The Tale of the Void Emperor

[A/N: If you have yet to vote, then vote for the name of Athan and the group's Faction in the poll. The link is posted in chapter 555's comment section.]

After Tiana, Shiromi, and others were fighting while Athan was watching them with interest.

After the first wave of chaos beasts was killed, the atmosphere suddenly changed.

They appeared in a no gravity zone with stars shooting everywhere.

Chaotic attacks appeared out of nowhere, and everyone was focused on each other's back while also fighting occasional strange chaos beasts that appeared.

This required teamwork and care for everyone as basically, they had to save each other's asses. They hit a few times, which sent a wave of pain to everyone.

Their nerves were stretched to the extreme as they stayed in full focus for eight hours before the atmosphere changed, and they arrived in a hailstorm that was both cold and zippy.

The cold lightning bolts covered with frost sparks were troublesome because although they didn't injure them much, they did freeze them for a moment or two while shocking them with electricity and numbing them.

The effect didn't spread to others if one was hit by it, but they did feel current and cold in their body.

This atmosphere stayed for eight hours as well before it changed.

...

Twenty-four hours passed by in a blink of an eye as nobody broke the link, and they successfully survived for twenty-four hours in the trial.

They were surprised to see many public gatherings on this hill when they came out from a portal that appeared after they survived for twenty-four hours inside.

The Hill Master smiled and said, "Now it's time for the last trial, but it will start after two days. However, you will have to tell us your target so we can inform them. So? What's your target?"

Athan grinned and said, "We will take down the Star-Breaker Hill faction."

Hearing that, people started excitedly talking about it.

The Hill master nodded and said with a smile, "Alright. As you know, it is up to them how they want to fight it out. They might go for full-on war or 1v1 battle, or team battle with fixed members. Whatever their decision is, you have to accept since you are the challenger."

"Got it." Athan noded with a faint smile and said, "Whatever their decision is, it will be the last one since they will be disbanded tomorrow."

After saying that, Athan and others left to take some rest and prepare.

...

The Star-Breaker Hill faction area.

This faction was situated on a mystical hill that is always covered by starry dust.

Although it is called a hill, it is bigger than even some mountains. The ground of his hill changes every eight hours from hot to cold and cold to hot.

There are four palaces and some buildings on this hill with teleportation functions to get fast access to all important locations in the Chaos Monolith Hills.

The atmosphere of this hill has a calming effect on one's mind, and the speed of training in body order will increase as long as they trained while on this hill. This effect only applies until one breakthrough from Atmospheric Body Realm and enters Chaos Body Realm.

At this time, an important meeting was being held in the main palace of this hill's faction, the Star-Breaker hill faction.

The leader, Illias, along with other core members of the Star-Breaker Hill factions, sat at a round table.

There were a total of fifteen core members, including the current leader, Illias.

Illias swept his glance across the hall before saying in a deep voice with his hands joint together while covering his mouth, a pose of seriousness.

"As you know, we are being challenged by Athan and his group. We have one day to decide what type of challenge we will present to them and one day to prepare for it."

"Illias. That brat...I mean, Athan has grown quite a fame, and he could easily gather hundreds of people, but he didn't. Although the limit of full-on war is 500 people on each side, he could easily gather them,

"But...he didn't. So the best way to beat them easily is to choose a full-on war. We will have a numerical advantage and can finish the trial easily."

Illias shook his head and said, "In 500 vs 500, he will have more advantage than us."

Hearing that, everyone was dumbfounded.

"T-this...how is that possible, leader?"

"Yeah, how can he have a higher advantage?"

Illias grimaced as he waved his hand to indicate silence and then spoke, "Did you forget about his voidling-zoids? I have tested them, and they are tough bastards to deal with. If you infuse them with matching chaotic powers on each voidling and use them properly, they can be a pain in the ass."

"Also..., "Illias narrowed his eyes before continuing, "You all didn't forget how he killed Venzar when he was just in orderic catastrophe phase, right? He has some kind of unique power, and if five hundreds of his voidlings get his power, then...we will be wiped out."

"Yes, leader. And to be able to register a faction, He has definitely reached zen order master...huuu, I can't imagine how powerful he has become at this stage."

"On top of that, He is a Runic Artist, and he will surely use Runic Wards that give many benefits in team-type battles and war since they are allowed in them. Now that we think about it, we really don't have any advantage against him in a full-on war challenge."

Illias nodded before saying deeply, "There's something mysterious about him, but...he is only one. I am thinking of doing a 1v1 battle with fixed members. If we choose a 1v1 battle challenge, then according to Chaos Monolith Hill's rules, they need to win more than half of the matches to pass the trial."

Others nodded as they realized that this was the best choice.

"It's fine if one of us lost against him, but all of his other team members have just broken through to Zen order elite. Among fifteen of us, eleven are Zen order masters, while the rest are Zen order grandmasters. They have no chance to win."

Illias nodded, "Also, the voidling-zoids will be allowed to use, but we can put a rule that only two voidling-zoids are used. We all have one set of voidling-zoids as well, so we can also use them. We can use bladeus-voidlings and Blitzzer-voidlings since we don't have to worry about defense."

After saying that, Illias swept his glance across the hall and asked, "Any objection?"

"No!"

"Then it's decided!"