For it to have any decent effect, he would probably need to go through billions of liters of blue blood to actually learn this knowledge, a project that would take a few years to appear in Kayden’s mind.
"The effects are low, not worth the effort so far," Kayden comnted to his viewers, but Aqua responded to him.
"I told you it wasn’t worth it," Kayden nodded. They just hunted and rotated around the place for the next few minutes. Kayden continued drinking the blood of each beast he encountered. His quest for power had no limits. Felix was already used to this, but for Aqua it was extraordinary to follow what Kayden was doing. Kayden decided only to drink the blood of those in the third and fourth realms.
"What was the world you ca from like, Kayden?" Aqua only talked to Kayden, as Felix was sleeping with occasional small snores on Kayden’s shoulder. The question was specific and made Kayden think a little. His first world was very similar to the second, but as unbelievable as it seed, in the second world, people had greater freedom and could reach the top as long as they had a little luck and dedicated themselves like crazy. In his first world, few would reach the top, a minuscule amount. Your birth would dictate 99% of your success. No matter how hard you tried and how lucky you were, you would probably die the sa way as hundreds of thousands of others.
"A sad world where the race itself condemns its existence out of lust and desire. The strongest feed on the weakest infinitely. You are practically a conscienceless slave who is trapped."
No matter how dark Kayden’s tone was, Aqua wouldn’t truly understand his ssage as the world she ca from was peaceful and everyone had a certain degree of similar opportunity. Not on Earth.
"How did you get to your level of strength then? How many gods do you have in that place?" Aqua had little contact with foreigners, so she was interested in Kayden’s life.
"I died and got so luck," Kayden comnted, leaving Aqua confused. "True gods? None, but false we had thousands," Kayden was referring to his first life. After so thought, he concluded that the first Earth was the place he truly considered ho. The years with Nicolas were the best and happiest, despite their bad living conditions.
"On mine, we have four gods who share the planet. Our society is based on the right that everyone is equal and capable of achieving their best states through cultivation. It’s a very peaceful world without wars." Kayden automatically found the situation strange. Rational beings that don’t have any conflicts? An egalitarian society without glaring inequalities? That didn’t exist in Kayden’s mind. Rational beings always try to prevail against others. In this case, there were two options: Aqua was very at the top of society and never had contact with the lower layers, or it was just a world held together by a huge illusion spell.
"Isn’t this very easy? It seems like those monsters can’t even react," Aqua comnted, and Kayden nodded. For her, who was being carried by Kayden, it was easy. It took them a few hours to get down the entire dungeon. Kayden killed a few hundred monsters and drank all the blood he could get. Unfortunately, he barely got a glimpse of what he could do with this knowledge.
The three were the first to arrive and had to wait for the rest of the mbers. To go down the dungeon, there was a staircase that folded in on itself, similar to those found in towers. The final boss room was just a different floor, with a heavier feel and so additional details. It wasn’t anything special in Kayden’s eyes. The boy could feel a monster at the peak of the fourth realm inside.
The next pair to arrive was Thomas. The boy was surprised to see Kayden and his trio intact, almost as if they had just taken a stroll through the mall. His team didn’t have any major difficulties, but they still had several cuts on their clothes, where they probably should have suffered so attacks.
"Did you guys take any shortcuts?" the leader asked Aqua after a few seconds of silence.
"No, Kayden just killed everyone in his path." Thomas looked with new eyes at the boy sitting cultivating. He knew Kayden was strong from being able to hide his aura from his analysis, but not strong to that extent.
The next group to arrive was the last one left. They were in a little better shape than Thomas. At least Junior and Shiva were. Malphite looked like he had just fought a big battle, with scratches all over his body and blue blood dripping everywhere.
"Sorry for the delay," Malphite greeted everyone with a cheerful tone. He seed to have enjoyed himself.
Thomas gave everyone a few minutes to rest and regain their energy. Then he began to talk a little about the group’s strategy. Kayden felt lost in old mories. It had been a long ti since he had fought in a group.
The strategy would be simple: Malphite would make the first attack with the support of support spells; Kayden, Gnar, and Thomas would follow, dealing as much damage as possible, while the rest would help as best they could. Kayden thought it was a lot of planning just to face a peak fourth-realm beast. At most, he would have to give his all to win in a one-on-one fight, but this was training for other, stronger dungeons.
As soon as they started to enter, they felt the exit closing behind them. This was a definitive floor, only one side could erge victorious. Kayden felt a small mana manipulation a few ters away. It was insignificant; none of his group felt anything. Only Kayden was able to notice this mana fluctuation.
"Stay alert, he knows we’re here," Kayden communicated to the group. Most thought he was paranoid; no one felt anything, and only Felix and Aqua took his words seriously.
A few seconds later, they began to enter a different area. The previous floors had tall, long trees with few side branches. The environnt was decorated with small stone walls or tal fences that resembled a cetery. Now, the environnt was starting to turn bluer.
"You visit again," a voice appeared amid everyone and nowhere at the sa ti. Kayden had a small shiver down his spine, sothing didn’t feel quite right.
Automatically, he extended his domain and pulled his way in, as well as setting up a few defensive hexagrams around him. Everyone prepared in their way, but it wasn’t enough. One of the blue trees exploded into pieces, and the blue blood turned into a black and green mass. This mass rushed towards Malphite, who was the biggest target among them. The giant stone placed one of its body spells and raised its arm to defend itself.
A sll of rot and death appeared as the stone lted completely and an arm fell to the ground. For the first ti in a long ti, Malphite scread in pain and was surprised when his natural defense was ineffective. Other trees burst and ca at them.
Each received a similar attack with a black and green cloud. So found it easier to defend themselves, while others suffered, losing part of their body.
Kayden didn’t even let the attack get within a few ters of him. The only ones who suffered were the hand-to-hand combatants. The attack was made with a kind of truth about death and its concepts, which made him able to overco many physical barriers.
"Felix, look for strange spots in the shadows," Kayden was scanning the entire area with his spiritual sense. He needed to find this being soon, there was no way he could hide infinitely.
Every second, more different attacks ca at them. Aqua was helping Malphite hold on and defend the attacks, while Shiva helped Gnar. The twins were holding their own, and Thomas didn’t need help.
The attacks were strong and were slowly sapping any resistance from the group. This was a much stronger boss than it should have been for this dungeon. Kayden felt this when he saw the other party’s degree of learning the truth.
The attacks soon turned into a huge green mist with small black flakes. Again, she slled of death and despair. This mist started to enter everywhere and fill the entire space. Thomas, a wizard with a strong penchant for light spells, quickly raised a large circle around himself that burned with white fire.
The mist was not able to penetrate his defense. The rest of the group also joined him. Only Kayden continued to depend on his dominance to protect himself. The mist was able to enter a few ters around him, but its effect was ridiculously low.
Spitting was the second attack and it worked by throwing a wave of flas that weren’t as concentrated, it was still terribly strong, but it wasn’t capable of causing as strong damage as the bite, this was an area attack and weakened the barrier more slowly.
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