A very dire situation and a huge responsibility was placed upon the two disciples.
A horned woman was chanting ancient words and struggling to, at the same time, write runes on the ground.
The other woman, named Dong Li, was also helping in creating an ancient teleportation formation.
Their master left saying that she was giving them enough time to assemble and activate the formation but no word was heard from their master for 2 weeks.
2 days ago a second sun appeared on the horizon but an immense shadow eclipsed the burning light until it went out.
This made the women panic even more as their movements were as fast as they could be.
They were both at level 60 and almost broke through to the next stage.
A deathly aura was spreading around and intensifying as days went by.
Sometimes lights would go on only for them to be abruptly extinguished soonly after.
-I hope Master is alright!
Dong Li whispered while sweat trickled down her forehead.
-Don't worry, master is strong enough to be among the top experts in this world.
The horned woman spoke with a resolution, this made Dong Li believe In herself even more as their moods improved slightly.
...
In a deep pit that was hundreds of miles wide and thousands deep a flicker of light could be seen.
2 light dots were moving around, just like a child playing with two lasers.
A Mist tried to cover the area but with a flicker, the crimson fire brightened and caused the mist to vanish.
Above the clouds and slightly below the firmament, a dark figure was against a veiled woman.
A deathly aura spread around as an equally powerful mist expelled the darkness.
Just like oil and water, the two forces countered each other like this for a while.
From the sides, the battle may have looked balanced but from the experience, it was certain that the mist was becoming thinner and weaker.
This battle was as fierce as the fight between wolves.
Arcs of light were drawn everywhere in the sky and some attacks even hit the ground below.
These projectiles affected the land so badly that hundreds of thousands of miles became barren and no life signal could be felt from them.
...
2 weeks passed and the women seemed to have completed the formation.
The horned woman took out a special tablet and spoke to it.
-Master, we are done with the formation!
After waiting for some minutes and receiving no answer a bad premonition befell the women as a deathly mist spread amongst the whole area.
Looking around themselves the women decided to immediately activate the formation and get out of this place.
While they were activating the runes a transparent silhouette of a man could be seen manifesting behind them.
It wasn't moving, just watching, watching them how they were trying to escape, knowing that in 5 minutes it would be able to penetrate this mountain sealing formation and catch these two disciples.
Their master was captured, after all.
...
4 minutes later the women were done and got into the formation as a light started covering their bodies.
Looking behind them the shadow was no more and the mist started vanishing.
With a light flicker, the women disappeared as a dark figure appeared in the next second.
CRACK
A sound was heard as I looked down to see the formation shattering itself.
I shook my head as this was of no help when those women were already infected and the virus took control over their whole souls.
It didn't help to destroy the formation since I could close my eyes and check-
BOOM
A huge explosion could be heard as I retreated abruptly from my previous position.
My body was lightly damaged but that was thanks to the relic that absorbed 80% of the damage received.
Looking above a being that radiated a strong light had its hand lifted and finger pointed at me.
-Burn.
A word was heard before my whole body was lit aflame.
Initially, I did not panic as I knew that these flames were weak and did not counter me in any way.
After some seconds si could feel my levels decreasing and this made the situation a whole lot more serious.
I immediately retreated and tried to put away the fire but nothing worked.
With my power constantly decreasing I could feel a weakening of my spirit and that started affecting my soul as well.
Knowing that I couldn't escape this situation alive if I were to remain my decision was immediate and I teleported in front t of my astral gate.
I lifted my hand to touch the dark portal but in that instant, everything went black.