บท 446: Severely Injured.

Cain collapsed onto the wooden floorboards with a groan...

"Cain!"

"What happened?"

He could feel several presences approaching, but he couldn't pay any attention to them.

"Steve! What the hell happened?!" A voice seemed to yell out. However, it quickly faded away as his consciousness seemed to slip away.

'This is bad...'

At first, he felt overwhelming pain, then nothing.

Cain sighed, 'Thank goodness I learned that stuff. I'd be dead right now if I didn't.'

Using the Magic Square to practice his control over his ki had been incredibly helpful, not just to boost the purity of his energy, but to also help improve his control over it.

Although he hadn't figured it out completely, he now had basic control over Ki, such that he could use it to envelop parts of his body, reducing damage over the covered area.

Despite that, the power of the armor-wearing bastard had been too much.