As those words sounded the room became completely quiet. Then a young male that had short black hair and blood red eyes. His skin was pale white, and he had sharp fangs. He was obviously a vampire, he spoke out.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked with mild irritation in his voice. Currently it was 21 people gathered in this ball room and Akasha was the odd man. Everyone here were on the rankings of the top geniuses and they all knew who each other was.
But Akasha he was a total random in their eyes.
Hearing this question Akasha shook his head. He looked at Yonna then asekd.
"Do you guys have any relationship with these vampires?"
This question caused eyebrows to raise from not only the younger generation, but also to all the emperors and empresses gathered watching them from above. Yonna without even thinking about the complications of her answer shook her head.
"No, we don't have any problems with them, nor do we have any particular alliance. As far as I'm concerned."
Hearing this Akasha stood up and casually walked over to the vampire. Seeing him approaching the Vampire also stood up and spoke.
"Heh, what am I supposed to be scared of you or something?" As he said this his eyes glowed with a dark red and he moved. He disappeared from his spot and when he appeared he was already in front of Akasha.
He wasted no movements; he swiftly clenched his fist and punched out towards Akasha's face. It all happened so quickly that no one had the opportunity to intervene. However, to Akasha this guy's movement was.... slow.
Akasha saw the punch; it was approaching as if it was in slow motion. To this he lightly shook his head and then spoke.
|Dao of Chronos|
"Stop."
Simple words, but the vampire instantly froze on the spot the moment they sounded. His punch was mere centimeters from Akasha's face. Akasha lowered the young man's hand and spoke.
"Idiot, normally I would kill you. However, I will spare you this one time."
After those words he clenched his fist and punched out. The punch was so fast that none of the younger generation could even see him move.
BOOOOOM!
The only thing they could see happen was the vampire flying backwards into a wall. Akasha held back quite a bit, so he didn't kill the idiot vampire.
He then turned to the others and flashed a smile.
"Ahem, Nice to meet you all. I am Akasha... "
After he cleared his throat, he gave a short introduction and then returned to his seat. The others watched him now with caution, but before they could speak a middle-aged man appeared in the room.
"Now that we have the top 20 geniuses gathered, we can begin." After he said this everyone was teleported outside of the room. They appeared in a vast field with nothing around for miles on end. The only thing that could be seen was a swirling ominous looking portal.
The middle-aged man then spoke out again.
"This Gathering will be different instead of the usual debates and casual meetings, you will be put under a trial. You will also be rewarded for your efforts." He then turned and gestured his hands towards the portal. "As you can see, on the other side of this portal is where your trials will be held. Now to be honest with you, we have no idea what's on the other side, but according to the seers this will be an opportunity of a lifetime. The limit of entry is the peak of Transcendent rank so all of you will be fine to enter.
Whenever you're ready you can enter."
After he said this, he disappeared and left the twenty geniuses to their thoughts.
From the side Yonna, Jean, Torrin, and Akasha were waiting alongside the others. Jean then looked at them and asked.
"What do you guys think? I wonder why we weren't informed of this beforehand."
"Who cares, let's just get this over with. Maybe we can find some good artifacts." Torrin said as he took a step forward and entered the portal.
Seeing their brother enter Yonna and Jean followed after them. But Akasha grabbed their hands and spoke.
"Wait a moment.... this is portal isn't simple at all."
As he said this, he was currently looking at the information he gained from his appraisal.
[Cosmic Battlefield]
-These portals usually show up around various locations across every galaxy in existence. They only appear when the Supreme Golden Age is near. The Cosmic Battlefield is a place that's filled with the best treasure the lower dimension has to offer. ]
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"What do you mean?" Yonna asked him.
As she asked this more of the others entered the portal.
"This not a trial at all, but a battlefield. It is indeed filled with opportunities, but we will not be the only ones there."
Akasha spoke as he took a glance at the clouds. He was looking at seemingly nothing and mouthed a few words.
'Talk to you soon.'
After this he entered the portal along with Yonna and Jean.
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Meanwhile high in the clouds there were a group of people gathered here. All of them were Emperors or Empresses of those genius's races. Once they all entered the portal a man with silver hair and golden eyes spoke.
"Who was that kid?" He was the Emperor of the Celestials. He also was the current ruler of this Galaxy along with his wife.
Hearing this the Human Emperor and also the leader of the Galactic Commission spoke.
"I have no idea, but it sounds like he knows about this portal. He said something about a battlefield?"
The Celestial Emperor didn't respond immediately. He looked at the other leaders and they all had the same looks of contemplation. He then looked at Felix and Elaine.
"He came with you two, right?"
Elaine looked at Felix a bit nervously. In the beginning she was a bit skeptical of Akasha, but after being around him for a few days, it was hard not to like him. She wanted to downplay their involvement with him, but she knew Felix wouldn't do it.
And as if on cue Felix spoke.
"Yes, he did come with us. As he said earlier, his name is Akasha and as far as is race. I have never seen or heard of it before, but he called it Anan."
Elaine frowned hearing this, but she didn't voice out. Even if telling his race wasn't a major secret it was still not their place to leak this information. Especially if they were supposed to be future allies.
The other leaders raised their eyebrows hearing this and they immediately pulled out communication artifacts. They all wanted to know what the hell was the 'Anan' and who the hell was Akasha.
And the results of their findings would leave every single last one of these leaders stunned.
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While these leaders were beginning to dig into Akasha's background, the man himself was now standing in the cosmic battlefield. Along with Yonna and Jean they stood looking at the beautiful scenery in front of them. They were floating in the void and all around them were distant Galaxies and nebula.
This was something the two women never seen before and Akasha himself had only seen something similar within The Sanctuary. This place was absolutely beautiful... well, that was excluding the terror happening all around them.
BOOOM!
BOOOOM!
BOOOOOM!!
All around them cultivators were fighting. There were full sized Dragons and even a Full-size Phoenix could be seen locked in a brutal fight against another Dragon. There were even birdlike races that Akasha had yet to see.
Aside from these mythical creatures there were also Humans and Humanoid races that were most definitely not from the same Galaxy as them. And all of these people gathered here were fighting to the death.
Looking at all this Akasha had the biggest grin on his face. This was perfect for him, some real fun! He then looked at Yonna and Jean he seen looks of shock on their face. He followed their line of sight and saw A huge Dragon swinging a claw towards an injured Phoenix. Seeing this the girls' eyes widened.
"TORRIN!!!!!" They exclaimed as the Phoenix was sent flying. Seeing their brother being beaten they immediately dashed into action.
Seeing this Akasha blinked in disbelief for a moment. He then thought for a moment before he disappeared from this place. Currently this clone was still at the Peak of Mythical rank, so he needed to change them out.
A few moments later another clone appeared in its place. This clone looked more like the current Akasha. With grey and white hair and dark brownskin that had white tattoos alongside his left arm. As he felt more powerful now, he smiled and reached out hand, then he spoke.
"ANAN, COME!"
His ethereal and timeless voice sounded like a divine decree.
*CRACK*
Then through a crack that appeared in the void a katana appeared and flew into his outstretched hand.
The blade had also undergone an evolution. It was now a mix of grey and black that had white trimmings along the blunt side of the blade. The hilt was black and grey with the same trimmings and etched in white on the blade were the words
'Anan The Progenitors Blade'
Akasha gripped his sword tightly and moved.