SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God Chapter 700 New Skills

Besides those two abilities, he'd picked up a few additional intriguing and dubious skills as well.

[Crimson Edict: Grants the user the power to deliver a blood-tied order to every creature with flowing blood in the vicinity. Those with inferior blood quality or frailer resolve will naturally submit, feeling an immense urge to follow through. More robust targets might pause, face mana interference, or endure compelled blood turmoil. Its effectiveness grows alongside bloodline supremacy.]

This ability functioned as a widespread mental domination tool, useful in certain scenarios. In the least favorable cases, it could daze or unsettle tougher adversaries. Plus, its ability to advance with his bloodline served as a welcome perk.

Damon then turned his attention to the following skill.

[Blood Rebirth: Should the user fall in an area abundant with blood, they can reform their form from the surrounding blood vapor one time. It mends the physique and bloodline wholeness. However, the revival brings heavy reductions to stats and soul power.]

Damon felt considerable thrill toward this particular ability. Given the array of formidable entities pursuing him, something like this proved essential for unforeseen dangers. On paper, his blood clone offered a similar option in such binds. Yet this added a second foolproof way to evade death.

Even better, he could pair these with yet another fresh ability he'd acquired.

[Blood Shapeshift: Permits the user to reshape their bodily structure at will, employing blood essence as the base. The form can be altered, condensed, scattered, or transformed into various organic or partial-organic shapes, all while preserving essential powers and bloodline command. The user can mimic beings whose blood they've ingested or craft impromptu adaptable shapes.]

Altering his body mid-battle wouldn't offer huge edges, but it opened up numerous tactical possibilities. He could basically adopt the appearance of anyone whose blood he'd taken so far. By masking his presence, he'd even slip into light faction outposts and eavesdrop on major guilds.

That said, the greatest upside lay in morphing into a minor being. Whenever he triggered Blood Rebirth or swapped in his blood clone, he could shift into an insignificant form and trick his foe into thinking he'd met his end for real.

Damon hoped no one or nothing would force him into that desperate spot, yet it remained a possibility that could easily unfold. Lastly, one more skill had come his way.

[Blood Thrall: Enables the user to link a target via blood, marking them as a devoted blood servant. Servants keep their innate traits and smarts but inherently view the user as their ultimate master and deity. The binding's intensity rises with bloodline superiority.]

Rather than erasing the mind completely or reducing the target to a brainless drone, this ability reshaped their sense of order, positioning Damon above all in the servant's core drives, beyond mere allegiance.

Provided his soul and bloodline could handle the strain, Damon had the potential to forge several servants. He might make elite fighters, leaders, or covert agents buried in rival groups. Should a servant perish, the bond would relay their recollections and insights back to him right before it broke.

The lone downside involved a slight risk of the servant turning against him if they quietly built up greater willpower. Still, with his own mental prowess growing steadily, he'd face no such issues, particularly when binding lesser servants.

“...That explains a lot about ancient vampire empires,” Damon muttered. The ability struck him as highly suspect, true, but he wasn't overly troubled by that aspect.

All these abilities shunned honorable combat. They existed for supremacy, manipulation, and enduring in treacherous realms—implements crafted by those anticipating treachery, apocalyptic conflicts, and divine foes.

When clashing with damn gods, no tactic was off-limits!

Damon shut his eyes and delved deeper into his self-assessment. Beyond these fresh abilities, he'd seen substantial enhancements to his prior blood techniques. Because of that, he sensed he was nearing a breakthrough on recovering his attribute points. Should he crack it prior to the Golden Throne occasion, it could hand him a major edge.

He tinkered with it awhile, to no avail. Greater mastery in blood handling still eluded him. Pushing for it in the coming hours amounted to pointless striving. He set it aside and silently mulled over the optimal way to spend the remaining time before the event.

He summoned his system interface for a quick look. Unsurprisingly, the count of domains he commanded hadn't shifted. The B-rank pursuer who'd trailed him evidently lacked interest in addressing the tainted zones.

These areas wouldn't stay in his grasp forever, but for the immediate days ahead, they ought to hold steady as his, even absent any forces from him stationed there.

With that stability assured, he contemplated his prime focus for optimal gains right now. Returning to the wilds seemed viable again, this round aiming at another outpost—perhaps the demon one or the human one—to farm and boost more skill potencies.

Such an approach would yield concrete gains and markedly boost his showing in the event. Additionally, he'd collect further details on the event proper, knowledge others likely possessed that he hadn't grasped yet.

Actually, his info needs extended beyond just this event. Broadly, he required deeper intel on all unfolding events nearby. Beyond game-world beasts stalking him, dormant threats lurked in reality, ready to strike.

Sylvara's grandfather, Artimius, had shared some views on this, but plenty might escape even the elder's notice. Gathering his own reconnaissance made the most sense.

His recent abilities certainly equipped him for that task. The sole hitch was his aura. Then it hit him—an item he'd overlooked up to this point.

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