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---whoosh---roooaaarrr---crackle---

I created darkened crimson flame balls and the zidiyon made a huge roar due to which many lightning streams charged at me.

---claaaassshh---whoosh---

My flame balls and the zidiyon's thunderbolts clashed in unison. The impact of the collision resulted in a huge outburst of light and wind. The whirlwind that was above the lake turned dark and violet. There was a slightest bit of light coming from in between.

[So that's how it is. This whirlwind was made out of the black and violet mist. That means right now, I am just a bird trapped in this zidiyon's cage.]

---crackle---crackle---crackle---

Violet bolts of lightning were fluctuating in the whirlwind. I thought something was about to come. While in mid-air, I readied my legs.

---thud---thud---thud---thud---

Four thunderbolts engaged towards me one after another. I came into a stance.

---dash---dash---dash---dash---

With my hover strides, I dodged all four of them.

---thud(x5)---

At the second attempt, five thunder strikes were unleashed onto me simultaneously. I enwrapped my body with darkened crimson flames spherically. It made an explosion.

---boom---

Alkander let out a huge roar, "Roaaar... Do you think mere darkened crimson flames can overtake darkened yellow flames?!"

I appeared beside the zidiyon's right eye and said, "Yeah, my flames can!"

"!!!!", the zidiyon was caught off-guard and was hit by my hill-sized fist made up of darkened crimson flames before it could even react.

---smack---crash---

The smack from my fist threw it out of the lake and it crashed on the ground. The trees and bushes that were underneath, got crushed by the zidiyon's weight. But the attacks were still reigning from the whirlwind.

---thud---dash---thud(x6)---boom---thud---dash---thud---dash---thud(x3)---boom---thud---dash---thud---dash---thud---dash---thud(x5)---boom---___and so on---

Thunderbolts reigned non-stop. When there was a single thunder, I just dodged them using hover strides while drifting in mid-air and using swift movements while staying on the ground. But, when multiple thunder strikes were in unison, I shielded myself with my darkened crimson flames due to which the latter got filled with explosions. However, 'understand' authority helped me know the gist of the situation.

[Huh, a zidiyon just needs to cast the enchantment and everything would proceed on its own?

Sigh, no wonder the previous gods thought of them as a threat. These species only cared about their might and dominated some of the territories of the lesser beings. They deserved the doom of their race.]

I shifted my gaze towards the dark and violet whirlwind above the lake. I then leaped into the air.

---dash---dash---dash---dash---dash---

I was ascending towards the whirlwind. All of a sudden,

---flash---crumble---

A huge ice crystal came out of the mist and charged head-on towards me. I hit it with my fist and the crystal crumbled into pieces.

---flash---flash(x6)---flash---flash---flash(x3)---flash(x2)---flash(x9)---flash---flash(x4)---flash---flash(x3)---flash---flash---flash---flash(x5)---flash---flash(x7)---flash---___and so on---

Numerous amounts of ice crystals engaged against me. I enwrapped myself with my flames spherically, thus acting as my aura shield. The crystals clashed with my shield and resulted in constant explosions.

---boom---boooom---boom---boom---boooom---boooom---boooom---boom---boooom---boom---boooom---boom---boom---boom---boooom---boom---boooom---boom---___and so on---

Single-headed strikes of the ice crystals led to short-term explosions while simultaneous attacks resulted in long-term explosions. Slowly, I was being pushed back to the ground.

[I forgot that this zidiyon is a lightning, wind and water-attributed tyrant. The ice attribute is an evolution of its water attribute.

Gasp!!!

Wait a minute... Ice attribute is an upgrade for water attribute. Similarly, gravity and sound for wind; metal, rock and wood for earth; and lightning, lava and magma for fire...]

I realised it at the last second and looked at the whirlwind. There were multiple holes within the whirlwind that were emitting light. I sighed and said as if I was getting bored, "Damn it!"

---flash(x_)---whoosh(x_)---splash(x_)---thud(x_)---tnnng(x_)---

Numerous crystals of ice, metal, rock, and wood; tanks of water, lava and magma; condensed waves of gravity, sound and lightning; charged towards me who was still shielding myself with darkened crimson flames. There was a large-scale explosion as a result.

---boooooom---

...

{Somewhere near the vicinity of the mountain}

"Quick... We must aid the lord before she falls in danger!" said the clan leader of the Divine Alkander clan to his subordinates. There was a group of a thousand people charging towards the Divine Alkander lake. The clan leader was jumping from one tree branch to another. Following him were six old people comprising an old female elf, a woman in her fifties, a male demon with sharp teeth who seemed young and three men who were in their eighties. The latter was filled with people of different races. They were all travelling in between the woods. All of a sudden, a huge explosion broke out.

---boooom---

All of the travellers lost their senses due to the impact of the explosion. Many fell on the ground. The clan leader stood on the top of a tree and looked forward. A gigantic explosion came into view. The explosion spread throughout the ten mountains that were neighbouring to the mountain where Alkander's lake is situated. The clan leader and elders who were behind him became spellbound. One of the elders spoke, "Just h-how powerful could the enemy be to make our lord this angry?!"

The clan leader lowered his hoodie cap and looked at the elders seriously, "We must move forward!"

The appearance of the clan leader was that of a middle-aged, white-haired man.

...

{At Alkander's lake}

[This must be a zooviyan version of hydrogen bombardment. A single explosion prevailing for more than ten seconds? The scale of the explosion could be equivalent to ten square kilometres since the soil of this planet is rock hard.]

I was lying on the ground because of being pushed by a series of attacks. I let go of my aura shield, stood on the ground and then looked around. Except for the lake, all the trees below the altitude of the black and violet mist turned into ashes. The whole place was empty. Not even a single leaf was to be found.

[A mountain where the lower half is stripped naked?]

"Phahahahahaha... Hahaha... !", I burst into laughter while imagining the mountain with a blue ecosystem on its upper half and bare skin on its lower half.

---whoosh---

The zidiyon that was lying on the ground got up from below the sand. Its whole body was filled with dust and dust was dripping and flying around. I couldn't hold my laughter and let out all my emotions, "Haahahahahaha... Hahahahahaaa... The Divine Alkander became a Dirty Alkander. Phahahahahaha... What's more, is that it got stinky from its own attack. Hahahahaha... !"

The dragon snake got enraged and cried out, "You dare mock me?!"

---crash---

The zidiyon attacked me with its head by poking the horns on the ground. I dodged without sweat and continued my laughter, "The Dirty Alkander is now turning into a Gross Alkander. Hahahahahahaaa... !"

Alkander continued to attempt physical attacks on me with its horns. But, having a huge figure was its disadvantage. Its movement couldn't connect my swiftness. I continued to laugh while Alkander kept making futile efforts.

---thud---

After sometime, she collapsed on the floor out of fatigue. I stopped laughing and looked above. The black and violet mist was still present in the whirlwind form even when the zidiyon had completely lost its energy.

[As I thought, there is something that needs to be unfolded within this mist. I should go and check it myself.]

---dash---dash---dash---dash---

I hover strode into the middle of the whirlwind.

After reaching the centre of it, I released five percent of my power to wrap the whirlwind with my darkened crimson flames.

---whoosh---

I closed my eyes and began to concentrate.

[Authority to 'understand'.]

---fwip---flip---whoosh---swap---___and so on---

The flow of the whirlwind was fluctuating and weird sounds began to enter my head. Visions of elements taking a form from nothing to something were displayed in my mind. Element like water, fire and earth rotated around me and my body slowly began to assimilate those element particles. I felt a slight pain all over my limbs.

---whoosh---tnnng---fwoosh---

Later, particles made up of metal, rock, wood, ice, lightning, lava, magma and waves of sounds along with the gravitational fluctuations were unleashed out of my body. I slowly opened my eyes. 'Understand' was still under usage. My darkened crimson flames were still fluctuating with black and violet mist. I raised my hands to check the new alterations.

---splash---flip---

---whoosh---bloop---bloop---crackle---

---whoosh---tnnng---fwoosh---

---flip---flip---flip---flip---

First, water and ice particles emerged from thin air. Second were fire, lava, magma and lightning particles. Third element particles were wind, sound waves and gravitational fluctuations. The last ones were earth(sand), metal, rock and wood. I achieved the attribute of every element.

[The visions regarding all the elements and flow of elements helped me very much. Thanks to that, I gained insight into particles and waves or rather on matter.]

---splash---flip---whoosh---bloop---bloop---crackle---whoosh---tnnng---fwoosh---flip---flip---flip---flip---

---whoosh---

I summoned all the elements that I achieved and coursed them into my body. I brought all the matter into the centre of my body that is inside my abyss core. Later, I made an attempt to combine all the elements into a single harmony. At first, I felt sudden changes in my body temperature and after sometime,

---boom---

tons of darkened crimson flames burst out of my body. I cussed in agony. The harmonization of multiple elements didn't work out as I expected it to. I gritted my teeth, brought myself together and still continued attempting to harmonize all the elements. I closed my eyes to increase my focus.

[I cannot give up. I am almost there. With just a little more understanding of the flow of unison behind all the elements, could I succeed in maintaining harmony and gain complete insight on the term 'matter'.]

...

Ten minutes had passed. My body was filled with sweat. I took a deep breath and sighed in relief, "Sigh, understanding the term 'matter' and beyond that is quite amazing. Time to test out the outcome of my experiment!"

I raised my right palm and tested my new move.

[Authority to 'rule over everything'...

A technique that gives me the ability to gain attributes and rule over every element and even matter.]

---flick---

All the elements that I assimilated were revolving around a single point on top of my palm like the solar system. The experiment was a huge success.

[Experiment success. If I knew this beforehand, I could have created other authorities from the experience I gained whilst fighting those beasts and martial artists.

In the future, if I come across a new element, I can add it to my new authority and improve the proficiency of authority to 'rule over everything'.]

"With this, forty percent of my power has been accumulated. After I understand this whole mist thingy, I will ascend to the peak of this mountain and unfold everything that is prevailing!", I talked to myself.

...

{Somewhere out of zooviya, out of the galaxy, even out of the sub-realm and in a dark room with a huge transparent sphere projecting Adrona in it}

"This guy... He created his own authority in just a short period? Even I myself, never used 'understand' authority to that level. This young lad's level of IQ and perception far surpasses my younger self... !", said the dark reigner. He was watching the performance of his successor until then.

He then began to think loudly, "I had more than twenty authorities related to elements. I thought of giving them to him at a later time. But, to think he would create just a single authority that is equivalent to my twenty-plus authorities. Moreover, he can also improve the authority if a new element is to be discovered?!"

He then smirked and said, "Martha... Kraissilis... Get ready to be struck with a heart stroke. 'Cause my grand law is about to scare the hell out of your apprentices in the future!"

He then let out a huge laughter, ""HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... HAAHAHAHAHAHA... HAHAHAHAHAAA... !"

...

{Meanwhile, at the Divine Alkander lake}

I got some weird sensation down my spine.

[Why do I feel like someone is coveting me?]