Chapter 574 574: Killing the Umbra Clan
The newcomer did not break the ground, and it was as if he was part of the earth, flawlessly managing to rise from it without any sense of disturbance. His movement was so smooth and silent that even as he stood in the middle of the warriors of the Umbra Clan, none of them were able to perceive him.
"Impossible."
Full of disbelief and shock, that word emerged from the Soul King's mouth as his mind could not process what was happening. Cain had just emerged from the ground, and he looked at him with a smile, his entire body set ablaze with dark golden flames as he triggered Radiance of Strength right before all his energy charged into the blade in his hand.
"Dimensional Rend!"
It was only as they heard those words that the members of the Umbra Clan perceived the young man who stood in the middle of their battle formation, but it made no difference as none of them were able to react to the next attack.
Dimensional Rend would normally create a small and thin tear in space from which an overwhelming amount of Blood Energy would emerge. Yet, Cain was able to perform a full rotation with Slaughter, severing the space in the form of a halo as thick as his arm.
The power of natural energy not only enhanced Cain's physical might but also allowed his spells to evolve into a stronger version of themselves due to the immense power of the elements now flooding into his Astral Wave and Essence Wave.
Two of the warriors of the Umbra Clan were too close to Cain, so the rending of space also cut their bodies in half as if their flesh and bones were made of paper, and what came next was an explosion whose power could threaten the life of Middle Divine Ascension Masters!
"BOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!"
A sense of utter shock and awe filled the hearts of the warriors from both sides as none of them could believe what they had just seen. Cain had returned, and not only was he able to hide from the members of the Umbra Clan, known for their assassination skills, but he unleashed a strike whose power was simply off the charts.
Cain showed a cold smile as he saw that his Dimensional Rend cut in half two members of the Umbra Clan, and the blast killed three more before sending the rest flying away with bloody wounds all over their bodies.
The power of Dimensional Rend improved exponentially thanks to the natural energy. However, the energy output of his attack was simply too high for the Natural Holy Weapon, leaving deep cracks in the blade.
The damage to the weapon made sense; after all, Slaughter was a Holy Weapon, and its power limit was the Apotheosis Realm, so something at the Middle Divine Ascension Realm was simply too much for the blade to endure. If Cain were to continue using it, the blade would shatter to pieces before the battle ended.