Chapter 18: Abyssal Demon


    Cain’s eyes narrowed as he saw that giant fist enhanced by Life Wave approaching him at a shocking speed. He managed to dodge the attack while continuing advancing and used the momentum to strike the spear’s rear, pushing it deeper into the Metallic Gori’s shoulder.


    “AHHHH!” The Metallic Gori roared in pain as the spear practically drilled through his shoulder.


    However, just as Cain was about to continue his onught, he saw the Waver Beast’s left arming at him.


    ording to the simtion, that attack should have crippled the Metallic Gori’s left arm, giving Cain enough time to break some of the beast’s ribs, but things did not go that way.


    Cain only managed to form a cross with his arms, using them as a shield against the beast’s p.


    Although the p sent Cain flying away, it did not harm him other than numbing his arms. While the [A.I. Chip Module]’s simtion was not perfect, it was correct that the spear would greatly hinder the Metallic Gori’s left arm.


    Cain’s eyes focused, but he was still a little shaken. This experience showed him that he should only take the simtions as a guide and not blindly trust them.


    .....


    “Wave Burst!” Cain pronounced those words as his Astral Wave output increased exponentially.


    The ability Wave Burst was something all Wave Cultivators could use, just like Wave Cloak. It allowed one to increase their Wave output, enhancing their strength but affecting their stamina and the amount of time they can have their Wave Cloak active.


    “AHHHHH!” The Metallic Gori roared, this time not with pain but rage, as it also used Wave Burst.


    Cain and the Wave Beast shed to each other, with the first taking a turn to the beast’s left in thest second.


    Not only did Cain dodge the Metallic Gori’s attack, but hended a heavy blow on the beast’s knee.


    That strike was enough for the Mattalilic Gori’s legs to bend, allowing Cain’s kick tond straight in the back of the beast’s head.


    Such a blow in the back of the head caused massive trauma to the Metallic Gori’s brain, which Cain took full advantage of.


    Cain used all his strength as he began to strike the Metallic Gori’s liver, making the creature feel immense pain while at the same time taking away its focus and drive.


    Although he only used his fist, Cain was an Astral Wave Warrior, so the might of his punches was stronger than what an Essence Wave Warrior could provoke by striking with a hammer.


    Of course, only low-level and weak Essence Wave Warriors thatcked skills and technique would use their Essence Wave like that.


    The liver was thergest nd and a center of blood cirction, and unlike the heart, itcked a rib cage to protect it, so one could imagine the amount of damage it would take by receiving Cain’s blows.


    The Metallic Gori felt it suffocated, while blood did not stop emerging from its maws, forcing it to get down on all fours.


    Cain’s eyes became cold as he saw that, and he immediately jumped on the beast’s back. He grabbed the Metallic Gori’s head with his left hand and began to strike the upper section of the spine with his right one.


    “?Boom!”


    “Crack!”


    The sound of crashes and cracks emerged from the impact area as Cain shattered the cervical vertebrae and severed the spinal cord, killing the Wave Beast.


    Cain felt his blood burning due to the thrill of battle and the w of his Lineage, but luckily he managed to calm down fast.


    The youth deactivated his Wave Cloak as a sense of exhaustion assaulted him. The battle had been short but using Wave Burst took a toll on his endurance.


    He took his spear out of the beast’s body, opened its ribcage, and extracted the heart before shing away, only stopping once he was sure there was no one close to him.


    The following month went like that, with Cain hunting down Wave Beasts and using the hearts he obtained as both food and a source of Life Wave to improve his Wave Cultivation.


    Every day, he went deeper into the forest, and like Captain Josef told him, the enemies’ power grew. Sometimes he would find a pack of Peak Level 2 Wave Beasts.


    Of course, Cain was not suicidal. Other than scanning them and marking their location, he did nothing to those packs.


    Cain picked up a sulfur smell on the thirty-nine day inside the Military Academy Secret Trial. As soon as he did that, he pushed his focus to the limit.


    The reason was that the sulfur smell did note from a Wave Beast. ording to the Dark Race Compendium, that was a characteristic of the Infernus Daemon Race, one of the Dark Races!


    Cain made sure he was in peak condition before following the scent. After twenty minutes, he was able to see his target.


    It was a man with arge muscr body, obsidian skin, and an expression full of savagery and chaos in his eyes. There was a scar on his chest, but other than that, he seemed in perfect health.


    He stood meditatively in a deforested zone next to a river. While that made it hard for him to hide, it also forced opponents into revealing themselves to attack. That disy of strategy alone was a testament to why a member of the Dark Races was so much harder to handle than a Wave Beast.


    As soon as Cain’s eyesnded on the member of the Infernus Daemon Race, he felt hatred. He had never seen one and much less interacted with them, but as a member of the Godyer Humankind, he was taught from a very young age to see them as the enemy and loathe them.


    And if the Godyer Humankind Empire indoctrination was not enough, Cain felt resentment because he lost his father in the war against them.


    ‘System, scan him.’


    Cain even slowed his breathing as he focused on the enemy and waited for the system’s analysis.


    [Target scan sessful


    —


    Race: Infernus Daemon Race


    Lineage: Abyssal Demon


    Path of Power: Astral Rebirth (Level 2 Wave Warrior)


    —


    Stats:


    Strength: 0.61


    Agility: 0.33


    Vitality: 0.54


    Astral Wave: 0.51


    —


    Note: There is a foreign object hidden inside the target’s body]


    Cain’s eyes narrowed as he saw those stats, and by the amount of Astral Wave, he deduced that the Abyssal Demon was already at Peak Level 2.


    As for the foreign object inside the Abyssal Demon, while it drew some interest, it was not Cain’s main concern right now.


    ‘System, scan me.’


    The Absolute Life Form System followed Cain’smand, and a new virtual screen appeared for him, this time with his data.


    [Scanning Vessel


    —


    Name: Cain Laurifer


    Race: Godyer Humankind


    Path of Power: Astral Rebirth (Level 1 Wave Warrior)


    Linage: Lightning Lupus


    Wave Talent: Low Tier 4


    —


    Stats:


    Strength: 0.15


    Agility: 0.20


    Vitality: 0.17


    Wave: O.16


    —


    Arts and skills:


    Soldier Cultivation Technique.


    Soldier Skills


    Lycan Physiology


    Lightning Conversion


    ???]


    The system showed Cain the immense difference between their stats, but that did not mean he would give up.


    First, he used the [Basic Virtual Simtion] tool to project the oues of a battle between him and the Abyssal Demon.


    In most of the simtions, he died or had to run away with severe injuries, but there was a path he could take that would allow him to win.


    Cain took a deep breath, hid in the shadows, and waited for the right time.


    .....


    The chance presented itself after five hours when the Abyssal Demon took a moment to begin circting his Astral Wave. He had just started training when a spear shed toward his back.