Chapter 94 - CHAPTER 94 – A LIFE & DEATH BATTLE WITH A TRANSCENDENT BEING (1)

Solanky got down from the tree and said, "Let me make you an offer of the special herbs I refined during the trade, or hand over the slot token to me, and we can all leave here peacefully." Three of the peak entities saw this as an indirect insult to the saint, so they stepped in to deal with Solanky on behalf of the saint to curry favor from him. They both rushed out in different directions towards Solanky. Solanky, seeing this, remained calm and stretched out his hand towards one of the lackeys and made a grabbing motion. The being approaching felt an invisible hand grab on him like he was an ant with no way to resist. Solanky tightened his fist, and the being felt a strangulation sensation on his body and spirit until he lost consciousness. Just like that, a peak-level entity being was annihilated in seconds, and the other peak entity rushing toward Solanky immediately stopped and turned quickly, flying at his top speed towards the saint for protection. Solanky smiled and didn't give chase, but what he did shocked everyone present. He tossed out the velvet ball and chanted in the words of the forsaken people; the velvet ball began expanding from its tennis ball size, which was a few inches, to several meters. When it reached this level, the aura emanating from the ball became very sinister and oppressive; not only did its size increase, but the velvet cloud of contamination around and inside of it became very thick and potent as well. On the surface of the ball, one could see countless chains with the black velvet pin hooked on the tip of the chains. This was the absolute control of the velvet cloud of contamination, which the forsaken god has gifted to him without reservations; four of the hundred chains shot out towards the escaping peak entity at an astonishing speed surpassing the speed of the first pin. The saint watching this became furious and used his domain to stop the chains as he dashed out towards the peak entity to save him. Solanky smiled and clenched his fist, making the chains skillfully evade the saint, as a head-on collision would slow the chains down, giving the peak entity enough time to escape. The officiator was still in the shadows, observing what was going on. She knew that Solanky must have many treasures and trump cards, and she was contemplating attacking or just observing the battle. One of the chains, fast as lightning, pierced through the leg of the peak entity, and the other three wrapped around his body, pulling towards the velvet ball. The transcendent saint lost his cool when he saw that Solanky, a peak entity, was able to kill his subordinates under his watch, and he wasn't able to do anything. The transcendent saint took out his spear from his internal storage world space and thrust fiercely towards the chains, pulling his subordinate towards the velvet ball. CLANG! The chains shattered, and the saint caught his subordinate, but it was too late because 93% of his energies were eroded, and his consciousness was on the verge of dissipating. The saint then pressed his hand on his forehead to check what at all was happening; the moment his spiritual sense entered his subordinate sea of consciousness, what he found there shocked him. The consciousness, which was supposed to be a world space, had disappeared and was replaced by a dense velvet fog that took 99% of space with no signs of the beings that would be represented in his consciousness. The saint was confused, but something struck his mind; he then combed through his memory for information on strange mind-altering poisons and techniques. All this was happening in an instant, and he then quickly withdrew his finger from the subordinator's head and staggered back. He quickly rearranged his thoughts and said to himself, "Impossible, this is the legendary velvet cloud of contamination. No wonder my subordinates were easily dealt with, but there must be a limit, as the intelligence says only saint emperor transcendent entities can unleash their most potent attacks with the help of the spiritual power. I guess it would take time for him to infect me completely, and he must know his limits. I have to kill this old man and seize this velvet cloud of contamination for myself to boost my overall strength even if I face powerful transcendents." The saint of Abope looked at Solanky, who still stood quietly in the distance waiting for him to make a move, and dashed towards him at speed, the naked eye of powerful godlike beings couldn't perceive, with his spear in hand. Solanky, seeing the officiator's reaction, sent a voice transmission telling her not to participate. The officiator rolled her eyes, stayed silent, and did not respond. Observing this, Solanky relaxed slightly but kept her within his line of sight. Solanky then drew his rod—a gift from Goldie, a saint-venerable, transcendent entity—and swung it at the approaching saint, who had thrust his spear forward. BOOM! The shockwave alone destroyed the ground beneath them, but the space of the beyond realm was very resilient, so there was no damage to the space. The force flung Solanky off into the distance, while the saint staggered back a couple of steps before regaining his balance. Observing from afar, the officiator said to herself, "Able to clash head-on with a transcendent saint without using any fancy techniques—interesting." The saint of Abope steadied himself and exclaimed, "How is this even possible? A mere peak entity level being can stand toe-to-toe with me without getting injured or killed." Solanky stabilized himself and said out loud, "Hah! This is very thrilling; clashing with a saint got this old man's blood boiling. Let's be serious this time; hit me with all that you have." Solanky dashed towards the saint of Abope with his rod swung out; the saint, seeing this, became very infuriated and used the power of the transcendent domain. The scenery around the battlefield began to distort solanky knew that he couldn't maintain this domain for long periods. He resolved to use the belief of his subordinates to stabilize the domain, and he used the life and spiritual energies to strengthen himself. Inside this domain, the saint of Abope could completely suppress the power of any being and make their attack less potent, making them less effective. Solanky, having observed the absolute domain of a saint emperor transcendent being, knew this domain was less potent, but if the saint continued to use the beliefs of a very large number of people, like the citizens of Abope city, he would be in a very dire situation, as the beliefs of a massive number of beings numbering in the billions could elevate this domain to an absolute level, which would be difficult to break out of without using a half-step peak turns technique. Solanky then decided to go on the offensive before the saint completely drew on the power of the beliefs of the citizens; he rushed away from the expanding domain, which was solidifying. Solanky rushed back using the karma erasure escape method, which was now a venerable saint-level technique. As he was fleeing from the range of the domain, he formed seals with his hands and kept an eye on the officiator, as he felt she would intervene the more he survived to uncover his screts, and he couldn't let that happen now. With every seal he formed, a faint crimson character appeared before him, suspended before him. He then imprinted the faint crimson characters onto his rod, which was placed before him as he was retreating. With every imprint, the rod grew a few meters taller, and the space around began to stabilize, unaffected by the spreading domain's power. The karma induction tracing arts were at work here, nullifying any form of karma the saint tried to impose on Solanky through the domain. Solanky could have finished off the saint, but he wanted to study how the domain of saints worked in a life-and-death battle so that he could form his own domain or counter a domain whenever someone used it on him.