The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Chapter 295 The Red King acts

"¡BOOOOMMMM!"

A powerful blast echoed across the battle arena as Zima connected his fist to Cain. It had so much power that it seemed like a missile had just landed on its target.

Everybody turned toward Cain since that blow was directed at his head, and it had more than enough power to be lethal for a Wave Champion.

Luckily, while Cain could not dodge the blow, he managed to use his right arm as a shield. The forearm where Zima's punch landed immediately swollen due to the severe trauma, but golden flames soon fixed the damage.

Cain felt blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. Even after blocking the punch, it had enough strength to do internal damage. His eyes grew sharp as he went through the attack on his mind.

Zima's punch lacked any technique, which made sense since such an absurd speed was more than what a Wave Champion's nervous system could smoothly handle. However, it mattered very little since the speed was something Cain could barely dodge, and its momentum was so much it nearly broke his arms.

"Hahaha, not bad. I thought everything would be over already, but as people say, cockroaches are very tenacious. I wonder how long you will manage to last."

"¡BOOM!"

Another powerful sonic boom emerged as Zima flashed toward Cain, this time performing a downward kick that seemed capable of splitting a building in half.

Virtual Sight was useless at this point since the [A.I. Chip Module] predictions were not fast enough, so Cain could only act by instinct.

He managed to move back just in time to avoid the kick from landing on his head, but that left him open to Zima's next attack. Enjoy new stories from empire

"¡Ahhhhhh!"

A silent scream emerged from Cain's mouth as Zima's punch landed point-blank on his chest, pushing out all the air in his lungs and making him puke blood.

That was just the start. For the next thirty seconds, the battle was completely unilateral. Cain did his best to handle the onslaught, but Zima was simply too fast.

Powerhouses on the Integrationist Path clenched their fists as they saw how the battle was going. Cain's talent could be considered higher than Zima's, but he was overwhelmed by the Blood Champion's resources.

Zima's power after activating the Runic Inscription was simply too high. Of course, it would not last long since he would soon run out of energy, but it was evident to everybody that Cain's body would break first.

Bloodless #1 and the Blood Duke stared coldly at the High Blood Elder. There was no other way to see this battle as one that would be won by external interest, something the Purist Path was essentially against.

However, no matter how much they hated the High Blood Elder's hypocrisy, they could do nothing about it. Treasures were considered part of an individual's power, and since Zima could trigger the Runic Inscription, he had the right to enjoy its augmentations.

Shura's eyes were distressed as she saw how Cain's body took more and more punishment. His body would have stopped moving long ago if it weren't for his golden flame.

'Faster. Faster. Faster."

Cain kept repeating that word in his mind as he attempted to push his body to a level where he could respond to Zima's onslaught, but it was impossible.

Something could not emerge from nothing, and his speed would not rise out of nowhere just because he wanted it to happen.

Rage and unwillingness burned in Cain's eyes as he did all he could to stay in the fight, but the damage was becoming too much even for Radiance of Life. Not to mention that the powers of the Sun Seed were not endless, and he was consuming them at a staggering speed.

"¡BOOM!"

Cain managed to block a blow to his stomach, but the potency of the attack sent him flying away. Still in mid-air, he saw Zima catching up to him and landing a knee strike right in his sternum, making him feel all his ribs shattered at the same time.

The strike sent Cain to the edge of the battle arena, and while his body was still standing, he was looking down as if he no longer had the strength to raise his head.

Zima's smile was full of coldness and viciousness. It was clear he had enjoyed playing around with Cain, but it was finally time to end things.

"Outsider, you gave me a very good time, so I will be merciless. Get down on your knees, and I will allow you to surrender."

The mockery in Zima's voice was clear to everybody, but there was nothing Shura and the others could do.

Of course, Cain did not have to kneel to surrender. Those words were just Zima's way of making fun of the defeated enemy.

Zima was not actually expecting Cain to kneel, but neither did he expect this one to say nothing and keep looking down.

"If that is what you want."

His killing intent exploded as he flashed toward Cain, ready to blast the head of this one open.

Shock and anxiousness appeared in the eyes of Shura and many others as they saw that Cain was not surrendering. Even if he lost this last battle, there was no shame in accepting defeat, so they did not understand why he just stood silent when death was near.

Zima was also surprised but only smiled as he visualized what would happen once his fists reached Cain's head. However, just as he was in front of the enemy and ready to fire the punch, pure dread appeared on his face.

Immediately, Zima stopped his attack and flashed away from Cain, reaching all the way to the other edge of the battle arena. His breathing was rough, as he could not stop his body from trembling.

Nothing short of absolute confusion permeated the mind of everybody seeing the battle since they did not understand what had just happened. Zima was ready to end the fight and Cain's life a second ago, but now he was as far from this one as possible, with pure terror on his face.

Zima could not explain what was happening since even he failed to understand it. He was about to kill Cain when this one raised his face, showing eyes that belonged to no man.

Those eyes had red pupils full of disdain, not to a man, but to the world, as if everything was beneath them. There was no way to describe them other than the eyes of a king!

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"Where am I? What is happening?"

Cain did not understand what was happening. He found himself in a place full of shadows inside a red humanoid body without any distinctive features.

In front of him was a golden humanoid, just like him, without any distinctive physical characteristics whatsoever.

Before he could even try to comprehend what this place was, his body moved on its own, attacking the golden humanoid. Cain could feel everything the body did but could not control it. It was similar to his experience with his memories of his past life.

The battle between the red and golden humanoids was pretty simple, only consisting of physical attacks. Cain's body was exponentially faster and stronger than the golden humanoid, but no matter how hard he fought or what trick he deployed, he never came even close to landing an attack.

Somehow the golden humanoid could not only dodge all of Cain's attacks but also counter them with flawless precision!

The battle only lasted a few seconds, and the red humanoid body received no damage despite all the counters. He stopped his attack and clasped his hands, and the golden humanoid responded the same.

After that, the red and golden humanoids sat beside each other and began meditating.

Cain still lacked any form of control, but he was able to hear words while knowledge was being engraved inside his soul.

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While Cain was in that wonderful state, Apex stared at the Sun Seed. There was a frown on his face when he saw waves of energy emerging from the dark side of the Alter-Ego.

Apex's power was great enough to understand that those were broken memories that could not affect Cain in any way to reveal information he should not know.

In the end, those memories would only make Cain stronger and not proportionate any help for the Red King.

The golden humanoid turned back and stared at the gargantuan gate covered in chains of white-black lightning and dark purple flames.

"What are you trying to do?"

The Absolute Life Form System's origin involved forces greater than those that formed Aether, and as the System Spirit, Apex's wisdom was something no human in the world could match.

Yet, the golden humanoid did not dare to even speculate about the schemes a monster like the Red King could elaborate.

"Ah, brat, I can only count on you to keep growing stronger regardless of the temptations in the future."