The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order

Lord Zanginis smiled as he nodded to Cain and accepted the proposal. After that, he looked at the young man for a moment before speaking again.

"For the domain aspect of the Crimson Void Cultivation Technique, you need treasures capable of harnessing the power of space. I have one in our armory, and I could lend it to you while you remain in the Bahamut Sector."

Cain smiled as he heard that. Of course, he was not so shameless as to expect the man to give him the treasure, but he was not too keen on just having it borrowed. So, after a moment, he waved his hand and took out the thin blood saber he stole from Sabina, the Divine Ascension Master from the Blood Path.

"I wonder if this would be enough to buy the treasures. I could not erase the Ego Mark on it, but I am sure it is a powerful artifact of the blood type capable of unleashing Divine Ascension Rank power."

Lord Zanginis looked at the weapon with surprise, as did Kouto and Desmond. The fact that Cain had an artifact with the Ego Mark of a Divine Ascension Master intact most likely meant he stole it from that person.

"Allow me," Lord Zanginis spoke as he took the weapon, and his eyes began to glow with golden light. The thin red saber trembled momentarily, but Sabina's Ego Mark could not endure long against the man's willpower and soon crumbled, allowing him to inspect the weapon.

"Oh, impressive. This artifact can be used by even those at the Late Divine Stage, and it is perfectly suitable for those who train in the Law of Blood. Are you sure you want to exchange it?"

Lord Zanginis did not try to hide the artifact's power, and even though it would be helpful for the Zanginis Clan, he asked the young man if he wanted to carry on the deal.

Cain smiled as his impression of the Zanginis Clan kept growing better, and he softly nodded. While the artifact was powerful, it could only carry Essence Wave, so it would not work for him.

"The price of the Space Orbs is slightly below the Blood Saber. Mmm, brat, what do you say if I help you exchange your merits from your work in the Colossus Sector for the chance to train in the Spatial Rift Grotto? It is a unique cultivation ground full of spatial disturbances, very useful to master the Law of Space."

Lord Zanginis knew that Cain would not have said anything even if the exchange was not exactly equal, but the entire goal of this exchange was to form a sense of trust and friendship, so he wanted to help.

Cain would not refuse such a good offer, so he nodded with a smile and was more than happy with the exchange.

"Great. We will leave tomorrow for the Spatial Rift Grotto. You should take this chance to rest, as once you enter the grotto, you might find yourself in danger if you lose focus for even a second."

"Will do."

Since everything was in order, the four left the room and soon exited the building.

"Desmond, bring your friend to his room to rest. Kouto, you will accompany me to the capital."

Everybody nodded after hearing Lord Zanginis's words. The next second, Kouto and the old man rose to the sky before flashing into the distance while Desmond brought Cain to one of the rooms in the castle.

"Brother, this is one of the most comfortable rooms. Remember, you should rest as the Spatial Rift Grotto is indeed dangerous."

Cain smiled as he nodded to Desmond and said goodbye to him as he entered the room. He was not so arrogant as to ignore the warning from someone with Lord Zanginis's power, so he went to bed and truly slept, allowing his body a proper rest.

Cain woke up after eight hours and felt his mind in a state of complete peace and serenity, as the sleep had indeed alleviated all the pressure and tension he had accumulated. He even felt his energy running more smoothly across his body, and his mind was clearer. With a few hours remaining until departure, he took an empty starry gem from his space ring and began engraving Asura Form into it.

His mastery of the technique was supreme, and he could maintain Third Gear without backlash for a few minutes. Normally, one would think that Cain would start to think of the next step, but things were not so simple.

Third Gear pushed your blood flow to the theoretical limit that your circulatory system could endure. Even someone like Cain could only tolerate it for a few minutes, and the moment he became a Wave King, he would lose that ability as the strength of his heartbeat would increase, and so would the pressure that Third Gear would generate.

Of course, Cain already thought of a way to fix it since, as soon as he became a Wave King, he planned to push the Biometal Herculean Technique to the fourth level, Platinum Heart, which would once again allow him access to Third Gear.

As he finished engraving the skill into the starry gem, Cain looked at it with a solemn expression on his face.

'There is no such thing as a Fourth Gear. To push it to the next level, I will need a complete evolution of Asura Form's principles.'

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Cain pondered that train of thought for a long time, but in the end, he did not come up with something better and could only accept that Third Gear was his limit, at least for the time being. He exited the room and went to the castle's entrance, where he saw Lord Zanginis descending from the sky.

"Good, you are ready. Here, in this space ring, are the twelve Space Orbs."

Cain grabbed the space ring and saw inside a massive dimension larger than all of his other space rings combined.

"The place is far, so hold on."