CHAPTER 7 -SOLANKY’S DISPLAY OF MIGHT

Elena looked at Elisa and asked her to follow her. She did, and they both went into one of the rooms of the main hall. The moment they entered, Elena formed a soundproof barrier in the room, she then sat cross-legged in a lotus position, and asked Elisa to do the same in front of her, and she did. Elena said, "I will gift you a drop of blood, and you have to promise me you wouldn't let anyone know, not even your big brother" Elisa was confused, but she nodded. Elena then formed seals with her hand, and a symbol of a dragon appeared in mid-air. And it merged with Elisa's right hand, Elena then made a small cut in her left hand to draw her own blood, and the blood which was about to drop suspended before Elisa and it slowly rotated before entering her right hand, where the dragon seal was placed.

Elisa was still confused and asked Elena what that was for, Elena replied by saying "this is to save you from the upcoming catastrophe, as it will act like a second lease to life for you, and I have also realized that although your power is 110 times that of a high level mortal you can only use that in a short intense battle of five minutes and as the battle drags on more than that it becomes taxing for your body". Elisa was shocked because nobody in the clan knew about that, because she had always been calculative and always tried to end her battles very quickly by overwhelming her opponent with brute strength so that she doesn't drag out her battles.

Elisa asked Elena how she knew about this, Elena smiled and said, "I promised that I wouldn't expose my identity to anyone beneath the dimensional god level who isn't a mythical being, but I guess I have to make an exception for you sigh, I am a being far stronger than what I appear to be." "I am even stronger than your founding ancestors and I have lived for countless years that you can't even comprehend, and I want to obtain source guidance and become a source god and the only way I can I achieve that is having a karmic induction with you so that I can attract the guidance of a source god".

 Elisa smiled but she didn't understand a thing Elena said, Elena smiled and said "it's a good thing you don't understand now but you will in the future, my blood has refined the traces of uncontrolled source energy in your body and you can now use 130times the strength of a high level mortal which means you have 80 more energies than the regular half god or devil and you will not experience the backlash from unleashing your full strength for longer periods" Elisa bowed to show her appreciation to Elena. Elena told Elisa to practice hard and become the undisputed best aside from Solanky in the upcoming competition.

 Elisa nodded but couldn't help but ask if her brother was that powerful. Elena replied by saying "there is only one way to find out and you will during tomorrow's battle". The grand elder gathered the participants of the competition together with the king and Elena and left for the trial grounds in another star field called Suspended worlds secret region, which was created by a dimensional god.

They reached the suspended worlds secret region, and the scenery shocked the participants of the Bayoka clan because there were several suspended huge space rock fragments surrounding a larger rock-like continent, which had a diameter of 2.45 light-years and had a huge arena at the center, which had a circumference of 80 million kilometers with countless seats. The Bayoka clan was given a small spot because their representing members were few compared to the others who had over a thousand participants.

The grand elder, Elena, the king, and the others all took their seats to wait for their turn, but there was an ongoing battle, which was the monster of the jade ice planet and another genius from the giant troll clan of planet Sabiru. The monster of the jade ice planet was called Kwakus and he specialized in using his bare hands in fighting, his opponent from the giant troll clan was wielding a huge axe and was swinging it ruthlessly towards Kwakus but none of his attacks managed to touch or hurt Kwakus as he was too fast for him to be hit. Kwakus rushed towards the giant troll and threw out a punch, channeling all his 120 times' energies into that attack. The giant troll had no choice but to swing his axe to meet the punch. The axe clashed with the thrown fist and then bang!! The axe was blown away into the distance, and its cutting edge was caved in, as one could see a fist imprinted on it.

The giant troll stood there in shock because his hands were numb as a result of the violent clash and his power was only 90 times that of a high level mortal. He quickly raised his hands to surrender. The crowd in the arena all cheered in excitement, and the people of the Jade Ice planet were cheering over the top of the voices. The moderator of the battle declared Kwakus as the winner, and he was qualified to move to the next stage. The grand elder told Solanky to prepare because he was up next, and the king asked if that was the best decision. The grand elder nodded; the king couldn't do anything but just to sit back and watch.

Elisa was somehow worried for her big brother because his opponent was a weird looking man who had two wings behind him and had sharp claws on each of his ten fingers and he had the head of a dire wolf from earth and was from the red star demon planet and was popularly known as Golden Feather, because of the color of his wings which were golden and he was three times powerful than the regular half god. Elena told Solanky to end it quickly and not reveal his true power. Solanky nodded.

The moderator announced, "The next battle is between Golden Feather, who is known to be the fastest and second confirmed strongest half god in this century's competition, who is going up against a first timer who hails from the planet Sabiru and goes by the name the Ghost of the Void".

 Solanky walked to the stage and the waited silently for his opponent, someone from the crowd shouted "look up in the skies" everyone in the arena looked up and saw a silhouette of a winged being who drew an arc in the mid-air and descended with a terrifying speed which reached 650m/s and he dropped from the skies like meteor and spread his wings wide. He said, "The Ghost of the Void… that's a heavy name for a first timer, well, let's end it very quickly". Golden Feather rushed at his top speed towards Solanky with his claw stretched out. Elisa and the king closed their eyes because they thought Solanky was done for, but what happened next shocked them to the core. The arena was silent because they could see the Golden Feather's stretched hand was grabbed by Solanky, and Golden Feather seemed to be struggling to break free from the grip of Solanky. Solanky swung him ruthlessly to the floor of the stage, Golden Feather crushed into the floor so hard that the stage shook. Solanky then asked Golden Feather to surrender and not make things complicated for himself. Golden Feather felt insulted and staggered up on his feet and flew into the air without crossing the one-kilometer height.

He said, "You are the first person who has pushed me to use my feather-blade technique." Golden Feather began to fly in circles around Solanky. Golden Feather said to himself, "This guy is so incredibly strong, but he is foolish, if he thinks he can defend against my feather blade technique" his speed increased to 790m/s. Solanky stood silently on the stage with his eyes shut, Golden Feather released over two thousand little blades, and they moved at a speed of 1500m/s towards Solanky. Solanky opened his eyes and activated a technique of one of the bloodlines he absorbed. It was the technique of a mythical beast called the silver-winged water bird. It was known for its nimbleness in flight; it was a master of evasion.

Solanky moved, and he was so fast that his speed instantly reached 1800m/s, and he easily evaded all the blades and used them as a stepping aid to get to Golden Feather. Golden Feather was no fool as he quickly figured out what Solanky was up to and began to fly upwards. Solanky revealed a sinister smile and grabbed onto ten of the little blades and began his counterattack. Golden Feather said, "Not good, as he knew even if Solanky was to throw all ten blades at him, he could evade them, but it came at the cost of leaving the specified one-kilometer height, which would automatically disqualify him".

The king, Elisa, and the other participants were all shocked at Solanky's display of might, which even surpassed their strongest, who is his sister. Elisa's eyes were of joyful tears as her brother was now capable of defending her. Elena shouted, "Hey, boy, we don't have all day. Hurry up and finish it." Everyone in the arena looked at Elena. She giggled and acted all innocent. The king was the most shocked because he knew Solanky's display of strength was close to that of an elementary god, from his short outburst of speed.

Solanky threw five blades towards Golden Feather. Golden Feather made a sharp turn, but he didn't know Solanky was expecting him to make that turn. Solanky quickly threw the remaining five little blades towards the first five he threw and they all clashed, and the trajectory of the first five blades changed instantly and shot out towards golden feather at a speed two times fast than they were. Golden feather had no choice than to defend against the incoming blades, Solanky ceased the opportunity to get closer to him and kicked down at Golden Feather who had wrapped himself in his wings to form a shield against the blades.

Solanky's leg landed on the wings of Golden Feather as he felt the power Solanky's kick he felt that Solanky had thirty more energies in him than he did.

He crashed into the floor of the arena violently and admitted his defeat as he knew Solanky was the new number one because the previous number one was just 160 times stronger than a high-level mortal and Solanky was 180 times stronger than a high-level mortal judging from the power he showed.

The crowd in the arena cheered in excitement as they could witness an incredible battle of the powerful contestants. The people of the Bayoka were excited beyond measure because in previous years, they weren't able to progress even to the previous stage, and they found new hope in an outcast. The moderator commented, "Wow… what a shocking performance by The Ghost of the Void from the Bayoka clan of planet Sabiru, they get to advance to the next stage". The crowd cheered for Solanky as he made his way back to his seat. Elisa and the participants of the Bayoka clan rushed towards him and carried him to celebrate his victory. The king now understood why the grand elder and Elena were so calm when Solanky's name was mentioned.