Chapter 1346 - 1346: One Month (Part 2)
There were many energies intertwined within the body of the Rank Four Core Evolver—power of laws, bloodline power, World Essence, and many others.
As the thorn filled vines pierced the body, Evan focused specifically on the energy of law within the corpse. The faint markings of the Rune of Absorption engraved on the vines glowed subtly as they began absorbing the law power from the body.
The process was extremely slow—so slow that Evan estimated it would take more than fifteen days to absorb all the law power entirely.
However, rather than focusing on the speed of absorption, what drew his attention was the process of transformation—his intent was to convert the law energy into the most fundamental power of the Void Law, the same energy he had come into contact with when he created his Void Law Seal while breaking through to Rank Four.
Evan closed his eyes to sense the transformed energy, but to his disappointment, he realized the Rune was merely converting the law power into World Essence—its most basic function.
He continued trying to convert the law energy into the fundamental power of the Void Law, but even after an hour, he failed to achieve the transformation.
Realizing it wasn’t working, he deactivated the Energy Devouring skill and paused with a thoughtful expression.
“Is it possible that I am not succeeding because my understanding of the fundamental power of the Void Law is still too shallow?” Evan muttered, one eye closed.
But he quickly dismissed the notion, thinking the likelihood was low.
“My understanding of the energy in Void Crystals was also shallow, yet I was still able to successfully transform the conceptual energy from the bodies of Rank Two and Rank Three Core Evolvers into the energy of Void Crystals to increase my understanding of the conceptual energy of void. “
Evan shut his eyes again.
“Even though the power of laws exists on an entirely different level than conceptual energy, it shouldn’t be impossible for the Rune of Absorption to transform the law power into something different.”
As he pondered deeply, a sudden realization lit up his eyes.
“It must be due to the level of the Rune of Absorption…” Evan said and immediately sat down. “There are only forty-three patterns of the Rune of Absorption engraved into my energy veins, which are responsible for activating the Energy Devouring skill. The Rune might be capable of transforming the law energy once I increase its level by engraving more patterns onto my energy veins.”
Ancient engravings—the kind that appeared whenever Evan used the Primordial Runes—began to spread across his body as he activated the Rune of Absorption.
He had previously engraved forty-three patterns on his energy veins when he was a Rank Three Core Evolver.
After breaking through to Rank Four, he hadn’t tried to increase the number of engravings, believing it was unnecessary. Not only that, but even as a Rank Four Core Evolver, he still couldn’t utilize the full power of the forty-three engravings—his energy veins would instantly collapse if he did.
“I’ll need to be extremely cautious while using the Rune of Absorption once I increase its level by engraving more patterns…” Evan murmured as he used his spiritual power to inscribe the forty-fourth pattern onto the energy veins responsible for activating the Energy Devouring skill.
Time passed, and after several hours, once he engraved the seventy-seventh pattern, he felt utterly exhausted and finally stopped.
“Now, the power and quality of the current Rune of Absorption is at least three times greater than before…” Evan muttered, taking a deep breath. “If it still doesn’t work after all this, I will have no choice but to increase my rank normally like the other Core Evolvers.”
Evan rested for a few minutes until some of the energy he had spent during the engraving process was restored. Then, he activated the Energy Devouring skill once more.
The vines once again pierced the body of the Rank Four Core Evolver, but unlike before, there were many new Rune of Absorption markings visible on them.
Evan didn’t immediately activate the Rune’s full power, still uncertain whether his energy veins could withstand the pressure.
“Let’s try it at 0.5% of the current Rune’s power,” He said to himself and activated the Rune.
As the runes began to glow, the vines absorbed the law energy from the corpse at a rate at least three times faster than before.
Evan had expected his energy veins to tremble from the Rune’s pressure the moment he activated it. But to his surprise, even at 0.5% power of the seventy seven pattern Rune of Absorption, his energy veins didn’t show any sign of collapse.
“Is it because of the power of law that nourished my body when I broke through to Rank Four?”
Evan remembered how, back when he had used just one percent of the forty-three-pattern Rune of Absorption at peak Rank Three, his energy veins had been overwhelmed by the pressure. Though he knew that the power of law had nourished every part of his body during his Rank Four breakthrough, he hadn’t expected it to strengthen his energy veins to such a degree.
“Well, now that I think about it, it’s not surprising that my energy veins are far stronger than before. After all, they now have to withstand the burden of law power rather than just conceptual energy…” Evan muttered under his breath and increased the Rune’s power further.
One percent… three percent… 3.5 percent…
Finally, when he reached the 7.5% mark, Evan began to feel some strain on his energy veins and stopped.
At this point, the Rune of Absorption was drawing in the law power from the corpse at a terrifying speed. But Evan wasn’t concerned about that—his focus was elsewhere.
“The absorbed energy is finally transforming into the fundamental power of the Void Law that I needed…” He said with a smile, noticing that his Void Law Seal was beginning to react to the transformed energy.