Corrupt Creations

Seth's eyes turned into a deep shade of blue. He looked down on his enemies like their lives meant nothing. It wasn't his own feelings, but an effect induced by his Hades inheritance. The God of the underworld was a superior being, that would look down on all of the other races. 

Seth slowly walked towards them with an aura of superiority. 

"Sever." 

The entire world started to tremble, shaking violently as if announcing the end of the times. The hunters, Tao Shing and the elder from his family almost wetted their pants, the fear was consuming them from inside, and their legs were starting to get soft. 

A rift appeared in the middle of the entire Fire Labyrinth, severing space into two. The crack started to get bigger, very quickly, splitting the entire universe into two. A huge demonic hand opened the rift from the inside, spreading the crack even further. 

At this moment the seven of them were already keeling on the floor, unable to stand up. Actually, they couldn't even talk as they were being suppressed, let alone move. 

A second hand slowly extended out of the rift and grabbed the five hunters, pulling them towards that abyss black space. The five of them vanished from the surface of the planet, while Tao Shing stood rooted on the floor. 

The elder from his family felt that an irresistible suction force started to pull him towards the rift and his countenance changed for one of pure fear and panic. He was dragged towards the abyss, leaving behind only his wails of despair. 

On the real word though, what actually happened was that out of nowhere, six of the seven people that were fighting against Seth, dropped down on the ground lifeless. Their connection with their Soul was thoroughly severed. Their soul essence was quickly absorbed by Seth and stored inside his soul space. 

Everything that happened just now, was only real inside the minds of those people who experienced the illusion, since it was a fearful soul attack Seth utilized against them. 

Seth deliberately let Tao Shing suffer less pressure than the others, and the effect he desired was achieved. While the other enemies were all killed, Tao Shing was reduced to a worthless cultivator that didn't know how to control his mana right now. It turned Seth's work easy, since he wanted to knock him out, without killing him for now. 

Seth approached Tao Shing and extended his right hand, touching his enemy's chest area. He used his mana to turn it into a thousand of thin needles, and sent it to attack Tao Shing's energy veins. His mana instantly cut the entire energy veins around Tao Shing's body, rendering him useless. His cultivation dissipated and he turned into a cripple right after. Tao Shing dropped on the floor unconscious, but still alive. 

"What the fuck just happened?" A powerhouse of the Mana Perception initial-stage realm from the Wu Martial kingdom asked, unbelieving what he has seen. 

From their group perspective, the hunters and Tao Shing gave up all their struggle and let Seth deal with them without any resistance. 

'Why would someone give their life like that?' The group of five people kept asking inside their minds. 

This group of five were the last people alive now. While Wu Shuhui and the prince were the first to fight, the other three from their group didn't even make a move yet. They were lucky enough to not fall for Seth's darkness trap, ending up in a safe position until now. 

For Seth, it wasn't the result he expected, but it was still within what could be considered as alright. He was feeling really spent right now. His soul would need a lot of time to recover, since he used all the soul energy he had, on that last attack. However, he still needed to fight against five Mana realm practitioners, while he was already tired. 

He made the utmost effort to not show his fatigue and weakness in front of his enemies, but Wu Shuhui was a veteran and could feel that Seth was a bit tired already. 

Wu Shuhui took a red pill from inside his spatial ring, secretly giving it to the first prince. 

The prince swiftly grabbed the pill and saw that it contained a really tyrannical energy inside. He could feel that it was probably one of those forbidden pills. 

"Just in case something unexpected happens, this could be a life saver, however, do not use it until we are in a hopeless situation." Wu Shuhui warned the prince. He only had one of those pills now, and it would serve its purpose better on the prince's hands, since that pill would give him the ability to stand up and fight with a power higher than he could muster normally for some minutes. 

The prince nodded his head and continued to concentrate on healing a bit of his wounds.

Wu Shuhui signaled for his other three companions and they started to ready themselves for the battle. 

"Friend, although we had no enmity with you previously, you attacked our group of people without an explanation. Why are you siding with the Blazing Phoenix Sect?" 

"Why do you need to know that?" Seth asked coldly. 

"Hehe, why don't we discuss a price and we could let this situation between our sides die here and forever, what do you think? If possible, I would like to avoid this meaningless fight and explore more of this labyrinth." 

"I do not need any money. If you back down right now and give up your chances of obtaining the resources inside this chamber, we could go each their way. If not, it is useless trying to convince me." Seth said while snorting. Seth discovered that his main objective would probably be inside that chamber, so he didn't want to let his enemies inside it. 

"Since it's like this..." Wu Shuhui eyes turned sharp. 

"Elders, let's go. We are going to use the secret formation." A crafty light shone inside his eyes. 

The three elders heard their leader statement and prepared themselves for the fight. They already knew what to do. 

The group of four dashed towards Seth, covering the distance of almost a kilometer really quick. When the distance between them was almost non-existent, Wu Shuhui moved alone to fight against Seth. 

Wu Shuhui used his mana to engage Seth in a melee combat, while the elders tried to flank him from the sides. His fist met Seth's hand in a quick succession as they kept exchanging more than hundreds of those similar blows. After some time, one of the elders approached Seth while Wu Shuhui moved a distance away. 

"Now!" He commanded from afar. 

The elder that was about to start engaging in a fight against Seth, inflated his mana inside his own body, making it turn into a bomb and exploding into a mess of blood and chunks of flesh. The mana inside his body was converted into a shockwave, that took Seth off guard, striking against his chest. 

Boom! 

When he finally noticed that it was a suicide attack, he only had time to put a bit of his mana into protecting his body superficially. Seth was sent flying by the mana explosion, but it was not the end of the attack. The other two elders took the opportunity to launch themselves towards Seth, when he was flying through the air, exploding at his sides one after the other. 

Boom! Boom! 

A rain o blood painted the entire area red. Wu Shuhui didn't even flinch at his companions' deaths, since it was their honor to be able to serve the Wu Martial Kingdom until the end. 

He saw that with the destruction power emitted by their explosion, even a Mana Perception late-stage realm cultivator like him, would suffer grave injuries at least. Seth that was actually a middle-stage cultivator, could only dream of leaving this uninjured. 

However, his victorious smiled faded when he actually saw Seth's silhouette standing up from the ground. He was bleeding from head to toe, but there was not a single limb missing. His battle aura had decreased by a huge margin and his mana was almost entirely used, because he needed to use his "Shrouding Light" on a desperate attempt to stop the destruction power from killing him. 

Even then, what really save him was his strong and though body. 

"Ahahaha! Now you do not seem that menacing. Let's see how you will survive this." Wu Shuhui didn't waste time and dashed forwards to engage in a fight again, no letting Seth rest. 

He kicked towards Seth, putting a good amount of mana behind his martial move, hitting him at his side. 

Cough! 

Seth tried to use his mana to defend against the kick, but even so he wasn't able to fully escape the power that it contained. He coughed a bit of blood and tried to recompose himself quickly after being pushed back by more than ten meters. 

He had just a little bit more of mana, and his enemy still had a lot. Chances were not at his side now, but he didn't panic. He got the ring from the alchemist he killed, quickly retrieving some pills and consuming them. 

His state started to improve at a slow pace, but it was just enough for his senses to normalize. 

"Tch! Those alchemists were indeed useless." Wu Shuhui went forwards again, he didn't want to let Seth have any space or time to breath. 

However, he was surprised when Seth disappeared from his sight. On his conception, it would be impossible for him to put a good fight right now. 

Seth could not afford to spend too much of his energy with Shadow Walk, so he reappeared a bit farther, emptying the pill bottle he got from the alchemist ring. He ate them all and absorbed their energy. He was prepared for one last round now.