The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order - Chapter 262

Chapter 262: Blood Maiden Chapter 262: Blood Maiden “Tell me, how do you think this sea of blood that extends dozens of thousands of kilometers came to exist?” Cain did not answer immediately and began to think very deeply about that question.

The Blood Sea extended was immense, and the amount of blood full of overwhelming vitality in it was so powerful that even Titans could use it for their cultivation.  A natural inheritance could have given it birth, but Cain seriously doubted that.

The reason was simple, natural inheritances were born after enough world energy gathered in a particular place, and he did not believe something like the Blood Sea could have been born that way since the time and forces needed would have been simply outrageous.

After serious consideration and discarding several ideas, only one answer came to Cain’s mind.

“The corpse of several extremely powerful life forms?” Extreme powerhouses change their bodies and souls to a terrific degree, and those forces and energy do not simply vanish upon their death.

If left alone, it disseminates into the environment, giving birth to all kinds of phenomena.

Bloodless #1 and the Blood Duke stared at Cain with wonder due to the young man’s impressive insight.

That level of wisdom could not be born just out of mere intelligence but needed worldly experience that someone so young as Cain should have yet to gain.

The Blood Duke stared at Cain’s eyes for a moment before softly nodding.  “You are half right.

It indeed came from death but of a single beast.” Cain’s eyes widened as he heard that, and there was a pure shock in them.

The idea that the corpse of a single life form could have made the Blood Sea was inconceivable.

If that was really the case, that beast should have been at a level at which even Titan could only look up.

There was no reason for the Blood Duke to lie to him, which prompted Cain’s mind to figure out where such a beast came out.

If the Wave Beast Race had such a mighty champion, then it would have been able to conquer a continent for itself, maybe even the entire Aether.

Since that was not the case, there was only one possible answer, but the idea shook Cain to the core.

He looked up to the ceiling, but his eyes aimed at something much higher.  After seeing how Cain reached a conclusion and seeing him look into the sky, the Blood Duke nodded.

“That is right.

We hypothesize that the life form whose corpse made the Blood Sea came from that place.” Despite having the strength of a nuclear weapon capable of unimaginable destruction, there was a solemn expression on the Blood Duke’s face as he looked to the space beyond the sky.

“The Astral Sea.” Astral Sea.

Those were two simple words, but they inspired a sense of respect, awe, and even fear in the heart of every single Titan and God of Aether.

That was the name intelligent life forms gave to space beyond the limits of Aether.

Many Titans and Gods had traveled into it after reaching the world’s limits.

Yet, none one, not even the greatest of all, the First Titan, had managed to come back.

The idea that a beast came from the Astral Sea into Aether was crazy, but it was also the only thing that made sense since nothing else could have given birth to the Blood Sea.

Cain took a moment to relax since, even for him, the idea of creatures of the Astral Sea coming into Aether was shocking.

All that information taught him a lot about the Blood Sea, but it did not answer his question regarding the rise of the Purist Path.

“At the end of each Centenary Ascendance of the Blood Moon, there is a chance to gain a drop of that incredible life form’s bloodline.

One hundred years ago, an outsider gained our trust and took it with him, making a fool of all of us.” The Blood Duke’s voice grew cold as he recalled those events, and even Bloodless #1 did not remain unruffled as a flash of killing intent emerged in his eyes.  “My rage at that time was so great that I embarked on a journey of ten years, hunting that person, but alas, I was not able to find him.

By the time I returned, the High Blood Elder had started the Puristh Path, spreading the idea that the Blood Sea should not mix with outsiders since that would only lead to flaws in our minds and bloodlines.  I immediately tried to put an end to that, but it was too late.

The idea had already spread to the young generation and slowly evolved from mixing with outsiders being wrong to anyone outside Blood Sea being inferior.” A sight emerged from the Blood Duke as he recounted those events.

He had immense brute power, but destroying an idea was much more complicated.  Cain felt there was still something that the Blood Duke was not telling him, but he did grow greedy.

“I understand.

What is my purpose here?” He knew he would be participating in the Ascendance of the Blood Moon but had very little information about the event and much less about what his role would be in it.

“For the Century Ascendance of the Blood Moon, twenty youths not older than the age of twenty will take the role of Blood Champions.

Your mission would be to protect the Blood Maiden during her trials before finally marching into the core of the Blood Sea and witnessing the might of the Astral Blood Beast.

There has always been a single Blood Maiden in every Ascendance of the Blood Moon, but there would be two this time.

I nominated one of them and the High Blood Elder the other.

The number of Blood Champions had not increased, with the twenty diving in two groups of ten.

The youth that gained that honor were the ones that excelled in last year’s tournament.” Cain stared at the Blood Duke with an inquisitive gaze.

He had clearly not participated in any kind of tournament in the Blood Sea, so how could he become a Blood Champion?

At that point, the Blood Duke made a small pause as his eyes grew cold.

Yet, in that coldness, there was a sense of sorrow.  “There was a young man by the name of Ivan.

He was the son of a woman of Blood Sea and an outsider.

The mother perished shortly after birth, and his father left for a mission but never returned.  The boy caught my attention, and I took him under my guidance.

Despite the harshness of growing up as an orphan where half of the population hated you for no reason other than who your father was, Ivan thrived.  He managed to secure second place in the Blood Champion Tournament, but someone killed him two and a half months ago.” Every word was like a dagger for the Blood Duke, and he clenched his fists with so much strength that blood came out of them.

It was clear that he came to see the boy as his own, and the fact that someone had ended Ivan’s life filled his heart with rage and sadness.

Cain could not help but sight as he heard all that.

He did not feel too sad about Ivan’s death since he never met that person, and the fact they had similar backgrounds did not change things.

What bothered him was that the Blood Duke gave him Ivan’s position.

That would antagonize people in the Integrationist Path because they would think he did not deserve that position, and the ones that were behind Ivan’s murder would try to do the same with him.

The Blood Duke’s eyes regained focus, and he grew serious as he stared at Cain.  “As a Blood Champion, your mission will be to protect the Blood Maiden during her trials and shine as much as you can to show everybody the might of the Integrationist Path.” ‘And there it is.’ This Century Ascendance of the Blood Moon will not only be about the trials but also a race competition between the Integrationist Path and Purist Path.

He was tasked to protect the Blood Maiden, which he would do with his impressive skills and by drawing attention and making him a target.

Cain only nodded and did not bother to express any complaints.

“And whom am I supposed to protect?” The Blood Duke waved his hand, making a portal appear, from which a young woman emerged.

Cain felt his heart racing as he saw her small face, sky-blue eyes, and short white hair.

Every part of him wanted to protect her no matter the cost.

The reason for those feelings in Cain’s heart was that the one that emerged from the portal was no other than Beelze!

However, a red light appeared in Cain’s eyes, breaking the illusion and showing him the authentic appearance of the young woman.  The Blood Maiden had long red hair, green eyes, a beautiful face, and a well-defined body.

Yet, none of that mattered to Cain since, right now, the only thing in his mind was rage.

“YOU DARE!”