Chapter 1286 Terrifying Power Of The Rune Of Absorption (Part 3)
Through his spiritual senses, Evan soon located the Eldritch Energy scattered deep within the Eldritch Horror's body.
The moment he identified its position, he controlled the devouring vines, and the thorns embedded in the Horror's flesh sank even deeper, reaching the area where the Eldritch Energy resided. NoÌv(el)B\\jnn
Once the devouring vines made contact with the Eldritch Energy, the first pattern of the Rune of Absorption engraved on them glowed brilliantly, and the vines began to absorb the energy.
However, Evan quickly noticed that the vines were absorbing the energy at an extremely slow rate. Based on his estimation, it would take approximately five days to fully absorb all the Eldritch Energy within the Horror.
Evan frowned at this slow speed, but his expression soon relaxed.
'I have just inscribed the first pattern on my energy veins. Once I inscribe more patterns, the absorption speed of the vines will improve significantly,' He thought to himself.
Setting aside the slow speed, Evan shifted his focus to attempting something more significantâconverting the absorbed Eldritch Energy into the energy of void crystals.
Time continued to pass, and even after five minutes, there was no significant change.
The Eldritch Energy remained unchanged and continued to convert into World Essence, which was the most basic effect of the Energy Devouring skill.
Frustrated but unwilling to give up, Evan considered engraving more patterns before giving the process another try.
Just as this thought crossed his mind, his expression changed suddenly. To his astonishment, a tiny fraction of the absorbed Eldritch Energy had turned dark purple, releasing an energy that bore a resemblance to void energy.
This transformed energy moved toward his core, and the moment it entered his core, Evan's mind buzzed briefly.
Insights related to void energy suddenly emerged in his consciousness, almost as though the energy had unlocked a hidden door in his understanding.
The process lasted less than a second, but when Evan checked his status window afterward, his eyes lit up with excitement.
---) Current Understanding of the Conceptual Energy of Void: 75.0001%.
Previously, his understanding of the Conceptual Energy of Void had been precisely 75%.
With the forty-three patterns successfully drawn, Evan opened his exhausted eyes and took a deep breath.
After contemplating for a moment, and with some hesitation, he activated 0.5% of the power of the forty-three patterns inscribed on his energy veins and used the Energy Devouring skill again.
However, what happened next was entirely beyond his expectations.
The moment he activated the Rune's 0.5% power, its overwhelming devouring force obliterated all the energy veins he had used as the base for the Rune.
The Rune's force did not stop thereâit began consuming nearby energy veins as well.
Evan's face turned deathly pale, and before he could deactivate the Rune, its power began encroaching on the internal parts of his body closest to the energy veins.
Fortunately, before the situation could worsen, Anastasia intervened.
A dark, black energy enveloped Evan's body, halting the power of the Rune of Absorption, which was moments away from devouring him entirely.
The instant Anastasia suppressed the Rune's power, Evan deactivated it completely and immediately used his Death Transfer skill to restore the destroyed energy veins in an instant.
"Damn, that was dangerous," Evan muttered, his voice shaky as the lingering shock still coursed through him.
Anastasia, after ensuring through her spiritual senses that Evan's body was no longer in danger, asked with a frown.
"What exactly happened?"
Evan explained the entire situation to her, concluding with a sigh.
"My energy veins are far too weak to handle the Rune's power. Either I remove some patterns and weaken the power of Rune inscribed on my Energy Veins or I need to figure out a way to strengthen them before I attempt this again," He said.
"Strengthen Energy veins, huh..." Anastasia murmured thoughtfully. Her eyes gleamed with a knowing light, and a smile curved her lips.
"Lucky for you, I prepared something for my dowry that can help you."