The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 398 Kronos Continent

Zarius did not wait a second before waving his hand, filling the basin with all the resources in his space ring. The Scarlet King sent those he could not directly consume into the [Devourer Dimension] before manipulating the others like wave crystals with his Ego Wave.

After emptying every resource and treasure he had spent his life collecting, Zariusʼs eyes twitched as he cut his forearms, making streams of his blood fill the basin. His body only had a few liters of blood, but as it fell into the basin, he consumed his energy and life force to make more, generating a constant stream that filled the basin in less than thirty minutes.

Zarius fell to the ground beside the basin, and his heartbeat and vital signs were weak. His vitality as a Wave King kept him alive, but his life force had suffered dramatically due to the depletion of his blood.

Shortly after that, Orphin and the Abyssal Clanʼs Wave King returned with the corpses of several King Beasts. The duo made holes in the beasts before draining their blood into the basin, only for the desiccated corpses to be embraced by a red force field and vanish the next second.

The blood had not even filled the basin before it began to diminish at an alarming rate, and the duo went back to their mission, collecting more corpses of King Beasts and draining their blood into the basin. Zarius remained on the edge, vigilant to any newcomer that could stomp around.

Days passed, and the basin continued draining and being refilled as its life force grew more and more powerful. Finally, after a month, Orphin and the other two Wave Kings froze and adopted a silent stance.

The blood drained faster and faster until nothing remained, leaving only a young man with an extremely well-defined body and a red metallic mask covering his face. The Scarlet Kingʼs eyes radiated with red light as he clenched his fist and assessed the state of his body and inner organs.

Using the blood essence of over one thousand King Beasts, the Radiance of Life, and the energy and vitality granted by the [Gluttony Module], the Scarlet King was able to heal nearly all of his wounds. Still, one organ could not recover, at least not entirely. y Virtual Library Empire

The battle with the Blood King had left him severely wounded, but the worst injury was the one he took right before entering the intercontinental teleportation formation, the palm strike that managed to reach his Rebirth Heart.

Even at this moment, there were several deep lacerations on the Scarlet Kingʼs Rebirth Heart. The only reason he could stand without a problem was his constant use of Radiance of Life while simultaneously transmuting his Astral Wave into a stabilizing substance.

The combination of those two abilities allowed the Scarlet Kingʼs heart to work fine, even during a battle, but it also carried a severe problem since, for all intents and purposes, the Sacred Organ was crippled. If the Scarlet King attempted to revolve his Astral Wave, his heart would suffer greatly and could cause his death.

In essence, the Scarlet Kingʼs Astral Path of Power, for which he had always strived for perfection and gone through over a dozen life-and-death trials in order to reach a flawless foundation, was now useless.

Such a realization could break the mind of anyone, even great powerhouses who had lived a life of hardship, but it only slightly bothered the Scarlet King.

”System, how long will it take for my Radiance of Life to heal my Astral Rebirth Heart?”

Just as Radiance of Life had the power to heal Kraneʼs Evolution Core, it could do the same for Cain. But the answer he got was not a good one.

[The damage that Vesselʼs Rebirth Heart endured was much more significant than Kraneʼs Evolution Core. Right now, Radiance of Life can only keep the Sacred Organ stable.

According to calculations done through the A.I. Chip Module, after Vesselʼs Ego Wave evolves to the Third Realm, it would take the Radiance of Life thirty years to heal the Sacred Organ completely.]

For anyone else, the notion that only thirty years would be needed to heal the crippling injury of a Sacred Organ would be thrilling. But for the Scarlet King, it was unacceptable. He could not wait that long, and a flash of determination appeared in his eyes as he turned to Kainʼs corpse.

”Since the Astral Rebirth Path of Power is no longer useful to me, I might as well give it up and embrace my new identity to the fullest.”

There was no hesitation in the Scarlet Kingʼs mind as he decided to give up on the Astral Rebirth Path of Power and embark on the Essence Evolution Path of Power. By the time his Astral Rebirth Heart fully healed, he would be fifty and could not just waste his potential waiting. So, he would instead embark on the Essence Evolution Path of Power.

It might sound rushed since there was always the chance of some miracle drug that could assist him. Yet, he could not count on that since if such a thing existed, they were in the hands of great Titans, people that he could no longer interact with.

In the beginning, when the Scarlet King saw the members of the Inferno Daemon Race, he thought he was in Atlas, the continent located north of Gaia. That was the best possible option since it meant he could just make his way back home, as the Atlas Continent and Gaia Continent were connected.

Unfortunately, after gaining the sum of Kainʼs life knowledge, the Scarlet King realized that he was not in the Atlas Continent but the Kronos Continent.

The Kronos Continent was the home of the Atrox Immortus Race and was located on the other side of the Endless Ocean. The only way that the Scarlet King could return to the Gaia Continent now was by either becoming a Divine Ascension Cultivator or through another intercontinental teleportation formation. Neither of those choices seemed possible in the near future.