Chapter 234 : Severing Domain

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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]. 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.

Chapter 234 : Severing Domain

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