Crimson Knight Appears!

As soon as the armor was fully formed, Set was snatched from his glorious dream as if a bucket of cold water had been dumped o him. Set opened his eyes in shock, and soon after realizing his condition, he swam towards the opening from which he had entered. The dragon was still a long way from Set, and it would take at least five minutes to reach him. Noting Set's movement, he used more power but was shocked to find that his powers had no effect against Set anymore!

"What is this human! I need to capture him quickly, he might be the key to my freedom!" after which he accelerated his pace beyond his limit in hopes of reaching Set before he made it through the opening, as the person who had imprisoned him had expected this so countermeasures were expected.

Set on the other hand, was fly swimming through the water towards the opening. And luckily, he was just a few dozen meters away. The dragon was so close to Set that he could see him flying towards the opening.

Although the idea of light was almost nonexistent in that void, the dragon had spent eons there, tempering his sight to see through the darkness. Sensing the possibility of freedom slipping through his clawed fingers, he instantly fired a fireball at the entrance. As the fire escaped its mouth, the surrounding water was immediately evaporated, also heating up the water as it flew. While Set could not see through the darkness like a dragon, he could feel a frightening power headed his way. He pushed the Titan Blade to its limit, but then he began to see a red ball of light heading his way. As he saw it, he felt a profound sense of fear settle in his heart. And to support his apprehension, even though the ball of light was more than five kilometers away, the surrounding water had started to heat up.

Set panicked as he rushed his way to the opening. He was so close, he could practically taste the fresh air above the pond. But as he got closer so did the fireball. By this point, Set could clearly feel the heat radiating from the fireball. He could see that it barling its way towards him, the heat, becoming more and more intense!

He could felt his skin ake in pain as he felt a burning sensation throughout his body. And due to him having two fire-based innate abilities, his fire resistance was much stronger than other people. This just went to show the intensity of the flame.

Set was just ten meters away from the opening! He moved frantically as he quickly closed the distance. But neither the fireball nor the dragon was idle. The fireball had decreased the distance to just a hundred meters, but it wasn't going to reach the entrance before Set did. Realizing this, the dragon, with its power, influenced the fireball to increase its size. The initial size of the fireball was around the size of a compact car, but now it was expanding rapidly. It went from the size of a small car to the size of a transport truck, to that of a three-story building!

But the changes did not end there, immediately the fireball began to shrink, it was a complete reversal of its gigantification. In a second, it was much smaller than a compact car, and now it was the size of a fingernail. Its light was blinding, the heat coming from that tiny flame was enough to evaporate all the surrounding area up to 50 meters. And the crazy thing was that the power of the dragon was suppressed and sealed by the void prison. This wasn't even 20% of his strength!

The fireball, after condensing into a small fingernail-sized version, was now more powerful. But that wasn't the end, after becoming so small, all that densely concentrated violent power became unstable, and a loud boom sounded.

*BOOM!*

At the same time, Set's ear went deaf from the sudden loud explosion. The water covering the fireball was violently forced aside. Although Set was afraid of the explosion, he was too close to turn around, just two meters away from the opening. As he desperately flew, the powerful shock wave blew Set into the opening.

But he didn't stop there. He was sent flying to the side of the deep pond(opening). But just before he crashed, the armor he wore released red liquid from his shoulders. The liquid flew to Set's head, creating a helmet around the Crimson Curse.

Set crashed into the side, his powerful armor under the impact of the crash formed cracks all around. Even Set, with his tempered body, and the evolved Golden Buddha Body, was left unconscious and bleeding. But luckily, the shockwave also sent him to fly out of the pond with the rest of the water.

Within the cave, the Nightmare Scorpion was engaged in combat with Hifumi and his hunting party, except this time the hunting party had two more people. And by the looks of things, they were the reinforcement Hifumi had brought. One of them was a guy in the late twenties. He had ash gray hair and an imposing domineer. By the power he was demonstrating, he was at the peak of the Saint realm. His innate ability seemed to be a basic but effective physical augmentation ability.

The other one was a woman in her early twenties. She had long pink hair and a body that would drive any man crazy. Her body had all the right proportions. Her chest was plump and full, as was her bum. Her waist small and slim, her skin as pure as snow. Her eyes sparkling like stars in the night sky. And based on her display of power, she was at the mid of the World-class.

Although the Nightmare Scorpion was outnumbered, it was by no means suppressed. The battle was at a standstill! The pink-haired woman turned to the man who had come with her and said, "Go and call Snow. Tell her it's time to cash in her favor!" The man hearing this was shocked. But as the woman was distracted, the Nightmare Scorpion shot out its stinger. The stinger pierced through the pink-haired woman's battle armor, piercing through the smooth skin of her abdomen, causing blood to gush out. The man froze but before he could react, he heard her say, "GO!" The man hearing this looked at the pink-haired woman for a moment before he hurried out of the cave.

But only a few minutes later, the equilibrium of the battle had been disrupted and the Nightmare Scorpion had started to gain the upper hand. But as they were fighting they felt a loud boom rocking the entire cave.

Then the pond suddenly shot out like a fountain, and from within the water, they could see a red figure. Set by the powerful propulsion of the pond smashed into the ceiling of the cave. After all the water was blown out of the pond, hot sizzling air was released.

Everyone feeling the air, crouching down in agony, coughing up a mouthful of blood. Smoke Steam left their bodies as their bodies were under the effects of transpiration. The pink-haired woman was no exception to this. Even the Nightmare Scorpian was affected, not enough to cough up blood, but enough for it to stumble around before it eventually regained its balance. But once the water that had shot up came back down socking the entire cave, they were relieved from the hot sizzling air and were soaked in the cool refreshing water. They opened their mouths to quench their thirst as if their throat was as dry as the Saharan desert.

After drinking their fill, they turned to Set as he crashed with a BOOM!

All were confused, as to the identity or the objective of the red figure. Set was jolted awake from the crash, his head was spinning and he was hurting. His ribs were smashed, his lungs were destroyed.

[Blood point deducted]

[Blood point storage has reached 7]

Set feeling his body returning to its peak, smiled again, and slowly got up. Surprisingly, throughout the entire ordeal, his grip on the Titan Blade never diminished, in fact, it only got stronger as he hadn't released his grip even after he was unconscious. Now that he was conscious and out of imminent danger, he finally saw the difference. His Titan Blade was completely dyed in red, making it look imposing and powerful. The only exception was the sun mark, which was still ink black. He was also wearing red armor, making him look formidable and majestic. Anyone who saw him would conclude that he was the main character of a popular novel.

Although he was wearing a helmet, he wasn't too fond of them.

Although he was wearing a helmet, he wasn't too fond of them. As he had been wearing the

Crimson Curse for a while now. Feeling the cold air pass by was truly a godly sensation. So he instructed the helmet to vanish, and surprisingly, it did! Set eeling the cool air reviled a look of satisfaction. His red hair swayed, and he really looked like a legendary hero if legendary heroes turned to the dark side.

The Nightmare Scorpion looking at Set felt a touch of fear before he prepared his stinger and shot it towards Set's back. But what happened next was something nobody expected.