The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 282 : Fightning a Wave King (I)

”I am running away with the Blood Maiden from a Wave King assassin.”

As soon as Cain sent that message, he began to run at full speed toward the Howling Forest. Those powerhouses would take some time to arrive at this place, even if they dropped everything they had and flashed at full speed.

Cain counted on Zarak to come to his help but was uncertain about the other three. That was why he planned to enter the Howling Forest, using the fog as his cover.

”¡Boom!” ”¡Boom!” ”¡Boom!”

Sonic booms echoed one after the other as Cain pushed his body to the absolute limit, achieving Mach 2. He was running two times faster than the speed of sound.

”BOOOOOMMMM!”

Just as Cain was about to enter the Howling Forest, he heard a massive explosion. Looking back, he saw the Wave King assassin blasting open the earth and rising into the sky.

The Wave King assassinʼs left arm was gone, and there were wounds all over his body, the most dire being a claw mark on the center of his chest. Despite all that, he was bursting with power and killing intent.

Immediately, the Wave King assassin searched for his target, and his eyes grew sharp as he saw Cain and Shura about to enter the Howling Forest. His Essence Wave exploded as jets of super-compressed air emerged from the sole of his feet, allowing him to move at Mach 10!

Cainʼs eyes widened as he saw the speed that the Wave King assassin achieved, and he understood this one would catch up to them in just a few minutes.

He knew there was no way they could outrun the Wave King assassin. Decisiveness appeared in his eyes as he chose his path forward.

Shura also saw the Wave King assassin approaching them at a stunning speed, so she was shocked to see Cain stopping after barely going two thousand meters into the Howling Forest.

Before the young woman could say anything, Cain put her down and injected a red capsule into her neck.

Shuraʼs skin turned red after the Wave Virus entered her bloodstream, and her heartbeat burst with power. However, unlike Surin and the Blood Champions, her offensive and defensive abilities did not improve; only her speed was enhanced.

”The Wave Virus will improve your speed for thirty minutes. I will try to buy you as much time as possible.”

Cain did not say anything else before focusing on the Wave Kingʼs presence, which was moving closer and closer to them.

Shura did not know how to react when she heard that. Cain had repeatedly declared that he would not risk her life for her, yet he was now ready to face a Wave King so she could escape.

”I...”

”What are you waiting for? RUN!”

Cain did not allow Shura to finish her sentence before shouting coldly.

Shura was startled, but her eyes grew firm the next second, and she nodded before flashing away as fast as she could.

Cain made sure Shura had left before taking the crystal vial with the liquid from the Blood Origin Pool. But before he could carry on, he heard a voice in his mind.

”Are you really going to risk your life for a woman you barely know?”

Apexʼs voice did not carry judgment, only curiosity.

Cain showed a small smile when he heard that and softly shook his head.

”I am not saving her. I am fixing a mistake I made a long time ago.”

Cainʼs eyes burst with power as he remembered a couple of cold eyes hiding the greatest warmth he had ever felt. There was no hesitation in his heart as he began to drink the liquid, and he immediately felt how his insides began to burn.

The liquid was not apt for consumption of Wave Champions, much less Wave Warrior, so it began to generate necrosis of the cells on his stomach and intestines.

Despite the pain, Cain kept consuming it until his stomach was full. Then he injected a green capsule into his neck, temporarily allowing his cells to endure the liquid from the Blood Origin Pool.

Cain immediately felt a massive burst of his vitality as his Astral Wave and Bood Energy burst with power. The feeling was so intense that it made him think he could regenerate a missing arm in a second.

There was still liquid inside the vial, but there was no more space inside Cainʼs stomach. Luckily, there was a place inside his soul that could devour the liquid, flooding even more vitality and energy into his body.

Cain sent the vial into the [Devourer Dimension], where it broke, flooding the dimension with tons of liquid from the Blood Origin Pool, which the [Earth Fiend Flame] immediately set ablaze.

Since the liquidʼs grade surpassed the Wave Kingʼs level, it was hard for the [Earth Fiend Flame] to consume it, which was why Cain spent 1000 Destiny Force to increase the speed by 1000%!

A new burst of vitality and energy courses through Cainʼs veins, and while this one was not as intense as the one gained by directly consuming the Blood Origin Poolʼs liquid, it did not wreck his body in the process.

Cainʼs bones cracked, and his muscles bulged as his body grew larger, trying to accommodate the overwhelming energy inside him. There were moments he felt he would explode, but he just clenched his teeth and endured.

Once the raging energy and vitality inside him stabilized, Cain activated Second Gear, pushing his body to its absolute peak.

The Wave King assassin was coming closer and closer. Cainʼs killing intent began to fade as he hid his presence, vanishing inside the fog.

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There was nothing but rage, resentment, and killing intent in the heart of Landrik, the Wave King assassin. He had never wanted to take this mission in the first place, but they made him an offer he could not refuse.

Landrik waited in the last of the trials since there was no difference for him if someone else killed Shura, but the group managed to carve their path through a sea of assassins, reaching the underground cave.

He was then forced to enter a fight with nine young Late Wave Champion geniuses who seemed ready to give their life and more than happy to perform near-suicidal attacks. Despite his group being stronger, he still ended up with severe injuries.

Although Wave Essence Cultivators did not see the foundation of their bodies as an absolute when it came to cultivation, they still had to focus on it since it acted as a vessel for their knowledge of the Laws.

All the damage Landrik suffered would have a negative effect on his cultivation, and unless he wanted to be stuck as an Early Wave King for the rest of his life, he needed to kill Shura and claim the reward. That was why he flashed full of killing intent and without hesitation toward the Howling Forest.

Since he saw where they entered, it would be easy for the Wave King to find them using his Ego Wave. Flying above the forest would not work since the fog was too dense, and he needed to be inside for his force field to work properly.

Landrik pierced the gray fog and flashed forward as he unleashed the full might of his Ego Wave.

ʼThey must have warned the Blood Sea already. I need to act fast and kill both.ʼ

That thought had just crossed the Wave Kingʼs mind when his eyes widened as he detected a red figure behind his back.

Landrik could not believe that someone had managed to hide from his senses and Ego Wave to the point that he could only perceive them when they were less than five meters away from him.

The attacker had managed to conceal his killing intent flawlessly until the last second. Pure coldness appeared in his eyes as he sent a punch toward the back of the Wave Kingʼs head.

Landrik could feel the strength in that punch and knew just how much damage he would endure if it were to land. No Wave Champion could have responded to that attack, but he was a Wave King.

With a single movement of his right hand, a air cannon blasted from behind him, landing point blank in the attacker and sending this one crashing toward the ground.

Now that he had a moment to concentrate, Landrik was able to identify the attacker and saw it was the same young man that played all those tricks on him.

”You little maggot!”

The rage in Landrikʼs heart burst at the idea that a Wave Warrior attempted to assassinate him. A black tornado appeared on his hand, and he sent it toward Cain.

Unlike the air cannon, the black tornado was much slower, but its destructive power was also in a totally different league, more than enough to shatter every single bone on Cainʼs body and kill him.