Corrupt Creations

Barghest was already smiling, anticipating the sensation the good show that was about to begin would bring him. 

Seth's right fist ignited with a rich aura of darkness and he gave step forward, moving towards Lan Xue. But suddenly, his body vanished and he abruptly appeared in front of Barghest as his fist was already moving towards his face like a dark lightning. 

Clap! 

Barghest trusted that the thing Velgor gave him would properly work as it worked many other times before this and wasn't expecting Seth would be able to defy his orders, so he had his defenses down at that moment. 

Bang! 

After receiving a hard punch on his face, his feet lost hold of the ground and his entire body shot through the air with a lot of force. He flew for more than a thousand meters, crashing against a huge boulder and destroying it completely. A huge number of rocks and debris buried him underneath. 

Seth didn't advance towards him. He was savoring the sensation of punching the face of the fucking bastard that had changed his life. Barghest deserved this and more, but that was just the beginning. Seth wanted to crush him, little by little. 

The Soul Trap inside his soul space was thoroughly controlled by Lexi and nothing could interfere with it anymore, not even Velgor himself, the one that had the main authority to control that strange power. 

This experience was a test, and Seth really liked the results he obtained. 

Suddenly, from within that huge pile of rocks, a dark and gloomy aura was burning uncontrollably. 

Boom! 

Everything blew upwards as Barghest figure stood up. His face was swollen and his mouth and nose were bleeding. He was feeling totally dizzy and there was a burning pain inside his head. He was feeling mad and wanted to destroy his enemy, but all that rage was thoroughly being suppressed by a huge sense of confusion. 

Through gritted teeth, he started to say some words: "Why... Why did it not work?" 

"Hah! Did you think that small trick of yours would actually work? You two must have thought that plan was perfect, right? It's a pity it didn't work." 

Barghest looked at the purple object still inside his hand and tried to use it again. After noticing it didn't have any effect, he closed his fist, crushing it into thousand pieces. 

Seth smiled. He would make sure to destroy everything Barghest threw at him. 

Swirl! 

A strong flux of Mana circled Barghest. Suddenly, his entire body ignited in purple flames. It was a mix of darkness and fire that only the Cerberus Clan could properly use. It was the power of their clan ancient beast after all. 

"If that thing doesn't work, then I will destroy you with my Hellish Flames!" Barghest body was bathing in those purple flames as he started to move forward. At the beginning, he was going slow, but he kept increasing his speed until he built enough momentum to thoroughly pressure Seth. Even the air around him was burning in despair. 

"Heh!" 

Seth's body suddenly vanished. Like a shadow, he flew towards Barghest direction, thoroughly enveloped in darkness and ready to clash with him head on. 

BOOOM! 

Seth's darkness energy met Barghest purple flames as both of them exchanged fist blows. The entire area shook and Zertis was able to feel the tremor from inside the laboratory where he was. He started to feel anxious and decided he would stay ready to help Barghest anytime. 

Crack! 

Barghest intensified his flames and Seth intensified his shadows. With the deadlock, the ground was threatening to crack, but suddenly, a loud sound echoed as Barghest energy won over Seth's shadows, making him retreat backwards some meters. 

It was only natural, that Seth was going to have some disadvantage on an energy clash, since his Mana was not as strong as his enemy's Mana. 

Barghest swiftly covered the distance between the both of them, striking once more while creating a huge wave of flames. 

Seth blocked that attack with his arms, but Barghest flame energy, burned everything in an area of two hundred meters around them. 

From the outside, Lan Xue was able to see Seth's body moving out of that area, while Baghest kept pressuring him over and over. She furrowed her eyebrows after realizing that even though Seth was being pressured, there were no burning marks on his body. Not even his clothes were damaged. 

Bang! 

Seth blocked another wave of purple flames, but his body was forced backwards once again, until his back hit hard against a rock mountain. 

"Haha! Take this!" 

A huge hellhound made of purple flames, spawned in front of the Cerberus Clan Head. It was over twenty meters long and ten meters tall, entirely made of hellish flames. In a single leap, it flew towards Seth, opening its huge mouth so the flames could consume him better. 

Swish! Boom! 

It exploded right in front of Seth body, making a huge pillar of purple flames engulf him and the whole mountain. Everything burned to ashes in no time, painting the whole sky in purple. 

But before Barghest was able to smile in victory, he saw a shadow moving out of the burning area and going straight at him. Out of reflex, he ignited his arms in purple flames and put them crossed before his body, entering in a defensive stance. 

Seth's right hand directly held his arms, but his action stopped there. 

Barghest was totally confused after realizing Seth had no injuries on his body and was holding his arms like that. By the level of his purple flames, he should have been burnt to cinders on that last attack, but he was totally fine. 

Seth smiled, making the Cerberus Clan Head feel something was off. 

Suddenly, Seth's hand ignited with a normal-looking orange flame, but just as it appeared, Barghest flames suddenly vanished, like they never existed in the first place. Instead of purple flames, both his arms were now covered in orange flames and burning for real. 

"Argh!" Barghest suddenly used his Mana to dispel those orange flames that were causing him a searing pain. 

At that time, Seth used the opportunity he had created, to strike and taunt his opponent. 

"Are those the terrifying Cerberus Hellish Flames? They can't even compare to normal orange flames! What a joke." 

He jumped backwards as thousands of fire filaments left from his body. Each one of them went towards Barghest like a missile, trying to explode him into tiny bits. 

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! 

Bang! Bang! 

As the heavenly shower of flames crashed at the area Barghest was in, everything started to be consumed by those destructive explosions. 

Bang! Bang! 

Bang! 

When the last strike descended, at least an entire area of a kilometer was now burning in endless flames. 

As dust settled down, Seth wasn't able to see Barghest figure, but he didn't think he had taken a Profound Mana late-stage cultivator down, by an attack like that. 

Suddenly, Seth looked upwards and saw his enemy's figure hovering high up on the air. He had some burning marks here and there, but he was still totally fine. 

Barghest looked towards Seth and decided he would use one of his trump cards against him. He raised both his hands above his head and very quickly, his Mana was converted in a huge quantity of Hellish Flames. 

Suddenly, the sun shining above their heads, started to lose its color, being covered by the immense purple ball of Hellish Flames he was creating. 

Where Seth was standing, the sunlight was not able to reach anymore and the purple color had taken the role of the new giver of light. 

Lan Xue decided to move a bit farther away, since she absolutely didn't want to intervene in the battle, not even to defend against an attack. 

Barghest looked at Seth, as if he was the one that would decide his fate and said: "Deep down on the underworld, this is the sunlight. My purple Hellish Flames will show you the power of the flames that reign supreme down there... Underworld Sun!" 

He moved both his arms, throwing that immense sun he had created, down towards Seth. 

Seth didn't do anything other than watch as that purple sun came down towards him. There was a very subtle smile on his lips, as if Barghest words were nothing but a joke before him. 

Talking about flames, be it in the underworld, the mortal world, or in the almighty God Realm, there was nothing that could beat him up. If Barghest wasn't using his Mana to transform into fire but any of the other elements, Seth would have a hard time dealing with him. But fire could do nothing against him, since his flames were the law, he was the supreme law. 

As the sun descend on him, his entire vision had turned purple, but he felt absolutely no threat. 

BOOM! 

The entire earth shook. Actually, the entire earth exploded. A ten-thousand-meter area was thoroughly destroyed, being erased from the surface of the Desolate Scorching Wastelands. 

Right in the middle of all that destruction, Seth stood standing on the same spot, unperturbed by anything.