Novel Full Chapter 1284 Terrifying Power Of The Rune Of Absorption (Part 1)
Chapter 1284 Terrifying Power Of The Rune Of Absorption (Part 1)
In just a moment, under the power of the Primordial Rune of Absorption, Evan’s spiritual energy was completely restored.
Without waiting any longer, he turned to Anastasia and spoke in a soft voice.
“If you discover anything wrong, immediately take action.”
Anastasia nodded upon hearing him. “Don’t worry, you won’t die.”
Evan rolled his eyes when he heard Anastasia’s strange encouraging words and closed his eyes again, focusing his spiritual senses on the network of the energy veins spread deep within his body. (I mentioned the concept of energy veins in Chap—587)
Whenever someone uses a skill, the energy flows through these energy veins in a specific pattern dictated by the skill.
There are countless energy veins within a person’s body, and each skill requires a different type of energy flow to activate.
Evan concentrated fully on these energy veins, gradually expanding his perception to encompass all of them.
Once he felt all the veins were within his sensory range, he activated one of his long-unused skills.
“Energy Devouring.”
As the skill activated, Evan observed the World Essence stored in his core rushing through thousands of energy veins in an instant, initiating the skill.
In the training room, numerous devouring vines covered in sharp thorns emerged from Evan’s palm, writhing around him like serpents and releasing a strong aura of devouring.
Anastasia observed the vines that emerged from Evan’s palm with curiosity but refrained from taking any action.
Evan, however, paid no attention to the external manifestation of the skill. Instead, he focused all his attention on the energy veins that had been utilized to activate the energy-devouring skill, ignoring the other energy veins.
With his extraordinarily high spiritual power, it took him only a few minutes to memorize the structure of the energy veins involved in the skill’s activation. Once he was confident that he had memorized them, he deactivated the skill.
The green vines, that had appeared within the training room vanished as quickly as they had appeared, but Evan kept his eyes firmly closed.
Channelling his spiritual power, he activated the Primordial Rune of Absorption once again. Strange patterns reappeared across his body as he condensed his spiritual energy into ink, preparing to draw the Rune.
Fixing his attention on the first energy vein through which the World Essence had flowed when he activated the Energy Devouring skill, Evan began inscribing the first pattern of the Rune of Absorption.
The energy veins were incredibly small—smaller than a grain of sand—and inscribing such intricate patterns on them was no easy feat.
Even with his utmost effort, Evan found it impossible to draw a detailed pattern on a single vein.
To overcome this, he followed the energy’s path from the first vein used in the Energy Devouring skill. By linking the structure of 586 energy veins together, he created a base upon which he could inscribe the first pattern.
Altogether, the Energy Devouring skill required the World Essence to flow through 196,896 energy veins.
Given that the Rune of Absorption consisted of 336 patterns, Evan calculated that he could utilize 586 energy veins to inscribe each pattern.
Once the first pattern was successfully drawn, Evan paused for a moment. He took a deep breath and used his spiritual senses to send a message to Anastasia.
“I am activating it.”
Anastasia’s expression turned serious as she received the message. She replied through their mental connection, urging him to proceed.
At the same time, she activated her Soul Resonance skill, bringing her power to its peak.
Encouraged by her readiness, Evan wasted no further time and activated the first pattern he had just inscribed on his energy veins.
The moment the Rune was activated, an overwhelming devouring force erupted from it, seeking to consume everything in its range.
Evan immediately felt the strain on his body. The energy veins used as the base for the Rune trembled under the terrifying power, threatening to collapse and being devoured by the Rune.
Even the surrounding energy veins, which were not directly connected to the Rune began to show signs of breaking apart.
Although Evan had anticipated such a reaction, the intensity still took him by surprise.
Without delay, he used his spiritual connection to the Rune to suppress its influence on the energy veins.
If he wanted, he could weaken the Rune’s power, but that was not an option he was willing to consider. This was only the first pattern of the Rune, and its devouring force was already far weaker than even one percent of the combined power of the forty-two patterns he had engraved on his core.
‘If my energy veins can’t even handle such low pressure, then my plan is doomed to fail,’ Evan thought grimly.
Anastasia, who was closely observing him noticed the abnormality the moment he activated the Rune. However, she did not intervene, as she saw that Evan was actively working to stabilize its effects on his energy veins.
Through his connection with the Rune, he gradually managed to prevent it from affecting his energy veins further.
However, he soon realized that maintaining this stability required his constant focus. The moment he lost concentration or ceased controlling the Rune, it would immediately destabilize and begin to affect his energy veins again.
‘I need to find a way to keep the Rune stable without having to control it manually all the time,’ Evan thought, taking a deep breath.
‘But before I can address this issue, I need to confirm whether my method is even feasible.’
Still maintaining control over the first pattern, Evan activated his shadow storage skill and retrieved the body of a Peak Rank Three Eldritch Creature he had killed in the Azragoth World.
Placing the body in front of him, Evan extended his palm and muttered.
“Energy Devouring.”
As the words left his lips, the World Essence flowed through the energy veins, including those now engraved with the first pattern of the Rune.
The devouring vines reappeared, but this time, there was a subtle difference in their appearance compared to before.