Seth took his soul essence, separating it from the lake and approached the unconscious iyi.
"Wait! I was not joking Seth. The mont you infuse your soul inside her, you will be practically feeding her with your power, I hope you prepare yourself."
Seth heard Lexi's voice and breathed for a mont, steeling his resolve.
He approached his hands towards her mouth and let her drink the "water" he took from the lake.
The soul essence entered her and disappeared, rging with her soul. It was a really simple process for iyi, just like breathing.
However, for Seth it wasn't. His soul felt like it was electrocuted first not causing too much pain, but a numbness spread to every part of his being. Then a pain like a really small cut started to appear inside him. The small cut started to get bigger and the pain escalated to new heights. A searing sensation appeared making the pain get to unbearable levels.
"Arrgh!"
The first groan of pain escaped from his mouth, but he didn't voice out anything other than the first sound. Just when he thought that the pain was strong enough, it started to increase again.
Lexi didn't want to waste Seth's efforts. 'What is done is done.' She would rather take this chance and treat the girl. With Seth's soul imprint inside Chun iyi Lexi could feel a connection with her body. It didn't take ten seconds and the poison inside iyi was already purified. It wasn't a strong poison by the way, just the ans of treating it were scarce right now.
Very soon, iyi's consciousness returned and she woke up inside a place that was different for her. The first thing that ca into her view was a really beautiful blue lake, but she didn't have enough ti to appreciate it after witnessing Seth's figure squirming around on the floor.
"Seth!" She ran towards him, approaching his "body", the projection of his entire soul, that was the lake.
His soul was in a really bad situation right now, as the pain kept increasing, but fortunately for him, the piece of his soul he had ripped to gift it to iyi, wasn't big. So, after reaching a certain peak, the pain started to decrease slowly.
Although it didn't last for long, it was quite a fearful experience. The pain he felt would be imprinted deep inside his mory. A feeling of weakness and tiredness rose inside of him, making his eyes a bit muddy.
"Seth! What happened?" iyi started to panic and took Seth on her lap, trying to understand what was actually happening.
"Don't worry iyi, everything is alright now. Those people will never hurt you again." Seth weakly said. His voice was low and devoid of strength, but it was still livid.
Tears started to fall from her eyes. She was glad that she could see him one last ti. He ca for her. The guilty she felt after pushing him away the last ti they t, kept eating her conscience all this ti.
Her self-esteem has never been high, with all those people calling her useless. The only person that didn't push her away, was the one that she pushed away. She felt like a hypocritical during all this ti that Seth had disappeared.
Seth on the other hand, has never once thought that she was hypocritical. He has always admired her, for her never yielding stance before all that bullying, that she suffered. The last thing he would call her, would be useless. Now that his soul was inside her, he could feel directly, how lowly she thought of herself.
"Seth, I'm sorry for lashing out on you the last ti. You treated so well, yet..."
"Silly girl, do you think sothing like that would ever bother ? You might not know, but you have been one of the brightest gems in my life. The four months we have passed together, training, studying, laughing and discovering things together, were so precious that I would feel happier every ti I rembered them."
iyi tears didn't stop falling at all. Actually, they increased in quantity, because his words made her feel valuable. Even the tiny monts he passed with her were valuable.
"Can I really be together with you?" She asked slowly and trembling.
Seth stood up from her lap and embraced her.
"Please, never leave iyi. Let's be together alright?"
"Okay." This ti, she finally accepted his feelings. When Seth confessed for her the first ti, she felt unworthy. Every ti she rembered him, sothing would gnaw her emotions, throwing her self-esteem down the bottom.
But now, she finally accepted him.
A link ford between their souls. It ca from the other direction this ti. iyi subjected herself to the Soul Link and so words appeared inside her head.
"After tasting from my soul, there is no more life for you without ." She said it, word after word, completing the rites for the ritual.
A link ford between them and their souls felt closer, like they were ant for each other. The tiredness Seth was feeling was replaced by a refreshing sensation, since his soul received her soul essence that was missing from the beginning. All that pain he felt, turned into an illusory mory.
"What?! How?" Seth could not believe that iyi have done the Soul Link ritual.
"I don't know, so words simply appeared inside my head and I felt like speaking them, they gave the feeling of proximity with you."
"Do not worry, it must be because of your soul essence inside her." Lexi spoke for only he to hear. Since iyi was inside Seth's soul plane, if Lexi wanted, she could talk with her.
The scenery changed and they were back inside iyi's backyard.
This ti, iyi went forward and kissed him lightly. She felt more attracted to him now that they were connected, but still their love was very pure right now, devoid of any lust yet.
Bang!
A door slamd against the wall and soone entered the backyard.
Lilian first sight was Seth kissing with Chun iyi. When he suddenly vanished, she had guessed that he would co here, since if there was soone that he cared about and would spare no efforts to protect, it would be Chun iyi.
However, she never expected that he would expose his strength just to have a sweet ti with his girlfriend. If it weren't for the dead bodies she saw along the way, she would really believe it was such case.
"I can't believe that every single ti I co after you, I catch you kissing a girl. I should have expected sothing like that." Lilian's apprehension died down. She guessed that whoever has caused such acts have already suffered by Seth's hands.
"Hm? Oh, Lilian. It's good to see you again." Seth separated from iyi and greeted Lilian.
"Sigh... Shaless." Lilian gave up.
"Who did this?" Lilian pointed towards the disciples' bodies.
"I think he said he was Tao Yong's older brother. There was another very similar person with him."
"Tao Zhong? Why would he co after you? He should have entered the Labyrinth." Lilian was trying to put the pieces together, but nothing ca on her mind.
'Tao Zhong?' Seth rembered that na, from sowhere. He thought for a mont and recalled that Valic has told him about the Tao Zhong before, coupled with the Hellish flas form the Cerberus Clan... Sothing was off.
"I rember that there was a female disciple that ca to deliver sothing called Fire Labyrinth token so days before. She said it was a gift from so people called Tao Changming and Tao Zhong."
"A Fire Labyrinth token? Could you please show it?"
"Sorry Lilian, I don't have it with now. Your sister vehently asked if she could have it and then I gave it to her."
"Yuyin asked for it?! Ahhh! I can't believe that that troublemaker would have the courage to do this." Lilian started to get flustered.
Her anxiousness kept increasing, realizing that the little imp could have entered the labyrinth.
"I have to go, if Yuyin entered the labyrinth she could be in danger!" Lilian didn't even say goodbye and she was already going towards the Fire Labyrinth entrance.
Seth saw how Lilian was acting very anxious and knew that it was another trouble that was coming their way.
"iyi, this vortex above us is the entrance of a secondary dinsion within our own. It will stay opened for a week only. You saw how flustered Lilian was, with your own eyes. I can't let her enter the Labyrinth alone and I have another objective to complete inside it too."
iyi lightly laughed and said: "Don't worry Seth, I'll be waiting for you return."
"Alright, I'll try to be as fast as possible, so I can co back and have so private ti with you."
He wasn't feeling pain anymore and his body seed to be even lighter than when he arrived, so he directly left her house, disappearing from her sight once more, however, this ti, she felt her connection with him even when they weren't near.
Seth didn't head to the labyrinth directly. He went to a remote part of the forest nearby first and activated his mana, making a black shadowy circle open on the ground, from where two people slowly erged.. They were fully covered in a black fog that was slowly moving around their bodies.
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