The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

215  Killing a Middle Wave Champion Beast (II)

"KILL!"

Cain's voice echoed across the cave, erasing the fear from the Silver-Heart Elephant's trumpeting in the soldiers and filling them with vigor.

The battle formations for the soldiers had already been distributed, so they all knew what to do. Cain smiled as he saw the soldiers instantly adopt battle formations and charge toward the Early Wave Champion Beast, free of fear and full of conviction.

However, he could not split his focus for much longer as the Silver-Heart Elephant soon raised from the ground, unleashing a powerful Life Wave. Cain stared at the creature's head and saw how his punch completely shattered the eye and the bones around it. Although the damage was significant, it was far from crippling the Middle Wave Champion Beast.

That attack carried the full power of Cain's Blood Hand, not to mention it took the Silver-Heart Elephant by surprise. 'It can't compare with the Lightning-Fall Mantis in terms of speed, but its vitality and defenses are formidable.'

"PAWOO!" The Silver-Heart Elephant unleashed a battle cry full of killing intent and wrath as it dashed toward Cain, ready to trample the insolent human that dared to destroy its eye.

Cain's eyes grew cold as he clenched his right fist with even greater strength. The Blood Lightning devoured the Middle Wave Champion Beast's blood around him, making the power of his Blood Hand even mightier as he flashed forward.

One was a massive beast over twenty tons, while the other was a young human weighing less than one hundred kilograms. There was no need to speculate about the winner in a direct clash, but just as they were less than fifteen meters away, Cain raised his right arm.

Shock appeared in the Silver-Heart Elephant when he saw a sphere of red lightning emerge from Cain's hand. It knew that humans could use spells, but those with the dark purple Wave usually used melee skills.

The sphere instantly reached its face, and now confusion appeared on the Silver-Heart Elephant as the attack had no power at all. Just as it wondered what the human's plan was, it noticed that this one was no longer in front of it.

"¡BOOM!"

Before the Silver-Heart Elephant could perceive Cain's presence, he connected a devastating blow to the beast's right ribs. "AWW!" The Middle Wave Champion Beast screamed in pain as the blow cracked several ribs and sent its massive body crashing against the back of the cave.

Before the Silver-Heart Elephant could rise, Cain unleashed a torrent of blows that pushed it deeper and deeper against the wall. Both of Cain's hands had three fingers resembling blood gems. His mastery over Blood Hand allowed him to metamorph more fingers, but that also drained his energy much faster. Cain held his breath and focused his entire body on punching as hard and fast as possible. Every punch he fired generated an indentation on the Silver-Heart Elephant, and he could feel how his fist shattered the muscles, bones, and even lungs.

Although the Silver-Heart Elephant had immense vitality and defenses, the blows fired by Cain's Blood Hand were so powerful that they pinned it against the wall.

It went like that for ten seconds before the drain on his energy was so much that he had to deactivate Blood Hand. The Silver-Heart Elephant felt how the punches no longer incapacitated its body and attacked with its tusks, trying to strike Cain. Yet, the human jumped back, easily avoiding the attack.

Cain saw how the Silver-Heart Elephant adopted a battle stance and could feel the beast's strength, but it was clear that the damage it just took significantly reduced its battle power, and the collapsed lung kept draining its energy.

'If I push myself to my limit, I could end the beast's life in less than ten minutes. However, that would exhaust me and endanger everybody if something unexpected happened.'

After a few seconds of deliberation, Cain decided to transform his fight with the Silver-Heart Elephant into a battle of attrition.

"Pawoo!" The Middle Wave Champion Beast unleashed a new battle cry as it charged toward Cain, but with much less strength than before.

Cain easily dodged the Silver-Heart Elephant's stomp and violently kicked the beast's knee before jumping back, evading a massive tusk that sought to impale him.

The Silver-Heart Elephant was already slow, and now that it had a collapsed lung and severe internal damage, Cain was able to avoid all its attack using Virtual Sight and his instincts.

The fight with the wounded Middle Wave Champion Beast became so simple for Cain that he could use his Ego Wave to analyze the battle of the rest of the soldiers.

'Good, none of them has received a severe injury yet, and their teamwork is excellent.'

Suddenly, Cain frowned as he saw the golden flames covering Levi's body. They were extremely similar to the ones used by the death guards that worked for Orlando, the Wave Champion puppetmaster. He remembered very well how those golden flames increased the guards' battle power, but they did in exchange for their blood vitality. A flash of killing intent appeared in Cain's eyes as the idea appeared in his mind that someone was using his friend for some form of experiment.

However, Cain soon relaxed once he noticed that Levi's golden flames tapped into the young man's blood vitality, using it as fuel, but at the same time, it made it grow.

'His Saint Technique.'

There was no way a technique with such power would feel beneath the level of a Saint Technique. It was clear to Cain that the ability had dangers, but if Levi chose to take that path, then everything was all right.

'A man must be ready to endure the consequences of their choices.'

Cain smiled as his father's voice appeared again in his mind. "PAWOOO!"

The Silver-Heart Elephant roared with strength one more time, and its Life Wave burst with power. The smile on Cain's face made the beast think the human was mocking it.

"Hmph." Cain only sneered as he saw the Silver-Heart Elephant marching toward him like a crazy beast. "Stupid beast."

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