The Tale of the Void Emperor
chapter-136

Rehan looked at Athan and said with a smile, " Although we don't have anything to gain from this contract. We will let you accompany us since we are members of the same race. "

Boji also nodded with a relucent expression as if Rehan barely convinced him.

On the other side, Athan and others showed them happy and relieved expressions after seeing that they agreed to the contract.

Athan nodded with a grateful smile and said, " Let's form the contract. "

Afterward, Both parties formed a soul-bound contract that; Athan and the party can accompany them while staying 10 meters distance away, and Rehan and Boji will not help them if someone targets them or attack them. Rehan and Boji are not allowed to bear any ill intentions towards Athan and the party, Nor are they allowed to command them to do something or force them to do anything against their will. They are also not allowed to set up Athan and the party in any trap or attack them indirectly.

Rehan nodded and said, " Done. " Though he also telepathically talked with Boji, ' Don't worry about the details of the contract and stop thinking ill intention towards them. We will not do anything to them but still get what we want because it's not like they can stay safe all the time. Since the contract include that we won't help them, then we won't, and after they are killed by others people, beasts, or in a trial, we can just take those items. '

' But what about their escape means? They seem to have another item that allowed them to teleport previously, and we couldn't even sense anything. '

Rehan internally sneered as he replied, ' Such a great item can't be used repeatedly. They will certainly get into danger someday and die because of their lower plane strength. '

Boji gave a thumbs up inside his heart, hearing that.

On the other hand, Athan faintly smiled and said, " Since our contract is now in effect. Let's begin our journey. "

Rehan looked at Athan and said with a kind smile like that of a senior and laughed, " Hahaha, Let's go. It's gratifying to see the younger generation getting stronger and having such mysterious means. Let's go now and head towards the deeper regions. We have to participate in trials. After all, That's why we are all here. "

Athan also laughed and nodded in agreement as They all started moving.

...

After moving for five hours, They finally left the desolate area as greenery started to appear.

Shortly after traveling in this new region, They encountered their first Magical beast.

*RAWRRRRRR*

...

They could see a hundred-meter-tall bear wearing armor running towards them from 900 meters away.

The bear's armor had red and brown patterns while its claws shone with a deadly gleam of crimson.

Rehan and Boji could deal with the beast, but they didn't move, and Athan, Mike, and others also stopped as they received Athan's message.

Athan looked at them and said with a smile, " Seniors, You can deal with the beast, right? "

Boji snorted first and then said with a grin, " Of course we can, But we have to see the target of that bear first. if It attacks us, we will deal with it, But if it attacks you guys, we won't help you according to the contract. "

" Oh..." Athan opened his mouth in a faked, shocked expression while Mike and others just smiled.

Athan then smiled and said, " Alright then, We'll leave the beast to you, and We'll resume our journey after you defeat it. "

With a confused expression, Rehan was going to ask, " What do you me- " But before he could finish his sentence, He saw Athan and others waving their hands towards them and disappeared.

" Bye-bye. "..." good luck, seniors, "...

Both of their jaws dropped before Boji's face turned red as he shouted, " WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY BYE-BYE? "

*RAWRRRRRRRR*

The bear speed was not that slow, so it arrived near them in a few seconds as its claws shone with red light before a magmatic spike released from its claw, and with a swoosh sound, It tore through the air before hitting the dark Blue wall formed by Rehan.

" BOJI, Focus on killing this beast first. " Rehan shouted as dark blue chains appeared out of nowhere before binding the bear, but the bear's whole body shone with red and brown color as the chains broke apart.

*RAWRRRR...*

The beard opened its mouth before releasing several balls of red-brown orbs from its mouth.

Baji cursed internally as he also joined the fray to kill the bear.

...

" Hahaha, Their plan was quite good, but they must not have expected that we have this special space to escape whenever we can."

Everyone smiled as Athan's plan worked, and he successfully fooled them.

Actually, Athan had deliberately told them to show their Geno Art after they all came out and faced Rehan and Boji for a talk.

Since Geno Art looked like special items, They would definitely be greedy, but Athan also chose to form the contract carefully such that they wouldn't be able to harm them directly or indirectly.

So the way to kill Athan and others was to use external factors such as beasts and members of other races. Athan also threw a bait in the contract that both Rehan and Baji won't need to help them and even stay 10 meters away.

Rehan's fatal mistake was to believe that Athan and others' teleportation was due to an Artifact, and he believed it should have limitations, but alas, He was wrong.

This is how they successfully procured a guide to the deeper region as even if they stayed 10 meters away, those who are moving alone or in pairs would not attack Athan and his party, which was what he needed.

' Now we only need to see the so-called Trials in this dimension. ' Athan thought as he and others watched Rehan and Boji killing the giant red-brown armored bear.

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Their fight didn't last long as the bear was no match for Rehan and Boji attacking it together, but it still put up a fierce fight until its death and even injured baji.

Rehan looked at the spot where Athan and others disappeared and said to Boji telepathically, ' Now our only chance to obtain their treasures is if he enters a trial zone or that teleport or whatever he is doing still have a limit like running out of energy or something like that since these brats can't command such a level of teleportation with their Lower Plane's low-quality energy. '

Boji nodded and replied while gritting his teeth, ' Indeed, We can't even sense residual space energy, So the Artifact is most definitely self-sustained and not run by energies of those brats. '

Seeing that their fight has finished, Athan told everyone to stay in the special place this time as he went out alone to meet with the so-called kind seniors.

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Tiana and others nodded as they focused on recovering back their Geno power. Afterward, They would focus on progressing in the Soul Altar Plane...

The Soul Altar Plane have 5 stages.

Stage-1: Birth of Altar Spirits, Creation of Soul Altar ( From vessels of Concept )

Stage-2: Nurturing Altar Spirits [ 1st Level, 2nd Level, 3rd Level ]

Stage-3: Soul Altar Upgrade

Stage-4: Profound Meaning

Stage-5: Merging Profound Meaning with Soul Altar and Spirit.

After they completely nurture an Altar Spirit to the 3rd Level, Their soul is strengthened by a higher power of the universe in acknowledgment of nurturing an independent Life Soul ( 3rd level Altar Spirit ) and will receive an epiphany. The Strengthening of Soul and epiphany is related to the rank of the Altar Spirit they nurtured. This epiphany is used to upgrade the Soul Altar and understand the profound meaning which is mainly used to form a profound domain.

The Rank of Altar Spirit is determined by their core which is the concept. So S rank concept = S rank Atlar spirit and so on.

After completely understanding the Profound meaning and merging it with a Soul Altar and its spirit, They can form a domain and ascend to the Profound Domain Plane.

The maximum Soul Altar Spirits they can hold in their Soul Sea depends on their rank.

3x SSS Rank Altar Spirit

4x SS rank Altar Spirit

5x S Rank Altar Spirit

etc...

Obviously, Three SSS rank Altar Spirits garner the highest amount of Soul Strengthening and best epiphany. But Not all people have good comprehension power, so they can only settle for less. However, it has recently changed due to The new Intent Profound Impartation that was comprehended by An Ancestor Level figure.