Despite cultivators gaining the ability to fly when they became a Kaiser or reached the level 7 mortal stage, it was an extremely rare sight to see cultivators fighting in the air with opponents who were on the same level as them.
Unless one was a cultivator who could proficiently use wind or some other method to aid their movements, most cultivators stuck to the ground due to the impracticality of fighting in the air.
Even if the heavy qi consumption which was exerted by the flight were to be looked over, the lack of agility was a glaring weakness.
Maneuvering around in the air with dexterity was close to impossible, and that is why so far none of Seth's powerful enemies had hung up in the air and rained down attacks on him, he could only think of how lucky he was that when he first encountered Treuchi, he had Raijin.
With this thought in place, Seth was confident in being able to deal with Zuroc, and even if something were to go wrong and Zuroc were to prove more powerful than he expected, Seth had faith in his backup plan.
Now watching the wings on his back flap with ease, keeping Zuroc in the air and easily having him circle him, Seth's mind couldn't help but move to his backup plan which he had thought he wouldn't have to use.
With his roar from earlier, Seth had already riled up the beasts back at the camp, and the fact that Zuroc's subordinates had to leave proved that his plan was working out just well.
Seth had successfully sent Zuroc's camp into chaos, and with the man's subordinates now gone, it had provided Seth the perfect opportunity to kill the man and be done with this mission, but never had Seth expected Zuroc to be able to conjure wings.
With Seth frozen and looking up at Zuroc in shock, the man could only let out a snort, and then with a shake of his head, he swung his sword down at Seth several times.
Watching the red long energy slashes fall down on him, Seth was reminded of Red's flaming attacks, the only difference from Zuroc's own being its fiery nature and a lack of a bloody aura.
Watching this attack soar towards him was enough to kickstart Seth's body into action and have him shoot away, the first stage of his backup plan which involved fleeing now put into action.
With at least more than half of his qi still left from when he sued his dragon breath, Seth pumped his body full of qi and zoomed away, easily dodging the sword slashes that ravaged the forest behind him.
Looking back, Seth could see Zuroc's wings flapping as he sped towards him, and though the confident smirk on his face made Seth feel jittery, he ignored it and kept running, increasing his pace.
With how powerful Zuroc was, and how much his qi flared, Seth didn't need to look back to know the man was pursuing after him, but then within the span of a few seconds, he felt the man's qi signature suddenly fade away, and then before he could turn to look a voice came to him from above.
"I don't have time to play this cat and mouse gave of yours, time to die," Zuroc said, and swung his blade at Seth once more, time, but to his surprise, Seth upped his speed and dodged the attack.
Seeing this Zuroc only snorted and flapped his wings one more time his figure seeming to blend with the air and suddenly appearing over Seth's running figure once more.
Scary was the one word that came to Seth's mind when he thought of Zuroc's flight speed, without stress on his face, the man was catching up to him, and while Seth still go faster, Zuroc looked like he could do the same.
Though Seth was sure Zuroc was burning more qi than him at the moment, Seth was also sure Zuroc was aware of this, and keeping such a limit in mind, Seth had no delusion that Zuroc wouldn't move to eliminate him as fast as possible.
Seth's backup pan was a trap that he had set up some distance away.
On the off chance that Aimy was wrong or things didn't go as planned, Seth's plan was to somehow get Zuroc to pursue him and eventually fall into his trap which involved the both of them getting locked in a sealed space.
The space would be made up of barriers made from a seal which Seth had put both his and some of the enlightenment sphere's might into making.
The plan was a simple one which involved him boxing in Zuroc and finishing the man who would be unable to escape or gain assistance in time.
Given the current situation, the plan would still have worked as it would have helped him cage Zuroc and severally limit the man's flying abilities, but how was he who was so confident in his strength and speed to have known that Zuroc would also be a speed demon.
Trusting in his speed, his ability to survive and not wanting to alert Zuroc, Seth had built this trap of his quite far away, and right now with how motivated Zuroc was to quickly kill him, Seth doubted he would be able to make it to the site of the trap in time.
With how fast and accurate Zuroc was, the chances that Seth would die before reaching his destination were well over 90%, and with such odds, Seth decided to change plans.
Zuroc's most troublesome aspect at the moment was that he could easily evade Seth's attacks yet wantonly dish out attacks that Seth had to struggle against, unable to hide from them, so in this light, Seth subtly did a u-turn.
Hoping though not having faith, Seth moved left and right in a zig-zag manner, yet with each movement, he did a U-turn whose destination was Zuroc's camp.