The Tale of the Void Emperor

Athan controlled the shining, dark-red motes and started the real practicing of Framework Art, which was related to " Art. "

He entered into deep meditation and started to capture the comprehension from the shining dark-red motes.

Avelia, Mike, and Qerin didn't need to comprehend anything because, during their internal battle against strange creatures, They got enough knowledge to form the metaphysical arts. Their bodies were also refined while inside the blood pool.

Right now, Tiana, Avelia, Mike, and Qerin were comprehending Rule power, and it was going slowly. They didn't have any impartial intent to help this time because all of their comprehension of Rule power were entirely and fundamentally different, and they can't share them with each other as it would instead hurt them if they tried to do that.

Their speed of comprehending a Rule power was faster than normal people who had never participated in the Roumbra blood war. 

The normal way to comprehend a Rule power was tiresome and very long. Nobody had any idea where to start and how to comprehend a Rule.

So, They would focus and try to comprehend the power they were most familiar with, most comfortable with, and the power they had the most affinity with.

These three above things would generally found in their Erudite Palace because they would definitely have engraved all of their powers, comprehension, intents, concepts, spells, Flowing methods, everything...inside their Erudite Palace. So...With the help of their Erudite Palace, They would sit in meditation and comprehend a Rule power, or some people might even get an epiphany about a Rule power after a tough battle.

But the people of Ruler Plane who were participating in the Roumbra blood war would have a far easier time comprehending a Rule power due to the magic. Many had already comprehended a Rule power, but they could still comprehend another Rule power if they managed to get their hands on Magic like Athan or directly completed Magic cores like Tiana and others.

...

Time passed as after a month; Everyone had made significant progress in their comprehension of the Rule power, but they were still far from comprehending their Rule power to completion.

If they managed to get an epiphany like Athan when he got the second part of the Blood magic, Their speed of comprehending their Rule power would increase, but getting a natural epiphany was not easy.

Right now, Athan was on the verge of comprehending the final Metaphysical Art of Crimson Impaler.

The shining dark-red motes that numbered in thousands initially were left with only a few hundred motes.

Athan's body had also changed during this time.

There were two dark red spikes on his shoulders. His ankles and hands had also changed as there were dark red patterns on them.

After two days, All of the changes on his body disappeared, and Athan opened his eyes.

" Huuuuu...." He took a deep breath before standing up and going towards the backyard.

The backyard was basically the place behind mountain ranges.

After arriving there, Athan stretched both of his hands forwards as five claws appeared from his knuckle part.

" Hmmm...I don't have any target to test new powers. " Athan muttered as he decided to go out. He also needed to kill one more monster for his so-called Blood Mark, which appeared full to him but didn't give him any grand reward, as promised. However, it was most likely because he still needed to kill one more monster.

After going out, He used all four of his Blood magic and even wore the horned crown as he started moving in a random direction with his full speed.

After an hour, He appeared in a very dark and cold region where there were dark crystallized stones and trees.

He continued moving in this region for half an hour before he finally encountered something.

*Crackkk...*

The ground started to crack, and all of the crystalized things started to gather at the place where the cracks spread.

Athan looked at the cracks and muttered, " This process looks similar to how that spider monster appeared. "

But the next second, He was surprised.

*BAAAAANNGGG*

The area where cracks were spreading suddenly blasted in a terrifying radius as a metallic dark beam released to the sky.

*Roarrrrr....*

A roar reverberated as a creature jumped out from the hole and landed with a loud bang to the side.

*Badam...Badam...Badam...Badam*

The beast that appeared was none other than a hundred and fifty-meter giant crystalized gorilla. It had a metallic dark crystalize body and four hands. There were four think and sharp spikes behind his back and a dark metallic crystalized crown on his head.

" Ehh...A Crystalized king kong? " Athan said as he looked at the giant King Kong, " Anyway...I finally found a monster. Let's finish this fast. " Muttering this, Athan dashed towards the black crystalized king kong.

He already had all of his magic activated and wore his horned crown, And before dashing forward, He also used one of his Metaphysical Art from Crimson Impaler, " Crimson Claws. "

The Crystalized king kong roared as he pointed all four of his hands in the direction of Athan. 

*Shua....*

Countless black shining crystals released from all of his hands, but Athan smiled with the fighting spirit inside his eyes and didn't bother to dodge. On the one hand, He knew that he wouldn't be fatally injured, and on the other hand, He wanted to taste the attack power of this crystalized king kong.

He knew that the beasts in this place required several people to defeat, and it was important to dodge their powerful attacks as they could even kill people in one shot.

The crystals hit Athan as his Blood magic: Vindication Covenant started its work of absorbing the impact and boiling his blood as his body became stronger. 

" Hahaha. Good!! " Athan laughed as he wasn't even injured slightly. But the main aspect that mitigated the most damage from the crystals was...The horned crown, Exalted Purple.

The faint aura that always appeared on his body whenever he wore the horned crown was truly the most powerful defensive measure he had.

" Time to taste my attack, Crystal King kong. " Athan grinned at The enraged monster in front of him as he stretched his hand forward and the five claws from each of his hands shot forward towards the crystal king kong at a breakneck speed as they ignored all of the resistance on the way and hit the giant chest of the crystal king kong.

Seeing this, Athan smiled as he snapped his finger, and the claws that were stuck on the chest of the king kong entered inside its body.

*Roarrrrrrr....*

The crystal king kong didn't seem to feel it as it just roared towards Athan as the black crystal crown on top of his head shined.

But Athan suddenly looked behind him as he saw a group of people appearing.

The group also stopped seeing Athan's face but seeing that he was alone; they revealed angry and ferocious expressions.

Athan smiled brightly at them and said, " What a coincidence. Nice to meet you all again. "

Terxion revealed a malevolent expression and said, " Hehe...human brat. I wonder if you have some treasure that could let you escape from us? "

Athan waved his hand with a surprised expression said, " Are you, idiots? Please don't lump me together with you lots. I alone am enough to take you all...As long as you don't run away with tails between your legs just like before. "

*ROARRRRR....* [ King kong says, ' Don't ignore me, you ants. ]