The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 271 : Reachign the geysers

Cainʼs eyes were cold as he took the old manʼs life. He silently sent the corpse into his space ring before looking into the distance.

Norman was not the only assassin since there was a duo of middle-aged men with a cultivation at the Late Wave Champion Rank moving toward Shura. Shadows once again covered his body as he made his way toward the duo.

The two assassins working together were very much alike, making it seem they were brothers. The one at the lead took a deep breath as he took a small dagger and began silently channeling his Astral Wave in it.

Just as the middle-aged man was about to signal his brother to trigger the cloaking spells, he heard a cracking sound, and as he turned his head, a sense of absolute shock assaulted him.

There was a young man on top of his brother whose head was aiming in the wrong direction right now.

A life of murder and danger had hardened the middle-aged manʼs heart and mind, so he kept control even when he saw how the young man shattered his brotherʼs neck. Pure hate and killing intent appeared in his eyes as he changed his target, but before he could even take a step forward, the same young man on top of his brother appeared before him, sending a fist to his throat.

Cainʼs blood fist landed point-bank in the middle-aged manʼs throat, and if the brute power behind it was not enough, it also generated a shock wave upon impact, increasing the damage. He had not even finished with that attack before he charged the other, taking a deep breath and compressing the air inside his lung.

The middle-aged manʼs throat became a bloody pulp when a projectile landed on his right eye, destroying it before carrying on into the brain. Unlike Norman, the middle-aged man died with an expression of unwillingness on his face.

It took him less than ten seconds to take care of two Late Wave Champions, but there was no smile on Cainʼs face. Instead, he clenched his teeth as he took a dagger out of his ribs before focusing his Blood Energy, Astral Wave, and the power of the Sun Seed into the wound.

Although it was true that Cain managed to take the middle-aged man by surprise, this one still managed to pierce him with the dagger while he landed the blow to the throat.

Luckily for Cain, his armor and bones manage to stop the dagger, keeping it as a superficial wound and not receiving any damage to his internal organs. He regulated his breathing as the Sonic Clone on top of the Essence Wave assassin faded.

Sonic Blade Fusion was a superb cultivation technique with several techniques that Cain trained diligently. While he had focused on Sonic Dash and Sonic Armor, he had also gained a decent mastery over Sonic Clones, Sonic Bullet, and Sonic Fists.

Cain noticed that the battle with the King Beast was reaching its end, and he returned to his previous location, silently replacing the Sonic Clone he had left before making his move on Norman.

Sonic Clones lacked battle power and would fade if an attack were to land on them, but they could remain for a long time, and they could even trick an Ego Wave, much less your eyes.

Surin and the rest of the Blood Champions were exhausted as they used all their power to take care of the King Beast. They manage to kill the best in less than a minute, with none of them suffering any severe injury, a testament to the great power of the group.

Of course, if the enemy had been a Wave King, things would have been much different since cultivators at that level had gained either incredible insight into the Laws or tempered their bodies to a fantastic degree.

As the nine Blood Champions turned toward Cain, they frowned. Even if they agreed this one would not fight, he could at least lend a hand when they faced such a powerful enemy. Some sneered and chose to ignore him.

It would have been easy for Cain to take out the corpse of both assassins, but he did not do it. One of the reasons he was able to take Norman and the two middle-aged men by surprise was that the entire group acted oblivious to their presence, making them lower their guards.

Cain did not believe that Shura and the Blood Championsʼ acting skills would be good enough to deceive the assassins if they knew these were lurking in the shadows, which is why he chose to remain silent.

Ultimately, Cain just shrugged his shoulders and sat on the ground, silently recovering from the wound on his rib while analyzing his assassinations and figuring out what he could have done better.

Shura headed to the Blood Champions, and the group began to consume the flesh of the King Beast. The amount of energy and vitality in it was overwhelmingly high and extremely nutritious for cultivators. Of course, none considered sharing it with Cain since this one did not participate in the battle.

Cain would have really liked to consume the meat of the King Beast since he had never tasted something like it before in his life, but he did not really care about the group not sharing with him since the amount of energy he could obtain from the three assassins was not any less.

He made sure no one was watching as he separated the head from the bodies and sent the decapitated corpses into the [Devourer Dimension].

The [Earth Fiend Flame] immediately began to act, consuming the corpses and sending 5% of the total amount of energy and vitality in them to his body. That was more than just the one held inside the flesh; it also drained the bones, tendons, Sacred Organs, and everything else.

Cain could not help but show some surprise when he saw how the Shura and the Blood Champions devoured the flesh of the Wave King. They resemble a pack of wolves, reaping large pieces of meat and sending them into their mouths, swallowing them, and taking the next bite the next second.

Five hours was all it took for the ten members of Blood Sea to consume the Wave Kingʼs flesh, leaving nothing else but the bones. It was a truly impressive sight, making Cain wonder if all people of the Blood Sea displayed that kind of ferocious appetite.

Cain could have consumed the bones of the King Beast using his [Gluttony Module], but the group did not leave it behind since they could use it to make powerful artifacts or as ingredients for cultivation resources.

After everybody had recovered their energy, the group began to move deeper into Ice Crown. The geysers were at the center of the mountain range, and there was still a long way to go.

Packs of Wave Champions Beasts were in their path, but the group was able to dodge most of them and kill the rest. Still, the deeper they go, the stronger the beasts and the more common their encounters with King Beasts.

The constant battle against the gargantuan beasts with the power to level cities was taking a toll on the Blood Championsʼ stamina, and wounds were slowly starting to appear on their bodies, but they carried on.

On the other hand, Cain kept taking care of the assassins spread all across the mountain range. Some of them were very powerful, and while their battles ended in seconds and did not alert Shura and the Blood Champions, they were very dangerous.

There were all sorts of wounds on Cainʼs body, and he did not have time to heal them, so he just focused on stabilizing his condition before moving on.

Only Shura had not suffered wounds since she was protected from the Wave Beast by the Blood Champions and from the assassins by Cain. Of course, that did not mean she did not participate in the battles since her spells were part of the reason why Surin and the other Blood Champions could take care of the King Beast so fast.

Finally, after a week of pain and suffering, the group reached their final destination, flat terrain at the center of the freezing mountain range with over a dozen geysers spread around it.

Those geysers would be the ones that Shura would use for her Purity of Body. Although it had a name full of grandeur, the trial was actually using the special water from the geyser to clean her body from impurities that could have compiled on her skin and blood.

Shura was an Essence Wave Cultivator, so she did not go through marrow washing as a Wave Warrior, and now she would use the power of the water to temper her flesh and blood, granting it a pristine state.

The water from the geyser was boiling and could burn the flesh of a Wave Warrior in seconds, but Shuraʼs eyes were full of determination as she prepared for the trial.