Corrupt Creations

Seth kept healing her body with his Evergreen Essence at its maximum, since he could absorb the corruption from the air and convert it into energy. The speed in which she healed Lan Xue, made her make a funny surprised expression that almost made Seth stop it and loudly laugh. If he wanted, he could fit a whole rock inside her cute small mouth at that moment. 

"I didn't know you were able to do those kinds of expressions. Is that ice cover of yours, just a fake?" 

Lan Xue looked perplexed and didn't know how to respond. She was just like an ice statue, paralyzed after witnessing that miracle. 

Seth's injury kept closing and healing at an impressive speed while at the same time, his Evergreen Essence healed her body as well. Even her mana was starting to recover and wasn't suppressed any longer. It was like he had released her from her bindings all of a sudden. 

"You... Who are you really? How are you able to do these things?" Lan Xue had long stopped believing Seth was someone special. She now thought he was someone chosen. 

Seth stopped after hearing her questions. She asked it out of incredibility, but those questions were things that made him stop and think. 

"I wonder... Those are things I'm still searching for a proper answer, but it is not what matters for us here. What we need to do is to recover quickly, since there will be a huge battle happening soon." 

Lan Xue furrowed her eyebrows, but she believed him. The crimson shard he had been struck with was the solid proof there were hidden enemies down there. She wasn't able to feel it previously, but with her Mana and senses slowly returning, she would soon be able to feel their presence. 

Suddenly, Lan Xue moved away from Seth, separating their hands. All this while, they had been holding hands, since he needed to make his energy access her body somehow. However, instead of going wild and trashing him for that, this time she chose to move away and turn her back towards him, hiding a small blush she had on her face. 

Lan Xue didn't understand why her body was heating up after realizing she was being touched. Actually, she would normally destroy someone that tried to touch her like that. But this time, that idea didn't even pass through her mind. 

Seth realized her actions were not normal for someone that hated him to the bones like she had stated before, but he decided to not comment anything about that. 

"Here, let me finish healing you." He extended his hand once again, but Lan Xue quickly refused. 

"There is no need." Lan Xue took a blue pill out of her spatial ring and ate it. 

A rich water elemental aura circled her body, infusing her with the water of vitality. She used her water elemental affinity to guide that energy inside her body and heal her remaining wounds very quickly. 

The water element had some healing properties that could be explored really well if the user had the right inheritance. The Glazed Lake inheritance, came from an entity that was called the Moon River Goddess. When her inheritance was discovered, the ancestor of the Glazed Lake created that sect to pass down the inheritance for the future promising juniors. 

Lan Xue possessed that inheritance just like Seth inherited the Shadow Demon abilities at the Shadow Demon Royal Clan. However, differently from the other Palace Masters from her sect, Lan Xue had slight differences on her bloodline, due to possessing a little bit of the Illusive Ethereal bloodline. 

But differently from Meiyi, her bloodline energy enhanced her water element and enabled her the compatibility with ice. Lan Xue then trained both her elements while focusing more on her ice variation. However, her water elemental energy was just as good as her other element. It is more accurate to say that she has perfected her ice art to attack and defend, while with her water techniques, she had specialized them in the supportive role. 

Lan Xue quickly restored her condition, getting part of her Mana back, while at the same time that her body kept improving more and more. For a better absorption speed, she sat down and concentrated on her own condition, pushing the incredible facts she had just seen to the back of her head. She could learn more about Seth later, but the next time, due to personal interest. 

Seth smiled after noticing Lan Xue seemed to be in a more cheerful mood now and decided to finally tend to his things. There was still the "gift" the Great Corruptor had told him about. 

He turned around and looked at that giant spine that seemed to be inviting him. His right arm was already healed and his body would be soon completely fine too, so without further waiting, Seth stepped forward and touched that bone once again. 

The Great Corruptor had told him that this spine was a special gift for Seth, but he wasn't able to figure out how to use it. But mere seconds after he touched that giant piece of bone, the entire sub-space started to tremble. 

Lan Xue had just started to concentrate, but she had to open her eyes again after feeling that tremor. It was like the earth was relocating itself. 

The giant spine started to shined with corruption, lighting the whole sub-space and making all the creatures raise their head to look toward sit. Some of them tried to desperately approach that area, but the repulsive force kept denying them that. It was just like they were not worth it to approach that place yet. The giant spine existence didn't recognize them as worth it. 

After the bright light completely enveloped the whole giant spine, it started to shrunk down really fast. While shrinking, the format started to be compressed and change at the same time. 

Seth and Lan Xue were able to sense the ancient aura circling around it and both of them felt like they were mere ants standing before a behemoth. Their destinies were at the hands of that ancient powerful aura. 

The spine shrunk down to a two meters tall height, before it completely stopped shrinking. It had changed shape to something that resembled a weapon, an unholy weapon that was able to induce fear by just looking at it. There was even a handle made of terrifying bones. 

Before Seth, now, there was a two-meters long bone greatsword, that was enveloped in an unholy aura that sent chills down the spine of even its new owner, Seth. That greatsword was completely bathing in corruption, just as if it was an object born from it. 

Seth wasn't able to resist the calling and extended his hand to hold the greatsword handle, feeling how heavy it was. But just as he was able to hold it, he felt it was heavy beyond measure. His hand was not able to support it in the air and it started to fall down. 

Before it touched the ground though, Seth suddenly released all his Mana, increasing his strength and was finally able to support the greatsword. For a cultivator that was already in the Mana Realms, a person that could change the landscape, not being able to hold something... One could already imagine how much it weighed. 

Seth wasn't able to properly tell how much it weighed, but if he were to make a pessimistic guess, he would say it was at least weighing twenty tons. The way his Mana was being drained while he held that weapon, was something Lan Xue, the sole spectator to that scene, had never seen before. However, he was generating Mana at the same proportion, making it possible to continuously support it. 

Just as Seth used his Mana to hold the weapon, a crimson aura expanded from where he had touched, creating an energy wave that took the shape of a ring around him. It expanded forward to all sides, creating a wave of corruption that destroyed everything. The only thing left untouched, was Lan Xue. 

The moment he claimed the treasure, that force repulsing the creatures vanished. At the same time, all the creatures inside the abyss felt like they had been robbed. Someone had just robbed their most precious treasure, their most important dream. Just like a horde of mindless vengeful monsters, they advanced towards the area Seth and Lan Xue were, with all their might. 

A group of twenty wolf-like corrupted beasts were the first ones to arrive there. They were all Mana Control initial to middle-stage Realm beasts that were specialized in speed. They often hunted in packs, since they were the weakest beasts in this whole abyss. 

Unfortunately, when they arrived at that place, the crimson ring of destruction was still expanding towards everywhere, while decimating everything. Those poor corrupted wolves didn't even have the chance to turn around and escape from that, before completely disintegrating in corruption. 

The next battle would be worse than an ancient battle between gods and devils. It was not a place for weak creatures like them to stay or participate.