"You three wait here," Kadyn said to Elora and Hot Rod and Khrom as he stared into the distance.

"What do you mean we should wait here?" Elora collected her messy thoughts and asked. "Shouldn't we go help Cecilia and Uncle Barret?"

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"We can still fight," Hot Rod and Khrom said, however, their faces were completely pale and it seemed that they would pass out at any moment and their entire body was trembling due to the effort they were putting in standing. Their bodies were covered in blood and bruises; they looked quite miserable.

Kadyn rolled his eyes at them as he saw their condition and said. "Don't try to push yourself too hard. It won't be good for your future. Smart people should know when to fight and when to give up. Your time of fighting has passed. Now it's my turn so just wait here and watch the show."

Then he looked at Elora. "Your spell worked because that snake was heavily injured by Hot Rod's spell and became weak to the point that it could not fight your spell. However, Rank 2 mage isn't something you can deal with — even if he was heavily injured — the Wound Rupture won't work on him. The difference in 2 ranks is no joke."

Elora looked down at her feet and clenched her fist. Kadyn patted her head gently and comforted her. "Don't be too hard on yourself. Everything needs to be done in order, don't rush to gain power, or it would only harm you."

After that he turned towards the ongoing battle and walked towards it, leaving a sentence behind. "Don't worry, there will come a day when our enemies will shiver at your name, and evil will tremble in terror."

Elora looked at his wide shoulders and a warmth appeared in her heart. Kadyn's words sounded boastful, however, she didn't doubt them — she had seen him growing from stupid trash to what he was today, she had seen, how the boy who could even awaken a single star, reaching at the peak of Elementary mage in such a short time. She clenched her fist stared at the battle in the distance.

Jinn had killed one of Cecilia's clones while the other was heavily injured. Barret was covered in sweat and blood and was attacking with all his might, trying to support Cecilia as much as he could. However his power wasn't enough to deal with Jinn.

Although their group's condition wasn't looking good, Jinn wasn't doing any better. He was covered in wounds and blood dripped out of the deep cuts on his body. However his water spells were quite lethal and strong, every single of his attacks pushed Cecilia and Barret back step by step.

Cecilia looked at Barret and said with a grave tone. "I think this guy is using some kind of external source. Maybe a powerful treasure. Otherwise, he won't be able to last this long against us with his injuries."

"What should we do?" asked Barret as he slashed the water shield in front of him. "His defence is so strong and his attacks are powerful. We can't drag it for a long time or our condition would become worse every passing minute."

"Haha, you want to defeat me?" Jinn laughed mockingly, as he flapped his blue wings behind his back. "It is you who will die in my hands. Although this fight would worsen my injuries it doesn't matter if I can devour your souls. With your powerful souls, I would be able to heal 80-90% of my soul."

"Hmph, we will see," Cecilia snorted and the red light flashed inside her pupils. The remaining clone went back to her and merged into her body. Then two sharp fangs grew out of her mouth and black large wings spread behind her back. She flipped her bat-like wings and stood in the air, looking at Jinn with deathly cold eyes.

"So you are a vampire, huh?" Jinn said in surprise. "No wonder you are so good at using the Dark Element. Why don't you become my mistress, I would make you feel real good. How about it?"

"Just for that statement, I will let you die miserably," Cecilia said and darkness started to appear all over her body, covering her. Then a huge shadow of a bat emerged behind her back.

The bat was strange; other than blood-red eyes, its entire body was the embodiment of the darkness, it felt as if it was engulfed in black fire but that was no fire. That was sheer darkness. The darkness that could devour anyone and anything. The bat flapped its wings in the air and then dived into Cecilia's body, merging with her.

"Element Essence! You have such a thing?!" Jinn asked in shock when he saw a shadow behind her back. Even he felt a little fearful looking at that dark creature. However, he disregarded it and shoved that passing thought at the corner of his heart. How could he feel fear from the Element Essence? That must be my imagination. He thought.

"Are you ready to die?" Cecilia asked with a deadpan expression, but inside her eyes something was brewing. Something terrifying was eager to burst out of her body and devour all the creation of the world.

Jinn gritted his teeth when he heard her provoking words and peered at her. "Don't be so cocky. I will make you moan under me no matter what. Do you think you are the only one with an Element Essence?"

Suddenly a blue light burst out from behind Jinn's back and a huge shadow emerged. Python! It was covered in blue scales and had green eyes and it was flicking its tongue in and out — then it dived into Jinn's body becoming one with him.

"So that's why even with your terrible injuries you were able to fight so long, huh?" Cecilia said as she stared at him nonchalantly.

Jinn looked at Cecilia and laughed out loud as he had already achieved the victory. "Did you see my Water Python Element Essence?" he paused as if trying to find the despair on her face. However, there was no fear in her eyes. Her gaze was completely different from before. She appeared as if she was looking at an insignificant ant.

Jinn saw her gaze and rage-filled his heart. "Hmph, do you know the Rank of my Element Essence? It is not Rank 1 like your crappy bat, but Rank 2. I found it below this lake, or why would I stay here for such a long time? I have only refined it about 50 per cent, and it could enhance… hehe, anyways, it is enough to handle a few of you."

"You talk too much," at this time when he was trying to show off his awesomeness, a voice came from behind him, catching him off guard. Jinn cursed for his negligence and tried to dodge the attack. However, he failed to react in time.

The sword had penetrated his back and pierced out of his chest. He coughed out a mouthful of blood and slammed on the ground with a grunt. He struggled to turn around and spotted the attacker's face. "You… how did you get behind my back?"

"You don't have a qualification to know," Kadyn sneered at him with a mocking expression.

Though Jinn didn't know how Kadyn got behind his back, others had seen the entire process clearly. "How many elements does this boss really have?" Khrom felt glad and depressed at the same time. Fire, Space, Summoning and who knows how many more elements he could use. Just now he had used the Space element to get behind Jinn's back when his guards were down. Khrom sighed deeply and shook his head.

"Brother is so powerful!" Elora jumped with ecstasy when she saw Kadyn injuring Jinn severely.

"Alas, my weak heart," Hot Rod sighed as he looked at the scene in front of him. Elora and Khrom rolled their eyes at him when they saw his exaggerated expression. But no one commented.

As everyone was focused on Kadyn, no one noticed the strange insanity that appeared inside Cecilia's pupils, drops of blood appeared at the corner of her eyes. However at this moment, she closed her eyes and when she opened them, they had become normal once again. She took a deep sigh and felt glad that Kadyn could help in time, or he would have paid a hefty price to defeat Jinn.

Kadyn didn't waste his time in showing off and attacked immediately after his first successful strike. However this time Jinn was ready and blocked his attack. Kadyn hurriedly took a few steps back and looked towards Cecilia. "Well, I don't think I would be able to do anything to him anymore. He's yours to deal with. I got to go."

Kadyn said and dashed away from the battlefield, he knew his limits, so he didn't want to act tough just because of the sake of showing off. Therefore as soon as he realised that he could not help them anymore, he ran away. Jinn tried to attack him, but Cecilia appeared in between him and Kadyn, giving him no chance to attack Kadyn.

After that she vanished and appeared in front of Jinn, scaring him out of his wits, as he could not react in time due to his injuries and with just a simple swing of her, she grabbed by his neck. Jinn struggled but she didn't let go.

"You lost," she said as she glared at Jinn, "now, handover the Element Essence or I would extract it by myself. Choose whichever method you prefer. First or second?"