The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

227  Fight with students

Antony stared at Cain for a moment before shaking his head. He had taken part in all kinds of missions, including capturing criminals, but never was he forced to take a life.

Cain was a little surprised. He found it hard to believe that Antony had reached this far without having to murder someone, but he also saw that this one was telling the truth.

"Brat, don't use yourself as a frame for what is common."

Apex's voice echoed inside Cain's mind, making him release a slight chuckle before sighing. Taking a life had become a very normal thing for him, especially after those months inside the dream of his past life in the awakening of his Alter-Ego.

'Am I becoming more like my previous life, insensible to everything?'

Cain did not lose too much time on those thoughts and simply shook his head.

"When we meet other people, follow my lead and do not hesitate."

Antony's eyes grew sharp as he understood the meaning behind those words and nodded. They were in a separate dimension full of people seeking to obtain whatever treasure was inside. He was not naive enough to think that everything could be solved with words.

Now that was out of the way, and after Antony recovered enough energy, the duo flashed toward the center of the forest.

Cain and Antony spent the next two weeks going from one battle to another. The duo advanced quickly, but not as fast as they could since they deliberately prolonged certain fights for hours when finding a Sword Monster with a swordplay that they could learn from.

Right now, Cain and Antony were fighting against a three-meter-tall Sword Monster that held a single longsword between its hands. Despite its massive size, the monster moved its body and waved its sword phenomenally fast.

A rain of small arcs of light fell to the Sword Monster, but this one was able to shatter all of them with a single wave of its sword, and without losing momentum, it twisted its body and parried a machete bathed in Blood Lightning that sought to cut its head off. Cain frowned as he saw how the Sword Monster easily pushed him back, and things only grew more dire as this one chased after him. He managed to dodge most of the sword strikes, but some managed to reach him and cut past his armor and into his skin.

None of those wounds were deadly or weakened his battle power, but everything could change if he made a single mistake. Cain endured that barrage for thirty seconds, and his eyes grew sharp as a new shower of arcs of light fell from the sky above the Sword Monster.

The Sword Monster unleashed a powerful strike that sent Cain flying away before shattering all the arcs of light above its head. That was supposed to be it, but there was a reason why Antony took thirty seconds to unleash that attack. The broken pieces of the arcs of light became sharp needles that flashed toward the Sword Monster from all directions at speed this one could not avoid or block. The Sword Monster could only raise its arms to defend its head as the rain of light needles pierced into its body. Unfortunately for the monster, as it did that, Cain appeared right in front of it and hacked with all his strength, severing its right leg off. "AWWWW!"

A cry of rage and pain emerged from the Sword Monster after losing its leg and falling to the ground. Now that it could not adopt a battle stance, it took less than three minutes for Cain and Antony to destroy the monster's head.

Great quantities of dark mist emerged from the Sword Monster's corpse, and both the machete and blade unleashed a suctioning power, devouring as much as they could before there was nothing left.

Cain picked up the red orb and stored it in his space ring. He and Antony had come to an arrangement that they would divide the orbs equally, and this one was his.

The duo moved away from the battlefield, and after finding a place empty of all enemies, they began to restore their energy. Just as they were ready to move again, Cain's eyes narrowed as he turned to the south. Antony frowned as he saw that, and the next second, Cain spoke in his mind using Ego Wave. The words he heard surprised him, and the next second, a sharp light appeared in his eyes as he nodded. Cain and Antony rose from the tree branch they were in and began to move to the south, in the opposite direction from the center of the forest. The reason for their movement became clear after a few minutes when two men appeared in their sight. They were members of the student force.

By what Antony remembered, both were Level 9 in the outside world. None of them would be a problem for him, a mighty Wave Champion, but things were different in this dimension where everybody's cultivation had been suppressed.

Cain discarded the notion of a diplomatic approach from the beginning as he did not intend to waste his time with scions if there was a better way to find what they knew. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Antony saw how Cain suddenly vanished but was not concerned since this was part of the plan. His mind became focused as he tightened the grip on his sword, and before the duo could find his presence, he unleashed a barrage of arcs of light. "What!?"

"Look out!"

The attack took the student by surprise. Both made their Wave Cloak burst at full power before using their skills to defend.

A bark armor covered one of the students, making him resemble a large Trent as he raised his bastard sword and used it as a shield to defend his head and vital organs. On the other hand, the second student waved his sword, generating streams of water around his body that deflected some of the arcs of light.

Both of them could resist the attack, but there were still deep wounds on their arms and legs since they focused on protecting their heads and upper body. "It is Antony!"

"Get him!"

Rage and killing intent burst from the eyes of both students as they attacked with all they had the instant they saw Antony on a tree branch.

The Astral Cultivator flashed at full speed toward Antony, making his armor bulkier.

Antony was ready to unleash a barrage of strikes toward the Trent-like student, but he was forced to focus on the jets of water fired in his direction. The Essence Cultivator aimed his sword as if this one was a cannon, concentrating large amounts of water into the blade before firing thin jets of water that could make a hole in a tree.

Antony was able to neutralize those jets with his arcs of light. The distraction fulfilled its purpose since the Astral Cultivator was about to jump toward his tree branch. A melee fight with the Trent-like student would not be wise, so Antony jumped out of the branch. In mid-air, he sent a sharp arc of light that cut the branch just as the Astral Cultivator landed on it, making this one fall to the ground as well.

The Essence Cultivator intended to fire water jets toward Antony while this one was mid-air, but his partner got in the way and had to attack with much slower streams.

Antony saw how the water streams moved around the Astral Cultivator and made their way toward him but did not grow worried as his arcs of light easily destroyed them. The Astral Cultivator focused his Wave on his legs, so the moment he touched the ground, he could flash toward Antony at a shocking speed.

Antony had already predicted that but did not move away, and as the bastard sword came his way, he dodged to the side with ease before unleashing a flurry of blade cuts that shattered the bark armor.

The Astral Cultivator was taken by surprise by the melee attack and was able to push Antony away by waving his bastard sword, but the damage he endured was too much since there was not a part of his body that was not bleeding.

"Marlon, help me!"

Now that the battle had become too dangerous, the Astral Cultivator shouted for his friend to come by his side so that this one could cover their retreat and they could escape.

When no answer came to his plea, an ominous feeling appeared in the Astral Cultivator's heart, and he turned his eyes away from Antony only to see how a figure bathed in red lightning held Marlon by the neck and suffocated him.

"Cain?"

An overwhelming fear appeared in the heart of the Astral Cultivator when he realized that one of the worst nightmares of the student force had come for him.

"Hmph, where are you looking?"

The Astral Cultivator heard a sneer in front of him before a barrage of arcs of light landed point-blank on his chest.

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