Chapter 60: Untamable Arrogance

"Ha, ha, ha, ha, you know for a moment I thought you were some emotionless soldier, but that look of fear in your eyes is almost worth the sacrifice of my weapon" a loud voice boomed out in the air and the next second old man Treuchi shot off after Seth's fleeing figure.

Treuchi had a smile on his face as he chased after Seth, but behind that smile was the deep desire to kill Seth both for his pride and most importantly his family.

Seth had trampled on the dignity of his daughter and then threatened to kill his son and rape his daughter, and after seeing the strength this man who was probably in his twenties had displayed, he had no intention of sparing his life no matter the what he had to sacrifice, and so without the slightest reluctance he had sacrificed his staff, a middle grade magic tool.

Magic tools were divided into zero, low, middle, and high, zero grade magic tools were used by soldier level cultivators and below while low grade magic tools were used by general level cultivators.

As for middle grade magic tools, they were used by mostly Kaiser level cultivators and some ridiculously powerful or influential 3rd stage general cultivators while as for high grade magic tools, well Treuchi had never seen one, but he knew that they could be considered one of the key defenses of nations, there were rumors that a general level cultivator could kill a Kaiser if he had such a tool and though Treuchi had no ideas if this was true or not, he no intention of ever going against someone with one.

Treuchi's staff had the ability to store qi and supply him with it when he needed it, and most importantly, it could turn into an indistinguishable clone of him which could be used as either a decoy or a partner to coordinate an attack.

Despite sending it against Seth's lightning ball, Treuchi had never expected his staff to be destroyed by Seth's attack, and seeing Seth possess a power capable of destroying one of the most powerful weapons on earth, he was glad he had sacrificed that weapon as right now it was just a matter of time before he caught up to Seth.

Deciding to take the gamble that Seth had no more juice in him, Treuchi decide to abandon all semblance of defense and put all his energy into catching up with the injured Seth, and fortunately for him, his gamble paid off as a few minutes later he caught up to the fleeing Seth and with a wave of his hand, he sent a powerful gale of wind slamming into him and pressing him down till he crashed to the ground.

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Seth had seen the possibility of death and even faced it, yet not once had he been afraid, he had happily accepted this outcome and fought till his last breath, but earlier just when he was proud of having created a battle technique and outsmarted the enemy, and given his all in the most powerful attack he had ever released, he watched his arm be brutally ripped out and at that moment, the words of the old man reverberated in his head,

[do you ever entertain the idea that you might not survive this fight]

He had quickly forgotten about this statement when the fight began, but when he saw the old man still alive and in pristine condition after he had used one of the strongest attacks he could come up with and then exhausted his qi, the thought of him possibly losing had popped into his mind and this statement had come flooding back into his head.

Using his right hand, Seth had burnt the stump on his left shoulder with lightening till the wound there was closed and now he was currently struggling to escape, but it was all for not as he felt his head begin getting lightheaded and his body weakening, his enhancements wearing off after the amount of qi he had exhausted couple with his blood loss, and the next thing he knew, he was crashing to the ground, unable to stabilize himself in the air as a gale of wind pressed down on him.

All he could do was brace himself for impact as he crashed back into the snow and was buried under it.

Since Seth got his lightning from his enlightenment sphere, he theoretically should be able to use as much of Raiju's lightning as he needed provided his sphere still had juice in it, but unfortunately for him, that was only theoretically, his body was exhaustible, and his qi was in a very limited supply. His enlightenment sphere might still have some juice in it, but he was already too tired to call out more lightening from it.

Seconds after Seth crashed into the snow, he jumped out with lightning barely flickering around him and immediately turned to run away, but just as he moved some steps forward, he heard a sweet voice speak out.

"Oh that feeling of being on the edge of dying and putting every single energy in your body into surviving, you must not be having a fun day boy".

Seth looked forward and stared at a woman with short black hair that barely reached her shoulders, she was light skinned and had the appearance of a woman in her thirties, she wore a tight white shirt that held her generous boobs and a black skirt that barely went over her buttocks.

Watching her leaning on a tree and sucking on a lollipop with her red-painted lips and her delicious legs crossed over the other was enough to send any man begging to serve her, she was a woman Seth would have leered over and hit on any day, but right now not a single thought on her feminine charms flowed through his head.

Seth was looking to ignore this woman and began running away when a torrent of wind fell from above with the intent to strike him, but just as it moved towards him, Seth saw the lollipop sucking woman take out a hand fan and wave at the torrent of wind.

A red slashing beam immediately came out of the fan when she waved and smashed into the old man Treuchi's attack, resulting in both attacks mutually destroying each other.

"Amelia what are you doing here, are you the one who sent him "Treuchi asked as he landed behind Seth, a frown on his face.

"long time no see old man, I am surprised and happy to see you've made such incredible break troughs in your ice manipulation, but it's quite sad to see you've hidden such advancements from the federation, is it possible that you've actually defected to Magdad," the woman asked, her beautiful matured face combined with an innocent frown creating a look that men would do anything to please.

"That's none of your business, now why are you here," Treuchi asked, his aura spiking up.

"Well if you must be such a nosy old man, I have seen incredible potential in this young man and have decided to bring him over to the organization" she replied.

"Impossible, he dies here today" Treuchi coldly said, his qi raring up within him, even though he had lost his staff which severely reduced his strength, he was ready to take the young man before him to the grave even if it meant his death.

"Darling, what do you say you work for me, don't worry as long as you agree to sign this contract, the old man won't be able to do anything to you," Amelia said and then smiled at Treuchi, you wouldn't want the organization coming after your family now would you, and like pouring cold water over a flame, Treuchi felt all his determination to kill Seth at all cost crumble.

Amelia's organization was far from a friendly one, they made sure to make examples of those who went against them, not even a Kaiser level cultivator could survive their hunt, and if he were to anger them, then his family might just be sent to their early graves which defeated the entire purpose of him wanting to kill Seth.

With conflicted thoughts in his mind, he could only watch as Seth and Amelia talked, their words unregistered by his mind, scenarios of Seth returning one day to massacre his family popping into his head, and just as he was just about to ignore Amelia's threat and kill Seth, he saw Amelia pierce her hand fan through Seth's chest and heart till it came out his back,

"What an arrogant man" Amelia commented as she watched Seth's lifeless body drop to the ground.