I Own the Evolution Domain

Time continues to pass, and with it, Novus' Immortal Energy depletes more and more, prompting him into a dire situation with the C Tier toxin wreaking havoc inside of his body and the relentless chase of the Ebony Direwolves and Goblins' combined force threatens him from the outside.

Arrows continue to whistle as it went past his figure, the screams and howls, despite fading as he begins putting more and more distance between his opponents and himself, continues to reach his ears clearly, as if all of these creatures refuse to rest until he is taken down.

That, partnered with the occasional trembling of the ground, made it so that he had to tread carefully with each of his step, lest he misses his landing and slowed done, just like some of the creatures chasing him without rest.

Of course, while they are relentless in their pursuit, the running young man refuses to act all timid as well, often time taking his chance to grab another one of the arrows flying past his being, drenching them with his flowing blood before throwing it behind.

By virtue of his Sensory Expansion allowing him to practically see everything around him, even those hastily thrown arrows take down opponents most of the time, allowing him to continue racking up resources as his hunters are taken down one by one.

[Immortal Energy: 1,500/7,500]

Even Novus himself fails to comprehend how simultaneously long and short those agonizing five minutes of being affected with C Tier toxin passed, but as time passes, he eventually found his body gradually adapting to the high-level toxin's extreme effect.

He felt that familiar sensation once more, his blood accelerating in its circulation as it finally entered the final phase of absorbing, or rather, devouring the high-tier toxin, something that is only made possible through his talent's near divine ability to continuously sustain his life.

[Absorption of the C Tier toxin complete.]

[Detected a higher quality of toxin absorbed… progress being adjusted.]

As soon as those words greeted him, Novus couldn't help but feel strength gradually returning to his bleeding body, the severe injuries that made him thread the gap between life and death now starting to close, bones reforging themselves as flesh grows back, all while his organs returned to their peak.

'That nearly killed me…' he thought to himself, not with terror but rather with amusement as he had come to realize that despite his near immortality, there are still things that is capable of rendering him basically dead.

A realization that would normally make anyone feel a nosedive of confidence, a reaction instinctive from having a person's talent, a talent they once thought was unrivalled, was shattered and broken in front of something else.

Of course, such worries don't even exist in Novus' mind, as instead of losing confidence, it appears that he just gains even more.

'I still got a long way to go...' he thought to himself as anticipation, excitement floods his being, this meeting with such terrifying poison bringing him quite the joy as he wonders just how far and powerful the limit of the Evolution Domain is.

"Kiaaakk!!!"

"Graahh!!!"

The ground trembles once more, causing Direwolves and Goblins to let out howls and screams that snapped Novus out of his reverie, the information coming back to his mind from his senses making him realize that it is no longer just the group chasing him from behind that is his problem right now.

In front of him, several Goblins and Ebony Direwolves are involved in quite the large skirmish, felling each other down, this sight alone making him realize that this group is not someone related to the group that specifically teamed up to hunt him down.

Still, he refuses to let his guard down as it is exactly the same way as it was previously, the monsters acting normal as they fought against each other, before they suddenly start turning their weapons and claws away from each other and towards him.

'Perfect chance to test it out…' he thought to himself as he cut his palm with the mana blade on his other hand, preventing it from healing as he controls his talent to avoid the wound, letting lethal blood flow as the distance between himself and this new group shrinks.

[Poison-Devouring Blood (Passive)]

[Current toxicity level: E Tier Killing (D Tier Hindering)]

[A power derived from the contact of True Immortal Blood with poison that combats and devours other poison itself, granting poison immunity that increases proportionally with the amount of poison absorbed.

Absorbs the traits of all the poison that comes into contact with the body, storing them into the bloodstream. Through continuous absorption of poison into the bloodstream, the lethality of the poison infused blood will increase.

It is possible to control the toxicity flowing in the blood. At higher level, it is also possible to isolate the regenerative and healing properties of the toxins and poisons to use the blood as an elixir, in retrospect, isolating the dangerous properties of the blood to amplify its lethality is also possible.]

[Progress: D Tier Hindering (Consume 3 different types of D Tier poison and toxin or 100 times the volume of D Tier poison and toxin already absorbed before.]

Seeing the additional clause at the end of the Poison-Devouring Blood's description, Novus couldn't help but think that he should move the priority of improving this ability to a higher level.

After all, it is almost unheard of for someone's blood to become capable of being both an elixir of healing and a potion of harm at the same time, and in fact, the blood even being just one of the two is unheard of, even to him, a student of the most prestigious magic academy in the world.

Keeping a small mental note of putting in more priority to this matter, Novus then directed his attention more to the opponents in front of him, the blood flowing down his hand releasing an oddly sweet scent amidst the metallic odor, a scent that was never there before.

[Blood toxicity level adjusted to D Tier Hindering.]

Eventually, he made his move, keeping the mana blade surrounding his wounded palm small, just enough so that he can tear through his target Goblin's flesh, allowing his blood to flow inside of it.

It worked wonders as after this target, he continues, taking down one after another as beast and humanoid creatures start falling down the ground, notification of his harvest resounding in his mind as target after target falls under the effect of his blood.

But because of his interest being piqued by the current effects of his Poison-Devouring Blood, he remained on the battlefield long enough for his hunters to catch up, the screams and howls rendering the fighting Goblins and Direwolves immobile as they both saw their kin.

In an unexpected way, as this group, rather than fight each other, seems to work together in order to achieve a common goal.

And as fast as they were interrupted by this group, the fighting Goblins and Direwolves immediately realized what the goal of this truce is, prompting their gaze towards the unfamiliar figure that take lives of Goblins and Direwolves both, making them extremely wary of his existence.

Muscles compressed as clubs were held tight and claws extends, along with it, howls and screams of not only the group hunting Novus, but also the group he just met, resounded in unison, almost as if both groups came into a tacit understanding the moment they felt his presence.

The air turned heavy, bloodlust filled eyes directed towards the young man as bows were aimed towards him as well, the beastly growl from the Direwolves clearly expressing their immense hostility too, as if they are all prepared to put everything to tear him apart.

Novus felt it too, hence the reason as to why he immediately dispersed the veil of shadow elemental mana still wrapped around his body, as he knew full well that is already no use in concealing himself with the amount of attention directed to him right now.

Wind continues to blow as this new battlefield turned into a standstill, each being waiting for someone else to make the first move.

It would've been Novus since he wanted to take the opportunity of striking first, but before he can release his leg and explode in speed.

The ground trembles once more, this time just for a moment, before it completely collapsed.