Chapter 235: Star
’How much time has passed? I am so tired I can barely discern the passage of time.’
Cain’s eyes burned with such a potent red light that it seemed capable of shining over the dimension, but that was like the last flash of heat from a candle about to turn off.
He had split apart so many Sword Monsters that he could not keep up with the number, but no number was high enough. The more he killed, the better it would be, so he just carried on non-stop.
The numbness in Cain’s arms extended to his legs at first bore spreading to every part of his body. That did not last forever since soon, a wave of pain replaced it, and he could feel how the muscle fibers broke due to the immense effort, but he just clenched his teeth and carried on.
Every second that passed was a chance to kill another Sword Monster and absorb their dark mist. Still, it also carried a tortuous pain since his relentless movements with the machete already overexerted his body to the point it began to destroy itself from within.
The crystal in Cain’s forehead had already turned blacker than night, but he felt there was more to it. Cain felt something was missing and was very close to reaching it.
That feeling pushed him to continue hacking despite every fiber of his body urging him to rest. The domain around his figure diminished to one meter due to the physical exhaustion, and it would not be long before those Sword Monsters got close enough to really do some damage.
Right now, it only took a minor wound for him to lose his tempo, which would mean the end of this trial. By that point, he either touched the crystal in his forehead and ended the fight or perished under the monsters’ claws.
Cain clenched his teeth and hands with so much strength that they were bleeding as he pushed his body forward despite this one already starting to shut down. There was, but a stream of his Astral Wave and Blood Energy left inside him, and he was stretching them out so they could last just one more second.
Finally, although Cain did not know it, he killed 3.300 Sword Monsters, and it was at that moment the crystal in his forehead began to change.
The crystal shivered briefly before a shining dot appeared in its center, like a lone star in a dark sky.
Just like Cain felt something was missing even after the crystal turned dark, the emergence of the star told him he had completed his mission in this place.