The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 233 : To the second stage

Antony understood that Cain wanted him to be one hundred meters away to act as a shield against any intruder and keep a safe distance between them. The Essence Cultivator did not feel anything wrong about that. After all, they have known each other for less than a year.

Cain saw Antony adopting a solemn attitude before flashing forward, remaining precisely one hundred meters away from him. He then put his back against the tree's trunk and waved his hands, taking out a pile of red orbs and a medium-quality wave crystal.

A sense of complete focus appeared in Cain's mind, and he emptied his mind of everything as he carried on with his advancement.

The Astral Wave inside his body burst with power as his meridians grew, finishing their new circulatory system that connected the outside world directly to the Rebirth Heart. From now on, his skin would act as a natural filter, taking the Life Wave from the surroundings and sending it straight into his Sacred Organ for transformation.

A system like that meant a massive increase in his stamina and cultivation speed. At this point, Cain felt a weird sensation and knew he could induce a qualitative change in his Astral Wave if he wanted, which would provoke an evolution of his body's constitution.

Since he reached the peak of Level 7, Cain could evolve into a Wave Champion if he so desired, but there was no way he would take that path. Not only would that path be worthless in this dimension, but it would waste a lot of his potential and practically sever his journey to Wave King.

Level 8 and Level 9 were special cultivation levels. Their goal was to improve the cultivation foundation, fix any flaws that could have remained during their journey through Levels 1 to 7, and increase their mental capabilities.

In detail, Level 8 made the cultivator generate an entirely new set of meridians that would rise from the Rebirth Heart and reach the only organ that had yet to be altered by the Astral Wave, the brain.

It was an extremely delicate process since the brain was the home of the soul dimension that contained the essence of your soul and your Ego Eternal Matrix that embodied your personality.

If the cultivator had done everything right, the meridians would nurture the brain cell with a refined Astral Wave, translating into a higher speed of thought and reflexes, along with improved computational skills and cognitive abilities.

Cain's focus reached its limit as he divided his mind into two essential tasks. He used the Astral Wave burst to induce a potent marrow washing and carefully spread his meridians across his brain.

Filth emerged from Cain's pores as the meridians reached the outer layer of the brain known as the cerebral cortex. As soon as the meridian penetrated into the cortex, Cain felt a boost in his cognitive abilities. His perception, memory, attention, language, and decision-making all suffered a massive improvement.

After around half an hour, the burst of Astral Wave finally calmed down, and the expansion of the meridians across the cerebral cortex stopped its growth.

Cain opened his eyes, and a sense of awe filled his heart when he saw the way in which his brain could now handle the sensory information. That was not all since the initiation of voluntary motor movements also improved, meaning the delay between tough and actions diminished significantly.

Cain's mental abilities were already impressive due to the power of his Ego Wave, but now they have reached the level where they could keep up with those of a Peak Wave Champion.

Of course, that did not mean that Cain could fight against a Peak Wave Champion. No matter how fast his brain could process the information, if his body could not keep up with it.

'I am at the early stage of Level 8. Next comes the expansion of my meridians to the corpus callosum, thalamus, and hypothalamus for the end.'

Cain smiled as he felt the power of his body and mind, but the next second he almost puked due to the disgusting smell that his improved sense of smell picked up. He immediately waved his hand, burning all the filth covering his body.

Only then did he relax and send a familiar command to the Absolute Life Form System.

'System, scan me.'

The system's voice appeared the next second as this one carried on with the command faithfully.

[Scan of Vessel completed

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Name: Cain Laurifer

Race: Godslayer Humankind

Path of Power: Astral Rebirth (Level 8 Wave Warrior)

Lineage: Lightning Lupus

Wave Talent: High Tier 6 (High Tier 6)

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Stats:

Strength: 7.9-->9.6

Agility: 6.0-->7.7

Vitality: 9.9-->12.4

Wave: 5.9-->7.7

Blood Energy: 9.4-->11.4

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Marrow washing: 92% completion

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Note: Wave Virus inside Vessel enhanced Wave Talent by 17.2%]

Cain was ecstatic by the burst of strength that carried his advance to Level 8 and even more when he saw the marrow washing percentage.

Every time it was harder to extract the filth and pollution from his marrow since there was less of it and it was harder to reach, so obtaining a 4%, just like he did during his breakthrough to Level 7, was actually a great accomplishment.

Cain also noticed the qualitative improvement of his Astral Wave, which was definitely due to the red orbs he kept consuming day and night, refining and cleansing his energy pool.

The improvement of the Wave Virus' effect was simply due to Cain's growth as a Grand Genetic Coder. Their Wave Talent stayed the same because it would take much more than that to rise to Tier 7.

Of all the stats, the one that mattered to Cain the most after his marrow-washing percentage was his vitality. It had already overcome the boundaries of Wave Warrior and reached the realm of Wave Champion, which was very important for the evolution of his Asura Form.

Cain stood up with a smile, but he immediately frowned. While he could feel there was more strength in his body, the dimension's weakening force did not allow him to use any of that.

The only way he could deploy the full power of his current cultivation would be if his machete completely nullified the force affecting his vibrational frequency. However, that would take simply too much time.

Antony noticed that Cain had finished his breakthrough and walked toward him as they discussed what to do next. They were close enough to the center of the forest to catch a glimpse of the pillar of light in it.

"My Astral Wave is nearly fully tempered, and I can no longer improve my swordplay with the Sword Monsters. There is no point in remaining longer in this forest. What about you?"

For obvious reasons, Cain's energy pool was smaller than Antony's, so it took less time for him to refine his Wave entirely.

"The red orbs have tempered around ninety percent of my Essence Wave. As for my swordplay, there is also little room for improvement fighting against the monsters in this forest."

Cain considered everything, and after a few moments, he devised a path for the two of them.

"Let's keep moving to the pillar of light. If you have yet to fully temper your Wave by the time we reach there, I will guard you for five days."

There was still a lot of time before the wall of light reached them, and Cain was sure this was not a test of speed, but still, he did not want to remain in the forest when there was no reason for it.

Antony showed a smile and nodded. Cain's path was very good, and he was more than happy to take it.

With that over, Cain and Antony began to move forward. The Essence Wave Cultivator spent every moment with the red orbs, and since the energy of this one was so calm, he could even use it while running.

They met several Swords Monsters in their path, some of them really strong, but that was only due to their cultivation, not the swordplay. The duo did not waste too much time with them, killing them as fast as possible before continuing.

After a week, the duo finally reached the majestic pillar of light. It had a radius of over two hundred meters and rose so far into the sky that it seemed capable of reaching the peak of this dimension.

Antony had yet to fully temper his Essence Wave and did not want to advance to the next stage without doing it. Cain kept his word and guarded this one for five days.

Cain and Antony were not the only ones that reached the pillar of light, but everybody stood at a safe distance from the others as they did the final refinement of their Wave.

Luckily for the Essence Cultivator, he only needed three days to refine his energy pool, giving him the confidence to handle any threat on the other side of the pillar of light.

Cain nodded toward Antony once this one finished training and walked forward, putting a hand over the pillar of light.