Seth looked upwards and watched how the formation of a dark and golden group of clouds, began to behave differently. There seemed to be a golden cluster of lightning being generated inside of it, getting ready to be discharged and destroy the whole area with a lightning storm.

Seth realized that he would have to either teleport or defend against that complicated all-encompassing attack. Teleporting away would actually cost him a lot of Mana, since every time he did that, he was not only shifting his body position in space, but carrying Serene alongside. However, staying behind could actually cost him more than just a chunk of his big Mana pool, so after weighing down the two possible scenarios, he already knew what to do.

Seth prepared to use his instant movement ability, but just as he had enveloped his body in a curtain of darkness, in order to use it as a cover for his next usage of the Shadow Walk, right beside that dark and golden group of lightning clouds, a dark green toxic mist quickly formed.

That mist was so dense that the already dark environment, lost even more of its lighting. It rapidly enveloped the lightning clouds, corroding everything with a dark green poisonous energy. The multiple lightning clusters being generated there were all rapidly subdued and undone.

That dark green energy was a power Seth knew very well, since he had that special power inside of him as well.

The Evergreen Poisonous Essence thoroughly corroded Qiao Xuan's ability, completely changing the situation. Everything happened all of a sudden and the pressure weighing down on Seth's shoulders, was completely transmitted to Qiao Xuan.

Qiao Xuan immediately assumed a defensive stance, guarding against a possible attack from that new mysterious practitioner, but since he thought he was dealing with dark elemental user, due to Seth's presence, he was mainly focusing his senses against a hidden attack.

Unfortunately for him, the person that he was about to face didn't intend on fighting like that, since she didn't need to.

A poisonous wind began blowing towards Qiao Xuan, assaulting him from every direction. The poison mist taking control over the skies joined with that wind, to take down their common enemy.

There was a sensation of danger brought by those wind currents, warning the Lion King, but Qiao Xuan didn't fully understood it and instead of evading his enemy's ability, he decided to directly face it.

The golden radiance that was always circling around his body intensified, making his Mana Sovereign initial-stage powerful and deep Mana pool, act as a wall, blocking any possible contact between him and those dark green wind currents.

As the wind currents were all being warded off, Qiao Xuan started to snort and smile, almost mocking the fact that the enemy's efforts to entrap him, were all useless. His prideful stance kind of delayed him from noticing an important thing, making the fact that the poisonous particles present around him were slowly corroding the golden radiance around his body, pass unnoticed.

He was only able to feel that something was off, when that aura circling him started to blink many times, from failing to stay active. At that moment, he felt the surface of his skin burning, as if he had submerged it in an acid and was forced to retreat from that area in a hurry. In a yellow flash of light, he left from where he was, appearing almost a thousand meters away.

Qiao Xuan's body was tougher than iron and for something to make his skin get damaged so quickly, one could already imagine how strong that poison really was. He quickly ingested an expensive immunity pill, but he quickly noticed it was not taking the desired effect. He was lucky that the poison hadn't entered his body and with just a bit of Mana, he was able to control the situation.

"Who's there?

" The Lion King felt threatened and finally decided to pay full attention to the person controlling that poisonous energy and his or her moves. Inside his head, he was already thinking that person was Velgor.

Seth already knew to who that aura signature belonged to, the Evergreen Essence was too unique for it to be anyone else than the Elf Queen; however, he would never expect that he would actually meet Arwen here.

His first plan was thrown away when he left the Glazed Lake Sect in a hurry and together with it, the possibility of having Arwen joining hands with him on the kidnapping mission. But fate was something mysterious and she appeared when he wasn't expecting her to.

Suddenly, from high up in the sky, an energy turbulence announced the arrival of a Mana Sovereign.

It was a woman, surrounded by a dark green aura. That aura was not only overbearing, but it was heavy and toxic as well, making the entire atmosphere around that area, get intoxicated.

All the vegetation in that valley they were in, started to wither and Qiao Xuan's expression suddenly became grave. From that woman's aura signature, he felt a power that was able to put pressure on his own. That person hadn't even shown her powers properly yet, but he was already feeling a strange sense of heaviness he hadn't felt ever before. But when he focused on trying to see her face and feature, Qiao Xuan's world completely shattered.

Actually, what had shattered was the concept of beauty he had built inside his mind.

That elf that had just appeared, was dressed in a natural green-colored robe, that was closely following the curves around her perfect body and making sure to highlight her otherworldly beauty.

On top of her head, there was a crown of golden leaves that created a beautiful pattern and was able to show to the entire world, her lofty status of a queen. Together with her golden hair and green eyes, her beautiful mature face immediately captured Qiao Xuan's full attention.

The man even forgot about the existence of Seth and Serene, his previous targets.. Actually, even the state of fury he was in, had disappeared from his being; giving birth to an unnatural admiration.