she comes here. How about I cook it? "

" No! I would rather eat it row than you making it into your usual incredibly delicious dish. "

Hearing this, Valeria pouted, " Fine! Then it's your responsibility to keep it fresh for one day. "

Chapter 327 - Training-2, Gaining The First Chaos Trait.

On a beautiful island surrounded by not the sea but clouds...Athan could be seen sitting crossed-legged on a giant boulder amidst a natural land filled with trees, plants, and rocks.

The atmosphere of this place was heavy with higher gravity. Though not as high as the place where he trained with Shish and Celesti. This place also contains a dense amount of chaos essence in the air.

Athan was currently releasing a wild aura of body strength and strange force of order continuously due to his rapid breakthroughs.

After a few moments, He opened his eyes, ' I should stop for now to stabilize and consolidate my strength. '

After standing up, He started to stabilize and consolidate his order base by using order force and making physical moves to do the same to his body strength.

He had currently reached Red realm 1st-step and was just two days short of completely mastering the Jadeite Skelendrom order method.

As for this order base? He had already broken through to seventh-stage from third-stage in this month.

The power of meta-aerodite was really incredible. When he started training, It rapidly saturated his essence core of lightning dust order ken by entering a small amount of it inside his essence core.

And when he started training with his body core, It also enhanced the force of jadeite skelendrome such that he only had to do few rounds of refinement in his body to make significant progress in it.

The only thing he had to do was to comprehend and grasp the order. This meta-aerodite was a good thing but if you get stuck on not being able to comprehend...for instance, If not being able to comprehend the next level of lightning dust, then having these wisps of meta-aerodite power inside his order base was useless.

But of course, A higher comprehension ability was another best point of Athan aside from his abnormal endurance and his tough will due to what he has gone through.

After stabilizing and consolidating his body and order base for the next twenty days, he once again started training.

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After two days, He completely mastered and finished training in the Jadeite Skelendrom order method.

Right when he reached a peak in the third level of the jadeite skelendrome order method and finished mastering and completing the order of it, something started to occur in his void region.

Athan observed the body core of the jadeite skelendrom order ken, which was now just bean size.

This core was currently trembling and glowing, but Athan was calm about it because he knew what will happen now.

The core started to crack, and after a few seconds, it completely broke apart and turned into pieces before disappearing into his own body.

But at the same time, Athan felt his body getting stronger. The specialty he gained from training in the jadeite skelendrom order method's final level was also getting stronger and he felt some kind of power entering it.

That specialty was none other than jadeite exoframe of light green glassy bones that automatically activated due to the core shattering.

A light green Exo-skeleton of jade-like bones appeared over his body that increased his physical strength and acted as a form of armor for him.

The weird part about it was that it is a chaotic force whose order is wholly set and grasped. This is the power that he gained and can control like his limbs.

He can activate this jadeite exoframe anytime, and it also doesn't consume anything to maintain it. But if it is damaged or destroyed, It will take a few days to recover completely. He didn't know how many days exactly because he had yet even to use it, let alone it getting destroyed in a fight.

But Athan also sensed something else from this jadeite exoframe. This thing was none other than the body chaos trait he got after the body core of jadeite skelendrom shattered.

He knew that once he grasps the perfect and complete order of this jadeite skelendrom method and finishes training in it, He will get a body chaos trait.

Closing his eyes, He carefully sensed his jadeite exoframe because this body chaos trait appeared on his jadeite exoframe.

After a few seconds, He opened his eyes and activated the chaos trait with a thought.

*Shuaaaaaa...*

The exoframe that looked like a light green jade-like skeleton frame over his body suddenly transformed after glowing a bit.

When Athan looked at his body, He was a bit started, ' So this is how it works...'

Previously, The jadeite exoframe covered all parts of his body, just like his skeleton. Just think of how one would look when wearing the skeleton of another person. That was how he looked previously. In his case, The exoframe was the same shape as his own skeleton, but slightly bigger to fit on his body. So when it was superimposed on him after he activated it, It didn't look strange.

And now, After he activated this chaos trait-Thorn mail, The exoframe changed.

The bones from his arms and legs disappeared. Instead, A scary-looking thorn armor appeared over his chest. The thorns were sharp and arranged neatly in a skull design on his chest.

This thorn mail covered his chest, back, and neck. He also felt that he could control the thorns...like stretching them forward.

He controlled the thorn to stretch them as he wanted to see how far they go.

*shwaaaaaa.....*

All thorns on his chest stretched forward, but the limit was one meter.

" Not bad...This can seriously surprise the opponent and injure them. Or I can use it to get out of a sticky situation. "

Another benefit after the core shattered was that his body was perfectly consolidated when the core shattered and disappeared into his body after making it stronger and giving him his first body chaos trait.

This last strengthening brought him infinitely closer to the following body realm, the Orange realm.

' First, I need to finish mastering the lightning dust order method and reach the peak of Tier-1 order base. '

Thinking of this, Athan continued his training as he started to comprehend the next level of lightning dust.

He couldn't wait to master this training method and get its chaos trait because he wanted to try out a new thing regarding it with the elemental matrix inside his void region.

Chapter 328 - Training-3, Trying Something Unorthodox.

After eight days, Athan opened his eyes as he now stood at stage nine of the Tier-1 order base.

Today also marked the end of the second month since he started training in this place.

He actually didn't take as much time as he expected to take when he comprehended levels eight and nine of the Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell.

After he broke through to stage nine by comprehending the final level of lightning dust, The power of meta-aerodite once again started working as it came out from his order base and entered the essence core of the lightning dust order ken.

Athan could feel the power of meta-aerodite rapidly filling up the essence core, and shortly after, It almost saturated. Almost because he didn't want to saturate it right away.

He looked at the remaining amount of meta-aerodite power inside his order base and estimated that he consumed a total of 18% of the total meta-aerodite power until now.

' Hmm...It only took eighteen percent of it to get me at the peak of the Tier-1 order base and peak of the Red realm body strength. But according to what I know, The difference in power between the Tier-1 order base and the Tier-2 order base is larger than the difference between the Tier-2 order base and Tier-3 order base. So I will likely consume more meta-aerodite power to progress in the Tier-2 order base. '

Athan thought about it for some time before he started to consolidate his order base, which got an influx of order force due to his rapid breakthroughs.

The flower inside his order base now had nine petals, which indicated that he had reached the ninth stage of the Tier-1 order base.

After consolidating his order base, He infused a bit of his order force inside the essence core to finally saturate it.

Right when it happened, The essence core started shining and trembled as cracks started to appear on it.

After a few seconds, It broke apart into brilliant, glittering yellow light with a light brown hue and started to gather in an eccentric pattern.

The glittering yellow light with a light brown hue gathered and formed a symbol that gave off order force and chaos force.

Seeing the symbol, Athan thought, ' Normally, this symbol should enter inside the maelstrom of chaos before granting an essence chaos trait but since I don't have it. I will have to enter the symbol inside a similar thing...which is the chaos grinder. But I will not do that. '

He was not going to feed this symbol to his chaos grinder. Although, If he did that, The symbol would be compressed, break down, and purified by the chaos grinder before disappearing. But he would also get an essence chaos trait after that.

The chaos trait is always related to the chaotic power from which it emerged.

Once he gets the chaos trait of this lightning dust, He can transform his chaos force or chaos essence into the power of lightning dust with just his thought even though there is no more essence core of lightning dust inside his body.

Just like how Reikent showed Athan his essence chaos trait when he arrived in the Chaosverse.

Previously, He couldn't transform his chaos force into lighting dust chaotic power and could only transform his chaos essence into lighting dust. When he uses the essence order technique, Sumireas Slash, He could give it the nature of lightning dust by infusing chaos essence.

But after getting the chaos trait, He will be able to transform his chaos force into the lightning dust too and use it to attack independently if he runs out of order force. After all, Everyone has a higher amount of reserve of chaos force than order force inside them.

Once Athan finishes his breakthrough to Tier-2 order base, His chaos grinder would upgrade much like how the maelstrom of chaos upgrades to everyone else.

Once the Chaos grinder upgrades, The chaos force it produces would also get stronger, and If Athan gets the chaos trait of lightning dust, He can transform this stronger chaos force into lightning dust and use it in various situations in battles.

Of course, this will still be weaker than order techniques, but at least, It can be effective in battle, unlike the chaos essence, which is useless in battle.

This is also the main difference between the Tier-1 order base and the Tier-2 order base.

The essence order techniques infused by the nature of chaotic power produce by chaos force will also display more power.

But...he was not planning to put this symbol of lightning dust inside his chaos grinder to get the chaos trait that way.

He is going to try something else.

By using his soul sense, He pushed the symbol towards the elemental matrix.

' To make it a part of the matrix, I need a catalyst for it, and If I use that...It should work. '

The elemental matrix was completely different right now because he had already removed those eight law energy crystals from its setup as they were useless.

He brought the symbol towards the matrix, and after that, He took out some of the milky white aurae from the white orb.

After taking out the milk-white aura, He focused and started to transform it into a catalyst that can house this symbol of lightning dust.

' It's the power of lightning dust in the end, and since I have already grasped the order ken of this chaotic power, I can just make a crystal of lightning dust using milky white aura...hmmm. '

After thinking about it and focusing on the creation, He transformed the milky white aura into a glittering yellow crystal that gave off a light brown and yellow hue. It also had countless very small light brown particles.

He attached this crystal to the string set up of the matrix and then pushed the symbol inside the crystal.

He still didn't know if the symbol will house itself inside this crystal, but there was only one way to check it.

He pushed the symbol inside the crystal, and when the symbol touched the crystal, both of them actually shined as the symbol readily went inside the crystal and disappeared.

At the same time, Athan blanked out slightly for a millisecond as his white orb also shined for a brief moment.

After this millisecond, Athan felt completely different than previously. He could feel a new power in his control, which he could use just thinking of it.

But suddenly, He felt an unknown external pressure pushing down on his whole existence along with his body and soul.

This pressure felt similar to when he took the chaos oath after joining the Hidden Dragon troupe.

Chapter 329 - Breakthrough, Chaos Matrix, Transformation-1

Athan froze as he felt this dangerous pressure weighing on his soul and body.

He also felt something related to this pressure entering inside his body for a brief moment.

After a second, The pressure disappeared, and he finally took a deep breath while wiping the cold sweat on his forehead.

But he also felt another thing after this pressure disappeared.

' This feeling. It is like...I was acknowledged or approved of something? '

Athan fell into thought, but he suddenly sensed the changes inside his body and hurriedly set down crossed-legged.

A powerful chaos force came out of nowhere and enveloped his Chaos Grinder due to his breakthrough, and his order base also started to change.

He knew that he was breaking through to Tier-2 order base since he managed to house the chaos trait of lightning dust into the crystal he created using milky white aura.

Inside his void region...

The order base, which looked like a transparent round crystal, was glowing, and the nine-leave flower inside it was disintegrating into glittering light blue sparks that looked very dreamy.

The order force that was present inside his order base started to gather along with the light blue sparks.

After a few minutes, Athan saw the order force and the glittering light blue sparks condensing together and forming an outline of a flower that looked similar to four leaves clover.

Right at this moment, The chaos grinder finished its upgrade process.

Seeing this, Athan knew he was at the last process of the breakthrough, ' Now, I need to add the stronger version of chaos force at the order base. '

His upgraded chaos grinder had already started working as it absorbed the chaos essence from the upper umbrella storage and started turning it into chaos force before adding it into the bottom umbrella storage.

He then took out the new version of chaos force and brought it towards his order base.

The chaos force went inside the round transparent crystal that was his order base, and tremendous changes started to happen. While these changes occurred, He didn't stop providing his new chaos force to his order base.

The transparent round crystal shined and started to get bigger.

It became twice its original size in a minute. Seeing this, Athan finally stopped providing the chaos force to it.

The transparent outlining of four leaves clover inside his order base also became bigger.

Currently, There was not a single spec of order force inside his Tier-2 order base.

But the four leaves clover slowly started to produce it. This new order force was also stronger than the order force he produced when he was in the Tier-1 order base.

' No wonder the difference between Tier-1 order base and Tier-2 order base is huge. '

Athan internally nodded after sensing the changes. He then looked at the four leaves clover, which was similar to the nine petals flower when he was in the Tier-1 order base.

' Hmmm...According to the information, the tier-2 order base has four stages: Early-Middle-High-Peak. To make progress in this, I will have to grasp more order power by comprehending and grasping the order ken of essence order method. As for this four leaves clover...It looks like once I comprehend a new order power, one of the leaves will become vivid from its transparent state, much like how a new leaf would emerge when I grasped the order of higher level of lightning dust in Tier-1 order base. '

Currently, The four leaves clover was plain and transparent. But as he progresses in this Tier-2 order base, the first leaf will slowly become vivid, and when it finally becomes fully vivid and glows, He would have reached the early stage of the Tier-2 order base.

Due to his order base becoming bigger, His storage of order force also increased, but it was still way smaller than his bottom umbrella storage, where he stores his chaos force.

' But before everything else...I have to check that. '

Thinking of this, Athan looked at his elemental matrix where there was only one crystal connected to the string set up.

' Since there are no individual elements in this matrix anymore and instead, it is connected with a chaotic power...I should call it Chaos Matrix. As for the crystal, since it is chaotic power of lightning dust, then It should be called Lightning Dust Crystal. Mhmm, Now let me see...'

Athan observed the crystal for a moment before he consumed some of his chaos force to activate the crystal.

*Briiiiiii...*

The crystal shined before instantly channeling its power into the core of the matrix, which is the pyramid in the middle.

Right at this moment, Athan felt an overwhelming power spreading through his whole body.

*Groan...*

For the first time in a very long while, He let out a slightly muffled groan due to the overwhelming pain coursing through every single cell of his body.

But this is what he wanted to do, just like how he could transform his body into an energy body of element previously. He wanted to do the same with the chaotic power, Lightning dust. That is why he went through the trouble to house his chaos trait inside a catalyst and connected it to the matrix.

The pyramid was created from the white orb's power, and before ascending to the chaosverse, It was the main source of his power upgrade.

Whenever he comprehended new elemental law energy, He would channel its power in the pyramid through the law energy crystals. The pyramid would then channel this energy throughout every part of his body to strengthen and transform it.

The first transformation takes time, but after that, He could transform his body into any elemental energy he wants, just like in the arena where he fought in the central town of the Doflame region. He used four different elemental law energy: Plasma, Diamond, Wood, and Shadow in the pyramid and could transform any part of his body into these four law energy sources.

Just like that, He wanted to make this chaos matrix be able to transform his entire body into a chaotic body of Lighting dust.

Athan's face twitched slightly because when every cell of his body was forcefully transformed into lightning dust chaotic power, it produced tremendous pain that could be felt through even his soul.

After all, A chaotic power like Lightning dust is countless times more powerful than any law energy since it contains the power of Chaosverse, which is unique to it.

But He only felt that for a moment before his eyes turned indifferent and cold.

Chapter 330 - Transformation-2, Current Stash.

As the transformation on the fundamental level of his body continued and all of his cells transformed into chaotic lighting dust, His body started to turn into chaotic lightning dust.

After five minutes, He didn't resemble a human at all. He had a human-shaped body, but his body structure had now turned into chaotic lightning dust.

Athan started walking before arriving in front of a small mountain.

He stretched his hand forward and punched forward. He also consumed some of the chaos force to increase the range of his punch as a mass of lightning dust in beam form shot forward and hit the mountain.

*Chreeeeeeeeeeeee...*

The beam penetrated the mountain and cut through it like how a knife would cut through butter.

He could also fly in this state due to the nature of lightning dust.

From his legs, A force field of lightning dust produced that floated him upward.

Since Lightning dust's nature was penetrative, corrosive, and light, He could naturally float and fly because his body had transformed into that very chaotic lightning dust.

One could also say that his lifeform had changed into a creature that is entirely made up of chaotic lightning dust.

He then deactivated this power after his complete transformation was over and returned to his normal form.

' Hmm...I'll probably not transform my full body into lightning dust but only certain parts depending on the situation. Let's see... '

Thinking about it, Athan stretched his hand and activated the chaotic matrix. In just a second, His hand turned into lightning dust form.

He once again consumed some chaos force and released a mass of lightning dust from his hand in a beam form.

*Chreeeeeeeeeeeee...*

The results were the same as the last time he attacked. Another hole formed into the mountain as the beam of chaotic lightning dust cut through the mountain and exited from the other side.

Seeing this, Athan nodded, and at long last, a rare smile formed on his face. He had become even stronger and more versatile with this.

Also, This was just his first chaos trait, and it wasn't even that special according to what he knew about the various mysterious chaotic powers that are in this Chaosverse.

But since the lighting dust was a mainly offensive chaotic power, It would help him straightforwardly in fights in the future.

' Alright. Since I have broken through to the Tier-2 order base and created this new way of using chaos trait through the chaos matrix, It's time to check my arsenal to start training. '

Thinking of this, Athan returned back to the place where he was training and sat down crossed-legged before taking out everything from his void region storage.

The total things he took out from his void region numbered eighteen.

Two storage pouches, One of them contained fifty thousand low-grade chaos stones, and another contained four thousand low-grade chaos stones.

One beast medallion in which his peak 3-star chaos beast was sleeping, Skymare Tingale. He had yet to give him an official name, but Kornella told him that he could do that later when he forms a soul contact with it.

One 2-star weapon, Black Spear. He got this from the warehouse at the base of Hidden Dragon Troupe.

Other than these four things, The remaining fourteen things were scrolls.

Six of the scrolls were of 1-star order scrolls.

1-star Scroll of essence order method: Lightning Dust of Yellow Hell.

1-star Scroll of body order method: Jadeite Skelendrom.

1-star Scroll of essence order technique: Sumireas Slash.

1-star Scroll of body order technique: Skyline Blows.

1-star Scroll of soul order method: Soul strengthening method.

1-star Scroll of soul order technique: Soul Stingers.

He had no time to train in soul order method and technique and simply left them because he heard that they were not used much in low tier base.

He also had to start training in the next levels of Sumireas Slash and Skyline Blows.

' Though, I will still need to train in soul strengthening methods to make my soul stronger. As for soul techniques...I'll just practice it and see how it works on enemies. I feel like they should be more effective because of my unique soul energy. '

He had heard from Yone that soul techniques were very weak against a same-level opponent in Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 order base. If the opponent also trains in soul strengthening, which they would obviously do, then the soul technique wouldn't work at all because they are very simple, and only 1-star soul techniques exist for those who are in Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 order base.

He then burned down the Lightning dust and Jadeite skelendrom scrolls since they were useless.

There was no more order force inside lightning dust and jadeite skelendrom scrolls. So, they were completely useless as other people can't use them to get stronger in the Tier-1 order base.

Afterward, He put other 1-star scrolls, two storage pouches, the black spear, and beast medallion back into his Void region before looking at the remaining scrolls.

From the remaining scrolls, There were three 3-star order scrolls.

3-star Scroll of body order method: Harmony of Giant.

3-star Scroll of essence order method: Aegis Starwood of Highland.

3-star Scroll of essence order technique: Spiraling Cave of No Entry.

In the Tier-1 order base, People can only train in 1-star order methods.

But in Tier-2 order base, People can train in either 2-star or 3-star order methods.

That was because of the difficulty in training 2-star and 3-star order methods. 3-star order methods were more difficult to train than 2-star methods, so some people would choose the 2-star order method to train while those who were confident in their comprehension ability would choose 3-star order methods.

Athan chose 3-star order methods because he was confident in his ability to train in them without hitting any kind of wall.

He then looked at the remaining scrolls that were of 5-star order methods and techniques.

5-star Scroll of body order technique: Four Stances of Destruction.

5-star Scroll of essence order method: Force of Glittering River.

5-star Scroll of body order method: Heavenly Stream Pressure.

5-star Scroll of soul order method: Soul Enhancement Bubbles.

5-star Scroll of essence order technique: Point Zero Bombardment.

He picked these 5-star scrolls because he was sure that he would need them in the near future.

' Before starting to train in 5-star order techniques, I'll first master the 1-star and 3-star order techniques to increase my order grasping ability. That would definitely make it easier to train in 5-star order techniques. '

He knew that everything he trained in Tier-1, Tier-2, and Tier-3 order base would help in pass through the first tough hurdle in the future that is known as Orderic Catastrophe.

Chapter 331 - Training-4

*shuaaaaaaaaa.....*

*Boooomm.....*

Athan released a Sumireas slash and a Skyline blow as they both hit a nearby hill.

He only focused on Mastering Sumireas Slash and Skyline blow to their final level in the last fifteen days, and today, He finally succeeded.

His Sumireas Slash had become way thinner than before. It was just like when Yone first showed him. It was as thin as cicadas wings, but the power it had was also condensed way more than before.

The size of his Skyline blow has gotten bigger along with its speed and power.

Athan stretched his hand out and activated chaos matrix-Lightning dust.

After a moment, A black spear was in his hand, and he swung it with his full power.

He consumed some of the chaos force to inject his lightning dust power inside the spear before executing Sumireas Slash.

*Shrrrrrrrhuaaaaaa.....*

This slash was ten meters wide as he had consumed a considerable amount of chaos force and order force to execute it.

He released this slash towards a mountain, and after it hit the mountain, Two usual additional slashes appeared, which created a cross slash.

But this time, Since he had fully mastered Sumireas Slash, He activated its final part earlier, which was the blast.

The + shaped thin Sumireas slash started to shrink before...

*BOOOM....*

A ten-meter radius of blast occurred while the slash was inside the mountain and blasted the mountain open.

The pieces of broken rocks fell down like rain after the blast. The half mountain and blasted off stones then started to disintegrate due to the power of lightning dust rubbing on them.

' This spear is good for now. Although I prefer chakrams, I currently don't have enough material and money to custom order them. Hmmm...'

After thinking about it for a moment, He decided that He would not custom order chakrams for now.

' The Penta regional tournament should have rewards too and far better than this competition. It's better to get a 3-star grade chakrams than 2-star for the future as a 2-star weapon will eventually be useless after I get stronger. '

After he finished mastering these two techniques and testing their powers, he went back to his training place, a small cave near a riverbank.

Of course, The river was not filled with water but a cloudly substance. He even touched it by putting his hands inside the river, but they were not the usual clouds that he had seen on earth, obviously. Instead, They felt extremely fluffy and soft, and he could even grab them in his hands.

So, He grabbed some of them and created a cushion for him to sit on inside the cave where he started training.

After all, If there was a nice thing to sit on, then why should he sit on rough ground inside the cave?

After sitting crossed-legged on the cloudly cushion, He took out two scrolls.

A 3-star scroll of essence order method, Aegis Starwood of Highland, and another 3-star scroll of body order method, Harmoney of Giant.

Since he had broken through to the Tier-2 order base, He should start training in these methods before doing anything else like training in other order techniques.

This was because he wanted to see if he can do two things at once with his soul. He had already done that before, but he wanted to try this in training. At first, He will need to put all of his focus on comprehending and grasping the first level order of these two methods, but after that, He can leave the saturation work to his subconsciousness. As for his primary consciousness? He would mainly focus on practicing the order techniques.

First, He opened the essence order method scroll, Aegis Starwood of Highland.

The initial description was just about the nature of this chaotic power and its properties.

For instance, Lightning Dust Chaotic power had the properties of being fast traveling in the air, disintegration, and penetrative.

Just like that, Aegis Starwood Chaotic power had properties of being very tough, extremely tight structure, self-recovery, and even healing properties in its chaotic power.

It was mainly a defensive chaotic power. But Athan wanted this type of chaotic power in the first place because he did not lack anything in the offensive department for now due to his Lightning Dust Crystal in chaos matrix and Abyssal Darkness.

After reading its description, He used his soul sense and started to comprehend and grasp the order of Aegis Starwood from the scroll.

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In the central underground Palace...

Ayurin, The master of Sen Theorus, was fishing in the mysterious pond while Valeria was nowhere to be seen.

' What is taking her so long? '

Ayurin thought while fishing. Valeria told her that she would return after fifteen days a month ago as she went to take part in the meeting regarding the upcoming Penta regional tournament, but now, a month has passed, but she still hasn't returned.

But right at this moment, A door materialized beside her from which a somewhat tired-looking Valeria came out.

Ayurin raised her eyebrows before asking in a doubtful voice, " What happened? You look worn out. "

" Sigh...What a mess. "

Saying this, Valeria first sat down on her comfortable chair before saying while shaking her head, " The Penta regional tournament's date is out. "

Ayurin nodded before narrowing her beautiful blue eyes a little, " That should be a good thing but looking at your state, something went wrong, right? "

Valeria nodded with a wry expression, " That envoy wants to speed up the tournament. We tried to convince him otherwise, but he didn't budge. "

Her face then turned slightly angry, " That bastard arrived late in the first place, and now he decided that the tournament will start after six months. "

" What! That's too little time to prepare for our contestants. " Ayurin was started because the Penta regional tournament usually starts around one and a half years after the surrounding major region competitions are over.

" Sigh...That envoy was unreasonable, but unfortunately, we can't let this chance go. That bastard said that if we want to delay the tournament, then do so, but he will simply leave if we do that. "

Valeria was angry, Not just her but all other organizers of other region competitions were angry, but they can't do anything about it.

Ayurin frowned and pointed out, " The location of this tournament is also dangerous, right? It looks like there will be more casualties this time. "

" Indeed. The Chaos phenom dimension chosen for this Penta regional tournament is more dangerous. On top of decreased training time for the participants, there will really be more casualties. "

Valeria then simply closed her eyes after sighing one more time.

' It will be tough for all competitors this time, but the rewards are also excellent and worth the risk. I can only say best of luck to everyone. '

Chapter 332 - Training-5, Announcement Of Bad News.

After ten days, Inside Athan's void region...

A light green round core was faintly shining with a metal grey hue.

It was the essence core of Aegis Starwood order ken.

He had comprehended the initial stage of the Aegis Starwood method and finally formed its essence core.

' Hmm...I still have eighty-eight percent of meta-aerodite power left. Let's see how much that can help me progress. '

He infused the meta-aerodite power from his order base to this essence core of Aegis Starwood order ken as it rapidly started to fill up towards saturation point.

While this was happening, Athan looked at the four-leaf clover inside his order base as its first leaf started to turn vivid rapidly.

After five minutes, His core of Aegis Starwood order ken saturated, and the first leaf of the clover fulled turned vivid.

Right after these changes, He felt that the producing speed of his order force increased from the faint four-leaf clover after its first leaf turned vivid. His order force capacity also increased due to reaching the Early-stage of Tier-2 order base.

' The whole seven stages of Tier-1 order base took eighteen percent of the meta-aerodite power while just the early stage of Tier-2 order took ten percent. It looks like It will be difficult to reach Peak-stage of the Tier-2 order base with the remaining meta-aerodite power. '

He then fell into thought to decide how to use the remaining meta-aerodite power.

After thinking for a few moments, He decided to pour everything into his essence core of Aegis Starwood.

Opening the scroll, He started to comprehend and grasp the order of the next stage of Aegis Starwood without consolidating his order base.

He decided to do the first consolidation after reaching the Middle-stage of the Tier-2 order base.

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Twenty days readily passed before he finally grasped the second stage order of Aegis Starwood.

This marked his three months stay in this place. And five months until the Penta regional tournament starts.

' Time to saturate the essence core...' Thinking of this, Athan saturated the essence core with meta-aerodite power.

But, this time, it consumed twenty percent of power to saturate the essence core and to turn the second leaf of four-leaf clover vivid.

He then started to consume order force because his order base had become unstable due to two rapid breakthroughs without consolidation.

A slight crack also appeared on the round transparent orb that was his order base.

Looking at it, Athan frowned, ' It seems like consolidation is a must process, or I will risk losing every progress I made until now and will have to start over from Tier-1 order base. '

That was unacceptable to him. He hurriedly started to consume his order force to consolidate the order base.

To consolidate his order base, He will have to consume his order force to patch up the cracks, make his order base robust, and use order techniques.

In short, He will have to consume the order force mainly, and using order techniques was the best way to do it.

Once he consumes all of his order force, He will have to stabilize the new order force produced by the four-leaf clover properly so that it can be properly stacked in his order base, unlike the unstable order force production that appeared after his breakthroughs and resulted in the cracks in his order base.

He will have to do this process one time to make his order base robust. This was called the consolidation process.

It took him two days to fully consolidate his order base before continuing with his training to comprehend and grasp the next stage order of the Aegis Starwood essence method.

Days passed as Athan entirely focused on his training without taking any breaks.

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In the Central underground palace...

" So? When do we depart? It will at least take fifteen days to reach there, even with your speedy transportation artifact. "

Ayurin and Valeria were dining on delicious-looking dishes in the hall while sitting on a small dining table near the pond.

Hearing the question of Ayurin, Valeria first took a bite from the barbecue stick and then answered, " There are still five months before the tournament starts. But just in case, We will depart after four months. "

Ayurin nodded, " The contestant doesn't know that tournament's date is very soon this time, right? "

" Nope. But they will know about it today. I have sent my staff to convey that message to them. Hopefully, This will pressure them, and they will put in more effort in the next five months to train. "

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While Athan was comprehending and grasping the third stage order of Aegis Starwood, The token that was hanging at his waist vibrated and disrupted his training.

Frowning a bit, He grabbed the token and heard injected some chaos force into it before he heard Mr.Devon's voice through it.

" Hello, Athan. This message is to inform you that the tournament's date is out and it will start after exactly four months and twenty days. This is very strange, but the tournament will begin early, and we will depart after three months and twenty days. Until then, I hope you do your best in training and become as strong as you can because this time's tournament will be very gruesome and dangerous but will also have extra rewards and a big opportunity. "

Shaking his head, He continued to focus on comprehending grasping the order once again.

He didn't need such a message because his goal was one and only: to become strong as fast as possible.

As for the tournament being gruesome and dangerous? That brought no worry or concern to him whatsoever.

If the rewards were higher along with a big opportunity, He would give all of his to get them because those things can make him stronger faster, Just like how the champion rewards of this competition increased his progress speed.

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To comprehend the third stage order of Aegis Starwood, Athan actually took two days less and finished grasping its order in just eighteen days.

Wasting no time, He consumed more of his meta-aerodite power to saturate his essence core of Aegis Starwood order ken and turned the third leaf of four-leaf clover vivid.

With the sudden additional chaos force producing in mass inside his order base due to this, His order base destabilized. He had also decided to consolidate his order base at each stage this time as he didn't want to take unnecessary risks.

But when he noticed the remaining meta-aerodite power, He shook his head with a wry expression, ' It looks like I won't be able to reach Peak-stage in Tier-2 order base. '

This time, He consumed thirty percent of total meta-aerodite power, and only twenty-two percent of meta-aerodite power remained, which was not at all enough to get him to the Peak-stage of the Tier-2 order base.

He first consolidated his order base, which took him only one day this time.

Previously He didn't consolidate his base even after two breakthroughs and that led to those cracks.

After consolidating his order base, He decided to stop his training in the Aegis Starwood essence method and took how the body order method, The Harmony of Giant.

' Hmmm...It would be best if I pour the remaining meta-aerodite power to progress in this body method. '

After thinking of this, He unfurled the scroll and started to comprehend and grasp its order.

Chapter 333 - Training-6, Chaos And Order

After twenty days, He comprehended the initial stage order of The Harmony of Giant and started to form its body core.

As usual, He formed the order symbol of the Harmoney of Giant after grasping and comprehending its order and poured some of his heart blood on it.

Both started shined and combined as the process of body core creation started.

After five minutes, A cricket-ball-sized body core of Harmoney of Giant order ken formed inside his void.

The core was light brown and peach-colored with red vein-like patterns over it.

He had chosen this body method because, just like how Jadeite Skelendrom's specialty gave him an Exo-frame armor after he mastered it, This Harmony of Giant would also grant him something special, and it was the expansion of his body. He could either turn one part of his body bigger or all parts and become a giant, increasing his physical strength tremendously.

Though this method was even more painful than Jadeite Skelendrom as it was written as the head-line of the scroll, He didn't mind the pain that would come with it and readily chose this.

After the body core was finished forming, Athan started consuming Meta-Aerodite power that went inside his body core and started its process.

At that instant, Athan's body trembled due to physical reasons as an overwhelming power started to spread through his body's every single cell.

His cells started to expand after being refined and infused by the Harmony of Giant chaotic power.

The meta-aerodite power provided enough power to his body core such that he reached the early stage of the Harmony of Giant chaotic power.

After ten minutes, Ten percent of the Meta-aerodite power was consumed, and Athan finally reached the early stage of the Harmony of Giant.

His clothes were ripped apart, and he was completely naked after reaching the early stage because as his cells started to refine and expand, His body also got bigger.

His current size was four meters tall, with explosive muscles and a perfect body. He was like a four-meter tall giant in every way—his hair, head, etc., everything bigger.

His skin color had changed from pale white to light red and peach-colored.

*Puchiiiiiii....*

Suddenly, His left hand was blasted into pieces as blood burst out like a fountain.

Athan hurriedly closed his eyes as he started to consolidate his body. Due to rapidly reaching the early stage, his cells were still very active and not used to this explosive power.

Even in other body methods, He would have to consolidate his body, but this Harmony of Giant was more intense in training, so his cells could not bear the power.

After closing his eyes, Athan started to punch and kick hard while moving his whole body as steam started to release from his body constantly.

After intense body exercise of three days, His body finally stabilized. But the consolidation was not over.

It took him seven more days to properly consolidate his body as he strengthened his cells by exercising more such that they can hold this power without self-injuries. This was the second body consolidation process.

There were two consolidation processes of body training.

The first consolidation of the body was to get used to the newfound increased physical strength by exercising, which comes with all body methods. The second consolidation process depended on the training of one's body method.

After Athan was done consolidating his body, He shrank his body to his normal size.

" Continue training...I will also pour the remaining eight percent meta-aerodite power into the body core. "

Without taking any rest, He once again started training. Of course, After wearing a new set of clothes that were inside his second storage pouch.

The next goal was to comprehend the next level of Harmony of Giant.

The set of order force in the Harmoney of Giant felt slightly more complicated to him as he took more time to comprehend and grasp its order.

In the term where normal people can understand, Comprehending and grasping the Order of these chaotic powers was like wandering in a very terrifying and chaotic place where blizzard, rain, Bloody atmosphere, a hell of bones, thunderstorm, desert storm, etc. chaotic disasters were present, and you have to find, sense, understand and grasp the links or more like dots in this place that would control these many chaotic disasters.

Once you have comprehended and grasped those links/dots and understood their set of patterns which is actually the order of these chaotic powers, You can control them. ( them being chaotic powers. )

When using soul sense to comprehend and grasp the order of these chaotic powers, one would exactly feel that. But it was not damaging to them. That's why the scroll where the order of these chaotic powers was inscribed became an orthodox way to train.

In an unorthodox way, The beings had to glimpse at the real chaotic powers and phenomenons and even experience them physically and soulfully to grasp their order which was very dangerous since it could cost their life while comprehending and grasping the order from the scrolls was safe.

[ A/N: Although in reality, It is a very different and terrifying experience to comprehend the actual order in Chaosverse ( I would not recommend doing that, You are good on Earth. No need to go to Chaosverse ^^ ) I went there, and honestly, It was a very bad experience, I instantly died. :P Gotta train and become the master universe first before going to Chaosverse, but it will also be impossible so let's just read the novels, lol. ]

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After twenty-five days, Athan finally comprehended the next level order of the Harmony of Giant and poured the remaining eight percent meta-aerodite power into the body core as his body started to get stronger.

After five minutes, the process was over, and he started to consolidate his body.

But this time, He only took two days to finish the consolidation as his progress was not that high.

Afterward, Athan stood up and took a deep breath.

He had finally spent up his meta-aerodite power, so his rapid boost of progress was over.

But he didn't intend to take any rest as he closed his eyes and entered into deep meditation while standing.

Inside his void region, He started to pour chaos force inside his body core to continue training.

Since he could constantly produce chaos force, unlike others, He could similarly also train constantly without a break.

His body started to once again fill up with the chaotic power of the Harmony of Giant as it started to strengthen his body and refined his cells before expanding them.

While doing this, Athan slowly opened his eyes and separated his primary consciousness while keeping his subconsciousness to continue train in his body core.

" Good. "

Athan nodded to himself as he stretched his hand forward and took out a scroll.

It was finally time to practice an order technique.

The essence order technique, Spirling cave of no entry. This was the best defensive order technique for him....No, More like The most suitable defensive order technique for him.

Unfurling the scroll, Athan read its description and how it works.

[ Spiraling Cave of no Entry ]

>An order technique whose set of order effects can diffuse the incoming attack.

>One would use a defensive chaos power's nature to create spiraling holes around them.

>The spiraling holes had a special set of order forces where they would gently lead the incoming attacks towards them and weaken their power.

>This technique would not block the attacks completely and still lead them towards the user, albeit by continuously weakening their power.

> One can create multiple spiraling holes and put them one behind another to continuously weaken the incoming attack until it is completely diffused, Thus the name, Spirling Cave of no Entry.

After reading everything, Athan started to comprehend and grasp its order by using his soul sense through the main consciousness while letting his subconsciousness do the body core training.

He didn't plan to completely diffuse the incoming attacks with this technique but just weaken them enough to let him not get disabled.

After all, If he is only inflicted with superficial and minor injuries, His body's natural healing factor and his new essence chaotic power can be used to heal himself.

This way, He can fully focus on the offensive while not worrying much about the incoming attacks and while also not spending much order force on defense since he didn't plan to diffuse the attacks completely in the first place.

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At this time, The competition where Tiana and others were training also started, and in this competition, They would catch the eyes of some big shots of the Great Bridgade Palace.

But...would it be good for them or bad for them if such things happened? Well, Only time will tell that.

Chapter 334 - Athan Down.

Central Underground Palace...

Only Ayurin was present as she waited for Valeria to come while fishing.

Today was the day they would depart for the Penta Regional Tournament.

After ten minutes, A door materialized from which Valeria appeared with a smile, " It's time. "

After coming out from the door, She took out a token and said, " Gather all the contestants at the underground central hall.

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At the cloudly island where Athan was training...

Athan currently stood on the ground with absolute stillness while closing his eyes as his left leg was positioned forward by thirty centimeters.

His body was leaned downward while his left hand-stretched to the front in a fist form, and his right hand was straight behind him in a chopping motion, and sweat covered his whole body.

He gave off a terrifying pressure as one could clearly see the light violet aura exuding from his body.

His physical body was strained to the extreme as he created a highly complex set of order force circulating throughout his body.

This violet aura was the result of only order force and nothing else. More specifically, It was due to the set of order force patterns circulating throughout his body.

He opened his eyes that were red due to his eyes' blood vessels expanding. The veins throughout his body also bulged as he prepared to execute his most powerful attack.

First Stance of Destruction, Assult of Heaven.

Silence...

The surrounding of Athan stopped for one second to absolute stillness. This was due to the pure pressure that exuded from his body.

But the next second, As Athan swung his right hand that was in chopping form towards the sky, The violet-purple aura around his body shot to the sky at a fast speed but instantly stopped after traveling for twenty meters and turned into a thirty diameter wide purple cloud.

Right after that, Athan brought down his left hand that was in fist form to the ground.

*RRRRRRAAAAAAAK...*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....*

As his fist hit the ground, It created a terrifying force and shockwave that blasted everything before the purple aura that formed into the cloud in the sky struck down as if heaven itself attacked the ground.

*CRACKKKKKKKKKKK....BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....*

Destruction...

Pure Destruction was left in wake after Athan executed the first stance of Destruction, Assult of Heaven.

Every tree, grass, plant, and even the small mountain within the thirty meters of him disappeared.

This was a wide-range attack that covered thirty meters around him.

*Thud....*

Athan fell to the ground on his back as he started taking deep breaths.

" This strain...It looks like My current body strength is not enough to execute this stance. "

Athan muttered with his eyes red and exhausted face.

But he stood up nonetheless as he didn't want to waste time.

In the past two months and some days, He first focused on mastering the 3-star essence order technique, Spiraling Cave of no Entry, and after fully mastering to its last level after one month and ten days, He started practicing the 5-star body order technique, Four Stances of Destruction.

And he was still practicing the First Stance of Destruction, Assult of Heaven, till today.

Just now, He didn't execute the full power of this stance because he only used pure order force.

Although this was the first time he properly executed it, It was not its full form as in the full form, He can consume some chaos force and add more power to it, just like how he uses it in his body order technique, Skyline Blows.

After standing up, He was just going to continue practicing when he sensed someone's presence and looked in his left side.

Mr. Devon could be seen walking towards him with surprise and astonishment in his eyes while looking around.

" Now, this is some destruction you created. What techniques have you been practicing? "

Mr. Devon arrived in front of Athan asked, but a slight frown also appeared on his face as he saw Athan's state, ' Don't tell me...'

" Oh...If you mean the current destruction around here, Then it was due to the 5-star body order technique, The Four Stances of Destruction. I just used its First Stance, The Assult of Heaven. "

Mr. Devon's face was plastered with clear shock as he spoke in disbelief, " 5-star technique, you said? "

He thought that the destruction was due to Athan practicing for the past eight months.

Never once in his wildest imagination would have thought that Athan practiced the 5-star order technique and....after looking around once again and he thought, ' If this much destruction from one pure offensive 5-star order technique, then it's indeed possible that Athan really used a 5-star order technique. '

' How? '

This question lingered in his head for a long time as he fell into a daze.

But he soon snapped out of his thought when he remembered his purpose here.

Looking at Athan, He smiled wryly and said, " Let's go. It's time to depart. "

" Huh?..." Athan was slightly startled because he had lost track of time while practicing and didn't think that it was already time to leave.

But he nodded his head nonetheless, " Alright. Let's go then. "

Mr. Devon was somewhat worried about Athan after seeing his state, but the important thing was gathering at the hall according to orders, so he opened the portal as both of them went inside it and appeared in the underground central hall.

Athan followed Mr. Devon as they both arrived in a vast hall where some people were already present.

There were around forty people, and more were coming every few seconds.

Athan saw Sen Theorus was already there, and she was talking happily with beautiful blue eyes.

She noticed Athan as she walked towards him and spoke with a smile in an enthusiastic voice, " Hehe Athan, We will have a re-match, and I will not lose next time. "

Athan smiled faintly and nodded, " Sure. But I am afraid you won't be able to win. "

After walking for a while and coming to the hall, the tension in his body was losing as he suddenly started to heaviness.

As Sen was going to speak one more time, she was slightly startled seeing Athan's eyes closing as he fell to the ground with a thud.

' Damn...I...I will have to deactivate black orb's power...'

As he fell down and started losing his consciousness, He hurriedly took out some milky white aura from the white orb and covered the black orb with it.

" What happened? who is he? "

At this moment, the woman whom Sen was talking with arrived and asked while glancing at Athan.

This beautiful woman was none other than Ayurin.

" He is Athan. The one who bested me. "

Sen answered, but her gaze was on Athan as a slight frown appeared, ' His state did seem unstable when he arrived. What happened? '

She looked at Mr. Devon, who was also slightly stunned seeing Athan falling down, and asked, " What happened to him, Mr.Devon? "

But before he could answer, Ayurin looked interestingly at Athan, " Let me check what happened to him. "

She wanted to see the person who defeated her disciple.

When he put her hand on Athan's chest and tried to sense his condition, A shocked expression appeared on her face as she muttered, " Madness...."

" What happened, Master? "

Ayurin stood up and shook her head with a wry expression, " He overworked himself. Both his body and brain are in a mess. It seems that in the past eight months, He didn't take a single break and continue training in a hyperactive state. "

Internally, She was also surprised for another matter, ' I could not see anything inside his body, neither his maelstrom of chaos, his body and essence core, and nor his order-base. It looks like he has some kind of special physique. '

But she was able to check Athan's body that was breaking apart and healing and, most importantly, His brain that was way more exhausted and messier than his body.

Chapter 335 - Athan Wakes Up, A New Feeling.

[ A/N: If you read the previous chapter right after I published it, then I urge you to reread the last few paragraphs because I added them later. ^^ ]

Athan slowly opened his eyes as he saw an unfamiliar roof.

' This is...a room? '

The room was small, and he seemed to be sleeping on a bed.

After opening his eyes, He got up and started stretching his hands and legs.

" This feels good..." Athan muttered as he got away from the bed and started stretching his whole body.

He was feeling innate relaxation and refreshment. An involuntarily smiled formed on his face due to his own mood.

Athan himself didn't realize, but he was pushing himself too far since the day of his rebirth.

For the past years, He had never once taken a break and only focused on getting stronger.

His body, mind, and soul were slowly but surely put on the strain and innate exhaustion accumulated to a great degree. Especially last eight months, he was training in higher levels of powers like order methods and order techniques continuously.

But after waking up, Athan felt his soul, body, and mind elevating, and he also realized what happened to him, ' Taking proper rest is essential, huh...'

At least, When he was with Tiana and Avelia, they would take proper breaks, and even later, He would still have breaks in-between to take some rest.

But after losing everyone, He became deeply desperate without himself realizing it, and he only had one thing in mind: Getting stronger as fast as possible.

Athan gripped his fist tightly with live fire in his eyes, ' Tiana, Avelia....wait for me. I will definitely get you back and become strong enough that no one can take away anything from me and defeat me. Strongest...I will become the strongest. '

After thinking of this, Athan closed his eyes and took a deep breath as he finally felt one thing that he had forgotten for a very long time.

Inner Peace.

He has his goals, and all left is to work towards them. Though one of the goals will be extremely hard as becoming the strongest is no easy feat.

Athan still didn't know the peak of this Chaosverse, let alone the many wonders it contained. But he will experience them, absorb them and get stronger.

At this moment, The door opened, and Mr. Devon walked in with a wry smile before sighing a relief, " Phew...It would have been really bad if you didn't wake up today. Many things happened while you were sleeping. "

" Ohh...? " Athan raised his eyes and asked calmly, " How long did I sleep? "

Mr. Devon rolled his eyes before saying, " One month! You slept for a whole month. Anyway, The Tournament is going to start soon, and everyone has already gathered at the main avenue. I will tell you some important information on the way. So, let's go. "

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Athan and Mr. Devon arrived at the avenue where many people were gathered.

The avenue was a platform in the middle of a forest.

Seven people were sitting in the chair in the sky. Valeria was one of the seven people, and she seemed upset and worried. Well, Five other people had the same feeling except for the man in the middle.

Mr. Devon and Athan arrived, where many people were gathered, but Athan had seen most of them.

There were approx seventy people, and thirty of them were the top thirty contestants of the competition. While the other thirty were also contestants of the same competition but they were of one order base higher than Athan and others. They were the top thirty of other competition that was meant for Tier-2 order base people.

" Athan! Are you alright now? "

Celesti walked towards Athan and asked in a concerned tone. A month ago, She arrived later in the central underground hall and saw that Athan had lost consciousness and fainted.

Athan smiled and nodded towards her, " I am fine. Better than ever. "

At this moment, Sen also arrived as she hit Athan's shoulder with her fist before saying with a smile, " I almost thought that you would not wake up even today and miss the tournament. Anyway, it's unfortunate that we won't be able to fight in this tournament anymore. "

Sen shook her with a wry expression while saying.

Athan nodded as he heard everything from Mr. Devon on the way.

There were some drastic changes in the format of the tournament. They even changed the chaos phenom dimension once again as now it will be held in an even more dangerous chaos phenom dimension that was shockingly ported here by the Envoy.

The so-called Envoy seemed to be a big shot of someplace, and even Mr. Devon didn't know much about him except for the one thing.

That one thing was that this Envoy was from one of the Ancient powers, just like the Greate Bridgade Palace.

When Athan heard from Mr. Devon that this Envoy was from the same level of the ancient organization like the Greate Bridgade Palace, His heart couldn't help but beat fast as he felt anticipation and excitement.

After all, Tiana, Avelia, and others were taking the Great Bridgade Palace program training, and he also believed that they would pass and survive in that program and join the Great Bridgade Palace.

Now since an Envoy of another Ancient power was here, then It was likely that he had some purpose. But to know that, He will have to survive in this tournament until the end.

Yes, Survive. Because the new format of this tournament was surviving in this dangerous Chaos Phenom Dimension filled with powerful chaos beasts, chaotic phenomenons, and mysterious powers.

" Athan, don't you think that this is a bit unfair to us? "

Hearing the question of Celesti, Athan grinned with excitement in his eyes, " I don't care. My aim is to win, and whoever blocks my path..."

A dangerous gleam passed through his eyes as he paused and didn't continue.

But after saying that, He put up close eyes smile, " Although I understand why you feel that way, You should just focus on doing your best and survive. Since this Chaos Phenom Dimension is unique, there should be a solution about the format in there too. "

" Uhh...Hope so. " Celesti wryly smiled as she couldn't understand why Athan was not worried.

After all, This new format of tournament mixed up both Tier-2 order base people and Tier-3 order base people together in one chaos phenom dimension.

Chapter 336 - Tournament...Starts!!

Sen snorted as she crossed her arms on her chest, " Athan is right! We just have to survive and win. Strength is not the only factor of survival in this mysterious chaos phenom dimension. We can use its powers like chaos phenomenons, mysterious places, etc., by using our wits to get an advantage. "

At this moment, Athan saw a gorgeous woman coming towards them. She exuded a peaceful and gentle aura from her body.

Ayurin smiled before nodding her head, " Sen is right. In this chaos phenom dimension, There will be much natural treasure and other things that will help you progress. There will also be many chaotic powers, so be careful and move with caution. "

" Master. Hehe, Of course. I will definitely survive and become the top fifty winners of this tournament. "

Hearing what Sen said, Ayruin patted Sen's head while smiling, " Of course. My Sen can definitely do that. But..."

Pausing there, she creased her beautiful eyebrows as her expression turned serious, " Your life is more important. You will get more chances to get stronger in the future, but life is only a one-time thing; if you lose it, then it's gone. So, never take unnecessary risks and move carefully. Understood? "

Sen pouted but nodded, " Understood. "

Afterward, Ayruin looked at Athan and Celesti with a smile before saying, " You too. Be careful and keep a clear head in there—especially you, Athan. You seem like a reckless type. But remember that when there is life, there is a way. No matter what problem or difficulty you have, You can solve them and get what you want only when you are alive. "

After saying this, She passed a storage pouch to Athan and said, " This storage pouch contains your custom ordered full-body 2-star armor. "

Athan nodded as he took the pouch, ' Let's see how it turned out to be in the end. '

Just as he was going to take out the armor and wear it...

*Hong.....*

A loud sound descended from the sky and reverberated everywhere.

Everyone's attention was captured as they looked up and saw a giant face projectile of clouds.

This face belonged to the envoy who was sitting on the floating chair.

" The various warriors of chaos! Among the one thousand and two hundred of you, there will only be FIFTY winners in this tournament. These FIFTY winners will get unimaginable rewards and a grand opportunity! "

Hearing these words, Loud and chaotic sounds of cheering exploded from the one thousand and two hundred participants.

Usually, There were only three hundred participants in a single Penta Regional Tournament, but due to the coming of Envoy, He mixed a total of four Penta regional tournaments to become a single Grand tournament.

The envoy nodded with a smile seeing the reaction as he took out a cube and activated it before throwing it towards the far left where none of the participants were standing.

When the cube reached its desired location, The envoy snapped his finger as it shined and expanded to become a ten-meter tall and five meters wide portal.

At this moment, The cloudly projectile in the sky spoke, " I have opened the portal to the chaos phenom dimension where you all will face dangerous situations but also bountiful rewards. After going through the portal, a mark of order force will appear on your chest. When you are close to dying or want to give, just use your soul energy into the mark, and you will be thrown out of the chaos phenom dimension. Of course, that will also be the end of your journey. "

The envoy paused here as his face turned sever, " BUT...There will also be some places or situations where the mark might not work. At that time...You can only do your best to survive and get out of those places and situations. "

The atmosphere turned heavy, but someone from below suddenly shouted, " I AM NOT AFRAID. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER SCAREDY CATS, BUT...I WILL SURVIVE TILL THE END. "

Hearing this roar filled with fighting spirit, All other participants' blood boiled as they also started shouting.

The envoy nodded with a smile as she continued, " This Tournament will only end when exactly sixty people are left alive inside the chaos phenom dimension. Start moving towards the portal and enter. The tournament has already started. I wish you good luck, Warriors of Chaos. "

Everyone started moving towards the big portal started entering.

Sen and Celesti nodded at Athan as they also started moving towards the portal.

Athan had already worn his full body armor and put the storage pouch in its inner gaps.

His current armor made him look valiant and cool with light green and red scales that contain a black hue.

His elbow and shoulder also had curved plates and two horns on the helmet, just as he described to the crafter. There was also a small piece of paper in the storage pouch that described the skill of this armor.

As for the name, The crafter named this armor as Primal Virident Lagoon.

Just as Athan was moving towards the portal with Celesti, Sen, and other participants of his group, He felt a vibration at his waist where he would put the storage pouch that contains the contact cards and other miscellaneous things.

Athan stopped in his tracks and took out the contact card of Drizzly.

" What happened, Athan? "

Celesti noticed Athan stopping and asked.

Athan showed the contact card to her, " Drizzly. " He then activated the card as a rushing voice of Drizzly passed through it.

" Athan! Stay where you are and don't move. "

Athan was confused, but nonetheless, He answered, " Alright. "

Not even a minute later, Athan saw Drizzly coming towards him at a fast speed before stopping right in front of Athan, " Phew....Glad I made it in time. "

" What happened, Drizzly? "

Athan asked with confusion, but Drizzly just smiled and chuckled before taking out a ring and giving it to Athan, " Take this storage ring. Although storage rings are expensive, You will need one in this strange tournament. Boss Yone and others were surprised after hearing that you took the first rank in the tournament. So, Boss Yone bought this ring for you as a gift. Don't reject it. "

Athan was going to reject at first, But seeing the eyes and determined expression of Drizzly, He remembered that he was no a part of their little family and nodded with a smile before accepting the ring, " Alright. "

Drizzly nodded and humphed with a smile, " Good. Now go and show everyone what you are made of. Of course, don't force yourself into a dangerous situation and learn to retreat when it's necessary, as we don't want you to lose our newest family member so soon. "

She wished Athan and Celesti good luck before leaving.

" Let's go, Athan. "

Both Athan and Celesti started walking towards the portal before finally entering.

*Crackleeee....*

*Crackleeee....Crackkkk...*

When Athan came out from another side, He felt a heavy atmosphere with brown-colored lightning clouds in the sky crackling loudly.

There was no one around him who was to be expected as this was a very vast chaos phenom dimension.

" But this scenery is really...chaotic. "

Chapter 337 - The Power Of Skymare Tingale.

*Rawrrrrrrr.....*

*Swoooooooooosh...*

" Hmmm...Its aura is weaker than you. Go and defeat it. I want to see your power. "

Saying this, Athan jumped up from his peak 3-star chaotic beast, Skymare Tingale, and floated in the sky before activating the Chaos Matrix to turn his legs into Lightning Dust.

Due to the nature of Lightning Dust chaotic power, He could easily float in the air.

Skymare Tingle's two big crystal eyes shined as it dashed towards a Lion roaring at them from the ground. The lion had a burning mane of blue fur around its neck and was five meters tall and three meters long with multiple burning tails of the same blue color.

From its aura, Athan felt that it was an early stage 2-star chaotic beast.

These wild chaotic beasts would get stronger by experience and suffering the chaotic powers. Once they reached their threshold and max growth, They would evolve and become stronger.

Athan saw Skymare Tingle stopping in front of the burning blue lion beast.

After stopping in front of the beast, Skymare Tingle's crystal eyes shined as several white and fluffy slashes shot towards the lion beast from its body.

These slashes didn't look like they would cut the beast at all, but after they hit the lion beast, These slashes got stuck the lion.

*ROARRRRRRRRRRR....*

The Lion roared painfully as its body started to get bigger.

Athan narrowed his eyes as he observed carefully. After getting a bit bigger, The place where the white slashes were stuck explodes before the entire beast exploded from inside.

' So those fluffy and fat slashes are filled with its chaotic power, and it would inject its power inside its target after sticking to it to kill it. Interesting. '

He had expected this outcome because Skymare Tingle was a whole order base higher than the lion. He also knew that many chaotic powers in the Chaosverse are strange and powerful with many mysterious effects. Just like this Skymare Tingale's chaotic power.

After doing its deed, Skymare Tingale happily returned to Athan while letting out the whistling sound.

Athan looked at it and patted its head before giving it two low-grade chaos stones.

It absorbed the stones into its body before going below Athan's feet so that Athan could sit on its broad cloudly back.

Seeing Skymare's actions, Athan smiled and deactivated his chaos matrix before sitting on it, " Let's continue. This time, go in that direction. "

Athan pointed in the direction of several volcanos and commanded his beast to go there.

The speed of Skymare Tingale was very fast as speed was its main forte.

After arriving at this volcanic region, Athan instantly sensed several powerful presences of chaotic beasts.

The volcanos here spewed out red and green mixed lava.

Athan went towards a flowing vein of the volcano and put his index finger in it to check its power.

*chriiiii....*

But right after putting his finger inside, Athan took it back instantly with a speechless face.

The part of his finger that was inside the volcano disappeared, and the reason why he hurriedly took it back was that this volcano's red and green liquid climbed onto his finger after he put it inside.

" Hmmm, I better get away from these veins of the volcanoes. It will be instant death if I fell into one. "

Muttering this, Athan moved towards a presence that was not near any volcano veins.

He wanted to fight with his physical body to check how strong it has become. He didn't have time to check its strength on a silver plate after training in the Harmony of Giant body order method.

He had reached halfway to its second stage because his subconsciousness was still working even after he fainted for a month.

Even now, The chaos force he constantly produced with his chaos grinder is still being provided to his body core of Harmony of Giant by his subconsciousness.

After moving for less than a minute, Athan saw a wolf with two heads with red and green patterns on its body.

From its aura, Athan felt that it was a middle stage 2-star chaotic beast.

" Mhmm. Perfect target. "

Athan let out his aura after deciding to fight with it, and the two-headed wolf readily sensed it and turned out before baring its long and deadly fangs towards Athan.

But the wolf seemed impatient as it attacked first.

It roared and opened its mouth before a round orb of red and green rapidly formed and shot towards Athan.

' It's fast. '

Athan hurriedly used his defensive order technique as a spiraling hole of light green colors appeared in front of him.

The potent orb of red and green went inside the first spiraling hole and exited before hitting him.

After exiting the spiraling hole, The round orb of red and green became considerably weaker and smaller.

*Booom...*

The attack hit his chest, but he didn't feel anything except a slight impact since he wore his new 2-star armor, Primal Viridant Lagoon.

Athan looked at the wolf before he dashed forward and stopped a two-meter distance from it.

*Awooooo....*

The wolf jumped and stretched its claw that shone with dangerous sheen towards Athan.

But Athan just grinned, " It's my turn now. "

Saying this, His left hand suddenly became bigger than his entire body as he punched the incoming wolf.

*Smash.....*

*Chriiiiii...*

" Ohh?...." Athan was surprised because he felt a good amount of resistance, but he increased his power and sent the wolf flying.

But the wolf was not injured much as it landed safely and growled at Athan before slowly walking diagonally towards Athan as if it was going hunt him.

Suddenly, Skymare Tingale attacked the wolf with its usual fat and fluffy slashes.

The wolf intended to dodge the attack with its speed, but the slashes accelerated and followed it.

*Awooooo....*

The wolf painfully howled before it made the same end as the lion.

*Boooooom...*

After killing the two-headed wolf, Skymare Tingale appeared in front of Athan with its cyan crystal eyes and started whistling.

Athan became speechless, but he didn't blame it and gave it two chaos stones.

" Next time, Don't attack without my orders. "

*Whistle...whistle...*

The Skymare Tingale happily absorbed the chaos stones before looking at Athan and nodded its crystal eyes up and down.