Necromancer Of The Shadows

1229  Inside The Blood Dungeon

"Blood Dungeon... So this is the reason why they decided to give it such a name," Evan muttered in a soft voice, looking at the atmosphere around him.

RED!

In his vision, there was nothing but blood-red colour. No matter where he looked—sky, clouds, earth, trees, plants, soil—everything was drenched in red, and a strong scent of blood permeated the surroundings.

Evan glanced back and noticed that there was no sign of the portal behind him, from which he had entered the dungeon. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"It seems I won't be able to leave on my own accord," He muttered lightly, unconcerned by the lack of an exit.

"First of all, I need to see that black figure, and second..." As Evan spoke, a small purple-coloured orb appeared in his hand.

He looked at the orb, and his eyes flashed with a deep light as its information flashed before his eyes.

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---) Fragment Of The Origin Rune Essence: One of the four fragments of a broken Origin Rune Essence. Gathering all four Origin Rune Essence fragments can form a complete Origin Rune Essence. The complete Origin Rune Essence can be used to evolve a Primordial Rune into an Origin Rune.

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Evan had found this fragment of the Origin Rune Essence in the basement of the Hunter Association building when he first went there to meet other high-level hunters of the earth.

After acquiring the Origin Rune Essence, he asked Boris about where it had come from, and Boris told him that a hunter had got it in the Blood Dungeon before it had closed.

Since then, Evan wanted to come here to see if he could find the remaining three fragments.

Currently, he had three Primordial Runes in his possession, and if he obtained the remaining three fragments of the Origin Rune Essence, he would be able to evolve one of them into an Origin Rune.

"According to the information Boris gave me, the hunter who obtained the fragment of the Origin Rune Essence received it after clearing the dungeon..." Evan muttered in a low voice, looking at the blood-red atmosphere around him. "Does it mean I also have to clear the dungeon to see if I can get it?"

Evan pondered for a moment but soon shook his head.

First, the Blood Dungeon had closed long ago, and from the things Evan had seen so far, he could guess that this dungeon was now completely under the control of the black figure, so it was difficult to determine whether he could receive any reward after clearing it.

Secondly, the reward for clearing a dungeon is random, and there is a very high chance he won't receive the item he sought.

"The best course of action now is to look for that black figure..." Evan said to himself.

'And see if I can beat him into a pulp to "retrieve" the remaining three fragments.' He added inwardly.

Of course, Evan was aware that there was a chance the black figure might not have the remaining three fragments, but he wanted to believe he could find them on him. If not, he had no other clues about where to search for them.

"Not only the fragment of the Origin Rune Essence but even the high-level formations and other items that hunters on Earth currently use were discovered inside the Blood Dungeon," Evan said, recalling the information Boris had told him.

After sorting out his thoughts, Evan tried calling out the black figure in a similar way to what he had done outside, but no one appeared in front of him.

Though irritated, Evan didn't act impulsively when the black figure didn't show up. Instead, he used his spiritual senses to scan the Blood Dungeon.

But to his surprise, he found that his spiritual senses could only cover an area with a radius of around ten kilometres, and there were only a few low-level monsters roaming within that range.

"This place is not as simple as it seems," Evan narrowed his eyes, realizing that his spiritual senses were restricted, and moved forward in the blood-red world.

After only moving a short distance, Evan realized something else, and his face turned gloomy.

"I can't exert my full strength."

Ordinarily, with his current power, Evan could travel thousands of kilometres in an instant, even without using his void energy. However, he discovered that powerful restrictions existed in this dungeon, preventing him from using his full power.

The dungeon hadn't placed restrictions on his core to lower his rank; his rank remained mid-level Rank Three. Instead, the rules of the Blood Dungeon were preventing him from using his full capabilities.

'Is that guy afraid that this space will be destroyed if I unleash my full power?' Evan wondered, though he found no answer.

He continued walking deeper into the Blood Dungeon, encountering a few monsters, but as most ranged from F-rank to A-rank, he completely ignored them and continued onward.

After about an hour of aimless walking, Evan suddenly spotted a towering mountain in the distance, its peak reaching beyond the blood-red clouds in the sky, and his eyes narrowed.

"This mountain is huge. Normally, I should have been able to see it even from the place where I first appeared in the dungeon, yet it only showed up now..." Evan said, his eyes gleaming with suspicion. "There's definitely something abnormal about this mountain."

He looked at the towering mountain and after thinking for a while, moved towards it.

Although the mountain looked close, it took Evan two full hours to reach its base.

As he got closer, he noticed there were no monsters in the vicinity, and even the blood-red trees and plants growing everywhere else in the dungeon were absent around the mountain.

Using his spiritual senses, he scanned the surroundings and soon detected something.

"That's..." Evan quickly moved toward the spot where his spiritual senses had just detected something and soon arrived at his destination.

"Do I need to go up there using these?" Evan murmured, looking at the thousands of stairs in front of him, leading to the top of the mountain.

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