Necromancer Of The Shadows

Chapter 1232  Blood Assimilation

The moment Evan stepped onto the thousandth step—

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

His mind trembled under the force of a mental assault, and he staggered backwards, nearly losing his balance and falling down the stairs.

"Damn... This mind attack is more than ten times stronger than the one I faced after stepping onto the 999th step," He muttered through gritted teeth, struggling to fend off the invasive pressure of the soul fragment.

The sheer strength of this soul fragment was overwhelming and it took him nearly ten minutes to overcome it, draining almost all of his spiritual power in the process. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"This was just the thousandth step. How am I going to cross tens of thousands more?" Evan muttered as he took deep breaths to steady himself.

He glanced back, noticing that the 999th step was now glowing with a blood-red light.

Swish!

A beam of red light suddenly shot out from the glowing step, piercing into his body.

The moment the beam entered his body—

Rumble!

Evan's blood began to churn, boiling within him like molten lava.

(You have successfully absorbed a small portion of the blood of the Azsphirix Race.)

---) Current Awakening Level of Your Doom Bringer Bloodline: 5.00%

Boom!

A burst of power surged through Evan's veins as his blood began to transform. At the same time, the thousandth step on which he stood started to glow with an unusual milky-white light.

The radiance was so intense that it completely overshadowed the blood-red hue of the step, even neutralizing the faint bloody odour that clung to it.

Evan looked down at the glowing white light in astonishment, feeling an unexpected, soothing energy radiating from it, as though it were capable of nourishing his very soul.

Slowly, the milky-white light seeped up through his feet and into his body, and the spiritual energy he had used to fend off attacks and climb a thousand steps began to replenish at an incredible rate.

Within just five seconds, his spiritual power was fully restored. But the milky-white light was not yet spent and it continued to nourish his soul, refining his spiritual energy to a higher level.

While it did not increase his overall spiritual power, the refinement process condensed and purified it, enhancing the potency of his spiritual attacks and strengthening his defences against powerful soul attacks.

"It seems the person who created these stairs isn't as foolish as I thought..." Evan muttered to himself, sighing in relief. After reaching the thousandth step, he had felt his strength nearing its limit and doubted he could continue.

But with the soothing nourishment of the milky-white light, he felt prepared to try climbing even higher.

(The awakening level of your Doom Bringer Bloodline has reached 5%)

(Your Doom Bringer Bloodline has successfully evolved to the third stage)

(You have awakened your bloodline skill—Blood Assimilation)

(Detected traces of 999 bloodlines in your blood)

(Once you have absorbed ten thousand types of bloodlines, you will be able to initiate the first level of Blood Assimilation)

Evan read the notifications that appeared before him, his expression growing serious.

After taking in the new information, a slight frown creased his face.

"The third stage of my bloodline... Just how many stages does my bloodline have?" He muttered, recalling how he had awakened the second stage of his bloodline within the Tomb of the Ancient after absorbing the blood of a Rank Six golden dragon.

That encounter had also granted him the Life Steal ability, one of his most powerful skills.

"These traces of 999 bloodlines must refer to the 999 portion of the different bloodlines that I absorbed while climbing the stairs…" He said to himself, his gaze shifting thoughtfully over the notifications. In the end, his eyes settled on another part of the message.

"Absorb ten thousand bloodlines to initiate the first level of Blood Assimilation."

Evan tried to examine the details of his newly awakened Bloodline Ability, but there was not much information about it.

On his status window, it only stated that he needed to absorb ten thousand bloodlines to activate the Blood Assimilation ability to initiate its first level.

'The Life Steal ability that I unlocked at the second stage is already an incredibly powerful skill. Since Blood Assimilation awakened at the third stage, it must be even more potent...' Evan thought, a gleam of anticipation shining in his eyes.

"But can I really climb all ten thousand steps and initiate the first level of assimilation…" He pondered, staring up at the endless stretch of steps that lay before him, his gaze darkening with uncertainty.

But soon, he calmed himself and shook his head.

"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, I can increase my spiritual power to the peak of mid-level Rank Four and attempt it again," He muttered, noticing that the nourishing milky-white light had finally dissipated.

Taking a deep breath, he lifted his foot and stepped onto the next step.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Evan felt as if a sledgehammer had struck his mind, shaking him to his core.

"Fu*k…" He cursed, gritting his teeth as he resisted the invasion of the soul fragment.

After a full minute of struggling, he finally managed to destroy it.

"Even with the effect of the False Progenitor title, which reduces all spiritual attacks by 20%, it's still so difficult to climb these stairs. Without this title, I might not have even made it past the first thousand steps."

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---) False Progenitor: A title given to those who are one of their kind in the entire Origin Universe and are progressing towards becoming a new Progenitor.

---) Effect of the False Progenitor Title: Increases your intelligence stat by 10% and provides a passive Mind Shield ability that decreases the effect of any spiritual type skill aimed against you by 20%.

{False Progenitor title can be evolved into True Progenitor title by increasing the synchronization rate between your race and the Origin Universe to 100%}

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As Evan spoke, a red beam shot out from the previous step and seeped into his body.

(You have successfully absorbed a small portion of the blood of the Vampire Race.)

---) Current Awakening Level of Your Doom Bringer Bloodline: 5.08%

Evan waited for a few seconds, steadying his mind, before resuming his ascent.

Three hours later, he had managed to climb an additional two hundred steps, but his progress was becoming slower and more gruelling with each step.

(You have successfully absorbed a small portion of the blood of the Malricen Race.)

---) Current Awakening Level of Your Doom Bringer Bloodline: 6.98%

"This… is difficult..." Evan muttered, frowning as he looked at the seemingly endless stretch of stairs still ahead of him and for the first time, the thought of retreating crossed his mind.

Just as he was contemplating turning back—

"It's difficult because you are trying to climb the wrong way," A voice suddenly sounded from behind him.