The Tale of the Void Emperor

  There were six people far away from each other, standing on different floating stones, attacking the Ruler of Labyrinth, the Kinkou Mountain God.

*BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....**BOOOOOOOOM....*

Athan suddenly saw a salvo of big missiles as they blasted at the Ruler of Labyrinth, covering its upper half body into smoke.

The shockwaves of those blasts spread in all directions for kilometers.

"Woah," Athan was surprised as he looked at the being who released that attack. He was three kilometers to his left and almost looked like Optimus Prime, the mecha robot but bigger and more advanced.

There were five drones hovering around that being, and they were also releasing attacks.

Five more people were attacking the Ruler of Labyrinth from afar with their pets on different stone platforms.

"Everyone, start raining down your strongest, most offensive attacks," Athan said as he loaded himself to full with 20 Abyssal Blood Crystals and started shooting Magnum Aracane Bullets.

The bullets were fast, precise, and were best for damage per second.

"Athan, this is the contribution list," Nina showed the scroll.

[Contribution Ranking]

-Tronskar: 9,471

-Klailel: 9,453

-Shuhi: 9,364 

-Lopaz: 9,221

-Houni: 9,220

-Orcale: 8,350

-Athan: 1,452

Athan glanced at the contribution list while attacking, and all numbers were increasing every second.

"WE WILL TAKE FIRST RANK," Taezin shouted as it roared loudly and became a one-kilometer big monkey.

It rode on the cloud crackling with heavenly lightning and flew towards the Ruler of Labyrinth.

"Be careful!" Athan shouted with a frown.

"Nyaa! Don't worry, Master," Primo grinned as it also transformed and became a giant cat with lapis blue and black fur with mystical blue eyes and tail.

"We will show you our full power, albeit we are still suppressed within Anarchy plane by that woman," Primo said before the big cat also flew towards the Ruler of Labyrinth.

"Master, I have an idea," Pixilote said something as a glint passed through her eyes, "I will distract other people here with my dream power and reduce their firepower."

"Hahaha, Alright," Athan said as he laughed loudly, "since you are all serious, then we will definitely have to take first place."

Athan continuously released Magnum Arcane Bullets from his fingers and consumed Abyssal Blood Crystals every second.

Taezin loudly roared as it stopped one kilometer away from the Ruler of Labyrinth and swept its now giant bo staff before shouting, "Heaven's Trampling!"

The Bo Staff glowed intensely with a multi-color glow, and lightning wrapped around it as it hit the Ruler of Labyrinth's giant head with a bang.

*ROARRRR...*

But that was not all; after Taezin hit his bo staff, he shortened the Bo Staff in an instant and arrived in front of the Ruler of Labyrinth's head before jumping on his bo staff and flying on top of the Kinkou Mountain God.

"TRUE HEAVENLY TRAMPLING"

A giant five-kilometer avatar of a monkey appeared behind Taezin before Taezin put his palm downward and descended.

A giant multi-colored palm hit materialized as it squarely hit the Lord of Labyrinth.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....*

Instantly, the contribution of Athan increased by 10,000.

*ROARRRRR..*

The Ruler of Labyrinth roared angrily as powerful glowing rocky shards shot towards exhausted Taezin.

At that moment, Primo opened two portals, one beside Athan and another beside Taezin.

Primo controlled the space matrix portal and moved it to put Taezin in it before that dangerous attack of Kinkou Mountain God could hit him as Taezin appeared beside Athan with an exhausted face.

"Good job," Athan said as he patted Taezin, who had turned miniature again, "get some rest before joining the battle again."

Taezin nodded before entering inside the void region.

On the other hand, Primo was attacking with his space matrix blades by waving his lapis blue cat claws from far after saving Taezin.

Athan was still only using one technique: Magnum Arcane Bullets.

Suddenly, The Ruler of Labyrinth glowed brightly and conjured a golden sparkling dome around his upper-half body before...

*SHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....*

The dome expanded and shot in all directions at a fast speed.

Everyone became serious as this large-scale attack was very powerful.

Athan also stopped attacking and conjured Void's Sanctuary with all of his ABC energy, which was 20 ABC energy since he always kept 20 ABC worth of energy running in his body.

Athan was going to lose a lot of Abyssal Blood Crystals, but he didn't care as he wanted 1st place. Unlike other people, who had to recover themselves, Athan would continue attacking by consuming his Abyssal Blood Crystals.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM...*

Primo and Pixilote had entered inside the barrier as well before the attack arrived and hit the barrier with a bang!

Right when the attack made contact with the barrier, a loud blast occurred as Athan was pushed back, but the barrier didn't break.

"Continue!" Athan shouted as he continued his attack. Primo and Pixilote nodded as they continued releasing their techniques.

Suddenly, two missiles shot toward Athan, causing his face to change as he hurriedly conjured Void Sanctuary again.

"Primo and Pixilote, you focus on redirecting their attacks and defend me," Athan said as he wanted to focus on attacking.

"Roger!"

...

After a minute, two people arrived as they joined in the fight and started attacking.

The Ruler of Labyrinth was releasing attacks toward people one by one, and occasionally he would release a large AOE technique to attack everyone.

Just like this, ten minutes passed, and by now, Athan was left with 470 Abyssal Blood Crystals in his void Crux.

He was at the top rank in the contribution ranking, with the difference between him and the 2nd rank being 30,670 points.

Unlike others, Athan was continuously attacking without taking even a single second's rest. His energy system was different from others as he stored up Abyssal Blood Crystals. He had to create his unique energy in the form of Abyssal Blood Crystals to execute his techniques, while others used Outrious Potency as a medium to execute their techniques.

Many people had also arrived already, but after seeing the contribution ranking, they were shocked speechless. 

After getting a big difference in score between himself and the 2nd rank person, Athan decided to slow down on his consumption of Abyssal Blood Crystals.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM....*

Finally, after five minutes and consuming another 138 Abyssal Blood Crystals, the Ruler of Labyrinth turned into motes.

"Damn, now I am left with 332 Abyssal Blood Crystals," Athan muttered before he looked at a golden palace forming in the sky, "the rewards better be worth it."

The palace formed after a minute and everyone was surrounded by individual golden barriers.

After a second, a path appeared in front of Athan that led towards the palace.

"Congratulations, Athan," Nina said with a smile, "since you ranked first, you will get the best rewards. Walk on this path and enter the palace."

Athan saw that other people were all looking at him enviously and they didn't have a path leading to the palace. 

"After you get the reward from the palace and come out, there will be a 2nd rank person's turn," Nina said, "I won't be able to come with you but I suggest that you pick the grand reward carefully."

'Picking rewards? So I will get options?' Athan thought before he nodded before he started walking on the golden path and soon arrived in front of the palace doors.