Affinity: Chaos



The trio who were left alive looked at Grey with a frightened expression, they couldn't believe their eyes. They had heard of Grey's battle prowess, but they never knew when it came to life and death battles like these, he was even more fearsome. 

The fact that he could hold back when fighting against others in an arena was nothing less than shocking. Not just that, but he was growing too fast. Most of the people he was currently fighting with were already in the Elemental Venerable Plane while he was still in the Sage Plane, but he is able to fight them and kill them with such ease that it was freakish.

The last person in the First stage was a young lady and she was currently shaking from fear. From Grey's previous targets, it was clear that he focused on those in the First stage of the Elemental Venerable Plane. She was the only one left and she couldn't help but fear for her life. 

If Grey targeted her, she was certain she wouldn't be able to block him. 

"You… what are you?" She asked. 

"I told you before, didn't I? I'm death." Grey flashed a brilliant smile. 

The young lady didn't see a handsome smile, rather, all she saw was the grim reaper, staring deep at her soul, telling her it's his.

"Don't come near me." She panicked and turned around. 

"Don't run off, he will be able to kill you easier if you're alone. Stay close to me. He can't kill you, not while I'm here." The young man in the Fourth stage said, urging the young lady back. 

The young lady thought about it and came back to stand close to the young man. She was standing between them, making sure she wasn't open to any of Grey's attacks. The other person was in the Second stage and she felt he might have a chance in blocking Grey's attack. 

"Do you think you can be safe from me?" Grey's cold voice echoed in her ears and when she turned around, she was scared witless when she realized Grey had switched places with the young man in the Fourth stage of the Elemental Venerable Plane. 

"H… ho…" 

"Shh, no need to talk, death is here." Grey said slowly. 

The young man in the Second stage was sent flying with a single attack, leaving the young lady at Grey's mercy. 

She wanted to shout but she realized she lost the strength to yell. Her voice was gone, her knees went soft and she fell to the ground. 

Grey stared at her on the ground, he didn't feel any emotions as he stared at the young lady who was too scared to even stand. 

"Hypocrites, I hate your type the most." He waved his hand and the young lady stopped moving, falling to the ground. 

She didn't even try to set up any form of defense, she had already given up. Grey's attack was very simple, but precise. On the forehead of the young lady, a tiny hole could be seen, made from ice. 

Grey turned to the other two, his face back to its previous nonchalant state. 

This time, the young man in the Fourth stage showed fear. He knew this wasn't a human, but a demon. 

"You're a demon!" He exclaimed, "You don't deserve to live." 

"Oh, why don't you take my life then?" Grey raised a brow. 

He was used to people like this, if they were on top, they wouldn't mind massacring an entire family, but once they are facing a stronger opponent, they wouldn't have the guts to fight. 

The young man turned to look at the other guy in the Second stage and turned around, he didn't want to fight with Grey any more, he was not confident he could beat him. Since he couldn't win, he wanted to escape. 

"Haha, do you think you can run from me?" Grey asked, but didn't give chase. 

He had already marked the young man so there was no rush in going after him. Right now, he wanted to kill the other young man in the Second stage first. 

The young man in the Second stage ran in another direction, hoping Grey would not go after him. 

"Wait, I'm trying to learn a new skill and you're the perfect target for me." Grey went after him. 

He soon appeared in front of the young man. 

"Stop, I'll make a deal with you." He proposed. 

The young man stopped, he couldn't run away from Grey. Grey was not only fast, but he had the space element as well, how could he run from that? 

He was mentally drained within such a short time.

"What's the deal?" He asked. 

"Survive this and I'll let you go. If not, it's your luck." Grey said casually. 

"Are you sure?" The young man asked, not too optimistic about it.

Grey nodded. 

"You're wasting time with me, I wasn't the one who gave the orders. Go after those of higher stages." The young man tried to reason with Grey. 

"I know, that's why I said I'll wipe out your Faction from the surface of this Continent." Grey replied calmly. 

The young man looked at Grey, stunned by the courage he had to say something like this. The fact that Grey could say these words without even flinching showed how confident he was in his abilities. 

'Can he really do that?' He asked himself, a bit confused. 

If Grey continues growing at this rate, he might be able to really accomplish what he said. This was something he knew for a fact. Grey was only in the Second stage of the Elemental Venerable Plane like himself, but he knew they were miles apart. 

Grey could fight ten of him and leave alive. Others in the same stage can't do that. 

"Fine, you'll stand by your word if I survive it?" The young man gave up and decided to accept Grey's deal. 

"An attack, just one, you survive, you go, you don't, it's your luck." Grey repeated. 

The young man thought about it for a while and nodded. It was better than trying to fight against Grey. At least in this case, all he had to do was to survive the attack however he could. 

Grey gave him some time to prepare while he himself only smiled. He wanted to try experimenting with the fusion orb. He was trying to see if he could create it with more of the space element and if it could pack as much power as the regular one. It would be made with multiple elements, but the space element would be the more dominant one. 

The young man started to create defensive wall after defensive wall. 

Grey couldn't be bothered with him as he started to work with the orb. The orb started to form in his hand, the space element taking more than fifty percent of it while the other elements took the rest, all distributed equally with the exception of the space element. 

At first, Grey started to lose control of the orb and felt his heart skip a bit when the orb almost exploded in his hand. He knew if it exploded he would most likely be seriously hurt. 

The young man felt the threat of the orb and started to create more walls, he originally created five, now, he felt even ten wouldn't be enough to ensure his safety. 

The space around the orb started to show signs of distortions. One has to know that this was a special place and the strength needed to distort the space was well over the Late stages of the Elemental Venerable stage, yet Grey, who was only in the Second stage of the Elemental Venerable Plane was causing the space to distort from a single orb. 

The young man started to pray internally, hoping for the orb to explode on Grey's hand. 

Just when he was starting to feel more pressured, the aura of the orb vanished. What he found shocking was that the orb was still in Grey's hands, but he couldn't sense its aura any longer. 

Instead of him to feel less pressured, his heart felt a tight grip. He knew this attack was even more deadly than what it previously was. 

Grey, on the other hand, had a huge smile on his face. 

'So it's plausible. Keeping the attack between layers of space hides the aura, it might still be visible, but it isn't in this layer of space. Doesn't this mean that it can go through any defense?' 

While thinking, he tossed the orb at the young man. 

The orb got to the first defensive wall and phased through it. The eyes of the young man almost bulged out of his body. 

Without even caring for anything else, he turned around and bolted. 

If the attack had been normal, he would've tried to take it, but this wasn't a normal attack, there was no way he would take this attack.