"¡AHHHHHHHH!"
Roman's figure appeared the next second, and he could not help but scream in pain as that punch landed on his back, and the next second, a blast of blood energy and space force with a golden core drove him into the ground!
"BOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!"
A massive explosion echoed the next second as the blast carried Roman into the ground, leaving all those who saw it full of awe and wonder. That strike was not any weaker than the power of a Middle Divine Ascension Master, yet it came from a Late Wave King!
Even if Cain had dual cultivated the Astral Rebirth Path of Power and Essence Evolution Path to Power, his strength was simply too overwhelming.
The younger generation of the Solis Clan and Zanginis Clan could not help but smile at each other as they saw the expression on everybody's faces. They were glad to see that shock in other people other than their own.
However, everybody soon focused again as they saw Cain descending to the ground while Roman rose from the crater that the blast generated.
Roman's body was covered in deep wounds, and it was easy to see the skin and muscles on his back were shredded to pieces. He was an Early Divine Ascension Astral Cultivator, and his body should have overwhelming defensive power.
However, to hide his presence, he was also forced to hide his Astral Wave, which meant that when Cain struck him, he did not have his Wave Cloak active, and nothing reinforced his body's defenses.
"You disgusting human!"
Cain's face was calm, and there was neither coldness nor killing intent in his eyes. Before entering the Astral Bloodline Realm, an Early Divine Ascension Master was an enemy against whom he would have to use everything he had only to get a chance at a decent fight, but now they were nothing special.
"Surrender, confess all you know about the dealings between the Umbra Clan and the Soul King, and I will do my best to avoid your execution. You will spend the rest of your life in a dungeon, but you will still be alive."
"Who do you think you are to speak to me like that!"
Roman's rage exploded as he heard Cain's words, and he clenched his teeth and ignored the pain as he made his Astral Wave explode. His entire body was covered in shadow, to the point he became a humanoid shadow, and that was just the start as a dozen clones emerged from him.
"Shadow Clone Onslaught!"
Cain saw how a dozen clones marched at him and could feel how all of them had true battle power and could harm him. Still, he only shook his head as his perception immediately showed him the real Roman.
"You are full of openings."
Just as the shadow clones were ten meters away from Cain and were about to cut him to pieces, his hand took the form of a blade that exploded with the power of space force and Blood Energy.
"Quantum Dive."
Cain flashed forward at a shocking speed, avoiding the attacks, and appeared five hundred meters forward, with his hand piercing the chest of Roman. The next second, all shadow clones trembled before vanishing.
"Puack!"
Roman vomited a mouthful of blood, and there was utter agony on his face as Cain's hand pierced his chest, grabbing his heart. He did not dare to make a single move as the young man only needed to squeeze to end his life.
"Please... don't kill me."
Cain saw the pleading light in the eyes of Roman and did not say a word before his eyes glowed with red light. Immediately after that, Cain's Essence Wave set ablaze, scorching the Early Divine Ascension Master's Rebirth Heart.
"¡AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Roman began to scream in agony as the flames scorched his Rebirth Heart. The intensity of the flames was not so much as to kill him but intense enough to cause irreparable damage to the Sacred Organ.
After ten seconds, Cain took out his hand from Roman's chest, and the man fell to the ground with eyes full of despair as he realized his cultivation had been crippled. The Deus Behemoth did not even have the strength to kill himself at this point.
Cain showed no mercy as he grabbed Roman by the neck before rising to the sky and flying back to the statues where all the Patriarchs were looking at him with eyes full of wonder and disbelief.
His power and tactics were something even the mighty True Titans of the Deus Behemoth Empire found incredibly impressive, and his ruthless nature was terrifying.
Cain noticed the shock in the eyes of everybody present and knew the effect his cultivation and power would have on others, but right now there was a more pressing matter.
"Are any of the present experts in soul reading abilities?"
When the Patriarchs heard that, they could not help but once again improve their impression of the young man. Using soul reading on an individual would lead to significant damage to their cultivation and life force, so they could not do it in people just because they were suspects of a crime.
However, Roman was already on the verge of death, so it made no difference if he died now, or a few hours later.
Cain could have neutralized the man but chose to cripple him, so no one could have any objection to his plan, and there was nothing to say about his method after all, everybody saw how Roman attacked full of killing intent.
Although his strategy was good, the Patriarchs could only shake their heads as they saw the young man glancing at them. All of them followed the Astral Rebirth Path of Power, and none of them were proficient in spirit abilities, much less soul reading.
Taron's eyes were full of terror as he saw that they had captured Roman and planned to read the soul of this one, but he relaxed upon seeing that no one could. Unfortunately for the man, that calm did not last long.
"In that case, I will do it."