Raktar frowned and said, " What's the deal with them? "

Youmi shook her head and said, " They seem to have some special means of escaping. Otherwise, they wouldn't be alive until now. "

Raktar nodded and spoke with relief, " It's good that we are still in peripheral of this layer. But that Crisax race being really got us in the end. " Shaking his head, his pink forehead without eyebrows creased as he said, " It will at least take us one and a half month to heal ourselves before we can move. Those Grey energy particles are hard to get rid of. "

Youmi also nodded worriedly and spoke, " If my guess is right then the grey particles are related to his innate talent. Those beings of Greater 5 races have innate Talents that may awaken anytime, and it is the main reason they are ahead of all other races. " Shen then closed her eyes before speaking, " After recovering some of my energy, I'll put up a camouflage barrier. Let's hope no one notices us. "

Roktar nodded as he also closed his eyes.

...

Inside the spacial space.

Athan was lying down with his eyes closed. His abdomen had a small hole and a pink energy coursing inside his body while damaging his internals.

But the white gold energy was swiftly doing its work of ridding the pink energy and healing Athan.

After white gold energy purified all of the pink energy, Athan's abdomen started to heal along with the hole and other injuries inside his stomach.

Tiana and others had worried expressions, but after seeing the small hole on his abdomen healing, They finally sighed a relief.

Mike wiped the sweat on his face as he said with a dismayed expression, " They are damn terrifying, alright. Even when they were injured to such degrees, they got Athan, and Tiana's attack didn't even faze them a bit. "

Avelia smiled wryly and said, " They wield powers that are several planes ahead of us. Our level of energy can't do anything to them. "

*cough...cough*

Athan suddenly coughed and spurted some clogged blood before standing up, " I am fine now. "

He then looked at others and said with a grin, " You heard them clearly. They need more than a month to heal themselves. But you won't need that much time to fill the branch of your Genome tree. Stop wasting time and fill it up. After that, We will ambush them depending on the skills you guys get. "

Mike's and other's jaw dropped hearing that " Bro, are you sure? "

" Don't worry. We will take action fast. " Pausing here, He displayed with his hand movement, " Go out, instantly release our skills and come back here again. There will be no chance of us getting hit by them. "

...

Everyone then started practicing diligently as they drank the water from the white lake to increase their speed as it was already a month since they last drake it.

Athan and Tiana also did the same as they started practicing.

Inside Athan's Soul Realm.

The Crown and the Genome Tree seem to be connected, and the Genome Tree didn't seem like an inanimate object but something mysterious.

When Athan opens the purple whirlpool, The tree would also absorbs the energy. More specifically, The first branch. As it absorbs the purple energy, Soul energy, and Genesis energy, drops of purple liquid would fall down.

But the process was slow, and Athan estimated that it would take a bit more than a month to create the same size puddle that was created by the tree previously.

When Athan lit up the first branch, The tree absorbed his genesis energy and soul energy before mixing up with the purple gas that it released and formed a purple cloud. The cloud then started to rain as it formed the purple puddle around the Genome tree.

But obviously, it was just a first-time thing as he lit up the branch at that time. But Athan guessed that something similar would happen after he finishes filling up the 2nd branch.

So right now, As the tree was slowly producing purple liquid. Athan was filling up the second branch.

Twenty days passed like this, but Athan felt dismayed because he just barely filled up the 10% of the 2nd branch.

On the other hand, Mike, Qerin, and Avelia finally filled their first branch.

The three of them encountered the same process as Athan and Tiana, except that their tree looked different, their energy was also way different, and the things they received were also different.

Tiana and Athan waited with anticipation.

" But Athan, We won't be able to attack them directly. Because after Avelia and others fill up their first branch and light it up, the tree will completely drain their soul energy to create the cloud. "

Athan suddenly remembered that others have relatively small souls and thus less soul energy than him, who has a big soul.

Tiana chuckled and said, " I bet you didn't even feel your soul getting stronger. People who break through to Soul Altar Plane only have 1-meter tall soul while you have a 50-meter tall soul, so it's not surprising that you didn't notice.

Anyway, After Genome Tree's first branch is lit up, their soul will definitely get stronger, but since their soul energy is drained at the same time, They won't notice it instantly. "

Athan nodded in pondering expression as he asked, " How much did your soul power increased? "

" From the initial 1 meter, My Soul became 1.5 meters big after I lit up the genome tree's first branch. "

...

After thirty minutes, Mike, Qerin, and Avelia opened their eyes with exhaustion.

" Uhh...Bro. It seems that we need to take a rest of four-five days to fill up our Soul energy. " Mike looked at Athan and said with an exhausted face.

Qerin and Avelia were also in the same situation.

Athan nodded with a smile and said, " I know. Just take a rest for a few days until you recover your soul energy. After that, We'll take action. "

The three of them directly slept on the table while sitting on the chairs as they felt too exhausted while Athan and Tiana didn't waste time dilly dally and continued with the practice.

...

Four days later, Mike and others completely recovered their soul energy as they woke up and showed their Geno Arts.

Mike laughed out loud and summoned two gauntlets on his hands, " I got these two badass-looking gauntlets after I practiced my Geno Art: Bahamut's Rage. "

The gauntlets looked draconic and demonic, both with 5 claws.

Beside him, Qerin chuckled with a big smile as she was also satisfied with her Geno Art.

A big dreamy neckless appeared around her neck that had starry white pearls.

" I got this neckless after I practiced my Geno Art: Fetterless Horizon. "

Afterward, Everyone looked at Avelia as they also wanted to see her Geno Art, but She had a dismayed expression, and her face was filled with disappointment.