I Own the Evolution Domain

Blood continues to flow, making it difficult for him to breath as it clogs his lungs.

Not only his breathing, but also his sight drowns in crimson as his head bathed his eyes with his own blood, no, in fact, it isn’t only his breathing nor his sight that is covered in sanguine liquid, but rather the entirety of his body instead.

Arrows, several of them, pierces his body, damaging multiple of his organs in the process, while his flesh, what remains intact of them, bleeds from claws leaving several long, deep gashes, his skin left with bruises from blunt force of clubs hitting him, and most his bones are fractured from all the injuries he had sustained.

Still, he stands, barely, the faint, maniacal smile on his face showing the looks of a hunter still craving for some more.

Not more preys to hunt but rather, more battles to fight.

The wind blowing across the Verdant Forest fell into rest once more, the critters all around falling silent as if a great spell was cast unto them, no rustling of leaves, not a single creaking of branches and not even the breath of any living being can be heard.

Novus took a deep breath, alarming every single one of the creatures watching him.

Then, he took a step forward.

"Kieeekk!!"

"Grooaarr!!"

With that single movement alone, he forces some of the surviving Goblins and Ebony Direwolves to make their moves, the beasts immediately dashing towards his location, prepared to pounce on and finish him once and for all.

Meanwhile, the Goblins introduces more variables, some of them approaching with club in hand while some launching arrows whistling through the air.

Seeing this, Novus explodes in laughter, his voice coming quite low and garbled as blood flows out of his mouth, his gaze remaining sharp despite the immense pain causing his head to pulse beating like a heart time and time again.

As he walks forward, his body recovers gradually, albeit being slower than usual given his depleted Immortal Energy.

And seeing bleeding stop while open wounds close, both the Direwolves and the Goblins couldn’t help but feel an even stronger urgency as they hasten their pace, closing the distance between themselves and their target before it becomes too late.

Too late, indeed comes, as Novus barely recovers from their attack, his body still bleeding, profusely, his organs still shattered and battered, however, now with a tinge of his former strength now coursing through his flesh.

With the intense hell that is the pain disrupting his focus however, he almost failed to reinforce his own flesh with the mana he is so familiar with, the struggle taking him some time to enhance his own body once more.

But still, when it all boils down to the results, he succeeded.

Brilliantly at that.

Putting in all of his strength towards his arms, he lifts them up with a fast, heavy swing as the arrows coming for his head deviates on their paths, his hands being left with severe burn as the friction from the moving arrow shaft made his palm bled.

"Huuh... haha... Great!!"

He calms himself down, the faint smile growing into a full one as the melee opponents approaches from the distance, a murderous glint glowing from the depth of his eyes.

"You all should’ve just dealt with me afar..." he mutters to himself as he made his move, bracing his trembling body from the impact of his own action, his sharp intent making the approaching Goblins and Direwolves flinch for a moment as seeds of hesitation settles in on their minds.

Mustering the last bit of strength his body has, he swung both arms that caught arrows on their grasp, the projectile exploding in such speed that anyone who had seem such act would’ve doubt whether Novus is really at his last straw at all.

[Defeated: Ebony Direwolf. Rewards: D Tier Evolution Crystal (7), Wolf Fang (7), Dark Claw (3)]

[Defeated: Goblin. Rewards: D Tier Evolution Crystal (8), Goblin’s Eye (6), Goblin’s Heart (3)]

Alas, indeed, the young man is already at his last straw, leaving that one final violent show of his might as those arrows pierces the very allies of the creatures who sent them towards himself, his body losing strength threatening to fall down the ground.

Before he can see himself completely fall however, everything fades into black.

In his final moment inside the Evolution Domain, he saw it, another arrow heading right towards himself, the sensation of pain from the sharp metal piercing his skull being cut short from his blackout.

Then, for a few more moments, there was nothing, not a suffocating, daunting nothingness but rather, a comforting one that nearly lulled the young man to a peaceful sleep.

However, this peace is a fragile, fleeting one as it wouldn’t take long for him to gradually returns to himself, his senses returning one by one as he was met with the sight of the familiar room, the familiar bed and the familiar scent of his own as he was welcomed back to his own dormitory room.

As soon as his senses returned, he was met by the remnant of the pain that plagued him inside the domain, his organs clenching from the memory of being shattered and beaten, his bones trembling from recalling how badly it was damaged, and his very own flesh shakes as it recalls being slashed apart.

Given how used he got to these sensations by now however, he managed to keep it in himself, enduring for several minutes that felt like hours, even days to him, before everything gradually returns to normal for him.

Opening his eyes, he was met with the familiar restriction once more, the fact that he was defeated just a while after he entered the Evolution Domain this time finally sinking in as he reads through the screen in front of him.

[Severe structural collapse of bodily functions detected.]

[Detected debilitating damage that will render the system user’s existence within the Evolution Domain pointless. Forced ejection executed.]

[Bodily regeneration is currently in progress (0.69 %). Estimated Completion Time: 23 hours 50 minutes.]

[Access to the Evolution Domain currently denied.]

Finally closing the screen, he decided to take a good look at the resources he had acquired during this time of hunting inside the Evolution Domain.

"I better not expect too much, I’ve been inside for way shorter time than my previous run after all..." he decided to calm himself down as he starts getting too excited checking his harvest for this run, his words serving as a reminder for him as he opens the Storage Space to check his current riches.

"What the..."

Contrary to his reduced expectations however, it wasn’t disappointment, but rather, a great surprise that greets him once he takes a look at the drops he picked up.

"Haha... here I was thinking that improving my abilities is the best harvest this time..." muttering to himself, his eyes glows of glee while checking things out, looking like a child all too interested in things that he had seen for the first time in his life.

It is already way past the beginning of the night, yet for this young man, the night appears to be still too young for him to rest.