Chapter 96 - CHAPTER 96 – THE DESOLATE GOD TOKEN AND REFINING A SAINT EMPEROR LEVEL PUPPET.

The velvet world enveloping the beings disappeared the moment the greedy being's life signature disappeared. Solanky then turned towards the direction of the female officiator and smiled. Although his physical form had undergone changes, his life aura was the same, which was why the female officiator recognized him. He noticed her and gave her a smirk and flew off into the distance, where a portal leading to the 31st zone was located. The female officiator, still zoned out, stood still without moving; she couldn't hear as her name was mentioned three times. The strongest saint emperor, who happened to be her eldest brother, tapped her on the shoulder before she reacted. He asked, "Do you by any means know that mysterious man who just entered the 31st zone's portal now?" The female officiator nodded and said, "That was the peak entity who seriously injured me with the peak-turn technique, forcing me to destroy the infected part of my physical and spiritual body. If not for the ancestor's help, I wouldn't be able to recover. " Her senior brother interjected, "Do you mean he is the one who used the finger of terror technique the ancestor said to have originated from the forsaken god?" The female officiator nodded affirmatively. Her senior brother, who had a calm demeanor all this while, smiled sinisterly and said, "Based on the strength he showcased now, he must be slightly stronger than I am now. I presume his power ranges between 5 and 6 billion times the strength of an ISG. With our collective power, we can overwhelm him and let him fall into the lands of the 31st zone. But how could several peak entities rise to the level of a powerful saint emperor with 5 billion times the strength of an ISG in less than a billion years?" The female officiator, who seemed to hesitate on something, spoke out and said, "The reason why we engaged him the last time was that, at the peak entity level, he had a spear treasure belonging to a half-step peak-turn being." The moment these words left her mouth, her senior brother, together with her over a hundred clansmen, all at the saint transcendent, revealed a look of shock. "What… what did you just say? A… a… half-step peak-turn attack-type treasure. Only when he was a peak entity—this means if our plans fall through, we might even be surprised with a true peak-turn treasure." And that wasn't far from the truth, as they would have gained a lot, not just what their so-called ancestor alone could provide. They all flew through the portal Solanky had flown through, hoping to catch up with him before he vanished from the perception area. Solanky, knowing that an impending battle was bound to erupt, didn't seem scared or worried, but he was in full anticipation of testing his ISG, which was 10 billion times the strength of an ISG, by using the spear alone. Before coming to the 31st zone, he had successfully practiced the reflection technique of the devouring heart technique, and he feared no being below the true peak-turn level, as they couldn't hurt his physical body whenever the reflection technique was activated. He stood atop a mountain with his grey robe fluttering in the wind, as the 32nd zone was known to be the windiest. The officiator's group, entering and not seeing any signs of him for their 1000 km flight, thought he had escaped, but one being amongst them at the saint emperor level with 2 billion times the strength of an ISG equivalent to the female officiator, pointed to a distant mountain range where Solanky was located. The senior brother of the officiator then sent a telepathic message to the hundred clans to prepare a spatial and karma lockdown formation so Solanky wouldn't be able to escape. Fifty of the clansmen disappeared and appeared around the mountain range Solanky found himself on and set up the formation. Solanky had already deduced this, as such a formation wouldn't only affect his movement to escape but also affect the officiator's group, too. Without wasting much time, Solanky drew out the spear from his internal world space and grabbed it firmly in a battle stance. The senior brother of the officiator, seeing this, smiled and said in a loud voice, "Well, I guess we have a fighter in our midst. I thought this robbery was going to be boring, but I guess I was awfully wrong. Let us attack him together, my fellow clansmen; the spoils would be our trophy of battle." With a loud cheer, all fifty beings, including the female officiator and her senior brother, charged towards Solanky with their weapons and treasures drawn out. Solanky, calm as ever, activated the void shadow steps and moved towards one of the weakest beings of the group, a venerable saint being. Within three consecutive steps, he had reached before the being, and Solanky grabbed the neck of the being and snapped it. The being didn't have much time to ask for help, as its life force was completely crushed by the brute force. Not only did his physical form perish, but his spiritual form too had perished along with it. Solanky tossed the dead body aside and dashed towards his next target, the senior brother of the officiator. Having experienced so much battle and war, he knew that Solanky was dealing with the weaker ones first before tackling the stronger ones with over 2 billion times the strength of an ISG. He studied Solanky's trajectory and deduced his next target and rushed forward to intercept him. The moment Solanky arrived several kilometers away from the targeted being, the senior brother of the officiator, together with his sister, initiated a joint attack infused with techniques to stall Solanky. Solanky, seeing this, smiled as the joint attack formed a tiger's paw swipe as it descended towards Solanky. Solanky formed a fist, and with 80% of his physical body's strength, he threw out a punch, and then BOOM! The tiger's paw, which was formed from the joint attack of two saint emperors, shattered instantly, and Solanky took a few steps back unharmed. The beings seeing this were all shocked because the joint attack from the officiator and her brother had reached 7 billion times the strength of an ISG, but Solanky had easily shattered it with a single blow. Solanky turned to look at the duo who had intercepted him and smirked as he proceeded towards his target. He reached the being without wasting time; he grabbed the being's head and shattered his skull, killing him instantly. The other beings witnessing Solanky's might were all terrified because being able to withstand the joint attack unscathed meant Solanky possessed strength comparable to powerful special lifeforms who were at least 7 times more powerful than the regular saint emperor. Now unable to back out of this, they decided to burn their life essences and spiritual power to desperately inflict serious injuries on Solanky before they met their demise. Solanky got serious and released his lifeforms' aura. At that instant, all the beings present, including the female officiator and her senior brother, felt an uncontrollable desire to bow and worship Solanky. The moment the aura of Solanky brushed past them, they knew that Solanky was a higher lifeform with 10 billion times the strength of an ISG. The female officiator said in a shocked tone, "Impossible, how… how could you be this strong?" Solanky smiled and said, "Because of your own greed, you pursued me back then. Although I forgave you, you still insisted on attacking today with your clansmen. Well, I will make sure I carve this mountain with your blood and leave your bodies and treasures here for others to reap the benefits. You have always had an eye for my spear; well, today I will let you have a feel of its might." After saying this, Solanky threw the spear towards the female officiator. The officiator, shocked at the turn of events, remained motionless in the face of death as the spear approached her. Her senior brother revealed a look of hesitation and spat out a golden bead their ancestor refined to collide head-on with the incoming spear's attack. CLANG! The two treasures repelled each other; the spear flew back to Solanky, and the golden bead flew towards the senior brother of the officiator, who had rushed towards his sister. He slapped her hard to bring her back to her senses. Looking at her senior brother's unstable aura, she deduced that he had used the treasure their ancestor had given him to intercept that spear thrust. As the combined power of the remaining beings couldn't withstand a strike from a half-step peak-turn attack-type treasure or artifact. He smiled and said, "Back then, when we met the ancestor, he instructed me to use this bead as a last resort, which you know, but you don't know, is that the more I use it, the more my life essence depletes. As we face this monster, the only way to victory is to sacrifice our life essences to the bead and make you swallow it. The moment you do the seals on the treasure, it will activate and grant the strength of a half-step peak-turn being. I did intend to use it by sacrificing the others, but I am gravely injured, and I can only pass it on to you. To finish this job and avenge us after our deaths."