Chapter 64

64 Blood Refinement Art

“Great!” Cain shouted as he put the space ring on his hand and branded it with the [A.I. Chip Module].

As soon as Cain branded the space ring, the [A.I. Chip Module] generated a virtual image that showed the Wave Artifact’s interior. It was not empty as it contained many Wave Beast’s hearts, some healing drugs, and finally, a small gray crystal the size of a palm.

When Cain saw the gray crystal, surprise appeared in his eyes.

“That is a wave crystal. Even if it is one from the lowest grade, it is still amazing!”

Cain’s excitement was understandable as wave crystals were indeed incredibly useful.

Most people in the Godsalyer Humankind Empire that failed to ascend to the true ranks of Wave Cultivators use paper money as currency. Still, for those who became Wave Champion, that was meaningless.

There are two main currencies in the Godslayer Humankind. One was the Imperial Military Credits backed by the empire; the other was wave crystals.

As long as the Godslayer Humankind Empire stood firm, the Imperial Military Credits would have value, but one could say that wave crystals are even more valuable as they have worth on their own.

Wave crystals are mined in unique locations known as wave mines. Each of them had an incredibly pure, thick, and refined Life Wave, making cultivations dozens of times faster than even the one you would achieve by consuming Wave Beast’s hearts.

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Of course, that was under the premise you could take full advantage of the wave crystal, meaning that the amount of Wave you consumed during cultivation was equal to the upper levels of the Wave Warrior stage.

“That brat must have wanted to use the wave crystal after reaching Level 5, enhancing his foundation all the way to Level 7. Even if he had a strong background, getting hold of it would not have been easy, as this crystal should have cost around 10.000 Imperial Military Credits. Well, now he is dead, and all his belongings are yours.”

Cain’s eyes narrowed as he heard Apex’s words, and a flash of enlightenment crossed his eyes.

“I stole his destiny.”

“Haha, that is right, brat. Belongings are part of someone’s destiny; you are essentially stealing their destiny by killing and stealing. Of course, that is a very crude way of looking at things.”

Cain nodded as his understanding of destiny grew slightly. He did not lose time and commanded the Absolute Life Form System to show him his current Destiny Force.

[Destiny Force: 87.2]

Once again, Cain was shocked, and the smile on his face grew immensely. The fact that he obtained those by killing two humans did not bother him in the slightest since the duo came with nefarious intentions after him.

There was enough Destiny Force to use [Basic Genetic Suppression] and get rid of the emotional instability of his bloodline, but after some thought, Cain chose against it.

For some reason, despite all the chaos and dangers Cain faced, he somehow managed to retain calm every second, so instead of using his Destiny Force, he chose to save it in case he really needed it.

“Did killing Dimitri and Nira get me more than 60 points of Destiny Force?” Cain’s previous Destiny Force was slightly over 20 points, so the fact the duo got him so much was surprising.

“It is not so simple. All the events that led to your conquest over the duo, stealing their belongings and the Level 5 Wave Beast’s treasures, generated that Destiny Force. Even I find it hard to quantify destiny. You just need to understand that the higher your achievements, the more Destiny Force you will get.”

Apex’s words made it clear that destiny was an ephemeral force even for an entity like him, making Cain wonder just who the Absolute Life Form System’s Creator was.

Cain did not waste time before taking some medicines from the space ring, applying them to his wounds, and directly consuming some.

Once Cain made sure he treated his wounds to the best of his current capabilities, he began to order things. First, he stored all the Wave Artifacts he stole from Dimitri and Nira in the Wave Ring and the Wave Beast’s hearts in his backpack.

Although it would have been possible to store the entire military backpack in the space ring, that could draw suspicion, and it was better to keep it in the open in case of anything.

After that, Cain analyzed the treasures he obtained from the Level 5 Metal Hyena’s cave. They were a fruit the size of fists and a golden skull with some tissue.

“What are they?” Cain asked Apex, and this one did not disappoint.

“I used the [Pseudo Cellular Analysis] tool on the fruit, which seemed to be a Fire Heart. It is especially useful for Astral Wave Cultivators with fire-oriented bloodlines, capable of increasing vitality and enhancing foundation. Fully grown, they are worth even more than the wave crystal you obtain from Dimitri, but since you took it before it fully matured, it lost much of its power.”

Cain released a small sight once he heard that. It was a shame that the Fire Heart lost most of its power, but there was no way he could just leave it there. By the time he returned with the strength to defeat the Metal Hyena, this one would have already eaten the fruit.

“I understand the Fire Heart, but why did you make me bring this skull?” Cain could feel that the golden skull must have belonged to a powerful Wave Cultivator that perished a long time ago due to the radiation this one released.

While that energy would have been very beneficial at its peak, it seemed many years passed after the death of the Wave Cultivator, and most of it was gone.

As for how the corpse of someone with this power found itself in the cave of a Level 5 Wave Beast, that was something Cain did not know.

“I asked you to get the skull to obtain the information in its A.I. Chip.”

“What!? How is that possible? After your death, your A.I. Chip deletes all its information and self-destructs, so it should only be a useless piece of metal, even if it is still there.”

A.I. Chips could record every movement and action you take, so it made sense that it would erase itself the moment the host perished.

“The A.I. Chip should have self-destructed but did not, possibly due to a malfunction. Most of the data was erased, with no record of the corpse’s personal life, but there is a large file that is exceptionally useful for you.”

Cain could not control his excitement as he heard that since if Apex gave it good remarks, it should be terrific.

“I recovered part of an auxiliary technique called Blood Refinement Art. Although I don’t know its full power, you can train it even after surpassing the Wave Champion rank.”