Vampire: World of Blood-Chapter 186: Eyes That Stripped The World Naked

At this juncture, Merciless aura had flooded the entire world above; the reactions above upon its arrival were obvious, and each examinee's anxiety about the risk was justified. However, this simply serves to fuel the competitive spirit; it is uncommon for vampires to get such a chance to let loose in order to engage in such violent and gory behavior.

His presence is dark and overwhelming, but those who battle courageously return to the war at hand.

The exam structure stood firm like a celestial titan, vast as a supermassive star, but its durability defied all logic.

Forged by the combined effort of Nyrtha, Keziah, and Beatrice combining their powers to create this nigh-indestructible battlefield, and with Vincent being a creation specialist added more refinement to the already refined structure to ensure it held up to the point he was proud to say it would take more than one big bang much less even a hundred big bangs to even destroy it completely.

This place was proof of proficiency in their teamwork and unparalleled mastery of their respected specialty. A creation so perfect, it stood as one of the crowning jewels domains of the House of Ghal within the Primix.

Despite its finite construction, in the real world, a mere level 3 vampire could easily destroy a star-like structure. However, this structure was not modest by chance; it was an intentional, calculated design.

It was a battleground designed to deal with vampires of all levels, monsters capable of moving faster than light and causing worlds beneath them to shake so violently that any scale of measurement was shattered.

These vampires wielded powers beyond mortal understanding, transcending the laws of physics themselves. Their very existence could trigger cosmic calamities, reality itself bent to their will. They weaponized concepts, reshaped the universe, and treated the forces of nature as mere toys. But among their own, these legendary beings were as familiar to one another as humans were to other humans.

Vampires were considered SSS-class monsters. On Hellmora, a world teeming with many souls, fewer than 100,000 vampires walked the planet. They were rarer than yokai, rarer than ghosts, rarer even than the ancient dragons.

And each one of them; no matter how weak by their own standards, possessed the power to level cities as easily as a human breathes. The strongest of them? They held the power to sunder entire multiverses.

No one in their right mind would dare build a fragile cage for such creatures. As such this examination structure was a fortress of incomprehensible strength for the right reason.

It was filled with countless traps, each more lethal than the last, along with rewards and benefits you can't find anywhere else but here; and the very atmosphere inside was tuned to a level of corruption so extreme that only the spawn and spawnlings that has spent their entire life here would be able to withstand it.

Nonetheless, this was an exam that was meant to change their fate and lives to a path of power far greater than any of them currently had, a test that would propel them to the pinnacle of their current status, transforming them from mere spawnlings into true spawns.

With Merciless' new elevation to a level 5 existence, he finally took his first stride into the world as someone worthy enough to join the big leagues among his species; and this exam and the survivors of it would be the voice that would serve as his lighthouse to a tale that no one who witnessed it would forget.

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As his aura flared, it stretched out into the material, his presence permeated everything in this place, yet only some concepts acknowledged him, while others did not.

Like an invisible, malignant force, his imaginary tumors were ever-present, regardless of their recognition, status, or permission. Naturally, they existed within and beyond the laws of nature and the concepts they inhabited.

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This Material and Immaterial cancer began to spread where his presence had touched, seeping itself into everything.

Material and Immaterial.

He could feel random subjective concepts of reality where his aura had inhabited take root.

Aside from the power of his imaginary tumor, he was also using another new power, which he dubbed at this very moment as "Core Collective."

By combining the power of Imaginary tumor, and Core collective... a series of different various effects and abilities can now be achieved.

Both of these new abilities were the result of his ichor's newly evolved version of his previous memory acquisition as sub-abilities under it.

For starters let's explain how memory acquisition works now, With just his eyes, he can instantly analyze anything he sees, depending on how powerful or complex it is. He no longer needs to physically touch someone, drink their essence, or interact with their DNA to access their memories, he can just take memories and all information about something upfront.

His eyes alone can extract all the information he needs. Beyond memories, his vision also allows him to decipher the very truth of existence around him, based on the complexity and strength of the subject.

Stronger and more complex things can still be analyzed by Merciless, but depending on their strength and complexity, it might take time for the information to be processed and simplified to a level he can fully understand.

If something is too complex, it will take longer to break down. Information can only be absorbed into Merciless' mind through sight, as long as his eyes remain fixed on the target. His eyes have no limit to the complexity they can handle, they can eventually see all truths in the world, as long as the target is in his line of sight. This means that any amount of information can be taken from multiple targets, but maintaining eye contact is essential for him to steal and decipher that data.

But the bigger question is, how are Merciless Eyes doing this; well it was simple.

These eyes don't just stop at analyzing reality; they absorb the facts about everything around him, providing him with deep insight into the world. Through conceptual means, he can see the raw truth of existence itself and take that knowledge into his being.

Merciless' eyes have now fused with his mind's eye, combining his mind-eye abilities with the evolutionary upgrades he gained through Darwinism.

This means he can do more than just analyze and absorb factual data. He can also see and interact with concepts as if they had physical form, even when they shouldn't. He can focus on any concept he chooses, especially those that are more abstract or subjective, like lesser or distinct concepts that don't follow the usual rules.

This basically means that Merciless can now see the truth behind these concepts. By giving them material form only he can perceive, and physically interact with them, whether to attack, redirect, or alter their underlying essence.

In simple terms, Merciless has gained the power to strike at both subjective and objective truths. How much he understands about something determines how much control he has. If he fully understands an attack or object, he can negate its effects entirely, or change its very nature.

He can punch through the truth of something and manipulate its reality; redirecting attacks, altering their nature, or even turning falsehoods into objective realities. For instance, he could change a fireball into something entirely different, like a harmless illusion, simply by manipulating the truth behind it.

This was the true power of his newly evolved eyes; what was once known as Memory Acquisition and Mind Eye, had transformed into something far greater than both powers, everything they had and could do, this new power could do even better plus more.

For it was something more profound. It no longer simply just collects memories, or see outlines, and provides 360-degree vision within large distances. It now reveals the raw truth of everything before him. Because of this evolution, the name no longer feels appropriate. Thus, Memory Acquisition and Mind Eye have ascended into one unified whole, henceforth becoming Veracious Sight.

Naturally, his new power, Core Collective, functioned as a counterpart to Veracious Sight and worked in opposition to Imaginary Tumor.

While Imaginary Tumor imposed Merciless's will on material and immaterial existence through specialized tumors that acted as conduits, Core Collective required a more physical not so physical upgrade.

Core Collective was by all means a mental ability, but one that relied on a new organ, an immaterial heart that had formed beside his ichor on the right side of his chest. This was a soul that transformed into an organ-like structure given it has various perks for his body similar to a normal organ while being immaterial in nature, but causing physical alteration by virtue of being a soul organ.

Within this heart resided the Hive Mind, a collective made up not only of the last fragment of his former existence but also the fragments of hundreds of mentally active Shagoth. These fragments, which had once been stationed in his brain, were now housed within this chimera-like immaterial organ, a fusion of many fragmented souls.

This heart could consume more souls, but only a single fragment of each, from the soul's Merciless harvest from his enemies, adding them to the collective, and could even absorb the magical nature of those it devoured if they have any to begin with, transferring their powers into the collective along with their souls.

Though these souls were bound to Merciless, they were fragile due to their fragmentary nature. They could take damage from attacks aimed at immaterial entities, but as long as parts of the souls remained, they could regenerate. However, if a soul was fully erased, it would take a month for it to respawn, provided Merciless was still alive by then.

What made Core Collective vital was its dependence on a Hive connection, which in turn was supported by Shared Soul. This allowed Merciless to form a small, collective consciousness that worked similarly to the larger, true collective unconscious, though on a much smaller scale and with less potency.

As such the power of Core Collective was that any concept influenced or dominated by Imaginary Tumor could be further strengthened and altered through the shared belief of the Hive.

This allowed Merciless to manipulate the very truths or rules that governed these concepts, making them behave in entirely new ways. By shifting how the concept operated, he could create unique and unpredictable effects or increase the potency of what they were before. This flexibility made Core Collective an extremely versatile ability.

Additionally, Core Collective also has the power to create entirely new concepts and weaponize them through Shared Soul. However, only twelve concepts could be wielded at any given time, their effects determined by how the collective belief within the Hive manifested. This gave Merciless a powerful and adaptable tool, letting him shape reality around him in unorthodox ways according to the shared will of the souls and himself within the collective.

The more soul fragments Merciless takes in, the more powerful the Core Collective grows. Weaker fragments, however, don't add much to its strength. The soul fragments of very powerful individuals, those with high intellects, will, or immense creativity are what genuinely elevate the core collective power. Merciless must only pursue the best of the greatest, focusing on the most powerful souls to increase the collective's power and influence in order to make the Hive even more fearsome.

It was this very set of Immaterial base abilities a result of his evolution, that allowed him do what he did with Substance and Anastasia in this moment.

"The Harem follows wherever he goes."

By tapping into this random subjective concept, Merciless reshaped the reality around him, making his personal truth manifest. In that moment, through the actualization of his own idea, he bridged the gap between fantasy and reality. As he shifted his position to where the most action was taking place in the examination grounds above. Naturally, since his presence touched that space, he moved his entire existence there; and, as a result, his harem followed him effortlessly."

"Ha.... what... the...

Anastasia glanced around, noticing the drastic change in her surroundings. They were no longer in Merciless's subjective reality. A cold breeze brushed against her skin, and the sky above was shrouded in thick, menacing clouds and auroras.

No stars were visible, and an almost complete darkness enveloped the landscape around them.

The three of them stood on the side of a massive mountain, the ground trembling with overwhelming force. In the distance, they could see the remnants of other teams, locked in brutal combat.

Flashes of various light, massive explosions, warped space, and reality itself shifting unfolded before Anastasia's eyes.

It was a battle of unimaginable scale, as all that was fighting were among only the strongest that remained alive, or unaffected by Merciless presence, the weakest now present were level 4,5, and 6 vampires.

The combined force of their power shook the very environment constantly, as powerful shockwaves, massive mountain size explosions, beams of light, and remnants of existing attacks scattered at random.

Ana looked at this shocked as she said to herself.

'I sensed no disruption in space, no movement at all... What kind of ability was that? It was as if he didn't move us through space, but by shifting the very concept of our existence.'

Ana spoke, while Merciless focused on the battle unfolding before him. Suddenly, a system notification appeared in front of him:

[Ceridwen System successfully reconnected. Error 803 has been resolved.]

[Analyzing previous save data...]

[Notice: A significant death count has been registered.]

[You have slain 23 vampires and 139 servants. Points are now being accumulated.]

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