Temporal Pearls

The only good thing was that the dragon eyes weren't looking at him, it was searching for something.

After some moment, it moved and flew back to the cloud far above.

Minutes later, Seth somewhat recovered to normal.

"I have felt a similar presence in Red Valley. This cloud Dragon is Ancient but also strange!"

He muttered to himself.

However, Seth's Will has shattered before it began to heal.

The reason was his Existence Might perception felt the vast difference between them.

It was old, powerful with a vast array of abilities, more than that, its authority was perfect.

Seth came to a conclusion, he needed to reach the Stele very fast before anymore misshapen like this happened.

He fleetingly glanced at the hundred gaunt old men, who were all lying on the ground. Their fate was unknown.

Seth became decisive and used the whip to propel himself toward the Stele. By luck or coincidence, he was as close as he could see.

Very fast, the whip kept latching at a tree and pulling him towed the Stele worriedly. However, what he feared came, three of them.

One was the Jet Dragon, then the strange dragon that can control other flames and lastly was the red-scaled dragon.

The moment they appeared, another one appeared. This dragon didn't have a big wing and can't fly but gallops on the ground.

The craziness in their eyes, Seth knew they wouldn't let him unscathed. With unbelievable control of the whip he maintained certain velocity but still lashed out with the whip to prevent them from coming closer to him.

But the dragons were smart.

Jet Dragon was fast enough to go beyond the whip reach and come back and attack with air blasts.

The hopping dragon easily hid behind trees to avoid it.

Red-scaled dragon body glowed with hits and made the whip fight fire.

As for the Flame Controller Dragon was always with a red-scaled dragon as defense.

Seth's ego began to hurt more.

He then deployed strings and attacked and also tried to avoid their hindrance.

They were smart, they knew Seth couldn't focus on them as he was now running away. They needed to use that as an advantage.

Seth saw a shadow cast from above him and he looked above, the hopping dragon following him was above him as he jumped. With its tail wave, Seth was attacked.

Bang!

He crashed into trees before he came to a halt but he quickly latched to a tree with a whip and he was pulled, always avoiding the subsequent flame attacks from the three dragons.

"Damni it!"

Seth cursed not because of the dragon but his Ego burning now. Why can't it understand he wasn't running out of fear of the dragon? He was afraid of him.

He managed to dodge and lashed with string and whip. He maneuvered and tried to run away. Suddenly, he had a heart attack and the next moment a red-scaled dragon slammed him with her tail.

His Attire's Forcefield protected him and sent her away. That angered him because his moment was broken.

"Damn you overgrown lizard."

Seth's eyes became red and he stored away the Red Diamond and Crystal Clear Stone.

[Ego Satisfaction]

A pulse of purple energy energized him and his Exertion Point went to 300,000pts. His hair glows red and red mist surrounds him.

Seth has become insane and he roared!

"Bring it on!"

The reason for that was his Pure White Stone Will breaking due to gazing at Ancient Cloud Dragon. This allowed the red corruption to cloud his mind more and lose his emotion control.

Numerous strings were entangled trees, trying to capture the dragons, but they kept slipping due to a strange dragons that can make objects phase true objects.

But the whip lashed can't be phased through and it was waving violently from one location to another of the dragon, making them attack with synergy.

Chakram one big and one small flashed back and forth, attacking and defending a human.

The human was fast, very fast, between his feet was blood of the dragons and when he stepped forward he somewhat transformed akin to pressurized propelled liquid toward his targets.

He attacks and defends against the numerous dragons. He alone has brought down more than 40 dragons, each one was stage 4 or 5. Let alone this few, even though these few were the strongest of the bunch.

Seth, as always, dominated this fight.

But the two remain steadfast, they are powerful and have great potential. Their body leaked with blood, and filled with laceration of the whip.

They were the red-scaled dragon and Jet dragon. Their resilience and tenacity was commendable. Even the Red Sinner was astonished.

That was when another dragon that can blow strange winds and make people sleep appeared and it attacked.

Seth swayed as he fought the induced drowsiness. He was then affected by his Myriad Wheel Shield and Glass Shield until he woke up.

His body blurred as he splashed away escaping several combo attacks before he fought back.

More powerful dragons come with the same tenacity as Jet dragons.

Pressure was put on Seth but he was enjoying it. His control of the Three Fold World Fence was increasing.

His whip was becoming more and more menacing like a tyrant against unruly slaves.

Seth has imprisoned some dragons with bizarre abilities in Safe House. Some he scared by showing them Beholder World and he battled the rest with fervour.

For the next 30 minutes, one needed to know that the battle was high-speed where subsonic and supersonic speed was the norm.

Suddenly, Seth roared, his right eyes became normal and he checked his Exertion Points were only 50,000pts.

That spot of sanity made him understand his worse mental situation.

He then loudly said in a world of value!

"Enter!"

The dragon were confused and suddenly the human summoned the real whip and the dragons all moved away but the whip stretched toward the Stele.

It grabbed a tree 670 meters which was its full size. Seth was yanked very fast, almost surpassing supersonic speed.

The dragon immediately followed but pressure descended on them and slammed them to the ground as Seth escaped.

Seth pulled out the Red Diamond and Crystals Clear and pushed them in his mouth. He ordered the cape to seal his mouth.

That way, he will keep having the cleansing effect.

A new massive dragon appeared above Jet Dragon and fear gripped them. It was massive, the size of an adult dragon, its pressure impacted them only.

The new dragon with pale red scales opened its mouth and roared. The entire section where the dragon concentrated was blasted due to that.

After the attack, the dragons felt something was amiss. It might be stronger than them with pressure but it lacked the subtle intent and spirit of a real dragon.

They immediately remember the information that he can make his paintings come to life.

Jet dragon used his full power and escaped the pressure and followed Seth. His speed reached his limit.

Seth was now gliding on air very fast with no pull but his velocity remained the same.

Jet dragon was about to attack Seth but a painting opened and he saw Gawee Land.

His mind was overwhelmed and he crashed into a tree and fainted. His exhaustion took over when confusion attacked his mind many times.

Seth's fast gliding continued until he saw the Alpha horse matching his speed. Seth sighed and put it in his eyes. One red and the other normal.

The Alpha understood and then left Seth to continue.

Soon, Seth saw the Burtali Stele closed but his intuition told him he should walk or fly. He reduced the momentum and velocity.

With control he landed on the spot and ran but he sensed Jet dragon catching up to him. It recovered

"Amazing!" Seth wasn't upset by its tenacity.

He reached Burtali Stele but his Ego burst and Seth began to vomit blood.

[Health: Internal Conflict]

Seth never faced this situation and a desire to go back and fight the dragon increased because he didn't want them to think he was a coward. He should not run away from the dragons. He should defeat them and come to the Burtali Stele later.

That was what his ego wanted.

Seth tried to walk away from the dragons and reach the Stele but that became a struggle.

How could I touch the stele before defeating the dragons? It means fear and cowardness.

I should finish the fight first.

This madness tore him apart. His eyes become full red one moment before one returned to normal.

Seth released his staff and said, "Attack me" that's all he can think of and the staff expanded fast and slammed him at his chest which propelled him to the Stele and smashed at it.

[Dragon Aggression Pacified]

[Would you like to Bargain]

The roaring dragon stopped and his canvas that released the adult dragon animation turned off and returned to him.

[Health: Heart failure]

"I don't fucking have a heart. It was stone. Go ahead and die. Mother fucker!"

Seth cursed himself.

He rolled and whimpered on the steel floor due to the pain caused by Ego dissatisfaction.

But gradually, it subsidized, then came the burning sensation that always accompanied defeating dragons.

It was easier to endure than Ego.

He stood and looked at himself, then began to channel aura using staff into the red diamond and clear stone. That was when he realized it won't be easier to get rid of the red corruption!

The stripes on his body made by corals were connected to his blood vessels. Also, the coral on his armor has established a colony and a symbiotic relationship with his body.

His aura was their nourishment while they enhanced his armor by increasing heat resistance, impact resistance, dragon control resistance and many more.

Seth grasped that the intense battle he has been through warranted injury and continued use but he hasn't used them as often as he should have.