Chapter 98: Reveal
Chapter 98: Reveal
Very slowly, entirely at her own unique pace, Amber lazily stood up. Her gaze never left off from Cain for even a split moment.
It was like they were both engrossed in each other presence despite the distance between them. Even the thunderous Lightning slowly drowned out to the faraway background.
Then, after what seemed like minutes when it was only a few moments, Amber gave one last gesture to follow before surprisingly dashing off into the distance.
Cain was a bit taken aback. Her speed wasn’t at full force, or else he wouldn’t be able to follow no matter how hard he tried. Mid-Stage Profound Soul is still far above his maximum limits.
Still, it was surprising to see that Amber was considering his own cultivation, going only so fast as the limit of late-rank Nascent Formation.
Taking a step back, it was shocking to see her run off instead of slowly walking.
In the end, Cain simply shook his head. Since she is inviting, he might as well see it through. Amber was engaging enough to talk to, plus he could also get some training done while conversing.
Coming to his decision, Cain then released 50% of his Lightning Spark Energy. There wasn’t any need to bring out his Draconic Lightning Energy as it would be just wasting his reserves.
As more streams of Lightning Energy filled his body, the surrounding Lightning Energy Force considerably lessened.
During this time, Cain never took his Spirit Sense off from Amber.
Then, without a moment’s delay, Cain blasted off the ground, hurriedly rushing over to Amber. His speed was swift, leaving faint traces of afterimages behind him.
While running, Cain also focused on avoiding the surrounding Lightning Strikes.
He was confident in his Lightning Energy resistance. But not to an overflowing degree.
Judging the aftermath force released by the Lightning Energy Strikes, Cain estimated it would take nearly all of his Draconic Lightning Energy to resist a couple of strikes.
And this was only resisting, not a perfect defense.
Cain felt he would still receive numerous severe injuries even if he were to forcefully resist the Lightning Strikes.
Any training method involving the Strikes was out of the option. At least until Cain advances in his Lightning Draconic Arts.
Within seconds, Cain already traversed up the ravine’s cliff, stepping safely on the ground and continued to chase after Amber.
Soon enough, Cain traversed hundreds of meters deep within the Lightning Ravine.
At this point, Cain was forced to bring out even more Lightning Energy, edging close to his Draconic Lightning Aura.
The surrounding Lighting Energy Force was strengthened by dozens of times. Rampant Lightning Strikes rained down from the clouds, creating a greater scene of destruction.
This was even more dangerous than hundreds of meters deep in the Storm Tunnel!
Cain perceived that any 9th level Nascent Formation student wouldn’t be able to resit for long until their defenses were shredded to bits.
Once that happens, their bodies would be wrecked by the savage Lightning Energy Force. Their bones, organs, and flesh would be torn apart. Some could even become outright paralyzed with no defenses.
The danger here was utterly terrifying.
Still, despite the added danger, Cain stubbornly persisted in training purely with Lightning Energy. If he were to comprehend and absorb the Lightning Energy Force here, his control would rapidly improve.
In comparison, if he used Draconinc Lightning Energy, his time here would significantly shorten because of the reserve drain.
Furthermore, his prowess would disperse a large amount of the Lightning Energy Force, slowing down his Lightning cultivation.
Hundreds of meters in the Lightning Ravine, it was finally at this point that Amber came to a screeching stop. She flashed towards a large boulder and sat down upon it, immediately relaxing.
A great sight left her mouth as if she had just got done with an exhausting exercise.
Cain swiftly blinked over to Amber, coming to a stop within only several feet from her. He was under some pressure from the surrounding Lightning Energy Force but could still smile and talk.
“I must say that I’m a bit surprised, Amber. Expected you to be in a deep slumber at this time.” Cain lightly teased as he sat down into a cultivation state.
“Fufu~. I’m surprised at myself.” Amber giggled like a sweet angel. “But not surprised about you. A cultivation junky like you would throw yourself first in the morning, ignoring the usefulness of good sleep.”
“Aren’t you just an exception? You should be more than aware the stronger we get, the less we need to sleep.” Cain simply wryly smile, shaking his head in amusement.
He then asked, “In any case, just why have you come here? It wasn’t only for me, right? If you were to train, wouldn’t the Misty Waterfall suit you best? The atmosphere is far calming there than here.”
Instead of immediately responding, Amber paused, her Spirit Sense extending far out.
After only a brief moment, she suddenly made a snap decision.
Without saying anything, Amber slowly dragged her hands towards her hoodie, pulling it down deliberately slow and teasingly.
Soon enough, Amber’s beautiful face was revealed to Cain.
Seeing those mesmerizing ruby-red eyes and charmingly lazy expression that held a soft smile, Cain could admit this was a pleasant sight. He much prefers talking like this than with that overly big hoodie.
Still, Cain didn’t lose his stature. His eyes simply showed appreciation for Amber’s appearance as he remained silent, waiting for her to continue talking.
“My~. Not even the slightest reaction. Expected of you.”
Amber’s smile broadens just a few inches. “And to answer your question, my interest was piqued, so isn’t it natural I want to learn more? Also, believe it or not, I do actually come out here to cultivate. The Misty Waterfall doesn’t do anything for me. Because of my special innate abilities, my shadow energy can absorb the powerful destructive properties of the Lightning Energy Force for all that cultivation stuff.”
Hearing this, Cain’s eyes shined with evident interest. Of course, he treated the part of her sentence as a tease. Still, the ability to control energy that has absorption properties sounds incredibly powerful!
As Cain was about to ask another question, he quickly detected a signature of Lightning energy specifically locking right on to him.
At the same time, a similar signature of Lightning energy locked square on Amber.
This Lightning Energy signature wasn’t anywhere near as powerful as the Lightning Strikes. But it was enough to not treat it so lightly.
In that instance, Cain turned slightly serious while Amber still had her soft smile.
Simultaneously, they summoned their best defenses.
Cain raised his hands, forming a Lightning Energy barrier above his head. Amber as well formed a small shadow Energy barrier right above her head.
As soon as their Energy barriers formed, the two streams of Lightning Energy flashed right down at them!
‘Zzzt!’
When the Lightning streams struck the Energy barriers, an incredible scene occurred.
Both Lightning Energy streams seamlessly absorbed right into Cain and Amber’s Energy barriers!
“Mn?” For Cain, he felt a great burst of adrenaline pump his veins.
The forging Lightning Energy stream couldn’t contend with Cain’s Lightning Spark at all.
This was a Lightning Spark formed by Draconic Lightning, after all. A far higher quality of Lightning Energy than anything from the Lower Realms.
Against this powerfully pure Lightning quality, it was only natural that the foreign Lightning Energy stream perfectly absorbed into Cain’s Lightning Spark.
Cain didn’t feel a massive increase in his strength. Only a slight rise that wouldn’t affect his overall prowess at all.
But this slight increase immediately excited Cain.
‘Ah! So it’s like this! This has to be for control and increasing strength. But since I can already control Lightning Energy, this is just all too easy for me!’ His eyes glowered in glee, and his smile massively broadened.
“Fufu~.” Amber’s sweet giggle awoken Cain’s attention. “That look tells you already get it. Yep. As long we stay out of the strikes zones area, these Lightning Energy streams can enhance you Lightning folks if your control is good enough. For me? This is all for my own arts and cultivation.”
“Is that right?” Cain curiously curled his brows. He had several questions on his mind. But one stood at the foremost than the others.
“Say, you’re not entirely human, right? Your aura….it’s far too distinct from all students here.”
Truthfully, this has been on Cain’s mind ever since he first met Amber.
A typical human aura with nothing special about their bloodline carried nothing distinct about their presence. They all have what Cain described as an ordinary human scent.
But for Amber, that ordinary human scent was nowhere on her. In fact, Cain can vaguely pick up a seemingly human aura within her.
But even with what he could perceive, Amber’s Aura still felt it was at a far higher standard than these students.
“Oh~? So you managed to guess it. Most students wouldn’t be able to tell the difference at all. But you, you’re right. I’m not even close to a human. I’m….”
As Amber trailed off, she slowly opened her mouth.
Cain’s eyes soon gradually widened as he witnessed changes occurring within Amber’s mouth. Two of Amber’s pearly white teeth shined a luminous glow.
Slowly these two teeth grew out, stretching just a couple inches longer, becoming two sets of completed fangs!
“I’m a Vampire!” Amber proudly said with a surprising amount of gusto in her tone.
“You….!”
Cain was pleasantly shocked. In his very sight was a mythological creature he read so much about in his homeworld!
Before Cain could finish reacting, Amber then teasingly said, “And for yourself, Cain, I can barely tell if you’re a human. But one thing for sure, your blood is superbly potent~.”