Necromancer Of The Shadows

Earlier, when Evan attacked Velgoth using the Halberd of Destruction and was smashed to the ground with just a single finger, it wasn't a reckless attack.

The difference between Velgoth's rank and his own was colossal, and he knew it would be impossible for him to even scratch Velgoth with such a move.

But even after knowing this, the reason he attacked Velgoth head-on was to trick him into letting his guard down.

Although on the surface it seemed as if Emperor Velgoth wasn't taking him seriously, Evan knew that someone who had lived for who knows how many thousands of years wouldn't make such an immature mistake as underestimating an opponent.

By launching a direct attack, despite the clear disparity in their power, Evan wanted Velgoth to believe he was acting impulsively, out of desperation.

Evan put on this act because he was aiming for an opportunity—a single chance to hit Emperor Velgoth with his Blood Bullet skill or seriously injure him with the Halberd of Destruction, enhanced by the Master of Shadows authority that allowed him to bypass all of Velgoth's defenses.

The Halberd of Destruction, with its nature of annihilation was particularly lethal. If Evan could have pierced Velgoth's heart with it, even if the Emperor didn't die, he would've suffered a serious injury. The destructive force of the Halberd would have made it difficult for Velgoth to recover quickly from such an attack.

As for the Blood Bullet, when enhanced by the Master of Shadows authority, which increased Evan's chance of a critical hit by 75%, and combined with the nature of the Blood Bullet itself, Evan's goal was to trigger the instant death effect of his Doom Bringer bloodline.

But unfortunately, both of these tactics failed miserably.

Although Emperor Velgoth had been focused on the Halberd of Destruction, he still managed to avoid the Blood Bullet at the last moment, and with his quick reflexes, he even stopped the Halberd just before it could destroy his heart.

'Now that he's fully alert, it will be impossible to injure him using these tricks,' Evan thought as he gulped down the stalk of Blood Essence Grass and all the blood essence he had consumed earlier to create the Blood Bullet was immediately replenished.

As his blood essence recovered, Evan felt a murderous aura locked onto him and without using all his strength, it was difficult for him to even move under the pressure of the murderous aura.

As Emperor Velgoth looked at Evan, the hand with which he was holding the Halberd of Destruction trembled slightly, and a raging fire of anger burned within his heart.

Though it had only been a minor injury, one that had already healed, Velgoth was still furious. The thought that he had been injured by someone who had only broken through to Rank Three a few days ago was enough to make his blood boil with anger.

"Good, I underestimated you," Emperor Velgoth said, his voice cold and calm. "But don't think that just because you succeeded once, you can defeat me. The difference between our ranks isn't something you can bridge with a few cheap tricks."

Evan heard Velgoth's words, but they barely registered in his mind as his focus was on the remaining duration of the Master of Shadows authority.

'Twelve seconds...' Evan muttered inwardly as his eyes glimmered with a cold light.

Velgoth, who had just finished speaking noticed that Evan wasn't paying attention to him and his face darkened with anger, feeling insulted as if Evan wasn't taking him seriously at all.

"It seems I need to teach you the real difference between us..." Emperor Velgoth spoke in an icy cold voice, and the next moment, everything went completely dark.

The sky lost its color, the world essence and wind ceased to flow, and silence descended across the entire world.

Evan didn't feel anything at first, but soon he realized that all light around him had vanished, plunging him into complete darkness.

He couldn't see anything—not even his own hand in front of his face. Then, in the pitch-black void, he realized something far worse: he had lost all of his senses. His eyesight, hearing, and even his sense of touch had all vanished. He couldn't feel pain or anything else.

In this darkness, even if someone pulled out his heart, he wouldn't feel anything.

Just a second after being enveloped in the darkness, Evan felt his consciousness starting to blur and his heart turn cold.

Without wasting even a fraction of a second, he used his Death Transfer skill, followed immediately by the activation of his Death Guardian authority.

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---) Death Guardian Authority: Using the Death Guardian Authority, you can summon the spirit of the Death Guard. The spirit of the Death Guard will merge with you and you will gain the invincibility effect for five seconds. During the invincibility effect, all your stats will be increased fivefold and you will not take any damage whether physical or spiritual. Death Guardian Authority can be used once every seven days.

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The moment the Death Transfer skill took effect, Evan felt his blurring consciousness instantly clear. At the same time, thanks to the Death Guardian authority, all of his stats were increased fivefold, and he became completely immune to all forms of damage.

Bang!

A muffled sound reverberated from Evan's body as his stats skyrocketed, and a terrifying aura erupted from him, momentarily pushing back the surrounding darkness.

In that brief instant when the darkness was pushed away, Evan regained his senses.

He quickly glanced down at himself and felt cold all over by what he saw.

In the single second during which he was plunged into darkness and felt his consciousness blurring, Emperor Velgoth had actually beheaded him, and the only reason he was still alive was thanks to the effect of Death Transfer skill. If it wasn't because of his quick reaction, he would have died without even realising what happened.

The mere thought of how close he had come to death made him suck in a breath of cold air.

As the darkness retreated slightly in response to his overwhelming aura, Evan spotted Emperor Velgoth standing just a few meters away, his eyes wide in shock at Evan's sudden recovery.

Seeing Velgoth's stunned expression, a murderous intent flared in Evan's heart and without giving him a moment to react, he stepped forward.

As he stepped forward, all of his strength surged through his legs, up his spine, and into his right hand.

He activated the Sky Fall skill and instantly consumed 20,000 points of World Essence, boosting his strength by another 10,000 points and nearly reaching the 30,000-point mark under the effect of Death Guardian Authority.

The muscles and blood within Evan's body roared like a wild beast straining against its cage, and an aura of pure annihilation erupted from him. Although he felt like his body was about to explode from the strain of using Sky Fall to boost his strength by 10,000 points, Evan didn't care and immediately activated the Power Aura skill, increasing his strength by an additional 10%.

ROAR!

Like the cry of a beast of annihilation, the raw, unfettered power surged into Evan's right hand as he threw a punch at Emperor Velgoth, who stood just a meter away from him.

The instant Evan threw the punch, the world fell silent.

Time seemed to freeze, the laws of reality shattered, and space itself seemed to vanish. Then, a moment later—

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!