Soon another hour passed and the big lake of churning and roiling poisonous waters was reduced to a mere small pond. Damon was silently lying on the pond, trying his best to get more familiar with his new mana core.
Behind him, Ellora tried not to peek again. She was failing. The woman shamelessly stole many glances and continued to gulp as her thighs tightly clenched together.
Kaelthorn, meanwhile, had sunk to a seated position by the edge of the pool, arms crossed tightly, his jaw twitching every now and then like he was biting down on a thousand curses. He was full-on in depression mode, unable to still digest what had happened.
A few more minutes passed by just like this when a new notification rolled in.
[Ding! Your skill Blood Archives has leveled up]
[Ding! Your skill Blood Archives has been modified]
[Ding! You can now store venomous liquids (min. 50% blood energy content) as part of the Blood Archives and use it to restore your blood energy]
[Ding! Restoring yourself with venomous blood increases passive resistance to poison-based attacks by 30%]
[Ding! You have gained a new skill Venom Surge]
[Venom Surge: Temporarily infuse stored venom into attacks for bonus damage and debuff effects]
"Ohhh," Damon muttered, "That’s nasty and I love it."
His Blood Archives update was going to be quite useful in the future. With his new mana reserves and his blood archives expanding, his energy sources were now almost limitless. Damon made a small fist pump with excitement.
Kaelthorn’s face twitched wondering what the hell was Damon upto now. But Damon completely ignored the guy and continued to suck in every last bit of the poisonous water. Only after not a single drop was left out, he stood up from the spot.
The dumbstruck vampire stared at this scene in shock. This bastard absorbed the whole damn thing? How? Why? He could not understand. How can a vampire possess a capability like this? Kaelthorn did not like it. He had a feeling he had offended someone who should not be offended and now it was as if a guillotine was hanging on his neck, about to come down at any moment.
"Can we leave now?" Kaelthorn impatiently urged.
Damon once again ignored the guy. "I still have some more unfinished business here." He then summoned Elina and his shadow clone and also put the dirty girl to work who was still acting as if her eyes were glued onto the wall. "All three of you comb this place from top to bottom. There is a treasure hiding here and we need to find it no matter what."
The new Damon from this life might be rich and powerful but the original Damon had always been a scrapper. He had spend many days scraping many many places in hopes of finding a rare treasure and he had even succeeded many times.
Naturally, he still retained his keen senses, thick skin and the shamelessness one required for spending hours to search a seemingly empty spot for hidden treasures.
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