The mont Cain ca to a halt, the space around him trembled violently.
The sheer montum he had carried distorted the air, sending ripples across the sky like waves crashing against an invisible shore. He stood suspended in the heavens, close enough to the capital of the Dark Blood Kingdom to clearly see the scene unfolding below.
His gaze locked onto the main square.
There-
The three Royal Guards were chained.
Satan, Hades, and Morningstar.
Their bodies were battered, their auras weakened, yet they still stood -unbroken. Above them lood a massive hand forged from darkness, its presence radiating annihilation.
Cain's eyes narrowed slightly.
"In their current condition... a single move from the Dark Blood King's Ancestor Power would be enough to erase them entirely," he thought. "Body and soul."
For a brief mont, silence settled within him.
Then-
A cold, unwavering determination surfaced.
Cain did not speak.
He showed no visible emotion.
Instead, he slowly shifted his posture, adopting a ditative position in the sky. His legs crossed, his breathing steadied, and his presence beca eerily calm.
His left and right eyes closed.
Only his Ancestor Eye remained open.
Behind him, the Chaos Wings flared, their power growing denser with each passing second as they began to resonate with the Universe Matrix.
Far below, the Dark Blood King smiled.
Seeing the Scarlet King halt had brought him a sense of control, a fleeting reassurance that his threat had worked. But that feeling quickly faded as he noticed Cain's posture.
The stillness.
The silence.
The gathering power.
"What is he trying to do?" the Dark Blood King wondered, his brows tightening.
He could not understand it.
No matter how closely he observed, there was no imdiate answer. For a mont, he considered issuing another command-demanding that the Scarlet King withdraw entirely from the continent-but he held back. The abilities of the Scarlet King were shrouded in mystery, and pushing too far could provoke an unpredictable reaction.
Caution was necessary.
His gaze drifted toward the Sacred Armor covering Cain's body, and a flicker of envy flashed across his eyes.
How?
How had the Scarlet King managed to locate every fragnt of the Sacred Treasure within the Ninth Realm-right under his nose?
And more impressively, how had he taken the pieces from the Nirvana Crown Prince and the Eternal Soul King themselves?
The questions lingered.
But ultimately-
They did not matter.
The Dark Blood King exhaled slowly, forcing those thoughts aside. Now was not the ti for speculation.
Now was the ti to act.
His plan was already in motion.
Keeping the Scarlet King at bay was only the first step. It was not a
position he could maintain indefinitely.
The true goal was simple:
Buy ti.
Ti for his ssage to reach the Seventh Realm.
Ti for another force to intervene.
There was no reason to face the Scarlet King alone when there existed soone else who had even greater reason to hate him.
The Immortal Nirvana King.
The ruler of the Seventh Realm was far more powerful than the Eternal Soul King had ever been. So even claid that he had pushed every aspect of his flesh and blood to the Fourth Realm.
A terrifying existence.
The only reason he had not personally intervened in the Eighth Realm was that he was occupied with forces from the Sixth Realm that
invaded his domain.
But that would change.
The mont he learned that his son-the Nirvana Crown Prince-had been captured and defeated by the Scarlet King, he would not remain
idle.
He would seek vengeance.
And the Dark Blood King intended to use that.
So might call it cowardice.
He did not care.
Not when his life was at stake.
"Two years," he thought. "That will be enough."
Enough for the ssage to reach the Immortal Nirvana King. Enough for that terrifying existence to descend upon the Ninth
Realm.
To the Dark Blood King, who had spent centuries in secluded cultivation, two years was nothing. He was confident that he could maintain this stalemate for that long.
The entire kingdom was protected by a massive force field, its power radiating across the land and preventing any direct intrusion. Dozens of Alpha Oga Overgods monitored every movent, ready to strike
at a mont's notice.
And beyond all that-
He still held the Royal Guards.
"If he breaks through everything... I will destroy them instantly," the
Dark Blood King thought coldly.
"He clearly cares about them." Watching them die-
That would affect him.
Perhaps long enough.
Long enough to trap him.
The Ancestor Eye on the Dark Blood King's forehead glowed faintly as
his thoughts reached their conclusion.
According to the reports from his spies, the Scarlet King was
incredibly powerful-but even he had avoided confronting the Ancestor Domains of the Eternal Soul King and the Nirvana Crown
Prince directly. Instead, he had relied on sches to force them into exhausting those powers.
That alone proved a weakness that could be exploited.
Even a Fourth Realm body could be broken within an Ancestor
Domain.
Especially his.
A domain of Emptiness.
Within it, there was no up or down.
No light, no sound, no sensory input.
Only endless void.
And within that void, the Dark Blood King would reign supre-able
to appear and vanish at will, striking from all directions without
warning.
If he could trap the Scarlet King inside- Victory would be possible.
But it was a dangerous gamble.
Activating his Ancestor Domain required an imnse amount of
power. If he failed to capture Cain within it, he would not be able to
use it again.
And without it-
He would be as good as dead.
Ti passed. Hours slipped by.
Twenty in total.
Then-
High above the sky-
Cain opened his eyes.
The Universe Matrix manifested around him, vast and boundless,
intertwining with his Chaos Wings as their power fused into sothing far greater.
His gaze was calm.
Absolute. And then he spoke.
"Chaos of Karma."
The mont those words were uttered, the Dark Blood King's
instincts scread.
Danger.
Imdiate danger.
A primal urge surged through him, demanding that he act-that he
stop whatever the Scarlet King was about to unleash.
But he was too late.
The eyes of the three Royal Guards lit up.
A strange clarity filled them.
Then-
Their bodies collapsed.
Lifeless.
The Dark Blood King had prepared for countless possibilities.
He had imagined every kind of move, every possible trap, stretching
the limits of his imagination to the highest level. He had anticipated deception, overwhelming force, and even sacrifices, yet there was one thing he had never considered.
He had never expected that the Scarlet King would kill his own
people.
It simply made no sense.
A surge of rage and frustration erupted from within him, so intense
that he could no longer contain it. A thunderous roar burst from his
chest, filled with hatred and fury, shaking the capital and echoing across the entire realm.
His gaze rose sharply toward the sky.
There, he saw the Scarlet King smiling.
That expression felt like a direct mockery.
"You!" the Dark Blood King shouted, abandoning his composed
deanor as anger overtook him. "You are nothing more than a beast. You slaughter those who are loyal to you the mont they lose their usefulness. No sane being would ever dare to stand by your side if
this is how you treat them!"
His voice carried accusation and contempt, spreading through every corner of the Ninth Realm.
Cain did not react.
He did not care about the accusations, nor about the judgnt of
those watching. The opinions of the countless beings within the realm
ant nothing to him. However, he understood the importance of the Dark Blood King's state of mind, and so he chose to respond in a way that words never could.
breaking
With a calm motion, Cain raised his hand. Golden light gathered instantly, condensing into three distinct forms that hovered above his shoulders. The figures were small, yet unmistakable. One resembled a humanoid, another a dragon with
horns in place of eyes, and the third a dino-warrior clad in radiant
armor.
The mont they appeared, the expression of the Dark Blood King changed completely.
"That is impossible..." he muttered, his voice losing its certainty.
He stared at the figures, unable to deny what stood before him. Those forms were clearly the Primordial Essences of the Royal Guards. For beings of their level, the destruction of the body or even the
shattering of the soul did not an true death. As long as their Primordial Essence remained intact, they could be restored, returning with their original personality and sotis even greater potential than before.
The aning behind Cain's action beca clear.
He had not abandoned them. He had taken them back.
A wave of unease spread among the surrounding Royal Blutlinie and
Alpha Oga Overgods. None of them had sensed anything when the Royal Guards died. There had been no fluctuation of power, no visible
interference, and no sign that their essence had been extracted. That absence of detection was what frightened them the most.
If the Scarlet King could retrieve the Primordial Essence of the Royal Guards without them noticing, then it raised a terrifying possibility. Perhaps he could do the sa to them, removing the core of their existence without giving them a chance to resist. That thought shook their confidence and weakened their resolve.
High above, Cain observed their reactions with a faint smile. In truth, what he had done was only possible because the Royal Guards were connected to his own Primordial Essence. Their existence was tied to him from the mont they were created, which
allowed him to reclaim them even after death. Doing the sa to other Alpha Oga Overgods was beyond his current ability. However, there was no reason to clarify that.
Fear served him well.
With the threat of the Royal Guards removed, nothing remained to
restrain him. The obstacle that the Dark Blood King had relied upon
no longer existed. Cain's eyes grew cold as killing intent surged within him, and without hesitation, he propelled himself forward. His body moved like a blazing cot, tearing through the sky with overwhelming speed as
he closed the distance toward the Dark Blood Kingdom. This ti, there was nothing left to stop him, and the battle that had been delayed was finally about to begin.
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