152 Killing the Dread-Lightning Lion

Cain’s breath was rough, and although he avoided lethal wounds, the lightning blast scorched the skin beneath his armor.

‘That was a very close call. According to my information, only Level 7 Dread-Lightning Lions have that Lightning Blast ability, but it seems this one is special.’

Cain focused on the state of his body and understood that he had less than a fourth of his energy pool left. Surviving that Lightning Blast did not come cheap.

However, Cain knew he was not the only one weakened by that blast. The Dread-Lightning Lion rose from the ground with a pale face, and the Life Wave around its body was in severe disarray.

Unleashing an attack that could obliterate everything in a one-hundred-meter radius required massive energy and took most of the Dread-Lightning Lion’s Life Wave.

The Wave Beast and the Godslayer Human looked at each other, and they saw the weakness in the other. However, they also saw their killing intent and knew this battle would last until one of them was dead.

Cain flashed forward at full speed, but his movements were odd. There were strange patterns in them that seemed to leave afterimages. He used his enhanced speed and assassin’s footwork to confuse the enemy’s mind.

The Dread-Lightning Lion’s eyes widened with shock as its eyes could not show it the real one. Yet, it was wise enough to stop relying on its sight and focus on its sense of smell.

The Wave Beast was sure that it could find out the enemy by his smell, but the next second an even greater sense of shock assaulted it. Its nose failed to pick up the human’s scent!

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Cain showed a cold smile as he noticed that. Void Breath was an extremely advanced assassin technique that could hide someone’s scent.

Before the Dread-Lightning Lion could get over the shock, Cain tackled it. He used all of his strength and momentum to bring the massive body of the Wave Beast against large boulders on his path, making deep wounds appear on its back.

Cain was about to make the final clash against a small mountain when he noticed how the Dread-Lightning Lion opened its maws and attempted to bite his shoulder. He let go of the beast and jumped back to save himself from that deadly bite but ended up in an unstable position, leaving him open for an attack.

The Dread-Lightning Lion did not lose that chance, and its right claw burst with yellow lightning as it struck Cain’s left arm, sending the human flying away.

“Boom.”

A small explosion echoed through the forest once Cain clashed against the mountain he initially wanted to ram the Wave Beast into. Despite the pain, Cain immediately rose from the crater made by his body and dashed back into the fray.

His entire body rotated as he punched the incoming Dread-Lightning Lion’s head, fracturing the beast’s jaw.

The Dread-Lightning Lion felt a pain like no other as its jaw shattered due to that punch. Despite having lost one of its weapons, its maws, it did not lose its fighting will since it saw the Godsalyer Human’s left arm was not moving.

Its last claw strike must have fractured the human’s left arm, significantly weakening his fighting power.

Cain noticed how the Wave Beast focused on his left arm but showed no emotion as he flashed forward and sent a tornado kick.

Using rotation and torque is how Cain could take full advantage of the Asura Form since those actions would transform speed into brute power.

The Dread-Lightning Lion lunged and answered that kick with its claw, generating a new blast of yellow and blue lightning. It had won due to its superior strength during the initial clash, but things were different now.

Cain was not jumping from one mountain to another, allowing him to deploy his true martial skills, and while it was easier and faster to strike with his arms, the strength that his legs could unleash was superior.

He pushed away that claw with his first kick, and once he landed on the ground, he twisted his entire body again and sent a new tornado kick straight toward the Wave Beast’s head.

The Dread-Lightning Lion saw the immense strength behind that tornado kick and knew that if it were to land on its head, it could crack it.

Relying purely on its survival instincts, the Wave Beast managed to move its body in the last second, allowing the kick to land on its right shoulder instead of its head.

“Ahhh!” A cry of pain emerged from the Dread-Lightning Lion as that kick sent it flying away.

The Wave Beast did its best to stand up as soon as possible, but when it attempted to put some weight on its right leg, it almost fell to the ground. That last strike had broken its shoulder!

Cain did not hesitate before flashing forward with all his strength before the creature could adopt a stable posture.

“AHHH!” The Dread-Lightning Lion yelled with even more strength despite its broken jaw when Cain’s right shoulder collided with its chest.

“?BOOM!”

Blood leaked from the Dread-Lightning Lion’s mouth as that blow provoked massive internal damage before sending it crashing against a mountain.

Cain saw that the Wave Beast had difficulty standing up, and its Life Wave almost vanished and knew it was time to finish this battle. He focused on his right arm and made a fist before extending two fingers.

His Astral Wave began to gather on his right arm as more and more of it transformed into lightning, making it appear like a lightning spear.

The Dread-Lightning Lion only saw a blue flash before an arm covered in lightning pierced its neck all the way through. Its eyes twitched for a second before they lost their light, and the creature trembled for a second before dying.

Cain did not remove his arm from the Dread-Lighting Lion as he began to mobilize Blood Refinement Art, using the Wave Beast’s blood to fill his body with vitality and heal his wounds.

The amount of blood essence Cain could obtain from a Level 6 Dread-Lightning Lion was massive. Even if Wave Beasts were inherently weaker than Wave Warriors, their vitality was just as mighty.

Cain began to smile as he felt how the scorched skin began to peel off, and his left arm’s fracture slowly healed. His domain over the Blood Refinement Art had grown immensely due to the daily practice, and he devoured every last drop of blood from the Dread-Lightning Lion in less than thirty minutes.

‘My wounds have healed, but my Astral Wave is almost empty. I will need more time before returning to my peak.’

Before exploring the surroundings, he stored the Dread-Lightning Lion’s corpse inside his space ring. Even if Cain left no blood in the Wave Beast, someone could still use its carcass for all sorts of Wave Artifact or drugs.

Cain took a deep breath before focusing on his Ego Wave, making it invisible, and releasing it outside his body. Just like he always trained in Embryonic Breathing, he had not let go of his Free Ego training and had become very good at it.

The domain of Wave Beasts usually had very special herbs and all sorts of cultivation treasures, so Cain wanted to explore everything before returning to the Imperial Lightning Fort.

His Ego Wave could reach a radius of two hundred meters, and everything in it, no matter how small or hidden, would appear in Cain’s mind as clearly as if he was holding it in his hands.

Everything was fine at first, and Cain smiled from time to time as he found out all sorts of herbs and minerals in the mountains, but when his Ego Wave reached the crown of some trees one hundred and ninety meters away from him, his eyes narrowed, and coldness emerged in them.

However, Cain’s coldness lasted less than a second, and his smile returned as he began to walk into the mountains, away from the trees.

He was very careful and took his time to pick up every herb and mineral he could find. Those were all very valuable, so there was nothing wrong with his behavior.

However, what was extremely weird was when Cain got down to pick a herb, and while giving his back to the forest, he took out a wave crystal from his space ring and put it in his mouth.

Cain was very careful, mobilizing the Fiend Devourer Cultivation Technique very slowly so no one could see that his energy pool slowly began to fill up again with dense Astral Wave.

‘There are five of them. Three are Level 4 Essence Wave Warriors, one is a Level 5 Astral Wave Warrior, and the last is a Level 6 Essence Wave Warrior. By their clothes, I can tell they come from a Wave University.

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They most likely came to kill the Dread-Lightning Lion. The fact they are focused on me and have hidden their presence tells me all I need to know.’

The coldness hidden inside Cain’s heart grew even stronger as he got deeper into the mountains.