Vampire Overlord System in the Apocalypse

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Any Hunter would think of Noah and the achievements of his subordinates as complete bullshit.

No one would ever believe that a group of young Hunters went inside a C-Rank Dungeon filled with volcanic landscapes with searing heat everywhere and somehow survive there for hours without burning alive from the heat alone, while also taking down giant, armored Wyrms with the ability to attack from long distances and even hide beneath boiling lava…

The Dungeon was already considered one of the hardest within the C-Rank Dungeons, within the few B-Rank Hunters that existed, not many of them had gone into it, and even as B-Rank, they did not plan to go any time soon.

It was simply a dungeon that was too inconvenient in too many things.

It had a terrible environment, not all Hunters, even after becoming B-Rank, had resistance to Fire Attribute, or if they had, it did not mean they had regeneration abilities.

Simply put, one requires great regeneration and resistance to be able to survive in this Dungeon for more than an hour, which was often the limit Hunters could take before leaving the Dungeon to take a break outside.

And if things were not more terrible, the common monster there was immense, bigger than 10 meters, with enormous carapaces that could easily take most C-Rank Skills to head-on, strong metallic scales, powerful ability to manipulate Lava, and breath attacks that could reach several meters… the Fire Wyrms were indeed absurd…

And that without even considering the possibility of having to fight the Hidden Boss, the Blazing Wyrm Emperor… a monster even stronger than the Boss who resided within a large underground cave, which was sealed so the Dungeon could be kept for harvest Cores and other materials…

The Blazing Wyrm Emperor's strength was… overwhelmingly absurd too, perhaps too much in some areas.

Normal Hunters that were C-Rank would never be able to fathom doing all of what Noah and his subordinates did in a single night.

It would take the months, perhaps years to reach the number of Cores they got last night, as the adventurer parties would often be able to just fight one monster and then leave due to the searing heat…

But Noah and the rest kept fighting and fighting, burning their entire bodies, and regenerating constantly… They were not humans at all, they were more like monsters.

Even if B-Rank Hunters could still enter C-Rank Dungeons, they would still prefer to not try their luck in such a dungeon despite being of lower rank than them, as often, lower rank than them didn't simply mean that a B-Rank Hunter would be able to treat C-Rank monsters as ants and stomp them over easily without a problem, a Fire Wyrm was still a challenge to a B-Rank Hunter, as a large pack of them could be an even greater challenge, perhaps even putting the B-Rank Hunter on the line…

It could be said that Noah and his subordinates were easily violating any concept that there was once thought and understood about Hunters and their power levels, completely shattering any belief there was, which intensified even more as they were able to get powerful Skills and awaken them quickly into higher Grades, making their attacks and everything else even greater.

And now that they were about to reach B-Rank, they might as well slowly revolutionize the entire world and bring forth a new Era, the Era of Vampires.

…However, that will have to wait.

As Noah put the pile of C-Rank Attribute Cores over the floor, everyone glanced at the shiny spheres with bright crimson light within their vampiric eyes, after so long, they had finally achieved the ability to reach B-Rank, the opportunity they had been waiting for so long, they had simply forged it through their sweat, tears, and pain!

Noah's soul still felt weakened even after resting, but he knew that after he absorbed all of these Cores, he would be able to regenerate his soul through the use of the energy given by the cores, making it flow through his body and into his Blood Core, which was directly connected to his soul.

Like this, he could nourish his soul which such energies and trigger a greater and faster regeneration.

"Very well, now that we finished breakfast, let's all absorb these Cores and become B-Rank immediately!" said Noah, quickly separating a large pile of Attribute Cores for himself, and so did everyone else, without leaving a single one to spare left…

Of course, Noah had enough to max all of his stats, while his subordinates who were more specialists did not need to increase their stats to the max in each number to exceed more in what they did, however, whenever they went to another dungeon they would be able to. After all, only one stat is required to reach the required threshold to become a greater Hunter Rank, not all three stats.

Touching the Cores with great greediness son his crimson eyes, Noah felt the pile slowly turn into particles of light, engulfing his entire body and fusing themselves with his very existence.

The rush of energy made his entire mind feel in complete ecstasy, it was like never before, even more, exhilarating than any other Core he had ever absorbed before!

This was… the energy and power of C-Rank Cores, and he could not wait to taste the enormous power that B-Rank, A-Rank, or S-Rank Cores could even give to him!

And not even mention SS-Rank or SSS-Rank Cores! If the Blood Core were already so amazing, he could not even imagine what it could be to collect its equals in large numbers!

For a slight moment, Noah had imagined extracting the Core of one of the Draconic Fathers and acquire an even larger strength!

…However, such things would have to wait, as Noah gritted his teeth and resisted the pleasure, as he felt like if he gave in to it, he would not be able to use this enormous quantity of energy properly!

He could not relax, he needed to unleash his Cultivation Technique!

Noah closed his eyes as he immediately started to meditate, putting his intent into his very body and using his will to move the energies given by the cores, moving them all around his body over and over again through his blood vessels, and then letting the energy rest inside of his Blood Core to be later moved around the body once more…

By repeating this process many times, Noah felt as if his soul was slowly beginning to heal…

And then, its speed increased more and more…

He felt like his Soul was finally regenerating at a decent pace!

The missing pieces of soul started repeating once more, as existing pieces stretched themselves to fill in the empty spaces!

Noah kept doing this method incessantly, until all the energy was properly assimilated, without leaving any leftover or residual energy…

Noah sighed in relief, resting his head on his seat.

He slowly opened his crimson eyes once more, glaring at his surroundings as he found all of his subordinates meditating in a similar way to him, it seemed that they had also developed specific ways of using their internal energies and the power they gained from Cores to strengthen themselves a bit more.

Perhaps it was something instinctual or that they figured out by their own intelligence, or perhaps a thing provoked by their Blood Cores… Noah made sure to ask them whenever they were done, but for now, he decided to assess his own Attribute Panel, being pleasantly surprised by the large change in stats!

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[Noah]

[Bloodline: Vampire (Evolved)]

[Blood Core Rank: Level III: Noble-Born Vampire Viscount]

[Vitality: 610]

[Mind: 610]

[Force: 610]

[Skill Points: 45]

[Skill(s): [Blood Progenitor: - (SSS)], [Immortal Body: 45 (S)], [Eviscerating Crimson Claws: 71 (B)], [Vampiric Blood Control: 77 (B)], [Blood Weapon Creation: 73 (B)], [Unyielding Blood Demon: 45 (B)], [Fartalk: 42 (A)], [Yin and Yang Crimson Soul: 41 (S)], [Sacrificial Vampiric Veracity: 30 (B)], [Lifeblood Release: 30 (B)], [Vampiric Evil Eyes of Hypnosis and Stupefaction: 20 (B)], [Poisonous Blood: 92 (C)] [Blood Curse: 94 (C)], [Blood Armor: 97 (C)], [Blood Potion: 91 (C)], [Blood Combustion: 96 (C)], [Flight: 80 (B)] [Mist Form: 67 (C)], [Blood Core Creation: 70 (C)], [Crimson Flash: 70 (C)], [Vampiric Drain: 50 (C)], [Blood Frenzy: 55 (C)], [Vampiric Wings: 52 (C)], [Parallel Mind Thought Processing: 52 (A)], [Crimson Aegis: 36 (C)], [Blood Storage: 40 (B)], [Blood Servant: 53 (B)], [Blood Pact: 30 (B)], [Blood Prison: 22 (B)]

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Noah could not help but release a malicious smile after seeing this, as he touched the several Ability Cores he had stockpiled as well…

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