Solanky stretched out his clenched fist and opened it. The moment he did that, a velvet ball appeared in his hands. The officiator watching from a distance was shocked to her core and said, "That… is a condensed velvet cloud of contamination. Impossible, how could he use it as a weapon and suppress the contamination?" Solanky, smiling at the over eighty beings rushing towards him, crushed the ball in his hands, and instantly a velvet fog spread out like a wildfire at incredible speed. Most of these beings had no time to react, as they had never heard of the terror of the velvet cloud of contamination, which was difficult to cure; only transcendent entities knew of this terror, and they knew it was a resentment cultivated in the forsaken realm alone within the entire beyond realm.
The first twenty beings affected by the cloud of contamination had their bodies stiffen first, and a cry of agony followed. The beings rushing in were all shocked and petrified because even the strongest amongst them, a peak entity, was affected and was screaming in pain and agony. What made the sight horrible was that the affected beings seemed to have all their sanity, with some pulling their hair and others slapping themselves with all their strength as if something was messing with their minds and consciousness.
The other beings tried to retreat, but how could Solanky allow them to do so, since they were the ones who provoked him first? He gave them a way to back out, but none of them took it. The velvet fog spread out and surrounded the remaining sixty beings. Solanky appeared above them and said, "Devil's World Refinement." The moment he said this, the velvet fog began to rotate slowly, and it formed a ball enveloping all the beings. The beings with the velvet ball all screamed and pleaded for mercy, but Solanky turned them to death.
Solanky then formed a fist with his left hand and slammed it down on the ball.
Inside the ball, countless hammers made up of velvet cloud contamination fog materialized in the space above the beings inside the ball and slammed down. This technique was one he learned from Tanko, a demon he once fought in the god realm of an infinite source world. These velvet cloud hammers seemed to have a tint of black coursing through them, and this was none other than the black flames of the source defying flames.
Before he left the forsaken realm, he gave the forsaken horde nest he had obtained from the ancient devil god and asked the forsaken god to teach him how he could completely utilize the power of the velvet cloud of contamination. Because he returned the horde nest to its home, the forsaken god gladly imprinted the technique into his consciousness and taught him how he could imbue it with any of his flames.
The velvet hammer struck one mid-stage entity, and his mind was polluted, and his body began to erode too; the other beings seeing were regretful of taking the offer of escaping their doom now. This was the real terror; having your mind and body eroded at the same time, together with every energy, was a total horror to behold. The velvet hammers suspended above the beings with the velvet ball began falling down like rain; it was inescapable for the beings within the velvet ball.
After a few minutes, they were all annihilated, with their bodies and consciousnesses dispersing into the void of the whirlpool. Solanky, noticing that other beings were catching up with him, stored the velvet ball and sped at rapid speed further into the whirlpool, erasing all traces of the massacre and the velvet cloud of contamination. The officiator was shocked because she never imagined Solanky could swiftly deal with eighty beings, even though she knew the power of the velvet cloud of contamination; she had never seen any being use it as skillfully as Solanky did. She now had a firm understanding that Solanky had hidden his true power and identity. She disappeared and appeared in the skies of Abope city and concealed herself to observe the pending battle with the saint.
Solanky detects the beings at the exit of the whirlpool blocking his path into Abope city. Without hesitation, Solanky conjured upon the velvet ball again and trapped the beings, but this time, he didn't kill them; he only polluted their minds and consciousness and tossed one of them out of the whirlpool. And calmly step out of the whirlpool with the velvet ball in his hand; the velvet ball acted as an independent space trapping the beings within it. There were screams of agony coming from the velvet ball, which had shrunk to the size of a tennis ball. He walked casually in the space, tossing the velvet ball up and down. With every toss of the velvet ball, the cloud of contamination spread evenly, and the more the trapped beings lost control.
The contaminated being was tossed out and lay curled on the ground, pulling his hair with all his might, and one could see blood dripping from his head. And they could tell from his facial expression alone that he was in great pain, and they couldn't do anything to help him. Participant PE45800RTY was shocked because the being lying curled on the ground had strengths comparable to his, and the pain he was going through made his heart shudder with fear, but he carried out the orders of the saint. He dashed forward towards Solanky at an incredible speed with a sword in hand, but before he could get close to Solanky, a black velvet pin-like object shot out towards him at an even faster speed, which even surpassed the officiator's perception. The black velvet pin pierced directly through his forehead and returned to lodge itself on the surface of the velvet ball, just like that participant PE45800RTY was killed, and he didn't even know how he died as his body and consciousness began to dissipate at a visible rate.
The officiator in the shadows was very shocked to the core because the moment participant PE45800RTY dashed out, she felt the spiritual energies around Solanky fluctuate a little, and that kind of fluctuation belonged to a power saint emperor transcendent entity who had mastered a technique of the peak turns level. She muttered to herself, "Who is he, and why is he concealing his true strength and identity?"
A clap resounded in the space, and it was none other than the saint old hag of the Abope city. Solanky remained calm, the saint old hag said, "Able to kill so many beings in a short period of time, I am impressed. No wonder you are a talented alchemist." The officiator in the shadows said to herself, "This ignorant old fool doesn't even know of the velvet cloud of contamination, the potent poison in the beyond realm." The old hag waved his hand, and the city beneath him shifted to a different location, which was near the walls of the beyond realm. He then said, "Now I can deal with you without implicating the innocent citizens of Abope City. I know this isn't your true form, as I know this being is an alchemist, and his refining skills are mediocre compared to yours."
Solanky smiled and said, "This saint is very insightful. I guess this old man can only reveal his true identity and save face for myself." Solanky revealed the old man's identity, which he used to enter the city. The saint sized up Solanky and said, "An old hunchbacked man at the peak entity level dares to challenge me, a saint, with your hunchback dares to challenge me!"
The saint stretched his hand forward and locked the space Solanky was in. Solanky played along, seeming to struggle within the space. The old hag walked slowly toward the one who seemed to be stuck and said, "Old man, this is my city. Any last words before you die?" As the saint drew out his whip and walked, Solanky cleared his throat and asked, "Is the desolate god's slot token with you?"
The old man was shocked by this question, but he answered affirmatively anyway, as he knew Solanky would be killed by him. "Good," Solanky smiled and stopped pretending, straightening his back, which made a crackling sound. He then clenched his fist, and the velvet ball exploded and transformed into the staff he used. He looked around and took a single step forward, activating the void shadow steps. The sealed space Solanky was locked in was empty and shattered. The saint, his lackeys, and the officiator were all shocked to see Solanky lying on a tree branch looking completely unbothered.