The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 234 : Severing Domain

The instant Cain touched the pillar of light, his body fused into this one, and he rose into the sky before vanishing from the forest. Many people saw that and feeling more confident, they also advanced to the pillar.

Cain's mind went blank after touching the pillar, and the only thing he felt was moving from one place to another at a simply overwhelming speed. When his sight returned, and he saw his surroundings, a sense of overwhelming danger assaulted him.

The reason for that was the hundreds of Sword Monsters surrounding him from all directions. His first thought was to unleash every iota of Astral Wave and Blood Energy from his body to face those monsters, but to his shock, he could not do it.

There were hundreds of monsters around him the second he reached the second stage, and he could not use his energy pool. How was he supposed to fight all of them?

Luckily, while the Sword Monsters' eyes were full of slaughter intent and it was clear they wanted nothing more than to lunge toward Cain and reap him to pieces, it seemed that they could not move.

Learning that the dimension paralyzed the Sword Monster calmed Cain, and he was able to analyze things with a cold mind. He first realized that he had a small crystal in the center of his forehead, but he had no idea what its use was.

Then he focused on the monsters' power, and they were all at Level 6. It seemed that this dimension generated enemies according to his cultivation. The higher his level, the stronger the enemies would have been.

Also, while he could not use his Astral Wave or Blood Energy right now, a weakening force was no longer diminishing his cultivation. He was sure that once the trial began, he would be able to use the full power of his cultivation to face the Sword Monsters.

Just like when he entered the Forest Dimension and felt an intent in his mind telling him to reach the pillar of light, there was also a new intent here trying to communicate the essence of this trial.

Although it took a little time for Cain to fully understand it, it was clear in the end. The intent wanted to seal some of his senses. As for how many, that was up to Cain to decide.

The more senses he lost before the battle started, the greater the reward would be in the end. The number of Sword Monsters was near endless, and Cain just had to keep killing until no more energy was left in his body. Then he would need to touch the crystal in his forehead to advance to the third stage.

Having understood the essence of the trial, Cain had to decide which of his senses he would have to give up. Although someone like him could use his Ego Wave to replace all of them, he was sure that the dimension already thought of that and would not let him use his red force field.

Luckily, he had a power that not even the dimension seemed capable of suppressing or even detecting, the Absolute Life Form System.

Right now, Cain could not use his Free Ego, but nothing was hindering the power of his [Basic Scan Force Field].

'System, generate a three-dimensional hologram of the battlefield in my mind.'

[Task assigned.

...

Task completed.]

Cain closed his eyes, and he could see a picture of the battlefield with every monster around him. It was not as good as relying on his sight, but it would not hinder his battle power and allow him to sever his senses without a problem.

Once he handled that, Cain focused on the other aspect of this trial, stamina. He needed to kill as many of the Sword Monsters before rising to the next stage, and for that, he needed to find a way to kill them using the least amount of energy possible.

The machete was still in his hand, and he knew he could not let go of it even if the weakening force of the Forest Dimension was no longer active.

Luckily, nothing urged him to start this fight, so he had time. Now it was time to use [Basic Virtual Simulation], so he could develop battle plans to handle the Sword Monsters more efficiently.

After twenty minutes, he came up with an answer in the form of a technique by the name of Severing Domain. It was simple yet effective and would allow him to face the neverending horde of Sword Monsters.

Now that everything was in place, Cain allowed the power of this dimension to sever all his senses except his sense of touch. That one was the only thing that the {Basic Scan Force Field] could not replicate, and without it, he could not be able to attack or defend properly.

The next second, Cain found himself in a world of darkness, unable to see, hear, smell, or taste anything. It was a truly devastating sensation that could break the mind of normal people in a matter of seconds, but it was not enough to challenge the Wave King's willpower.

Despite the overwhelming darkness, Cain did not lose focus since the [Basic Scan Force Field] showed him how five Sword Monsters lunged toward him.

Cain did not move from his position but adopted a battle stance, and just as the Sword Monsters' entered the rage of his machete, he hacked with such ferocity and speed that neither of them managed to touch his body before splitting apart.

As soon as the Sword Monsters perished, they exploded into a burst of dark mist, but this time it was not the machete that devoured it, but the crystal in Cain's forehead.

It was completely white, but the dark mist from those Sword Monsters made small black dots emerge in it.

Cain had no time to care about the change in the crystal since not even a second after killing those five Sword Monsters, more came at him, full of killing intent and ferocity.

The speed at which his machete moved was just the right one to sever those Sword Monsters before they could get near him. Cain could have easily unleashed attacks that would have killed dozens of these Level 6 Sword Monsters if he wanted, but this was a test of skill and endurance. That was why he limited Wave Burst to 500% and refrained from using Blood Hand or Asura Form.

Just those two skills would have made Cain unstoppable in this place for the first few minutes, and hundreds of Level 6 Sword Monsters would have perished, but then he would have drained his energy and been forced to leave this place.

The machete carried on with its arcs, splitting all the Sword Monsters into pieces. A radius of two and a half meters around Cain was empty of everything despite hundreds of monsters doing all in their power to reach the young man.

Severing Domain was a sword skill that combined small body movements and long arcs with the machete, using the weapon's slicing power to split everything that entered it.

It was an awe-inspiring domain skill, especially since it only took the system a few minutes to come up with it, but it would only work with unintelligent monsters.

A well-trained army would find a way to exploit its weaknesses, sacrificing some people if needed to stop the machete and then overwhelm Cain.

Cain's eyes burst with red light as he hacked in all directions. He had to use the full power of his Ego Wave to enhance his speed of thought, or else he would make a mistake or read the [Basic Scan Force Field]'s hologram wrong. If that were to happen, he might not even have the time to touch the crystal and die at the hands of the Sword Monsters.

Sword Monsters attacked from all directions, and some even jumped toward Cain so they could attack from above, but the machete split all of them.

All of the monsters burst into dark mist upon death, so there was no pile of corpses amassing around Cain and forcing him to move, which was good.

Ten minutes had passed since the start of the fight, and the numbers perished under the might of Cain's machete reached over three hundred, but there was no end to them.

Cain did not feel tired, and his breathing was calm, but he frowned as he felt the numbness in his arms. The machete's edge was extremely sharp and could easily cut the Sword Monsters', but the speed at which he had to move his arms was too much, and his muscles were starting to realize it.

Unfortunately, Cain could not slow down. If he did it, his machete might lack the momentum to cut the several Sword Monsters at once, and that would force him to fight on the run, depleting his stamina even faster.

This trial would not be easy and would push Cain's mind and body to their absolute limit.