Ameglia and Ghastorix might join hands against Soverick but it is certain that many are already joining hands against Soverick. The notifications have made people aware of the difficulty of taking him down so many people are inclined to cooperate in defeating him. Two hands working together can bring down a tree faster and easier. Soverick is this tree to be brought down. He is taller than them and the shade of his leaves is overshadowing those beneath him. Many people have had enough of him.
There is a large undercurrent within the competition going on in the background of such cooperation aimed at defeating the child of the plane. A volcano is silently brewing in the background of the competition. It will erupt when the pressure has reached its Apex or when an outlet is provided for the boiling inferno contained within the volcano.
Back To Soverick.
He landed on the mountain at the center of the arena. It was not by chance. His body flew in the direction of the mountain and crashed into it because he selected that direction to attack the dragon. His flight was not interrupted by any monsters because he has defeated a rank 9 monster. He is the only one to have done so and the next monster is on the mountain. So he is safe on the mountain for now.
If he had landed anywhere else in the forest, he certainly won't be safe in his helpless situation. His previous lesson to the people that tried to kill him will not save him. He might have killed more than ten thousand competitors but there will still be others that will come to kill him. It is an event that he can't handle in his current state. He is at an all-time low.
It can be stated as a fact that Soverick has never been this close to death. It is not the type of death that the competitors can be saved from either. This is a permanent death because there will be nothing to save. He received the same type of injury that he inflicted on the dragon only in a lesser amount. It is expected that he will suffer some damage as a consequence of his actions. After all, an action will always produce an equal and opposite reaction.
Their collision is more of an axe cutting into a rock. He is the axe. He has a sharp edge and he was able to split the rock but he also incurred serious damages. It is expected that he will suffer some damage as a consequence for his actions. After all, an action will always produce an equal and opposite reaction.
In the lightest situation, the axe losses some of its sharpness. It becomes blunt. In the worst situation, the axe is shattered by the force of the collision. He experienced the worst situation. His existence smashed into that of the other by splitting himself into 128 streams of power. It is certainly efficient but he still got broken nonetheless. He crashed into the mountain as a blob of matter and energy incapable of sentience.
He looks like a slime within a crater but he can't even be called a slime because slimes are capable of thought no matter how little. For him though, he can't think of anything. Thinking hurts him. The pain he is feeling can only be likened to the pain of mortals with a disease that fries the nerves in their brains. The act of simple thought is too painful so it is best that he thinks of nothing. Not that he has a choice either way. His mind is too broken for thinking anyway so he can't make a decision not to think.
He should have died. That stunt that he pulled should have killed him. Even his immortal soul shouldn't have saved him. If not for the soul sphere within him, he would have frayed and scattered into the winds of oblivion. But he has the soul sphere and the supply of divine life energy that comes with it so he survived and he is healing.
He stayed within the crater at the foot of the mountain for weeks as his body recovered. He didn't move throughout the entire period. The amorphous blob of energy and matter reformed into his figure. He was still unconscious when a certain someone decided he couldn't wait for him anymore.
An eye appeared within Soverick's mind. The eye did not bypass his mental defenses. It had pulled his consciousness out of his body. It was sudden and irresistible. It was like he was suddenly jerked into a room. He didn't know it had happened because he was busy meditating on the law matrix of the world fragment.
The eye said to him, "That should be enough for you. You have things to do."
The voice of the first sage startled Soverick's mind. He found himself in a familiar white space. Except that this time he knows what the white space is. It is the manifestation of the supreme law of the first sage. In a way, this white space is not in the void universe.
The sage asked him, "So how do you like my law of order?"
That question made him falter a little. He regained his composure and answered. "Honestly I am not surprised you know about it. I found your law of order to be informative."
"I am glad you like it. I hope you didn't think I wouldn't know that you have been trying to decipher my own law of order. I told you not to consider others blind or foolish. I didn't think you were blind or foolish when I brought you here last time."
Soverick sighed. "So you did it on purpose."
"Yes, I did. I offered you bait and you sank your teeth into it no questions asked. Luckily for you, it is not poison that you swallowed. You should be more careful next time."