Necromancer Of The Shadows

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

(Your Doom Bringer bloodline is fully awakening...)

---) Current Awakening Level: 0.001%

"This" Evan looked at the three new notifications in front of him, stunned.

"Blood of the Vyrmari Race... Full Bloodline Awakening." He murmured, glancing at the first step of the stairs that had shot the red beam carlier.

He noticed that its previous blood-red colour had completely vanished, turning it plain white, like polished marble. The strong smell of blood that had been emanating from the step was also gone, as though all the blood had been squeezed out of it.

Suddenly, Evan recalled a notification he had received when he was promoted to rank three-it had told him that his bloodline couldn't fully awaken because he hadn't met all the conditions (Chapter 1140).

"Could it be that the condition I need to fulfill to fully awaken my bloodline is to reach the top of this mountain... He muttered, a frown on his face as he looked at the first notification again.

(You have successfully absorbed a small portion of the blood of the Vyrmari Race.) He thought for a few moments, various possibilities coming to mind.

"Maybe the condition is not to reach the top of the mountain, but rather... something related to the blood that soaked into these thousands of steps leading to the summit..." Evan murmured to himself and to confirm his suspicion, he lifted his foot and moved onto the third step.

BOOOOOOOOOOM!

Just like before, as soon as his foot touched the step, a soul fragment-even stronger than the previous two-attacked him, trying to take over his body.

But using his spiritual power, Evan destroyed it without much trouble. Afterwards, he looked back and noticed that the second step was now glowing.

Suddenly-

Swish!

A blood-red light shot out from the second step, just as it had with the first step, and seeped into his body.

The moment the blood-red light seeped inside his body, Evan felt his blood roaring in excitement, as though a hungry beast had finally received a feast after thousands of years, and it madly absorbed all the energy that entered his body.

(You have successfully absorbed a small portion of the blood of the Nygrathis Race.) ---) Current Awakening Level of Your Doom Bringer Bloodline: 0.002%

"Nygrathis Race..." Evan was taken aback when he saw new name as he had assumed that the blood soaking the steps was all the same.

Suddenly, a wild possibility came to his mind, and he looked at the thousands of steps with shock.

"Could it be... each of these steps contains the blood of a different species? The first step was soaked in the blood of the Vyrmari Race, the second one in the blood of the Nygrathis Race... Does that mean the third step will have the blood of yet another species, and so on?"

Evan was truly shocked as he considered this. He couldn't even see the top of the mountain, so he wasn't sure how many steps there were, but if he had to guess, he would say there were at least fifty thousand-maybe more.

Just the thought of each step containing the blood of a different race made his mind reel.

Previously, he had thought the blood covering every part of the blood dungeon wasn't real-just an environmental feature. But after realizing the nature of the stairs, he wasn't sure anymore.

"If what I am thinking is true, then what kind of disaster struck this place to cover every inch of it in blood?" He muttered, taking a deep breath. "And what is the connection between the blood of all these races and my bloodline? Why do I need to absorb portions of their blood to fully awaken my bloodline?"

Evan was utterly baffled. He had entered the Blood Dungeon to track down the black figure and find the remaining three fragments of the Origin Rune Essence, but the sudden revelation about his bloodline startled him, leaving him uncertain of his next

move.

"This is absurd... Do I really need to climb thousands of stairs and absorb the blood of thousands of races to fully awaken my bloodline?" He muttered, looking up at the stairs.

Aside from gradually increasing the level of his bloodline awakening, Evan also noticed that as his blood absorbed the energy from the stairs, his resistance to mental attacks was improving slightly.

Although the improvement was minimal, it could still help him go further if he decided to continue climbing.

"What should I do?" Evan muttered, a frustrated expression on his face.

He wanted to fully awaken his bloodline, but he wasn't sure he could withstand thousands of soul fragment attacks one after another.

'If I decided to proceed and something went wrong... He thought carefully and, after some hesitation, finally decided to give it a try.

"If I feel I can't handle it, I will retreat," He murmured and took a step forward, moving onto the fourth step.

As before, a soul fragment tried to invade him, but he easily stopped it.

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

---) Current Awakening Level of Your Doom Bringer Bloodline: 0.005%

"Another new race...." Evan's eyes gleamed as he read the notification, now certain of his previous guess.

Without stopping, he continued moving forward.

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

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

(You have successfully absorbed ----)

(You have successfully absorbed ----)

One after another, notifications flashed before Evan's eyes, and his bloodline awakening level soared.

Thanks to his strong spiritual power, he managed to pass more than nine hundred steps in less than an hour and was approaching the thousand-step mark.

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

---) Current Awakening Level of Your Doom Bringer Bloodline: 4.98%

Evan looked at the notification that appeared after reaching nine hundred ninety-nine steps and took a deep breath.

"Just a step away from the thousandth step... I should be able to reach the 5% mark

after taking this next step," Evan said to himself, and finally raised his foot, stepping onto the thousandth step.