章 59: Tricksters

Treuchi was just about to move forward and check what was happening with Seth when he swung his staff which had been resting on his right shoulder to his left, a sharp sound ringing out as a foot covered in thick purple lightning hit his staff and sent Treuchi stumbling backward, unable to withstand the power behind the kick.

Treuchi decided to use his backward momentum to jump back so as to find balance and make some distance between himself and Seth, but just as he tensed his leg to spring up, he saw Seth's leg which had just attacked him fall to the ground and then transferring the momentum from his fallen leg, Seth turned around and the next time Treuchi saw Seth's face, he was singing two thick whips made of lightning down at him.

Knowing it was too late to cancel his jump, Treuchi decided to jump towards the two menacing whips, but just before they could hit him, a wall of wind which quickly turned to ice formed in front of him

The two whips collided with the ice wall, but it didn't take them more than a second to smash it apart and strike Treuchi on both his shoulders, sending him flying through the air and falling down the mountainside.

Seth's body was cloaked in blood, his face almost a painting of red and his hair at this moment, a shade of dark red, but he didn't pay mind to any of this, he keenly watched as his improvised attack hit the old man, and immediately followed after when he saw him falling over the mountain.

Seth could feel his blood pumping harder, all his five senses being heightened and his once exhausted body being replenished with both qi and energy, Seth knew he had once again tapped into that mysterious state, and he planned to hit the old man as hard as he could.

The recent beat down he had received from the man had somewhat temporarily tamed the stupid arrogance which led him to confidently believe he could best a 200 year old cultivator in battle, but right now, Seth saw a chance to kill this troublesome old man, and he had no doubt he was going to accomplish his mission.

As Seth jumped over, he finally saw the full state of the old man, his dress was still as spotless as ever and he was currently smiling at him as fell down, but just as Seth was wondering what was going on, he saw a cloud directly below the old man, split apart as a huge white arrow made of ice shot through it sending a feeling of danger throughout his body as it approached.

Seth could feel a thick concentrated qi radiating from the arrow, as it moved towards him at an insane speeds following him as he shifted in the air, leaving him with no time to stop his descent and move in the opposite direction.

Thinking quickly, Seth took in a deep breath and quickly swallowed in as much lightning as he could, and then he roared, but this time his roar was accompanied by a ball of purple lightning shooting out of his mouth and expanding in the air as it went before hitting the arrow.

Trusting that the traits of the dragon bloodline he currently had, Seth had swallowed in lightening and held it in his throat, and with the assistance of his sturdy throat, the had easily and quickly compressed as much lightening as he could into a compact ball which he then spat out.

The ball of lightning smashed into the arrow and an explosion of ice charged particles filled the air.

Treuchi was surprised to see Seth use such a powerful attack within such a short time, but with his experience, he knew Seth would be in a weakened state after releasing such a quick and powerful attack, so he immediately stoped his own fall and fly upwards.

Treuchi covertly swept his soulsense at Seth and sensing his weakened aura, he decided to go through the ice cloud which was still present from the explosion of their earlier attack to surprise Seth who was struggling to quickly recover, but just as he burst out of the cloud, he came face to face with Seth releasing another lightning ball from his mouth, and this time the qi it was radiating off was three times more powerful than the earlier one.

With a roar of rage and defiance at Seth's move, Treuchi summoned a storm of wind all around him, but when the lightening ball crashed into it, the figure of a man with his hair and most of his skin burnt black came falling out of the sky.

While Treuchi thought he had swept his soulsense past Seth without his knowledge, Seth had felt it as clear as day with his enhanced senses, and fighting all the instincts that begged him to rest after releasing the first lightning ball, he further weakened the amount of lightening on his body, and then this time, he summoned the lightening to first appear in his throat where he began accumulating it.

Until it came out of his body, Raiju lightning contained no trace of Seth's qi and was impossible to sense by anyone, so when Treuchi swept his soul sense over Seth, he failed to sense the buildup of an attack.

With a smile on his face at finally putting down the old man, Seth was just about to move forward and pursue the falling body when he found all his senses screaming danger and without thinking it over, he moved his body to the right seconds before his soulsense finally picked up on the danger.

This early warning saved Seth's life as a hand coated with dense wind passed through the previous location of his heart just after he moved, but unfortunately, his left hand could not be saved as the hand sliced into his shoulder, taking off his entire left arm.

With blood spurting out of the stump on his shoulder, Seth made several jumps away from the presence which had appeared behind him, and without sparing a second to glance at this presence, he immediately ran away as fast as he could.

Since his awakening this was his second time running away from an enemy, the first time he ran from an enemy, he ran away in hopes of having fun, the second time, this time, he was running away for his survival with a trace of fear present in his eyes.