The Epic Tale of Chaos vs Order Chapter 2385 Pushing the Flow to the next level

"BOOOOOOO000000000000000000000MMMMMMMMM

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A tremendous purple explosion swallowed Cain's form-and kept expanding. The blast rippled outward in a destructive surge, devouring scores of structures as it tore across the shadowy metropolis, igniting whole neighborhoods in flames. Spires crumbled, roadways cracked apart, and the darkness of night appeared to burst into fire under the overwhelming might of the strike.

This was a blow fierce enough to reduce an ordinary Late Alpha-Omega Overgod to cinders.

That's precisely why the Curse Eaters halted in stunned silence.

Out of the blazing chaos, the Scarlet King emerged.

The left half of Cain's body was utterly devoured. Skin and tissue had vanished, exposing raw bone-yet that skeleton stayed intact, shining subtly within the firestorm. Violet flames roared across his silhouette as the Samsara Rebirth Set's energy kicked in, rebuilding the destroyed parts. Vital organs reassembled. Tissues grew back. Flesh soon covered it all.

Sozing's brow furrowed intensely as he observed.

"He was meant to be tough," he grumbled, his tone thick with astonishment. "But this... this is insanity. It would've been simpler to demolish a whole Empyrean World than to break a physique like that."

Nevertheless, the strike hadn't been pointless.

A keen gleam sparked in the gazes of Sozing and Bako alike as they spotted a vital detail-the violet fires were faltering. The healing of Cain's limbs dragged on, the rebuilding of his digits clearly delaying. For the first time ever, the Scarlet King's supreme healing power displayed hints of fatigue.

Cain looked down at his limb, observing how the last digits required

more time to reshape. A grave spark lit up in his eyes.

The warzone paused briefly.

Cain raised his sight from the Curse Eaters and turned to the heavens. Over the ruined urban sprawl, lightning still thundered outside the barrier, fierce and merciless.

"I have to admit," Cain said steadily, his words echoing amid the ruin, "I respect your courage. Coming here solely to end me- aware that your own death awaits too."

Sozing's eyes expanded a bit.

Before he could refute it, Cain pressed on.

"The lightning outside the barrier-that's the Universe's Will. It's furious. You and yours are viewed as mortal foes, your core woven into this cosmos's very fabric. That lets it unleash its full might against you."

A faint grin curved Cain's lips as the truth fully dawned on him.

"That's why you seldom show your real shapes," he went on. "And even then, you use masks or hosts that curb your strength. The instant you enter the Nine Empyrean Suns Universe, the cosmos itself summons endless calamities to wipe you out."

Sozing balled his hands tightly.

A chilling dread seeped into his core. The more he confronted Cain, the clearer it became how nightmarish the Scarlet King really was-and the immense danger he represented to all Curse Eaters.

Yet Sozing held his cool.

He grinned instead.

"I'm relieved it was me who arrived," he murmured softly. "The rest might not have had the power-but I will prevail."

Cain locked eyes with him and inclined his head.

"You're worthy of respect," he answered. "I'll ensure your mind shatters the second it reaches my throne, sparing you needless agony."

The presences of the Scarlet King and the Curse Eaters from the Tenth Empyrean World boiled fiercely, rising ever upward as they readied for the battle's next stage-one destined to be short, but staggeringly cataclysmic.

"BOOOOOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOOOOOOOOOM!"

Blast after blast resounded across the gloomy city. Structures tougher than typical Alpha-Omega Overgod artifacts splintered into shards as three streaks zipped over the field of combat.

Cain contorted his spine at an unbelievable angle, barely evading the sword crafted from Bako's limb. He retaliated at once, swiping with his bare left palm and unleashing a sea of unseen slices laced with Zero-State Force.

Those cuts could slice through almost everything in existence.

But Bako withstood them.

Not one struck his core organs. His frame morphed, adjusted yet again, nullifying the harm before it turned deadly.

Cain's gaze sharpened, though his concentration stayed firm.

In the final split second, he spun once more, seizing Sozing's arm

and yanking the human Curse Eater's grip skyward right as a burst of repelling energy erupted. In that same instant, Cain slammed a savage boot into Sozing's gut, hurling him far away.

For one brief instant, Cain and Bako faced off solo.

They collided without delay.

The Scarlet King and the colossal Curse Eater traded strikes at

alarming velocity, their limbs a blur as endless pressure waves burst nearby. The combat ground fractured and twisted under the impact

of their clash.

Suddenly, Cain's eyes blazed.

Golden radiance erupted, rivaling the crimson shine of the Power of Chaos.

The forefinger and middle finger on each of his hands thrust ahead with dazzling quickness, hitting twenty-three exact spots on Bako's

form.

Bako stiffened.

A pulse later, every one of those twenty-three spots burst at once.

The Flow Art rampaged inside Bako, ripping through his vitals as twenty-three of his Thirty-Three Stars detonated together. His enormous body quaked wildly, teetering on the edge of ruin.

Cain wasted no time.

But right as he lunged for the killing strike, a pulling force grabbed his frame, smashing him down to the earth.

Cain gritted his teeth while twisting his neck.

Sozing loomed afar, crimson leaking from his sockets, arms outstretched and shaking as he pinned Cain with raw power. Simultaneously, Bako bellowed, funneling all his endured pain into his limb's barrel anew.

The visages on the arm shone intensely.

It targeted Cain.

And unleashed.

Cain's eyes flared wide as he grasped his immobility.

"I can't recover from another hit this intense."

The shadow of doom pushed Cain's strength past its bounds. The golden gleam of the Flow outshone the crimson blaze of Chaos itself-if only briefly. Then, mere moments before the barrel connected-

A whirlpool formed within Cain's left eye.