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Chapter 364 - Wild Chaos Force

*Shrooooooooooo...*

*poooofffff...*

" Hey, Athan! Are you really not feeling anything getting hit by those? "

Athan just blocked her attack using Spiral cave of no entry. He used two spiral holes to reduce the attack of her order attacks before letting them hit him.

But He had also transformed himself into the Chaotic Body- Aegis Starwood. In this form, His body looked like a crystalized emerald body structure with silver patterns.

Her reduced attack did make cracks on his body, but they recovered quickly too.

None of them got the upper hand over another yet. Shiromi's order techniques executions were perfect, precise, and powerful, but Athan was never seriously injured because of the various abilities that made him tough: His natural body healing factor, Aegis Starwood self-recover, and its healing property. On top of that, He reduced her attacks by using the Spiraling Cave of no Entry order technique.

Of course, Athan didn't use his abyssal darkness and competed purely using his order techniques and, of course, his chaotic body.

Naturally, Athan never managed to put a scratch on Shiromi in their fights. She would either completely block his attacks or dodge them with her flying order technique.

Accumulation-wise, Athan had yet to master as many order techniques as Shiromi. He had just arrived here for a few years, so he had less time to gather a vast collection of order techniques to make him truly versatile.

' Maybe I'll try my new chaotic power. '

Athan waved his hands as he released Sumireas Slash towards Shiromi.

This Sumireas Slash looked dreamy blue with glittering black sparks all over it. This time, He had infused the nature of Force of Glittering River in this Sumireas Slash.

This Sumiras slash was still a lot weaker than the Sumireas slash he releases using lightning dust. After all, He only infused this Sumireas Slash with the Force of Glittering river with chaos essence as medium and not chaos force. For him to transform chaos force into the Force of Glittering river, He needs its chaos trait.

Shiromi saw that Athan used a new kind of chaotic power on his Sumireas Slash this time and got interested.

Instead of dodging, She used her defensive order technique to block it, ' Geo-Nullmination.'

A shining light brown crystalized triangle shield appeared in front of her. It looked like rock slid with grey metal patterns on it. Additionally, The corners of this triangle shield were extended slightly, with their ends curving forward.

The Sumireas slash-Force of Glittering River hit this shield, and a blast occurred.

*Boooooooom...*

The shield had some cracks and black spots due to the blast of Sumireas slash.

Shiromi sensed the attack and spoke in a surprised voice, " Which chaotic power is this? "

" The scroll's name was Force of Glittering River. "

Athan also wanted to check the effects of Force of Glittering River chaotic power with his eyes, so he also focused on the aftermath after answering.

Shiromi nodded with a smile, " Not a bad one. One of its properties seems interesting. Those black spots on my shield are actually trying to melt down the structure, thus weakening the defense. Also, It feels very heavy. Hmmm...I guess you can use this chaotic power with both defensive and attacking order techniques, right? "

" Yeah. The scroll's introduction mentioned that this chaotic power could be used both defensively and offensively. "

Athan stretched his hand and opened his palm. He took some chaos essence and transformed it into the Force of Glittering River as it appeared on his palm.

Its appearance looked like a flowing river with glittering dark sparks in them.

Shiromi smiled before nodding and commented, " It's good. I feel like it's a potent chaotic power with a unique property. But, since you have just grasped its initial order, you have yet to see its true power. Anyway, You will discover it later and..."

Pausing there, She looked around and saw ten or so people as they talked to each other, " I think we should stop our spar now. "

Athan also nodded as they left once again in search of a place with wild chaotic power.

After they left, the people who gathered were still discussing.

" That was Mrs. Shiromi, but who was the guy? Until the end, I thought he was some kind of another lifeform besides a human, but when he turned into a human, I was really shocked. "

" True. His body gave off similar power to the nature of the defensive order technique he used. How strange. "

" Yeah. I wonder, what was that about? "

...

While flying, Shiromi chuckled and said, " Honestly, The fight was getting dull. You only used three order techniques, and it was getting repetitive and boring. Your defensive capabilities are monstrous, but you need to work on maneuverability and unique offense attacks.

I suggest you master some 3-star, 4-star, and 5-star order techniques. Low star order techniques can be used often as they consume less order force to execute, and they also have their own uses in some situations. So it's better to master a few useful ones if you find them quickly since they are also easier to master than high-star order techniques. "

Athan nodded as he knew that she was right. His abyssal darkness was also just power, not technique. Just like how he sometimes coat his Sumireas slash and Skyline blows with Abyssal darkness to make them more powerful, He can do with this all other order technique to make better use of his Abyssal darkness. So mastering many order techniques was a must for him.

After traveling for an hour, Shiromi saw something and paused, " It looks like a chaotic power appeared there. Let's go. "

They saw a four-meter tall tree surrounded by dark green wisps.

" Hmmm...This won't be that useful since it's fairly weak. Anyway, we are just here to teach you how one properly trains and fills up their cores to saturation besides just sitting at one place and infusing chaos force inside your cores. So, let's start. "

Shiromi and Athan stood one meter away from the tree.

" First, Take out some of your order force and cover yourself with it. "

Athan did as she said. Shiromi also did that herself before she told Athan to go near the tree.

After they were near this chaotic power, Shiromi said, " Now rile up this chaotic power with your chaos force so that it attacks you. Once it strikes you, quickly use some defensive order technique to block it and then forcefully take it inside your Maelstrom of Chaos...Ahh wait, you had something like Chaos Grinder, right? Anyway, take this chaotic power using your order force towards your Chaos Grinder. "

Athan used chaos force to rile up the dark green wisps as they hurled towards him to attack him.

But instead of using the order technique to block it, as said by Shiromi, He transformed his body into Chaotic Body-Aegis Starwood.

Seeing this, Shiromi curled her lips into a smile, " Oh yeah, you can do this too. How convenient. "

Athan took this dark green wisp-like chaotic powers inside his chaos grinder after it hit his body. The Chaos Grinder quickly made quick work of those dark wisps chaotic power before they turned into chaos force.

But Athan sensed that this chaos force was different than what he usually gets from griding chaos essence of the atmosphere.

At this time, He heard Shiromi's voice, " Once your Chaos Grinder purifies that chaotic power, It will turn into a wild chaos force. This wild chaos force has only one use since it was produced from a wild chaotic power, and that use is to increase the progression of your cores.

Since your cores are also chaotic powers, they are filled faster if you infuse them with this unique chaos force. "

Athan was surprised, but it made sense after he thought about it. His usual chaos force is from the general chaos essence that is present everywhere, while this chaos force from a wild chaotic power is different.

-> Chaos essence(Stays same) + Chaos Grinder(This upgrades) = Chaos force (This gets stronger after Chaos Grinder upgrades.) He can use this chaos force and transform it into various chaotic powers if he has the chaos traits.

-> Wild chaotic power + Chaos Grinder = Wild chaos force. He can only use this chaos force to infuse it inside his cores to make progress.

Athan infused this wild chaos force inside his essence core and to check the progress.

But It wasn't as much as he expected as a slight frown appeared on his face.

Seeing that, Shiromi explained, " This wild chaotic power is fairly weak, so you won't progress much. Although it's still a bit better than the usual chaos force but not enough, right? And I doubt we can find a better chaotic power for you in this chaos phenom dimension that is close to dying. "

" Well....then what do we do? " Athan wryly smiled and asked.

" You don't have to worry. Many temporary Chaos phenom dimensions appear every year, and Yone will inform us when one appears near our organization. We'll go in there and do the same thing.

Of course, we'll choose our target of wild chaotic power wisely. If you mess with something stronger than what you can handle, it can lead to serious trouble...like death. "

" I see...So, this is how one trains. It's filled with risk but worth it. "

Athan nodded as he understood the crux behind it.

" Yep. Now let's hope that a C-grade or B-grade chaos phenom dimension appears here so that we can train inside. If it's anything higher, it will be useless for us, and we'll have to travel and find one ourselves since I also need a final breaking point to break through to Orderic Catastrophe. "

Afterward, they left this chaos phenom dimension through the portal and returned to their base in the pocket space branch.

Chapter 365 - Progress, Spawning Of A Chaos Phenom Dimension.

After returning, Athan continues to comprehend and grasp the initial order of Heavenly Stream Pressure while waiting for the news from Yone about Chaos phenom dimension spawning.

Since he was close to grasping the initial order previously, This time, he took fifteen days to succeed. Grasping the order of this Heavenly Stream Pressure was more difficult than any other order methods he encountered before.

Though overall, He took forty days to comprehend the initial level order of Heavenly Stream Pressure. But still, This speed is considered mind-blowing compared to even geniuses here.

As usual, After comprehend and grasping the initial order, A body core of Heavenly Stream Pressure formed inside his void region.

This core looked different than all previous cores. It appeared like a round ball of white gas and saw extremely small red sparks in this round white gas. He also felt a transparent force field around the core.

After forming the core, He guided the energy of Dawn-break fruit into the core as it started filling up at a fast speed.

At the same time, Athan felt overwhelming force flowing in every inch of his body rapidly.

But unlike Jadeite Skelendrom chaotic power and Harmony of Giant chaotic power, This Heavenly Stream Pressure didn't inflict as much pain on him.

Though his body started to turn heavy, and he became unable even to move his body.

The pores on his body opened up as they literally released hot steam. Soon, the steam surrounded his body as it formed a cloud around him.

Inside his void region, The body core was saturated after five minutes. He saw the remaining energy of the dawn-break fruit and was surprised, ' Still so much energy. It looks like this will really last until I reach near the end of the Blue Realm body strength, as expected by Ayurin. '

From his estimation, 8% of energy was consumed to saturate the body core. With the previous 1% that he needed to finish the last stage of Harmony of giant, He only consumed a total of 9% energy of the dawn-break fruit.

But he also knew that the consumption of the fruit's energy would increase as he reaches higher stages.

' Now let's check out this Heavenly Stream Pressure chaotic power. According to its introduction, I can manifest my body strength outward in the form of a streaming pressure...'

Since his body had stopped releasing the steam, He moved forward a few steps to come out from the steamy cloud and arrived in front of a rock.

The rock was one meter away from him.

Forming a Fist, He punched forward while using Heavenly Stream pressure's power.

*Swoosh....*

A white aura released from his hand before turning into an exact shape of his hand gesture- A punch.

This white aura punch hit the stone and shattered it into pieces and then into dust. The strength of this punch had even more impact than his real physical punch, and It also released shockwaves as the aftermath turned the pieces into dust.

But...This shockwave was not a normal shockwave that forms when the surrounding air is pushed to the extreme. Instead, This shockwave was the result of Heavenly Stream pressure chaotic power as this shockwave was filled with intense heavy pressure.

Seeing the result of the power, Athan nodded before he went near another stone to check another application of Heavenly Streaming pressure.

This time, He used Skyline blow. He didn't inject any nature of essence chaotic power in it.

But even so, This Skyline blow had changed. A formless white aura surrounded this Skyline blow as it hit the stone. Its power was way stronger than before as it shattered the stone before the shockwave crushed the pieces into dust.

' Good. It has exceeded my expectations. But I'm sure there's more to it after I completely master it. '

The Jadeite Skelendrom's additional effect was strengthening his bones and created an exoskeleton. On the other hand, Harmony of Giant increased his overall physical strength by a large margin and granted him the ability to become bigger.

But this Heavenly Stream Pressure had a slightly different additional effect compared to them. His body got stronger as usual, but additionally, He could now manifest his physical strength into a streaming pressure for stronger attacks and defenses. This means: His own physical strength + The power of heavenly stream pressure. So overall, all of his body order techniques became stronger. ( Though he only has one for now that he can use, lol. )

' Hmmm...The fastest way to consolidate my body should be to practice Four Stances of Destruction, a 5-star body order technique. I think with my current body strength, I should be able to execute it properly. '

The advantage of Body order techniques was that they consumed less order force than essence order techniques, even if they are of the same star. But the body order techniques require a powerful body, high endurance, and tough will because they can be dangerous.

Athan took a deep breath before he stood in the form of the first stance of destruction.

The order force rapidly raged inside his body as he prepared to execute the first stance: Assault of Heaven.

After twenty seconds, The pores on his body released steam which was the effect of heavenly Stream pressure since Athan was putting all of his efforts into executing the first stance faster.

A purple aura also surrounded Athan's body at the same as the steam released from his pores. But along with the purple aura, There was also white streaming pressure: A sign of heavenly stream pressure's power.

' Twenty seconds...Although it's faster than the previous time, twenty seconds prep time is too long to be used in battle. I need to practice this more often to reduce the prep time to execute the first move. '

" Stop! Stop, Athan! Don't do that. "

Suddenly, Athan heard this shout filled with urgency and stopped himself before executing the Assult of Heaven.

Due to forcefully stopping himself, A rebound occurred inside his body that internally damage him, causing him to spew a mouthful of blood.

But ignoring the damage, He turned around and asked with a confused expression while wiping the blood from his mouth, " What happened? "

Aakerin became speechless before sighing, " Don't practice 5-star order techniques here. It will damage the space of this pocket space branch. Phew, It was good timing that I stopped you before you executed it. But it seems that you are also injured..."

Athan shook his head, hearing that, " It's ok. Just minor injuries, and It will heal soon. "

Aakerin wryly smiled because she knew that it was no minor injury. Still, she also knew about Athan's specialty, so she didn't say anything and told him her main purpose of coming here, " A chaos phenom dimension appeared, and Shiromi is already at the entrance along with some other members of our organization. It was good timing that I arrived here before you executed your technique. "

Hearing about this, Athan's lips curved into a small smile, ' Finally...As for body consolidating. I'll do that in the Chaos phenom dimension. '

Afterward, Aakerin told Athan to follow her as they both went outside the Youhan Tree and flew north.

" There will be people of other organizations, and a fight will be inevitable, so be careful. The chaos phenom dimension is measured to be C-grade since only the Tier-3 order base, and those below can enter inside. One more thing, Since the news about Shiromi is spread far and wide; Other organizations will definitely attempt to kill her, so be extra careful. "

Chapter 366 - Spezil Flame Dimension, Athan's Weird Way Of Training.

A group of people was standing near a chaotic portal that leads to the newly spawned C-grade Chaos phenom dimension.

Tronel, Samira, and Chunsi were standing a bit further away from the group in different directions as if they were on alert.

In the group near the portal were four men, five ladies. But only three of them were humans. Others were humanoid with mixed races. One of them even had a lizard head and skin with two powerful-looking tails.

This lizard-head spoke in a rather dissatisfied tone, " What are we waiting for? People of other organizations already went inside. Tsk. "

Shiromi glanced at him indifferently before speaking, " Tongliz. If you want to go alone, then you are free to do so. But, We will only leave after one more member arrives. "

" Who is that, Sister Shiromi? "

One of the girls spoke. She looked relatively young and was a human without any additional body features.

Before Shiromi could answer, She saw Aakerin and Athan coming towards them.

" They are here. Let's go. "

Others in the group saw Athan and Aakerin coming towards there. They recognized Aakerin, but it was the first time since they saw Athan.

But apparently, One of the men recognized Athan and spoke in a natural high-pitch voice," That person...I saw him sparring with Mrs. Shiromi in our Organization's C-grade CPD. "

Others were surprised to hear that. All people gathered here were Peak Master order elites, which means they could break through from the Tier-3 order base with a slight opportunity and reach Orderic Catastrophe.

Tongliz snorted and blatantly used his soul sense on Athan, who had already reached near the group.

Athan instantly felt it and glanced at Tongliz before a small grin formed on his face. He allowed this weak soul sense to take a peek at his void soul.

*thud!*

The group of people saw Tongliz falling down while heavily breathing as he looked at Athan with fear.

But Athan was not paying attention to him anymore as he greeted Shiromi.

" What happened, Tongliz? "

" Why are you trembling? Did you had a daymare or what? Hahaha. "

" Get a grip, Tongliz. You are the second most powerful person in our group after Mrs. Shiromi. "

Tongliz wiped the sweat on his lizardy face before he slowly stood up. But the fear in his eyes when he looked at Athan didn't fade away. What he sensed with his soul sense was simply too frightening: He felt like a black beast was going to devour him as an innate fear was produce from his own soul.

Ducking his head down, He thought, ' Who is he? He can't be just a Master Order elite like us. Or is he also someone like Mrs. Shiromi? '

While Tongliz was thinking, one of the men who looked like he was in his thirties shook the shoulder of Tongliz before saying, " Snap out of your daze and start moving. "

Tongliz looked up and saw that everyone was going inside the portal and spoke incoherently to the man, " Ah, My b-bad. Let's go. "

Athan, Shiromi, and the group entered the portal.

Seeing this, Tronel, Samira, Chunsi, and Aakerin gathered near the portal. Several additional presences also appeared as more people gathered near the portal in groups and looked at each other with hostility.

In the group of warrior's valley, A buffed man with strong muscles and two-meter tall spoke while looking at Tronel and others, " I heard that one of your members known as Shiromi became won in a Penta regional tournament? Hehehe..."

Tronel narrowed his eyes before he laughed out loud, " Hahaha. Indeed. But I heard that someone from warrior's valley and Rozuin Clan also won in the same Penta regional tournament as our Shiromi. "

But after Tronel finished speaking, Samira snorted spoke arrogantly, " Humph, They are lucky. If they met Shiromi inside the chaos phenom dimension of the tournament, They wouldn't have survived. "

" Warrior's valley and Youhan Tree. If you want to fight, then go do it somewhere else. "

...

Inside the C-grade Chaos Phenom Dimension, whose name turned out to be Spezil Flame Dimension, Athan, Shiromi, and other eight people were moving rapidly.

They had summoned their own chaos beasts and flew on them while exploring this dimension.

After a while, Shiromi told the group to stop when a burning pond appeared. This pond was a Wild chaotic power. The flames burning on it looked like light grey flames with an orange hue in them.

" Why did we stop here, Mrs. Shiromi? "

One of the men questioned politely with a questioning look. He had blue skin, big eyes, and a single antenna on his forehead.

" While we are here to breakthrough to Orderic catastrophe, Athan here is to progress in his Tier-3 order base since he is still at an Early-stage. "

Indeed, They saw Athan going near the pond.

But the next thing he did made everyone stupified, including Shiromi.

*shuwaa...*

" W-what are you doing, Athan!? "

Shiromi shouted as she dashed near the pond because Athan jumped into the pond.

But she soon saw Athan popping out his head from the pond as he said plainly, " Clam down. As you can see, I am training. "

His clothes were burned, and he was lit up in this strange flame while his skin was cracking and bleeding but also healing at the same time.

At this time, The group also arrived near the pond as they looked at Athan with a dumbfounded expression and fright in their eyes.

Shiromi frowned as she looked at the injuries being inflicted on Athan's body.

Cait, the young-looking human girl, advised Athan, " This is dangerous. You are not supposed to train this way. Instead, You should just rile some of the wild chaotic power and take them on portion by portion. "

Athan indifferently spoke to the group and also Shiromi, " Just wait here until I fill up my early-stage essence core and don't worry about me. "

After saying that, He went inside the pond and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Shiromi was going to say something, but Athan directly left after speaking his part. With a wry smile, she said to the group, " Let's wait, everyone. We will leave after he is finished. It won't take long because almost at the end of saturating his early-stage essence core. "

Hearing that, Most of them frowned and were confused.

A woman who looked to be in his thirties and wore a white dress with green design and pattern spoke with her forehead creased into a frown; her voice filled with skepticism, " Leave after he is finished? Are you joking, Mrs. Shiromi? "

One of the men nodded as he also agreed with her and asked doubtfully, " Mhmm... Will he survive there? I don't think he can. Everyone could see that his body was seriously getting injured. Why did we take someone like him here? He courted his own death. Let's not waste time here and move on. The organization can't blame us for this. "

Shiromi looked at the group with slight anger, but before she could speak, Tongliz spoke in a surefire way, " He will definitely survive. So, just wait. "

The group was startled seeing Tongliz taking the side of Athan.

Shiromi also looked at Tongliz with a surprised expression before thinking, ' So that was Athan's doing. Although I couldn't sense anything about Athan, Tongliz fell down and was scared after using his soul sense on him. I wonder what Athan did to him to make him scared like that? '

She is sensitive to the soul and has very high talent in it. She also has an extraordinary power of soul due to her unique soul physique.

At this time, The group asked why Tongliz was so confident that Athan would survive. But Tongliz just answered indifferently, " You don't need to know why I am confident about this. But He will survive, and we will leave after that. Mrs. Shiromi obviously is also staying here, so just wait. We have a lot of time to explore this dimension. "

Others couldn't comprehend why he would say such a thing now when he was the first one who complained and was in a hurry to go inside the dimension.

" Alright, everyone. Instead of just staying here, Why don't you scout surroundings? But don't go too far and go as pairs. Definitely do not go behind those hilly areas and also the forest area in the west. Scout within a one-kilometer radius with me as the center because that's the current limit of my soul radar. "

Shiromi instructed everyone on what to do as the group members left to scout in pairs of two. She then closed her eyes as she used her unique soul physique's power to sense everything within a one-kilometer radius. Despite her closed eyes, She could see everything more clearly and better.

Chapter 367 - Action!

It's been five hours since Athan went inside the pond, and He was still absorbing the Wild chaotic power inside the pond despite constantly getting injured and purifying it with his Chaos Grinder to get the wild chaos force. He then infused this wild chaos force in his essence core to fill it.

...

The group's members had returned to the pond after scouting and started waiting for Athan.

Ten hours passed when someone asked in a doubtful voice, " It's been fifteen hours since he is inside...Mrs. Shiromi, Can you confirm if he is dead or alive? "

Shiromi looked at the pond with her brows creased. After thinking for a moment, She shouted towards the pond, " Athan! If you are alive, then give some sort of sign or just show yourself. "

Inside the pond, Athan was a bit speechless but came to the surface and showed his face to everyone before saying, " Just an hour before the essence core reaches the saturation point. "

After saying that, He once again returned inside the pond.

But the members of the group were shocked to see Athan alive after finally getting the proof.

" He...is alive. "

" Staying there should inflict intolerable pain to him. Just by suffering that for fifteen hours, A normal person's soul wouldn't be able to bear such trauma and would die. But he...What the hell is going on with him, Mrs. Shiromi? "

" Yeah. Is he a new member? "

Shiromi nodded with a smile, " Yep. He is a new member of our organization. But he spends all if not most of his time in training. "

The group was as depressed as before as they started to talk about some topics.

An hour soon passed as they saw movement in the pond.

Everyone stood up as they knew that it was time to move again. From the pond, Athan came out covered in his Jadeite Exo-skeleton. He had also transformed his body into Chaotic Body-Aegis Starwood.

After coming out from the pond, He took out some clothes from his void region and wore them before deactivating his body chaos trait-Jadeite Exo-frame and also returned his body to physical form from chaotic body form.

" Let's continue moving. "

Shiromi spoke as the group jumped on their chaos beasts and flew towards the dark forest area.

While flying, Athan thought, ' It looks like soaking my body in that chaotic pond worked to consolidate it. '

That was another reason why he dived into the pond. With his body getting injured by the chaotic power and him healing it with his various healing ability worked to consolidate it.

They flew for two hours, but the jungle area still spanned to an unknown distance in front of them.

This dark forest appeared too big.

After two more hours of flying, They saw a Giant demonic tree one thousand meters tall and a hundred meters wide.

The tree was burning in silver, orange, gray, and blue flames, with colorful sparks flying everywhere.

Shiromi suddenly told the group to stop as she sensed many souls present at the demonic-looking tree due to her unique soul physique.

" Stay Alert. There are many people on that tree and also inside the tree. Our chance is likely in that tree because It seems to be the chaos phenomenon of this dimension. "

A gleam passed through Athan's eyes as he grinned said, " I'll go first and wreak some havoc there. As for you all, Since you have some business in that tree, then you can focus on that. "

" Wait, A...Brother Athan. The main goal here is to find an opportunity so that Mrs. Shiromi can break through. Our first priority is to protect her from the people of other organizations. As for benefits of ourselves...That comes second. " Tongliz said politely to Athan.

Athan glanced at Shiromi, who had an awkward expression, and then looked at the group before speaking plainly, " Shiromi is not so weak that she needs protection, but I also know that they will be targetting her. So, you all protect her while I go first to wreak havoc there and attract their attention. "

He then narrowed his cold eyes before a grin reached his face, " Just do what you are supposed to do while I do what I am supposed to do. Only go near towards tree after ten minutes. Until then, stay here. "

Shiromi understood Athan's intention, and she was both grateful and worried for that as she nodded at him with a grim expression, " You know your own importance. So, be careful and don't be reckless. "

Athan also nodded towards her before he turned around and flew towards the Flaming Demonic Tree.

After he left, The woman with a snake-like body but the head of the human complained, " Mrs. Shiromi. What he is doing is already reckless. If he dies then-"

" Say no more. He will be fine. Even if he dies, the organization will not blame us, so just focus on what we are here to do, right? Mrs. Shiromi. "

Shiromi wryly smiled and nodded, " Tongliz is right. Let's just focus on what we are here to do. After ten minutes, We will start moving. Until then, just wait. "

She then used her unique soul physique's power to observe the situation at the Tree, ' Seriously, Athan?...Sigh. '

...

Athan arrived near the tree and saw four people. These four people seemed to act like guards as they sat on their chaos beasts: Four men with additional body traits.

They saw Athan coming towards them and became active.

" Someone is coming. "

" What are you waiting for? All our others members are inside the tree, so this person is from another organization. KILL! "

Athan saw two of them charging towards him with a sword and a pole while the other two had a bow each.

The sword and pole users jumped from their beast as they executed their order techniques towards Athan before continue to dash forward to cut him with their weapon.

The four chaos beasts also swooped towards Athan while the two people with a bow in their hands also executed their order techniques through their arrows.

Seeing so many attacks coming at him...Athan laughed with a gleam of excitement in his eyes but still rational and cold mind, ' The four beast will be trouble, I'll take care of them first. Hmmm...Four Sumireas slashes with lighting dust nature for speed and abyssal darkness coating will do. '

Before their attacks reached him, He rapidly waved both of his hands as four Sumireas Slashes instantly materialized before shooting towards the four chaos beast.

*Swooooos..*x4

*Roarrrrr.....*

"Screeeeeee.....*

...

*Booooom...*x4

Just as the four beasts met their violent deaths, The two people's order techniques and they along with two arrows, reached Athan.

*Paaaaaaaat....*

*Boooooooom...*

*Dhaaaaaad!....*

*BAMM!...*

The two people who stopped a few meters away from Athan exchanged glances, " Is he dead? "

" Four order techniques hit him at the same time. He should be dead. "

The aftermath of their order techniques blasting subsided as they saw a devil clad in spiked bony armor with his body somehow becoming crystalized emerald with silver sparks. Two spiral holes also floated right in front of him.

" Hehehe...Is that all? I expected some decent attacks from four peak-stage Master order elites, but..."

They saw Athan shaking his head before he spat one word, " Die. "

*Swooooosh...*

Athan dashed forward as he threw a punch at one and kicked the other one. But their reactions were perfect as both of them guarded against Athan's attack...only for a second.

" Aaaaaaaaaaaargh.....W-what is this!? "

" Arghhhh..cough...cough..."

Athan commanded his Skymare Tingale to go towards the branch of the tree where those two bow-man users were standing while he also dashed towards them and ignored the two dying men.

The two bow users were scared out of their wits as one of them hurriedly spoke, " Inform Dresniel! FAST! "

One of them took out a token before hurridly reporting the situation before the SKymare Tingale arrived there and attacked them with his usual cloudly attack that was quite weak and slow.

While the one finished reporting the situation, The other person blocked this attack of Skymare Tingale.

" I told about them what happened here. They should be coming out soon since it's dangerous to fight inside the tree. But...That guy is coming. Fuck! Use your Chaotic Spirit! Now! "

They were scared shitless because they saw with their own eyes how the other two were consumed by terrifying darkness with no remains.

At this moment, Athan also appeared at the giant tree branch but stopped as he saw two chaotic spirits suddenly appearing in front of him. One of them looked like a dear with blue and orange lighting crackling around it, while another one looked like an owl with two heads with frost storm around it.

' It looks like they are rare chaotic spirits since they are exuding two kinds of chaotic powers. Heh... it doesn't matter even if they combine now. '

He had fought a person who combined with epic-grade chaotic spirit in the Penta regional Tournament, so he knew that they could become troublesome as their reserves of power increase, and they can use it to resist his abyssal darkness unless he consumes a bit more abyssal darkness to nullify their resistance. After that, He and Arcued worked better to one-shot kill people before they used their chaotic spirits.

Athan once again dashed forward with a grin as he took out his spear and coated it with his abyssal darkness, ' Goodbye, Black spear. ' He knew that his black spear would be destroyed after this attack.

The two of them were combing with their chaotic spirits, but Athan's thrown spear hit one of them and killed him as a blast occurred that also destroyed his spear.

Afterward, Athan consumed some more abyssal darkness before releasing two Skyline blows with the nature of Force Glittering River and coated them with his abyssal darkness.

Even after enhancement from his chaotic spirit, The man could not defend against Athan's Skyline blows coated with abyssal darkness and killed him.

' There goes my 60% of abyssal darkness. Hmmm...From what I heard, The remaining members of their group are coming out. So...The best plan would be to tell Shiromi to set up an ambush to make quick work of them. Until then, I'll keep them occupied. '

Taking out the contact card of Shiromi, He said, " I'm sure you can see everything here with your power. Now listen, Their remaining members are coming out from the tree, and I'll keep them occupied while you prepare a big ambush with others to make quick work of them. "

" How many of them are inside? "

" Don't know. But it doesn't matter. Now, start moving. "

Athan then cut off the communication and stretched his body as he prepared to take them on. This time, He won't be killing them but just focus on defense.

After all, His defense was currently impenetrable and his body almost immortal against the people of Tier-3 order base on his monstrous recovery ability. On top of that, His Abyssal Darkness also works well with defense to nullify enemy attacks.

Chapter 368 - Wipe Out. Contact From Tealery?

" What the hell!!! How can it take this much time to kill just one person? "

The leader of their group, Dresniel, shouted on top of his lung. He was having a bad premonition and wanted to kill Athan as soon as possible, but they couldn't take him down no matter what they do.

They were a total of five people, but they still couldn't kill Athan.

" FUCK!! He is running around the tree again. The attacks we hit him don't seem effective, while he also runs around the tree, making it hard for us to attack him. Oh my god! Who the hell is that guy? "

" Any peak-stage Master order elite would be dead after taking our attacks for this many times, but he...damn him. "

Actually, Athan was almost at his limit. His abyssal darkness had run out after taking the last barrage of attacks. However, despite that, he could still defend himself with his various abilities like Aegis Starwood chaotic body's self-recovery and healing properties, His Jadeite Exoframe chaos trait, and his body's natural healing factor.

He didn't use the Harmony of Giant chaos trait because that would make him easier to target instead.

After running around for a while, He once again appeared in front of them and provoked them, " Are you all really peak-stage Master order elites? How pathetic. Your attacks are so weak they are barely even scratching me. "

He then crossed his arms and spoke with a laugh, " Come on. I am just standing here. Attack me with all of your might, and if you still can't bring me down, then I think you all should fill a small cup of water and drown yourselves in it. "

Hearing this mocking laugh and what Athan said, They practically fumed like crazy and shouted as they prepared their most powerful attacks.

" KILL THIS FUCKER! "

Athan smiled and nodded, " Yeah. I am just standing here for you to kill me. Come on. Work hard, little boys and girls. "

The reason he is just standing is that Shiromi is ready with her ambush. Her contact card vibrated, which served as the signal.

After two seconds, The enemies were still preparing their big moves, but before they could release them, Athan sensed something behind them.

He saw a mystical soul attack along with other colorful order techniques hurling towards the group of enemies.

The powerful wave of soul attack rendered every enemy fuzzy as whatever technique they were trying to execute was nullified. After that, The barrage of order techniques from Tongliz, Cait, and others from the group members continuously hit them.

The enemy couldn't sense Shiromi's soul attack before it hit them, but after that, the game was over for them.

" Hahaha. Nice job, brother Athan. Just like Mrs. Shiromi, You are way more powerful than what your order base indicates. "

" True. With Shiromi and Athan, We don't need to fear anyone. "

Shiromi shook her head and reprimanded them. " We may be the most powerful group here with Atha's aid, but don't let your guard down because anything is possible. "

Pausing for a bit, She pointed at the dead bodies on the ground and said sternly, " If we got careless like these people from the Dagger's tooth...then the consequences would be dire. "

She then smiled and said, " Alright, enough talking. Now let's go inside the tree. "

Though before they went inside, Shiromi told two people from the group to collect the storage rings and storage pouches.

...

Shiromi and others went inside the Demonic Tree's trunk to find an opportunity to a breakthrough, while Athan stayed outside because he had a different goal.

He sat down on a branch before closing his eyes. However, he didn't let his guard down and spread out his soul sense.

To breakthrough, He needs to comprehend the next level order of Heavenly Stream pressure and the Force of the Glittering River.

He also needs to train in 5-star order techniques: Four Stances of Destruction and Point Zero Bombardment.

' The first priority should be to reach Orderic Catastrophe. So, I'll put the body order training aside for now. '

He took out the scroll of Force of the glittering river and started training while making his subconsciousness handle some soul sense to look outside so that he can stay alert.

...

On the other hand, Tiana, Avelia, Qerin, and Mike also officially entered the Great Bridgade Palace.

The region where the Great Bridgade Palace was situated was unique because it was a closed region. Nobody could enter it without Great Bridgade Palace's permission.

The Great Bridge Palace also has a unique way of transportation as they open a bridge anywhere in the Chaosverse.

Currently, Tiana, Avelia and Qerin, and Mike were walking on a mystical bridge as they entered this closed region of Great Bridgade palace.

" How does this even work? " Avelia asked with curiosity and wonder. Tiana, Qerin, and Mike also wondered the same as they walked on this arched bridge.

The arched bridge was golden colored with silver inscribed patterns. The size of this arched bridge was ten meters long and just three meters wide.

Tiana and others looked back and saw that the other half of the bridge was in a palace and saw a middle-aged man standing there.

They came from that palace, and that middle-aged man was the one who summoned this bridge.

This arched bridge literally connected two regions, but its control was in that middle-aged man's hand.

" Stop gawking and go. "

They could even hear the voice of the middle-aged man as they snapped out of their thoughts and moved forward.

While walking, Tiana said with a wry smile, " This is really different. The bridge is so stable as if the two regions are literally connected. Even voices can be passed through because of that, which is impossible with portals. These Ancients powers seem really superior with their mystical things. "

" Yeah. Also, That middle-aged man told us that although ancient powers like them rarely make an appearance in general regions. They have quite a lot of contact with other ancient powers and regularly hold events together. "

Qerin nodded with an excited expression, Her ears red and eyes shining, " Everyone dreams of joining an Ancient power like Great Bridgade Palace, Boundless Pavilion, Star Hawk's Nest, and other such powers, and we already joined one. Hehehe. A new world awaits us. Let's go! "

While they have already entered one, Athan was also doing his best so that he can join the Chaos Monolith Hills. Even though he didn't know the situation of Tiana and others, He was getting close to them. Their meeting is not too far.

...

Twenty days passed and Shiromi and others were still inside the Demonic Tree's trunk.

But Athan opened his eyes as he managed to comprehend the next level order of Force of Glittering River.

Just as he was going to enter the tree and absorb some wild chaotic power to fill his essence core in order to saturate it, He noticed something and took out a contact card.

" Tealery? Why did she call me? More importantly, Since she could contact me even though I am inside a chaos phenom dimension, then...Her contact card must be very superior and expensive. "

Muttering that, He received the contact and immediately heard her voice, " Hey Athan! Arcued and I are coming to Youhan Tree Organization. Hehehe, Let's adventure and train together! Naturally, We have no intention to hold you back after coming there. "

Chapter 369 - Clash! Athan's Defense Broke?

After talking with Tealery, He started moving towards the tree hole that led inside the tree's internal structure. After all, The real chaotic power was inside the tree, and he could get better wild chaos force to progress if he absorbed it instead of the one that is outside of the demonic tree.

But, he suddenly stopped and turned around as he sensed someone's presence.

' Only one? Did he separate from his group? or are they hiding somewhere using a technique? '

He saw a man moving towards the demonic tree with a curious expression. He wore a fancy robe and looked to be in his twenties. He completely ignored Athan and just looked at the tree as if sizing it up.

After coming near the tree, He finally looked at Athan and spoke with a grin, " Are you comrades inside? Hmm...I've never seen you before, so I can't guess which organization you are from. Anyway....Die. "

The man pointed his finger at Athan and released his attack.

Athan's face slightly changed as he instantly used all of his defensive abilities.

Chaotic Body-Aegis Starwood, Jadeite Exo-Frame, and He was also going to execute Spiraling Cave of No Entry but failed because the attack hit me before that.

*Breeeeeeeeeeeee.....Boom..*

A dark blue beam with red energy circulating around it shot out from the man's finger and broke past Athan's defenses as a palm-sized hole appeared right at the middle of his chest.

' What power! ' Athan was surprised as this attack was too powerful. It broke past his defenses and put a hole in his chest from which one could clearly see through to the other side.

The Self-recover and healing of Aegis Starwood didn't function well due to the strange effect of that beam, but his natural body factor kicked in and started to patch up the hole.

Athan felt strangely excited and looked at the man with a grin, " Not bad. " He could block that attack if he used abyssal darkness, but he thought that he could block it with other defenses and didn't want to waste it.

Seeing that Athan didn't die and even his injuries started to heal slowly, the man was startled and spoke in a surprised tone, " You are the first Master order elite that took my attack head-on and didn't die. Hahaha, Didn't expect to encounter someone like you in this backward region. "

But deep within his eyes, He was clearly shocked, ' Why is he acting as if that hole is decorative and not real? What the fuck? Is he not feeling pain? That beam should have sent trauma to his brain after creating that hole. '

It was true. If there were any other Master order elite, then they would have died. But Athan was different.

First, That attack should have brought him immense pain and trauma, but that didn't work on Athan due to him being literally wiped out by a vastly stronger power while feeling unimaginable pain and scattering his own soul when he fell into a sea of abyssal darkness that was thousands of time more powerful than his current abyssal darkness.

Second, Athan's body was unique since it was created from his mutated soul, thus contained the power of Abyssal Void of Fabrication, from which he formed Black and White orbs. His natural body healing factor was unstoppable because it was the effect of the white orb.

" Hehehe...How about taking a few more of my Razorio Opus Beams? "

The man turned serious as he released two more beams from both his hands before Athan could heal his wounds.

But this time, Athan could execute Spiraling Cave of No Entry as he conjured four spiral holes and also used abyssal darkness at the end of the spiral holes.

This time, The beams were completely nullified due to Abyssal Darkness coming into the picture.

Seeing this, The man became even more shocked internally, ' W-what the hell? Even those people who haven't gone through the Body Catasrophe phase can't block this attack, but he can? Even if He has a unique physique, he shouldn't be able to block this attack completely. '

He was confident about his attack because he had a unique innate physique that granted him immense offensive essence chaotic power.

Seeing that look in Athan's eyes, He felt slightly scared, ' Guess, It's time to run. This guy is giving me a dangerous feeling. Damn it...'

Though, externally, He laughed fakely and said, " Take a few more attacks, little guy. "

Athan just grinned as his eyes gleamed, " You attacked enough. Now, It's my turn to attack. I hope you also have the same level of defensive capabilities as your attack. "

But He was dumbfounded when he reached halfway while dashing forward and also putting up spiraling holes in front of him to block his beams.

Because...the man turned around and flew away with a flap of his wings. His speed of flying was even faster than Shiromi's wings.

But not even a second later, He instantly summoned Skymare Tingle and sat down it, " After him! Use everything you got and fly as if your life depends on it! GO! "

*whistle...whistle...*

He is not so magnanimous as to let a person run away after that person attempted to kill him.

Skymare Tingale's inner thoughts, ' Master looks scary today. whistle...I should really fly as if my life depends on it. Maybe, I'll get a good reward if I do so? '

*whistle...whistle...*

Athan was catching up to the man rapidly with Skymare Tingale's speed.

Sensing them behind, The man started to sweat and also felt irritated because his pride was hurting, ' Should I use the talisman of my father to get rid of him? But...using it against someone who only has a Tier-3 order base is a waste. '

He looked back and cursed, ' Fuck! He would catch up to me in a few seconds...Screw it. '

The man stopped flying and turned around before raising both of his hands and put a smile on his face, " I surrender. You are strong, brother. My name is Fen Ilizol. How about I give you some 4-star and 5-star treasures in exchange for my life? "

Naturally, His plan was different. He felt that the person would definitely let his guard down after hearing about 4-star and 5-star treasures, and when Athan's guard is down, he will use his father's talisman's offensive form to wipe him out.

Chapter 370 - Tit For Tat.

At this time, Athan arrived and stopped at a three-meter distance from him.

Athan's face turned cold hearing what Fen said, but he just waved his hand in a vertical chopping motion before speaking in an indifferent voice, " Surrender not accepted. "

A Sumireas Slash released at a fast speed with the nature of lightning dust. He also used ten percent of his abyssal darkness to enhance the power of this slash to make it more powerful.

Previously, He used thirty percent to defend against the two beams, so now he has sixty percent abyssal darkness left in his black orb.

Fen was dumbfounded because his expectations were betrayed as Athan attacked him directly before speaking about not accepting his surrender.

This forced him to hurridly activate the talisman with his thought as a powerful barrier appeared around him.

The Sumireas Slash hit the barrier with a blast, and when he saw the barrier slowly diminishing, His eyes turned horrified.

Fortunately, The barrier stopped diminishing after a few seconds as the ten percent abyssal darkness disappeared after consuming some power of the barrier.

" Stop! Stop! Please don't attack me. Please! "

Fen really panicked and also activated the full talisman while speaking as a cloudly projectile of a middle-aged man appeared.

This man had a black beard and looked powerful from his demeanor. He also had two black horns with golden patterns on them on his head. A frown appeared on his face as he saw his son's situation and the enemy, which looked like a kid. From the remnants, He deduced that Athan was of Tier-3 order base, and that's why he couldn't comprehend this situation.

' The barrier's power was diminished this much by a Master order elite kid? Impossible. '

Though he didn't waste time as he only took a second to observe everything. He looked at Athan with his gaze bearing heavy pressure and spoke in a deep and majestic voice as if to subdue Athan, " Stop right there, Kid! "

Athan felt this was interesting as he looked at the middle-aged man with short light brown hair and black beard, ' I am not feeling any threat...so, this should be just some sort of projectile. Hmmm...His father has black horns, but this guy looks completely human. Strange. '

He then spoke lazily to the middle-aged man, " If you are going to tell me to spare this guy, then you can forget about it. "

Fen had regained his confidence, but he didn't speak anything and just sneered at Athan while his father laughed loudly and said to Athan, " Hahaha. Don't overestimate yourself, kid. I wouldn't say something like that. "

Athan raised his eyebrows as he spoke with a grin, " Well...then, allow me to kill him. "

He once again waved his hand to release Sumireas Slash with abyssal darkness, but the middle-aged man's face turned dark as he once again shouted, " Stop! If you dare to lay your finger on him, then I swear that I will find your family and torture them for as long as I live. "

Hearing that, Athan paused as his whole body twitched slightly. He closed his eyes for two seconds before opening them again.

This time, His eyes appeared deadly calm except for a dangerous gleam that was hidden beneath the calm irises of black and white. He looked at the middle-aged man and asked plainly, " Your name? "

The middle-aged man felt something was wrong, but seeing that Athan didn't attack, He smiled and answered in a prideful voice, " You are worthy to know my name since you were able to disgrace my son despite being a Master order Elite.

Listen well. My name is Denfroz Ilizol. " After saying this, Denfroz looked interestingly at Athan. His prideful stance was gone, and instead, He spoke with a kind smile, " I am the clan head of Ilizol Clan. Ilizol Clan is a major clan and is just below the level of ancient powers. We also have ties with two ancient powers. You seem talented and powerful. How about you join my Ilizol clan? I'll give you top treatment and announce you as my stepson. You can also join an Ancient power quickly with my recommendation. "

Athan silently looked at the middle-aged man and narrowed his eyes slightly, ' He is talking as if his previous threat was just a joke. '

" Hehehe..." Athan's lips parted into a wide grin as his body oozed out abyssal darkness. The black orb trembled slightly and shone inside his void region.

The abyssal darkness that oozed out from his body turned into a beastly head with terrifying teeth. Athan controlled the abyssal darkness to show it that way.

" Denfroz Ilizol! You...want to torture my family as long as you live? Hehehe..."

Fen and Denfroz had a bad premonition seeing this, " Father! Use your power to activate talisman! KILL HIM! "

Fen hysterically shouted as he felt primal fear from within him seeing this Athan.

*Grrrrr.....*

The beastly head opened his mouth wide and swooped down on Fen and the projectile of Denfroz.

Denfroz snorted with a cold face as he activated the talisman's power hanging at the neck of Fen.

A frosty shield with golden patterns appeared that blocked the beastly mouth.

But Athan had consumed all of his abyssal darkness in one move, so before the shield could hold onto more by constantly provided energy, The beastly mouth devoured Fen and the projectile of Denfroz both.

...

Outside of the Chaos Phenom Dimension...There was an additional person, and the people of other organizations were respectful to her.

She wore a fancy dark dress and had an indifferent look on her face as she just listened to the people fawning to get on her good sides, ' Humph, A bunch of idiots. '

At this moment, someone asked, " Master Keila, I wonder what your purpose for coming here is? We might be able to help since we are natives in this region and knows many things. "

She looked at the speaker but didn't answer him. Instead, She looked at the group of Youhan Tree organization and said indifferently, " We were at the testing grounds of Chaos Monolith Hills. There, An envoy talked about a lady with a rare soul physique, so we arrived here. "

Tronel, Chunshi, Aakerin, Joza-Eile, Samira, and two more people frowned after hearing that. Joza-Eile also arrived here to guard a few days ago. As for the other two people, They were executives of the organization.

Smira's face turned serious as she asked, " What business do you have with our Shiromi? "

Keila's indifferent face turned into a smile as she answered, " It's good news. According to the instruction of our clan head, We were searching for a unique soul physique person for our clan. Coincidently, We heard about one and informed Master Denfroz about it. Hearing that she was a lady. He told his son that he might as well take her as his second wife after proposing to her family.

Naturally, the Youhan Tree organization will still retain the rewards from Chaos Monolith Hills. Moreover, since she will definitely be joining Chaos Monolith Hills through us, You will definitely receive the grand rewards from Chaos Monolith Hills. Additionally, there will also be benefits given to you from our clan after marriage. "

*uproar...*

The people from different powers of the Dosflame region were shocked as uproar started. They felt a stifling feeling inside them, seeing how Youhan Tree would get so many benefits just by one marriage.

The two executives of the Youhan Tree organization became excited as they looked at each other, but Tronel, Chunshi, Aakerin, Joza-Eile, and Smira frowned. Naturally, They were also happy at this prospect, but Shiromi was their family member, and since this was the decision of her life, Her wishes will be the final say.

As such, Samira said with an indifferent expression, " The final decision will be on Shiromi. This marriage will only proceed if Shiromi agrees to it. "

Keila chuckled and nodded, " Of course. We wouldn't do something like forceful marriage. That would tarnish our image. But Shiromi will also agree after seeing Fen. Also, There's really no reason to reject the marriage since there will be so many benefits for you. Rewards from Chaos Monolith Hills and gifts from our clan will make you the top power of this region. "

But right at this moment, She felt something and took out a contact card that was clearly a very high grade. She put a barrier around her before her face turned respectful. After that, She activated the contact card, " Yes, Master Denfroz? "

Chapter 371 - Trouble-1

At a grand hall with a throne, Denfroz was sitting with a dark face, the air around was deathly still, and it was absolute silence.

The clan members of the Ilizol clan were terrified and scared because just a while ago, They heard a loud roar of Denfroz. The elders and others gathered at the hall, but Denfroz sent them all out as he wanted to be alone.

​​Currently, He appeared like he was thinking something deeply. Slowly his rage-filled face subsided as his eyes regained indifference.

He took out a very high-grade contact card and activated it.

...

Dosflame region, the location where the latest Chaos phenom dimension appeared.

The people couldn't see Keila let alone hear her, because of the distortive barrier she put around her.

While listening to her master, Denfroz Ilizol, She got continuous shocks.

But the ending shocked her the most, " Master...Do you mean that I shouldn't kill the perpetrator but capture him and bring him to the clan? But..."

" Don't question me and just do it. He likely has some powerful secret since he could wield such potent power despite being at Tier-3 order base. Maybe some kind of treasure? Anyway, Make sure you bring him back alive. You can be rough with him, but don't kill him. "

Although Keila was not satisfied, she still had to abide by her master's orders, " Understood. I will definitely bring him there alive, albeit in rough conditions. I can't just bring him there without doing anything, even if he agrees directly. So, I will make him half-dead and put him in a box before coming there. "

" That's fine by me. Just make sure that he doesn't die. Now note down his appearance that I am going to describe with the most minor details. "

Keila started creating the person's image as she heard about the description of the killer from Denfroz.

After a while, The contact card disconnected as Keila removed the barrier around her.

Seeing Keila's dark and grim face, everyone internally panicked.

" Fen...is dead. "

Hearing this, Everyone got shocked first and then felt like crying, but no tears came out. Currently, they only felt fear. Even if all of them worked together, They wouldn't be able to scratch Keila. Naturally, She also has the power to kill everyone here.

Keila swept her glance at everyone with her face still dark and grim as she spoke, "A single man killed him. "

Hearing that, All of them were once again startled.

" This...sounds impossible. None of us have any members who can beat Young lord Fen in one versus one battle. "

A man from warrior's valley expressed his doubt.

Agreeing with him, A lady from the Rozuin clan speculated, " Someone who is able to defeat Young lord Fen alone...Maybe this person also has excellent origins and was wandering here when the Chaos Phenom dimension's portal appeared, and he went inside? After all, we have strictly told our members not to separate and work together. "

Another person agreed with her as he nodded, " This should be the case—that person entered before we discovered this CPD's portal, and that's why he is alone. "

" Silence! "

Keila snapped as she waved her right hand in the air.

Some clouds gathered as a figure started to form; the figure had Thorn-mail armor with jade bones, a helmet. His exposed skin looked crystalized emerald with silver patterns and hue, and a dark aura oozed out from the body.

After creating a portrait of Athan that looked the same as what Denfroz described to Keila, she spoke grimly, " This is the killer. If any of you know him, then you better tell me about him. "

Her eyes focused on the various groups as she captured everyone's expression to any particular reaction.

Naturally, The group from Youhan Tree was also confused because they didn't know Athan's battle form and his powers. He didn't even look human in the portrait because of his transformation to the Chaotic body- Aegis Starwood.

But Samira knew that this was Athan. When she talked with Drizzly, She heard about Athan's powers from her, ' That bone armor is likely a chaos trait of Jadeite Skelendrom. Did Athan really kill that Fen guy? '

Although she was thinking about it, her expression didn't change as it also had the same confused look like everyone else. After all, She was not entirely sure that this was Athan.

But after thinking for a bit, She guessed that the person who killed Fen is most likely Athan.

She activated the contact card of Drizzly inside his chaos region so nobody can sense it, but she also didn't take it out.

Some people started speaking and said that this person didn't seem to be from this region due to his appearance and said they had also seen him for the first time.

They very much wanted to avoid any connection this man had with the Dosflame region. After all, who knows what might happen to them if the person turned out to be from the Dosflame region. The region would likely turn upside down.

In-between the talks, when Keila's glance was not on her side, Samira quietly sneaked the contact card from her chaos region to her body. She let it appear on her tummy, behind her clothes, and also put a faint layer of order force so that Drizzly's voice doesn't come out.

After a few moments, Samira moved her lips as she sent her words through the order force towards the contact card. Afterward, she removed the order force barrier around the contact card.

...

Inside a B-grade chaos phenom dimension of the Youhan Tree organization, Drizzly was sitting crossed-legged on a rock with a contact card in her hand.

She spoke to Samira, but no response came and felt weird, " What is she doing? "

But suddenly, she heard a voice, " Don't speak and just listen. "

Drizzly was confused, but soon, she started to hear people talk about someone.

" This person doesn't look like a human, and I have never seen anyone with an emerald crystalized body. "

" Indeed. This person is most likely from somewhere else and not from the Dosflame region. But we will also do our best to find information about this person, Master Keila. "

" The killer of Young lord Fen will not get away. Sooner or later, He will come out from this chaos phenom dimension since it's a temporary one. We just need to look around as the people inside will come out randomly within five hundred kilometers around this place. "

Chapter 372 - Trouble-2, Every Party With Their Own Plan.

Drizzly continued to listen and soon heard an oppressive of a woman voice filled with hate, " Master Denfroze also mentioned that this person has a strange power of darkness and that his talisman's power was nullified because of it. "

" No wonder. Actually, We were confused as to how Young lord Fen was killed inside when he should definitely have defensive measures to protect him from even people stronger than Master order elites. "

​​" Indeed. But to think that someone was able to nullify the power of talisman despite being a Master order elite...It's unthinkable. "

At this time, Drizzly heard Keila once again, " Master Denfroz describe that this darkness took the form of beastly mouth and devoured Fen. H~he was killed without leaving any remains. " Keila's anger caused her speech to be a little incoherent.

Drizzly had already guessed they were talking about Athan when she heard them speak about thorn-spike bony armor and emerald crystalized skin with silver patterns and hue. But she was one hundred percent sure now.

She knew about Athan's unique body physique and that he could transform his body due to it, ' He had trained in Aegis Starwood, and the body description perfectly matches it. But why is everyone talking about him? '

Drizzly didn't know about Keila and Fen from the Ilizon clan arriving there because she was training here the whole time.

' Since Smira contacted me with such secrecy and caution, There ought to be a serious reason about it. Hmmm...Boss would definitely know about it. '

She hurriedly left the Chaos Phenom dimension and contacted Yone with her card, " Boss. Did something happen while I was training? "

" Nothing happened. Why? "

Drizzly was confused, but she then asked in another way, " Did something happened at the recently found C-grade CPD? "

"Oh there...Yeah. One bad thing happened. Two people Ilizol Clan arrived there, but I don't know their purpose. It seems to be related to training or something because one was a Master order elite kid, and he entered the C-grade CPD.

Honestly, this is troubling because his combat power is likely higher than our members, and he can kill them easily. In contrast, none of the members of the organizations here would be able to kill him because he is sure to possess a powerful talisman. Our Shiromi might give him a hard time with the power of her soul physique, but that's about the most she can do. Sigh.."

Yone sounded worried.

But after hearing what Yone said, Drizzly felt her heart getting squeezed by fear as she cut off the contact with Yone.

Drizzly panicked with sweat appearing on her face, ' T-that means...Athan killed that Fen person from the Ilizol clan. '

She wiped the sweat and took a few deep breaths before her eyes turned determined. She took out the contact card of Master Ayurin to talk with her.

The contact card that Mater Ayruin gave her was slightly different than other contact cards she had because this was a high-grade one.

' Let's hope she gave me a region-crossing Contact card...' Thinking of it, Drizzly activated the contact card and hoped that it would connect to Master Ayruin.

But unfortunately, the connection didn't go through.

Drizzly gripped her fist tightly before opening her fist and taking a deep breath, " I'll have to go personally. I also need a faster chaos beast to reach the Toragale region faster. "

She once again took out Yone's contact card and said, " Boss. Can we meet urgently? It's a very serious matter. "

...

Just outside of Youhan Tree, Yone and Drizzly stood in front of each other with a grave expressions on their face.

Yone heard about everything from Drizzly as he nodded gravely and summoned his chaos beast.

The chaos beast looked like a sabertooth tiger with extra-large teeth, not two but four outer large teeth. The tiger had no wings, but it looked dark with a light blue pattern on its body.

After coming out, It spoke, " Hey pal. So, where are we goi-"

Seeing the grave expression on Yone face, It paused and asked, " What happened? "

Yone looked at his partner and said severely, " Hal. Take Drizzly to Gelamix town at your fastest speed. No breaks or anything. Get there as soon as possible. "

Hal felt that something was wrong but also urgent, so it nodded and looked at Drizzly, " Let's go. "

A dark sparky with blue hue energy released from Hal that lifted Drizzly and put her on its back before the same power covered Hal for a moment and turned in two pairs of majestic wings.

*Zooooooooooom.....*

Seeing Hal leaving with its fastest speed, Yone sighed in worry but only for a few moments as his face also turned determined.

' I better go to the C-grade CPD to know more about the situation. '

Thinking of it, He also flew up and started moving in the north direction.

...

Inside the Chaos phenom dimension...

Athan had returned to the Demonic Tree's location before entering inside.

He looked at Shiromi and the group sitting crossed leg at the internal base of the tree that was filled with various colorful flaming patterns, symbols, and wild chaotic power.

They were sitting inside a formation that protected them from the chaotic flames that would often attack them.

When Athan arrived there, Shiromi sensed him as she opened her eyes.

Seeing that, Athan asked with a thoughtful expression, " Do you know about the Ilizol clan? "

Hearing that, Shiromi raised her eyebrows in surprise before nodding her head, " Of course, I know. It's one of the top clans in our continent zone. But why are you asking about them? "

Athan frowned as he felt a headache about the situation. He gestured Shiromi to come out before saying, " I have some important stuff to tell you. It likely concerns the life and death of our organization. "

Shiromi was startled after hearing that and came out of the formation while forming a defensive barrier to protect herself from the flames.

They distanced themselves from the group before Athan put up an order force barrier around them and told her everything that happened a while ago with a serious expression on his face, but his eyes remained calm without any ripple.

In the end, When she heard that Athan killed Fen, She almost let out a squeak of fright but held herself back and frowned with a severe expression, " He wouldn't have arrived here alone. There should be another person with him to act as his guardian, and that person should still be outside. It's also likely that the guardian got the news about Fen's death from his father. "

Shiromi rubbed her temples as she felt a headache.

...

Athan planned to remove all of his connections with Youhan Tree to not implicate it due to his trouble, but Denfroz didn't know about Athan's organization.

Frankly, Denfroz didn't care about the organization behind too. His goal was revenge at first, but he was interested in Athan after thinking deeply about him. With the strange power he witnessed, The only instruction he gave to Keila was to capture Athan and bring him to the Ilizol clan.

On the other hand, Drizzly and Yone had the same worries as Athan and Shiromi, but they didn't give up yet as there was still hope. If Drizzly could convince master Ayurin, then something can be done regarding this whole situation.

But nobody knew that the future of this situation was entirely out of everyone's expectations.

Chapter 373 - Plans And Formation.

Shiromi and Athan talked for two hours before they decided on what to do.

In the end, Athan nodded with a narrowed eyes, " If the situation moves exactly as we predicted, then it will be something like this: Within three months to one year, when this temporary Chaos Phenom dimension disappears, everyone will be thrown out randomly within five hundred kilometers around the spawned portal of this CPD. "

​​Shiromi nodded and spoke in a deep and solemn voice, " Yes. But with the powerhouse from the Ilizol clan outside, nobody will be able to escape. With that person's command, the people of other organizations will definitely spread out to capture everyone within five hundred kilometers. Additionally, that person from the Ilizol clan should have started preparing to trap the five hundred-kilometer area with formations. "

Athan nodded, " But...As we discussed, I can move according to two plans after leaving this CPD. The first plan, I can try to run away by breaking whatever formation traps set up outside; however, If I failed to escape, it would become clear that I killed Fen. "

Shiromi frowned with a nod, " This is the risky plan. I particularly feel that you will fail. As you said, your power can nullify higher levels of power. However, If the opposing quantity is huge, then you will run out of your power first before you break out of the formation traps. In the first place, Big formations require abundant energy, so they set it up with that into consideration. So the reserve of your unique physique's power will likely run out before you manage to break the traps and escape. "

" I feel the same. Depending on the situation, I will likely move with the second plan. "

Shiromi wryly shook her head and sighed, " The second plan has higher chances of your safety at first, but it will be hard to escape once you are exposed. "

Athan nodded, but his eyes turned sharp and cold with slight madness in them, " Heh, To be honest, I can't but feel excited about this situation. But...don't worry, I'll figure something out. "

The second plan was simple. Denfroz didn't see Athan's real face and body shape because he was covered in armor, and he had transformed his physical body into a Chaotic body- Aegis Starwood. So even if he is captured with others for inspection, it will be hard to tell that he was the one who killed Fen. Furthermore, He was the weakest person who arrived in this CPD. The people from other organizations and the Youhan Tree group were peak-Master order elite, while he was an Early-stage Master order elite.

He had comprehended and grasped the second stage order of Force of Glittering River, so his order base is currently moving towards the Middle of the Tier-3 order base.

At most, He will reach halfway to the high stage of the Tier-3 order base if this CPD lasted for a year, and at worse, He will reach mid-stage of the Tier-3 order base if this CPD disappeared early.

With such " weak " strength, He will be at the lower end of the inspection.

...

Outside...

Keila was moving around and also instructed others to set up the formation.

" Place them correctly, and don't leave any loophole. If any of you did something like that...I don't need to tell you what I'll do. "

After an hour, The formation was ready as it covered the five hundred-kilometer areas with the CPD portal as the center.

" Isn't it such a waste to use so many resources for one formation? " A man from Warrior's valley muttered with envy. Each order pole of the formation had hundred mid-grade chaos stones, and there were five hundred poles. A total of freaking 50,000 mid-grade chaos stones were used for this formation.

This formation is known as Dragon Snaring Formation and is a pure trapping formation. Even they all joined forces; they wouldn't be able to break out of this formation.

Suddenly, Keila frowned, " Someone is here. He is waiting just outside of the formation. "

She waved her hand as clouds gathered before displaying someone standing outside of the formation, " Who is this person? "

" Master Keila, He is the third leader of Youhan Tree organization. "

Everyone instantly recognized the person, and someone answered hurriedly.

Keila raised her eyebrows hearing about the Youhan Tree organization and looked at the group of Tronel, Samira, Chunshi, and others.

After all, her initial goal here was to recruit Shiromi...More like making her a part of the Ilizol clan by marrying her and Fen. But that plan went drainage since Fen died.

She narrowed her eyes at Tronel and others and asked, " Why is he here? "

" We don't know. Nobody has contacted anyone since you told us not to do that. "

Tronel answered in honesty.

Keila glanced at others in the group before flying up and moving in a direction where Yone was standing.

She left the formation and saw Yone standing there.

With an indifferent expression and cold eyes, She asked, " Why are you here? "

Yone revealed a surprised expression as he looked at her before slightly bowing, " You must be from the Ilizol clan. " Pausing for a second, he glanced at the energy readings behind her and asked with confusion, " What happened? Why is there is a formation here? "

Keila grimaced and said coldly, " Answer my question first. "

Yone's lips twitched before he smiled wryly and answered, " Two members who are here need to handle some urgent work at the base, so I am here to call them and also stay here as their replacement. "

Keila nodded and said, " Come inside. You will also be staying here to help me. "

Yone nodded with a sweaty smile as he followed her.

On the way, Keila told about things that happened here to Yone, like how Fen died inside and her plan. Of course, Yone already knew the gist of it, but he finally understood what exactly happened after hearing everything from Keila.

At this time, Yone had met up with the group.

He looked at Keila and spoke solemnly, " Don't worry, Master Keila. This trap formation is good. I think that the killer will likely try to escape while others would be confused. If I see someone running, Then I will definitely not hold back and settle your grievance. "

Keila frowned and spoke coldly, " Don't kill anyone even if they try to escape. Just retrain them and bring them here. Master Denfroz has strickly ordered me to keep the person alive and bring him to the clan so that he can personally avenge his son. "

Chapter 374 - Coming Out

Currently, Athan was inside the Demonic Tree's branch as he absorbed the wild chaotic power to get wild chaos force.

His essence core has filled up to ninety percent after continuously doing this for four months.

​​After Shiromi and Athan discussed the situation four months ago, They continued their training.

Meanwhile, Shiromi and others had no luck as they still couldn't break through to the Orderic catastrophe.

At this time, Shiromi and others had given up on breakthrough in this demonic tree as they went outside.

" What do we do now, Sister Shiromi? " Cait asked before saying, " Athan is still inside, so...Do we move without him or? "

" We'll wait. I asked Athan, and he said that he only need twelve days to saturate his current essence core and become a mid-grade Master order elite. "

Hearing that, Everyone nodded as they had no problem with it.

Though, one of them spoke with doubt, " Close to five months already passed, so...This CPD might disappear anytime now. "

Shiromi waved her right hand while shaking her head, " It's ok. Consider Athan's priorities as important as mine. I will make a breakthrough sooner or later. If not in this CPD and in another one. "

" Well, If you say so, Mrs. Shiromi. "

They already thought of Athan as their important member and a very powerful ally. But they were still surprised that Shiromi placed Athan in the same position as her.

" But Athan's way of training is really...wild, hahaha. "

" Yeah. He was taking in those powerful chaotic flames in large quantities to progress while ignoring the injuries. I definitely think that he has a unique body physique. That's the only explanation. "

" Is that true, Mrs. Shiromi? "

" It's true. Anyway, Now go and patrol the area. "

...

Twelve days soon passed, and Athan had finished saturating his core.

Inside the Demonic Tree, Athan opened his eyes, ' Hmmm...I should learn to split my subconsciousness and primary consciousness while doing this training too. But I need to do that slowly. If my subconsciousness messed up and I died while absorbing the chaotic powers, It would suck. '

To comprehend and grasp the order, He needed his primary consciousness. But he also needed it when trying to absorb wild chaotic power, guiding it towards his Chaos Grinder and then infusing the producing wild chaos force into the core.

To make his subconsciousness do all that stuff would be tough. But he can practice this on weaker portions of wild chaotic powers.

Anyway, He had reached the middle-stage Tier-3 order base as his second leaf of Four leaves clover became fully vivid. So, he was only three steps away from achieving his goal.

High-stage Tier-3 order base

Peak-stage Tier-3 order base

And then finally breaking through to Orderic Catastrophe so that he can use the black-gold card of Chaos Monolith Hills.

' I still have four years...As per plans made by Shiromi and Me, If I managed to get through this ordeal, We'll go on a journey with Arcued and Tealery to find chaos phenom dimensions to train. '

He then looked at his soul, and the black and white orbs on his soul's left and right sides as a grin crept onto his face while his eyes filled with maddening gleam.

Athan wore his new set of clothes since the previous one already burned and went outside.

Seeing Athan coming out, Shiromi and the group once again departed. They started moving on the east side and didn't continue to go in Demonic Tree's direction.

After flying for five hours, They took a break for thirty-minute before continuing.

They flew for another four hours before they finally found a location of another powerful wild chaotic power source.

They saw a burning mountain and clouds on top of the mountain of dark yellow flames with bright green sparks.

But they also discovered a group of people training on the mountain while sitting in a formation.

They sat at the peak of this eight thousand meters tall mountain with one thousand meters wide range.

Shiromi frowned and said, " I couldn't sense them with my soul radar because the mountain's chaotic field interfered with it. Additionally, that formation is quite good as it completely contains their aura and powers. "

Cait nodded with narrowed eyes as she said with a pout, " Yeah. They are sitting right on top of the mountain. Also, They haven't put one or two people on the lookout, and everyone in their group seems to be training. Otherwise, Sister Shiromi could sense them just like she previously discovered two people at the Demonic Tree. "

Athan rubbed his fist as he said with a smile, " Get ready for battle. They have already sensed our presence. "

He then activated Chaos matrix and turned one side into lightning Dust and the second side into Aegis Starwood.

With that, He turned his legs into Lightning dust while his upper body into Aegis Starwood as he flew towards the mountain top.

" I'll be going first. "

Shiromi and others were slightly speechless, but they were familiar with Athan's style.

" Here's the plan. We will move forward after ten seconds but still stay behind Athan. Seeing us, The enemy will definitely come to us on their own, so Athan will be able to clear them faster with their numbers decreasing. "

" Look. They are a total of twelve people. They seem to be from Warrior's valley. "

After ten seconds, They also flew towards the mountain top where Athan and the people of Warrior's valley were almost in the clash range.

The people of Warrior's valley saw one man coming towards them as they prepared their order techniques and attacked directly.

Athan also summoned his Exo-frame: Thorn mail form and waved both of his hands in vertical slashing motion as he released two Sumireas Slash.

But before their attacks could reach each other, An intense rumbling sounded across the vast space of this dimension before the wild chaotic powers started to dissipate.

Everyone felt a suction force as they were violently pulled into multiple vortexes that appeared near them.

Athan hurridly deactivated his chaos matrix, chaos traits and conserved his aura and power as he got pulled into the vortex.

Finally, Athan was sucked into a vortex that spawned near him while Shiromi and the group separated into three-part as three vortexes appeared near them and sucked them in.

The same thing happened with the people of Warrior's valley.

...

Athan looked around and felt that something was wrong, ' So there's really a formation. And I can't sense its border...which means I am far from it. Hmmm...If I run towards the border, It will become clear that I killed Fen. Even If I reach there, I likely won't be able to break it in a short time. '

Athan rapidly thought about what to do and decided to slowly walk towards the opposite direction of the border of this formation as he felt that someone might arrive here anytime soon. He also released his order base aura by releasing some order force.

Indeed, After just five seconds, He saw a man appearing in front of him.

He glanced at Athan and was surprised to see that he was just mid-stage Master order elite.

' Huh...which organization sent in such a burden inside? '

Though he didn't think much after that and enveloped Athan within a thin-veil-like water bubble.

Athan acted panic as he purposefully stuttered, " T-this sir, W-what is g-going on? Where a-are you tak-ing me to? "

Chapter 375 - Suspects

Athan was taken to the original location of the portal, where all other people of different organizations were gathered.

The portal was gone, but there were still some people, and more were coming there each second with a group of kids that came out from CPD.

​​The middle-aged man who took Athan here told him to stand in line with the other three people who came out from the CPD.

Athan didn't speak anything and lined up with others. He saw a woman standing in front of them while crossing her hands below her big melons.

The people arriving here looked at her with fear and respect.

Soon, many people gathered, and Shiromi and others were also brought here by a woman from a different organization.

Keila closed her eyes as if trying to sense something and spoke indifferently, " No need to go anymore. Those who came out from CPD are all here. "

After saying that, She took a step forward before immense pressure produced from her and bore down on the group of people standing in front of her.

The group of people was lined up one-meter distance from each other. Their total number reached fifty-one. Still, many died inside.

Athan looked at the group of Youhan Tree organization and saw Yone and Samira looking worriedly at him.

They were also helpless in this situation as they could only silently watch, just like others.

But they already had a plan as Master Ayuri had arrived here three months ago with Drizzly. She agreed to grant this favor because she also saw the tremendous potential within Athan. She was currently hidden in the sky and observing everything. The formation or anything put up by Keila was of no use to her because she was more powerful than Keila and could easily beat her in battle. Drizzly was also floating beside her as she looked worriedly at Athan within a cloudly screen produced by Master Ayurin.

At this time, Keila spoke with a cold face, " Stretch your hand and release your first chaotic power. Let it hover on your palm. " She increased her pressure slightly such that everyone started to feel an oppressive feeling inside them as they had a hard time breathing.

People in the group were confused except for Athan and Shiromi, who knew about the situation.

They looked at their elders from their respective organizations, who sound transmitted them, " Do as she says. "

Keila reduced her pressure as an indication so that the kids could do what she told them to do.

Athan, Shiromi, and all others stretched their right hand forward and produced their first chaotic power.

Athan produced lightning dust and let it hover over his open palm. Shiromi's chaotic power looked like a white flaming cloud with a blue hue.

Most people had flaming type chaotic power.

Keila narrowed her eyes as she observed everyone's chaotic power carefully for the whole ten minutes.

Afterward, She told them to produce their second chaotic power.

Athan, Shiromi, and all other people did just that. This time also, Keila just observed everyone carefully but didn't do anything.

*ba-dam..*

Athan was feeling stifled. It was not because Keila put pressure on him or anything. But this feeling came from within him, from within his soul.

She then told them to show their third chaotic power. As they all had a Tier-3 order base, everyone had three chaotic powers under their control.

But this time, too, Keila didn't do anything other than just observing.

After carefully observing their powers, She continued with her cold voice, " Now, use your first body chaos trait. "

At this, Shiromi started to sweat on behalf of Athan. But she didn't look at Athan and normally behaved as she used her first body chaos trait.

Red patterns started to appear on her body as if they were veins.

On the other hand, Athan used his first body chaos trait: Exo-frame as a jaded emerald exo-skeleton covered his all body.

While fighting Fen, He used the second form of this body chaos trait: Exoframe-Thorn mail armor. But it still wasn't that hard to make a connection with this and the Exo-skeleton that he activated right now.

Of course, Athan found two more people having similar jade-colored body armor. Though, they were not in the form of jade bones like him.

Keila still didn't do anything and told them to use their second body chaos trait.

*ba-dum..*

Athan used Gigantification, successfully standing out as a result. But his face wasn't laced with any emotion deep within.

After observing them, Keila waved her right hand.

Suddenly, Athan felt an oppressive order force enveloping him. He didn't resist and let it envelop him before he was floated upward along with three other men.

Warrior valley's leader's face turned awful, but he didn't believe that one of their members could kill Fen.

Similarly, Dagger tooth's group leader was also dumbfounded seeing one of their members picked up by master Keila. Naturally, He also didn't believe that the killer was from their group.

Lastly, Flowery Hill's group leader, who was a beautiful lady, was also startled to see one of their members picked up.

Although Yone and Samira's hearts were gripped by worry, they didn't show any abnormality and acted similarly to others.

Keila put Athan and the three men in front of her before telling them to deactivate their body chaos trait.

She then swept her gaze at various group leaders and said indifferently, " I'll be taking them to Master Denfroz. I'm sure the killer is among them. Don't worry. I will return the innocent safely back here once the killer of Fen is recognized. "

After hearing this, Tronel suddenly spoke with a slight hesitation in his voice, " T-this...Master Keila. Athan is only a mid-stage Master order elite. He can't kill Young lord Fen with his strength. "

Keila looked at Athan with suspicion in her eyes. She then looked at Tronel and spoke coldly, " From my observation, The chances that he killed Fen are higher than the other three here. "