The Tale of the Void Emperor

The orb hit the mountain's outer part, but...it did nothing.

"What?! It's just passing through it...," Yokan spoke with a speechless expression.

The orb shredded the disastrous mountain's energy crust and simply continued forward as it entered inside the mountain like a knight cutting through the water.

"it looks like that intense energy of that mountain was not enough to trigger the explosion of the orb," Athan spoke with a wry smile before he snapped his finger, "it should explode...now."

When Athan said that, Yokan focused on the mountain and in the next second...

After a brief moment of stillness...

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*

A loud explosion resounded as five hundred meters big giant hole was created in the middle of the mountain. That hole suddenly increased to become five hundred kilometers big with a loud blast and entirely separated the thousand-kilometer tall mountain.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM...*

*THAAAADAK THAAAAAAADAK....DHOOOOOOOOOOOOM....*

Destruction and Disaster.

The entire mountain was destroyed after two seconds, with only its debris left in existence.

At this moment, several powerful auras suddenly appeared at that mountain as they saw the sight of destruction.

"Mhmmm...," Athan nodded before he turned to Yokan and asked, "how powerful was that? I mean, what level of existence is capable of displaying attack power like that?"

Yokan was dumbfounded with his mouth agape as he looked at the empty space where once there was a thousand kilometers tall mountain.

"T-that...that's the power of cosmic-disaster powerhouse at his full strength," Yokan spoke with a shocked expression before turning to Athan, "brother Athan...you, are you a cosmic-disaster powerhouse?"

Athan was surprised, 'cosmic-disaster at this weakly handled energy? then what would be my true power like when I increase my soul's power and match it to its current high-quality by devouring other soul and...when I refine and strengthen my current body to match the power-level of the soul?'

Athan didn't know how powerful he would be at that point. Furthermore, Yokan didn't know the true power of AVOF, especially the quality of offensive power that abyssal darkness was. After all, it couldn't be measured just by that orb that destroyed the thousand-kilometer-tall mountain.

"Come on, we continue on our way," Athan said to Yokan, "lead me to the best place filled with powerful energy sources; no matter how powerful those energies are, I will take them all."

...

"Who attacked the mountain?"

"I sensed a presence over there, but it was of an Epic-powerhouse. he doesn't have the strength to destroy this mountain."

"That powerhouse was at least Cosmic-disaster because the barrier I created here to mature my plant is destroyed. That barrier at the strength to defend against natural-disaster and cosmic-disaster beasts that occasionally appear here."

"A figure at cosmic-disaster can't be unknown. Or maybe that being came from another devil realm?"

"Anyway, try to find that person because he destroyed my valuable plant along with that mountain. Humph, he has to pay for the damage he did here."

"Indeed. I was also cultivating a set of plants from this mountain's energy, and I even used my resources to mutate that plant."

"Ask in the surrounding cities and find him. Also, you catch that Epic powerhouse and ask him. He was here before us, so he should know who did that."

"Alright."

The two legendary powerhouses returned while the other four powerhouses at cosmic-disaster flew in different directions.

One of them followed in the direction where he sensed that Epic-powerhouse's presence going in and flew towards that direction.

...

Athan and Yakum were flying side by side at stable speed while talking.

"You got it, right? That place will be filled with other people with powerful backgrounds so let's not attract trouble to us," Yokan said as he explained to Athan about their destination place.

"I got it, but don't you also have a powerful background?" Athan asked with doubt, "you said before that your clan has Legendary powerhouses. Those two high-positioned guides also recognized you."

"Eh...hehe," Yokan gave a silly laugh before he did a fake cough and spoke, "There are indeed two legendary powerhouses in my clan. However, one of them is close to dying because of a soul injury that is unrecoverable unless a peak legendary expert helps him. That person is my great-great-grandfather. While the second powerhouse is my grandfather, he is just at the start of his Legendary path."

"How strong is your great-great-grandfather?"

"He is at the 2nd patch of Legendary stage. The peak legendary powerhouses are called Forever Etched Legendaries, just like that city lord Nukkil," Yokan said with a wry smile.

Athan nodded before he suddenly frowned and stopped flying, "It looks like we have an uninvited company."

Yokan paused and returned beside Athan and looked back like him with doubt, "who? I don't sense anyone."

However, his expression changed after a second as he saw a person flying towards them with a powerful aura.

Seeing the aura, Athan internally thought, 'the aura of that person is the same as those two guards.'

A man arrived and stopped in front of Athan and Yokan one hundred meters away with a frown.

'How come I can't sense that person despite him being in front of my eyes? Was he always together with that brat at Epic stage?'

"What's the matter, senior?" Yokan asked politely.

The man who looked to be in his forties and with a bald head with four demonic horns looked at Yokan and Athan for a few moments before deciding to ask the quest first, "do you know who destroyed that mountain?"

"Oh, that mountain?" Yokan asked and nodded, "I was there when it was destroyed, but I don't know who did that."

"Hmmm...," the middle-aged man narrowed his eyes as they gleamed with a slight white brilliance for a second. After that, he shook his head and exploded with power as his body got covered in the dark green and dark red aura, "you can't lie to me, kid. Honestly, tell me who did that."

"Sigh...I really didn't want to use another Abyssal Blood Crystal and waste it," Athan sighed and shook his head while muttering.

*Ziiiiiing....*