The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 294 Hypersonic Speed

Cain felt that something was wrong. He was just half a second away from blasting Zima's skull, but he jumped to the right without hesitation.

The instant that happened, the eyes of Zima, who seemed to verge into unconsciousness, regained their focus, and he opened his mouth.

"¡BOOM!"

An incredibly powerful dark lightning cannon emerged from Zima's mouth, rising into the sky with a might similar to a Wave King's spell!

Shock and awe appeared in the eyes of everybody seeing the battle. The battle was supposed to have reached its end after Cain's devastating onslaught, but not only was Zima able to react, but he unleashed an attack that could have threatened the life of a Wave King.

Even more shocking, it was a long-range attack, something an Astral Wave Champion like Zima should not be able to perform.

Cain's expression was solemn as he landed on the battle arena, more than one hundred meters away from Zima. He had managed to avoid most of the damage but did not come unscratched since his left arm was scorched.

A sharp light appeared in Cain's eyes as he saw Zima standing up. The damage that his last barrage did should have incapacitated this one, but it was clearly not the case.

Zima managed to stand up as the wounds on his body stabilized, but that was far from all. His body grew larger and more muscular as scales covered his arms and part of his chest, and his pupils turned reptilian. It did not take long for him to reach two and a half meters tall, and his arms and legs grew twice their original size.

People grew confused by Zima's physical change. The empire had draconic bloodlines that could explain Zima's transformation, but he was a member of the Blood Sea and had a Blood Sea Lineage.

Cain's eyes grew sharp as he stared at Zima and immediately understood the key behind his transformation and the burst in his physical strength.

"So that is your Alter-Ego's power. Through your Visualization Technique, you see yourself as a dragon."

Most people were still confused, but those that had already reached the First Realm of the Ego Eternal Path of Power and awakened their Alter-Egos understood what was happening with Zima.

The Alter-Ego might be a manifestation of your willpower, but through a Visualization Technique, one could harvest their power. It unleashed its force in the soul, the essence of someone's existence, so inducing a physical transformation was very normal.

Powerhouses from both sides look at Zima with wonder since even for Wave Kings, triggering the power of the Alter-Ego was extremely hard, and most of those at the Early Stage could not do it.

Not to mention that even for those that could trigger the power of their Alter-Egos, it only worked as an auxiliary technique due to the disparity between their cultivation and willpower.

Clearly, Zima was not the case, and the power that his Alter-Ego granted him was his trump card.

"Hahaha, you are right. I was always fond of the tales of dragons of the Old World, beasts of power and destruction that obey no one and rule above all. Since that is a perfect description, why don't I become a dragon myself?"

Zima showed a cold smile as he spoke to Cain, his body bursting with strength and vitality.

"I did not want to show this power, but you forced me. Your instincts are top-notch, being able to detect my attack so fast.

Zima paused at this point as he focused on Cain's scorched left arm.

"But not fast enough."

Cain noticed the mockery in Zima's voice, but he just smiled back.

"There is no need to worry about this minor wound that will heal in just a moment."

Powerhouses could not help but frown as they heard Cain's words. Although the damage to his left arm was not catastrophic since the lightning only scorched the skin and muscles, it would still take a long time to heal.

However, the next second, everybody saw a golden flame burst out of Cain's left arm, and the damaged tissues began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After the burst of his willpower during the life-and-death battle against the Wave King assassin, the Sun Seed had grown more powerful. Although it did not gain another ability, the power of Radiance of Life evolved to the point it no longer just circulated through the inside of his body. Read new adventures at empire

Cain raised his left arm and clenched it, showing the strength of the extremity. In less than twenty seconds, all the damage the arm had taken vanished.

A new wave of shock assaulted the powerhouses when they saw the golden flame of Cain. They figured it was the young man's Alter-Ego, and its power was not any less impressive than Zima's.

"I guess it is time for the second round."

Cain's words filled Shura and the people of the Integrationist Path with excitement. The battle had already been amazing before, but now that the duo unleashed their full power, it would grow to a whole new level.

Zima saw the amazing healing ability of Cain, and while his body had grown much stronger, it was not like he had completely recovered from the point-blank Sonic Cannon. Yet, the smile on his face only grew wider.

"Although it would have been interesting to see what happens when an unstoppable force clashes with an unmovable object, I will pass."

Zima's words confused Cain, as he did not understand the source of his enemy's confidence, but he got an answer the next second.

Strange inscriptions appeared in the center of Zima's chest and soon expanded all over his body.

Cain's eyes widened as he saw those inscriptions. He had never seen them before in a battle but had read about them. Those strange letters were runes, and what was covering Zima's body was a Runic Formation!

As soon as Zima triggered, a strange power began to manifest in the battle arena, and blue lightning arcs began to course through his body.

Those blue lightning arcs were not the result of a spell but the manifestation of the power of the Laws!

Just like Genetic Coders can create Wave Viruses that tap into the genetic power of an individual and grant them unique abilities, Rune Masters can engrave Runic Formations that summon the power of the Laws.

Rune Crafting was a not well-known profession in the Collapsing Lightning Sector, and the same could be said about the empire as a whole. The inheritance of the Godsaleyr Humankind regarding Genetic Coding was superb but was only subpar regarding runes.

Even if Cain's knowledge about Runic Formations was shallow, he knew that only a Saint Runic Formation could summon the power of the Laws.

Of course, Runic Formations also needed energy to activate, but this one seemed to work perfectly with Blood Energy.

The Blood Duke and Bloodless #1 stared at the High Blood Elder after they saw that Saint Rune Inscription on Zima, and there was no doubt in their minds now that this one was in cahoots with The Organization.

Unfortunately, the duo had no real proof of that, and shouting accusations without them would only make them look weak.

Cain was also aware that there was something odd about that Runic Inscription, but something else was bothering him. With all of Zima's skill, this one could have chosen to have a direct fight from the beginning but instead chose a path that would have allowed him to keep all those secrets.

A strong opponent was hard, but a scheming opponent was truly dangerous.

Trying to figure out Zima's intentions and secrets would be a waste of time, so Cain only took a deep breath as he pushed his focus to the limit, ready to face anything thrown at him.

Zima noticed Cain's battle stance and smiled before opening his mouth.

"Let's begin the final round."

A thunderous sonic boom emerged from where Zima stood just an instant ago, making the ears of the people in the amphitheater tremble.

However, that was nothing compared with the shock Cain felt as he saw that the massive body of Zima was already in front of him, sending a hook right to his head.

Time seemed to slow down as Cain's brain was able to analyze Zima's condition. He saw how streams of electrically charged plasma covered the figure of this one, and that could only mean one thing.

'Hypersonic Speed.'

When a body reaches a high enough speed, they break the chemical bonds that hold nitrogen and oxygen together, generating streams of electrically charged plasma. That speed goes by the name of Hypersonic Speed.

In Aether, the density of the air is much higher than that of the Old World, so to reach Hypersonic Speed, you need to move much faster than just MACH 5 or five times the speed of sound.

Hypersonic Speed in Aether requires your body to move at MACH 20!

That was nearly seven thousand meters per second!