Chapter 1584: Born five hundred million years ago
Chapter 1584: Born five hundred million years ago
“Dammit!” Cain inwardly cursed. There was no time to evade the sword strike aimed at his neck. At the last possible moment, he twisted his head, angling his jaw to block the blade and prevent decapitation.
“BOOOOM!”
A burst of black starlight erupted from the point of impact, flinging Cain backward. He tumbled across the cracked earth, feeling fire race through his nerves. A deep gash scored his face—so deep the bone was visible beneath shredded flesh. Even so, Cain managed to wrench himself upright almost immediately. The pain burned through his skull, yet his battle instincts remained razor-sharp.
A mere instant later, he looked up to see another distorted strike falling upon him—a double-bladed assault, sword and staff descending like twin comets. The Flow revealed the likely trajectory of the weapons, letting him predict their lethal arcs. By that reading, a single step to the right would have allowed him to dodge. But Cain deliberately raised the Shooting Star Dragon Halberd instead, adopting a defensive stance.
“BOOOOMMM!”
Black and white energies collided in a harsh explosion as the Night Prince’s sword and staff clashed with Cain’s halberd, forcing Cain’s feet nearly a foot into the ground. Cain’s eyes narrowed; he realized that the range and speed of the weapons had expanded just before impact, meaning if he had attempted the dodge suggested by The Flow, he would have stepped directly into the attack.
A smile flickered across the Night Prince’s face. Rather than simply forcing the sword and staff downward, the Night Prince snapped his leg out in a lightning-fast kick. The blow slammed into Cain’s chest, launching him hundreds of meters backward.
Yet the Night Prince did not continue his barrage after landing the kick. Instead, he paused, regarding Cain with an intensity that bordered on fascination. His gaze lingered on Cain’s body, evidently surprised that a kick strong enough to break the bones of an Astral Peak Divine Transcendence Master caused relatively minor damage.
“Impressive,” the Night Prince spoke, his voice edged with curiosity. “For a Soul Realm life form to attain such endurance, you must practice a very high-end Body Transformation Technique.”