"Are you scared?" Alaric asked as she shook her head as a no which he smiled. He raised his foot and stomped at the ground. A golden glow suddenly lit up every corner of the room with intricate patterns that could not be easily created.
Not even the lady was confident she could make such an array yet it was created with as easy as a stomp by the kid. But so what! It was obvious that the kid could not even support it for in a few seconds it was already dimming. She also failed to recognize it.
Alaric smiled as he placed his hand on the chest and closed his eyes. In the next instant, he was displaying a painful expression but a second later what appeared to be glowing shot out from his heart.
It did not take long before they all realized what it was. The powerful aura and vitality surging from the drop of blood floating on his palm was terrifying which raised the question where he had gotten it. They could tell that it was from a very powerful beast.
If they could get it... But they were having the wrong thoughts as Alaric released the drop of blood essence which fell on his feet. He then kneeled down and used his hand to integrate it with the array which instantly released a red glow with some golden characteristics.
An aura that exceeded that of anyone in the room suddenly unleashed in the cave as the three had a serious look on their faces. Alaric did not waste his time as he stood up and stomped at one node of the array.
There was a drop of sweat on his forehead but the result was about to be displayed as the man they kept calling Alpha suddenly screamed with his hands pressing on his head and in the next instant he exploded into a bloody mist.
This shocked everyone in the room and even Alaric. This was the first time he was killing but he showed no hesitation. His eyes did not show any emotion and only indifference as he looked at Beta. He was the one who cut his neck.
Beta was slightly weaker than Alpha so he knew that his death was going to be instant. Alaric did not waste anymore time as jumped at another node but the remaining two had already gotten over their initial shock.
"He is the core of the array kill him," Joan said as she charged at him. Alaric cursed as he activated another feature of the array which would slow them down significantly. But the beads on his forehead were increasing.
He was sure he could only activate another feature of the the array only once. He had to choose what to do with his only chance and choose who to kill next.
He glanced at the lady and then at Betta. He could not delay anymore as he jumped on another node. This was his last chance and his target was Betta. His face was contorted as hundreds of red lights started flashing at every part of the array.
He, if lucky, was going to kill both or leave them at bad conditions. But one thing he was sure was that Betta was going to die. There was an agonized scream as hundreds of lights cut Betta into pieces.
When the lights faded, Alaric fell on one knee and the array had collapsed. He felt exhausted and as he raised his head and looked around, he saw that the lady was still standing though she was injured.
Luckily, Betta was no more but he was not sure that he could injure a Slavia Plane elementalist. Also, he had exhausted all his energy and he only had his Soul which he did not know whether it was going to be of help.
The array had exhausted his Soul energy too by a great deal and if he had continued, he would have injured his soul. But he had a calm look on his face but he was unsure of what his next move was going to be.
The lady had formed a defensive dome that had protected her from the lights though that was still not enough and ended up injured but this was enough to kill a Cryptic Plane kid.
She walked towards him with a smile on her face. The kid really had surprised her but she was sure that he was at the end of his rope.
"Kid, you had me sweating there. You really are extraordinary," she commented as lightning crackled on her hand. She was pissed for being pushed this far by a kid and this time she was going to personally kill him.
Alaric stood up and the blood essence lifted from the ground and returned it in his heart. What happened next shocked him. He realized that only around 5% of the blood essence had been used. This meant that he had not wasted Meryl's blessing.
Also, in the next instant, almost another 5% of the blood essence was instantly refined into his body and somehow, the energy strengthened his body and his body cultivation level reached the peak of the Cryptic Plane and the energy released rather than surging into his meridians was absorbed by his soul and his exhaustion washed away.
But he was sure that he was still too weak to confront a Salvia Plane cultivator at the moment but he had no other choice at the moment for his life was on the line.
"Kid, you really are extraordinary if you really broke through. But its a pity your journey has come to an end," Joan said and instantly released a bolt of lightning at Alaric.
Alaric was caught offguard as his chest was struck and his body was sent flying away. A ghastly wound appearing on his chest with almost all the flesh on his chest being melted and only his bones remained.
This horrified Aurora as she wondered what she could do to help. She had nothing at all with her. She clenched her fists and teeth with resolve written on her face. If she survived this, she was surely going to make sure that she was strong enough and protect him.
Alaric wanted to scream but he could not succumb to pain. He wanted to ask Sarah what to do next but he was shocked when he realized that the blood essence was being refined.
Even the lady was shocked when she saw him heal and a golden glow engulfing him. Just who was this kid? In a blink of an eye, he had refined the blood with around 10% percent and she could tell that his body had broken through from the Cryptic plane to the next Plane, the Master Plane, which was difficult to explain.
She realized that attacking with aim of torture, she was going to help him refine the blood essence. She also wanted it and she could not let the kid refine it anymore. She decided to kill him with the next attack.
An even more violent lightning crackled in her hand as she released a bolt at him just as soon as he had healed. And this time, she bore a hole on his chest very close to his heart. She did not want to damage the blood essence so she had avoided his heart.
Alaric who had just healed felt the lightning in his body as it tried to wreck havoc. But it was somehow confusing to him for when the lighting was doing damage to him, his body was taking this chance to refine the blood essence.
In this injury, around 20% of the blood essence was used. The shocking part being the speed in which the blood essence was being refined and also how fast the lighting was being expelled from his body.
Another 5% of the blood essence was used to heal up his wound and in the next instance, he was fully recovered. The lady was shocked and unleashed an even stronger bolt that could kill a person in the Salvia Plane.
This time, all the fresh from Alaric's body was washed away! The lady was confused for such attacks were supposed to kill not to cultivate! She was not in a hurry to kill him as she waited for him to heal. This time, it took a longer time almost ten minutes.
She wanted to know just who this kid was for him to be so heaven defying. The blood essence was completely used up to reforge his body. Alaric was sure he was no longer in control of what was happening.
But at the moment, he did not care. He was getting stronger anyway. All his damaged organs were restored and strengthened. It was impossible to cross a level as quickly as he had but when he was fully healed up, the blood essence was completely used up and his body cultivation had firmly settled at the 6th stage of the Master Plane.
Alaric finally opened his eyes and sat up not believing that he had just broken through so many levels which felt unreal.
"Now let me see how you are going to survive that you have used up all the blood essence," the lady said with an evil smile as Alaric stood up.
Alaric cursed as he consulted Sarah on what to do next.
"Sarah..."
"Sarah..."
"Sarah..."