Corrupt Creations

"They don't have it..."

"What are you searching for?" Rina asked after witnessing Seth look into the spatial ring of the elves that came together with Elydir.

"Our way out of this situation..."

"Seth, what is actually happening?" Caizhi asked him since she felt that Seth wasn't just trying to loot those elves. There was something different happening but not even the elves that came to help them knew about it.

"Caizhi, you and Rina listen to me now... There is someone infecting the beasts inside this dungeon and making them go crazy. I don't really know their real objective yet, but it is clear that they want to spread chaos. I think they are buying time to do something more, but I can't point out what it is, since I'm not the right person to do that."

Seth stopped searching the rings and threw then on the floor.

"The only problem is that the chaos is going to reach us really quick, and things may get complicated if we don't find a way out of this dungeon."

"A way out? We should go to the entrance door then." Rina proposed.

"That was the first thing I checked. There is no longer and entrance or exit. We will soon have to fight stronger beasts and there will be no one coming to rescue us. I have something important for the both of you... Promise me you will use it when things get complicated."

Seth took the two blue talismans he had and gave one for Caizhi and one for Rina.

"What is this?"

"That is a talisman that can teleport you out of the dungeon."

"What about you?" Rina asked.

"I have another one, so you should not worry with me." He lied about that, or else they would certainly not accept.

Caizhi clenched her talisman and pushed it back towards Seth.

"Seth, I can't use it and abandon my friends behind."

Rina pushed her talisman towards Seth too and said: "I won't use it as well. If things get difficult, I will give my all to protect everyone here."

Seth looked deeply inside their eyes and saw that they were very serious.

"Sigh..." Seth received the talismans back and stored them back inside his spatial ring. He would have to do everything possible to protect them, since they refused the talismans, however if things got really serious, he would use it on them without their consent.

Suddenly, he felt the aura of some Mana Perception beasts approaching.

"Caizhi, Rina, go reunite with the other girls and stay near the Eleventh Palace Master. There are many beasts approaching already and I fear there will be a huge battle."

"We could help you." Rina said.

"No... There are many Mana Perception middle-stage beasts coming. I don't want to be mean, but you are going to get hurt if you don't listen to me this time."

Caizhi felt the seriousness of the situation and grabbed Rina's arm.

"Let's go."

"But..."

"Seth wouldn't do anything unnecessary."

"We can... Ah..."

Caizhi didn't let Rina finish and pulled her towards her group.

Seth vanished from that spot and silently appeared in front of Ilbrien's group.

The elves stood in alert after noticing his figure near them.

"Leave this place quickly, you should not stay here for longer." Seth said while looking towards Ilbrien and Finnea.

Finnea heard his speech and a feeling of rage rose from the bottom of her heart. She misunderstood the meaning of his words and stood up from beside her master's body and started to shout at Seth.

"You! It was because of you, that he died! He is dead, but you're..."

"Stop!" Ilbrien shouted at her, making her stop.

Seth could try to talk with them, but time was up already. They didn't hear his previous warning and would have to understand his words the hard way.

A ferocious beast suddenly left the ground making everything around the area those elves and Seth were, tremble.

Seth turned back and his Mana exploded forward as he punched towards the Armored Worm that had just attacked. His fist collided with the beast body, creating a loud noise.

Bang!

The worm imploded and a huge shockwave sent all the five elves flying. Paeris body was sent flying too, however, Seth made sure to send his Mana towards his body, making him slowly land before Ilbrien and Finnea, that were at least forty meters away from the place they were before.

Seth's Mana protected his own body from getting dirtied since he disliked such scenarios. He flashed forwards appearing some meters away, in front of another beast that had already appeared.

One after another thirteen Mana Perception Realm beasts from initial to peak stages appeared to fight with him. They were all covered in that crimson aura, showing Seth that these beasts were from the inner layer.

The shockwaves affected the elves from the Beihorn family, making the weakest ones even cough up some blood.

After the last beast was killed by a single attack from Seth, the environment stilled. Everyone was feeling a bit suffocated by so many Mana Perception auras appearing and were finally able to relax a bit after it ended.

However, Seth knew that it was just the beginning.

ROAR!

A Mana Control middle-stage monster roared from three kilometers away from them. It's leg muscles suddenly contracted and it jumped very high in the air.

That massive purple body started to drop like a meteor towards the area Seth was. The pressure everyone started to feel exceed the limits they could handle and some of them almost fainted, having to kneel down in exhaustion.

The beast opened its razor-sharp claws, hoping to rip Seth in pieces. Seth looked up and a huge explosion occurred around his body. Searing hot flames started to burn around him as he launched himself towards the sky like a missile.

In less than a second both parties collided in the air and a huge shockwave pushed the air and everything around them far away.

Boom!

The huge purple claws were stopped by Seth bare fists that were burning with a bright fire. Seth's human figure was very small near that huge monster, but after some seconds on that deadlock, the monster was forced to retract its claws first.

Seth's fire seemed to have burnt the claws, causing the beast to feel an unbearable pain, but not even that pain was enough to awaken its reason. Two red lights shined inside that monster eyes and a wave of destruction shot towards Seth, trying to extinguish him.

The destructive force passed by his body, making it vanish in a puff of smoke. The monster felt that something wasn't right and tried to find if the enemy was really killed, but it suddenly felt something hit it heavily from behind.

Crack!

The huge body dropped down, making a huge crater open up.

Seth was holding his greatsword, that was already being covered with a thick layer of fire. He dropped down right after the beast, making sure to deliver a second hit.

BANG!

CRACK!

Seth' greatsword hit the backside of that monster, breaking its spine in a thousand pieces. The floor received a part of that impact and many cracks and fissures extended all the way to the place the elves from the Beihorn family had relocated.

They backed away farther as they had a stupefied expression on their faces.

"Holy crap!"

"What kind of fight was that?"

Even when Paeris was fighting against those members of the Luberus family, there weren't many skills like those they have just seen right now. This fight was more comparable to the fight the Eleventh Palace Master had with Wang Lei, than what happened between the Mana Control cultivators.

Finnea was not in the right state of mind, so she ended up having an outburst in front of Seth and blaming him for her master's death. But after witnessing him using his Mana to support Paeris body, a heavy feeling of guilt took her entire being.

"So, he was actually trying to warn us of the danger..." Ilbrien muttered while looking towards Seth. He realized they had mistaken his words.

Seth lifted his greatsword and kept it ready. After the battle he just had, the shockwaves and Mana fluctuations had attracted the attention of more beasts. They were all coming in a frenzy, ready to fight until the end.

Seth was prepared to fight any of those Mana Perception or Mana Control monsters that were approaching, but suddenly a vast aura descended in the entire area.

The aura alone made the ground tremble and the air shake. Everyone felt like a very dangerous foe was approaching. That aura was so heavy that even their ability to move was prejudiced.

"Cough!" The Eleventh Palace Master stood up and used the little quantity of Mana that she still had to create a shield around herself, the girls from her sect and the elves that came to help.

"A Profound Mana initial-stage Realm beast..." She muttered in a low voice, but everyone around her still heard it.

It was the same stage of power that Elyon, Elyra and the Eleventh Palace Master were. Those people were able to change the entire landscape while fighting, because that was the dimension of power a Profound Mana being had.

Seth raised his greatsword with some difficulty, since the aura of that beast was making the entire environment heavier. It was already impressive that he wasn't incapacitated by that heavy pressure and he would have to give thanks to his soul cultivation for that. The first time he felt a pressure of this level, was when Allannia came to bring Rina back to the castle.. At that time, he was knocked unconscious instantly.