The Tale of the Void Emperor

[A/N: Read the ending of chapter 712 In case you haven't read the extra paragraphs I added in It after several minutes of publishing it that day.]

Athan looked around the Plaza and those six giant boards, which displayed the six districts. After a moment, he started walking towards the Arena district.

After he entered through a portal, he arrived in a nightly land filled with shiny stars. This land was filled with artificial crystal lights that lit up everything. There were various types of stadiums with different sizes spread here.

However, there was a large tower a few hundred meters deep in this land that towered over all buildings.

[Skybreath Tower]

There were boards around the tower that had written that this tower had opened its new season's ten challenges and all people at Atomix-stage and Epic-stage were welcome to participate by paying some fees.

The fees of entry were 50,000 rare-tier Etons for Atomix-stage and 50,000-epic tier Etons for Epic-stage powerhouses.

The 2nd stage of challenges had already started, but people could still participate in the challenges. After a month, this challenging season will close down, and a new tournament will begin for the top 32 people with the highest score in the ten challenges.

Athan felt that the tower must also have the most people since it was that big, 'perfect for what I need right now.'

What Athan needed now was to broaden his horizons on the powers of this world, powers wielded by powerful people of Orchos Firmament. So he can absorb that knowledge and use it for himself in his way.

He started walking towards the tower and arrived at the entrance after a while.

There was a line of people entering inside at the four entrances of the tower.

Athan stood in the line, and after ten minutes, his turn arrived as the guards blocked the path and asked, "participant or audience?"

"Audience," Athan replied and gave the guard his card.

The guard nodded and swiped the card on a metal tablet with blue patterns before giving the card back to Athan along with a rectangle pass that was produced from the tablet.

Athan took the card and the pass before the guard opened the way for him to the tower entrance.

As expected, the internal structure of the tower was even bigger. The outside of the tower was large; the inside was even larger!

There was a giant stadium in the middle, and people were everywhere around the stadium. The stadium was actually a large bubble, and it displayed a scene from another place.

There were four bars at four sides as well as people were enjoying drinking while watching the challenges.

There were four elevators as well, and people could go up to 200 floors.

Athan looked at this lively but grand scene as his lips curved into a smile, "A lot to absorb, I see."

...

One year.

Athan spent a whole year inside that tower. All he did this year was to watch all challenges and battles closely.

The challenges were about defeating powerful creatures and completing tasks, so people watched them through a giant bubble in the stadiums.

However, the battles between people happened inside the stadium in the flesh with a thin barrier covering the stadium.

Athan stayed all the time on the 200th floor since it was the biggest, and he could watch multiple fights here since there were ten stadiums here. However, he was actually watching hundreds of fights at the same time while always staying on the 200th floor of this tower.

Several tiny eyes with wings were hidden on each floor of this tower. They were the Ocular-voidlings that Athan created after arriving here. He put some on each floor as he climbed the floors in a few days and arrived at the top floor.

Today was the last day of Athan's stay in this tower as he had decided to leave today.

He walked towards the bar and sat down on a stool.

"Sup, Athan. What do you want today?" The bartender asked with a smile.

"Stop it, already. Aren't you two fed up doing this every day?" A man in his late twenties arrived at the bar and sat down on a stool as he spoke while shaking his head, "it's the same as always."

This man in his late twenties was a devilish person from a powerful Devil Empire. His name was Yokan Thornal. He was slim, tall, and looked handsome with mixed dark silver and red hair.

"Give me anything you prefer, but different than what I had before," Athan answered the bartender Joe's question, which was the same answer he always gave.

"Alright," the bartender grinned before he looked at Yokan, "this process of asking is important for me, hahaha."

Athan was looking at multiple stadium's fights through hundreds of windows in his mind.

"When are you going to participate, Athan?" Yokan asked after he ordered his drink as well, "I've been only here for two months, but Joe told me that you were here for a year now but still haven't participated?"

"It's ready, Athan. A special one today as well," Joe said as he mixed up a bubbling drink for Athan. It was light red with literal sparks of black and white occurring in the glass every second.

"Thanks," Athan said as he took the glass and took a sip before nodding his head, "good."

He then turned to Yokan and spoke with a faint smile, "I've been participating in every single fight here since I arrived."

Yokan shook his head with a wry smile, "whatever."

"I saw your fight as well," Athan continued with a sip from the glass, "too bad you lost against 3rd rank. That guy really had a tricky illusionary skill."

Yokan was startled, "but you were not on the 43rd floor at that time! How did you know?"

"Secret," Atan said with a grin as he emptied the glass in one go before saying, "also, I am leaving today."

"Oh? Haha, too bad I wouldn't get to see your power, Athan," Joe, the bartender, said as he laughed wryly.

"You might in the future," Athan shrugged slightly with a smile. He then turned to Yokan and grinned, "by the way, you are coming with me as well."

Hearing that, Yokan was startled.