Champion Of Lust: Gods Conquer's Harem Paradise!

With Alera and Lyra safely behind Zara's protective barrier, Pyris now stood alone.

His aura intensified, radiating an overwhelming elemental energy that made the ground beneath him tremble. The five monstrous creatures circled him, their gazes locked on him with predatory focus.

Each beast was different in form but unified in their desire to bring him down.

"So you think you're a challenge, huh? I adapt! I'm stronger!" Pyris taunted, his voice low and dangerous.

His aura unleashed as he summoned his Elemental Sovereign's power, and the atmosphere crackled with anticipation.

The creatures were not ordinary beasts—they were infused with the labyrinth's dark essence, and they could sense his strength, responding to it with a ravenous hunger.

Without hesitation, Pyris charged forward to the first one before it could attack him itself, his form a blur as he activated his superspeed, promised weaving in and out of their attacks with astonishing agility.

He flickered between the creatures, landing blow after blow, each strike charged with an element—fire, ice, lightning, all swirling together on his fists in an artful display of his mastery. Flames roared, ice shards crystallized in mid-air, and lightning crackled across his arms as he delivered a punishing strike.

"When did he become so barbaric in his fighting?" Zara asked Alera.

"Mmmm that's him when he's excited to unleash his "wrath"!" She shrugged.

Just them one of the creatures, a twisted, spiked figure with molten veins running along its body, roared and lunged at him, its massive claws aimed at his chest. Pyris sidestepped, his body moving like water, and summoned a wall of ice in the beast's path. The creature shattered it with raw power, but Pyris was already a step ahead, channeling his blood magic into a whip-like weapon that lashed out, searing through the creature's arm.

"Blood magic?" Lyra wondered to herself.

"Impressive," Zara murmured from the sidelines, her gaze keenly observing his every movement. "Looks like he's got a few tricks left to impress his favourite Witch!"

But even Pyris knew he couldn't underestimate these creatures.

Another beast, this one cloaked in darkness, leaped at him from behind, razor-sharp fangs bared. Pyris sensed it, summoning the light element at his fingertips. A burst of blinding light erupted around him, disorienting the creature long enough for him to pivot and deliver a crushing blow, enhanced with Void energy, that sent it crashing to the ground.

But they were far from defeated. The creatures regrouped, their red eyes glowing more fiercely than ever. As if emboldened, they charged together, coordinated now in a way that seemed almost strategic.

Pyris raised a brow, momentarily surprised.

Lia's voice echoed in his mind. [They've been observing you, Pyris. Adapting.]

"Perfect, you just remembered to talk at a right moment" Pyris muttered with a roll of his eyes, he grinned despite himself. "Let's make it interesting."

[Well, I was busy with my plans too to help you, you're welcome!] Pyris didn't reply.

He tapped into his Space element, creating a barrier around himself as the creatures' combined assault crashed against it. The air inside his barrier warped, bending around him in distorted waves. One creature slashed at the barrier with its claws, causing cracks to form, but Pyris was already one step ahead.

He opened a tear in space, teleporting behind the creature, and plunged his hand forward, releasing a shockwave of elemental energy that blasted it off balance.

The other creatures didn't hesitate—they lunged at him in unison, claws and fangs bared. Pyris's expression hardened as he summoned Time.

For a split second, everything slowed, and in that heartbeat, he weaved through their attacks, leaving afterimages as he appeared behind one creature after another, landing devastating elemental attacks.

"It's always so annoying fighting Time awakeneds!" Zara commented, luckily she had the element too now.

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Despite his dominance, the creatures' resilience was astonishing.

Pyris could feel the strain as he pushed his abilities to their limits. Sweat beaded on his brow, his breaths coming heavier after all he was fighting Rank 17 abominations despite him being a Rank 16.

One creature managed to land a blow, its claws raking across his side, drawing blood. Pyris hissed in pain, but his eyes only burned brighter.

"Oh, you shouldn't have done that," he muttered, his voice dripping with fury.

Summoning the Blood element, he used his own spilled blood, twisting it into deadly projectiles that enlarged with the manipulation of space, he then shot them toward the creatures like arrows.

The projectiles pierced through one beast's shoulder, pinning it down briefly before it broke free, snarling with renewed rage.

Lyra, watching from Zara's barrier, couldn't hold back her awe. "How many elements does he have? I swear I've seen him use lightning, fire, ice, blood… and now space and time?"

Alera, though battered and exhausted, couldn't help but smile. "I remember telling you, Lyra, don't be curious, you know what happened to the cat..."

As Pyris fought, the creatures seemed to grow more desperate, their movements becoming frenzied, each of them attacking with a renewed ferocity that bordered on madness. Pyris felt his energy draining slightly but pushed on, tapping deeper into his powers than ever before. H

e summoned the Void, creating a dome of impenetrable darkness around him and the creatures, as if to cut them off from the labyrinth's energy source.

In the pitch-black darkness, Pyris's eyes glowed, and he unleashed a devastating series of attacks—void-infused strikes that tore through the creatures' defenses, light beams that scorched their flesh, and freezing winds that slowed their movements to a crawl.

Each creature he defeated, he absorbed their essence, feeling a surge of dark energy fueling his own powers.

With them being enclosed in the dome of void, with no source of energy since they couldn't control the void element, the creatures were helpless.

But still Pyris was careful, if it was before, he wouldn't have been ably to put these creatures in the void dome without weakening them.

Finally, as the last creature lunged at him, Pyris summoned his ice element, creating a massive spear of jagged ice and drove it through the beast's heart. It let out a final, piercing roar before disintegrating into nothingness.

As the creatures fell, Alera stumbled forward, exhausted but resolute.

She stretched out her hand, capturing the essence of the largest creature—the most powerful one Pyris had slain, which he hadn't absorbed it's essense.

She trapped its spirit within a shadowy tendril that coiled around her arm. It would be her Shadow Soldier, her new weapon, forged from the very essence of the labyrinth, the first of it's kind. The Shadow Soldiers!

Zara approached, a rare look of approval on her face. "Well, Petne, I have to admit, that was quite the performance."

Pyris wiped the sweat from his brow, flashing a weary grin. "Glad I could impress. Shall we move forward?"

As they prepared to leave, Pyris felt a strange resonance within the labyrinth again, a sensation as if he were connecting to something ancient and powerful. The feeling was shared by Alera, who gave him a knowing look.

There was more to this place than met the eye, but that was a mystery for another time.