Seth jumped in fear, 'how is it possible for someone to see me!' he thought shocked.
Looking back the person came into view, it was a middle-aged man with an amused expression, he had a commanding presence to him, and his obsidian black eyes had an unfathomable death that seemed to hold the essence of the vast starry skies behind them, he had a regal black hair so long they reached his knees and he wore a pure white robe that gave him an air of divinity.
Seth was scared out of his mind, his back was soaked with sweat, and his arms trembled faintly, and the reason for his fear? It wasn't because of the man's appearance no far from that it was because of the interface that appeared within his vision and it read...
[Danger! Danger!]
[Host has encountered a transcendent figure. Possibility of survival 0%, possibility of escape 0.01%, possibility of stalling! 10.04%]
[Conclusion Host Death is imminent.....]
[Host has been bestowed Ability 'The cameraman's Replication']
[New ordeal issued Host is to survive for three minutes!]
'What the heck!' Seth exclaimed mentally how the hell was he supposed to try to survive an encounter with such a figure, he hadn't even acquired his soul essence yet no matter how many ability was bestowed to him he couldn't use it perfectly.
As though in tow another interface popped up....
[Activating The Cameraman's System....]
[system activated!]
[Linking Host to the soul essence reserve]
'System?' Seth wondered, come to think of it he had never heard of a seed that Communicated with it's host this way before, neither had he heard of a system, all he knew was that hosts and their seeds communicated mentally.
But he decided to put this behind him for now, he had to find a way to survive this now.
At the corner of his vision, the battery percentage symbol that had always stayed dormant previously suddenly emitted a glow, as Seth felt his soul being attached to a vast amount of essence strings, the essence coursed through his body violently his veins lit up signifying their passage.
Though this interaction looked lengthy barely a second had passed since the arrival of the unknown figure.
"To think I'll find a rat snooping around my library" the man chuckled lightly, suddenly the mysterious man's whole demeanor changed, the temperature in the room dropped by several degrees matching the now cold calculating gaze of the man, then he asked with a tilt of his head, "would you talk or do I have to make you".
Then suddenly a blaring notification appeared in Seth's vision, making his back tingle.
[Warning! Warning! The host has been encased in a domain]
Looking around him Seth noticed that his environment had changed with him no wiser, if it wasn't for the system he still might not have noticed!
What was once a library filled with numerous book-filled shelves was now a vast array of stars, it was as though Seth was standing within the vast embrace of space.
[System has evaluated that host would hardly survive this encounter]
[Auto Assist has been activated]
Suddenly it was as though Seth's body was attached to a puppet string he just had to think and his body would follow suit.
[Activated ability The Cameraman's Replication]
[Replication 'Maya Bane' star infusion]
Not even having time to feel surprised Seth's whole body lit up radiating a chilling blue flare, 'whatever now isn't time for emotions I have to survive this first' Seth calmed his mind banishing every stray thought.
"ohhh?" Interesting the man's voice rang out, his stoic eyes showing a bit of fascination, 'What energy is this, this isn't Qi, neither is it spirit energy or demonic energy, this young lad, could he be from one of those divine families?' the man wondered, then he smiled mentally 'guess id have to take him alive'.
Seth unaware that his death had just been postponed, blasted forward making the first move in an attempt to take the initiative.
Boom!
Though he didn't have much of a combat experience, he was trained by the best of the best Maya Bane and adding the fact that he was using both the assist and her ability further boosted his confidence in surviving.
His fist arrived at the man's face in the blink of an eye, though the man had a super reaction speed he swerved to the left in an attempt to dodge the punch, Seth's eyes shone in delight. The very essence of his mother's battle art was to master total control in momentum and direction, and that Seth was well versed in.
His punch abruptly deviated the speed doubling coming back at the man with a greater force, which the man blocked effortlessly with a finger, not letting this feat phase him, Seth unleashed rapid fire of attack against the man.
And the man seemed to be taking things with a stride, dodging when needed and parrying when needed, the man was clearly a martial master as his understanding of close combat was truly peak.
But Seth didn't let this bother him, the reason? It was all because of the new overpowered ability he got 'The Cameraman's Replication'. This ability allowed Seth to copy and acquire the abilities of others, but only of those who he had taken a video of, but the limit of this was that he could emulate two abilities at a time only anymore and his soul would suffer backlash.
Fortunately for him his seed always took record of everything he saw, including the battle between his mother and the eternal replicator, meaning not only could he emulate his mother's ability right now...….
[ability duplication activated]
The man who had been effortlessly maneuvering Seth's attack frowned suddenly, as from behind him all of a sudden three more Seths appeared, their strikes all aiming for his vital spots, vicious indeed!
Just right before their attacks connected, the vast arrays of stars all around them spun suddenly, twisting and forming the small dipper constellation then…
Tick!
Suddenly the river of time stopped.
Tock!
And slowly but surely started reversing, it moved right back until Seth was back to being one again, he was back to the time when he had yet to attack.
But this time Seth didn't move, with a ghastly expression he exclaimed mentally 'What the fuck was that', his mind reeling from shock.
He had barely digested the first feat but the second happened again, the stars spun once more forming a constellation, but this time it was a zodiac constellation Sagittarius.
Crackle!
The very atmosphere twisted, and together with an unknown energy they formed a majestic regal bow, the void trembled from the power emitted by the mighty weapon the man tugged on the strings as the stars in the surroundings warped and twisted forming an arrow, space bent and twisted under the might of the arrow.
Seth right now felt a chill crawl up his spine, his back matted with sweat, his mind spinning from terror, "D-damn" he was only now understanding the might of a transcendent being.
Meanwhile, the mysterious man's stoic expression broke, as he let out a charming smile "I underestimated you but don't worry I won't be doing that again, now you can die proud knowing you once battled the starry sky sect Patriarch Feng Caotian!".