The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan then looked at Tiana and asked, " Do you know anything about such fruits? "

Tiana shook her head and said, "I have read about various types of Natural treasures but I have never read about a tree that could produce fruits of different elements. "

Hearing that, He nodded and went inside the pond to pick up the Water element fruit.

After taking a close look at the fruit, Athon was astonished because the fruit was not damaged and it was merely releasing energy from its sprout point.

He then returned to Tiana's side and said, " I'll take a bite first and If the energy is not too violent then I'll let you take a bite. "

Just as he going to take a bite, he remembered that the black whirlpool only needs a few high-grade water crystals worth of essence energy then it will also release water-type strange energy to refine his body before forming a crystal of it.

As he looked after enhancing his eyes with psychic energy, He noticed that the black whirlpool was indeed absorbing the Water essence energy from the fruit's sprout point.

' It will roughly take an hour if I do not speed up the process, let's just wait, I don't want to sleep for 4 plus hours right now. '

Tiana was confused as to why Athan did not bit on the fruit after saying that he was going to take a bite, and she was about to ask what is the problem when Athan said to her, " I need to wait for an hour before taking a bite. "

Tiana asked confusedly, " Why you need to wait for an hour? "

Athan shook his head and said, " You will understand why after an hour, and remember DO NOT PANIC, whatever that will happen to me after an hour is very normal for me, and I have experienced that before more than one time, so don't panic and stay calm. "

Tiana got even more confused but she did not ask further as Athan said that she will understand after an hour.

So they just explored the cave for 30 minutes and after finding nothing else they just sat down and stared at the tree.

After 20 minutes, Athan suddenly felt the strange energy coming inside his body.

' It's time...'

He then looked at Tiana and said seriously, " It will start in a minute, remember don't worry and do not panic, Nothing will happen to me. "

After that, he pulled out a cloth from his Storage ring and put it between his teeth.

Tiana was confused but she still nodded and said, " I understand. "

After a minute, The black whirlpool finished releasing the strange water energy and the process of torment began inside Athan's body.

The strange water energy started wreaking havoc inside every part of Athan's body as Athan's body started glowing with a blue hue everywhere.

His teeth were clenched against the cloth as he laid there paralyzed.

Seeing this state of Athan, Tiana was so shocked that she could not help but release a scream of fright.

She then calmed down as she remembered what Athan said before and looked at Athan carefully.

From his expression and his body's current state, she could see that Athan was experiencing tremendous pain.

' He has experienced this more than one time? I can't believe he lived through it. '

...

10 minutes soon passed as after refining his body, The Energy gathered inside his Psychic Realm and formed into a Blue colored crystal.

Athan slowly stood up as he said with a smile, " This time it was not as painful as before, it's just I can't move when the energy is refining my body. "

Tiana heard him and said with a surprised expression, " You were refining your body? I've never seen someone refining their body like this. "

Athan just nodded hearing her and then said, " Alright, I'll take a bite now. " Saying this, He took a small bite.

Instantly a huge amount of Water energy violently gushed inside his body and arrived inside his Energy Realm.

Just a single bite and his Water Elemental sea instantly formed, The most shocking thing was the size of This Water Elemental Sea, It was a big as a bucket.

The Water Crystal also arrived on top of it and started spinning as it absorbed the gaseous water energy gradually.

After checking things, He gave the fruit to Tiana and said, " The Energy felt violent to me when it entered inside so Just take a very small bite first. "

Tiana nodded as she grabbed the fruit and took a very small bite.

But her face changed instantly the fruit fell from her hand and hurriedly sat down cross-legged.

" What happened? " Athan was confused as he looked at Tiana whose body was trembling.

Tiana very much wanted to beat Athan because the energy was not just violent but it was practically raging and the amount was way too big even in such a small bite, she felt like she will explode anytime.

" H-help..."

Hearing the voice, Athan understood that even a small bite of the fruit turned out to be too much for her.

He hurriedly appeared behind her back and touched her back as he sent his Psychic Energy inside to check the situation.

Since Tiana didn't have yet to open her Psychic Realm, Athan only saw her Energy Realm, and he became speechless seeing it.

Because Her Energy Realm was very small, It only contained enough space for her bucket sized Lightning and Water elemental seas, But right now her Water Elemental Sea was overflowing as the water-energy spread outside and clashed with the lightning energy in the Lightning Elemental Sea, the reason was obviously the small bite she took.

He then hurriedly transferred the overflowing water energy from her Energy Realm to his Energy Realm.

Of course, he only took overflowing water gaseous energy, and then as he looked for a few more minutes, he saw that her Energy Realm was slowly expanding as her Water Elemental Sea slowly assimilated the water energy from the fruit.

Seeing this Athan understood, ' so this is how they expand their elemental seas and Elementa Realm, I had the advantage on that because my Energy Realm is big from the start, but looks like other people need to gradually absorb the energy and expand their Elemental Sea which then increases the size of their Energy Realm. '

After checking that her situation was stabilized, Athan retracted his psychic energy and picked up the fruit, and started eating after cleaning it with the pond water.

Athan felt a violent rush inside his body as a gigantic amount of Water energy entered his Energy Realm.

After finishing eating the fruit, Athan was dumbfounded seeing the size of his Water Elemental Sea.

It became as big as a swimming pool, The crystal above it also spun faster automatically, possibly due to the huge amount of Water Gaseous energy.

He then looked at other fruits on the tree with excitement as he muttered, " There are still 5 other fruits, looks like this trip here is very worth it, I'll see who dares to come to hunt me after I finish eating all these fruits. "

But Just as Athan was looking at the tree, he started feeling something...mysterious.

That mysterious feeling came and went, He tried to once again look at the tree the feel it once more but failed.

Just as he thought that he was just imagining things, That feeling came once again.

This time Athan noticed that when he looked at the pond, He could constantly feel that mysterious thing.

It was coming and going, like some fleeting and ethereal thing.

Athan concentrated intently at the pond but after a while, he stopped feeling the mysterious thing.

Athan once again looked at the pond to capture that mysterious feeling, but this time he completely failed to sense it.

(A/N: Umm it will reveal later what is Athan feeling, altho I have given hint in a chapter, anyway don't think too much if you can't understand as you will find out in the future.)

Confused Athan muttered, " What the heck is going on? "