Corrupt Creations

Boom! Boom! 

BOOM! 

A final explosion occurred, raising a curtain of corrupted darkness into the air and after the dark red energy settled down, the environment was finally able to get silent. However, nothing was the same as it was before anymore. 

The eerie darkness was still lingering in the air, even though Seth had put down his arms already and was peacefully resting amidst all the destruction he caused. 

The earth stopped trembling and the few soldiers still alive were finally able to raise their heads to observe what was the final conclusion. 

There were only about eighteen soldiers still living in the whole area and that was because they were near the commander. Seth had purposely left that area untouched, because he had other plans for him. 

When those soldiers, together with their commander were finally able to see what had happened, they tried to deny it from the bottom of their hearts. They couldn't believe a person was able to cause what they were currently witnessing. 

"No... It's not possible!" 

"What have happened?" 

"This can't be real..." 

There was a huge crater covering what was previously their whole base. The ground where those dark red explosions occurred was now black and there were no signs of bodies anywhere. No tents, no equipment, and not even the trees that were present everywhere minutes before, existed any longer. 

Everything had vanished and only Seth was still standing on the middle of that huge hole. The depth of that crater was actually terrifying and just looking at it sent chills down their spines. 

The nineteen people still alive looked towards Seth as if he was the devil himself. He was a monster and they have never seen something so terrifying before in their lives. That scene was still fresh in their minds, giving them lucid nightmares while they were still awake. 

There were a little more than five hundred soldiers working inside the encampment, but at least four hundred and eighty of them had been decimated, turning into dust particles. Actually, even those particles were engulfed by the darkness. 

The warriors felt their legs getting weaker and trembling uncontrollably. It was their instinct saying that the monster before their eyes was the pure definition of danger. Their first reaction was to turn around and run, but after some of them tried to do it, they ridiculously fell on the ground in fear. Their legs seemed to have completely forgotten how to stand up and run. 

Seth suddenly moved, striking more fear on them. At the state they were in now, he was sure he could easily use his Soul Arts to obtain what he wished for. And what he wanted right now; was to know why they were here. 

Seth didn't want to know who was the one responsible for harming Meiyi, because independently of that, he would kill every single one of the soldiers camping here. He wouldn't allow these people to stand so close to his mother-in-law house, fearing other incident like that could happen. 

The commander felt that it was his last chance to do something in order to stay alive, after noticing that the demon had started walking at his direction. He suddenly jumped on the ground, kneeling down with his head almost touching the floor. 

After observing what his enemy was capable of, he knew there was no chance for him to resist with strength. The only option left, was to beg. 

"Please! Spare our useless lives! We were just doing our work and following our king's orders." 

The soldiers, one after the other, imitated their commander actions, kneeling down as asking for forgiveness. 

Seth didn't say anything and kept approaching them slowly. But the simple fact that they were invading a foreign country and waging war, was enough to not warrant them any possibility of leaving alive from this situation. 

"Snort!" Seth snorted and a blue light was reflected inside his pupils, announcing he had activated his Hades inheritance. 

He wasn't in the mood to lose his precious time battling those weak soldiers, so what he did, was to make his soul energy directly impact against the soul of the eighteen soldiers that were in a shocked state right behind their commander. If they had stronger cultivations, it would have been more difficult for him to defeat them with soul energy alone and he would need to use a technique to accomplish that, but those last warriors were weak. The strongest among them was a Qi Gathering peak-stage practitioner. 

Thud! Thud! Thud! 

One by one, they dropped down lifeless, since Seth's soul energy was too strong for them to resist. Their consciousness shattered and their bodies quickly started to lose their vitality. Their internal organs stopped working in a quick succession, making all of them rapidly die. 

Seth didn't have need for those people, because only the leader would be able to answer some of his questions. Those normal soldiers were just tools for the Wu Martial Kingdom and they wouldn't know about the core information. 

The commander saw what had just happened and in a state of deep fear, his pants started to get wet while his body was trembling uncontrollably. He had unconsciously pissed himself, since he was right in front of the deadliest devil. 

Seth stood some distance away from him after realizing his condition and was about to ask what were his objectives on Misty Horizon city, when he suddenly felt a very strong aura coming from the crater he had opened up. He looked towards the source of that aura and was able to see the tip of a spiky purple stone buried on the earth. 

He had felt that energy once before and it was when he battled against the Lion Knight back in the Demonic Shadow Royal Clan castle. 

That energy belonged to an item he had seen there. It was a huge purple Skystone. 

Suddenly Seth decided to use his Soul Sense to feel till where this huge stone was buried, but what he found out left him speechless. 

Underneath the place he was stepping right now, there was a huge mine of blue, red and purple Skystones. After seeing it with his own eyes, he understood what was happening here. 

Somehow, the Wu Martial Kingdom, had discovered that a mine or precious Skystones existed outside of Misty Horizon city. They sent a battalion to defend this position while throwing the Blazing Phoenix Country into the chaos of war. 

Right now, Seth didn't know if the war was just a front to cover what they were doing her or if this place was just a bonus the Wu Martial Kingdom had stumbled upon. 

Instead of trying to guess everything, Seth suddenly put his hand on top of the commander's head and there was a deep blue light covering them already. His Soul Energy ripped the Wu Martial King Battalion Commander's soul defenses apart, making him feel an unbearable degree of pain. 

"ARGH!!!" He screamed in pain while his body squirmed around. 

All seven orifices of his face started to bleed profusely, till his body suddenly stopped, dropping down on the floor with no life signs any longer. 

Seth wasn't able to acquire a lot information from him, but he was able to see the cruel orders Caizhi's father had given to him. In this slow time window of two weeks, these soldiers had killed at least eight hundred citizens, peasants and farmers that had any connection with this location. 

They had orders to silence everyone, not letting the information that a battalion was stationed here, protecting the site where there was a hidden Skystone mine. But the commander didn't clearly know if this war was because of this mine or not. However, that was unimportant. 

What mattered was that Meiyi was actually the sole survivor of everyone that came to do anything near this place, what left Seth speechless. He didn't know if it was luck or not, however he would make the Wu Martial King, Caizhi's father pay. 

Seth initially didn't feel a thing when massacring these soldiers, but right now, he felt he had done some kind of justice and that it was what had to be done. What he didn't notice, was that the Crimson Light was affecting his feelings and if not for Lexi, purifying the corruption that tried to affect his mind, he would have been consumed by it. 

But at the same time, he was able to use the Crimson Corrupted Energy in battle, witnessing how overpowered it was. Seth didn't know why he was compactible with this energy, but he felt fortunate even though he feared it. 

"Lexi, thanks for your help." 

"Hmph! So, you noticed. You better get me a lot of spiritual energy later, because I had to consume a lot of it in order to not let those feelings affect you completely." 

"Don't worry.  After everything ends, I will get you a large meal." 

"Good." 

"Alright, let's go.. We still need to go to the Blazing Phoenix Sect as quick as possible."