Time passed, and at the age of 70, Ian had fully consolidated his power. He could now stay at his Ultimate Paths Transformation for three hours, and now, the multiplier of the form had reached 85x!
It had been fully mastered, and Ian understood that it was the limit multiplier of the transformation.
Furthermore, his base form’s power level had increased significantly. At his base form, his power had reached an astonishing level incomparable to before.
A lot of major and minor events happened in the Curtained Imperium. For instance, the full outbreak of war between the Ghoul Race and the Zombie Race resulted in the Zombie Race’s full annihilation.
The heavenly treasure turned out to be a newly emerged secret realm that trapped everyone who had gotten near. Now, a lot of powerhouses have been missing for years. Fortunately, without Ian, the Grand Elder didn’t continue to go, so he was inadvertently saved.
At the age of 100, Ian’s blood purity finally reached the level of True Vampire!
He had thought that the purity of blood wouldn’t matter to his strength at his current height, but he was sorely mistaken. It actually doubled the strength of his base form.
At this age, he had also been inspired. An idea of a new form more potent than the Ultimate Nine Paths 1. However, he lacked an opportunity to do so, and he knew that he could only achieve it with the right conditions.
Barsagle, with the help of perks and resources due to his status as a commander of the entire army. His blood purity had finally reached the elder-level. The resources provided by an entire army, and as the old captain of the King, his growth had become unimaginable for most people. Similarly, Kate, Daniel, and Liz had broken through and reached the peak of the higher vampire.
Most of the time, although they already had high positions in the blood realm and significantly better resources than before. They still performed missions as a team most of the time to hone themselves and fight stronger creatures. Barseagle had long forgotten his retirement. After all, he only desired to retire in the past due to the lack of growth in strength, and he felt that he wasn’t suited to such a life.
In the end, Ian promoted him to become the commander, the highest command in the army. With such a bright future, why should he live buried in obscurity?
At the age of 132, Ian was forced out of his seclusion as the Grand Elder invited him to the territory of the Dark Elves. There was a special place known as Dark Forest Sanctum that had naturally 300% gravity, that normal.
The dark elves had pointed ears and dark dark-skinned and liked to wear purple garments. Ian’s appearance was to their liking due to his striking purple pupils and spiky purple hair. Ian met the high queen of the Dark Elves. The sole, highest in command of the race. It was worth mentioning that the dark elves are an all-female race.
At the age of 140, with the advantage of the 300x gravity, Ian’s physique grew stronger and tougher, and his speed reached an astonishing level. Most of the time, the high-level female warriors of the dark elves sparred with Ian, but most of them couldn’t even last a few minutes against him. With Ian’s absolute strength, even the Queen began to respect him. After all, the Queen of the Dark Elves wasn’t any powerful than the Grand Elder.
At the age of 150, Ian unlocked the second form with the help of ephiphany. This new form, he called Ultimate Nine Paths 2, and it has a 150x multiplier!
With that, Ian decided to end his hundred years of training as he had finally achieved his goal. Now, he wants to test his strength against the top experts of the Curtained Imperium. With an eager expression, Ian opened his tightly shut eyes. He sucked the fresh around him and with a few sniff, a smile formed on his face.
Currently, Ian was in the middle of a sea of trees with dark leaves. There was a grainy, dark brown sand beneath him. Owls could be seen across the place perched a top of the branches of trees. It had been such a sight that had greeted Ian in the past fifty years that he had probably memorized this place on the back of his hand.
’Indeed, for a long-lived creature like vampires. Fifty years wasn’t even that long. I felt that I just closed my eyes, and now I’m already 150 years old?’
Why is it ? Ian had no idea. He felt that his perception of time became skewed as he became older and older.
Ian stood up slowly and patted the dust on his low-flowing purple robe. "It’s time to say goodbye to this place." He had to admit that it would be a lie if he said that he wouldn’t miss this place.
But he doesn’t want to stay any longer. For now, training more would only become counter-productive. He had already fully mastered transformations, and for now, what he needed to do was to fight stronger opponents and push himself to the limits. Training had limited improvement for him.
With that, Ian left the forest. Once he exited the forest, he felt his body become light as a feather. It’s like invisible shackles seem to have loosened, and he never felt more comfortable. ’I forgot that I am in a place with 300x gravity.’
Now, back with the normal gravity, with one step, Ian feared that he might accidentally propel himself for a hundred meters. Still, the benefits were obvious. His speed had received qualitative improvement!
"Have you finished your training, King Ian?"
Ian looked at the source of the voice and saw the dark elves. Behind them stood a majestic ancient castle with a hint of moss scattered on the walls. At the top, a golden bell could be seen hanging in place, and near it, there was an artificial moon as big as a house that exuded a bright white light that illuminated every part of the castle. Ian felt relaxed, his gaze passed the artificial moon.
"It’s been a while, Natasha. Yes, it’s time to say goodbye. But before that, I shall meet your Queen." Ian greeted with a gentle smile and said softly.