Chapter 273: Rise! (1/2)
While all those strange events were happening at the surface, down there in the abyss, Lan Xue had just created a blizzard storm to harass the Mana Sovereign beast Seth was engaging in a battle with.
Their team work was already flawless and whenever Seth needed to move in or out of the battle, Lan Xue would cover up for him. Her attack power was obviously good, but what left the strongest impression about her abilities on Seth's mind, were their crowd control and defensive capabilities.
She could practically control the speed at which the battle was happening, giving Seth more time and space to maneuver through the entire field and reposition himself for a better attack.
Suddenly, the Mana Sovereign beast realized it wouldn't be able to keep up with them and decided to use one of its trump cards. But before it was even able to start executing it, it was entirely encased in a giant block of ice, that froze all of its movements.
Lan Xue wasn't able to realize it, but her abilities were already perfectly working against Mana Sovereign entities and her Mana was showing signals of a breakthrough.
The beast encased inside started to release a lot of Mana and melt the block from the inside. That skill wouldn't be able to forever hold it, but the sole fact it was able to delay the actions of a Mana Sovereign beast, was already showing that Lan Xue's Mana was closer to reaching that point.
Suddenly, a crimson line appeared on the surface of that block of ice, separating it into two. From the crimson glow, an overbearing energy destroyed everything incased inside that ice, completely decimating the beast locked in there.
Seth's figure holding a crimson greatsword could be seen at the other side. He had destroyed the creature Lan Xue had trapped, ending the battle very quickly.
After that enemy died, the entire environment turned strangely peaceful.
Seth suddenly willed, and his greatsword disappeared in a crimson flash. He closed his eyes and brought his consciousness inside the area where a Crimson Light existed, located right within his body. In that area, a Crimson Light was shining high above, serving as the source and the sun that illuminated everything. However, at the surface now, there was a giant crimson weapon pinned there. It had the same gargantuan size the original spine had, but it was in the form of a greatsword already.
Seth wasn't able to understand how there was a sub-space inside his own body, where a world of corruption was forming. However, he understood it was a place that was just like his soul, a place that was able to hold many different mysteries.
Suddenly, he felt energy fluctuations on the environment outside and Seth decided to stop inspecting that sub-space to return. He first had thought it was probably another beast, but when he opened his eyes, he realized a whirlwind of Mana was forming around Lan Xue's body.
Lan Xue was casually looking towards Seth's face while he stood there with his eyes closed, but she suddenly felt her Mana acting a bit strange. Her energy veins started expanding and her Mana initiated a transformation process. That process was making her feel like turning into another existence, her Mana was turning into a new version that was thousand times stronger than before.
Lan Xue felt like she was gaining the rights over the energy called Mana and was about to seat on her throne and command it as she willed. That was the feeling a person would have when that person as about to achieve the Mana Sovereign Realm through normal means.
Suddenly, Seth felt all her old Mana rushing out of her body and dispersing in the environment. Right after that, a stronger form of Mana started to enter her body and slowly fill her dried energy veins. However, the Mana flowing through her body now, was a Mana fit for a Sovereign, a Mana that only those standing at the peak of this world, had the chance to use. Together with that energy transformation, her body was enhanced as well, so she could hold that new energy.
When Lan Xue opened her eyes, she was already seeing the world in a new light. There was also a smile forming on her lips, after the realization she had just achieved a goal that would take at least a century to achieve.
Turning into a Mana Sovereign was not a simple task. Actually, it was the second hardest barrier a cultivation would have in their lives. The first one being the impossible barrier of transcending mortality and becoming a deity.
Actually, that was more likely to be a myth than a possible thing. There were only stories of people becoming deities, but no one was able to see one of those transformations with their own eyes yet.
Seth suddenly appeared besides Lan Xue and held her wrist. After that, he examined her condition and saw there were no major problems. The corruption wasn't affecting her, like he had willed.
Strangely, Lan Xue didn't bother being touched by him anymore. It was like it was a natural thing now. These seven to eight months they spent together, had changed their relationship from water to wine.