Cain's attacks were imnsely powerful as he clashed with the temporal echoes. All those entities brought to life by the Ti Tribulation were not only extrely powerful, but they could tap into the flow of ti and use that to predict his movents. Luckily, he could use The Flow, the Collapsing Space-Ti Eye, and Virtual Sight to counter that foretelling skill.
However, it was not only the ti echoes' ability to gaze into the flow of ti that made them extrely dangerous but also their teamwork, as they seed to share one single mind, all of them displaying nothing short of flawless coordination.
Despite all that, every ti Cain clashed with one of the temporal echoes, his smile grew wider. There was more than raw force in his punches, and he took a piece of temporal echoes through the Gluttony Concept, slowly stealing their ti essence and engraving it into his body in the form of Law Runes.
Ishmael, the Ten Swords, the Dark Emperor, Pri Minister Razputin, and everybody with a high enough cultivation to gaze into the aurora without falling unconscious were watching the battle between Cain and the temporal echoes.
It was a truly majestic sight, and they could feel how the wonders of the Law of Ti manifested at an impossibly high level, which not even Essence Evolution Divine Ascension Masters could understand.
The battle between Cain and the temporal echoes lasted for five hours. While he was full of wounds and blood leaked from the corners of his mouth, Cain smiled. Now, his body was overflowed with ti essence, obtained from the one he stole from the echoes and the one the Ti Tribulation gave him as a reward for his victory.
Cain clenched his fists as his Collapsing Space-Ti Eye glowed with a majestic light. No part of his body benefited more from the Ti Tribulation tempering than the third eye, as the improvent in Cain's mastery over the Ti Law would allow it to express its full potential.
Unfortunately, Cain did not have ti to get too happy as the aurora's power rose again. It was ti for the third phase of the Ti Tribulation.
'Chrono-Warp Barrage.' Those words echoed inside Cain's mind as he rembered the description of the phenonon in the Codex of Infinite Pathways and prepared himself as another wave of temporal force descended from the sky and surrounded him.
"¡BOOM!"
The next second, a sky-blue explosion occurred next to Cain, and while the blast's power was not strong enough to severely harm his body, raw power was not the essence behind these attacks but sothing much more complex to handle.
'Whattttt isssss thiiiiiiiis?' Cain's thoughts were in complete disarray as the explosion seed to push his entire existence into a state of extre ti dilation to the point that even his thoughts were affected.
Cain's body and mind could not resist the power of the ti dilation, but his Collapsing Space-Ti Eye remained impervious and began to resist, pushing the rest of his existence back to the correct ti flow.
"¡BOOM!"
Unfortunately, before the Collapsing Space-Ti Eye could fully counter the power of the ti dilation, another sky-blue explosion was triggered, engulfing Cain in its power.
Cain's eyes grew bloodshot, and blood leaked from every orifice in his head. It was not that the second blast carried more raw power, but it pushed his mind and body into a state of extre ti compression.
Pushing Cain's body and mind from a state of extre ti dilation to extre ti compression carried a devastating effect on his blood vessels and nerves, triggering a disastrous backlash.
The ti compression was so intense that Cain could not even form coherent thoughts as he could not put his ideas in order, but once again, the Collapsing Space-Ti Eye acted, trying to push his body and mind to the correct ti flow.
Cain felt how his mind was already starting to work correctly again when a new sky-blue explosion appeared, engulfing his body and pushing him back to extre ti dilation, generating a new severe backlash that threatened to break every single blood vessel.
There was no reason for the effect of this explosion to be so catastrophic as Cain could use treasures or even his Astral Wave to reinforce his body and protect his mind. However, that path would diminish the tempering level that the Ti Tribulation would grant him, and Cain would always choose the most profitable path, no matter how dangerous it could be.
It was easier to adapt to being in a state of ti dilation for the second ti. Instead of wasting his effort trying to find a logical way out of this state, Cain focused all his power on the Collapsing Space-Ti Eye, acting at an instinctive level as he attempted to push his body back to the right ti flow.
Cain's mind and body were already approaching their goal when a new sky-blue explosion appeared, sending him back to extre ti compression. But while he released a mouthful of blood, a sharp light appeared in his eyes.
'The damage is diminishing.' This ti, the damage caused by the backlash was much weaker as his mind and body were already approaching the correct ti flow when he was pushed to extre ti compression.
For Cain, it was all about improving since no matter how small the progress, it ant he was advancing, and that was all that mattered!
The sky-blue explosions carried on for several hours, pushing Cain from extre ti dilation to extre ti compression over and over again, wreaking havoc on his entire organs. However, every ti, he moved closer and closer to success. He could maintain a serene expression during the last twenty minutes of the Chrono-Warp Barrage.
Cain's domain over the Law of Ti grew high enough that he managed to return his body and mind to their natural ti flow before the next explosion could appear.
The sky-blue waves that had unleashed all those explosions did not simply vanish once the Chrono-Warp Barrage ended, as it changed its nature into a force full of life before flowing into Cain's body.
Cain's eyes widened as he saw the reaction of the Ti Tribulation. According to the Codex of Infinite Pathways, the sky-blue wave would fuse back into the aurora and not in him. 'Is it because I managed to not only survive but surpass the third phase, or is it sothing else?'
Although so questions arose in his mind, Cain was more than happy to see this event as it would improve his body and mind's ability to attune to the Law of Ti, making it much easier for him to decipher its mysteries.
Once every ounce of the sky-blue wave rged into Cain's body, the aurora in the sky burst forth once more, and this ti, it was much more significant than before.
Cain imdiately turned to the sky, and his eyes widened in shock and awe. He had read about this phenonon in the Codex of Infinite Pathways, but it was still shocking to see how the sky split apart as a massive rift appeared.
The rift in ti was gargantuan, covering nearly half of the Crystal Sector!
'Temporal Rift Implosion.' In Cain's mind echoed the na of the last phase of the Ti Tribulation. The goal was to stabilize and close it before it would explode with overwhelming power, unleashing an ocean of destructive ti energy, all of which would target the challenger.
While the Temporal Rift Implosion was incredibly dangerous, it was also not necessary to take on. A cultivator of the Essence Evolution Path of Power that faced the Ti Tribulation needed to surpass the first three phases and could ignore this last one if they so desired.
Of course, avoiding the Temporal Rift Implosion would diminish the level of tempering the Ti Tribulation would leave on you, but many would choose it over the high chance of perishing inside that rift.
Cain glanced at the massive temporal rift for a second before the Collapsing Space-Ti Eye glowed with red light, and he flashed to the sky with all his power. He did not just appear in front of the temporal rift but went inside it, intending to stabilize it from within!
As soon as he stood inside that temporal rift, Cain felt every atom of his existence trying to deviate from the normal flow of ti. If it were to happen, he would crumble into a cloud of dust and have a horrible death, not leaving a body behind.
Imdiately, all the strength of his Essence Evolution Path of Power exploded as he channeled all the energy inside his Essence Star into his Collapsing Space-Ti Eye, focusing himself to regain control over his body and mind.
It was hard, but Cain managed to stabilize his existence. He did not waste ti and extended his hands, flooding the temporal rift with his Essence Wave, ready to take control of it.
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