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Chapter 338 - Chaos Phenomenon, Wonderland Hunt.

A whole month passed as Athan wandered in this dangerous chaos phenom dimension.

Ten days ago, He almost died after entering a region with a sky filled with black and yellow lightning clouds.

Those clouds were gathered, and he could see lightning coursing through it, but he got curious because the lightnings were not falling down and just coursed through the clouds.

So he stayed there to observe it when suddenly several thick bolts of red and black lightning descended near his location.

The chaotic particles of those strange lightning bolts spread, and he got caught up in it.

Thanks to that, Now there were many tiny holes in his armor as those chaotic particles even entered his body and wreaked havoc there.

If it weren't for his abyssal darkness and milky white aura, He would have likely died. He used those powers to expel those destructive black and red lightning particles.

At that time, He understood that the biggest enemy in this chaos phenom dimension was the chaos phenom dimension itself.

At present, He was going towards a place that shot a thick beam of golden light in the sky.

It was a bit far away, but that just means that the beam was simply too big and thick.

After half an hour of traveling, He finally reached there and was stunned seeing the scenery.

" What the..."

" Hey! Get down. Once you are in the region of our town, You are not allowed to fly. Get down this instant. "

A humanoid race with a head of fish and dragon-like wings flew towards Athan and spoke in a stern voice.

This humanoid person had fins as his ears, a single drill-like horn on his forehead, and had dark cyan-colored skin with soft blue scales.

He had a spear in his hand, which was currently pointed at Athan.

Athan felt a dangerous aura from this fish-man and spoke with a smile, " Calm down. I am descending. "

He could see other competitions on the ground as they entered this strange town with golden buildings.

' This town must have appeared after that golden beam. This town...could it be that...this town is a chaos phenomenon? '

He had heard that chaos phenomenons are strange and come in all types of forms, Even something like a town that he is seeing in front of him.

Since other competitors were entering this golden town, He had no reason not to enter and check it out.

When he reached the town entrance, A guard who looked the same as the one who stopped him in the sky pointed his spear towards his hand and said, " Once you pass through this gate, A bangle will materialize in front of you, and you must wear it. If you do not wear it, then you will face death. Most importantly, You are not allowed to fight inside the town except when you participate in a wonderland hunt. "

After saying this, He took back the spear and allowed Athan to enter.

' A bangle? Wonderland hunt? Strange. ' Thinking of this, Athan entered through a gate, and a bangle really materialized in front of him, which he grabbed before it fell to the ground.

But right after the bangle materialized, He started to feel an overwhelming pressure on him, threatening to take his life.

He hurriedly wore the bangle as he remembered the words of the guard. After wearing the bangle, The threat disappeared, and he heaved a sigh before looking at the lively town.

Since he didn't know what this race was called, He decided to label them as fish-head people.

He started walking forward towards a big castle that was deep in the town as he felt that he would find something about wonderland hunt there.

The other competitors also seemed to be going there.

After walking for a while, He reached the castle where approx fifty competitors were gathered.

" Athan Void! "

Hearing the shout, Athan looked in the direction from where the voice came and frowned.

He saw a humanoid man with his two big fangs outside his mouth with dark blue skin and slim limbs coming towards him.

" Hey, Athan Void. Do you remember me? "

Athan narrowed his eyes and looked at him carefully before checking his memories.

' Oh...He is that rank eighteen. ' He remembered this face after going through his memories.

Athan nodded at him plainly and asked, " What do you want? "

The man smiled wryly at that question and bowed slightly before speaking, " My name is Arcued. I was hoping if we could work together on the wonderland hunt. "

After that, He pointed in a direction where a small board was stuck on a pole, " That board has the details of wonderland hunt written and a countdown. Anyway, I'll just tell you what's it all about. "

Pausing here, He cleared his throat and continued, " The countdown was of three hours, and there's still two hours left before this wonderland hunt starts. It's written that a wonderland hunt is a wonderful place filled with treasures, and everyone who has this bangle will be transported there to hunt for treasures. After a certain time, Everyone will be kicked out from that wonderful place with the treasure they gathered. "

After he finished speaking, He looked hopefully at Athan and said, " So? Can we please work together? "

' Please accept my request. ' He prayed internally after speaking.

He knew that Athan was powerful, and if he agreed to work together with him, He would have a certain form of safety with him.

Athan narrowed his eyes before speaking, " This wonderland hunt and that wonderful place sound suspicious. I don't think that whatever written on that board is entirely true. There is bound to be danger in that place. "

Arcued nodded his head repeatedly and said, " Indeed. That's why I am hoping if we can work together in that place. "

Athan thought for a moment and nodded, " Alright. "

Naturally, He was not going to babysit this guy. But if more people teamed up in that place, He and Arcued can fight them. After all, He sensed the auras of several Tier-3 order base people.

Chapter 339 - Renken Order Techniques

" Athan! It's time. "

Arcued looked at Athan and nodded as only a few seconds were left before they all went to the so-called wonderland.

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Athan suddenly felt the scenery changing in front of him, and he appeared in a different place.

This place was beautiful and filled with colorful plants and flowers, tall green trees, and a beautiful pond filled with colorful fishes. There were also small animals like a weird rabbit with a horn, a turtle with a big fan-like tail, etc.

But Athan felt his head spinning right after arriving here as he felt dizzy, ' What...'

*Thud...*

He couldn't keep his body balance and fell down as he felt everything spinning in front of him.

' This...seems to be physical status alignment. I need to close my eyes. '

After closing his eyes, Athan used his soul sense to see what was going on.

But after seeing his own body, He couldn't help but get shocked, ' What the hell! '

*Chueee...Chueee....*

Athan was speechless because this strange sound came from his own mouth.

He had turned into a strange brown colored small animal with four legs and curved spikes on his body.

But these changes were only physical as he could still see his void region.

He also felt something additional inside his void region. After seeing that thing, Athan knew that it was the cause of this physical transformation.

Inside his void region, There was an additional thing that looked like an orb. This orb had an image of a small brown-colored animal with curved spikes on its body.

' What should I do? Destroy this orb with my abyssal darkness, or keep this form? '

While Athan was thinking, He suddenly felt a threat and looked on his right side; A dark green beam was coming towards him.

He hurriedly used his Spiraling Cave of no Entry. Because this technique didn't require any gesture from his body, unlike his other techniques, He just needed to think about it and execute it inside his void region to make these spiraling holes appear in front of him. The range was short at first, but after completely mastering it to its last level, He could make spiraling holes appear as far as ten meters around him.

' Two spiraling holes should be enough to block that level of beam. '

Indeed, The beam was blocked as it completely diffused after going through two spiraling holes.

His eyes also glanced at the attacker.

It was a rabbit with a metal grey-colored horn on its forehead.

Athan dashed towards the rabbit but failed to control his body and tripped into a round ball.

' Uhh...'

Right after that, He sensed another beam coming towards him.

' Spiraling Cave of no Entry, Two Spiral holes. '

Once again, He completely diffused the beam.

Athan had difficulty adjusting his movement because this creature's legs were small and curvy, like a spring. If he moved forward, depending on the power of his movement, he could slightly bounce and wouldn't be able to take his next footstep properly.

' Should I destroy that orb? '

" Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...."

Suddenly, His attention went to his right side as he saw a contestant suddenly appearing. But Athan remembered there was also a strange animal there.

Golden sand-like things surrounded his contestant and started to eat away his body. Blood sprayed out from his body, sometimes due to those golden sands eating him, but he was completely dead with no remains except some of the blood on the ground after five seconds.

' He must have destroyed that orb...So this is the result if one destroys this orb, huh? '

Athan calmed himself and turned his attention towards the rabbit, who seemed shocked after seeing what happened to that contestant.

But just like Athan, He also turned his attention back towards Athan and prepared for another attack.

Athan grinned internally seeing that, ' It's my turn now. '

He activated his chaos matrix and tried to turn his body into lightning dust.

*Shuaaaa...*

' It worked! '

Seeing that he could transform his legs into lightning dust, He floated into the air, shocking the rabbit greatly.

After flying, He opened his mouth and released a condensed ball of lightning dust power after consuming some chaos force.

But he didn't stop there and released one more lightning dust round shot before dashing towards the rabbit with his fast flying speed.

The rabbit panicked as a square shield of dark brown power appear in front of it, but It could only block the first lightning dust round shot and not the second.

*Booom...*

It didn't have time to put up more defense due to the speed of lightning dust round shot. In addition to that, this strange phenomenon of everyone turning into small animals put them in a spot here and restricted their abilities.

The rabbit was blasted into pieces after getting hit by the second lightning dust round shot and died.

But Athan saw many threats in this area as there were six or seven other small animals, and they also started throwing powers towards each other.

' Wonderland...hunt? Anyway, It's better to search for other places since I can fly. '

Thinking of this, Athan flew upward to get a better view and decided to move towards the south, where he saw a beam of golden lightning constantly in constant motion towards the sky.

After flying for five minutes, He finally reached there and was stunned to see the scene.

There were ten pedestals, and on each of those pedestals was a brightly shining weapon and a square silver plate with a set of chaos force flowing in them.

' Are those the so-called treasures...? '

He could feel those weapons were definitely far more powerful than his 2-star spear. The aura they exuded felt the same to him as Reikent's sword Nigel, The Stormfury of Water's edge.

' And those square slates with a set of order patterns on them...Could it be they are Weapon Order Techniques? '

He had heard about Weapon order techniques that can only be used by the required weapon. For instance, A sword order technique can only be executed using a sword.

These weapon order techniques had no stars because they can be constantly improved if a talented person uses them and tries to improve them.

These techniques contain the order of weapon, and once one can grasp it, They can make improvements in it and make the weapon order techniques more powerful.

But most importantly, These weapon order techniques were not used independently.

Just like how people can execute essence order techniques from any weapon as long as they were slightly compatible, One can combine an Essence order technique and a weapon order technique to create a new fearsome order technique from it—doing this required high comprehension, order grasping ability, and tons of practice.

But if one can really combine an essence order technique with a weapon order technique, It can become a powerful asset. These combined order techniques are called the Renken Order techniques in general.

Athan's eyes practically gleamed when he glanced at a chakram-like weapon on one of the pedestals.

It was not exactly a chakram since it was three times bigger than the normal chakram and looked more like a wheel with two sharp edges around it and connected with a curved material in the middle with red patterns.

' That's mine. '

Athan dashed towards the pedestal that contained that chakram-wheel weapon.

Even though it was not exactly a chakram, That weapon ought to be used just like a chakram.

Chapter 340 - Dominating

When he dashed towards the pedestal that contained the strange chakram-wheel weapon, A golden barrier suddenly appeared around all pedestals.

Right after that, A thick golden beam shot towards the sky that was wide and big.

Athan stopped and frowned internally, ' It looks like this golden barrier has certain conditions before it opens up. '

He felt that one of the conditions should be the gathering of more contestants. After all, With the golden beam that just shot upward, Everyone should notice this place.

' I arrived early because I had the advantage of flying. But others will soon arrive here. Hmmm...Good, I'll do that. '

Athan thought for a few moments and thought of a plan before looking around this area.

' There! It's a good place. '

He found a small tree near the platform where all pedestals were standing on and moved towards it.

There was a very small hole in the trunk of the tree that was even smaller than his animal body.

But he turned his whole body into lightning dust and easily went inside like a flowing river of lightning dust.

The trunk of this tree was not hollow, but with his lightning dust chaos body, He easily created enough space for his animal body to fit inside.

After that, He turned his body back into physical form and started to observe everything from the hole.

An hour passed before he finally saw someone coming towards the golden platform where all pedestals were situated.

It was a two-headed chicken with a red tail.

This two-headed chicken contestant also dashed towards the pedestals but encountered the barrier, and the same voice reverberated.

" Not Yet. "

But unlike Athan, This contestant just stayed there while folding its wings.

Soon, Five more contestants arrived one by one, and they discussed something before waiting together. The chicken seemed to have convinced the first one, and so, they both convinced others who came just to stay together.

Athan could hear them, so he knew what they planned. They decided that once ten people are gathered, they would kill whoever that comes later.

But Athan's plan was different. With an excited glint in his eyes, he observed them and waited to make his grand move.

The ten people gathered together, and right after the tenth person came, The chicken and other animals discussed before moving towards the pedestals, but the barrier still appeared.

After the barrier appeared, Athan could hear them discussing fiercely.

" What the hell? Yo, Chicken! You said that the barrier would open once ten people are gathered, but it's still closed. "

" Indeed. But there's no need to fight amongst ourselves since we have already chosen our weapons. "

" But what do we do now? We need to open or break this damn barrier before getting our hands on that weapon. "

" After getting the weapon, We have to hold onto them because our bodies have turned into an animal and our equipments are no more with us. I wore my storage ring on my finger, but they are no more in this animal body. Also, how do we find a way to solve this barrier problem? "

" This could be troublesome. But the solution to it is simple. "

" What? Your solution better be good this time, Chicken. "

" The solution is, We will continue to do what we planned. At first, I just guessed that the barrier would disappear once ten people are gathered, Not that I was sure about it. Anyway, We will just kill whoever that comes here from now, and that should be the key to open this barrier. "

" Killing is the key? You mean..."

" Yep. We likely need to reduce the number to ten before this barrier opens up as there are only ten treasures. "

" Hmmm...That indeed makes sense. Alright. Let's do this, everyone. Our first target is already here. "

" Two. It looks like these two, A penguin and a frog, decided to work together. "

*Booom..*

" Finish them off! "

Athan saw from the tree hole as the ten people killed the two contestants who arrived here together.

But after hearing their plan, Athan thought wryly, ' If they succeed with their strategy, Then guess I'll be the only one who will leave from here alive. Well, Who cares. '

Thinking of that, he continued to observe as more and more little animals arrived before dying at the hands of the first ten people.

After a while...

" Something is wrong, Chicken. It's been a while, but nobody has arrived here. There were approx fifty people who participated in this wonderland hunt but so far, We have only killed sixteen people. Including us, That's twenty-six people, so there are still twenty-four something people left. "

" Wait...Do you mean the rest of the contestants are going to come together? "

" Impossible! "

" FUCK! Here they are. Attack! "

Athan saw fifteen people coming together and attack the chicken gang of ten people as a fierce fight started.

If there was a reason why nobody discovered Athan even though he was near the golden platform, It was because he had coated abyssal darkness around his body.

But he had already sensed another group behind the golden platform, Waiting to attack after the current fierce fight ends.

They were a group of ten little animals.

Athan observed the fierce fight where people's abilities were limited, and death spread fast.

After half an hour, Only six people remained. None of the six were of the chicken gang.

" Phew...Hahaha, We won. Let's get the treasure, guys. I will take that dagger. "

" That halberd is mine! "

" Be careful! There are still more people right behind the platform. Why are you lowing your guards, idiots? You should at least check the surroundings with your soul sense before going in. "

" They are more people! Fuck. I am not staying here. "

One of them wanted to run away after seeing that the number of the other group was ten.

But right at this moment, A golden beam from the platform of pedestals shot towards the sky, and the golden barrier crumbled.

Seeing this, Athan grinned with excitement in his eyes, ' It's finally time, huh...Too bad for all of you, hehehe. '

Inside his void region, He started to prepare his strongest attack.

Orb of Oblivion.

In this orb of oblivion, He added order force, chaos force, and lightning dust power, and most importantly, Abyssal darkness.

He condensed them until he felt that it was getting out of hand before finally releasing it.

" Huh? What is that white ball with a dark yellow glow coming out of it? "

One of the contestants noticed the orb of oblivion since it was coming in his direction and felt air trembling even before the orb arrived there.

But those were his last words.

Right after that, The orb of oblivion exploded as a terrifying dark yellow wave came out like a tsunami and devoured everyone and everything in its path.

" Aaaaaaaaaaaaa...! "

" Arghhhhhhh...."

Those who were far could make out a scream of animals before they got swallowed by the destructive dark river and died.

Athan slowly walked towards the pedestal while observing his surroundings. Suddenly, He looked at his left side, where a dark-colored fur dog-like animal appeared and trembled fearfully seeing the scene of destruction.

This dog-like animal had four flat and big ears and a thick curved tail.

It looked at Athan and barked before a voice came out from its mouth.

" Are you...Athan void? "

Athan paused as he narrowed his eyes before speaking since after adjusting, He could also speak from the throat of this animal just like how those chickens and others spoke.

" Who are you? "

The dark dog suddenly turned excited before bowing down, " I-I am Arcued. I had a technique that could hide my aura well, so I was observing everything until this blast occurred. But...You are really Athan void, right? Please...please don't kill me. "

He guessed that this was Athan because he sensed a large amount of lightning dust chaos power's aura lingering in this blast radius, and it felt similar to what Athan used in the competition.

Chapter 341 - Underling Arcued.

Athan looked at the strange dog-like animal and asked, " You want one of these? "

Athan pointed at the pedestals while asking.

Arcued gulped internally, but he looked at Athan and bowed, " No. I don't...."

" I can give you one. " Athan smiled and interuppted him.

Arcued was surprised hearing that and looked at Athan nervously, " R-really? "

" Of course. But..."

Athan paused for a seconds before his tone turned oppressive, " You have to become my underling. "

Arcued trembled while looking at Athan, " Underling? Do you mean slave? I-...What if I refuse? Will you kill me? "

Athan smiled and shook his head, " Not slave, but an underling. You will just make a chaos oath that you will not do anything that harms me and betray me in the future. You are free to do whatever you want, but I may ask you to do something or ask about something in the future, and you will just have to assist me in that.

And don't worry, I will not kill you even if you refuse but...If you accept this offer which is not that restrictive to you, then you can pick one pedestal and take the set on it. "

Arcued fell into thought after hearing all that.

' Oath about not doing anything that harms him and to not betray him in the future? Indeed, It's not restrictive on me at all. Since I am also free to do whatever I want, then it's not detrimental to me. If Athan asks me to do something and ask for my help, then I would gladly do it since I can make someone powerful like him an ally. Hmmm...'

Arcued looked at Athan with determined eyes and nodded, " I accept. "

He then took the oath about not doing anything that harms Athan and to not betray him in any way from now on. He then gave his contact card to Athan, and Athan also gave him his contact card.

Athan nodded with a grin, " Good. Except for that chakram wheel, You can pick any one pedestal and take a set on it.

Arcued observed all ten weapons.

The ten weapons were: A sword, A spear, A halberd, A broad great-ax, A dagger, A bow, A saber, A pair of gauntlets, A chakram wheel, And a thick and long lance. There was also a square slate floating on top of each of these weapons.

" I want that dagger. "

Arcued pointed at the dagger but didn't go there to take it and instead looked at Athan.

" Alright. "

Athan then went towards the golden platform and put other weapons and their slates inside his void region one by one, which shocked Arcued greatly.

' W-what the hell is going on? We don't have storage rings on our bodies, and we can not put storage rings inside our chaos region, nor can we store those 3-star weapons inside our chaos region...So, Where the heck is he putting all those weapons and slates? '

[ A/N: Yep. I wrote in the previous chapter that it was possible to store a storage ring inside the chaos region in people's bodies, but it's not. At least, " Generally " it's not possible to store storage rings inside their chaos region. I already removed that part from the previous chapter. ]

Athan put the other nine weapons and their slates inside his void region before he pointed at the pedestal where the dagger floated and said to Arcued, " Take it. This wonderland hunt will likely end after you take this last treasure. "

Arcued excitedly moved towards the dagger and used his chaos force to take the dagger and its slate from the pedestal.

Right after that, The orb of the animal inside Athan's and Arcued bodies shattered as they returned to their normal form.

The bangle they wore shined before the scenery changed in front of them, and they returned to the plaza where everyone previously gathered.

Athan suddenly turned to his left after returning and saw a contestant, ' It looks like this one didn't arrive at the golden platform to take the treasure. So the condition to finish this hunt was to take out all the treasures from their pedestals and possess them. '

" Thank you so much, Athan. "

Athan turned back and saw Arcued bowing at him. He saw a ring on his finger that was likely the storage ring since the dagger and slate disappeared.

But suddenly, Everything started to tremble as if an earthquake arrived.

" L-look. Everything is dissipating! "

Athan also saw that all those buildings and those fish-head people started to dissipate into golden light.

After just a minute, The lively town disappeared, and a barren land appeared with light red colored plants, trees, and brown ground. This scenery matched the scenery that Athan saw when he was outside of the town.

The other contestant, who had a rocky face and body but a height of only five feet, flew away after summing his early-stage 3-star chaos beast.

He felt that he might be killed by Athan and Arcued, who were clearly teamed up. So, He left the place instantly.

" What do we do now, Athan? "

Athan thought for a moment and spoke, " Find a temporary resting spot where I can check my new weapon and its weapon order technique. Let's go. "

They both summoned their chaos beasts and flew in a direction.

While flying, Arcued sighed and said to Athan, " I hope we don't reencounter something like wonderland hunt. Our bodies were changed, and we couldn't even use the mark of order to leave this chaos phenom dimension. "

" Doesn't matter. "

Arcued wryly smiled hearing Athan's indifferent response.

They flew for a while and found a raging river that had water and yellow lightning flowing in it.

Near the riverbank, There was a small hill with a cave in it.

But just like every other area, this one was also filled with danger as yellow lightning's clouds were roaming in the sky and might strike down anytime.

There were also several strong presences of chaos beast in this area.

But Arcued said that they could rest here for a few days inside the cave of this hill if he used his formation beside the hill.

" What does that formation do? "

Arcued smiled and took out five dark blue poles with patterns of order force inscribed on them, " This order formation has the function of attracting any wild chaos power. I will put it beside the hill, and if one of the chaotic lightning is going to strike this hill, then this formation will instead attract it, and we can escape in time. "

Athan was slightly surprised as it seemed useful in this situation, " How many order formations of this type you have? Because this one will definitely be destroyed after getting struck by that lightning. "

" Umm...This is the only one. I don't have any other order formation. Also, I can't put this too far from the hill, or it will not attract lightning if it strikes the hill. Still, we can instantly escape because we would have the protection of this hill from the shockwave after the lightning strikes the formation. "

Athan thought for a moment and nodded, " Alright. Arrange it and keep an eye out from the periphery of the cave. "

He put his chaos beast inside the medallion before entering the cave, ' Let's hope the lightning doesn't strike down too soon. '

Chapter 342 - Blanoir, The Hell Shredder

Athan was inside the cave and was using his soul sense on the square slate while holding the chakram-wheel in his right hand.

Arcued was sitting at the periphery of the cave while looking out in the sky.

' Boring...'

He had his newly acquired 3-star dagger in his hand, but he can't bring his full power now since he was still in Tier-2 order base.

' Why does Athan want to learn the weapon order technique of this chakram when he can't even use it? He can only use his weapon physically since he is also in a Tier-2 order base like me. '

He glanced at Athan for a moment before looking out once again, ' Who cares. I got a powerful ally, and that's the main point. '

Athan knew that he could not inject his chaos force or order force inside 3-star weapons, so they were useless to him, but he just wanted to comprehend and grasp the initial stage of the weapon order technique.

He took five hours to comprehend its initial stage and even he was surprised at his speed, ' It looks like after taking a good rest of one month, I am in better shape to comprehend. This would normally take me twenty hours to a day to comprehend. '

Of course, This was not as complicated as 5-star techniques. At most, He felt like what he comprehended was on par with the difficulty of 1-star order techniques.

Suddenly, A light shot out from the slate and entered inside Athan's head.

He got some information about this weapon which caused a smile to form on his face.

' Blanoir, The Hell Shredder...And it looks like I can separate this wheel-chakram into two from the middle. Hmmm...So that's why there is an edgy curved blade as born on both sides of this chakram-wheel's surface. Great. '

Blanoir, The Hell Shredder was the name of this chakram-wheel weapon. He found out that he can separate this wheel from the middle to make two chakram-wheels, but he can't do it right now as he needs to inject order force inside it, which he can't right now.

He then checked his progress in Harmony of Giant.

' Hmmm...I am close to finishing the second stage of harmony of giant, but it will still take a month before I actually finish it. I also can't sit in meditation and started comprehending the final level order of Aegis Starwood here since it will take many days, and It's impossible to stay in one place for even a day in this chaos phenom dimension. Guess, It's time to continue the journey. '

He put the chakram-wheel and the stone slate back into his void region before walking out of the cave, " Let's go, Arcued. Your formation doesn't need to be destroyed this time because I finished what I wanted to do. "

" Ohh...It's been only five hours. Anyway, It's good that my formation is saved. We can use it at another time. "

*Crackle...Crackle*

Athan paused his footsteps and looked at Arcued, who also looked at Athan with wide eyes, " No way! "

" Let's go! "

*Boooooom...*

The hill trembled and blasted into pieces as Athan and Arcued hurridly summoned their chaos beasts and flew away.

After flying, They saw that the hill was destroyed, and there was not even a spec of the formation left beside the hill.

This yellow lightning was not as powerful as the red and black lightning that he encountered before. That's why he decided to stay here.

Shaking his head, Athan commanded Skymare Tingale to turned around and spoke, " Let's go. "

Arcued nodded with a sad face as he wanted to cry, but no tears came out.

Just when he thought that the lifespan of his formation was extended, It was destroyed.

' Sigh...'

They flew for a few hours before suddenly sensing a powerful presence up ahead. Arcued hurriedly used his order technique to lower and hide their presence.

Athan sensed this and nodded. Although he could completely erase his presence even better than this order technique with his abyssal darkness, this order technique was also not too bad.

They both flew near it and saw a giant and beautiful butterfly that was even bigger than Athan's Skymare Tingle.

This butterfly was fighting against a person with two red horns with black stripes that went vertical to both sides after growing a bit.

He had a tail growing out of his back that was like a spring. This person and his chaos beast were fighting against this giant colorful butterfly.

All three were in Tier-3 order base, with the butterfly exuding the most powerful aura. It was even a bit stronger than Skymare Tingale.

" What should we do, Athan? "

Athan narrowed his eyes and observed the fight for a few moments before saying, " Wait for three minutes and then kill both parties. "

Arcued was speechless and spoke with hesitation, " But...He is in Tier-3 order base and from those two chaos beasts...That butterfly is peak-stage 3-star, and that flying ant-like beast is middle-stage 3-star. "

Athan looked at Arcued with a plain face and deadpan eyes, " Do you think I can't see that? "

" Ehh.." Arcued formed a wry expression, " No...I don't mea-"

" Just do what I say, and we can kill them without suffering any injuries. After three minutes, We will command our chaos beasts to attack that ant-like chaos beast. You and I will attack that guy with strange horns. As for the butterfly chaos beast? Just ignore it. "

Arcued was confused and asked, " But won't that butterfly chaos beast attack us if we ignore it? "

Athan shook his head, " No. It will either run away or attack the guy who was attacking it, Not us. "

" I see...You are right. It's not as intelligent as that guy and us. But If we attack the butterfly first, then that vertical-horn guy might attack us instead. "

Athan nodded before he laid out his plan on how to attack.

After hearing this plan, Arcued was shocked and shook his head, " Why? Why me? Instead of me, You should take my place since I have this technique to hide my presence. "

Athan grinned at him with his eyes exuding sharpness and oppressive aura, " Can you kill in one shot? Do you have the confidence or ability to wound him fatally? "

Arcued shrank his neck while shaking his head, " I...I don't. But, I have this tech- "

" Cut the crap. I have an even better way to hide my presence. Your technique has a flaw, and you know it already. Once you started using your chaos force or order force to use an order technique, You won't be able to hide your presence, and he will sense you easily. "

" But..."

" No Buts. If you want to earn my trust, then do as I say. Show some guts and believe in me. I will definitely kill that vertical horn guy in one shot. "

Hearing that, Arcued was still a bit doubtful, " Are you sure? "

Athan's eyes turned cold, " Are you doing it or not? "

Arcued thought for a moment as he looked at Athan and remembered his means.

" Fuck! Let's do it. I will go first and distract him with my appearance in the scene while you will hide your presence with whatever your technique is and one-shot him, right? "

Athan smiled and nodded, " Correct. I am going first and after exactly one minute and thirty seconds, Command your chaos beast to attack his chaos beast and dash towards him with your most powerful order technique. Go all out against him. "

Pausing here, Athan glanced at the ongoing fight and continued, " Before he gets a chance to attack, I will deal him a killing blow. "

After he finished speaking, He commanded his Skymare Tingale to go inside the medallion before he coated himself in abyssal darkness.

He then descended on the ground before moving towards the fight that was ongoing in the sky.

Arcued eyes turned determined as he muttered, " let's fucking do this. "

One minute and thirty seconds passed as he commanded his giant parrot-like beast with two heads and two fat wings to attack the ant-like chaos beast.

" Haaaaaaa..." Arcued shouted loudly while praying inside and dashed towards the vertical horned guy.

He conjured his order technique that attracted the most attention and packed much power.

A giant red orb that released from his mouth with silver whirling force inside it and shot towards the vertical horned guy who was also startled and hurriedly prepared the defense and attack at the same time.

The butterfly chaos beast took this chance to run away since it was not attacked in any way.

Athan clicked his tongue seeing that, but then he looked at the vertical horn guy since he was the main target and flew up before taking out his spear and coating it in entire black with his abyssal darkness. He also infused order force and chaos force inside it to execute his order technique, Sumireas Slash.

' Die. '

Before the vertical horned guy could release his attack, Athan's spear flew out at lightning-fast speed from behind him.

*Swooooosh...BOOOM..*

Chapter 343 - Chaotic Mountain, Fruit Treasure.

Athan dashed forward right after releasing his spear. As the opponent cried in despair, Athan cut off his hand with a crude blade made of abyssal darkness.

After that, Arcued saw with his eyes wide like saucers as the black spear covered in black flame-like aura blasted into yellow light before consuming the man in darkness as nothing was left of him.

' Awesome...'

" Stop gawking and attack that ant-like chaos beast. "

Arcued snapped out of his thought as he started attacking the ant-like chaos beast with his pet chaos beast.

Athan also released Skymare Tingale and commanded it to attack.

With three of them joining forces, The ant-like chaos beast died in a minute.

Meanwhile, Athan took off the storage ring from the hand and checked its content.

Inside the storage, There mainly were some clothes, twenty thousand low-grade chaos stones, three scrolls, and a small box that was most likely filled with pills.

Athan opened the box to check its content, and indeed, he found the pills. The pills were in three separate glass containers, and there were five pills in the first two containers and three pills in the third container.

Athan knew about the pills inside the first two containers: One contained blood recovery pills, and another contained alignment cure pills.

As for the three pills inside the third container, He didn't know about them.

But at this time, Arcued arrived and looked at the bottle in Athan's hand before saying in a surprised voice, " Those are Trioboost instant Pills. It can instantly recover some order force, instantly heal some of your injuries, and gives a slight boost of power to your physical body. "

" Instant, huh? "Athan raised his eyebrows after hearing their effects. He didn't even see these pills in the store where he, Drizzly, Roselin, and others went to buy the pills. So, these pills must be rare.

" Yep, Instant effects. The materials to make these pills are slightly rare, and their demand are high along with the price. A single pill can cost you ten thousand to fifteen thousand low-grade chaos stones. "

While he was speaking, he saw Athan taking out a Trioboost instant pill and staring at it.

An hour passed, but Athan didn't move, and Arcued was getting antsy, He hesitated for a moment before speaking in a low voice, " Umm...can I get a share? Since we wor-"

*khakhad...*

Arcued was shocked to see Athan throwing the box containing the pill bottles to him as he hurriedly caught it.

" Take it. I don't need these pills. "

After saying this, Athan dumped out the clothes and other useless things from the storage ring. After that, He moved the chaos stones from the storage ring to his void region and then wore the empty storage ring on his finger.

He then also decided to put all things from the other storage ring he got from Drizzly inside his void region. After all, If something like Wonderland hunt happened again, He can't access his storage rings.

" Let's continue moving. "

*whistle...whistle...*

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Time passed as everyone did their best to survive and to win this tournament.

Outside, Where the Envoy and others were waiting.

Many participants returned from this dangerous chaos phenom dimension after activating the mark of order due to facing life-threatening situations.

One of them was Celesti, who just returned a few minutes ago and was talking to Roselin and Shish. Drizzly was also there and waiting, just like many other families of participants.

The Envoy looked at the big portal as he thought, ' It's time for the chaos disaster to start. From now on, Only those who are lucky, have the ability, and tenacious will can survive. "

His appearance was that of a human except for a single vertical third eye on his forehead. He wore a golden embroidered white robe with a beautiful design, But the robe didn't look like some simple garment.

It's been a month since everyone entered this chaos phenom dimension, and since the envoy bought the portal of this dimension here, He knew that every month, A chaotic disaster would start inside this chaos phenom dimension and change the landscapes and atmosphere.

When only fifty people are left alive in this chaos phenom dimension, It will mark the end of this tournament.

The envoy stood up from his floating chair and announced, " The end is near. After a few hours, The remaining participants will either escape or die inside. Prepare to aid your injured relatives once they come out from the portal. "

Hearing this, Everyone became nervous and started wishing safety for their relatives who were inside the chaos phenom dimension.

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" Athan...The atmosphere is turning bad. "

Athan was looking at the sky as he nodded in agreement with Arcued.

" Let's go. We will continue to move towards the direction of these lights. I feel like it's almost the end of the tournament. "

In the past many days, They encountered many difficulties, and Arcued almost died.

Just yesterday, Arcued's chaos beast died, and Athan's Skymare Tingale was also injured due to the sudden appearance of terrifying black winds.

But there was a trick; Once they descended a certain distance, Those black winds didn't hit them. Still, Even though they were saved by the protection from their pet chaos beasts while descending, Athan's Skymare Tingale was severely injured while Arcued's pet chaos beast lost its life.

Currently, Athan was flying by using his chaos matrix->lightning dust transformation while Arcued was walking on the ground.

Athan looked out for danger in the sky while Arcued looked for danger on the ground as they both followed the direction of the golden light.

After moving for a while, Athan and Arcued suddenly stopped as they sensed a powerful aura and saw a flying beast coming towards them that exuded the aura of an early-stage 3-star chaos beast.

" Athan! "

Athan narrowed his eyes as he stepped down while making his body bigger. He didn't know how, But it seems that these crafted armors and weapons would automatically adjust and it was likely due to the mystical powers of crafters. When he became bigger, His gloves and full body armor also stretched and became bigger to adjust to his body.

He became an eight-meter tall giant, Even bigger than the incoming early-stage 3-star chaos beast. But he knew that if he simply clashed his body with it, He would be ripped apart because of that terrifyingly big and sharp beak of the flying bird chaos beast.

His defensive order technique also can't work on physical objects, so he consumed thirty percent of abyssal darkness and covered both of his fists with it.

Seeing the giant Athan, The chaos beast screeched loudly and made him its target. This flying chaos beast had two sharp and powerful wings, and its beak was the main weapon. It looked strong physically, and since it attacks by dashing forward, Its physical power was its main forte.

Athan narrowed his eyes and focused on the beast, and just when its beak reached him, Athan ducked down and did a solid uppercut with his giant hand fist as it was sent flying in the sky.

*Screeeeeee.....*

The chaos beast screeched in pain as a hole formed in his stomach area where the black aura consumed its body.

But Athan knew that the fight was not over yet as he tightened the muscles on his legs and jumped with his full force.

*Crack...Swooosh...*

He overtook the beast before putting his palms together by crossing fingers and smacked the beast down on its head.

*Plop....*

The abyssal darkness easily broke through its defense before the beast was smacked into the ground.

*Booom...*

The beast stayed alive for a moment before it died.

Athan also descended and returned to his normal form before stretching his hands, ' It was hard. Especially its skull. '

That was the first time he encountered a chaos beast that only exuded pure physical power.

Arcued was impressed as always and would feel proud of himself about his decision to join Athan whenever he saw Athan beating the crap out of people and beasts who were stronger than him.

They continued their journey amidst this chaotic atmosphere that kept turning dangerous every minute.

" Athan, Is it just me, or are you also feeling the heaviness in the air? "

Athan nodded in agreement with a slight frown, " You're not alone, but we can't stay in one place. Increase the speed, and let's move faster towards that point. See, The lights are pointing at that mountain. "

Arcued looked in front of him and saw that Athan was right. He turned a bit excited and said, " I've always felt that it's a sign of the birth of natural treasure, and it should be true. Let's hurry up before others grab it. "

He then started using more strength to increase his running speed.

Athan saw him going forward and also increased his flying speed.

After half an hour, They saw the mountain with frost and hail. The strange thing was that this frosty atmosphere was only around the mountain.

A storm of snow surrounded this mountain, but all those shining lights in the sky were coming from the peak of this mountain and pointing at this place.

" Don't go in blindly. There are other people here. "

Arcued was just going to dash and climb the mountain before suddenly stopping after hearing Athan's words.

He smiled wryly and apologized.

Athan descended and stood near Arcued. His gaze was still at the peak of the mountain where the light was exuding, " Use your order technique to hide the presence. "

Hearing Athan, Arcued nodded as he activated his order technique.

Hazy mist surrounded him and Athan before they started walking to climb the mountain.

The mountain was big and was not straight steep, so they could just climb it by walking.

There was a reason why Athan didn't want to rush to the top.

He wanted to ambush and take the last laugh since he had the ability to stay stealth due to his own ability and Arcued's order technique. He had also already recovered his spent Abyssal darkness since he only spent thirty percent of it.

After ten minutes of steadily walking, They found more presence of people to the top and also sounds of battle.

" Athan, It looks like an intense fight is ongoing up there. " Arcued became nervous and sweated, " Should be back down? There are likely powerful Tier-3 people up there. "

Hearing him, Athan glanced at him with his eyes, and Arcuded put the finger on his own lips, indicating that he would shut up.

' Why do his eyes feel so scary? Whenever he looks at me with that indifferent expression and those eyes, I feel pressured. But...His eyes always had that light of excitement whenever such a dangerous situation comes. I feel like I will meet my death sooner if I stayed with Athan and kept up with his madness. '

Arcued was having his own thoughts because he remembered how ferociously Athan performed in the competition and started to feel a bit regretful.

' No! I don't regret it. I have survived until now, thanks to Athan, and I also got some loots. Arcued, You have to become even braver and keep up with Athan. A better future can only be secured by fighting for it. '

" Those fruits on the tree must be the treasures. But The tree is still shining, and it also seems to have a barrier around it. Hehehe..."

Hearing Athan's voice, Arcued snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the giant tree just a hundred meters in front of them. He then looked at Athan grinning and gulped because he saw many powerful auras and people fighting up there.

' Damn! I'm gonna do it! Following Athan has helped me in the past, and it will help me this time too. Those fruits look like they would help us progress considerably. '

Athan was forming plans while observing the fight and spoke after a few moments, " let's hide behind that rock and move very slowly and don't create the slightest of noise. "

Arcued looked at the rock pointed by Athan and almost pissed himself as he whispered, " That's too close. Let's choose a better hiding position. What if one of them sensed us there? "

" Stop talking crap, and let's go. "

" Sigh..."

Chapter 344 - Survivor ?

" What now, Athan? If one of them sensed us, then we will be bombarded to death. After all, none of them want more competition. "

Arcued nervously asked as he looked at the fights happening in front of them.

Athan didn't answer Arcued right away as his gaze was currently on the tree, ' That big tree and only five fruits? It looks like their effects will be pretty good. But...'

While thinking, He looked at the sky and surroundings, ' The weather and atmosphere are turning bad. We need to move fast. Hmmm....Should I release an Orb of Oblivion with ninety percent of my Abyssal Darkness along with all of my order force and chaos force? That would indeed wipe every one of them out, but I would become defenseless and out of gas after that. '

Athan thought for a few more moments before finally making the plan.

Turning to Arcued, He said, " Stay silent and wait for two minutes. After two minutes, Silently move away from this rock to behind that tree fifty meters away. "

Arcued looked at the tree pointed by Athan and gulped. But he still nodded with resolve, ' The tree is not as near to the fight as this rock. At least, It's a better option. But what will he tell me to do next? '

He looked at Athan after nodding. Athan then continued, " After you hide behind that tree, Release an attack towards me. More specially, attack this rock to get their attention on me after I signal you with my hand gesture. "

Arcued started to sweat and asked, " But What if they sensed the fluctuation at my place first when I am preparing to attack here? "

Athan looked at him and spoke in a cold voice, " You have to prepare a minimal energy attack and just use chaos essence with your chaos trait here. Do it fast and attract their attention here. Right after releasing your attack, run back and descend the mountain with all of your speed. If you don't, then you will die. Got it? "

Arcued wiped the sweat o his forehead and nodded, " Got it. "

" Good. The countdown of two minutes starts...now. "

After saying that, Athan closed his eyes and started to make preparation.

Inside his void region, He took out the milky white aura from the white orb and started to create something from it.

Outside, Arcued counted two minutes, and once two minutes were up, He slowly moved towards the tree fifty meters from this rock.

Athan also opened his eyes as he created three pills inside his void region.

Trioboost Instant Pills!

He had already scanned the structure of the pills in an hour with his stronger soul sense and better comprehension and order grasping ability after becoming stronger.

He then looked at Arcued, who was slowing moving towards the tree, and once again closed his eyes to prepare the attack.

He took out the remaining milky white aura and formed a white ball with it. After that, He started pouring abyssal darkness inside it along with all of his order force and chaos force. He transformed the chaos force inside into lightning dust to increase the power.

He first added ninety percent abyssal darkness and then order force. After that, He added chaos force until he couldn't.

' This should be enough. '

Athan looked at the white orb that was glowing in black light and a slight yellow glow inside his void region. It was pulsating as if it would blast anytime.

Opening his eyes, He looked at Arcued, who had reached the tree and was looking at Athan to wait for his signal.

Athan nodded at him and showed his fist before pressing it on his palm as the gesture.

Seeing it, Arcued understood, and after once again wiping the sweat, he prepared a low intensity but flashy attack inside his chaos region before releasing towards the rock where Athan was hiding behind.

*pssssssss.....boom..*

The twelve people who were carefully fighting with each other while bearing the tension were startled as they looked at the rock.

Athan removed the abyssal darkness around his body and released his wild aura after becoming an eight-meter tall giant.

He grinned at them before stretched his hand and gesturing them with his right hand, " Come on, idiots. I'll take all of you alone. "

The twelve people who held their breath sighed a relief after sensing Athan's aura.

One of them sneered and pointed at several dead bodies below before saying, " Do you want to join them, a Tier-2 order base ant? "

Athan internally frowned because the Orb of oblivion was going out of control. But outside, He grinned at them mockingly and said, " Scary cats. Hehehe. I'll take you all. "

Saying this, He dashed forward while purposefully revealing a wild aura and intention to kill from his body.

Seeing this, one of them spoke, " Just like how we made agreement previously, Kill the additional ones that come. We will resume our fight after that. After all, We don't want any more competition for those fruits. "

Athan went near them, and before they released their attacks, He took out the orb of oblivion and threw it towards them.

But his eyes caught something and frowned.

The orb of oblivion, particularly this one, will cover a very wide range because he used more milky white aura to store more power inside it.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM...*

" Aaaaaaaa....."

" Arghhhhhhhh....."

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Athan had also covered his body with the remaining ten percent of his abyssal darkness and hurriedly ate the three triboost pills to recover his order force and chaos force.

Once the blast was over, Athan dashed towards the three that were still covered in the barrier.

But the barrier shined before it started to disappear.

After dashing towards the tree, Athan didn't go for the fruits but turned around and narrowed his eyes. He also returned to his normal body size.

He swept his glance at the places in front of him and said loudly, " Come out! "

When he threw the orb of oblivion, Athan saw one person slipping away after storing her chaotic beast instead of attacking him. From his observation, That person was a girl.

She was also pure human like him as he didn't notice any additional features on her like horns or tails.

Chapter 345 - Tealery

Athan once again shouted, " Are you coming out, or should I force you out by releasing a similar attack once again? Just so you know, I have already eaten the pills to recover my energy. You must have also seen that. "

*rustle...rustle...*

Athan turned to his right and saw someone coming out while playing with a knife.

She had long dark blue hair and sharp eyes. She wore a tight blue outfit with a shirt and long pants. Her clothes were slightly messy, with cuts here and there.

She pointed her long knife at Athan and narrowed her sharp eyes, " I don't believe you can release that attack once again. I am at a high-stage Tier-3 order base, and you are at the Tier-2 order base. Even If I attack you alone without my chaotic beast, I can beat you and take the treasure myself. So...you should hurry up and scram from here. "

Hearing here, Athan revealed a startled expression and started laughing.

" Hahahaha...."

The girl frowned and asked, " Why are you laughing? "

Athan grinned at her with a dangerous light in his eyes and said, " Hehehe...Then attack me. Go ahead. "

Athan spread his hands to reveal to show her that his chest was wide open, " You can start attacking whenever you feel like. My defense is open. But..."

Pausing here, He widely grinned like the devil and pointed her with his finger, " You will die in an instant. Of course, you can escape using the mark of order. But, do you see this finger? A black-light will release the moment you showed any intention to attack and destroy that smart head of yours. "

Of course, Athan was bluffing. The distance between them was long such that if he released his abyssal darkness, She could easily dodge. And since she was of Tier-3 order base, at high-stage Master order Elite, She was more powerful than him in every other way.

But...

The girl clearly flinched, seeing how the strong front Athan displayed. She was also putting up a strong front because how can she not be afraid after seeing such a powerful attack that wiped everyone out in one go?

Not even their bones or their storage rings remained. She was trembling inside but decided to bluff because she felt that Athan wouldn't be able to use another potent attack of such magnitude.

They both stared at each other. She looked at Athan's grinning face and his oppressive eyes before finally taking a deep breath.

She put down her left hand that pointed the knife at Athan and said while narrowing her eyes, " Fine. I will not attack. But...I want one fruit from that tree. "

Athan looked at her and converged his grin before putting up a cold expression. Internally, He was thinking rapidly, ' Hmmm...What should I do? If I agree, There is a chance that she take it as my weakness and might arrive at the conclusion that I really can't release the orb of oblivion again or kill her, Which is the truth. but...'

' But If I disagree, There is also a chance that she might want to take a risk attacking out of desperation, and that will also blow my bluff. '

Athan was looking in her eyes while thinking and tried to sense her intention.

In her expressionless face and cold eyes, He saw hesitation, desperation, and...fear.

' Hehehe...One fruit? If I were in her position and still want to put up a strong front, I would ask for half of the share instead of just one fruit. '

Athan's face broke into a grin once again, " What is your name? "

The girl's eyes darted slightly before she replied, " Tealery."

" Well, Tealery. You are not getting any fruit from this tree. "

Tealery was startled and opened her mouth to say something, but in the end, She just turned around after grinding her teeth.

" Stop! Did I say you could leave? "

Hearing the words of Athan, Tealery turned out and revealed an angry but, more importantly, caution expression. She opened her mouth to speak, but before she could speak, Athan's words stopped her.

" I can give you one fruit. "

Athan observed her expression after saying that, ' She has already lost the will to fight me after that display of the power of the Orb of oblivion and making her believe that I can still kill her. After rejecting her and then giving her the reward is the best chance. After all, She also looks hungry for power. '

" I can give you one fruit because It seems that you need it. But there is a condition. "

Before Athan could continue, Tealery suddenly shouted with an angry expression, " If you want me to become your slave, then forget about it. You might as well just kill me now because I will never agree to that. "

Athan shook his head while smiling, ' Good. She has lost the will to fight completely. '

" You misunderstood. I don't want to make you my slave or anything. I just want you to join my team. "

" join you? "

Athan nodded with a smile, " Indeed. You just have to take an oath that you will never betray me or do anything that harms me in the future. That's all. You are free to live your life and move however you want. I will not restrict you in any way. With this oath, We can help each other in the future. How about it? Sounds good, right? "

After saying that, Athan looked at his left side and shouted, " Arcued! "

" Yes! "

Arcued came out while smiling wryly. He was observing them while hiding after returning to this place.

Athan pointed at Arcued before saying to Tealery, " This guy has also taken the same oath and joined together with me. Although he was not that useful in this journey, something is better than nothing. "

Hearing that, Arcued awkwardly laughed, " haha...hahaha...cough. Hey, Athan. That's cold. I became decoy several times so that we could kill those Tier-3 order base people and 3-star beast, alright? Without me, You....uh...Nevermind. Anyway, I was still useful. "

Arcued remembered that Athan could also hide his presence and even better than him and shut his mouth about that topic.

Tealery fell into thought after hearing Athan and his easy-going oath that would actually help her, ' This...sounds like a good deal. This Athan guy seems weird, and despite being just Tier-2 order base, He commands such power. Hmmm...Once he became more powerful, He will likely have a big name. This...this deal is too sweet to pass up. '

Her eyes shined at the end as she looked at Athan, but before agreeing, she asked something important, " That Arcued person took the oath, and I am also willing to take the same oath to join the team. But...Did you take the oath, Athan? "

Chapter 346 - End Of The Tournament.

Athan and Arcued were stunned.

Arcued felt stupid after hearing what Tealery said, but he understood that he was impressed by Athan's overwhelming power and didn't even think about Athan taking the oath.

On the other hand, Athan smiled after getting startled and nodded his head, " Alright. I will also take an oath that I will never betray you two and have any intention to harm you in the future. "

Tealery chuckled and said, " Good. Here, Take this contact card. "

Athan caught the contact card and put it inside his void region.

Afterward, Both Athan and Tealery took the oath before they all looked at the five fruits.

" You two take one each, and the remaining three fruits are mine. Any objection? "

Tealery and Arcued looked at each other before answering.

" Fine. "

" No objection. "

Athan went to the tree and started plucking the fruits. When he was going to pluck the last two fruits, Athan suddenly looked in his right direction before putting up five spiral holes. He consumed all of his order force with this.

*Swoooooosh...Swoooooooosh...*

Two blue flaming orbs with green patterns on them shot towards Athan.

They were through the five spiral holes, but their damage was not much decreased as they hit Athan.

Before the attack could hit him, Athan dashed forward slightly and made his body bigger to withstand the attack.

*Boooom...*

"Puchi...."

Athan spurted a mouthful of blood, but it was not a serious injury.

Tealery was fast as after seeing the attack, She directly went towards the direction where the attack came from, and Arcued soon followed.

Athan looked behind him and sighed a relief, " That was clever. "

He meant that the attacker was clever because those two dangerous orbs were not aimed towards Athan but the fruits. Since the barrier was gone, there was no protection to the fruits, and fruits obviously can't withstand the attack.

He hurriedly plucked the remaining two fruits before sending them to his void region and followed Tealery and Arcued.

" Go, Skymare Tingale. "

He sent his pet chaos beast first as he moved slowly so that his injuries can be healed.

That attack cracked his armor, and the attack also went through the cracks and hit him.

' That attacker was Tier-3 order base, but Tealery, who is of the same level, can kill the attacker with the help of arcued. '

He had also sent his Skymare Tingale, so there was no worry that the attacker would overpower them instead.

He soon reached there and saw that the attacker had a turtle-like face and body had faint scales that looked similar to turtle scales. His chest armor already had cracks, and they were increasing.

Athan observed the fight and pointed his finger forward.

' He sure can take hits. '

Just as Athan was going to attack, The turtle-faced person disappeared. He used the mark of order to escape. Athan and others also felt space fluctuation in that area.

But right after that, Three portals opened below each of their feet, and they dropped down into them.

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Outside...

There were two portals. One portal was the big one where everyone entered, and also those who use their mark of order inside the chaos phenom dimension would return from this portal.

But there was another portal, and it was right behind the Envoy and six other people who were sitting on the floating chairs.

This portal was even bigger than the first one.

" The fifty winners will come out of this portal. As for those who have not returned...You can only mourn for them. "

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After dropping inside the portals, Athan, Tealery, and Arcued appeared on an island.

There were other forty-seven people who dropped here from portals.

" Hey, Athan. Our fruits."

Tealery and Arcued found Athan and dashed towards him before asking for the fruits.

" I know, I know. "

Saying this, Athan was going to take out the fruits, but suddenly, They all heard a familiar voice reverberating.

" Warriors of chaos! The tournament is over—exit to outside by going through this portal. "

Suddenly, Everyone saw a giant portal in front of them.

Silence...

Everyone was stunned before they shouted and dashed towards the portal.

Arcued was so excited that his face became red, " Athan! We won. I can't believe I am one of the fifty. Sniff...It's all thanks to you. "

He even became teary-eyed at the end.

Athan was speechless and gave him and Tealery the golden fruit with the cyan pattern, " Stop crying and let's go. "

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Outside...

Drizzly, Roselin, Celesti, and Shish were hopefully looking at the portal behind the Envoy and others as the winners will come out from that portal, according to Enjoy.

Shish spoke with determination, " Brother Athan will definitely come out from that portal. "

Drizzly thought with worry, ' Athan. You better come out from that portal. '

Suddenly, They saw people coming out from the portal and became tense and focused there.

' Please...'

" T-that's brother Athan!! "

Shish shouted as he pointed at Athan.

Drizzly and others also noticed him as they became overjoyed.

Shish continued to shout and caught Athan's attention.

Athan smiled at them and nodded.

" Warriors of Chaos! "

Everyone became silent as they looked at Envoy. The fifty winners also stood outside of the portal.

The envoy swept his glance at the remaining participants and sighed, " From the one thousand and two hundred warriors of chaos, Three hundred sixty-nine of them perished. "

Pausing here, The envoy cupped his fist, " My condolences. Everyone tried their best, but as I said, only the last fifty will be the winners. "

He then looked at the fifty winners and smiled, " You all have gone through challenging situations and earned a big opportunity and excellent rewards. "

" GIVE ME BACK! THAT'S MY BROTHER'S STORAGE RING! YOU KILLED HIM. "

Suddenly, Someone shouted from the crowd and pointed at one of the winners.

Everyone's attention went towards the speaker. Some revealed disdain and some revealed sad expressions.

The envoy glanced at the speaker, who shouted and shook his head, " Your brother was already prepared to die before he participated in the tournament. It was mentioned clearly that there would be chances of dying despite having the mark of order to escape. "

" But....but...my brother...Sobs..."

The envoy shook his head and turned his attention back to the winners.

Chapter 347 - The Tricky Reward And Opportunity.

" The winners! I know you have experienced much and suffered before reaching this step. So, of course, You deserve the reward for that. But..."

The Envoy paused and clapped his hands before fifty plates appeared in front of him.

" There are two types of rewards for the winners, and you can only choose one. In front of you are the fifty plates, and there is a storage ring on each of these plates.

Each storage ring contains 300,000 low-grade chaos stones, A 4-star protective necklace that can also enhance your physical body, Ten kilograms of Cirous Ore, and three 4-star Star Breaking pills that can aid in your training.

The Cirous Ore can't be found anywhere in this Vaiklaid continent, and its primary use is to make powerful weapons. Some of the knowledgeable ones here should know the effects of this ore. Anyway, This is one of the two rewards. "

Hearing the about rewards, Everyone's throat became dry. The 4-star things were all valuable, but the value of Cirous ore surpassed them all. After all, It was actually a 5-star grade material.

After the Envoy finished speaking, He smiled and waved his hand to gather the plates with rings on them at one side, and in their place, fifty black cards with golden patterns on them appeared.

" The second reward includes 100,000 low-grade chaos stones and this card. I won't say much and will leave the final decision to you. Just know that the value of this card is higher than the first reward in the long term, and it is also a big opportunity. Remember, It's an opportunity and not a direct reward or benefit. How you make use of this opportunity later also depends on you. "

After speaking, The Envoy looked at the winners and pointed at the rings on plates and cards, " Now choose!! Those who want the first rewards, Raise your right hand! You have only....five seconds to choose. "

" Three "

Valeria internally snorted and thought, ' The Envoy is making things difficult for everyone. He is putting pressure on them by giving them just three seconds and checking their composure and foresight. Let's see what they choose. '

" Two "

She then looked at the winners as their eyes danced about to make the decision.

Some even raised their hands already. Valeria particularly looked at Athan since he was the only one she remembers that came from her batch and saw that he didn't raise his hands, and his eyes were clear and determined.

" One. "

Athan looked at Tealery and internally nodded, ' Good. She won't raise her hand. '

He then looked at Arcued and felt speechless before he hurriedly said, " Don't raise your hand. Don't be a short-sighted fool. "

" One. "

Arcued heard Athan and looked at him with hesitating eyes before finally making his decision, ' I will trust Athan. I don't want to regret missing this so-called big opportunity later. '

" Zero. Time up. You twenty-nine who choose the first reward, Come forward. "

Among the group of fifty, Twenty-nine people moved forward. Afterward, The Envoy waved his hands and gave each of them the silver plate with the ring on it.

He then smiled at them and pointed at the other side of the crowd, " Your journey ends here. You may join the crowd now. Go. "

The twenty-nine winners started walking forward while a few of them still had hesitation on their faces.

Suddenly, One of them turned around and said with hesitation, " Ummm...can I change m-"

" NO! "

A thunderous voice rang out from Envoy as he didn't even look back, " You have lost your chance. I could give more time to ponder, but there was meaning by giving you all just three seconds. "

Some of the winners who still stayed sneered internally and felt that they made the correct decision by not giving in to the temptation.

Some sighed a relief because they almost gave in to the temptation.

The Envoy then continued speaking to the remaining twenty-nine winners, " The twenty-one of you have won a big opportunity, but whether you manage to grasp it depends on your ability. After all, You have to take the risk to win big. Now I will tell you what this black card represents. "

After he finished speaking, The Envoy raised his hand, which held a black card, " This Black card is your entry ticket into the Chaos Monolith Hills. "

" Waaaaaaaaaaaa....."

" W-what did he say? Chaos Monolith Hills? "

" No Way! I don't believe it! "

" Even the Great Bridgade Palace only did entry exam and those who passed still have to survive their training program for twenty years to get entry into the Great Bridgade Palace. I don't believe that Chaos Monolith Hills would recruit people and get them entry this easily. "

An Uproar started among the crowd, and those twenty-nine people who choose the first reward felt like dying. Their intestine turned green just thinking about how they missed such an opportunity.

But after hearing what Envoy said next, They felt somewhat better.

" This black is just an entry ticket. Whether you are able to really enter the Chaos Monolith Hills using this ticket is still yet to be decided. First of all, You all need to break through from the Tier-3 order base and enter the Orderic Catastrophe phase before you can even use this ticket. "

Pausing here, The Envoy waved his hands as the black cards flew towards the twenty-nine winners, "Now put a drop of your blood on the cards. This is a must process. "

Hearing that, Athan, Tealery, Arcued, and other twenty-six winners put a drop of their blood on the card after cutting their finger.

The Envoy was watching carefully. After seeing that everyone put a drop of their blood on their cards, he nodded before continuing in a loud voice, " Five years! You all have to reach Orderic Catastrophe by hook or crook in five years. This is the target before you can use this black card.

The weakest of you is the middle-stage Tier-2 order base. If you are talented, you can breakthrough from the Tier-3 order base and reach Ordederic Catastrophe in Five years without any external aids. If you are not talented, then you have to use any methods to get resources to reach the target. Show your worth to yourself and reach the target in five years.

Once you have reached Orderic Catastoph within five years, You have to infuse all of your order force inside the black card, and it will open a portal that will lead to the final testing grounds of Chaos Monolith Hills. At that place, It will be decided whether you will join one of the most ancient powers, Chaos Monolith Hills or not.

" If you pass and get the true entry into Chaos Monolith Hills, Then your family and the organization you were once part of will receive grand benefits that Chaos Monolith Hills can only give. "

Hearing all this, Another uproar started among the crowd, and those who didn't choose the second reward felt even better.

They felt that this so-called big opportunity didn't seem that easy to get.

" Once the five years are up from this day, You won't be able to use the black card and it will not open a portal. I wish you good luck, Warriors of Chaos. "

The envoy then told everyone to leave after wishing good luck to the twenty-nine winners.

Athan, Tealery, and Arcued wished each other good luck and said that they would contact each other if they reached the target in five years.

Athan grinned at Tealery and Arcued before saying, " You two better reach the target in five years, or the team we made by making oath will be useless. After all, I want some underlings that can work for me later. "

Hearing Athan, Arcued felt pressured while Tealery grinned and said that she would definitely be there.

Athan then walked towards the group where Drizzly, Roselin, Celesti, and Shish were waiting with excited faces.

He also saw Sen and Ayurin there, ' So, Sen didn't pass. But instead of having a disappointed and sad expression, why is she smiling at me? '

Chapter 348 - Returning-1

Athan met up with Drizzly and others as they congratulated him.

" Hehe, I knew that brother Athan would win. " Shish said with an excited face. He was happy for Athan.

Celesti pouted and elbowed Shish before saying, " So you also knew that your sister would not win, right? "

" Ehh..I...Of course not, " Shish became awkward for a moment before he grinned and said, " I believed you, my sister, but you failed to reach my expectation, Hehehe. "

Hearing this, Celesti was speechless, and Roselin flicked his forehead before saying helplessly, " Since when did you become this sharp-tongued? "

" Then what about me? Did you believe that I would win? "

Shish looked at Erina, who was coming towards their group with an older woman, and was stunned before his face turned slightly red, " I...I also believed that you would win. But..."

Seeing this state, Celesti chuckled, " Hey, Where is your sharp tongue now? "

Other start laughing, seeing Shish state while Erina and Celesti smiled at each other. By now, Roselin and others knew about the matter of Shish and Erina.

The older woman who came with Erina was also a woman and looked to be in her sixties and had a kind smile as she whispered in a low voice such that only Erina could hear, " Is this the boy you were talking about Erina? Not bad. "

Erina's ears turned slightly red, but she composed herself and whispered back, " Granny Ruori, please don't say unnecessary things here. "

" Master Ayurin. "

Suddenly, Roselin and the older women who came with Erina bowed slightly and greeted Ayruin with respect after seeing Ayruin and Sen coming towards their group.

Sen said to Athan while grinning, " Congrats, Athan. You made the correct choice by choosing the black card. "

Athan nodded with a faint smile before he slightly frowned and asked, " But you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Sen snorted and smiled, " Don't worry. I will also- "

" Sen! This is not the place to talk about such things. "

Sen suddenly realized and facepalmed before saying sorry to Ayurin, " Sorry, Master. I got carried away in the heat of the moment. "

Ayurin patted her head and smiled, " It's ok. " She then looked at Drizzly and revealed a surprised expression and thought, ' The dragon aura on her is unusual. '

On the other hand, Sen looked at turned to Athan and others before asking, " We are supposed to take all those who survived in our batch to Gelamix Town. If your destination is also Gelamix town, Why don't you come with us? There are twenty region masters here. Unless some of them have big backgrounds with powerful strength, they will leave with powerful masters of their respective region who were specifically called here by the Envoy to protect the survivors. "

Hearing that, Athan looked at Drizzly, who nodded back at him. He then looked at Roselin, and she also nodded and transmitted her voice to his ears, " It would be safer to go with them. After all, You are one of the winners, and you must have gained a good haul in the chaos phenom dimension. Although there wouldn't be any hunters around here, we can't say that we won't encounter them on our long way back to the town. "

Athan also agreed with her. He also knew that this was the reason that many region masters were here.

Seeing that Athan agreed to come with them, Sen and Ayurin led them towards the other group, where twenty-two survivors and their families were standing.

Athan knew some of them as they were in the top thirty of the competition while others were among the top thirty of Tier-3 order base competition. He also saw Arcued, who nodded towards him.

But among the sixty people, only Twenty-five people came out alive, including Athan, Celesti, and Erina.

Ayurin looked at the group and, seeing that the numbers were correct, She spoke in her melodic voice, " Follow me. "

After saying that, She started walking towards the north of this land.

Aside from this large ground that seemed to be man-made, other parts of this land were filled with trees and plants.

The sky of this land was filled with a blanket of sparkling white dots that seemed to be some kind of chaotic power. Athan had been to two other regions: the Dosflame region and the Toragale region. The sky of the Dosflame region is permeated with waving, colorful flames, and the sky of the Toragale region is permeated with green and black winds.

The atmosphere of this place was the most peaceful one Athan had experienced, ' Maybe this region is called Starry River Region? Oh yeah, the Envoy said something about the Vaiklaid continent. So all these regions here should be in one Vaiklaid Continent. Hmmm...There should be other continents, too, I guess. '

While walking with the group, Athan looked at the sky and thought, ' What If I keep going up in the sky and pass through it? Is there anything after I pass through this sky? '

Athan felt that there should be a new world after passing through this sky. He suddenly felt like going there after he brings back Tiana and Avelia to his side.

*Boooom...*

A blast suddenly brought Athan out of his reverie as he looked in the front and saw a big ship.

This ship looked like a pirate ship, but it had wings and a larger and wider base than a pirate ship. It had fans instead of sails.

Athan boarded the ship, and its material felt very tough to him, ' I doubt I would make a dent even if I use my full physical strength. '

The ship was seventy meters long and fifty meters wide. There were on the surface/top floor, and there were many rooms and a hall inside the ship. It looked beautiful with its colorful design, mostly silver, light green, and black.

' This is a different ship than the one from which everyone arrived here. '

Ayurin looked at everyone before saying, " You can stay here or below two floors to take a rest. We will need a month and ten days to return to Gelamix Town. "

After saying that, She walked towards the front controller room of the ship.

Everyone scattered while Aruced talked something to his parents as they walked towards the door leading the below floors while he started walking towards Athan.

Chapter 349 - Returning-2

On the ship's second floor, Athan, Celesti, Sen, Erina, Shish, and Arcued were sitting in a large room.

There were ten small square mattresses in this large room, and Athan and others were sitting on them.

Each mattress was just enough for one person to sit on and had considerable distance between each mattress in this large room.

Obviously, These mattresses were not simple, and they had the function of powering up the Maelstrom of chaos and calming the mind to aid them in training.

But Athan was not feeling any boost in his Chaos Grinder that was already powerful and unique enough that it could produce chaos force instantly, unlike normal people.

Currently, Beside Athan, who had closed his eyes and was training, Other people were talking.

Sen looked at Arcued with a doubtful expression and said, " I could understand that Athan became one of the winners, but how did you become one? Either you hid your power, or you are very lucky and intelligent. "

Hearing her, Other also cast doubtful glances at Arcued, who became sheepish and had an awkward smile on his face. He coughed and composed himself before making himself look imposing and said seriously, " You should not judge a book by its cover. "

" Humph, I am not judging a book by its cover but after reading its pages. Arcued Vanlis, I have looked into everyone who was in the top 30, and you-"

" Fine, fine, fine! " Arcued interrupted her and raised both of his hands, " I met Athan, and we worked together to survive the perilous situations. "

Hearing that, Celesti chimed in, " So you won thanks to Athan? "

Arcued became awkward again but nodded with an honest expression, " To be honest, That's true. I think Athan would have survived just fine without me, but it was thanks to him that I became one of the winners. "

" By the way, Why are you not disappointed about losing, Sister Sen? "

Shish curiously asked because he felt that, unlike his sister and Erica, who were clearly disappointed about not winning, Sen exuded a carefree aura and didn't seem sad at all.

Sen chuckled before saying, " Do you remember those six people besides the Envoy who were sitting on the floating chair at the tournament avenue? "

Others nodded as they remembered them.

" Those six people were organizers of the usual Penta Regional Tournament, and they have big backgrounds and are powerful themselves. Those six got special privileges from the Envoy as they can recommend any person to get the entry ticket, which is the black card. And...My master has close ties with one of them. "

After saying this, A black card appeared in her hand that was similar to what Athan and Aruced had.

Seeing it, Others nodded in understanding. Athan was also paying attention to the talk and thought, ' So that's why she didn't seem disappointed about losing. Instead, She was smiling when I looked at her. '

Athan then turned his attention back into his void region, where tons of things were put together.

He and Arcued killed quite a few participants because their tactics were assassinating, and he would always one-shot them with his abyssal darkness mixed with other powers.

Some people with sharp senses would instantly escape using the mark of the order.

Naturally, After the tournament was over and everyone came out from the chaos phenom dimension, The mark of the order disappeared.

Athan first counted his total low-grade chaos stones that amounted to 198,000, including the 100,000 he got from the tournament reward.

Not many people had low-grade chaos stones in their storage ring, and many times, He could not secure the storage ring since the abyssal darkness would also destroy it into nothingness.

Some of those who were hit by abyssal darkness would turn mad for a brief moment or run, so it was hard to retrieve the storage ring by cutting their hands.

A few dangerous situations included ambush on them by others. After all, Arcued's order technique of hiding was not full proof as some people had good detection ability.

Arcued was fatally injured, and he too was injured a few times after surviving those ambush, but the pills saved them.

' I'll separate pills, scrolls, and equipments in three different storage rings. From what I remember, there is a big auction in Gelamix town, and it would be the best place to sell these things. I can also take a look and see if there are some interesting things worth buying there. '

He felt that the things he gathered should get him a good amount of low-grade chaos stones, and he can use these to buy some things in the auction.

After arranging things inside his void region, He looked at the things which he had yet to store in any storage ring. Anyway, He was not planning to put them in storage in the future because they were special.

These special things were three fruits and nine weapons with their respective weapon order technique slates.

' I forgot to mention this to Tealery. Since she used a long knife, so she should be a sword user, right? '

Athan thought but then decided to ask her right now.

' Hmmm, She shouldn't be far away, so I should be able to contact her through her contact card. '

Athan opened his eyes and took a contact card before infusing chaos force in it.

Sen and others noticed this and became curious.

" Athan? "

A girly voice came from the card that others could hear since they became silent.

Athan ignored others and spoke, " What type of weapon do you prefer to use? "

" Why are you asking this? "

" Just tell me. "

" Hmmm...I prefer swords and bows. "

Athan slightly frowned hearing that and was just about to ask which one she prefers more but didn't ask after thinking about something. " Alright. Goodbye and see you at the Testing grounds in five years. "

After saying that, Athan stopped infusing chaos essence in the card and put it back before closing his eyes.

Seeing that Athan left them hanging with their curiosity and just closed his eyes, Sen and others were speechless.

" That's it, Athan? Who was she? "

Chapter 350 - Dawn-Break Fruit

" Hey, Arcued. You seem to know about this girl. What's the deal about her and weapons? "

Celesti asked after seeing the expression of Arcued when Athan was talking to the girl using a contact card.

Sen nodded thoughtfully and said, " The only place that Athan must have met her is in this tournament's Chaos phenom dimension, and since you were with Athan inside, you should know about her. "

Arcued smiled wryly but shook his head, " I can't say anything. " He glanced at Athan after saying that, Indicating that without Athan's permission, he can't say anything.

Athan internally sighed since he was hearing them and thought, ' But it should be a good chance to know about the fruits I got. '

He opened his eyes and looked at Sen before saying, " Can you call your master here? "

Sen raised her brows and nodded before taking out the contact card and speaking something.

Before speaking, She waved her hand to create a field of chaos force around her. Due to that, nobody could hear what she was saying.

Seeing that, Athan was surprised, ' So you can do that? Wait...I remember Yone doing that too. '

After a few moments, Sen stood up and said, " Let's go to master's place. Your relatives are also there. You can ask whatever you want there. "

Athan nodded, ' So Drizzly is also there? That's better. I was going to call her too. '

" Ohh...Arcued. You can just stay here and train. We will be back soon. "

Arcued was going to stand up but hearing what Sen said, he was stunned and sat back down.

' She is taking revenge for not telling her about Tealery. Forget it. I'll just train here. Unlike Athan, who should have no problem reaching target early, and Tealery, who is already a high-stage Master Order Elite ( High-stage Tier-3 order base ), I am still a middle-stage Adept order elite ( Middle-stage Tier-2 order base ) and will need to work hard if I want to break through and reach Orderic Catastrophe in five years. '

And so, He sat down crossed-legged and closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Athan internally nodded before all of them left the room.

...

Everyone followed Sen as they entered a room.

Inside the room, There were three people, Ayurin, Drizzly, and Roselin.

" So? What's the matter, Athan? Sen told me that you wanted to ask something? "

Athan nodded and took out a fist-sized fruit.

Seeing the fruit, Roselin and Drizzly revealed confused expressions but were still surprised. On the other hand, Ayurin had a slightly shocked expression.

At this time, Athan said, " I want to know about this fruit. "

Ayurin waved her hand as she attracted the fruit towards her to look at it carefully and spoke, " This fruit...It's a Dawn Break fruit: A mystical fruit that can greatly aid you in your body training. It only works one time and will not have an effect on you if you eat second fruit. "

She then waved her hand and gave the fruit back to Athan before smiling, " You are lucky to have gotten this fruit. It will aid you for a long time. You can eat it right now, and its energy will be stored inside you. Whenever you train in the body order method, Its energy will be consumed to help you progress. "

" Oh...So it's like meta-aerodite pool's power. " Athan looked at the fruit with a pleasantly surprised expression and nodded before eating it whole in a few bites.

After eating it, Athan felt a sparkling orange-colored energy gathering inside his void region before surrounding his body core.

It didn't enter his body core because he had yet to comprehend and grasp the final level order of the Harmony of Giant order method. So, his subconsciousness was not training.

He also needed to comprehend the final level order of the Aegis Starwood order method to continue his training in it. After all, He couldn't sit at one place and train while in the tournament due to the dangerous atmosphere of chaos phenom dimension.

" Do you have more of such fruits, Athan? I am willing to buy one for Sen. The market price of this fruit is 300 mid-grade chaos stones. It's quite a lot. "

Right after Ayurin finished speaking this, Drizzly transmitted her voice to Athan's ears, " Mid-grade chaos stones are way more valuable than low-grade chaos stones. Their value can't be compared at all. You also need them in Orderic Catasphrop to progress faster. Even I only have two hundred mid-grade chaos stones in my pocket.

But...you can likely get more value if you sell them in the auction. So, if you have more than one of those fruits, Sell only one. Master Ayurin is, after all, more powerful than the strongest person in our region, and earning her slight favor is worth more than whatever extra mid-grade chaos stones. "

Athan internally nodded. Even though he can get more price of fruit in an auction, It would not be a bad deal to sell it to Ayurin. She was also likely getting it for Sen.

At this time, Ayurin once again spoke with a smile, " Let me tell you why this fruit is so valuable. " After saying that, She took out a silver plate and told Athan to punch it so check his current body strength.

Athan nodded and punched the silver plate as orange clouds gathered and materialized into an orange flower with three petals.

" Your current body strength is Orange realm 3rd-step. Now listen, By the time you entirely use up the fruit's power, Your body strength will be somewhere at the near end of the Blue realm. That's how miraculous this fruit is. "

Hearing this, Everyone was shocked, and Drizzly and Roselin thought, ' No wonder the price of this fruit is in mid-grade chaos stones. '

" So? If you have an extra fruit, I am willing to buy it for 300 mid-grade chaos stones. "

Without wasting time on words, Athan directly took out a Dawn Break fruit and threw it towards Sen.

Ayurin nodded with a smile and said, " Alright. Now, you can forget about the mid-grade chaos stone. "

" Huh? "

" Ehhhh? "

" What? "

Even Athan couldn't help but remember a slang from his past life, ' Nani?! '

Ayurin chuckled seeing their reactions, and threw a storage pouch at Athan.