Chapter 256: The Crimson Crystal Beast (1/2)

The duo activated their senses, trying to identify what was happening underneath, but what they captured shocked them to the core.

Lan Xue wasn't able to sense what was causing all that disturbance, what could only mean one thing that she didn't want to believe in. As for Seth, he was able to see it all. There was a gigantic creature made of crimson crystals destroying everything after it awakened.

Suddenly, he saw the monster turning its head upwards and looking directly at him.

”Not good! Run!”

Boom!

The crimson giant raised his crystalized hands and released his Mana, destroying the whole ceiling and opening a huge path to the surface.

Seth and Lan Xue jumped backwards, getting away from that area the fastest they could.

BOOM!

The already destroyed ground, violently burst apart and massive rocks flew everywhere. A giant crystal red hand held the edge of the destroyed ground and propelled the massive body out of that hole.

Seth and Lan Xue looked back to see what was happening, but when they realized, there was a huge golem full of spiky crystal shards already standing right in front of Seth. His massive crystal hand was already coming towards Seth, not even giving him time to react.

Bang!

Seth was taken off guard and received that hit totally unprepared. His body flew through the terrain like a horizontal meteor, destroying everything in front of him for many and many kilometers, finally stopping after destroying a huge mountain.

This hit he suffered, was nothing like the ones he received from fighting the Cerberus. This time he had suffered a massive loss, even though he was being buffed by the energy of corruption. The crimson golem had hit him on his right side and out of reflex, Seth had used his arm to defend. Now it was thoroughly broken and Seth was lying unconscious amidst a huge pile of debris. There were many internal injuries inside his body and it didn't seem he would be standing up for now.

A single hit was able to crush him as if he were an ant, just like the way he was used to crush his enemies.

Lan Xue didn't have time to react and save him, she immediately tried to use her energy scan on that red crystal giant, but it was not returning her any information. She realized that she was dealing with a Mana Sovereign entity and this situation fit right in those criteria she told Seth before. This enemy was too strong for them.

At that moment, Lan Xue realized she had to choose if she wanted to leave or to fight against a Mana Sovereign entity. Her brain was trying to work quickly, as many and many things were passing inside her head, but the crystal giant suddenly started to move even before she was able to decide.

ROAR! Boom!

Its roar created an energy shockwave that destroyed everything around, and just after it did that, the creature suddenly jumped towards Seth direction, covering a great expanse of land in s single movement. When it landed back on the ground a few kilometers away from its initial point, the point where it had descended, suffered a huge blast. The creature completely ignored Lan Xue, since it felt something different in Seth.

When Lan Xue saw that huge ominous creature moving towards Seth, it was like she had suddenly forgotten her initial worries, unconsciously using her strongest ability to move towards him.

The crystal golem leaped once more, causing the whole ground to tremble. When it was up in the air, it positioned its body to fall right where Seth was lying, but just as it started to descend, a snowstorm surged upwards, completely disturbing its pace and stiffening its movements.

Instead of falling right on top of where Seth was, it fell three to five kilometers away, causing the whole area to collapse.

Lan Xue appeared up in the air as both her hands were moving in a different pace and in a different direction.

Her right hand was exuding a freezing sensation, creating a storm of ice and snow that kept freezing the whole area around the golem. Her left hand though, was pointed towards Seth as a blue light left from it, turning into a ball of water that swiftly flew towards him.

That water elemental ball enveloped his body, protecting him from the energy fluctuations from what was about to happen and slowly healing some of his wounds.

Roar!